you had to know it wouldnt take long mang:biggrin:

thanks gents.........
no Mike......Im just gonna let the tank settle down on its own.....there are still a few hermits kickin in there so the conditions cant be too toxic at this point....

all you Girlys are never satisfied with teaser pics of parts of it.....you always wanna see the whole thing:wink:.....Ive never been one to disappoint so.....


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what?!......why?.....what did I say?????

Just thought you were ignoring me, I'm so sensative lately :violin: :hug:

So looking forward to Aug. :wink:

Always happy to oblige :mrgreen:

That's because we girlys enjoy the full package :razz: The FTS pic.'s look great, definitely not disappointing at all :mrgreen:

It seems like every hobby I have has it's x-rated side of things. I play foosball and people are always talking about the fuzzy balls, stiff/straight rods, lubing the rods and ball handling skills. I come on to Doug's thread to see an update and now you've put the image of Laurie handling Doug's rock into my mind..... :confused:

that was like when I went and visited leah to see her tanks and give her a hand the teasing that i got.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm drive 4 hours out of her way to get wet...... what the heck is going on over there..... :lol:

Sorry Dez :redface:

It was only 3 hrs and it was worth it :lol:

Joking aside I am glad I went and helped out. He was pretty sad about everything and he needed a push to get back on track and not shut it all down. I'm glad I was there to help him out and get the tank going again.

I am so sorry to hear about your tank crash. My heart goes out to you Doug. If it makes you feel any better we went through one semi-recently that involved all our SPS dying in a matter of days-and we are moving yet again in September-so I really empathize with how you feel.

Keep chugging along. You have every reason to: you know you are good at it, this was a freak incident and they happen to us all, RC has great pricing (esp. for employees), you have so many people who care about you and support you in keeping at it. I mean look at this thread! It is over a 100 pages long. That's not just because of the pretty pictures. :hug::grouphug:

If you are bored waiting for the coralline to come back you could always skin that stand :wink:

I'm pretty sure Doug has more than one rock.. at least that's what I've heard.

Can't wait to see it full of coral Doug! The aquascaping came out looking amazing, so many overhangs and caves.

no serious thou that was really nice of you Laurie to take time out of your day to help out.. It seems that is what we do as reefer's to help out regardless of who it is.. there never isn't enough time to help all .

abit late on the reply here, sorry to read all this man, that blows bout the crash, on the other hand the new scape is looking great, no time it will be full again.

:lol:....was just busy typing man......

how come Leah???:noidea:



full package???.....whatever do you mean Laurie???:twised:


cmon Dez......Lauries a cutie....and Im....well......OK..... point taken:mrgreen:

she had already planned on coming down to get my wrasse.... her getting wet was a pleasant surprise:wink:



of course it was worth it:mrgreen::lol:........I really needed a push in the right direction.....thanks again Girly.....


jour right mang!.....still workin with more than one rock:lol:

I'm considering buying some frags from Fragalot. Anyone want in on this action?

No that doesnt make me feel any better Kelly....sorry about your mini-crash:sad:.........


thanks guys......


things seem to have stabilized over the past couple weeks......ammonia was at 0.....nitrates are still a bit high but not obscene at 30ish......so Ive started off with a few zoanthids, acans and due to a recent visit to E-town, I came home with some freebie sps frags(probably too soon for them, but they were free:surprise:) from Wes(bluetang3).....thanks again man!

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I forgot to mention something cool that happened during the move.......I found that I had a hitchhiker fish.....thats right.....a hitchhiker fish......Mikey and I were pulling the last of the rock out of the tank and we notice this fish that looked sorta like my neon dottyback, but the colors were way off.....I thought maybe the NDB was showing some kind of stress patterning or something and then I saw the actual NDB.....anyways Mikey found what the fish was....heres a link... http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/produ...id=2030&cid=11



and as you can see in some of these pics, Im going through a major algea bloom.......bloom away I say and suck up some of these excess nutrients:lol:

some pics of the new acans.....

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All these pics of corals makes my anticipation level go up... still working on the build and it's still a ways away.

Here are a couple pics to make Doug's anticipation level go up. Doug's clams came to the clamsitter for a while until their home is ready for them once again.

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Damn you Extreme... I tell you how this is making me feel and you go and post those gorgeous things.

Zowie !!! Lookie the *colours* !!

Me......want.

Hummmm I wonder what I could be meaning by "Full package" you're smart guy I'm sure you'll figure it out :wink:



What can I say Doug....I'm glad we got wet together :lol: It was worth it and no worries I always know the right direction to push you in......reef wise of course :wink: Still think you should get that chevron tang if it starts eating :mrgreen:

BTW I can vouch for Doug.....he does have more then one rock, nice big ones too.

Gee and I thought I was the only thing that could make Doug's anticipation level go up....but I have to admit those are some pretty sweet clams.

Be nice if they weren't misshapen and totally different sizes. At least you were able to stack them.

Holy shite Sean!....sweet pics!.....thanks for posting them(and again for clamsitting).....you all know I am a sucker for a sweet little clam:twised:......seeing those pics makes me wanna re-think my decision not to plumb in the clam box.....they look so cool all clustered together in a big clam bed....one big happy clamorgy:surprise:

No seriously. I'm thinking about doing an order from fragalot. I've heard good things about their $5 frags. Anyone have any feedback?

^^^^ this is my perhaps all too subtle of a reference of another topic that just goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on. It gets to the point where when you see it, you want to smack the person asking and tell them to get a life.

Sort of like how box and clams are euphemisms for vagina, rocks for testicles and all the touching and stuff is like a reference for SEX. It's funny because it just goes on and on and on and on and on and on.

Yeah, but this is amusing and the fragalot thing....isn't.

So....Fishaholic...you gonna show us a picture of your clam ? :razz:

:jaw: :faint2: OMG I know that's kinda what we're joking around about but to have someone blatantly state it is shocking to see (even if it's somewhat understood by the consensus :redface:) Getting a life now, sorry Tony for going a bit to far :redface: Honestly we're just joking around and having fun with the references, not trying to upset/annoy anyone or go to far with it.

Really we were just trying to be amusing not trying upset anyone.

Just for you DiverDude
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FYI this is an old pic. and I don't have that clam anymore.

I highly doubt anyone's actually upset or annoyed :p Sorry if I came across harsh: was actually intended as silly, but was nevertheless compelled to just come out and hugely obtusely state the obvious that there seems to be a, ahem, slightly undertoning theme to this thread. ;)

Seriously, I was laughing as I typed it in.

Carry on, I'll go back under my rock now :p

ok...so it would seem that I'm just about the only one without a nice clam.

*sigh* I really need a bigger tank -and better lights.

silly x-rated reefers!!lol

makes me laugh!!

This thread definitely perks up my day :D

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Phew! I thought I pushed things a bit to far and was in trouble for turning the thread a bit more X-rated then it already was. I really didn't mean to upset or offend. It's just summer is slow on canreef and it's fun to joke around with sexual undertones :redface: I thought I was doing pretty good with how I was wording things by not stating the obvious, until you pointed it :surprise: Glad to know you were laughing, feel free to join in :wink: :razz:

I find I get the most dramatic results with irregular and misshapen rocks.....



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aw cmon Tony.....you can play too.....you've got one of the largest, lovely clams Ive personally ever seen, in your box.......
kinda like the cheato ball thing huh?:razz:

all that is only a LFS away mang:wink:


well the reality of things is....sex sells!......lord knows my thread didnt get this many views/responses by pretty pictures and technical merit alone:mrgreen:

Laurie!.....I totally didnt sniff you out to be THAT kinda girl:surprise:


algae bloom!:neutral:............do you-all like my long flowing lockes?.......I need a barber or better yet a weed whacker to go to town on my fro
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