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    PSA: PG&E announces potential for blackouts due to high winds for Bay Area and Central Valley

    Not sure how that would have made a difference here. What were your ideas?
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    PSA: PG&E announces potential for blackouts due to high winds for Bay Area and Central Valley

    Sure. Good question. Flow in my tanks is not just the Tunzes (I also run 3 MP40s in the big tank, which are not connected to battery back-up). Also the back-up battery is 12V, whereas most of my tunzes are set using the 24 v jumpers, so the flow of those on backup is approx half of when supplied...
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    PSA: PG&E announces potential for blackouts due to high winds for Bay Area and Central Valley

    the annoying thing is, I do have lots of back up power options, just not if I’m away. I also didn’t know that AI hydras nor Orphek V4 would not default to their programs after a few days off. regarding temperature, I don’t know what it would have been as I was out if the country, but I doubt...
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    PSA: PG&E announces potential for blackouts due to high winds for Bay Area and Central Valley

    thanks. Just noticed that my big r WD colony was one of the casualties. I can’t really complain though. Loss of a few corals is obviously nothing compared to what many folks are going through in the actual fire areas. Stay safe.
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    PSA: PG&E announces potential for blackouts due to high winds for Bay Area and Central Valley

    Curious - how did folks do with the more recent longer blackout that ended a few days ago? I didn't do so well, as I was visiting friends in Europe. Battery backup worked fine, but as it only powers my tunze circulation pumps, 3 days without any other equipment running is straining the system a...
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    Nudibranchs for a good home

    I'm definitely interested in some too, if still available!
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    PSA: PG&E announces potential for blackouts due to high winds for Bay Area and Central Valley

    We were told today that it may be 5 to 7 days without power on the peninsula coast (unincorporated san mateo county). I have a 4.5KW dual fuel invertor gen and 6 full bottles of propane for day time use (too noisy for night - 54dB my a$$). But I also have 175Ah of battery back-up power (simple...
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    Moving in from Texas

    That's why I said relatively affordable, not affordable...
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    Moving in from Texas

    Welcome to BAR! I moved to the bay area about 3.5 years ago. The choice of places to live also depends on your age, whether or not you want walking/easy access to amenities/restaurants/bars, if you have young kids etc. In terms of fog, I have solar on my house and to be honest, even thick fog...
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    Bay area store that sells river shrimp?

    Live river shrimp for feeding larger marine fish. Sometimes also called ghost shrimp or glass shrimp. Neptune didn't have any last time I was there a few weeks ago, and I don't recall seeing them in Aquatic Collection either.
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    Bay area store that sells river shrimp?

    Anybody know of a Bay area store that sells river shrimp? Thanks, Rob
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    For all those who worked or went to the market...

    argh - I thought this was next Saturday - d'oh!
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    Stupidest statement in the hobby....

    No such thing a stupid post - it got folks talking! :) I wish I had been told this about my Cirrhilabrus isosceles, which I'd had for two years. Back in October I purchased a Vanuatu C. scottorum, C. labouti, C. exquisitus and a C. lubbocki. After 4 weeks in quarantine I put them in the...
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    The Money Pit (Bruce S. #2)

    Nice. How is the copperband doing? I also bought one of the aussie marginalis from AC a few weeks ago. Like Gablami's it only lasted two weeks. It was eating pretty aggressively too. I suspect it had internal parasites, as it got very thin, very quickly, despite eating well. I've kept one...
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    kinetic Reefer 170

    Beautiful, simple aquascape!
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