Ahemmmmmm....... you better not be implying anything there mister!

I don't know about "good save" but maybe I'll kick your butt a little less now :twised:

ha ha morning lol's

Oh snap... PBT in V2... Nice choice buddy.. :smile:

funny you should mention the PBT Josh.......went to E-town this last w/e and when I got back it was dead......gone.....totally disappeared.....kinda bummed..his tummy had been looking lumpy so.....???...this is the third or fourth "powder" now that my tank has killed.....I will not try again......

That sucks... Some fish are tricky, but then you go and see someone keeping a powder blue in a 30 gallon and no issues. Drives me nuts ... Lost my second copperband yesterday, eating great found him sucked up to a powerhead, be the last one I try.

That sucks, sorry to hear man. :( That aquascape is looking rad though. I was wondering when I would see that figure 8 in your tank :D A figure 8 zoa garden, nice!

Wow that rockwork looks great. Some really nice overhangs there it's going to be sweet.

And somehow I missed the yellow assessor comment. I wish I hadn't been super cereal but yeah I totally got owned on that one. Shoot :redface:

just saw her this last w/e.....she didnt kick my butt at all:razz:

ya at some point you have to say to yourself...."self....this is just not gonna happen for ya"


Thanks brochacho.....I cant wait til its smothered in zoas.....

went to Sean's last week and brought a few familiar faces home *sings the theme to "Welcome Back Cotter"*

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look at you go with the clam shots

W00T! Jam out with your clam(s) out?? huzzah

Ah clams! Very pretty. I want them!

Haha holy mother of GEEZER :biggrin:

Oh man.. sorry to hear that... odd though, I only lost my 2nd PBT when I did the tank transfer... otherwise they were the best fish I owned.

btw, Danny started working on IT a couple nights ago.. ;)

Are you joining us again Josh?

Come back to the darkside Josh. We have cookies!

MMMMM, Yum.... Cookies

I've been trying to convince him. common josh, just a little nano...

told you I was a sucker for a lovely little clam.....or 10:mrgreen:

why does that sorrta sound dirty?

tell ya what Caterine......I'll mud wrestle ya for em:wink:.......*thinks to himself "may not be as easy as it sounds......she's a derby girl.....probably kick my arse"..*

hey!.....Im not that much older than you.......am I???:razz:

well......stuff happens...not sure exactly what did it.....never did find the carcass either....

he did!!! must be the 1 year anniversary of when IT was really started:wink::razz:

Yes Josh......listen to my voice.....listen to it carefully......you are getting sleepy.....very sleepy:twised:.....come back to us Josh......step back into the black hole that your bank account will once again become:mrgreen:......or at least come over for a HB or two:biggrin:

Find me a brand new place to live in, without a paranoid roommate that will allow a tank, with cheap rent and I will come back. :mrgreen:

My roommate is a good buddy, and this is his first home (bought) and just worries about the possible damage a tank may cause.


I just creep around late a night now a days. :twised:

Funny you should mention HB... I am sipping on one right now. :mrgreen:

I have extra check valves if it will help :p

Oh! A challenge! I'd give you a fair run, you know put on a bit of a show. Then I'd crush you and steal all the pretty pretty clams. :razz:

Roomie is more concerned with a tank blow out. Which in my experience is fairly rare, but it's not a battle I will win with him, nor do I want to press the issue and cause friction with one of my best friends. haha

Hey!.....Im like your Kevin......Im wiry....bah.....who am I kidding....your right..... you'd probably crush me:mrgreen:..........but I might like it:twised:

Heres a couple just for you Catherine:razz:......my new hippo (to sweeten the pot:wink:)

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Ahem...... Behave yourself there mister! :twised:

MMmmm clam porn in the morning, perfect start to my Sunday! I want one of them so badly, but I just can't spare the cash right now if I want Tibet to be up and running on schedule.

oh.....um.......ya......was all that out load?.....sometimes my inner type voice is apparently audible to others.......some call it a gift:mrgreen:

you know the hippos are surprisingly affordable.....not much more than a couple bottles of selcon:wink:



A few months back (before I moved and the tank crash) the friend that shot the first video of my tank came by to test out some new lenses.....heres what the final product looked like......video was taken probably at the peek of how the tank looked before the holocaust.....was actually very hard for me to watch and the caption at the end made me....well......teary:sad:....I hope you all can enjoy it for the brilliant cinematography and editing that it is..... http://www.vimeo.com/16591694.......thanks Dan! (and Josh):biggrin:

I scanned through it (it's late and I shouldn't be up anymore at this point), but, what I did see was all very "WOW."

Having lived through more than a fair share of tank crashes .. I know the pain all too well, I relive it whenever I look at old photos or vids of tank setups past myself. But ... onwards and upwards. Sometimes the best you can do, is the best you can do... Take what you can learn from it and move forward.

The video was well done, albeit sad to watch. Sorry again hun for all the loss you went through. At least now version 2 is doing well and you're back on track.

Nice clams Doug! Your thread is still too X-rated for me though! :p

Neat video Dougy. Sad to see it all, but I'm positive that V2 is going to be bigger and better again! :biggrin:

Great vid Doug. Kinda bittersweet watching it though. :sad: On the other hand a year from now we'll be watching an even nicer V2 video.

Only a year from now??? Haha concidering Doug is doing up this tank with premo corals in this tank with even more knowledge under his belt then he did from V1...yah I give it eight months for sure and Doug will achieve what most of us concider amazing! I just cant wait til this tank meets its 2 year BDay, will be twice as stunning as the last version gauranteed.

That Motion Notion video makes me sad as i have not been out there in a few years.. oh well

Fantastic video Doug your tank was beautiful. I really did a double take when a few of your sps were 'waving' in the current. Then I realized they were mounted to wobble-rocks!

Love the closeup of the spinning snail and that one part with the yellow tang where it looks like there is a deep and blue cavern opening up behind it.

Work your magic I'm sure V2 at its peak will be even more amazing... and I'll make sure to see it this time :neutral:

Thanks for all the words of encouragement guys and gals

more pics:biggrin:

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My fav coral in the tank atm:wink:
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Mr. Chapstick (or Gobydude)
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