Fishoholic's 2012 nano contest entry

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by riceboy

lol the ato looks to be the same device i'm using except its me with a red cup lol, good thing the office has unlimited amounts of filtered water lol

Simplest ATO I've ever used to figure out how to get it working

[ALang]

ATO with a red solo cup...I feel a country song in the make...might infringe on Toby Keith's copyrights, though!!
Just hoping that no one goes on a few days worth of "vacation", like my hubby likes to do, it can be a nightmare to get house sitters to fill such a tiny tank. Mine just dumped the whole amount that has been evaporating for the past few days all at once, on the day before us getting home, and then wondered why things died...

[reefwars]

hi laurie.......relax lol


the timeline is posted as are the rules, everyone can take it as they see it but its now final and will not be changed for any reasons, and all decisions will now be made up to the judges.


like i said i believe your journal is fine, according to the official timeline and how i read it, for the most part everyones is fine.


the judges are going to look at more than just the timeline guys so relax and just do the best you can on your nanos and let the judges worry about who gets points and who dont


ps....tank looks great btw

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by reefwars

hi laurie.......relax lol


the timeline is posted as are the rules, everyone can take it as they see it but its now final and will not be changed for any reasons, and all decisions will now be made up to the judges.


like i said i believe your journal is fine, according to the official timeline and how i read it, for the most part everyones is fine.


the judges are going to look at more than just the timeline guys so relax and just do the best you can on your nanos and let the judges worry about who gets points and who dont

ps....tank looks great btw

Ok ok I'll chill out now. I know I went on a bit of a (rant) yesterday and 'bout that, I just felt the need to state my opinion

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by ALang

ATO with a red solo cup...I feel a country song in the make...might infringe on Toby Keith's copyrights, though!!
Just hoping that no one goes on a few days worth of "vacation", like my hubby likes to do, it can be a nightmare to get house sitters to fill such a tiny tank. Mine just dumped the whole amount that has been evaporating for the past few days all at once, on the day before us getting home, and then wondered why things died...

everytime I see that cup I think of that song, in fact as I was topping it off I was singing "red solo cup I use you for my top off"

Thankfully there are no trips planned right now. Other then going to visit Doug's mom for her birthday in Calgary for a weekend in Oct. My mom is going to look after all my animals while I'm gone and I give her very explicit directions on what to do with my tanks so hopefully it'll be ok as she's been good at following the fish tank directions to a T in the past.

[Enigma]

Do you have any plans to try to hide the hose from the skimmer?

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Do you have any plans to try to hide the hose from the skimmer?

I did notice that it's kinda ugly sitting out in the open, but I'm not sure how I could hide it. I'll have to think about it some more.

[fishoholic]

So I found an evil aiptasia (top circle in pic) on the top of one of my rocks I've also discovered my tank has balls! Ball anemones (bottom circle) that is



The ball anemones are kind pretty so I'm leaving them alone for now, but I puttied in the evil aiptasia and said "Die aiptasia die!!!!!" as I applied the putty

Goodbye aiptasia....and no you won't be missed


EDIT: Ok for some odd reason the circles I made on the pic's in photobucket (that show up on the photobucket page) aren't showing up here. Not sure why but hopefully you can tell where the aiptasia and the ball anemone are in the pic.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

I've also discovered my tank has balls! Ball anemones (bottom circle) that is

hahahahahahahaha....NIIICEEE!

I just found a little aiptasia on a frag I just got, so I stuck it with a needle full of Mag. Worked great!

[fishoholic]

Also noticed this hitchhiker astra starfish. I know some people think of them as pests but I've never had problems with them so I'm leaving him in.



Also noticed that my tank seems to go down to 75 at night (and its not that cold yet) so I'm going to have to figure out some sort of heater soon. Unless.....dwarf seahorse maybe???? Not sure if the tank is big enough for one or not.....also not sure if I can keep such a small tank stable enough for one. I'll have to do some reading.