150gal ZEO que dramatic music

[fooser]

yeah the ol light eh, great piece of equipment. indispenable for sure.

i do owe thanks to Greg for that one thought.

Ya, When I saw that thing at Greg's place, I thought it was the greatest thing ever! I still haven't gotten one of them yet though, anyone know the best place to get one?

foosers acro, is full of bushy polyps, i will need a frag of that one, hehehe.
You know you only gotta point and ask buddy, besides, how else am I going to jack the setosa from you? :p How is the other monti you grabbed from me doin?

[lobsterboy]

How is the other monti you grabbed from me doin?

she settled in nicely to the bottom of the tank, going to mount all the new pieces in a few mintues.

nice green coming out, and the polyps are red. pics will follow.

[Myka]

I seen john add a coral one day to his tank, he has this big lit magnifier glass.

He inspects each inch of the coral.

:lol: I do this too. I put new frags/corals in the sand near the glass so I can inspect them everyday for a week before I move them into their new spots. Can't be too careful. :D

the setosa is so insnae in person, pics cant justify.

foosers acro, is full of bushy polyps, i will need a frag of that one, hehehe.

Ya, I have seen a few Setosas in person, and they are gorgeous. I haven't seen that vibrant color or another corals before. I really should order one for myself. Maybe a Christmas present. :D

Oh, that fooser's frag isn't in your tank?! I thought you just got it from him. I wonder where he got it from?

[lobsterboy]

[QUOTE=Myka;457223
Oh, that fooser's frag isn't in your tank?! I thought you just got it from him. I wonder where he got it from?[/QUOTE]

thats his :mrgreen:

and i might have gotten the last setosa avaible.

[lobsterboy]

took a pic with the white balance on.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1617-1.jpg

got the frags placed today, pics will come.

[lobsterboy]

took this too with the white balance

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1618-1.jpg

[lobsterboy]

purple rim cap,

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1643.jpg

[lobsterboy]

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1649.jpg

[Myka]

and i might have gotten the last setosa avaible.

:cry:

That's ok though, I have a bunch of maintenance and hardware stuff I need to buy, so I need to take a break from buying livestock. :sad:

You have great colors. Are you on the full Zeo system? Which additives are you using?

[lobsterboy]

yeah full zeo, but have been cutting back on the dose now for about a month, and still the colors have kept up and a few colonies have showed improvement.
i am using pretty much everything, depends the day or even the month.

the only thing i am not using is coral snow.

[Myka]

yeah full zeo, but have been cutting back on the dose now for about a month, and still the colors have kept up and a few colonies have showed improvement.
i am using pretty much everything, depends the day or even the month.

the only thing i am not using is coral snow.

I'm receiving a bunch more Zeo products next month. After that there won't be much I'm missing. Except the zeolites, and all that come with that. The colors on my LPS are great, but my SPS are still lacking. I think once I get my sump (and thus skimmer) running it will help. I have added one product at a time, and watched for changes. There are a couple products that I don't think do much (not in my tank anyway), and a couple that are quite dramatic. Spur2 sure is dramatic. Do you use that one? How much/how often? I use 1.75 mL every 18 days or so.

Why not Coral Snow?

[lobsterboy]

I'm receiving a bunch more Zeo products next month. After that there won't be much I'm missing. Except the zeolites, and all that come with that. The colors on my LPS are great, but my SPS are still lacking. I think once I get my sump (and thus skimmer) running it will help. I have added one product at a time, and watched for changes. There are a couple products that I don't think do much (not in my tank anyway), and a couple that are quite dramatic. Spur2 sure is dramatic. Do you use that one? How much/how often? I use 1.75 mL every 18 days or so.

Why not Coral Snow?

havent spured in a month, i really want to but i am holding off, as the colors are really coming out with that xtra bit of zo-algae in their tissue.

i was doing 2ml per 14 days. per 125

once you get the zeolites going, they will start to clear up your water of nutrients, and you will have more color in your SPS, when i first started my LPS didnt really like the zeo, i talked them about it and then they liked it, haha. only three LPS in my tank, 2 fungia and a acan from Scott.

[Myka]

I have a rack in my sump that could hold Zeolites, and I think I might try that out, but I don't have any intentions of getting the reactor.

My tank as it sits has about 70-75 gallons total volume after displacement, and the overflow box. So obviously you have lower nutrients than I do (big surprise) since you have to use less Spur2. I have noticed that dosing the Spur2 makes them drop a lot of color (all colors, the nice ones and the browns), but when they get the color back it has less and less brown, and more and more pretty colors than the last time. It also affects some corals more than others. I'm assuming it does that for you as well? Very interesting product. I wonder how it works...

Why don't you use Coral Snow? Does it have an adverse affect for you?

[lobsterboy]

I have a rack in my sump that could hold Zeolites, and I think I might try that out, but I don't have any intentions of getting the reactor.

My tank as it sits has about 70-75 gallons total volume after displacement, and the overflow box. So obviously you have lower nutrients than I do (big surprise) since you have to use less Spur2. I have noticed that dosing the Spur2 makes them drop a lot of color (all colors, the nice ones and the browns), but when they get the color back it has less and less brown, and more and more pretty colors than the last time. It also affects some corals more than others. I'm assuming it does that for you as well? Very interesting product. I wonder how it works...

Why don't you use Coral Snow? Does it have an adverse affect for you?

yeah you cold use the zeolites in your sump, most important thing is to keep the flow rate at 80-100gph though these as too much flow will cause problems as the nutrients are too quickly removed.

and yeah, i have found the colors to be more and more intense with contiuned use. and its true that some odd corals are not effected by this, i thought they were from indo, not 100% so dont quote me on that. its something to do with those certain corals from that area dont want to release there excess zoo alage so readily.

not sure how it works, i am guessing it agitates the coral enough for it to purge the excess.

[Myka]

I think the rack would have too much flow then at about 200 gph. I do have a spare PhosBan reactor though...

[Ryan]

I think the rack would have too much flow then at about 200 gph. I do have a spare PhosBan reactor though...

I have heard of people doing it this way on nano's but you need to agitate the zeo rocks. Make sure you leave enough slack in the line so you can shake the reactor if you use a phosban.

[lobsterboy]

yeah, i had did the phos RX before, and it worked well, i think it was chowder that had a DIY post for this kind of RX.

mine worked well, only thing was it was hard to start the primeing of RX as well, when i glued it, i didnt put a sleave inside the RX for the zeolites, and they would always get wedged inbetween the red plastic bottom and the side of the RX when priming.

[lobsterboy]

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1668.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1678-1.jpg
took these with the white balance on, lots of deep color.
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1719.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1718.jpg

[lobsterboy]

here are some pics of frags that i have gotten from Coral Master over the past while, all have showen great color and great growth since i have gotten them.
L-R rainbow stylo, blue millipora, and blue polyp austrea
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1704.jpg
top down of the above, L-R rainbow stylo, blue millpora, and blue polyps aust
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1693.jpg
unknown
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1703.jpg
middle ceralis
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1698.jpg
blue tip tenus
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1706.jpg
pumpkin digiata
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1707.jpg
high lighter millipora, sorry for the bad pic, its way in the back
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1711.jpg
green sky stag
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1681.jpg
blue sky stag
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1690.jpg

[Myka]

Very nice corals! :) That's cool to see some grown out pieces from Coral Master.

[lobsterboy]

Very nice corals! :) That's cool to see some grown out pieces from Coral Master.

yup, he has some great stuff.

[lobsterboy]

well, i took a short 1min vid of my tank. here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGmF-MXxx5w

[Lance]

Very nice. Colours are incredible.

[lobsterboy]

Very nice. Colours are incredible.

Thanks Lance

I got a second video uploaded as well, i am going to try and make a compulation video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skmUVrU0a3k <-- vid 2

[lobsterboy]

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1975.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1976.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1977.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_1978.jpg

[Kevotron]

Have u ever estimated the value of ur tank ?? :lol:

[KevinK]

I'm checking out everything on this tred, and start thinking of starting zeo as well, but than on my mix tank.

could you give a full update on your dosing, found several changes you made, but no full update.

thanks,

keep up the great work !!!

[Myka]

Have u ever estimated the value of ur tank ?? :lol:

I'm sure he doesn't want to!! Kinda of a rude question...? Anyone with some reefing experience has a pretty good idea of the cost of these tanks. If you're wondering what the cost is because you are wanting to plan a setup of your own, then a PM to someone with a tank you really like would be a good place to start. Some of us are good at getting deals though. :D

[parkinsn]

John its looking as good as ever!! I think its about time I came by to inspect first hand :biggrin:

[Kevotron]

I'm sure he doesn't want to!! Kinda of a rude question...? Anyone with some reefing experience has a pretty good idea of the cost of these tanks. If you're wondering what the cost is because you are wanting to plan a setup of your own, then a PM to someone with a tank you really like would be a good place to start. Some of us are good at getting deals though. :D

well what i really meant was from before to now, obvious with such growth, the value of the tank has increased, it was more an appreciation of his work
not really meant for it to be rude

[lobsterboy]

I'm checking out everything on this tred, and start thinking of starting zeo as well, but than on my mix tank.

could you give a full update on your dosing, found several changes you made, but no full update.

thanks,

keep up the great work !!!

I will do an update tonight.

thanks, for the comps.


John its looking as good as ever!! I think its about time I came by to inspect first hand :biggrin:

yeah, you and xtreme drop by and check out things sometime eh.

[lobsterboy]

took this full tank shot tonight, the water is looking abit cloudy thanks to the solar wrasse, he was busy stirring up the substrate all day today.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/fulltank.jpg

[bauder1986]

Hey John! It was a pleasure to meet you and see your artistically beautifull tank today! All the SPS are sitting nicely in Terry and I tanks! Thanks alot and I look forward to you fragging that Pink Birdsnest of yours some day!

[lobsterboy]

right on, glad you guys made it back ok, and thanks for the complements

that pinkbirdnest should be a beauty in a few months. :mrgreen:

[Kevotron]

so pretty with so many colors !!!!

[victornguyen]

is that the green plat at the bottom? if it is it doesnt look the big at all:)

[Coleus]

nice tank John

[phillybean]

Looks amazing. I hope my 125 will look like that sometime!

Do you have a livestock list for your fish?

[lobsterboy]

so pretty with so many colors !!!!

thanks you very much

is that the green plat at the bottom? if it is it doesnt look the big at all:)

yes Victor it is, and it is smaller, a piece broke off suring transport. its placed up high in the left hand cornor.

nice tank John

Thanks Tai, i am going to have to invite myself over to see your tank sometime. i heard it looks awesome in person.

[lobsterboy]

Looks amazing. I hope my 125 will look like that sometime!

Do you have a livestock list for your fish?

thanks, :razz:

i am doing an update on dosing and stocking list sometime today, i recently had some set backs that prevented me from posting earlier.

[lobsterboy]

Tank size:125gallon
sump: 33 gallon
return pump: Rainbow lifeguard quiet one 4000HH, rated at 980gph, actual 550gph
Tunze DOC 9005 skimmer
Vortex zeo reactor: 1.25 lb of zeolites changed every month, now leaving 10% of old zeolites mixed with fresh zeolites
Two little fishes phosban reactor, running zeovit carbon, 1cup changed every 2 weeks.

Current:
x2 Tunze 6065 steams, 1717gph
x1 tunze 1100 gph nano stream
x1 Vortech gen1, 3000gph <-- died last night, more on that in up coming post
x1 Vortech mp40 set on reef crest mode

Lighting: changed every 3months
Nova extreme PRO T5, 12 blubs
2, 39wt Corallight 10k
4, 39wt Fiji purple KZ
6, 39wt New Generations KZ

5% water changed, every two weeks

Tank Parms:
temp: 78-80f
ca-420-dosing 6.1 tsp CA morning
kh-6.5-7.5-dosing 12 tsp carbonate night with top up water
k+ 390-400
mg-1400

ZEO dosing schedule: all done at night after lights out

Everyday:
5 drop coral vitalizer
5 drop sponge power
2ml phols xtra
2 drop amino acid SPS
6 drop Stylo glow
0.3ml Zeostart twice daily (morning and evening)
1ml K-balance, very rare occassions.

Every other day dosing:

5 drop zeobak
5 drop zeofood
5ml B-balance twice weekly
zeospur2 every 21 days, dosed with 5 drops Jodi komplex
2 drop KZ iron done on saturday

Once a month
10ml Zeospur Macro elements

[lobsterboy]

so recently i had some set backs with my equipment. and live stock.
so i get up yesterday morning at 5am to head to work, i always take a peek at the tank before i leave, even with the lights off. and i see my yellow tang which i have had for 5years stuck to the side of the vortech lifeless.
RIP buddy.
pic from better times
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/WindowsPhotoGalleryWallpaper.jpg

while still feeling down, i was vonurable to all the new fish at Red Coral and came home with a fat purple tang, Kevin had 6 in stock and they were all eating like pigs and looked like it.
he was welcomed by my tomi tang, which soon left him alone. and yes thats a huge bubble algae growing out of the birdnest. :lol:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2157.jpg

so already it wasnt the best start of the day, so after work, at 9pm
i decided to replace the two new 10k lamps that i got from Red Coral.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2129.jpg

i then thought it would be a perfect time to clean the acrylic cover so i go to get the vinager, when i trip on the leg of the fixture and snap it back breaking the leg, i was flippin last night.
this is what got cracked.
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2143.jpg

i tried glueing it by clamping it down,

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2154.jpg

then buffing out the xtra glue, it was 2:30am when i finally got it back onto the fixture, what a sigh of relief i thought as i pushed it back to line it up when i hear *CRACK* it broke again, i set the fixture on the coffee table to deal with in the morning.
which i did, by going to a big box aquarium store and finding the last pair of replacment legs. this issue was solved.

but while waiting for the glue to harden post breaking the leg, the top of the tank was wide open, so i took the opp to take a top down pic.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2114.jpg
naked tank

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2148.jpg

i also took the opp to clean my vortech, which needed a good cleaning.
i took some of the algae of it, and put it back in the tank, then it doesnt want to start, just giving spurts of on and off, so i take it out take the back plate off, and there was a black bump, i thought it was some kinda crazy sponge that liked to be spun around and around, then i tried to take it off, and what comes out is black oxidized iron (i am guessing) and it was eating away at the black of the disk. so the wet side is shot.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2135.jpg
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2134.jpg

then i go to Red Coral in the late morning, and Kevin hooks me up with a replacement part, and i get it home and still doesnt work. i go back to red coral and Kevin tested different scenerios of the pump, long story short its shot. Kevin was awesome as he lent me the stores vortech until the new mp40 will arrive, which will be in a few weeks.
thanks Kevin. tank is up and running again

so it was a great day off today, i got to go the red coral 3 times in the last two days, and i got to spend sometime with the tank, as well a new fish.

good times.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2160.jpg

[lastlight]

Despite your setbacks I love your tank not to mention that very nice new fish you go there. I was expecting to hear of some bleaching with you getting new bulbs and cleaning the cover at the same time but I'm glad to read (and see) the corals are still awesome.

[Lance]

That was a run of bad luck. Hopefully that's the last of it.

[Dez]

I'm glad that it was all bittersweet in the end. I'm looking forward to one day seeing your set up in person. Everything looks amazing in there as usual.

[kien]

i do love them purple tangs! would have a boat load of them if i could. glad to hear that these were just minor glitches :-)

ps: i am inviting myself over sometime, watch out!

[lastlight]

Look out for his level 5 spoon attack dude.

[Coleus]

Wow. I would freak out if that happens to me. But i don't have a vortech :-)

[globaldesigns]

Sorry to hear about your mishaps, but as others stated, and I also agree, your tank is beautiful.

You now have me worried about the vortechs, as I just bought one. Was yours a gen 1 or gen 2.

[shrimpchips]

Wasn't that one of the primary problems with the wetsides fo the Gen1's? The uncoated magnet often led to the failure of the pumps. Good to see you're having that sorted out though.

Do you really replace your bulbs every three months? - did I read that correctly?

Tank looks awesome BTW :)

[kien]

Do you really replace your bulbs every three months? - did I read that correctly?

I'm very curious about this too. I have heard so many conflicting reports.. some replace their T5s once a year, some every few months, and you replace yours every 3??

K.

[Carmen]

Incredible tank John! That tank has amazing growth and is stunning! I have had my eye on those purple tangs too over the last few weeks. Would love to try one if I can get this tank up and running quickly (if there is any left!). They are so nice and fat!
GREAT BUY! Sorry to hear of the tank mishaps - seems to always go that way - one thing after another!
Gorgeous tank!

[shrimpchips]

I'm very curious about this too. I have heard so many conflicting reports.. some replace their T5s once a year, some every few months, and you replace yours every 3??

K.

Previous to this I saw 6 months once, and I though that was crazy. I also thought the general consensus was 1 year (depending on quality of bulbs) - mine burned out sooner (damn Current USA 18" bulbs), but \I have a PAR meter to monitor my bulb life.

What's your reasoning on the 3 months (if indeed that is correct)?

[lobsterboy]

Despite your setbacks I love your tank not to mention that very nice new fish you go there. I was expecting to hear of some bleaching with you getting new bulbs and cleaning the cover at the same time but I'm glad to read (and see) the corals are still awesome.

thanks Brett, no bleaching yet and colors have stayed the same, the tank now has a bright white look to it. i am trying to be like, Iwan lasser from the Switzerland. :mrgreen:

That was a run of bad luck. Hopefully that's the last of it.

yes me too. :biggrin:

I'm glad that it was all bittersweet in the end. I'm looking forward to one day seeing your set up in person. Everything looks amazing in there as usual.

yeah its all bitter sweet in the end, as much as there are issues and time envolved with the tank, i really love the hobby in the end.

[lobsterboy]

i do love them purple tangs! would have a boat load of them if i could. glad to hear that these were just minor glitches :-)

ps: i am inviting myself over sometime, watch out!

yup he is chillin out, it would be great to have a larger tank and have a school of them, they have an intresting body pattern.

and sure come on over, reefers are always welcome to drop by, when i am not working, hehe.

Look out for his level 5 spoon attack dude.

huh...? is this like pokemon stuff ?

BTW, how do you get pikachu on a bus ...?


POKE-HIM-ON :mrgreen:

Wow. I would freak out if that happens to me. But i don't have a vortech :-)

yeah its a bummer, but it had a good run, and i dont fault ecotech.

[lobsterboy]

Sorry to hear about your mishaps, but as others stated, and I also agree, your tank is beautiful.

You now have me worried about the vortechs, as I just bought one. Was yours a gen 1 or gen 2.

it was a gen1, like the first batch that were produced, it came in a brown cardboard box with stickers on the side.

i do have a mp40w as well, both are great pumps.

Wasn't that one of the primary problems with the wetsides fo the Gen1's? The uncoated magnet often led to the failure of the pumps. Good to see you're having that sorted out though.

Do you really replace your bulbs every three months? - did I read that correctly?

Tank looks awesome BTW :)

Thanks shrimpchips

not sure about the issues they have, as there have a few with the gen1, this was the first that i have encountered.

and YES, i do change out the t5;s every 2.5-3 months.

[lobsterboy]

I'm very curious about this too. I have heard so many conflicting reports.. some replace their T5s once a year, some every few months, and you replace yours every 3??

K.

Yes, the blubs get changed out, 2.5-3 months.

i had orginally planned to change them out every 6, but i wanted to see if there was a difference after 3. and to the eye the tank looked more bright and a hint of blue after changing them out early. it kinda stuck on me.

Incredible tank John! That tank has amazing growth and is stunning! I have had my eye on those purple tangs too over the last few weeks. Would love to try one if I can get this tank up and running quickly (if there is any left!). They are so nice and fat!
GREAT BUY! Sorry to hear of the tank mishaps - seems to always go that way - one thing after another!
Gorgeous tank!

Thanks Carmen, yeah those purple tangs are FAT. i put half a sheet of nori in the tank, he tried to roll nemo in it to have nemo sushi, hahah, not true. but he did go to town on it.

Previous to this I saw 6 months once, and I though that was crazy. I also thought the general consensus was 1 year (depending on quality of bulbs) - mine burned out sooner (damn Current USA 18" bulbs), but \I have a PAR meter to monitor my bulb life.

What's your reasoning on the 3 months (if indeed that is correct)?

yup, 3 months, i have had good results with them thus far, so its kinda hard to change now. maybe in a new system, i would try to go further, and see what happens, but for now i will contiune to change them out, 2.5 -3 months.

and for those who have asked. my friend Scott comes by every 2.5-3 months, to pick up the blubs and trade frags.

thanks everyone.

[lobsterboy]

my friend Kazu went to Japan last week and I asked him to pick up some Japanese reef aquarim magaiznes.
heres what he got me.
the last pic i thought was a large aquarium, until you see the eye glasses in the pic.

lots of pics in side, tanks spotless, tons of werid nano planted tanks,

now i wish i could read them :lol:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2186-1-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2187.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2188.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2189.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2190-1.jpg

[BlueAbyss]

Are those tiny shrimp in that last pico? Wow, small. That first one in the spherical container is amazing... pretty cool stuff!

[Ephraim]

Are those tiny shrimp in that last pico? Wow, small. That first one in the spherical container is amazing... pretty cool stuff!


red crystal shrimp

[shrimpchips]

in a $300 CAD tank set up :)

Send them here, I'll read them for you.

[lobsterboy]

cant read the site, going to ask my friend to translate. found this while googling around.

stoked. check it out.

http://hotit.jp/ojyarumaru/index.php?action=detail&video=yGmF-MXxx5w

http://hotit.jp/ojyarumaru/index.php?action=detail&video=skmUVrU0a3k

[fishytime]

Your internationally recognized!:hail:

[lobsterboy]

Your internationally recognized!:hail:

Thanks Doug, the hail guy, always reminds of waynes world. :lol:

[Myka]

Very cool!!

[don.ald]

whoot!!!:BIG:

[lobsterboy]

Very cool!!

whoot!!!:BIG:

thanks guys.

[lobsterboy]

SO, I recently did some work the left side of my tank. re aquascaped.

and I picked up this wicked pink stylo at Red Coral today, it was pretty hard to choose just one colony there, as there was a ton of awesome SPS to choose from, bright colors and very nice sizes. and they had alot of SPS frags in their back tank as well. some cool stuff there for sure.

heres the stylo getting a dip, and that color is under day light.

:razz::razz::razz:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2281.jpg

[Myka]

Niiiiiiice! Can't wait to see pics under lights! =]

[lobsterboy]

yeah its looks pretty cool under the lights, i do have similar piece of this as well in my tank , and it came out with blue polyps.
i really hope this piece has pink polyps.

I am playing with the dosing of stylo, pocci glow to see if i can take out the blue on my older piece.

[Pazil]

WOW!! Thats awesome John.. Great job!!

[lobsterboy]

so i recently did some work on the left hand side of my tank, the green stags were getting O.O.C. (out of control)

I donated the stags to a reefing friend that recently lost his massive colony of birdnest to help fill out his tank again. I did keep a few clipping for my self
I am sure in the near future, i will have to remove some more pieces as everything is very close together. I have gone through phases where i like one coral more than the other, but the one variety of SPS i love the most is the stylo, poccis.

when I do reaquascape there will be more of these clustering corals in my tank.

so here are some mixed pics.

after the colonies removed, very messy

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/left6.jpg



http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/left1.jpg




http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/left2.jpg

[lobsterboy]

some macros of my stylo, poccis

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2253.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2255.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2257.jpg

[lobsterboy]

and I just noticed this, it looks like some kinds chicken, just missing a beak

Its creepy, i might have to move something.

:lol::lol::lol:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/chicken.jpg

[Delphinus]

How does the pink stylo grow for you? Just curious as I always found mine (when I had one) to be agonizingly slow growing.

LOVE that pink though.

[lobsterboy]

Hey Tony,

I do find them to be a bit slow, which is good for me as I really like there colors and shapes.

I think there is an exception to the slow growing part, this would be Coral Masters rainbow stylo. I had gotten a frag of it awhile ago and its now a small colony, very fast growing and very cool colors.

[simplycoral]

Looks Great John :smile:

Lots more room for even more coral :Banane04:

You mentioned a while back that you were looking for a new light fixture. Did you change your lighting in the end?

S.

[lobsterboy]

:sad:Looks Great John :smile:

Lots more room for even more coral :Banane04:

You mentioned a while back that you were looking for a new light fixture. Did you change your lighting in the end?

S.

even with the large colonies removed, i still had even coral to fill in the gaps. hehe.

i did not change my lighting yet, i am still debating on what to do, as there are very few 72inch t5 fixtures, lots with MH combos, but I think am going to stick with the t5s.

I did think about trying to add a fixture to this, but even this is a bit difficult as it has to be a certain width, and everything i am finding is either 4 or 5 inchs to wide. :sad:

and i think if i add a center brace it will take away from the open top look. the reason for the center brace would be so i can add 2, 3ft t5 fixtures/

[Myka]

Lookin good John! I love Stylos too.

I think there is an exception to the slow growing part, this would be Coral Masters rainbow stylo. I had gotten a frag of it awhile ago and its now a small colony, very fast growing and very cool colors.

Agreed! Very fast grower!!

[bauder1986]

soo when is the FTS dude?

[Zoaelite]

Your tank makes me want to sell all of my zoas and convert to SPS, all I can say is WOW!

[bauder1986]

Your tank makes me want to sell all of my zoas and convert to SPS, all I can say is WOW!

haha then let me know when everything is for sale haha:razz:

[staceyd72]

:sad:

even with the large colonies removed, i still had even coral to fill in the gaps. hehe.

i did not change my lighting yet, i am still debating on what to do, as there are very few 72inch t5 fixtures, lots with MH combos, but I think am going to stick with the t5s.

I did think about trying to add a fixture to this, but even this is a bit difficult as it has to be a certain width, and everything i am finding is either 4 or 5 inchs to wide. :sad:

and i think if i add a center brace it will take away from the open top look. the reason for the center brace would be so i can add 2, 3ft t5 fixtures/

Hey John,

Have you considered a 60 inch T5, you'll just lose 6 inches per side, you can keep lower light SPS on the ends of you tank?

Your Stylo's and Poccis's are looking great, I'll have to keep an eye out for some of those pink one's.

[lobsterboy]

Lookin good John! I love Stylos too.



Agreed! Very fast grower!!

thanks Mindy

soo when is the FTS dude?

fts, soon, very soon, hehehe.

[lobsterboy]

Your tank makes me want to sell all of my zoas and convert to SPS, all I can say is WOW!

thanks, levi.

Hey John,

Have you considered a 60 inch T5, you'll just lose 6 inches per side, you can keep lower light SPS on the ends of you tank?

Your Stylo's and Poccis's are looking great, I'll have to keep an eye out for some of those pink one's.

hey Stacey, i did think on getting one of those fixtures, but its the hanging factor of the light, i cant hang and its too much trobule to go out and try to rig it up with what i have right now.

i do know that when i have a new system, it will be one of these fixtures.

the pink, i really like it. the polyps have stayed pink thus far.

for those following my blub selection, i have played around with the d&d actinc plus, the colors really poped in the tank, very nice blub, as well, i tried a the d&d pure actinic, these blubs were insane, the colors of the corals were unreal. they didnt even look like my tank.

i am waiting for the new "super blue" from KZ, they should be in town come some time january. so i will be switching over. i am waiting to hear back from Thomas and Regina of KZ, to see what the ratio of blubs is to, new gens, fiji;s and coral light is.

[lobsterboy]

so the new tubes are lookin fine. snapped a few pics tonight, but the glass has been neglicted, and its hazzy. so here a top down taken with white balance.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2311.jpg

[staceyd72]

Hi John,

You're correct about the PM, one drawback is the hanging, plus they are heavy so one needs something very sturdy.

Do you have a link for the KZ Super Blue? I hope they send over some 80W, as there is very little selection available and no suppliers here in Canada for 80W, I have to get my bulbs shipped from reefgeek in CA :cry:

Now a FTS with those new tubes...:lol:

[bauder1986]

Very nice John. But umm, I hate to be the one to point this out to you but the audience wants a FTS haha. So hurry up and get that tank aquascaped to your typical level of perfection and get that camera of yours running:razz:

[lobsterboy]

Hi John,

You're correct about the PM, one drawback is the hanging, plus they are heavy so one needs something very sturdy.

Do you have a link for the KZ Super Blue? I hope they send over some 80W, as there is very little selection available and no suppliers here in Canada for 80W, I have to get my bulbs shipped from reefgeek in CA :cry:

Now a FTS with those new tubes...:lol:

heres the link to the KZ site.

http://www.korallen-zucht.de/de/shop/produkte--technik/leuchtmittel/1451_coral-light-superblue-39-watt.html

FTS, in due time. i blew a fuse in my apartment, and its recking havoc, lots of extension cords now. waiting for an electrition to check things out, hopefully tomorrow.

Very nice John. But umm, I hate to be the one to point this out to you but the audience wants a FTS haha. So hurry up and get that tank aquascaped to your typical level of perfection and get that camera of yours running:razz:

Heres a few pics Josh, no FTS.

[lobsterboy]

Spicfera under the actinics :razz:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2314.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2317.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2318.jpg

[the marine apprentice]

wow looks awesome buddy keep it up and quit blowin the breakers

[lobsterboy]

wow looks awesome buddy keep it up and quit blowin the breakers

thanks terry.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2349.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2351.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2350.jpg

[staceyd72]

Hi John,

Thanks for the link, hopefully KZ(Proline) can get some 80W'ers over here.

Tank is looking fantastic,amazing eye candy. Do you have any LPS/softies in there, it looks to be 100% SPS, and there's nothing wrong with that:lol:

[lobsterboy]

Hi John,

Thanks for the link, hopefully KZ(Proline) can get some 80W'ers over here.

Tank is looking fantastic,amazing eye candy. Do you have any LPS/softies in there, it looks to be 100% SPS, and there's nothing wrong with that:lol:

yeah, i am pretty sure its proline that will have them, as for the 80wts i am not sure.

so for LPS and softies i have:

2 fungia plates
misc mushrooms, all over the tank
GSP here and there, i do expoxy it and wait for it grow over and then remove it that way, its worked so far.
kenya tree way in back
and an aussie acan frag

the rest is all SPS :mrgreen:

thanks for the comps, and i might have some more eye candy on the way from BC.

[lobsterboy]

got some recent eye candy. very nice stuff, all encrusted and full of color even after transit.
.
thanks Paul for some nice frags

fire truck monti. way way better in person.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2388.jpg

and a two pack of OC bonsai.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2390.jpg

[the marine apprentice]

cool those bonsi look sweet john

[bauder1986]

OMG John! If I put all those pics together i think i have a FTS haha....im itching with impatience:wink:

[lobsterboy]

LOL, too funny Josh

I took a few pics, but they wouldnt come out the way i wanted.

and this week, its crazy at work, holiday season. so when i get a chance, i will post 6 FTS for ya, haha.

[bauder1986]

LOL, too funny Josh

I took a few pics, but they wouldnt come out the way i wanted.

and this week, its crazy at work, holiday season. so when i get a chance, i will post 6 FTS for ya, haha.

Oh wow, now I feel special haha, 6 FTS for me!!! Well I personally look forward to it. and I myself promise a FTS on my forum as soon as my Octospawn stops being so cranky from me upping my salinity :neutral:

[albert_dao]

Hi John,

Thanks for the link, hopefully KZ(Proline) can get some 80W'ers over here.


I think they'll be here next week.

[lobsterboy]

hello everyone, so its been about 2 weeks with the new tubes in, this pic is the best that i can get that reps the acctual color of the corals. except the table by the over flow, it looks super white, but in person is a light green.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/fts1.jpg

[Samw]

Wow, that's really fantastic work over the year. Amazing corals in your tank.

[lobsterboy]

yup, its been quite the year here on canreef as well for my tank, going from a softie mix to inbetween to full on SPS.

taken dec 6th 2008
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/zeovit1.jpg

taken dec 12th 2009

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/fts1.jpg

[andestang]

John your tank is looking stunning. I look at it as one of the things to give me motivation to try and forge forward with mine. I have the same idea as to having a slight mix of LPS with SPS, it just seems to make it more interesting.

[lobsterboy]

John your tank is looking stunning. I look at it as one of the things to give me motivation to try and forge forward with mine. I have the same idea as to having a slight mix of LPS with SPS, it just seems to make it more interesting.

thanks Mike,

it is more intresting, you can get different colors and differnt shapes with the LPS, and with the torches and hammers more movement.

I would love to have a tank just with hammers and torches and a wavebox that would be cool.

[bauder1986]

very very very shiny John! Yep that tank has gotten pretty shiny over the last year indeer :D

PS I only counting 2 FTS when you promised 6!! :razz:

[blueyota]

Wow dude tank looks ridiculous ....nice job...:biggrin:

[andestang]

Throw a question at ya, if you were to do your lighting from scratch would you still go the T5 only route ? I've always been a MH guy but with trying to cut down on power consumption and seeing the success of your tank and several others it looks like either way gets great results.

[lobsterboy]

very very very shiny John! Yep that tank has gotten pretty shiny over the last year indeer :D

PS I only counting 2 FTS when you promised 6!! :razz:

haha, thanks.

Wow dude tank looks ridiculous ....nice job...:biggrin:

thats Shawn, cant wait to see your tank all growen in, your is looking good too :razz:

Throw a question at ya, if you were to do your lighting from scratch would you still go the T5 only route ? I've always been a MH guy but with trying to cut down on power consumption and seeing the success of your tank and several others it looks like either way gets great results.


thanks for the comp.
I have used MH in the past, acutally those are the lighting that is in the very very first pic of this thread. one blub on the right hand side was burnt out.

I switched to t5s, and havent looked back. And if i started a new system, I would probably go with 2 of the 3ft 8 blub ATI fixtures with the a mix of
2 actinc plus,2 new gen 14k,2 coral light 10k,2 and fiji purple on each fixture.

[staceyd72]

Hi John,

Those are some nice corals that you picked up, any idea if the person/vendor ships(Ontario)?
Your tank's looking sweet, that is quite the change in a year. Is this your first time growing SPS?

Oh, I think you owe us 5 more FTS :lol:

Cheers

[lobsterboy]

I picked them up at Red Coral and they do ship across canada.

and just up loading pics now. :mrgreen:

[lobsterboy]

I had the chance to take a few pics tonight, and just one FTS for you fiends, josh and stacey :razz: but there might be another at the end.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2459.jpg

the left hand side is full of cords, and i havent gotten around to getting them all neat again, lots of moving cords and extensiton cords, due to a breaker breaking and then lossing power for a half hour a few days ago.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2438.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2450.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2434.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2415.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2460.jpg

and also, i removed the table acro from my over flow, as it was starting to get heavy and moved it to the left side, and then moved some from the left side over. I will get a better pic once everyone settles in.


http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2471.jpg

[fishytime]

Stylolicious:biggrin:

[michika]

Stylolicious:biggrin:

That reminds me of those Kodoo mobile commercials!


Tank looks amazing though!

[Argentiner]

Great pics John. That huge green tabling acro is awesome. Tank looks great, even better in person.

[lobsterboy]

Stylolicious:biggrin:

oh yeah, gotta get my stylo fix :razz:

That reminds me of those Kodoo mobile commercials!


Tank looks amazing though!

same thought, haha.

thanks.

Great pics John. That huge green tabling acro is awesome. Tank looks great, even better in person.

yeah she gettin big eh. your green bridnest is still looking green :mrgreen:

[lobsterboy]

Hey Canreefers, hope everyone is having some good holidays and getting ready for the boxing day LFS specials.

I am enjoying some time off work now as the restraunt is closed for a few days now.

Dez (Des) was down from edmonton and had the chance to drop by my place to check out the tank after a bit we hit up golds as they got some new SPS in. i picked up a few cool pieces, 2 monits a purple and green :mrgreen: and a baby blue stag, i will post pics in the next little while.

along with (fingers crossed) a pic of the crab or shrimp that i am trying to catch, so i got a pyrex measuring cup and i placed it in the tank along with two reef discs with some nori and crushed dry food and a few pieces of brine shrimp sandwiched in the middle. its in the tank now, and the lights are off, so well see if there is a catch in the morning. :razz:

[Marlin65]

Tank looks really great how often do you do water changes and how much if you don't mind me asking?

[lobsterboy]

Tank looks really great how often do you do water changes and how much if you don't mind me asking?

thanks Marlin

I do a eight gallon water change every two weeks, at the same time i replace the carbon and filter sock.

[The Grizz]

Hey John tank looks awesome but I expected nothing less. This is going to be a stupid question from a beginer SW but........ what is the purpose of the carbon? I have asked several different people what all should be in the sump and the only answer i really have received is some sponge to catch larger debri. You put it in your filter sock I am guessing. I know it is highly nessesary in FW have used it for years.

[lobsterboy]

Hey John tank looks awesome but I expected nothing less. This is going to be a stupid question from a beginer SW but........ what is the purpose of the carbon? I have asked several different people what all should be in the sump and the only answer i really have received is some sponge to catch larger debri. You put it in your filter sock I am guessing. I know it is highly nessesary in FW have used it for years.

thanks Greg, yup, i use a filter sock to catch what ever is loose in the water, the sock i use is pretty fine so it gets mucked up after abit so i do change frequently.

and carbon is used to remove impurties from the water. like a britta water filter carbon does.

[lobsterboy]

well, there was no luck in catching the crabs the last few nights, :cry:

so i think i will try some kind of other bait to see if they will go for that.

[michika]

Bummer on the crabs. Have you tried a bottle trap?

[lobsterboy]

i was looking into this, and i think its def an option. i thought about getting a niger trigger as well. but would rather take out the crabs then get a new fish.

[lobsterboy]

well still no luck with the crabs. So i am leavin them be.

did get some top downs tonight though. Got some damage on the first 3 pics, that i couldnt see front view of the tank. Burnt branch and the plate might surround the stag. and the chalice is losing to the confusa and fast.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2762-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2765-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2767-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2766-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2752-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2759-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2758-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2773.jpg

setosa, getting encrusted of the plug. :mrgreen:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2775.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2747-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2751-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_2749-1.jpg

[ElGuappo]

i have a invert trap you could borrow. may cost you a frag tho...:wink:

[the marine apprentice]

looki good john good goin. im gonna make my way down there one of these days and we should meet up

[JDigital]

I don't know why you want to make any changes john! Awesome tank for sure!

[lastlight]

Even tho you're tiny Kien...you still have a TOTM there! Unreal!

[kien]

Even tho you're tiny Kien...you still have a TOTM there! Unreal!

um.. wrong thread? (and/or wrong tank?) :lol:

[lastlight]

Small arms. wasn't that you? Just over in my brain-dump thread?

And yeah totm. I'm sure I'll be working on that sometime this year.

[kien]

Small arms. wasn't that you? Just over in my brain-dump thread?

And yeah totm. I'm sure I'll be working on that sometime this year.

Ya, small arms, that's me, but this is neither my tank nor my tank thread :lol:

[lastlight]

Oh CRAP.

This is the wrong thread.

You guys are both TOTM material. I can't comment on Lobster's size however.

Wow you know it must be late when...:lol:

[Lance]

[QUOTE=lastlight;477454]Oh CRAP.

This is the wrong thread.

You guys are both TOTM material. I can't comment on Lobster's size however.

Wow you know it must be late when...:lol:[/QUOTE



It's OK Brett. We'll let it slide this time as you were probably still in a New Year's daze. The wife sent me to the store for a dozen eggs for French Toast. I came back with bacon and milk? WTF!

[JDigital]

Oh CRAP.

This is the wrong thread.

You guys are both TOTM material. I can't comment on Lobster's size however.

Wow you know it must be late when...:lol:


I knew you were loosing your mind last night!!

[lobsterboy]

:lol:very entertaining read there guys. :razz:

[lobsterboy]

i just replaced my blubs 2 weeks early, as the new Kz super blues came in.

this round I went with this combo.

6 kz super blue
4 coral light 10k
4 fiji purple
2 geisseman actinc plus

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Can't wait to see the KZ superblues in action.
Kevin

[Kryptic4L]

what is this super blue you speak of ? kz's answer to the ati blue plus ?

[lobsterboy]

Can't wait to see the KZ superblues in action.
Kevin

i took some pics, but they are coming out way too blue, i wil keep trying.


what is this super blue you speak of ? kz's answer to the ati blue plus ?

the super blue is similar to the ati blue plus. i tested the par as it came out very close.

[bauder1986]

Congrats John! Your thread has had over 17800 views!!

[lobsterboy]

Congrats John! Your thread has had over 17800 views!!

Thanks Josh.

[lobsterboy]

so i picked up a TDS meter today, and i tested my tap water, and it came out to be 160-165. i am guessing its not the best or the worst.

so after starting up a few RODI threads, and then bailing on the idea, I got one put aside at red coral for me for thursday pick up.

It will be another week before i have to do a water change, so i guess well see.

[ALBERTA REEF]

John good for you. About time. The tap water at my end of town is aroud 179ppm and after the RODI 000 ppm. Trust me it is a good investment.

[lobsterboy]

John good for you. About time. The tap water at my end of town is aroud 179ppm and after the RODI 000 ppm. Trust me it is a good investment.

yeah, gotta move forward eh.

[the marine apprentice]

wow john thats crazy. ive always had RO water, accidently put five gallons of tap water in my tank one time and wow did i ever get some algea

[ALBERTA REEF]

yeah, gotta move forward eh.

Your tank pops with colour now wait until it gets the good water.:biggrin:

[FlamesFan]

John do yourself a favor and get kevin to bring in a timer switch for your rodi unit too. I had 2 incidents involving overflowing rodi water in my laundry room until I got one. No problems since :mrgreen:

[kien]

John do yourself a favor and get kevin to bring in a timer switch for your rodi unit too. I had 2 incidents involving overflowing rodi water in my laundry room until I got one. No problems since :mrgreen:

I use one of these in my RO/DI reservoir in the basement.

http://www.kentmarine.com/assets/001/20716_600w600h.png

Does a good job of cutting the water. Although, I wouldn't rely on it 100% of the time. If you know you don't need to make RO/DI for a period of time, it is best to completely shut off the supply water to the RO/DI. This will prolong the life of the filters.

[Delphinus]

Does a good job of cutting the water. Although, I wouldn't rely on it 100% of the time. If you know you don't need to make RO/DI for a period of time, it is best to completely shut off the supply water to the RO/DI. This will prolong the life of the filters.

+1. Use the float valve shutoff as a flood preventer when filling a reservoir, but don't use a float valve shutoff kit to regulate the RO/DI full-time. That's a lesson I needed 3 RO membranes to learn. :redface:

[lobsterboy]

awesome input guys, that saved me an overflow,

[lobsterboy]

well, i am on the ro water as of tonight, i just made up a batch of water.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3095-1.jpg

its not done yet, as you can see.

Big thanks to Kevin at Red Coral for the RODI unit, I was on a break from work and he got everything together for me, even though he was busy, he replaced the filters on it, so all i had to do when i got home was hook it up to the tap. Customer service is really top notch.

I tested the tap water again, and it was 170. The water from the RO unit was 000

Sweet.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3093-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3094-1.jpg

[Ephraim]

congrats on going RO!

[shrimpchips]

With RO (and less TDS and other junk) you may want to rethink/tone back your Zeo lest you completely strip the water bare or all nutrients.

[JDigital]

Welcome to da Club! :mrgreen:

[albert_dao]

With RO (and less TDS and other junk) you may want to rethink/tone back your Zeo lest you completely strip the water bare or all nutrients.

I don't agree with this...

[shrimpchips]

Why not?

[albert_dao]

Why not?

Because I don't buy into "stripped water" anecdotes. If he is currently a successful Zeovit user, his water will already be "stripped" or whatever ambiguous state the armchair elite would like to call it. In recent memory, I can recall a similar accusation pointed towards high efficiency skimmers. As we all know, current skimmer technology succeeds previous incarnations by a long shot. The result? Better, cleaner tanks with healthier livestock.

The key here is to keep things as stable as possible. Reducing supplementation of carbon sources or media beds will have a larger negative impact on a stable system than simply switching to water that should have been used to begin with.

Let's put it this way; don't fix what isn't broken, and this isn't broken :D

[shrimpchips]

Because I don't buy into "stripped water" anecdotes. If he is currently a successful Zeovit user, his water will already be "stripped" or whatever ambiguous state the armchair elite would like to call it. In recent memory, I can recall a similar accusation pointed towards high efficiency skimmers. As we all know, current skimmer technology succeeds previous incarnations by a long shot. The result? Better, cleaner tanks with healthier livestock.

The key here is to keep things as stable as possible. Reducing supplementation of carbon sources or media beds will have a larger negative impact on a stable system than simply switching to water that should have been used to begin with.

Let's put it this way; don't fix what isn't broken, and this isn't broken :D

That's the issue here - it's not just reducing the supplementation of organic carbon or whatever other zeovit additives that is going to have the negative impact, but the sudden change in overall nutrient availability. You're going from a nutrient rich (tap water) to a nutrient poor (RO/DI) state before bacterial/skimmer/nutrient export processing. Like any balanced equation, if you take one term out (in this the extra nutrients in the water) you're going to have a deviation from equillibrium.

And, I'm quite active. I don't even own an arm chair.

[FlamesFan]

I don't agree with this...

I agree with albert on this. Zeo's job is to "strip" the water as you guys are calling it. The zeo products then introduct their own nutrients to the coral via dosing. If anything John should see better results with a cleaner starting point. (Zero TDS)

[shrimpchips]

I agree with albert on this. Zeo's job is to "strip" the water as you guys are calling it. The zeo products then introduct their own nutrients to the coral via dosing. If anything John should see better results with a cleaner starting point. (Zero TDS)

Yes, and for that reason, Lobsterboy will probably have to tone back the Zeo. The zeo system removes nutrients from the water - including the very ones you add into the system. If he has a lot less nutrients from the water, the zeo is going to be removing a lot more of the nutrients that are deliberately introduced.

Hence you have two options, start adding a lot more zeo additives to replace those that are not being introduced any longer, or tone back a bit on the zeo as there is less nutrient load to be removed.

[fooser]

I also must agree with Albert. I have been researching on zeo a little for my new build and from what I know about zeo, it cleans out the water column and then gives the corals what they need through facilitation of other supplemental products. It takes what they don't need and gives back what they do need. Corals get enough nutrients from the zeo dosing that they no longer need to work as hard producing food during the day and use polyp extention to capture any other additional nutrients from the water column. Because they save so much energy through zeo nutrients, polyp extention increases noticeably.

Never the less, I am sure different tanks may have different results and effects from changing things up suddenly. I am sure John will know if his tank is affected adversely or not when he monitors his corals. He can always make slight adjustments if the needs arise.

Anyways... good purchase John! I will be looking into one of those in the next few months. Let me know if you see a noticeable difference in your tank with that RO unit. Can't wait til you come by again to pick up your pocci, and check out the new system! Post some pics when the changes pop up in your corals!

[freezetyle]

Tanks looking awesome Jon!

Adding onto the whole switching to RO water and being worried about the zeo. I highly doubt he would be changing all of his tanks water at once. so lets say going with a 5-10% water change it will take quite a while for the tank to actually be 100% ro water

[lobsterboy]

thanks everyone for there comments, I have used the ro water as top up water, for the past two nights. I have a water change next week, so i guess well seen them.

[lobsterboy]

i got my ATO finally setup after it collecting dust for a month, and its great, I cant believe I havent done this sooner.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3176.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3175-1.jpg

and a pic.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3213-1.jpg

[BlueTang<3]

your tank looks great quite the collection of zeo back there what do you all dose :biggrin:

[Carmen]

Great Combination of COLORS in that pic!:mrgreen:

[FlamesFan]

I wish I had the room for an ATO. I usually fil 1L in the morning and 1L in the evening.

[lobsterboy]

your tank looks great quite the collection of zeo back there what do you all dose :biggrin:

thanks, i am using the whole spread of zeo products, there are a few that i am not using, like coral snow, zeosym, strotium, zeolife.

Great Combination of COLORS in that pic!:mrgreen:

thanks Carmen, its hard to take pics now, with the additon of the 22k tubes, so i have to use the white balance.

I wish I had the room for an ATO. I usually fil 1L in the morning and 1L in the evening.

yeah, its getting tight under the stand now, i am going through about 5-6l a day of top up water, so its already made a big difference in manual topping up.

[lobsterboy]

Hey everyone, i had the chance to snap a few pics tonight.

In the second picture you can see that the chalice frag is almost tottally covered now.

thanks for looking

john

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/lobster9.jpg

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[bauder1986]

Drool is every where haha. As always John i continue to entertain me with pictures of happy healthy coral.

[ALBERTA REEF]

Show me the 125gal ZEO tank porn.:lol: More pics!:biggrin:

[lobsterboy]

hahaha, i will be taking some more top downs later this week, its been a hectic work week.

[ALBERTA REEF]

Sweet tops downs.

[bauder1986]

hahaha, i will be taking some more top downs later this week, its been a hectic work week.

:neutral: sooo work keeping you that busy eh? looks like ill have to come by in person to see the tank then if your too busy to take pictures haha:lol:

[Dolf]

It's been awhile since I have seen your tank... looks great from the pictures; but it must be getting a little crowded... When is the 300 Gal arriving?

[lobsterboy]

Sweet tops downs.

hey cory, i am really slow eh. I did take some shoots but didnt get them up loaded yet. :redface:

:neutral: sooo work keeping you that busy eh? looks like ill have to come by in person to see the tank then if your too busy to take pictures haha:lol:

yup, work is busy and by the looks of it, its only going to get busier.

anytime you guys want to come by, shoot me a pm and well try and set something up.

It's been awhile since I have seen your tank... looks great from the pictures; but it must be getting a little crowded... When is the 300 Gal arriving?

Danny Boi, hows it going ? the 350g wont be here for abit, hahaha.

thanks and yeah its getting quite crowded, i did stop pruning for awhile only to be left with a few burnt colonies from things getting way way to close.

[lobsterboy]

hey everyone, i had some free time tonight and took a few pics of my obessions, STYLOS AND POCCIS.

snappys rainbow
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo14.jpg

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http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo5.jpg

mikes
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo6.jpg

xtremes pinky
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo7.jpg

got this one from 24storm

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo8.jpg

and a few non stylos,

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo10-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo11.jpg

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http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/stylo9.jpg

[Lance]

Very nice! As always.

[lobsterboy]

thanks Lance,

I am starting to like the use of white balance for taking pictures more and more, as its giving hte true color of the coral, and leaves the blue tint behind.

[ALBERTA REEF]

Finely! Topless pic's. :lol:

[lobsterboy]

top downs are my fav

[bauder1986]

:biggrin:oh man, John those pics of the stylo make me soo excited about my stylo growing

[lobsterboy]

:biggrin:oh man, John those pics of the stylo make me soo excited about my stylo growing

my obession is spreading, hehehe.

[lobsterboy]

hey everyone, i had the day off today, which was awesome, Scott dropped off a wicked pocci colony to me, and then i met up with 24 storm and his new ride, a sick ace corvette, we hit up the local shops here, seen Kevin, Doug, and carmen and Brad and his wife at Red Coral, and picked up a few things for the teatro tank. (which will hopefully be updated today sometime) then oceans, big als, and golds.

I did have plans to do a major reno aquascape on my tank, but in the end, time was the major player, i just dont have that much right now, so this wil have to wait. A few colonies were traded off, and things got moved around a touch to try and increase flow, which I was successful in doing. all levels are where they should, as i was having a hard time with MG a few weeks ago.

also had the time to take some pics of my own tank as well as the teatro tank.

ok picture time.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3661-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3657-1.jpg

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[lobsterboy]

so the obession for stylos contiunes, I just recieved my order from Oceanic Corals, 3 of them being Denis;s purpel stylo the other being a pink birdnest are my favs, and it was awesome as usual. Paul and the guys are excellent to work with.

Thanks to Titus and Canreef for the surprise I got when placing my order

pic time, i will be keeping these guys on the rack for now until they can get a bit of growth on them, the bird nest, i stuck it in with the other pink and orange.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3729.jpg

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[BlueTang<3]

looks awesome great work

[lobsterboy]

hey everyone,, so I might be upgrading my tank. A smoking deal came up and it might be too good to pass on.

The tank wouldnt be the same as I have right now, not even close.

I do know if this does happen, it will be lite by T5;s and fueled by Zeo :razz:

and stocked with a few of my current SPS, I will not be transferring all of them over to the maybe new system.

well thats it for now, I will keep you all posted.

[Coleus]

that is great.

[ALBERTA REEF]

Sweet. So instead of a 6 footer your are going to have a 10 footer along the whole wall.:lol: All kidding around if you need help moving things let me know.:biggrin:

[lobsterboy]

that is great.

Sweet. So instead of a 6 footer your are going to have a 10 footer along the whole wall.:lol: All kidding around if you need help moving things let me know.:biggrin:

yeah its pretty exciting, more than likely, it will still be a 6footer, but a bit deeper wide and more shallow and also a new sump would be involved as well.

[fishytime]

and a killer looking stand!:mrgreen:

[ALBERTA REEF]

Dougs in on this. Now I am really getting interested on what this tank looks like or have I all read seen it?

[lobsterboy]

This is a tank in progress, no one has seen it.

[lobsterboy]

well its offical, there is a new tank in the works.

here are the dimensions

72x24x20

abit longer than Sunny X ' s build

Its going to be alot different than my previous tank as this one is being built to my liking. Its not awhole lot bigger than my current tank but aesthetically this tank has me stoked.

[kien]

well its offical, there is a new tank in the works.

here are the dimensions

72x24x20

abit longer than Sunny X ' s build

Its going to be alot different than my previous tank as this one is being built to my liking. Its not awhole lot bigger than my current tank but aesthetically this tank has me stoked.

Ooh.. New tank!! Exciting! I really do need to come see your existing tank before it is gone. Man, is Calgary like the only major city that doesn't do tank tours???

By the way, awesome tank dimensions! :-D

[lastlight]

Dude you need more than 24 front-to-back COME ON. You grow colonies after-all.

[lobsterboy]

Ooh.. New tank!! Exciting! I really do need to come see your existing tank before it is gone. Man, is Calgary like the only major city that doesn't do tank tours???

By the way, awesome tank dimensions! :-D

Dude you need more than 24 front-to-back COME ON. You grow colonies after-all.

yeah, i am stoked, and the tank break down has already started, the large orange birdnest is gone as well the sunset milli, its still packed, saturday a large part of things will be gone.

I am going to try n work things out so that i can have the coral and tank gone, before the new one arrives, just keeping the liverock in rubbermaids.

I have gone over it in my head many times now, and it should work out.

probably take a day off work to make sure things go well.

I wanted to go 30 deep but there was no way that it would fit in the same spot, so i went with keifer :razz:

[lobsterboy]

I had received a piece of sample glass to see the polishinig, here are the pics.

its going to look sweet.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/glass2.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/glass1.jpg

[Delphinus]

Ooh.. New tank!! Exciting! I really do need to come see your existing tank before it is gone. Man, is Calgary like the only major city that doesn't do tank tours???


We used to all the time! Geeez, you young newcomers think you're so everything. :p All it takes is for someone to organize one ....

[lobsterboy]

We used to all the time! Geeez, you young newcomers think you're so everything. :p All it takes is for someone to organize one ....

Tony and Kien I really want to see your tanks sometime.

maybe in a few weeks. ????

[lobsterboy]

so a quick pic of the old tank and an updated shot with colonies removed.

sorry for the quailty of the last pic, you can really tell that the glass is abit dirty. :redface:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/lastshot.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/lastshot2.jpg

[Zoaelite]

Any ideas on what lighting system you will be running on the new tank John? Can't wait to see the tank built, that's going to be one amazing looking SPS tank considering the last one.

How do you plan on keeping your levels constant? Any reactors or dosers in the mix yet?
Levi

[lobsterboy]

Any ideas on what lighting system you will be running on the new tank John? Can't wait to see the tank built, that's going to be one amazing looking SPS tank considering the last one.

How do you plan on keeping your levels constant? Any reactors or dosers in the mix yet?
Levi

I am looking at the line of ATI fixtures, the new light will be for sure T5;s.

for the start up of the build and following willl be dosed the same ol way i have been doin. Seachem CA in the morning, Seachem KH at night.

A doser might be a good idea, but not sure yet. As its beenig planned out, but I will not know the total aspect of things until the tank and stand get here.

I hope I can live up to all these expections. One thing the new tank will be, less is more.

[Delphinus]

Tony and Kien I really want to see your tanks sometime.

maybe in a few weeks. ????

If you're ever down south drop me a line. Compared to yours or Kien's tanks though mine are not worth seeing, so I personally wouldn't beat a huge path to my door. :p

[lobsterboy]

will do Tony, i heard your gorgs are awesome.

[kien]

Tony and Kien I really want to see your tanks sometime.

maybe in a few weeks. ????

Just say when, door is always open (unless it happens to be closed, in which case ring the doorbell) :biggrin:

[lobsterboy]

Just say when, door is always open (unless it happens to be closed, in which case ring the doorbell) :biggrin:

ring ring, thanks after I get things sorted out here, I am going to be making rounds to get inspired.

[Zoaelite]

ring ring, thanks after I get things sorted out here, I am going to be making rounds to get inspired.

You can come look at this CRAZY colony I just got off some guy :lol:, pretty much just made my tank Uber nice.

[lobsterboy]

Thats awesome, I will have to come by and check out your system as well.

The formosa will be a great piece for your tank, if you can find room, :lol:

[Zoaelite]

Thats awesome, I will have to come by and check out your system as well.

The formosa will be a great piece for your tank, if you can find room, :lol:

Oh I found room pretty quick, I will grab a shot right away here but I'm actually laughing I'm so happy with how it looks in the tank.

[lobsterboy]

Oh I found room pretty quick, I will grab a shot right away here but I'm actually laughing I'm so happy with how it looks in the tank.

yeah man, post that pic ASAP, it will be awesome to see how it looks in your tank.

[Zoaelite]

Only have the crappy point and shoot right now, Devan added a bunch of Coral Snow right before I was about to take the photo so its a little white :neutral:.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5752/dscf9749n.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf9749n.jpg)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2199/dscf9750.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf9750.jpg)

[lobsterboy]

i picked up some rod for the new rock work, i always said the next tank will not be a leaning tower of SPS.

I also did a huge move today to bring some of the colonies, (hahaha) to a friends tank. We got it all in, and i took pics along the way.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3840-1.jpg

[kien]

Nice! So did you go with the solid rods or the hollow ones?

[lobsterboy]

:razz:Nice! So did you go with the solid rods or the hollow ones?

i went with the solid ones, two sizes, i think one is 1/2 inch and the other is 3/8.

thanks for the link Kien. :razz:

[kien]

:razz:

i went with the solid ones, two sizes, i think one is 1/2 inch and the other is 3/8.

thanks for the link Kien. :razz:

No prob! Looking forward to see what you do with those rods. I went with the hollow ones myself. Both should work just fine though.

[lobsterboy]

No prob! Looking forward to see what you do with those rods. I went with the hollow ones myself. Both should work just fine though.

yeah i seen those, i think either would be fine, they have alot of cool stuff at that shop.

[lobsterboy]

well here is the move, a few shots of coral out of water, i thought the colors were looking good and a few size shots.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3845-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3848.jpg

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http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3852.jpg

this was probably the biggest i took out, 16x16 :twised:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3855-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3857-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3860-1.jpg

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http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3861.jpg

hitting low tide, as water was coming out

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3865.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3867.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3868.jpg

Lobsterboy's formosa bucket. Leo eat your heart out, just jokes.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3872.jpg

LOL, I told my buddy just a few colonies. LOL

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3875.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3880-1.jpg

everything well really well, only one colonies got damaged like 15 frags damaged. Here they are in the new home. Awesome.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3894-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3891-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3887-1.jpg

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http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3888-1.jpg

and lastly, a current FTS of my tank.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3873.jpg

[kien]

Looks like the apocalypse, except that everyone has been transported to an alternate reality and are safe and sound :biggrin:

[Dez]

Wow, some of those colonies are HUGE! Isn't it crazy what fits inside the tank with everything intertwined together? I don't envy you, I would hate to be moving corals around. Looking forward to your new tank build!

[lobsterboy]

Looks like the apocalypse, except that everyone has been transported to an alternate reality and are safe and sound :biggrin:

yeah tis brutal in there now, and yes they are safe and sound. which is a HUGE relief.

[lobsterboy]

Looks like the apocalypse, except that everyone has been transported to an alternate reality and are safe and sound :biggrin:

Wow, some of those colonies are HUGE! Isn't it crazy what fits inside the tank with everything intertwined together? I don't envy you, I would hate to be moving corals around. Looking forward to your new tank build!

yeah it was insane, took just over two hours, to get it all bagged and lugged to the car, only two trips though.

going to start to get the equipment together here soon enough.

i have some ideas, one thing is a new light fixture, which has been ordered.

[lobsterboy]

here are some pics of some equipment that arrived today, thanks Bob for hand delivering the skimmer from Edmonton.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3924-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3923-1.jpg

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http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3922-1.jpg

[lastlight]

Lookin' sexy there John. Have you confirmed whether this is my old toy? If so clean it WELL.

[lobsterboy]

Lookin' sexy there John. Have you confirmed whether this is my old toy? If so clean it WELL.

confirmed its not your toy.

[The Codfather]

Glad your happy John, what we talked about still holds. Let me know if you have any questions.

[lobsterboy]

Glad your happy John, what we talked about still holds. Let me know if you have any questions.

yeah its pretty sweet, I will have to get a rubbermaid to get the break in time, so i can just bloop it in the sump.

When I was bringing it in to my place, a guy in the street said

" hey man nice bong "

needless to say I didnt try to explain to him what a protein skimmer is.

[The Codfather]

Wait till you fire that pump up! Then you'll truly be convinced that a BK in not to be messed with.

[lobsterboy]

Wait till you fire that pump up! Then you'll truly be convinced that a BK in not to be messed with.

yeah I really cant wait, I am sure it will preform much better than my tunze nano. LOL.

[BlueTang<3]

great looking skimmer u will never want anything else now u got The King :lol:

[lobsterboy]

great looking skimmer u will never want anything else now u got The King :lol:

Yeah I am sure its true, its super sleek design, and everything about it tells it was build super well.

Now i just gotta get it fired up :razz:

[The Codfather]

You will have to let me know what the water level is in the sump, if you find the level is a bit lower than what we talked about, we can always switch to the other skimmer. You have my word on that still.

[lobsterboy]

You will have to let me know what the water level is in the sump, if you find the level is a bit lower than what we talked about, we can always switch to the other skimmer. You have my word on that still.

Awesome Thanks Bob, I am 99.9% sure its going to be 8 inch in the sump so if you were running it at that then it should be good to go eh.

[The Codfather]

You bet.

[The Codfather]

Good to see you again John, Next time I will have to stop in and see the new diggs. Sounds like you have quite the set up, looking forward to seeing some nice GIANT corals you always seem to grow.

[BlueTang<3]

yeah once he gets the ati power module it will kinda start to resemble my tank minus the fact i cant grow anything like him

[lastlight]

yeah once he gets the ati power module it will kinda start to resemble my tank minus the fact i cant grow anything like him

So long as you do it in style nobody cares!

John's going to have one hell of a setup I know that.

[Skimmerking]

it that the skimmer from the codfather if so its my old one and Brett's older one

[lobsterboy]

Good to see you again John, Next time I will have to stop in and see the new diggs. Sounds like you have quite the set up, looking forward to seeing some nice GIANT corals you always seem to grow.

yeah I hope it turns out well, its exciting and nerve racking at the same time.

yeah once he gets the ati power module it will kinda start to resemble my tank minus the fact i cant grow anything like him

I might have to get another Mp40 to match up systems :razz:

So long as you do it in style nobody cares!

John's going to have one hell of a setup I know that.

[lobsterboy]

it that the skimmer from the codfather if so its my old one and Brett's older one

it did come from The Codfather, but I think he kept Brett's skimmer.

The Codfather was pimpin and had 2 BK 250's

[lastlight]

Yeah that ain't mine. Mine is a newer gen and has the extension piece on the inner cone.

[lobsterboy]

Its really weird not having a tank now, its super quite and no maintance.

strange. . ... .

so not much of an update, I picked up a few things for the new setup, and finally after a week of sitting in a box I fired up the new fixture, its pretty sweet.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3963.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3964.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3959.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3960.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3961.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3962.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3965.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3966.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3967.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3968.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3970.jpg

[Zoaelite]

John that light gives me goose bumps it's so sexy, can't wait to see it up and running on the tank.

[fishytime]

betcha got lots of strange looks driving home with that light sticken out of the sun-roof of your car:razz:

[BlueTang<3]

haha awesome light John u will love it. What do u think of your new skimmer :biggrin:

[ALBERTA REEF]

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3963.jpg
Hey something is missing!

[lastlight]

Amassing quite the equipment pile there bro! Bet you can't wait to dunk those chaetoBalls again...heck I can't wait to watch you do it!

[the marine apprentice]

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/lobsterboy1000/IMG_3963.jpg
Hey something is missing!

yeah that something missing is now in my basement being recreated.

thanks john i hope i can make it look half as good as you had it

[lobsterboy]

John that light gives me goose bumps it's so sexy, can't wait to see it up and running on the tank.

hopefully i can get the stand today, and have it hanging.

betcha got lots of strange looks driving home with that light sticken out of the sun-roof of your car:razz:

yeah, lots of lookers. haha, thanks for the help getting it into the car.

haha awesome light John u will love it. What do u think of your new skimmer :biggrin:

the skimmer is dope, foamin like mad, no dark skum yet, as there is only a few pieces of rock in the holding bucket.