Just sharing... nothing important

[Kip]

hah .... man.. no way i can hold a candle to some of you other guys.

 

[Kip]

dug up another cool shot... anyone wanna ID it... i have always called it a nasuta, but now that it's grown out, i dont think it is one.

 

[waterfaller1]

Awesome awesome awesome! Hey anyway you could elaborate on that skimmer-bubble eliminator? Maybe at RM or a PM? I am having problems with my new asm G2 in the 65 when I feed.

Funny..LOL>>

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6838149#post6838149 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kip
yeah... i am getting some more tomoro... gonna start gluing frags to the fish

:lol:

 

[Kip]

i have a little illustration of it somewhere (laptop, home desktop, or on my work computer)... when i find it, i will post it

 

[chtan]

you have got a very nice predominantly sps tank .. very organised equipment set up too.

 

[AlgaeMan]

anybody else get one of these from r-mad?

I got a colony almost a year ago.

 

[Kip]

hmm... so by yours and Ivy's ... i guess i can expect mine to darken as it matures... nice, big colony ya got there.

 

[AlgaeMan]

It has actually lightened up a bit in the past few months. I'll have to post an updated pic.

 

[Kip]

ahh... cool deal

 

[Kip]

waterfaller... here is the illustration i was talking about for the gatevalve mod of a euro/asm. Basically instead of the water shooting straight down from the outlet .. you use plumbing (bends are better than elbows) and redirect the water back up to the water surface. the opening is just at or above the sump water level line so the skimmer outlet just spills over into the sump. This will cause some back pressure in your skimmer so adjust your gate valve accordingly. You can also do this on your overflow lines or any other lines draining into your sump that may cause bubble problems. As far as overflow... just like the skimmer outlet, this mod will create back pressure so you may have to adjust the flow of your return that dicates the drain speed of the overflow.

enough yapping... picture...

 

[Racenrich]

kip,

Wicked setup!
you have done your homework there my friend!
Kudos to that

Rich

 

[Kip]

thanks rich... homework.... still doing it... day-in/day-out .... reefkeeping is tough to graduate in

 

[isseym328]

Kip,

I come back to this thread everyday to check out the new pics. Your tank is amazing. A lot of blood and sweat must have went into this tank. You got my vote for TOTM! Now send me a frag of every sps you have in that tank.....

 

[Kip]

thanks...

yeah.. blood, sweat, and tears.... i had a little kalk accident last summer (since installed a failsafe).... while the tank looked milky white and the fish were up against the glass ... i wanted to cry, but couldnt.... too busy getting a really big water change ready. By the grace of God, NOTHING died during that episode... corals browned, but recovered.... i sidestepped a big one and the house smelled like vinegar for days. (Note to self... stock up on seltzer)

Frag of each..... ok... that will be $13,638 ... and thats just for shipping!

 

[Kip]

isseym328 .... here ya go ... some of that blood, sweat, and tears.... shipping wasnt very kind to this guy

 

[Kip]

recovered quite nicely

 

[isseym328]

I totally forgot how it looked when you received the frag. That's one stressed out looking Turaki. And I think the turaki looks better in your tank than mine! I want a frag back!!

 

[Kip]

It recovered very quickly... but after turning the nice blue color and re-tissuing itself... it has been a slow grower. Tons of places are getting these in now, but none as nicely colored as this. Thanks for offering it to me... if it ever gets bigger, I will surely return a frag back to you.

 

[atzak]

I agree with isseym382, TOTM
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=793469

 

[Kip]

thanks for the vote of confidence....... undeserved, but nice comments are always fun.