Project 58!! (Image intense)
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maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Hey Curt,
Yeah, I've been doing that...but if there's better ways to do things, or faster ways to go about it....
Thanks for the kind words. Hoping to put the calcium reactor online here in a few weeks. That should give more stability to the system and cut down on kalk use dramatically. Might have to run kalk anyway, but only for pH effect....dont know until I get the reactor set up.
Nick
Yeah, I've been doing that...but if there's better ways to do things, or faster ways to go about it....
Thanks for the kind words. Hoping to put the calcium reactor online here in a few weeks. That should give more stability to the system and cut down on kalk use dramatically. Might have to run kalk anyway, but only for pH effect....dont know until I get the reactor set up.
Nick
Lunchbucket
Premium Member
i need to get photoshop..BAD...lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$
Lunchbucket
Lunchbucket
Lunchbucket
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what cheaper version...guess i need to look it up
Lunchbucket
Lunchbucket
chadfarmer
Premium Member
what calcium reactor are you getting ?
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Eric, I think Curt's talking about Photoshop Elements. Doesnt do all the high zoot stuff, but covers the vast majority of what most of us are going to use. Much cheaper...V2.0 cost somewhere in the vicinity of $120.00 vs $800.00 for Photoshop 8.0
Chad,
I stumbled onto a used Korrallin 1502 reactor. Got it for $200.00 from a guy who was getting out of the hobby and needed money for his reletively new gear ASAP. He chucked in a regulator and solenoid, two 10 lb co2 tanks and an aqualifter pump for that price. However, one of the fittings on the top of the reactor was cracked, so I needed a replacement, and I've managed to aquire one. So the reactor should be set up soon.
Nick
Chad,
I stumbled onto a used Korrallin 1502 reactor. Got it for $200.00 from a guy who was getting out of the hobby and needed money for his reletively new gear ASAP. He chucked in a regulator and solenoid, two 10 lb co2 tanks and an aqualifter pump for that price. However, one of the fittings on the top of the reactor was cracked, so I needed a replacement, and I've managed to aquire one. So the reactor should be set up soon.
Nick
MiddletonMark
Premium Member
Photoshop Elements does have pretty much all you'd need - I agree.
While I use the full octane version at work, unless you're doing batch formatting or some other very involved stuff, I don't see what the Elements version lacks for reef tank photos. Then again, since my wife is back in school - I'm having her buy me a new version of the `full' one, given educational discounts cut the price a ton.
While I use the full octane version at work, unless you're doing batch formatting or some other very involved stuff, I don't see what the Elements version lacks for reef tank photos. Then again, since my wife is back in school - I'm having her buy me a new version of the `full' one, given educational discounts cut the price a ton.
MiddletonMark
Premium Member
Thanks, it's an honor to be chosen.
Just wait until I start demanding frags, you'll tire of the heavy yoke of my moderation all too soon
Just wait until I start demanding frags, you'll tire of the heavy yoke of my moderation all too soon
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Power Hungry Fascist!!!!
I just wanted to be the first Mark, nothing personal. I agree with Curt, well deserved for your tireless efforts and help here on the board.
Curt,
where are you moving?
Gath,
thanks, I wasnt able to really get many decent shots before I got a camera with a faster shutter speed either. Hows your Tomini doing?
Nick
MiddletonMark
Premium Member
Go right ahead Nick. :lmao: If I can't take a joke, I'm doomed.
Please ignore the man behind the curtain - I think I'm still the same guy
Great shots, may I add. That Tang seems quite photogenic.
How do you like the chalk bass?
I've kept them in mind as an interesting fish for a small tank ... just wondering.
Lots of potential in frag alley ... kind of the most exciting part, as you see what the corals that you'll grow for the next few years look like. I wish they were in my frag alley, nice stuff
Please ignore the man behind the curtain - I think I'm still the same guy
Great shots, may I add. That Tang seems quite photogenic.
How do you like the chalk bass?
I've kept them in mind as an interesting fish for a small tank ... just wondering.
Lots of potential in frag alley ... kind of the most exciting part, as you see what the corals that you'll grow for the next few years look like. I wish they were in my frag alley, nice stuff
No worries guys....I'm not moving to DC. I'm staying in St. Louis because St. Louis is VERY different from DC in a good way. I would rather travel to DC for business and stay here most of the time than the other way around. Not once in 38 years has a gun been pulled on me in St. Louis. Being only partially in DC for the last year and a half, I've looked down the barrel of a gun 3 times. (One time it was my fault). Not only that, I was in the building that was anthraxed last year. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0305/031605p1.htm They turned off the air conditioning and all air moving equipment early in the morning, they didn't give us access to any snack machines, and we were not allowed to leave the building. The governments attitude was, even though leaving these people quarantined in their building will more likely result in their death, at least they can't accidentally spread it anywhere else. They told us they would give us more information in 45 minutes. 9 HOURS LATER, they finally gave a whole bunch of scared people the right to leave the building. (Luckily, the whole thing was a false alarm anyway. Some moron at Ft. Detrick mixed the sample of POSSIBLE anthrax with real anthrax so the test obviously showed positive).
The time that it was my fault that I had to look down the barrel of a gun was the day after they closed our building after the anthrax scare. I thought I took everything that I would need to continue working but forgot one file. The building was still locked down but I tried to sneak in. I got most of the way to my office when I heard a very authoritative command. I spun around to see some sort of semi-automatic weapon about 2 feet from my face and a very angry Army or Marine soldier. Trust me, the Yes sir's and No sirs were prevalent as was, "I'm just an accountant and need a computer file". He didn't let me get the rest of the way to my office and after looking down the barrel of a military rifle, I didn't complain.
DC is very weird. People don't say, "Thank you" or "Please". If you are walking right behind someone going into a store, most people don't hold the door for you. Arab women (and they are everywhere) all think that you are going to harm them and they are terrified of you. (I've never had anyone afraid of me before...it's quite unusual).
I've personally witnessed a suicide, a murder, and a lot of gang violence. (Mind you, this was in the 'high rent' district and not in the slums). All of this is from living part-time in DC, not full-time. There is no way that I would choose to live there full-time. I even turned down a very lucrative offer just so I could be here mostly. Sure there are problems with St. Louis. I'm not unaware of the issues. However, spend an extended amount of time in DC and you will love your home town more too.
The time that it was my fault that I had to look down the barrel of a gun was the day after they closed our building after the anthrax scare. I thought I took everything that I would need to continue working but forgot one file. The building was still locked down but I tried to sneak in. I got most of the way to my office when I heard a very authoritative command. I spun around to see some sort of semi-automatic weapon about 2 feet from my face and a very angry Army or Marine soldier. Trust me, the Yes sir's and No sirs were prevalent as was, "I'm just an accountant and need a computer file". He didn't let me get the rest of the way to my office and after looking down the barrel of a military rifle, I didn't complain.
DC is very weird. People don't say, "Thank you" or "Please". If you are walking right behind someone going into a store, most people don't hold the door for you. Arab women (and they are everywhere) all think that you are going to harm them and they are terrified of you. (I've never had anyone afraid of me before...it's quite unusual).
I've personally witnessed a suicide, a murder, and a lot of gang violence. (Mind you, this was in the 'high rent' district and not in the slums). All of this is from living part-time in DC, not full-time. There is no way that I would choose to live there full-time. I even turned down a very lucrative offer just so I could be here mostly. Sure there are problems with St. Louis. I'm not unaware of the issues. However, spend an extended amount of time in DC and you will love your home town more too.
chadscamaro
Active member
I think I will pass on a vacation in DC !:eek2:
I have vacationed to DC twice, very fun and exciting if you like to see famous places and look at things in museums or the mint, but I will say there are more people begging and selling t-Shirts than anywhere I have ever been. I have been to the southside of Chicago where no one speaks english and all over Manhatten, I walked all over Manhatten from Battery Park to Central Park and West to East across Times Square. DC is kinda shady at times, someone always wanted my change, I can only relate this to when I worked construction near Delmar and Grand or 20th and Cass in St. Louis (the change asking, not the t-shirt selling)
wow that got out of hand (sorry to HIJAK your tank thread)
wow that got out of hand (sorry to HIJAK your tank thread)
No worries guys....I'm not moving to DC. I'm staying in St. Louis because St. Louis is VERY different from DC in a good way. I would rather travel to DC for business and stay here most of the time than the other way around. Not once in 38 years has a gun been pulled on me in St. Louis. Being only partially in DC for the last year and a half, I've looked down the barrel of a gun 3 times. (One time it was my fault). Not only that, I was in the building that was anthraxed last year. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0305/031605p1.htm They turned off the air conditioning and all air moving equipment early in the morning, they didn't give us access to any snack machines, and we were not allowed to leave the building. The governments attitude was, even though leaving these people quarantined in their building will more likely result in their death, at least they can't accidentally spread it anywhere else. They told us they would give us more information in 45 minutes. 9 HOURS LATER, they finally gave a whole bunch of scared people the right to leave the building. (Luckily, the whole thing was a false alarm anyway. Some moron at Ft. Detrick mixed the sample of POSSIBLE anthrax with real anthrax so the test obviously showed positive).
The time that it was my fault that I had to look down the barrel of a gun was the day after they closed our building after the anthrax scare. I thought I took everything that I would need to continue working but forgot one file. The building was still locked down but I tried to sneak in. I got most of the way to my office when I heard a very authoritative command. I spun around to see some sort of semi-automatic weapon about 2 feet from my face and a very angry Army or Marine soldier. Trust me, the Yes sir's and No sirs were prevalent as was, "I'm just an accountant and need a computer file". He didn't let me get the rest of the way to my office and after looking down the barrel of a military rifle, I didn't complain.
DC is very weird. People don't say, "Thank you" or "Please". If you are walking right behind someone going into a store, most people don't hold the door for you. Arab women (and they are everywhere) all think that you are going to harm them and they are terrified of you. (I've never had anyone afraid of me before...it's quite unusual).
I've personally witnessed a suicide, a murder, and a lot of gang violence. (Mind you, this was in the 'high rent' district and not in the slums). All of this is from living part-time in DC, not full-time. There is no way that I would choose to live there full-time. I even turned down a very lucrative offer just so I could be here mostly. Sure there are problems with St. Louis. I'm not unaware of the issues. However, spend an extended amount of time in DC and you will love your home town more too.
The time that it was my fault that I had to look down the barrel of a gun was the day after they closed our building after the anthrax scare. I thought I took everything that I would need to continue working but forgot one file. The building was still locked down but I tried to sneak in. I got most of the way to my office when I heard a very authoritative command. I spun around to see some sort of semi-automatic weapon about 2 feet from my face and a very angry Army or Marine soldier. Trust me, the Yes sir's and No sirs were prevalent as was, "I'm just an accountant and need a computer file". He didn't let me get the rest of the way to my office and after looking down the barrel of a military rifle, I didn't complain.
DC is very weird. People don't say, "Thank you" or "Please". If you are walking right behind someone going into a store, most people don't hold the door for you. Arab women (and they are everywhere) all think that you are going to harm them and they are terrified of you. (I've never had anyone afraid of me before...it's quite unusual).
I've personally witnessed a suicide, a murder, and a lot of gang violence. (Mind you, this was in the 'high rent' district and not in the slums). All of this is from living part-time in DC, not full-time. There is no way that I would choose to live there full-time. I even turned down a very lucrative offer just so I could be here mostly. Sure there are problems with St. Louis. I'm not unaware of the issues. However, spend an extended amount of time in DC and you will love your home town more too.
