Smoothdog's 150DD build

[Mr D smack]

Lol! Smack you LOVE the smack talk! If you will be at pizza tomorrow I will make you buy me a beer!

:blown:

The screen name gives it away doesn't it. :thumbsup:

But there will be free bacon, so it's ok.



You'll need to be there more than 30 min if you expect any beers. :lol:

This^^^^^

Hmmm, not so sure about this...I'm going to want accurate reports of the time he shows up and the time he leaves. Make sure to announce your presence and departure so we can count this as a first, official visit.

I'll try to keep updates for you, but he's a sneaky one :lmao:

Oh and page 17 starts off Dsmacked:debi:

 

[Damon.Webb22]

Hmmm, not so sure about this...I'm going to want accurate reports of the time he shows up and the time he leaves. Make sure to announce your presence and departure so we can count this as a first, official visit.

I will loudly proclaim "His royal highness Damon has arrived!"

followed shortly by "The royal presence is leaving your....presence..."

 

[reefslugs]

Hey the glass on the tank looks dirty. You used use a brand new T-shirt and clean it.

 

[smoothdog]

...and then there was coral!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19728933@N07/9902048184/" title="DSC_0015.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/9902048184_d9bac7696a_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="DSC_0015.JPG"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19728933@N07/9902022936/" title="DSC_0013.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9902022936_9470fd337d_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="DSC_0013.JPG"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19728933@N07/9902033204/" title="DSC_0014.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/9902033204_f83493653b_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="DSC_0014.JPG"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19728933@N07/9902247075/" title="DSC_0018.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/9902247075_c4d22c69b9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0018.JPG"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19728933@N07/9902145483/" title="DSC_0017.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/9902145483_94429fc3d5_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0017.JPG"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19728933@N07/9902056444/" title="DSC_0016.JPG by ksw2005, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/9902056444_c123b5f598_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0016.JPG"></a>

Luckily I had a spare t-shirt laying around to clean the glass.

Pics were with leds only.

Got most of the big colonies moved Sunday night, have a couple more decent size pieces to move, then get to start placing some frags. :thumbsup: Hopefully I'll get a couple fish moved tonight.

 

[t.priscu]

Looks great. Love that pink millie.
I probably missed this somewhere in the thread but is this plumbed into your basement setup ? Just curious.

 

[Nanook]

Looks great, Kirk! Really love the setup.

 

[smoothdog]

Looks great. Love that pink millie.
I probably missed this somewhere in the thread but is this plumbed into your basement setup ? Just curious.

Thanks Tom! Yes, all plumbing and lighting power runs through a hole in the floor behind the tank.

Looks great, Kirk! Really love the setup.

Thanks Nook! Might need to have a St. Charles PN reboot. :bounce3:

 

[Reeferhead]

Beautiful!

 

[smoothdog]

Beautiful!

Thanks Nick! I have to say it was pretty gratifying to grab some things from the basement and stick them in the tank and have an instant reef. :dance: I even caught Susan just staring at the tank yesterday. :lol:

 

[twiggyb]

You got some nice colonies there sir :thumbsup: looks great! Pizza night. Pizza night..

 

[Damon.Webb22]

That is beeeeooooootiful! I like it a lot. I still want to come look at the construction work.

 

[t.priscu]

Thanks Tom! Yes, all plumbing and lighting power runs through a hole in the floor behind the tank.

Thats awesome all kinds of room to add on frag tanks and stuff)
Still cant get over the size of that hammer coral!

 

[kegogut]

Looks damn good Kirk. I like the rock work alot. I wish I could do sticks but the only sps Ive ever had luck with is monti cap~

 

[Pife]

Looks great. You do top notch work. I think a pizza night is a must. I need to see this setup and canopy lift in action.

 

[Mr D smack]

Awesome work dog!!!! Yeah a pizza night is a must

 

[Tradewinds]

Outstanding work Kirk! Another vote for pizza night at your house.

 

[Koddie Doo]

Great Build! Looks awesome are you going fish less?

 

[awais98]

Gorgeous work smooth!! Loving your rockscape too!

 

[smoothdog]

You got some nice colonies there sir :thumbsup: looks great! Pizza night. Pizza night..

Awesome work dog!!!! Yeah a pizza night is a must

Outstanding work Kirk! Another vote for pizza night at your house.

Thanks for the compliment everyone! I'll see if we can't pull together a PN after the swap.

Great Build! Looks awesome are you going fish less?

Nope, just haven't moved them over yet. What's a fish tank without fish? I actually just put my new potter's wrasse in there yesterday so he could settle in first since they can be pretty sensitive to harassment when introduced.

Gorgeous work smooth!! Loving your rockscape too!

Looks damn good Kirk. I like the rock work alot. I wish I could do sticks but the only sps Ive ever had luck with is monti cap~

Thanks guys, I was going for lots of open space with as much coral placement space as possible, I think I somehow pulled it off. Kego, that's what I started with, then moved onward and upward. I've found that plating monti cap is a great early indicator of issues since it grows so fast. If you see the edges color up, it means it's not growing so there must be something off. I also found that it tends to pale up quicker than most other corals when something is off.

That is beeeeooooootiful! I like it a lot. I still want to come look at the construction work.

You're welcome to swing by anytime, just shoot me a message. There will also be a PN coming up.

Thats awesome all kinds of room to add on frag tanks and stuff)
Still cant get over the size of that hammer coral!

That was the plan all along. Close, pearl bubble coral. :strooper:

Looks great. You do top notch work. I think a pizza night is a must. I need to see this setup and canopy lift in action.

Thanks Pife. I'm still not happy with the lift, it's functional but a little sketchy. I might look into replacing the wood lift frame with steel, just haven't had a lot of time to look into it.

 

[jmh11788]

That's perty gdarn sweet lookin! :spin2:

Looks like a lot of hard work went into this build. Great job!