My plans for today

[spit.fire]

will post pictures as i go


STEP 1:
Go in my garage, grab a bunch of rock and build new rock structure

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4192_zpsnse45e8w.jpg

Step 2: Over skim the crap out of your tank
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/vertex/3492ebd2-e881-434b-bc7e-5d022fbc69cb_zpskk4dhdcw.jpg

Step 3: wait for concrete on new rock structure to dry

Step 4: Make pot of coffee, drink whole pot

Step 5: Drain all of water out of tank into sump (i dont have enough water mixed), and put all fish, corals, inverts and crap into sump

Step 6: Remove Existing rock structure and throw into back yard

Step 7: Clean the crap out of the tank (remove every spec of hair algae)

Step 8: Dump 5L of Hydrogen peroxide into frag table and let sit for 10 minutes (only zoas and mushrooms in there atm)

Step 9: Drain 100% of water from frag table

Step 10: Make more coffee

Step 11: Fill tank back up and remount all coral + whatever else i feel like throwing in there

[Aquattro]

All I got from that is coffee and your backyard may look like mine. :)

[Myka]

Smells like fun. :D

[spit.fire]

Smells like fun. :D

Good news is theres no acros in THAT tank so i get to avoid that smell this time around

[Myka]

It's still gonna smell like SW tank goo.

[spit.fire]

It's still gonna smell like SW tank goo.

cant be any worse than the 2 skimmers i emptied this morning (i run biopellets)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4175_zpsuv6hpfaa.jpg

[New West 40]

Enjoy. New Aquascape looks good.

[WarDog]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4192_zpsnse45e8w.jpg

Awesome structure. That's going to look CHOICE!

[spit.fire]

Step 12: Realize my wrasse will eat all of my wifes porcelain crabs (SSHHHHHH no body say anything to her)

Step 13: figure out where all 3 abalones are hiding

[Myka]

Step 12: Realize my wrasse will eat all of my wifes porcelain crabs (SSHHHHHH no body say anything to her)

Oops! :redface:

[spit.fire]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/vertex/IMG_4165_zpsjgqlc6sr.jpg


the culprit

dont know what kind of wrasse it is but it will eat flatworms, nudis, hermits, crabs, asterina stars, those wierd mini abalone looking snails, any food, and will follow your hand around waiting for you to pick up frags so it can inspect them


best pest control ever


ignore the mess of frags and colonies everywhere.... part of my cleaning process

[spit.fire]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4196_zpsbivjkc6q.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4195_zpsvhsfepwl.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4194_zpsxnzyrjzd.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4193_zpsrkghh1mj.jpg


The fish in the picture is a Plesiops coeruleolineatus
worst aquarium fish ever, you will never see it, i have had it for about 2 years, i only see it when i drain the tank and pull all the rock out

[Scythanith]

I love the rockwork! Good for you!

[shiftline]

Nice work on the design

[spit.fire]

so now i get to see if a hammer will survive a hot coffee dip... while cutting it off the rock it flew across the room and landed in my cup of coffee.... quickly dumped it out into a bucket of water and rinsed it off, we'll see if it survives


snail trying to escapé :mrgreen:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4200_zpsxpwsqvli.jpg

[spit.fire]

Awesome structure. That's going to look CHOICE!

I love the rockwork! Good for you!

Nice work on the design



thanks, had to do something fancy to keep the wife happy (its her tank)

[kien]

nice structure ! You run biopellets ?? That's so 2007.

[spit.fire]

nice structure ! You run biopellets ?? That's so 2007.

yuppers, and a calcium reactor, a really big one, with no ph control

[spit.fire]

so apparently hammer corals like coffee...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4201_zpsrengoibt.jpg


this is the piece (the big one in the back) that got a dunk in hot coffee yesterday

[Myka]

Wow, you really got in there! Got any pics now it's cleared up? That structure looks really good.

[spit.fire]

before:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/vertex/IMG_4163_zpsxwakpbrj.jpg



After:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4204_zpsazh1t1kf.jpg

[spit.fire]

ill be adding the rest of the corals back once the rabbit fish cleans them up

before anyone says something about a hippo tang in a 40g, hes stunted, hes been that size for 3 years (before i had him), he wont grow any bigger

[Myka]

That's a 40-gallon? :lol: I didn't read that part, it looks bigger with the structure (and the old one),m but now I look at the stuff around the tank and the size of the fish it makes sense now. It sure looks better now!

[Nuggs]

so apparently hammer corals like coffee...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG_4201_zpsrengoibt.jpg


this is the piece (the big one in the back) that got a dunk in hot coffee yesterday
But how did the coffee taste afterwards?

Maybe you can sell the recipe to Starbucks.


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[spit.fire]

But how did the coffee taste afterwards?

Maybe you can sell the recipe to Starbucks.


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i thought about drinking it....

[Myka]

i thought about drinking it....

Some of the worse stings I've received have been from Frogspawns. I wouldn't drink that!!! :eek: :lol:

[Duckhams]

That's a pretty cool rockscape, wow! I hope it holds together for you!

[spit.fire]

That's a pretty cool rockscape, wow! I hope it holds together for you!

theres alot of zap straps in there, and concrete

and ive done it a time or two, its pretty solid

[Duckhams]

Impressive work!