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Old 04-05-2011, 05:15 AM
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I LOVE the bubble algae! Adds a "nice" ... touch to the tank..

That favia is SICK! I'm green with envy.
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Old 04-07-2011, 01:00 AM
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Nice scores Doug! That Favia looks almost like it's been dipped in plutonium. Bet it flouresces nice. I'm really digging that pink Chalice too.
Thanks Lance....the chalice appears more red in person, it really did photograph kinda pink

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I LOVE the bubble algae! Adds a "nice" ... touch to the tank..

That favia is SICK! I'm green with envy.
aw man!......you weren't supposed to notice the bubble algae

ya that favia is pretty sweet......one of my faves for sure......had always wanted a piece and finally found some......


well I mentioned before that I bought an I-Box nano......after some humming and hawing about it for awhile...... I came to the conclusion that I spend to many weekends away to leave a pico running unattended.......as it stands now, I can go to E-town for the w/e and pretty much leave the system without worrying about it.....I just over fill the sump with r/o make sure the r/o reservoir is full and its not that big of a deal for the fish not to eat for a day or two.....I also turn off the skimmer, just in case.....Im worried that a pico tank might not take to well to not being topped up for two or three days......................................... so............................................I decided Ima gonna plumb it in to the main system......is that cheating?......is it still considered a pico tank if it has a 150g sump?.....I brought home some 1/2" plumbing parts and starting looking at the space in the back chamber and I think I can do a herbie in this little tank......both drains and the return will be drilled through the back and the return will use the existing, although slightly enlarged hole(normally I dont much care for an enlarged hole)) for the stock return.......Im thinking I'll use a power-head of some make with around 250 gph for a return pump.....after head loss, that should be more than enough flow for a 2.5g tank.......I need some parts so I can see if I really can make this happen.....the overflow area is a tight little space,(much prefer tight little spaces, in some cases) so I may need to get my hands on a few more pieces to see if I can make it work.....stay tuned
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Old 04-07-2011, 01:16 AM
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lol really, but I see your point. for a second there I thought you were going to say it was a bad impulse buy
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lol really, but I see your point. for a second there I thought you were going to say it was a bad impulse buy
well......in a way it was sortta a bad impulse buy........but plumbing it in would be a cool solutiton and a good save.......



look.....Im suffering from some swelling of the brain


A. Plana


Tyree A. Convexa.....still holding its intense color



have you ever taken care of something for some one and then got really attached to that something???.....Kevin might have a hard time getting this back from me

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Old 04-17-2011, 02:34 PM
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I added a melenarus wrasse a couple weeks ago.....he spent the first two days getting chased into the overflow by my angel......I thought briefly that it was a bad decision....and the poor wrasse was gonna end up on the floor, but after the initial "jump in" period he has settled in quite nicely and none of the rest of the crew even knows he exists....


more pics......

it a bird, its a plane, its "superman!"


Echinata


getting some decent grow out of my sunset monti



I tried tweeking the camera settings a little and my red in person lava chalice still photographed pink
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Old 04-17-2011, 02:41 PM
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The superman looks good babe, seems to be growing well
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Old 04-25-2011, 02:21 PM
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The superman looks good babe, seems to be growing well
thanks bebe


added a couple nano type fish to the small tank last week to keep my blue assessor company......

elacatinus multifasciatus/ green banded goby


trimma cana/ red striped goby


trimma bejemini/ red face dwarf goby


also managed to scoop this small red blasto colony
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it a bird, its a plane, its "superman!"
Superman with superhuman polyp extension, that things unreal Doug!!!
Tanks looking wicked as usual.
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Superman with superhuman polyp extension, that things unreal Doug!!!
Tanks looking wicked as usual.
Thanks Levi......it one of those situations where I almost wish I wasnt getting such good extension, so I could see the color of the base more
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