My BEST hitchhiker is an OCTOPUS!

[KozmoTKramer]

I think I am being smited from above for my less than sympathetic reatcion.

Power is out all over Seattle area (Sammamish is where I live). The Power went out the day I left for Haiwaii on Thursday. The power is expected to be out through the weekend.

Luckily I have a generator, which I have used about 12 hours in 2 years. This morning the tank got down to 69 degrees! All the backflow into the sump from shutting on and off teh generator to refill it delcalibrated the heater, and the fire in the living room was left off. Now i just want to fly home to protect my tank! I don't think it will be too bad though. So now I have a lack of gas issue. Luckily my sister's boyfreind is bringing some from Seattle. Argh, and I think I need to have him change the oil in the generator. Sitter is at work till a bit later, so I hope the tank temp is back to normal.

Man this is stressful even with 1 pet sitter and 2 helpers!

Sorry about your tank, must have been one of the most depressing things. My mom has not been exactly sympathetic with this whole situation, and boy did that frusterate the hell out of me...

Good luck in the future.

 

[melev]

Sorry about your tank, must have been one of the most depressing things. My mom has not been exactly sympathetic with this whole situation, and boy did that frusterate the hell out of me...

Good luck in the future.

Well said.

 

[the_anti_honda]

All I can say after finding this thread is crap that sucks. I would cry I think..

Hit me up for frags when you are ready for some more.

 

[JGermanow]

Man I am speechless right now.... You sir have my deepest sympathy... I have been reading posts to better educate myself, but today while browsing i came across this thread and have been captivated and depressed all in the past 30 min. I have read every reply, and cant tell you how happy i am to find out that you did not give up after the terrible "MELT DOWN" That you have endured. Also all of the support that fellow enthusiasts have given is simply great.. I too would like to send you some frags if and when you are ready for them... KEEP THE HOBBY ALIVE!! GOOD LUCK!

 

[Buddy Pine]

It's been a while since i've posted, in return I really really appreciate who've responded and update everyone on where i stand. For those who i've neglected of not having a tank sitter, I did not have anyone access to in the beginning (ATO was one of the reason but accidentally failed). So I've decided to sell my 180 gallon system.


Removal of the 180 gallon system:

New Miracles 270 gallon Strafire:

130 gallon sump:

Partial equipment:

Acquired frags, temporarily in sump:

Newly acquired livestock: "CATFISH"

 

[FiberLux]

Welcome back and Congratulations on your new Reef System!

Can't wait to see it up and running!

Boyd

 

[dwhatley]

Buddy,

Why did you sell the 180? From the look of it, the 180 might have been the perfect sump ;>). Please do post pictures as the new system becomes a reef.
"D"

 

[niloc16]

i'm totally impressed you jump back and upgraded. i cant even imagine that happening to me and i feel for you, but now the hobby and 'addiction' can be revived and jump start a whole new adventure. i'm definitely tagging along for this one. that new tank looks amazing.

 

[melev]

That's going to be a great setup. What are your livestock plans, other than the newly acquired catfish?

 

[Buddy Pine]

It's going to be dominantly SPS. And a few interesting Zoanthids, LPS and Ricordeas.
As for fish, it will be a selectively number of Tangs, Anthias, Wrasses and others.

 

[danieljames]

Very nice aquarium buddy

 

[Buddy Pine]

New 270 gallon Starfire

New 270 gallon Starfire

Thanks everyone, i'm going for a vengance!!!

 

[goulashriot]

vengence sounds like a fantastic plan to me.

bigger and better than before, i like the sound of that!

 

[jay24k]

My offer still stands. Hit me up and if you cover shipping, I'll send you a nice frag pack to get you going.

 

[Buddy Pine]

Thank you Jay24k, are you serious. No problem about shipping cost i'll cover it let me know how much.

dwhatley: The 180 is too tall and awkward, it was easier just to sell the whole system.

 

[jski711]

wow i just spent like an hour reading all of the posts and i am so sorry to hear what happened. well look on the bright side thats a pretty sick setup you are putting together. i look at my little 75g everyday and i couldn't imagine going through that. just wanted to give you my .02. good luck and we will definatly need some pics when you get ready to setup. happy new year, im sure 07 will be better for ya!!!

jake

 

[Buddy Pine]

testing the closed loop

testing the closed loop

okay.. just finished hooking up the new Sequence Hammerhead pump for the closed loop to push through a 4 way Oceans Motions version 2 drum. Testing the flow, so far so good, and lots of movement.

 

[dwhatley]

soooo, are you giving surfing lessons now?

I assume you can REDUCE the uh ... motion in the ocean?

"D"

 

[Buddy Pine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9067006#post9067006 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dwhatley
soooo, are you giving surfing lessons now?

I assume you can REDUCE the uh ... motion in the ocean?

"D"

:lmao: just mxin' the salt quickly.

 

[melev]

Did you buy those Tee fittings with all the holes in it? That's new to me. That's a wave alright!