Better yet hire an army of mercenary crabs with a couple shrimp warlocks and a starfish healer and as long as his level isn't above 25 you should be g2g. Watch out if he has already procured the Razorspine Crab God Armor, wouldn't want to fight him if he already has Razorspine Crab God Armor that makes him mega 1337zorz Pwnage.













Or the skewer idea works too....

:rolleyes:someone plays a little too much "warcraft"?

not a huge update but.......I thought I had a Koralia4 poop out on me so I brought home a Koralia evolution rated for 1050gph......I did the cage mod to it and swapped it in for the K4.......turns out I didnt re-assemble the K4 properly last time I cleaned it:redface: (the impeller shaft wasnt in the "guide hole")......so.......I put the K4 back where it was and managed to "shoe-horn" the new Koralia into the tank in the only remaining spot where I could possibly fit a powerhead in......so heres what the flow inside the tank sits at....

return 700gph
Koralia Evo 1050gph
Koralia 4 1200gph
Tunze 6045 1200gph
2- Tunze 6055s 3000gph
Vortech MP40 3200gph

almost 10000gph!..........surfs up!:mrgreen:

Tank's getting a little full Doug, time to upgrade. Simon has that beautiful 165gal for sale. You could go close loop, and loose a few of the powerheads.

Do it Doug!

I already measured my tiny as heck living room and it was a no-go haha.

don't encourage him, cause he should do it he he he

think of all that room for growth. will the new place be friendly for an upgrade

Geez........you guys are killing me........you all know I would love to upgrade, but..........no $ means it will have to wait.....the other reason it will have to wait is.............I need to make sure the new place has 10' of wall space before I can do what I wanna do:wink:.....

I took some pics tonight and I must of had about 15 shots like these ones where two of my camera hog tangs wouldnt leave me alone

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heres a few surface/sub-surface shots of my tri-colour valida "mushrooming" where its breathing air.....

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Nice shots Doug...:lol:

Wow those surface shots are PRISTINE! Very cool angle on what has to be a thriving coral.

thanks gentlemen!.....thats the first time "pristine" has been used to describe my tank:biggrin:


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Your clams are so nice!

Why do you get all the pretty blue ones???!:twised::biggrin:

luck o the draw I guess:noidea::wink:


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So I heard a few things in this thread which caught my attention;

1) Clam Tank
2) My name
3) Someone else has the Clam Bug
4) New to me giant fishies!
5) Potential frag party at Doug's!

That all being said...I wish I could load up your photos quicker on my phone...they are very pretty on my phone screen.

RP is looking killer. looks like the KZ crack is doing the trick for it

1) hammering out the details
2) these fish have been coming to you for a long time:redface:
3) thats yours and Tony's fault:wink:
4) they got this big eating your food:lol:
5) let me clarify......tank move party (frags happen)

Thanks Laurier......Its just now starting to get the green undertones to it.....



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^^ Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet pic... the last one.. :mrgreen:

well I sign the lease and pick up the keys for the new place tomorrow.....its kinda a kwirky and dated place but it was a) big enough(including half the dbl car garage for storage) b) cheaper than where I am now c) its only a ten minute move for the tank. and d) perhaps the most important thing is I can start moving in now at no extra charge.....this is a huge relief....now I dont have to try and get people to help me move in the middle of the week....I can do the move over 10 days.....this is cool....so ya .....the big move days are the 26 and 27....the 27 being the tank move.....I've been slowly selling off some of the more sensitive critters(starfish,featherdusters etc.)......my clams are going to spend a couple months with Sean(xtreme) and some of my "cant loose" sps is going to visit Kien.......Thanks again a ton for this guys!......there will be big time changes in the fish list......both my blue regal and yellow tang are going to Catherine, my naso may(we're workin on it) be going to Scott(Argentiner), one last remaining anthia is going to Kien, talbots damsel is going to Mikey(ElGuappo) and my mystery wrasse is going to E-town to live with Laurie(fishoholic)....all this should reduce the strain that the system is sure to go through......still freaked out about it though:neutral:

110g Mixed Reef moving day June 27!
 

That's great news! Happy to help out bro-mang-bi.

Tank is crashing hard.....all snails dead, looks like all fish dead......almost all acros dead.....softies look POed but alive......trying to beg borrow and steal water as I type this.....I knew I didnt wanna move this tank:sad::sad::sad:

Doug dude I'm so sorry to read this. I hope you're able to salvage something and good luck with version 2 :cry:

OH CRAP wish I was there to help you out man this is crappy new's. If there is ANYTHING and I do mean ANYTHING I can do to help get ahold of me. I am coming to Calgary tomorrow.

OMG! So sorry Doug...In shock right now...Geez! Thinking of you, wish I could help too!

Oh geez! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. I have another QT tank set up and ready to go if you need it. I also have 50 gallons of RO currently made up and 33g of freshly made saltwater if you need any. You know how to get a hold of me.

Wholley crap Doug. What the heck happened. I can share sympathy with you, from my recent problems although my tank was not as stocked as yours.

Oh no.....I was so hoping the move would go well and that you would of worried for nothing, I see that's not the case :cry: Wish I was closer and that there was something I could do for you right now :sad: Sending hugs your way :hug:

WTF?? This totally sucks man, I feel your pain. Any insight on the reason why? Did you move the tank? Waterchanges and carbon!!!!

He's been moving into a new place for the last few days. He got most of the stuff all moved over on Sat. Sunday (yesterday) was the day they planned on moving the tank into his new place. I'm guessing "it didn't go well" is an understatement :sad: I talked to him on Sat. and he was worried about it, I feel so bad for him that it didn't go well :cry:

That sucks man.... i thought all was well when i left... WTF

OMG! Doug, I am so sorry to hear this. I really feel for you man. :sad:

Ah ok, I missed a few pages in the thread. Thats awful :(

Oh my God !! I'm so sorry Doug. :(

What can we do to help ??

sounds like he needs some water, everyone make some RO water quick!

Geepers, thats 2 crashes here in a week. I know the feeling, hang in there and I hope it works out somehow for you.

3 in 2 weeks Doug's 30 gal nano he lost some of the nicest acros that i have seen, and it was the ones that he bought off of me too.

Oh man..... :cry: I don't even know what to say doug... Really hope you can pull through it and salvage as much as possible..

Doug, I hope you can work your magic, and save as much as you can, hang in there. Fingers are crossed. Call if i can help in any way. Doug

OMG :cry:, What can a person say when they open up the site to find this as a post, except how truly sorry I was to find this.
Your tank has been an inspiration to me, and when my husband started talking about my upgrading from my osaka to a 6 foot I didn't want to UNTIL I came across your tank thread. I thought if a 6 foot can look like that, I'm in!
You have more than a knack for this hobby, and am looking forward to seeing your tank restored to all it's inspiring goodness.

Doug?

Doug are you still with us dude?? Don't leave us hanging buddy.

Yeah DOUG!!!! Don't leave us hang'n here....... Whats Up?