Edmonton's a step in the right direction just give it a little time. Before long you'll be an Oilers & Eskies fan and life will be good.

In the spirit of brotherhood Dougie... if there's ANY corals you'd like babysat and never returned I'm there for ya. Always have been dawg... congrats again!

Ha, I am nicer, I will babysit and return, but what you get back might be slightly smaller.

thanks for all the well wishes guys.....like I said, its not gonna be an easy thing to leave Calgary..........gonna be a little easier knowing I have some great reefers both in Calgary and in Edmonton offering help and babysitting services....thanks guys!:biggrin:.....I will make one thing perfectly clear......I could live the rest of my life in Edmonton, but I will never be an Oilers or Eskimo fan:razz:.....


new zoa colony(Im soooo weak:redface:)

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and a few coral and "coralscape" type shots

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[quote=fishytime;648263]thanks for all the well wishes guys.....like I said, its not gonna be an easy thing to leave Calgary..........gonna be a little easier knowing I have some great reefers both in Calgary and in Edmonton offering help and babysitting services....thanks guys!:biggrin:.....I will make one thing perfectly clear......I could live the rest of my life in Edmonton, but I will never be an Oilers or Eskimo fan:razz:.....

Knew I'd strike a nerve with that one

Agreed :mrgreen:

:spit:

As he said doubtful that would ever happen, he's a die hard flames/stamps fan. However I'm an Oilers fan so at least one of us got it right :wink:
I must say though that I had a good laugh :mrgreen:

just thought I would share a few pics of the difference in color between old and new bulbs.....both tanks are running tek HOT5s.....both tanks are running a 50/50 mix of KZ "new gens" and "KZ superblues".......Ive heard people say that the color spectrum doesnt change that much......the big tank on the right just got new bulbs and the small tanks bulbs are about five monthes old....

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Wow pretty noticeable..

Definitely a noticeable difference.

The tank doesn't look like its thinning out much there Dougster :razz: still want some of those blue zoa's you had hidden mid tank & out of reach :lol:

Gorgeous! I didn't realize this type of monti (at least I think its a monti?) grew upwards, I always thought it was more of a "boring lump" type of coral but this one is stunning :cool:

It's only a matter of time Doug, don't worry, sooner or later you'll see the light...........and you'll kick that bad Calgary habit.

On a more serious note, if you need a hand, let me know.

Just something that you have to remember Doug...

Some one has to chear for the first draft pick 2 years running...

I know huh???.....I was quite shocked.......now the little tank is bugging me and I will have to change the bulbs in it just to balance things out:mrgreen:


ah Greg.......you remember those strategically placed in an impossible spot for me to get in and frag them zoas huh?:twised:

:lol:....thats a good one Ross.....Laurie doesnt know this yet but.......being that she has some random Oiler stuff around her house, Im intending on putting some of my Flames stuff out:twised:.....Im not sure she knows how much Flames paraphernalia I have.....between three jerseys, autographed lithographs, die cast, Christmas tree lights, etc, etc, etc.....I could probably fill a room with stuff... gonna bring a little C-town heat to E-town, try and thaw the frozen tundra up north there:razz:

and correct me if Im wrong Bob, but, Oil have lost four in a row and Flames just beat Chi-town eaisily:razz:

right you are Christy......they call this one a "true" undata....was kind of a brown blob with white polyps when I got it, but now its starting to get that purpley hue to it......heres another pic of it (different camera and new bulbs)




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and a few more random pics




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Doug that monti is a jaw dropper. I'd be willing to pay handsomely for a frag ;)

No worries babe, I kinda figured you'd want to put your flames stuff up, I've even thought of the perfect spot.......the crawl space :twised: j/k :razz:

Probably could find some room around the bar.

pulled the colony out tonight to have a boo and I definitely can hack a chunk off for ya mang


well the crawl space is better that the garage:biggrin:......your not worried that people would get the wrong(or right depending on your perspective) impression?....all that flames stuff around the tanks:razz:

so I know a few people from the shop that swear by the prodibio products....they are super happy with the results and the ease of dosing.....I thought I might give it a try.....I started today with he recommended doses of both the "BioOptim" and the "BioDigest".....so we will see if I can get my nutrients in check with this magic elixir..... I do have a complaint about it already.....how the heck do you get the product out of the vial with that tiny hole???.....I thought the dosing was supposed to be less time comsuming???.....I spent a few minutes trying to "ketchup bottle" shake the stuff out!:mrgreen:.....

granulosa avec chromis

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granulosa sans chromis

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and some more stuff

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Well of coarse, they say elephants never forget but neither do bears :lol: there going to have to come out of there soon or later & good thinks come to those who wait :biggrin:

If it's the double ended vial, snap both ends off it, then it just pours out.

Oh yeah! That is sweet! I gotta get me some of that. Love the contrast between the smooth tissue and the "white" polyps. LOL, I think I'd love it even if it was just the brown blob :razz:

well......If Laurie doesnt have room/lighting /the system for it then you can probably view them at RC E-town......anything that doesnt do well In Lauries system will likely end up being babysat there....we have unfortunately already discovered that acans dont do well in her tank......lost one colony almost overnight.....the rest are with Steve now....heres the one I lost.....Im super bummed

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duh:redface:.....I guess that makes sense now that you mention it.....thanks Sean.....I was trying to remember who the "users" of the prodibio products were....I had forgotten that your tank was one of the junkies:mrgreen:



well if you were to come this way, I would give you a piece of dat.......just like Im gonna give a piece to Brett.......coral......the undata..........MONTIPORA.....undata.......I'll shut up now......:mrgreen:





hows about some more pics????

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after what seems like forever the pieces of the puzzle are finally coming together......I went up to E-town this past w/e to see my Girly and help her with cube....and I got an early X-mas surprise.....Lauries had the stand for my tank done for me.....she knew I had been talking with Greg(Grizz) about doing the stand and contacted him and had him do the stand for me for X-mas.... heres a couple pics....one that Greg took at his shop after completion and a couple that Laurie took for me of it in its spot in her basement.....apparently Laurie and Greg had a bit of a time getting it into her house....there is a couple minor scuffs in the stand from the screen door, nothing a can of Krylon wont fix...... it is big, heavy and very well built......thanks Grizz....and thanks baby for the early prezzie.....so here she is in all her glory...all 84x30x30 of her....

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It's nice man but damn do I want some potato chips now :twised:

how many dogs do you have Laurie?!

Those were yummy Lays BBQ potato chips :mrgreen:

Two dogs (one big one small) and the one on the far left is a cat.

*sings*....."two hairy dogs, one stinky cat and a thousand gallons for her and me"......

ouch just called the misses cat stinky.....yer in trouble now hehehe;)



ps....i so could have turned that into something badly dirty but the new "pg13" canreef would not have liked it hehehe ;)

DAMN IT!! I see a few more scuff on the stand then I would have liked & yes it was a bit of a biatch to get in the door but it was all down stairs after that. :lol:

And good god you two are going to have a crap load of gallons to deal with.

Holly crap I need to wash the doors in my shop :lol:

Denny you chicken! :wink: :biggrin: :redface:

hahaha i know i know lol ive taken some hard knocks to the head this weekend so i guess it must be the concussion making me all nice and stuff lol next time though doug and im on it;)

well the cat does stink.......its got long hair and poor grooming habbits......and its ok, Laurie knows exactly how I feel about cats......and the cat seems to know to avoid me too (been practicing my field-goal kick:mrgreen:)........ya, you best be careful.....ya dont want to end up on the "B" list


Like I said man..... no big deal, I will buy a spray bomb and hit it next time I go up there........thanks again for the stand and helping Girly get it downstairs......

Ya, 1000g is gonna be a lot of H2o......Laurie isnt worried about it......I am.....there is close to 700g of water in the house now and there isnt any visible problems like window sweats yet.....so I guess we will see

I must have missed it somewhere in the previous 1900 some posts but.... new tank in the works?

yes sir.......a 260G......84l x 24t x 30w:biggrin:

ohhhhh I cant wait to see this

Nice dims Doug. You're gonna love those 30".

can't wait t see the finished product doug!

I cant wait either!!!!...this has been in the works since my birthday in July.....Im chomping at the bit for it to move faster, but my disposable income is a limiting factor:neutral:..especially when Girly keeps needing stuff:wink:...at least now with the stand, I have something solid to show off.....and believe me the stand is SOLID......


I know Im gonna love the width......you are so limited to what you can do aquascaping wise in a narrower tank.......Im hoping to have enough time and patience to do something really dramatic and blow people away with the scape........thats the hope anyway:mrgreen:......both versions of the 110 have had two overhangs that have a 6-8' projection.....Ive had plenty compliments on them, but with a deeper tank I know I could do a massive overhang......one thing I have always wanted to achieve and never have, is an archway that didnt look fake.....every time Ive tried the arch always looked really cheesy and I ended up scrapping it.....so maybe this time, being that I will hopefully have the time to take my time, I will try again

heres a better than Iphone quality pic of the stand the Laurie took for me (thanks Hun)


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and a few randoms


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and now a little story about reef irony.......we all know how difficult of a coral goniopora seems to be.....most people cant seem to keep them alive......myself included......Ive tried twice and killed both colonies rather quickly........a while back there was a stn-ing colony of some sps at the shop that I noticed had a small cluster of colonial tunicates on the bottom of the base, so I took the colony home because I have always thought tunicates were cool.......well the tunicates didnt do so well and the chunk of rock has been moved here and there and flipped and twisted trying to get these tunicates happy .....which never did happen, they ended up dieing.....since then, the rock has just been kinda in there, taking up space, so I thought I would turf it to the sump.......but wait....whats that?......a little wee quarter sized hitchhiker goniopora!!!........figures that the two I paid for died and the one I didnt even know I had is doing well:mmph:

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haha funny how stuff works eh any plans for the outside of the stand once its all set up are you going to enclose it or leave it open??

I like em nekid Denny.......besides anything I did to it would have to be removable......the stand barely made it in the house as is......I dont mind being able to see the sump and skimmer and stuff.....and Laurie said she doent mind either so......nekid it is:biggrin:

Although you do have mad carpentry skills and a pretty wood covering would look niiice :biggrin: Well if not for your tank maybe for my 230g fowlr tank HINT HINT :mrgreen: