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Old 03-13-2007, 07:41 PM
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T5HO lighting arrived:






I assembled the pvc plumbing:



Then glued it:




Then hit it with some krylon fusion spray piant:

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Old 03-13-2007, 07:43 PM
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Then added a few other pieces of equipment:







And a peacock mantis shrimp named Mac:





And that brings us pretty much up to date!

Thanks for looking,

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Im looking for a peacock mantis myself. If you don't mind my asking, does gold's aquarium have any peacocks left and would they ship to vancouver?
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Old 03-14-2007, 02:42 AM
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Great thread Chad ! Thanks for taking the time to organize photo's .
I assume you removed those glue runs from the power bar , all in the interest of attention to detail of course
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Old 03-14-2007, 05:15 AM
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Im looking for a peacock mantis myself. If you don't mind my asking, does gold's aquarium have any peacocks left and would they ship to vancouver?
They only had the one. Sorry.

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Ahhh. Laab Namtok? It's my favourite!

I haven't lived in Thailand, but I've been five times (including during the Tsunami....phew). I lived in Malaysia when I was a teenager, though. I miss it something fierce :-)
Now you two have my interests peaked about this Namtok stuff..... I absolutely ADORE sticky rice.....so WHAT is it?
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Great thread Chad ! Thanks for taking the time to organize photo's .
I assume you removed those glue runs from the power bar , all in the interest of attention to detail of course
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Haha thanks bro. Actually I left the glue runs on the powerbar because I thought that the hardened glue might act like fingers providing more contact points and less chance that the powerbar will one day come detached. It does look dreadful though. No one can see it unless they got down and put their face against the floor... but.... I know it's there still

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Now you two have my interests peaked about this Namtok stuff..... I absolutely ADORE sticky rice.....so WHAT is it?
If Chad and I are talking about the same dish, it's generally beef or pork marinated and cooked in lime juice, fish sauce, powdered toasted sticky rice, mint, cilantro, green onions, thai chilies and shallots.

If you want an official recipe, I could work one up for you! I generally sort of....just throw a little of this in, a little of that....
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Now you two have my interests peaked about this Namtok stuff..... I absolutely ADORE sticky rice.....so WHAT is it?
Namtok means 'water fall' in Thai which is weird because every other dish is named after exactly what is in it. ??

You take a steak of beef and marinade it for a while in fish sauce, lime juice, and Thai chilis. Then you lightly sear it over a fire, then slice it up into thin strips. Then fry the strips with more fish sauce, lime juice, mint leaves, cilantro, red onions, dried chili flakes, and this powder that you make from toasting uncooked sticky rice until brown then grinding it into powder (adds a nice smokey flavour). I like to eat it with my hands just like they do in the Isan. Roll some sticky rice into a ball and flatten it and little and pinch some of the namtok up with it. Stuff it in your mouth. Dip some sticky rice in the juicy sauce. Repeat.
Dang it X-Treme, now I'm hungry!

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YOU'RE hungry? Don't even talk to me about that now. Iron Chef.....I'd LOVE this recipe. Can ya do it with chicken too?

P.S. - Sorry for the thread jack.
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