Lol Its a race gwen, i just got a new tank for my fuge, so mayber that'll motivate me a bit
But yeah, if the people makin ur sub dont care, it will come out like garbage. Personally im scared of getting complained about (iunno why) so i make the best sub i can
But yeah, i hope i can find the time to finish my tank. I was almost dismotivated (yeah, thats right) when i went fish storing and saw all of the garbage LFS's in my city, but im going to finish and then get all my stuff from a great place in toronto (4 hrs away...)
Josh- I should flag down one of those snowbirds and tell them to bring some frags to Josh's house!! Might be a little better than the 4 hour drive.
So this weekend we had SWU- it was sooo awesome! I got to drive Bob Fenner back to his hotel after the Fri nite speaker party and I couldn't stop laughing- so funny!!! There were 5 of us in the car laughing our pants off!!
Saturday was ok... had car probems, car died in downtown atlanta on the lunch break... I was a little freaked out. I dont like driving in downtown at all. Thank god I had a reef buddy with me to help me out!!! I went home after that since I was very stressed and I just needed to get my car fixed. I missed the Tullio talk, but I'm told the podcast him and Jake recorded today will be the same as his talk that I missed.
Sunday was very good. Calfo gave us a wonderful fragging demo. Bob did his hilarious talk on catching fish, and Jake Adams was absolutely amazing with his talk on Atlantic corals!!! I really made out on raffles and I won an MR2- YAY BABY!! I won some other cool stuff too. It was my lucky day!!
I wasn't really ready for SWU this weekend, but it turned out ok. Winning the skimmer made up for a bad day on Saturday.
__________________ Gwen - 2008 Atlanta Reef Club Board MACNA XX Committee 125g RR AGA "The Simple Reef Tank"
The tanks looks great especially the position (striking).. 125G if only……. Im not aloud a bigger tank until I get a bigger job
When I decided to use retrofit/DIY MH I wanted to use electronic Icecap ballast, unfortunately there hard to get in the UK and pricing over here is high.
Good luck with the tank, I look forward to the outcome.
__________________ Chris
60gl
1 x spotted Damsels
1 x Yellow Watchman Goby
1 x Orange Spot Goby
1 x Blue Tang/Palette Surgeonfish
1 feather Duster
Clean up crew (Turbo Snails and Hermit Crabs)
Here is a pic of the skimmer in the sump- close fit. I gotta get a pump for it. BIL seems to know how to section/baffle it off. I want a spot for a fuge or at least a place to grow pods.
And some pics of the closet with a bunch of crap in it!! But this will soon be the fish closet. There will be a cool water change setup in here. Turn a valve and the water goes outside. Turn another and it goes in the tank.
BIL is coming in a few weeks for the setup - yeah!! I gotta get on with my shopping list. I'm buying bulkheads, pumps, and those plastic things that shoot the water into the tank.
__________________ Gwen - 2008 Atlanta Reef Club Board MACNA XX Committee 125g RR AGA "The Simple Reef Tank"
Yupp gwen, if theres one piece of advice i can give u, its be prepared for the bill.
Like u may ave seen on my thread, i got 5 or 6 Bulkheads, 12 sections of locline, 6 flares, valves, 2 OF boxes, and lengths of piping and it run me (my dad, i was only expecting to pay $120 for the drilling job) about $1200. I have no idea if your setup is going to be as intricate (prolly not the right word) as mine, needing all the holes and bulkheads, but like we all know, save money where u can. And if you can't brace yourself.
I have a P.D day on friday so i'll have my tank up and running in a couple months (lol)
I know, i wish i were independently wealthy so i didn't have to schedule tank builds around my paychecks!
Wow, you say you won that skimmer in the picture? Very cool. now i am super jealous
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
Yupp gwen, if theres one piece of advice i can give u, its be prepared for the bill.
Which bill are you talking about? electric I assume?
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Originally Posted by Small Fry
Like u may ave seen on my thread, i got 5 or 6 Bulkheads, 12 sections of locline, 6 flares, valves, 2 OF boxes, and lengths of piping and it run me (my dad, i was only expecting to pay $120 for the drilling job) about $1200. I have no idea if your setup is going to be as intricate (prolly not the right word) as mine, needing all the holes and bulkheads, but like we all know, save money where u can. And if you can't brace yourself.
I have a P.D day on friday so i'll have my tank up and running in a couple months (lol)
The tank is already drilled and hopefully I will be adding 2 more Tunze 6100's to the system eventually. So for now, I will have 2 mag7's for the overflows and 2 - 6100's.
Congrats on the payday coming soon.
Well tonite I cleaned out the closet and did some mud & tape. I might do sheet rocking one more time, sand it down, and then paint. I figure I can always go back and fix imperfections after I have painted. I think once I get the paint on the wall, it won't look so bad.
As far as the skimmer, yes I did win it- big score!! I do have to buy a pump which is not a problem! The plan was to use my 2 skimmers on my current setups, but this is much better!
__________________ Gwen - 2008 Atlanta Reef Club Board MACNA XX Committee 125g RR AGA "The Simple Reef Tank"
What is the wye on the intank for? I noticed you had a T on it gwen. What does it do? Oh wait, is that to break a siphon?
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
Photoshop is so cool I circled the part i was wondering about.
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
That is a "reverse" durso to vent any excess air from getting into the fuge. It "should" cut down on the bubbles that flow through the pvc down to the fuge. I will not glue any items until everything is tested.
My 2 boxes have arrived so we have almost everything we need to get started. I'm sure we will make several trips to HD. I haven't ordered the lights yet...
The 55g sump is being leak tested. I have it sitting on the kitchen counter collecting RODI water.
__________________ Gwen - 2008 Atlanta Reef Club Board MACNA XX Committee 125g RR AGA "The Simple Reef Tank"
