I get reply #1000! :p

... Wish I had something useful to say though.

What gives is reply 1000 > post 1000? I'm new to this...

Nice fish
 

Nice photos! You could send him to me if they continue to not get along! :wink:

Since it is here. :surprise: Congrats on the new rescue dog Brett...looks like she is right at home.

Sorry Lance... thought this was Brett's tank build for some strange reason. :lol:

:focus:

same thing happened in my thread a while back.......the first post in the thread is a post and not a reply so therefor post 1001 is actually the 1000th reply:mrgreen:

Ha! Shouldn't have any trouble getting the kids to sleep; that dog will wear them out big time. :biggrin: Congrats on the new addition to the family.

1000 replies! Wow, you guys talk too much. :mrgreen:

My thread is coming up on 2000, your right we do talk too much:lol: ......I wonder what the percentage would be between reef related and non-reef related replies in both our threads?:razz:


BTW I was wondering what you feed your fish Lance? Bubba has to have one of the bluest chins I think I've ever seen...

Doug, I estimate your thread to be 40% reef-related, 40% sexual innuendos, and 20% BS. Mine, on the other hand is 80% BS and 20% reef talk. I guess you're just a sexy guy and I'm just full of $hit. :lol:

As for feeding the fish I use mainly PE Mysis, along with flakes, pellets, clams, shrimp, and various SF Bay brand frozen. I soak with Selcon twice a week and use Kent's Garlic Extract every other day.

I wouldn't say ">". Just that there is a post 1000, and a reply 1000. Doug sorta covered the explanation of this already. In the thread you see post #'s, but in the index you see # of replies. And neither are particularly important details except to those who like numbers. Sort of like how Remembrance Day this year will be 11/11/11 AND will also have an 11:11:11 time on the clock that day too! Ooh! Mark the calendars if you haven't already. :lol:

Sorry Lance. We can go back to talking about your tanks now. :redface:

:pound: I have to agree :mrgreen:

Lance you're a pretty generous guy lol.

Wow Lance, your fish get more variety than me.....seriously.....not much variety between fast food, Michelina's and ichiban......gawd I love the bachelor lifestyle:mrgreen:



your bang on with the numbers about my thread, but your being too hard on yourself Lance.....I think there is less BS......... and some sexual innuendo in your thread too:razz:......its not that Im sexy.....its the staff discount at RC that appeals to the Girlys:wink:


hey.....how can it be that you just dissed Lance and I and complemented me all in fours little words???

:lol:so where would your estimation be at, Brett?

Ha ha. Well, maybe I should let it be known that I get free booze from out liquor store! :lol:

and that makes ALL girls appealing to him :)

For sure Darren, just look at the sentence someone put under my avatar. :lol:

LOL ya i saw that. Now i wonder just who would be responsible for that...

I have no idea. :noidea:

If some of you remember, my Sailfin tang has taken up an intense dislike to Bubba the Trigger, chasing him into his rock cave and holding him there. I tried the mirror trick (which didn't really work: it just pi$$ed off the SF and caused it to become nasty with everyone) As a last resort I caught the SF and placed it in the frag tank for a week. He's now been back in the DT since 7:00 pm last night and has been humbled enough to show no aggression at all. Keeping my fingers crossed he continues to play nice.

On a side note: "Wanna see my wife's new Bearded Dragon?" :mrgreen: Will post some pics later.

Back atcha with the "good to hear of success stories".....Bubba is far to pretty of a fish to spend all his time hiding!

:surprise:are you sure you wanna post those kind of pics here Lance?????.....not really the right kind of crowd(well, maybe some of us are)......although I am slightly curious:wink:

He he he! How did I know it'd be you Doug to jump all over this one. Pics of the "lizard" are coming. We're getting quite the menagerie around here: a fat Beagle; an old cat; 4 Fire Belly Toads; a 1500 gal fish pond; 3 tanks with 24 fishes, shrimps etc, and "billions" of dollars worth of corals; and now a Bearded Dragon.

Billions in coral Lance? We're not going to see a conveniently shot video of some rapist-looking guy dumping stuff in your tank followed by an insurance claim are we?

:lol: No. It just seems like billions, probably closer to millions.

Someone's 'inflating' the worth of their super-sized organ me thinks :mrgreen:

:lol:

Lance I have to say I'm glad it's a lizard you're talking about :razz:

Well, there is probably 300 x $10 frags in it. :lol:

I was never thinking anything else Laurie. :wink:

As promised: The wife's Bearded Dragon.



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I just noticed my big BTA is moving close to stinging range of the Frogspawn. Any bets on who's sting is the more potent?

My bet is, the frogspawn will win and the BTA will head in the opposite direction :mrgreen:

I hope you're right, cuz it'll be a PITA to move the frogspawn.

I'm with Marie Lance mine was coming close to the Frog and once it touched it i now stays well clear of the frogspawn. like your wife stays clear of the hose :mrgreen:

He he he. You're not going to bait me with that one Mike.

Whew that was a trip backwards, had to back 4 pages to find some pics, WUWT. Tanks look great Lance, what the heck do you feed that torch? Mine hasn't grown a single new head.

Fish Poop.

:rofl: I have plenty of that, maybe mines a vegetarian :lol:

If so, maybe you should feed your fish tofu. :mrgreen:

Sometimes I think I'm better off just leaving the tanks alone and leaving them to find their own way.
I test the big 3 every week and the other parameters monthly. Dosing is done via Drew's dosers and controller. For the last 9 months or so I'd been having a little trouble keeping calcium and alk balanced. One week Ca would be low and the next week Alk would be low: nothing serious, just not the numbers I'd like to see.
I've been pretty busy the last while and hadn't tested for 6 weeks. Also hadn't done a water change for 5 weeks. Just tested now and the numbers are as good as I've ever seen them.

(90 gal)
Ca:420
Alk:9
Mg:1320
And the others: Nitrate: 0 Phosphate: 0

(225 gal)
Ca:425
Alk:8
Mg:1310
Nitrate: 0 Phosphate: .001

(frag tank)
Ca:415
Alk:9
Mg.1305
Nitrate: 0 Phosphate: 0



Huh! Guess I should just leave them alone to do their own thing. Instead of "Keeper of the Reef" I'm now just the "Keeper of the Fish Food"
Silly bloody hobby!

That is good news....but can I share my experience. I test much less (once a month) than I used to and my numbers can get pretty out of wack in that time frame (I shoot for 8dkh and 400ppm calcium). Its not unusual to see alk at 6dkh or calcium at 350ppm by the end of the month (keep having to increase the dosages).....corals have never been happier though. Im sure if it went on beyond this point I would have a problem but my tank has never been happier. Also note that the decrease in alk and calcium happens very slowly over the month...no drastic changes.

I guess my point in all this is maybe chasing that magic number every week doesn't really help (although I'm sure keeping the numbers good and stable can't hurt).

The biggest surprise was the low readings for nitrate and phosphates in the big tank after 5 weeks without a water change. I have quite a few big fish in this tank.