Hmmmm, I suppose you are hereby pardoned for the title correction.

And ya, ST never gets old.

Hahaha.... Car Ram-Rod.... say car Ram-Rod!

hey for the sump why dont you make a rack between the baffels?

I was thinking about doing something like that for filter floss, to further help reduce micro-bubbles. However the baffles are too narrow and too long to run something like chemipure there. Most of the water would end up diverting around it.

Or did you have something else in mind?

Oh, and talk about fast... the acrylic rods have been delivered!

Of course, the USPS guy wasn't all that smart about it. My car was in the driveway, so clearly someone is home, but instead the guy decides to open my side screen door and toss them inside. It sounds like someone is trying to break in, and of course, I prepared to respond. Luckily for him, he was long gone and I saw the package sitting up against the door!

I just finished a clean up and WC (my favorite thing, right NRF? ), and I got to thinking.... I should do a "now and then" for my corals. Whatcha think? Want to see it?

Well DUH, of course we do!!!
Silly Monkey.
*shakes head*

Well in that case, the monkey had better go make dinner and afterward start snapping photos! I'm going to have to do some digging to find all of the original photos and the dates for the addition. This should be fu. And a great way to put off reading for tomorrow!

seance you like monies so much i believe it is appropriate to post this.
http://www.trunkmonkey.com/content/view/81/51/
there are a bunch more... some are rely funny

Uh oh, that's real serious monkey business!

What's for dinner? I am hungry...
I am at work...if I eat Chik- fil- A one more time from the food court...bleh

I made grilled chicken sandwiches with swiss cheese and pieces of bacon.... mmmmmmmmmm.........

I know the feeling about the constant blah-ness of work food. Where I work, all we have is subway, quiznos and a couple random "food" places.

Here's a picture or two of my new light. It's not over the tank, but at least it's over the stand!

Ok, it's time for "Corals, Now and Then!" There are from the 20L, BTW. I just need some colorful pictures in here!

Yellow Polyps:
Added February 2008


Now, it's all over the place!


Frogspawn:
Added November 2008


Now


Trumpets:
Added November 2008


Now


Chalice:
Added December 2008


Now


Acan Lord:
Added January 2009


Now


Unknown paly:
Added February 2009


Now


Ok, that's enough for one post. More to come in the next!

Duncans and Red/Orange monti cap:
Added April 2009


Now



Green slimer:
Added August 2009


Now

Woo! great growth and everything looks really healthy and happy!

Thanks!

I had a feeling I was getting some good growth, but then I looked at how recent some of the addition dates were I couldn't believe it! I can't wait until I can start fragging some of these corals.

Good news! My tank should be ready for pick up tomorrow!

That is, unless they broke it.

My tank survived the drilling, and it's now at home!



I still have to make the rock pillars yet (Roman aqueduct style!), but whatcha think so far?

Oh, and while I was there, I got an apparently rare coral while I was at the LFS. It's going to be posted in the 20L thread once it's acclimated!

WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!

Rock looks fine so far, but it won't really be possible to judge it til ya gots the pillars in.
Hey, you're making this a Display Refugium, right?
You need to go post on my "Who's Interested in a SW Planted Tank Forum?" thread.

About time

AMEN to both!!!



Yeah, I know I need to do some work on that. I'm thinking of either having stand alone pillars in the front-center or doing an aqueduct between the islands.

I've been playing with the idea of having a piece of macro in the display, but it won't be a full-fledged DR.

Will do!

In other news, I found out today that I may be arguing a case before the Supreme Court of Ohio this year! I just have to convince the court to take the appeal first, though....

Make sure to wear your spiffiest Monkey Suit.



Also, post a linky if it gets any news coverage.

Sure will! I actually had drinks with one of the Justices a while back. She's got a son with a band, and she invited a group of us from the law school to see one of his shows. I think I'm one of the few people to see a current Justice "get jiggy with it."



Can do! It's going to be a good case on the 4th amendment.

I couldn't help myself when I saw this:

Making the pillars cool like I wanted is proving more difficult than originally though, at least until I get some slightly better rock for the purposes. The pieces I've got are the result of quite a bit of work chipping away at some pretty dense dry reef rock.

Ok, what do you think.... #1 or #2?

#1


#2


I'm leaning towards #1 because the pillars are more pronounced... they tend to blend in with #2. But what do you think? Suggestions welcome!

i vote #1 as well. nice rock scaping man! now all ya need to do is add wawa.

BUT...i still think that

Thanks! First I have to finish the PVC work, and then comes the high quality H₂O!





Weren't all of the coral shots on the last page enough to wet your whistle?

Update: Well, I didn't do anything on the tank or yesterday afternootoday, but I have a good reason for it!

I think I must have ate super-greasy food way too close to going out country-dancin last night... because my stomach started twisting into knots after a while. Still had a great time though! Then today, my youngest brother was in town, so I spent most of the day with him and my other brother on top of recuperating from last night.

However, I'm a man with a plan for tomorrow. Now that I think I've got the scape roughly the way I want, I'm going to start puttying and drilling tomorrow. Once that is done, I'm going to take the tank to my workroom, and get it painted. While it's drying, I'll start assembling the plumbing. After that, it's time for some wet water!

So, that's the plan, and hopefully that's exactly what will happen!

Cool, Hope everything comes out all right and with the tank work too * slaps knee *

Ah....I crack myself up sometimes.

Ok, really tho. Hope ya feel better soon bro.

Well played sir, well played.

I think it was all of the physical activity combined with the bad-for-you-food and the high level of stress arising from my first appearance as counsel on Friday. It was a major bummer because Friday nights out are generally my fun of the week, and I didn't stay out as long as usual with my new-found friends and good-looking women.



Thanks! I'm feeling better today, but with all of the stomach issues I've had over the years, I know I have to still take it easy. It's weird, but the best way to describe the feeling is to compared it to a bad hangover, but localized to the stomach.

Update: The tank has been painted and is drying! Once it's completely dry from the multiple coats, it will come back upstairs and the PVC work shall begin. I'll also try to get a photo up here with the light over top of the painted tank.

OK, that's long enough....where are those pics??

Normally it would be long enough, but I think I put about 3 coats of Krylon on the tank, to make sure there are no semi-transparent sections of paint. I don't want to have smudges on the paint because I grabbed it too quickly. It's going to be purty though.

It better be or we will make you do it all over.

You know I'm kidding, let 'er dry good. We can wait.


You went with black dintcha?

Phew. I was starting to worry that I was going to get a post saying that my WL rites were grab a freshly painted tank, take it to the LFS, and write in the wet paint "I <3 NR.com."



Yuppers!

I like my blue in the 20L, but I think the colors of what I plan to do will look MUCH cooler with a black background. That, plus night-time, tank lights on, photos should look amazing!

nope. It will be a bad day for the UPS driver, no doubt.


I also went with blue with my 20L. Looked cool, but somewhat unnatural to me. Perhaps if it were a few shades darker. Meh, I dunno. Can't go wrong with the black.

He won't even see it coming...



Yeah, the unnatural look is what gets me too. It makes the tank bright, but it also seems to affect the appearance of corals. For example, my blue trumpets seem colorless sometimes up against the blue background. With black, it's a nice contrast to pretty much every color.

I'm still working out the engineering for my little pillars in the tank. I'm also mulling over in my head what I should put on each pillar. Part of me wants to go with zoas, but I want the tank to be LPS and SPS dominated. Decisions decisions....

Hmmm, did I detect a bit of frustration there??

Fun, remember?? FUN!!


I cannot decide on lighting for my probable upgrade and its ticking me off.
















gotcha. Enjoying the planning at this point. Even thinking 92 corner??

Haha yeah, I know! It's not really frustration, it's more.... difficulty in dealing with the rock's refusal to cooperate with me.

Once I get my tank full of wet water and my heater arrives, I'm going to get a couple of pounds of small, thin, rectangular-ish shaped LR to use to seed my rock, and to serve as part of my 'scaping. The plan is to have the rock work like #1 in the scaping post above and use the LR lay flat on the sand laid out like breakwaters of an ancient sunken harbor. I'm also thinking of creating a couple of toppled pillars to complete the look. You'll have to look at it with an abstract eye though!









PS: I just found out that NR limits the number of emoticons per post?

10 methinks.

yup. 10

What an odd thing to have!

Well, emoticon-limiter... take this!





I couldn't help myself.

Ok, time to go check the paint!

Coming along nicely, MJ. Love the plans for the scape, though you're making me feel like a deadbeat for NOT putting much thought into my scape.

Thanks! Don't feel bad though... I've got a thing for roman and other ancient civilizations, so my mind tends to interject their ideas and actions into modern events or personal endeavors, such as scaping! I'm a bit of a nut like that, so not putting that much thought into how rocks are put together might be a sign of a healthy mind.

Ok, photos coming soon!

It's sad, but the photo I accidentally took with the flash on is the best of the ones of the lot.

In any event, here they are!



What do ya'll think?

Oh, and ignore the smudges... I still have to clean the glass!

it's not leaning on the glass, is it? otherwise, I really like it!

Nope! I'm rather nervous about having rock leaning against the glass, so I keep it away. I usually try to keep an inch or so from the glass to allow for cleaning, but this distance isn't always possible.



Thanks!

I'm waiting on my heater to arrive before I get the few pieces of LR, but until then, I'm starting to gather all of the RO water needed to fill this bad boy up! I'm also using dirty WC water from the 20L to help with the cycle.

Looks good, but I am worried water may leak out of those two holes in the back there........

Oh my! I suppose I ought to do something with it. Good thing my tank suffers from dry water right now, or it might leak!

Oh come on R. Those holes are intentional. Ones for evap and the other is for. Um. um.. Thats all I got dude. On second thought you may be right. Hey MJ you may wanna patch those holes with a piece of milk jug and bubble gum.



just a thought

The other one is for the alienz!

When they aren't around, I think I'll use a tin foil covered milk jug!