well here's the parameters from today:

PH:7.98
dKH:10
calc:400
ammonia:1.0
nitrites:0
nitrates:0
phosphate:2.0

so basically the table shrimp lowered the ph just a lil bit, and made the phosphate go up,
but it looks to me like my cycle has started, so i pulled the shrimp out (that smelled great:lol:)

2 years must have damn near killed you! I'm happy your wait is over. You can spot an Elite tank anywhere with all the fancy routed curves lol. PIMPIN!

haha, trust me, i died about a year and 5 months ago. i was a zombie for quite some time.
yup, the fact that we have access to a CNC machine makes a big difference sometimes.

got a new toy today!
colby at elite got it for me.
its a hydor performer series skimmer
we have on running on one of our coral tanks and the skimmate it pulls is crazy, so i thought i'd get one.
this thing is heavy and built very solid.
pics:

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...101/002-15.jpg
very well packed:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...101/004-14.jpg
first view:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...101/006-11.jpg
out of the box:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...101/007-13.jpg
in action:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...y101/009-9.jpg

here's some updated pics:

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...azy101/224.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...azy101/226.jpg

here's the amount of skimmate made in aprox. 2 days with no livestock whatsoever.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...azy101/231.jpg

Wow Evan the tank looks great!!! Shoot me a PM in a few weeks when your ready to start putting coral in and I will send some frags your way!
Levi

thanks levi! and i've still got a few tricks up my sleeve :wink:

oh, and also jay will probably come with me (he wants to buy some frags too :lol:)

Lookin good man! I really like the 'island' look... I actually tried to pull that off this week when I scrubbed (and smashed) the Florida rock from my tank :lol:...

It didn't go well for me but looks great in your tank :wink:

well, plans for the back chamber have changed.
im not going to tell you what, but make you guess, what's going into the back chamber:twised:

this game is off limits to my facebook friends :lol:

here's a picture of its color pattern. good luck.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...101/009-10.jpg

Impressive work! Especially from a 13year old. By the way, it's no different for grown ups, the money doesn't just appear for your hobby out of blue. Good progress, I'll be enjoying this thread.