T5HO lighting arrived:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...19/lights1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...19/lights2.jpg


I assembled the pvc plumbing:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../070302002.jpg

Then glued it:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../070301009.jpg


Then hit it with some krylon fusion spray piant:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../070303022.jpg

Then added a few other pieces of equipment:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../070312001.jpg


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../070312008.jpg


And a peacock mantis shrimp named Mac:


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../070306027.jpg


And that brings us pretty much up to date! :razz:

Thanks for looking,

- Chad

Im looking for a peacock mantis myself. If you don't mind my asking, does gold's aquarium have any peacocks left and would they ship to vancouver?

Great thread Chad ! Thanks for taking the time to organize photo's .
I assume you removed those glue runs from the power bar , all in the interest of attention to detail of course :) :)
..................Dave

They only had the one. Sorry.

- Chad

Now you two have my interests peaked about this Namtok stuff..... I absolutely ADORE sticky rice.....so WHAT is it?

Haha thanks bro. Actually I left the glue runs on the powerbar because I thought that the hardened glue might act like fingers providing more contact points and less chance that the powerbar will one day come detached. It does look dreadful though. No one can see it unless they got down and put their face against the floor... but.... I know it's there still :sad:

- Chad

If Chad and I are talking about the same dish, it's generally beef or pork marinated and cooked in lime juice, fish sauce, powdered toasted sticky rice, mint, cilantro, green onions, thai chilies and shallots.

If you want an official recipe, I could work one up for you! I generally sort of....just throw a little of this in, a little of that....:redface:

Namtok means 'water fall' in Thai which is weird because every other dish is named after exactly what is in it. ??

You take a steak of beef and marinade it for a while in fish sauce, lime juice, and Thai chilis. Then you lightly sear it over a fire, then slice it up into thin strips. Then fry the strips with more fish sauce, lime juice, mint leaves, cilantro, red onions, dried chili flakes, and this powder that you make from toasting uncooked sticky rice until brown then grinding it into powder (adds a nice smokey flavour). I like to eat it with my hands just like they do in the Isan. Roll some sticky rice into a ball and flatten it and little and pinch some of the namtok up with it. Stuff it in your mouth. Dip some sticky rice in the juicy sauce. Repeat.
Dang it X-Treme, now I'm hungry! :mad:

- Chad

YOU'RE hungry? Don't even talk to me about that now. Iron Chef.....I'd LOVE this recipe. Can ya do it with chicken too?

P.S. - Sorry for the thread jack. :redface: