Spill the beans! Where did you find those?

Something like that would look awesome next to my two psychotic looking Aussie Acans and army of Japanese micros. Not so much my other Acans though.

I actually picked these up through a friend but he got them at a LFS near Toronto.

Looks like I gotta move to Canada.

I even know some of the anthem:

"Oh Canada....hmm hmmm hmmmmmmm"

that's good enough right?

I want one too! I love those crazy canooks!!
Seriuosly though, that rainbow colored piece is awesome!!

Oh sorry, one word shot of a free frag.



It is indeed. Its worth being called a canook for.

Well I've been battleing a phosphate issue lately. Unfortunately the only victims were the two glorious micros from my previous post. May they rest in peace. The levels are getting much better and I think things are gonna be just fine. While picking up the phosban reactor for the tank I couldn't resist two steals that went into another tank of mine. I got a 12 headed Blasto wellsi for $20 and a ric rock with 20 shrooms for $40. I think I did pretty well. Pics are hard as they aren't in the best viewing positions but once I move them into the frag I'll post some pics.

Well my phosphate is under control now which is a huge relief. I also just picked up this piece and have to show if off. This is the coolest colouration I've ever seen in an echinata.

Amazing piece!! What a great find.

agreed.

Thanks. The best part is its also the biggest puffiest one I've ever had too, at least 10".




That makes three of us.

Well between work and the 75 the prop hasn't had much attention lately. With the 75 cycling I've got some time to do up the prop how I want it. The plan is to have a ten gal plumbed to a ten gal sump. One on top of the other. The top tank will have only a three tiered frag rack all other equipment will be in the sump. Here are some diagrams.





The overflow is going to be as quiet as possible. It is inspired by TJ Burton's frag overflow. Water flows under the cap then into the elbow, then the durso and into the sump. The tank is in my bedroom so hopefully it will be really quiet.







The return is going to feed a spraybar as shown above. I am going to include a check valve so there will be no back siphon. Next I am going to get the bulkhead installed and the baffles siliconed for the sump. Then I will be ready for the transfer.

Looks like a good plan for your tank.

Just wanted to share a pic of my new dendro after feeding.

I see you have some really nice acans..do you let your bigger acans grow out on there own or are they mounted to anything?

All my acans in this tank are grown from 1-2 polyp frags. I target feed each individual polyp at least[i] once a week. I mount them on curved rocks so that there isn't a break between the skeleton. This way the tissue can encrust to the mount once the tissue starts to grow and spread. I've found that if there isn't an easy place for the frag to encrust to, growth is minimal, even with lots of feedings.

yea that is what I was noticing with mine. The ones on the frag disc grow out faster and the one just cut with a small piece of rock are a little slower. I was thinking of trying to find some kind of marble tile and let them grow out on that.

Very Cool. Do you need a sump for a frag tanks. JW.

No you don't need one. However all the equipment in this tank takes away from the little space a ten gallon has. As the posts above show I will be adding a sump in the near future and moving all equpment there to create more space for frags.

Do you have a bunch of snails. I imagine that with the lighting algae builds up pretty fast-on the frags and the eggcrate.

Actually not really. I have 2 nassarius, 1 nerite and 3 astreas and hitchhiking stomatella. I keep up with water changes, run ROWAphos and have a tunze 9002 for skimming, so nutrient levels stay pretty low.

I will say that I LOVE the stomatellas. They breed like rabbits and do a great job at keeping the tank clean.

How nice.

Agreed! Man, I need me some Dendro!!!

Heres my new micro. 130+ polyps!

WOW what a beautiful Micro!! Great find.

nice micro. Thought u disappeard nugz

Yeah it was. Pricey, but worth it. It develops even brighter pink mouths and orange rings under higher lighting. I can't wait.

Had some fun with my new extender rings.

Oooooooooooh

Some actinics:

Gorgeous pics dude!!! 3rd Ric shot down is my fav

Thanks very much.

what type of camera are you using , also nice tank !!

Thanks. Most of these shots are with a Nikon D50 but I recently upgraded to a D90.

How do you like your canister filter and is that your only filtration? I am thinking about getting a canister filter. I love the spray bar

I was thinking about the one you have or the Penn Plax Cascade Canister Filter 500, Thanks!

I actually removed the canister filter and replaced it with a fluidizing reactor. To be honest I was never really happy with the canister. The flow out of the spraybar was really not that much at all and made almost no difference to the tank. It also became clogged very quickly and the flow became greatly reduced. I would take a fluidized reactor over a canister any day. My reactor has a mix of activated carbon and phosmedia inside and it keeps it flow level. It also makes sure there is maximum contact for the media to do its stuff. I use it along with a tunze nano as my only non-natural filtration.

Thanks, What Fluidized Reactor do you have?

Two little fishes PhosBan Reactor.

Dendro update.




Lots of new growth

Some artsy ones.

^

I'll trade you for a balisong.

I don't have a balisong yet....



But seriously ^ AWESOME SHOT

Thanks.
At least you can get one. They're illegal here. I'm stuck with the training version if I can find one.

They're illegal to even own?

Part III of the criminal code first defines such knives as prohibited weapons (arme prohibee).
In sec. (84)(1) B "any knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force, or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device attached to the handle of the knife". Which totally blows.

Those rules suck, you can put a pistol on your belt here in the public if you're 21 and have no felonies.

I still need to find out what the laws are for balisongs here... I'll ask my boss (lawyer) this week and see if she knows. Sucks for you though, phases!

I'd settle for just being able to privately own one. To be honest I'm most likely to injure myself not someone else with a butterfly. While trying to do tricks.

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