A Splash of Color

[martinphillip03]

Matt, you may also want to mention that in Canada there are no stubbies. Canadians can drink the whole 12 oz of beer.

Marty

 

[reefmutt]

Martin, in Canada a stubbie is a type of cigarette which will soon be legal.. If our Prime Minister has his way..
Can't wait. :smokin:
Stubbie bottles disappeared in the 70s

 

[Benar]

A Splash of Color

Dom, it would be bloody un-Australian of you if you didn't slide ya danglies over the rim of Andrews coffee..
Hope you Aussies haven't gone all soft on us.

 

[Wrangy]

Dom, it would be bloody un-Australian of you if you didn't slide ya danglies over the rim of Andrews coffee..
Hope you Aussies haven't gone all soft on us.

:lolspin::lolspin: he snatched the one out of my hands with lightening reflexes haha

 

[kevlow]

:lolspin::lolspin: he snatched the one out of my hands with lightening reflexes haha

lol. Sounds like he knew what may have been done to the other one.

 

[maxxII]

Did both you guys use the lowest water level in any chamber of your sumps to calculate what's in the sump ? Not the total volume your sumps hold if full........

Your BSC sounds dodgy Max since you said 75 gallon sump not 75 gallons IN the sump - if you're using a 75 gallon sump your numbers are wrong. I need a clarification before we'll accept your BSC Max :strange:

Under clarified BSC rules, my revised BSC is 2.18.

120 gallon display
75 gallon sump containing 55 gallons of water.

 

[biggles]

In Canada we use wood cloth pegs, less toxic than those toxic plastic coloured ones.

Well Mike, rather than contribute to the mass destruction of Amazon rain forests - Canada is the largest importer of 'blood pegs' as the ecologically devastating wooden pegs are referred to by those of us who use free range plastic pegs to save the planet instead...........

Think about the gibbon that might have been perched on the branch your pegs were milled from next time you're hanging something on the line mate.......

If i was a gibbon killer i wouldn't go around slagging plastic peg users Mike....

whats with all the LPS and zoos in this tank? I thought it was a SPS only tank

Flubber, SPS.......... none of it grows so who really cares Ryan

me too!

but i had that problem before...

i just noticed a difference when only using alu based GFO....

Cheers

I remade the comp 1 after i posted that and left out the B strong 25ml that is supposed to be added to the calcium/mg mix. I made my own turbo charged biggle juice and substituted it as the metal component. No copper in anything i'm dosing now as i don't want it at any level above NSW levels if possible. I'll let you know what the potion is - if i haven't killed all mine and Dom's acros with it by the time the container runs out.......

Hey Andrew, too bad you have that Matrix in there already - I was going to suggest you build an egg crate box for each of those big Matrix sections (the ones supported by the PVC elbows) so you can easily remove it for cleaning, or even just shake it every once in awhile. You've given me some ideas where I might rearrange my Siporax to though. What's up with the colored pegs? That section is CLEARLY designed to have a tray to hold the filter media (though I see it would be noisy). I usually put my filter pad trays below the water line and squish the pad between two pieces of egg crate. Works well and is very quiet. I also put a lip/spout on the entry baffle so that the water pouring in goes into the middle of the filter pad. Nifty little trick. Your sump is still quite awesome - I'm very jealous of the space you have and the frag section (which you should add a raised eggcrate bottom to hold the frags too btw). I think you guys would all be shocked to see that my filter pad section is a mere 4x5" and in a week it doesn't even overflow the pad. I don't have much particulates in my tank even though I feed the living snot out of my tank.

Thanks for all the good points concerning the media Mindy I only set things up how they are so i could get the matrix in flow again asap. I will be making boxes for removal and placing a filter pad over the matrix bed on the outside of the frag section to keep the two sections clean of crap - both those beds are dirty already, i gave them a poke today and they are gathering crap big time.

Thing o'beauty!
I'm happy that the Abbot and Costello reefing duo got that sump in and running seamlessly.
Your tank and this thread just keep getting better and better, Andrew!

And btw, I've been calculating sump water volumes since before you were born!
... Or at least since you were an (obviously) extremely tiresome child.
In order to properly fill a bathtub with ice chilled Canadian beer, you must calculate the tub water displaced by the cans and bottles as well as the extra ice. It's no simple math. Sump volumes is a piece of cake.

Thanks Matt, we didn't spill a drop of water which i still can't believe - i always splosh a few gallons here or there or a hose pops onto the floor........ something.........:spin2:

How do you get the water for the bath Matt, do you guys have an ice melting machine in every house over there ? I assume you use blood pegs too since you're Canadian...........:reading:

Matt, you may also want to mention that in Canada there are no stubbies. Canadians can drink the whole 12 oz of beer.

Marty

Marty, in Aus we have an island offshore called Tassie and even though it's not really part of Aus we all pretend it is. They call themselves aussies etc but they have a weird goofy accent that's not as silly as kiwi but it's damn close so they're clearly a bit of NZ that fell off millions of years ago and ended up drifting out in the middle of nowhere, Tassie isn't actually attached to the planet i don't think, it just hangs in the dead spots created by ocean currents i believe.

And no i am not having a go at the Tasmanians, they don't like us any more than we like them.

Point is Marty, you're a Tasmerican mate............. New York would remove the bridge if no one was watching for long enough.

Martin, in Canada a stubbie is a type of cigarette which will soon be legal.. If our Prime Minister has his way..
Can't wait. :smokin:
Stubbie bottles disappeared in the 70s

I knew it - country is full of hippies !

Under clarified BSC rules, my revised BSC is 2.18.

120 gallon display
75 gallon sump containing 55 gallons of water.

Thank you for taking the time to correct your BSC Max, the penalties for cheating on your BSC are harsh......... Matt, did you want to get something off your chest about your BSC figure ?

The clam top right is not a normal clam, it is a mimic clam that actually preys on echi's........... let me know if you want that explained because it's the sort of weird stuff that happens at Deer Park aquarium......... Dom actually witnessed the whole thing as i wrestled with the clam in a life and death struggle to save my echi..........

 

[Piper27]

Andrew, what are the color variants you topically see in the Aussie staghorn acros? I always see pictures of beautiful branches but I never see them get to the us. Some have cool contrasting tips. Hopefully I can find one out here some day.

 

[FloformAustria]

I remade the comp 1 after i posted that and left out the B strong 25ml that is supposed to be added to the calcium/mg mix. I made my own turbo charged biggle juice and substituted it as the metal component. No copper in anything i'm dosing now as i don't want it at any level above NSW levels if possible. I'll let you know what the potion is - if i haven't killed all mine and Dom's acros with it by the time the container runs out.......

The clam top right is not a normal clam, it is a mimic clam that actually preys on echi's........... let me know if you want that explained because it's the sort of weird stuff that happens at Deer Park aquarium......... Dom actually witnessed the whole thing as i wrestled with the clam in a life and death struggle to save my echi..........

awesome acros...
yes i want that story about the clam...
i will what and see what happens to Doms and your Acros ^^

Cheers

 

[martinphillip03]

Andrew, thanks for the update.

Marty

 

[maxxII]

What's a stubby? Where are the pictures of the sump installed already?

We're waiting patiently...

The first rule of Stubby Club is that you do not talk about Stubby Club.

The second rule of Stubby Club is that you do NOT talk about Stubby Club.

 

[maxxII]

I would like everyone to know that Andrew is not as innocent and I'm not as bad as he'd like you all to believe :uzi:

This was the phone I woke up to this morning... MAN he's clingy :love2:


Not only that but he threatened to throw my acros into the washing machine if I didn't get coffee! Now he also knows I have no cup holders and drive manual so I had to drive and change gears with the SAME hand!

(I got my legs out for you lovely bunch so please enjoy haha)

I suppose after the being harassed, made to drive in dangerous conditions and forced into the slave labour, it was all worth to behold this lovely view!



Next time I'll be reading the fine print of the contract to joining the Dark Side :strooper: I didn't realise my mortal soul was part of it :lolspin:

Dom...

Your car is messed up. The steering wheel is on the wrong side.
No wonder you were running late to Andrew's!

 

[maxxII]

haha great post buddy!
but what soul are you talking about? :lolspin:



looking great Andrew!
i didn´t even notice the not so clean glass ^^

Cheers

We've been over this Flo....

Gingers DO have souls.
They get a freckle for every 40 souls they collect.

Keep mocking and Dom will go on Holiday to Austria and collect yours.

 

[maxxII]

I have no idea how Canada somehow got dragged into this whole US joke beer thing Mike but i've seen ice road truckers on tv and they drive across your rivers...... what a joke !

I googled your race Mike.......... here's a tip for you and all your 'river racer' mates - if you can tap it with a shovel it ain't a river. It is in fact an embarrassing joke which pretty much sums up Canada's weather as a whole buddy - no offence

NOW !

Can we please try to keep the posts on topic - acros !

As you can from the nasty post Mike made, an innocent remark on my behalf was taken way out of context by Canada and suddenly I'M the bad guy somehow in this petty US/Canadian rivalry.........

Back to reefing

I'm now running with this combo of color enhancing dosing pegs that Dave is letting me trial at cost price. I thought $100- for the pack was a good deal and he said i can bring them in monthly and leave them with him overnight for a recharge that is only half the start up cost. :thumbsup:

The sad bit is you could actually sell the peg dosing to the right bunch of goofball reefers. It would have to be somewhere really cold........ where everyone thinks slow because they're brains are frosted up.......... :reading:

On the bonus side of things....Canadians rarely get attacked by the following critters:

Crocodiles
Sharks
Dingo's
Drop Bears
Snakes
Aggressive carnivorous spiders the size of a small child
Wasp's big enough to eat the spiders

Etc


BTW, Budweiser isnt a beer. It's beer flavored water. You guys have Fosters, Canadians have Molson's or Labatt's, we have Budweiser, and Thailand has Singha. Every Country has a beer they arent proud of, but still get's sold internationally.

We do have lots of beers you guys from other countries would love...assuming you could hang with American's in a bar.

I've out drank 3 out of 4 Irishmen in a bar in Dublin, and gave a Scotsman a fair hurtin too....pretty sure I could give most Aussie's and Cannucks a run for their money too.

 

[maxxII]

matt, you may also want to mention that in canada there are no stubbies. Canadians can drink the whole 12 oz of beer.

Marty

lol

Winner!

 

[Bdial]

Your lfs makes me sick. Those corals are just amazing. I spent 40 on one piece a few weeks ago and it was no where near those sizes or colors.

 

[old_mr2]

Gday Biggles! I too enjoy Forsters!

What actual bacteria are you dosing if any? Ive just ordered 2L of Matrix to get me started...

 

[bobssecrtsn]

Oh how I missed a lot of things around here....

 

[biggles]

Last thursday night Dave sent me pics of what he was unpacking. I can't get to his regular after hours sps customer get togethers each week where the guys get to grab the real stunners. You all think i get amazing stuff but i am only ever picking over the left overs usually 3-4 days after the shipments arrive, it's just the way things work out unfortunately for me lol.

This is what arrives at Deer Park aquarium on a regular basis from Chris straight out of the bags and they sure as hell aint brown from shipping...........

You guys are goofy if you ever swallow that ' it must have browned in shipping' line....... if it arrives looking crap it most likely left looking the same way

THIS is what a real wild blue stunner looks like after shipping !

 

[plyle02]

Oh wow Andrew, how many did you score? I have to agree that blue is off the charts amazing! So much excitement on your journal, some reef, some not, either way I am glad I make usual visits