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Originally Posted by Jaws (Post 833360)

Looks awesome Wayne!

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Originally Posted by daplatapus (Post 833389)

Nice. Love the anthias,

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Originally Posted by JDigital (Post 833388)

Looks really good!

Has your Regal Tang been getting a beating from the Purple? He looks a bit "rough around the tail".

thanks, guys! I am starting to really like the two bartletts... I only have the two but it looks like they are an item now as they are always swimming together and never far away from each other.

I've had the regal for almost three yrs now. I purchased him from Pro Reef with the tail like that and it has never changed since. As for the Purple he is a model citizen in the tank. I've never seen him/her acting aggresive to others. Speaking of aggression, my laboutti wrasse has been acting schitzo the last couple days... He would darting at the bartletts and others or chase them until he tires out. I thought Laboutti are suppose to be easy going...

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 833402)

That's looking great Wayne. Love your Bonsai. Do you know if that's a Garf?

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Originally Posted by thmh (Post 833403)

+1 with kien.... That bonsai looks awesome!

~Tony

Thanks. I'll take a crispy pic later tonight. Being lazy I had just used my 70-200 and cropped it so not the cleanest pic. I'm not certain if it is or not as this came from Jon (freezetyle), however it is certainly one of my favorites along with the valida from Darryl.

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Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 833413)

70-200 and cropped it so not the cleanest pic.

:surprise: Were you shooting from across the room or up on your second floor ??? :lol:

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 833428)

:surprise: Were you shooting from across the room or up on your second floor ??? :lol:

LOL! Well, the macro was on the second floor... The tank is in the basement... I forgot to mentioned that I used extension tubes with the 70-200. I was lazy to run up the stairs to get it.:redface:

Haha! I'll take some macro shots tonight. :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 833434)

Ah, good 'ol extension tubes. Love those things! Still, photographing your tank with the beastly 70-200, that's BOSS. I would be afraid of arm fatigue resulting in me dropping the entire contraption into my tank :lol:

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 833445)

To tell ya the truth my 180 macro is prob heavier than the 70-200, but I hear ya, I would never dangle that over the tank, especially with extension tubes... I'd use them only for front and side shots. But for you, I saw you doing some crazy mission impossible stunts to take pics of your tank... Something like this...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps5ad02a2f.jpg
:biggrin:

ya, something like that LOL. Incidentally, that's how I look when I'm on Canreef too..

Hey, ya got a Gorg :smile:

Nice pics of some great fuzzies

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 833518)

Hey, ya got a Gorg :smile:

Nice pics of some great fuzzies

Thanks, Greg! Have two gorgs that survived the tear down of the 120 back in Feb/March. I thought I had lost them as they were down to the skin purple blue skin and no polyps what so ever. Once the new 120 got going the Gorgs bounced back and quickly too. They are very resilient animals!

Macros and Top Downs...

Wayne, its all looking great. The bad luck u had earlier this year will soon be a distant memory. See ya on Tuesday, with a frag that's 'pretty in pink'!

Looks great buddy, I love all those pictures...just curious when you are coming over to take shots of my tank...:wink:

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Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 833573)

As promised... new pics!

MMmmm..coralicious!

Hey Wayne, tank is coming along nicely. I see you're close to your 25 frag limit....

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Originally Posted by tang daddy (Post 834124)

Hey Wayne, tank is coming along nicely. I see you're close to your 25 frag limit....

Thanks! According to Rich and Peter, so long as the corals on glued down to the rocks they are no longer cosidered as frags (no plugs). hehe...

How about an update on yours? :wink::wink::wink:

Not much new to update really but things are chugging along and with my regular routines in place, corals are colouring up, slowly but surely and all the fish are now happy swimming and living together. I did pick up more clean up crews... three conches, couple of cleaner shrimps, a pair of cleaner wrasses and a yellow coris wrasse. For hardware, added two WP40s... these guys can really push a lot of water and the waves it can create is very impressive for the money. Also picked up a apex energy bar 8 to make my system a bit more automated.
I have also had Industrial Plastics to make a custom top down box for me. The box is 14 x16 and 2.5 inches deep.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2ce5b199.jpg

Should have made one from the beginning instead of spending good money on the Eshopps look down viewer.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps4df83de9.jpg

Here are some pics taken with the new top down box...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps1629e141.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psd33abb09.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps862b5d13.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse87d073c.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps13fe8382.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse22ca04a.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8725636f.jpg

That top down box was money well spent. Looks great.

Those wp40's really do put out some great flow. The waves you had going the other day were just awesome.
Corals are looking good. Keep on chugging.

Nice pics and good lookin' box Wayne
You've got me thinkin' about talkin' to my plastics guy ...

That box is rad!! When can I order one?? I can do local pick up in late August.

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Originally Posted by reeferfulton (Post 835459)

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 835538)

Nice pics and good lookin' box Wayne
You've got me thinkin' about talkin' to my plastics guy ...

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 835552)

That box is rad!! When can I order one?? I can do local pick up in late August.

Thanks, guys! The custom box cost me $90 which covered all the materials, glue, labor, cutting and tax. This box would be equal to 4-5 of the Eshopps look down viewer and with the price of $34 plus tax why not invest $35-$50 more in one that is customized to your tank. Industrial Plastics was awesome. The cutting and gluing is all clean. Sure, i could have tried doing it myself however I would have spent more money, wasted more time and the box glue smudges all over.

Warning... Pic heavy update...

gorgeous fish Wayne! So hey, do you like wrasses by any chance?

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 844979)

gorgeous fish Wayne! So hey, do you like wrasses by any chance?

By the looks of the pictures... I think he likes tangs much better! :razz:

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 844979)

gorgeous fish Wayne! So hey, do you like wrasses by any chance?

It's Rich's fault. He got me hooked on wrasses!

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy! (Post 844981)

By the looks of the pictures... I think he likes tangs much better! :razz:

Aww... Now I'm in trouble with the tang cop!

Awesome wrasse collection Wayne!

~Tony

Nice collection... Good job with your shopping. And the corals are looking great. Should be quite the sight in a year's time.

Week three with Zeovit

So I have jumped on to the zeovit bandwagon and into week three I am starting to see some nice colouring with some of the sps. I am not doing the full zeovit regiment but I have incorporated quite a few of the blue bottles into my routine and dosing less then half of what it suggests on the bottles.
Here are some pics to share...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psd1f81bb8.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc3039897.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psb8352d48.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps14207be0.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps5c68fee3.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps9bf64c76.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps21a63cce.jpg

Got me a new toy.... Well, not out of the box new but new to me...:biggrin:

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps1bfa6691.jpg

Hope to put it to use soon...

you bought a new tape measure? Nice! What brand?

BK160? What are you up to now?

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 861420)

you bought a new tape measure? Nice! What brand?

Not new but it works... got it at the dollar store. :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by Werbo (Post 861421)

BK160? What are you up to now?

BK mini 200 with gen 3 pump..... What am I up to? Dunno really... just like toys. :wink:

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Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 861432)

... just like toys. :wink:

You should think about getting some T5 to really kick things off.

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 861440)

You should think about getting some T5 to really kick things off.

I am saving up for the new ATI... set up a piggy bank and putting a loonie in there each day. I think I will be able to buy one in 6.3 yrs.

It's been a pretty rewarding and satisfying night... Water change, sucked out all the crud accumulated the last three months and replaced the vertex alpha 200 skimmer with the newly acquired BK 200 mini... Here is a pic of it in the sump... Will be tuning the skimmer the next couple days and hope to hit that sweet spot.
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psf7466b69.jpg

If all goes well the vertex alpha will be up for sale! :biggrin:

Vertex Alpha > BK Mini

You're going backwards, Wayne! :)

love the frags and the fish

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Originally Posted by GrimReefer (Post 862097)

Vertex Alpha > BK Mini

You're going backwards, Wayne! :)

Well.. let's see how the BK runs first... I have not written the Alpha off by any means. Both are great skimmers but I think the BK may be more practical for my sump.

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Originally Posted by Skimmer King (Post 862152)

love the frags and the fish

Thanks! Can I ask the Skimmer King on his opinion on both skimmers?

Alpha 200 vs BK mini 200 with gen 3 pump?