cruzH20polo Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thanks Med! not currently, at the moment I'm on the other side of the country at MIT/WHOI finishing up a research gig, the AI's were an emergency replacement, my T5's went swimming ... but a 70watt MH over the tank, ordered the AI's and timed their arrival with my mini vacation back to cali, so I only had a a day or two to get up up and working. Im not super excited about the lights being so close to the water but its working for now and will have to do until the end of oct but ill be back at the end of oct, and my plan is to get CADlights 40 and hang have hang them at least 15" off the surface. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Looks like your corals will love the new lighting setup Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Looks like your corals will love the new lighting setup yea so far so good, and through the pics my GF sends me, it seems like the LPS are staying strong Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Picture proof! this slimer does not stop growing! milli and verricosa king midas and some red zoa's gold cloves, hammer, rhodactis, torch tangerines and zippers top of the right side the ora red planet really starting to take off acan lobo right side left fts! There has been noticeable growth in my sps since the AI's have been added Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 And here are some pics from the new england aquarium I went to on bday a few weeks ago Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 slimer growth comparison 6/19/11 7/28/11 9/2/11 AI's ADDED 9/11/11 9/29/11 Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Very nice! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 why thank you! Thus far I've been very pleased with the new lights Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 i may or may not have just purchased an RKL plus package Link to comment
d9hp Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 i may or may not have just purchased an RKL plus package badass. sweet pictures from the aquarium...looks like you had a good time! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 i can't wait to get home to set it up! I won't be back till the end of the month, I'm planning on building a control station that will house the power strips, and execs chords/ display the RKL interface and other controls I have we'll see how that and the new england aquarium was fun, i would have had more pics, but my camera ran out of batteries ... rookie move Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 the reef keeper will be arriving today ... to bad i still have three weeks left before i can set it up Link to comment
boosted chemist Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 the reef keeper will be arriving today ... to bad i still have three weeks left before i can set it up Lmk how u like that, I was planning on getting one in the near future Link to comment
Woogalie Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 wow! Slimer is awesome. Hope mine looks all gnar like that eventually Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 Lmk how u like that, I was planning on getting one in the near future I will its gonna take a few weeks though, when I get back I'm going to build a stand to hide my ATO reservoir, and top is going to be a control station that displays all the RKL, MP10esW controller, AI controller, and I just ordered an american DJ 4 outlet power strip with individual switches to make shutting the tank down for water changes easier, hopefully by the 2nd week of november ill have the whole thing finished wow! Slimer is awesome. Hope mine looks all gnar like that eventually haha well it took a hell of a long time to get there, I got that piece back in march of 2010, but its finally settled in and taken off! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 just received word the RKL arrived in one piece, now i just need to kill 3 weeks until i can set it up Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 more pics curtosy of my girlfriend, I'm lucky she's takin care of the tank! thanks for stoppin by Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 also just ordered a maggie muffler! looks like I'm gonna be busy when I get back Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 just got work from by GF that the blue acro is RTNing she says she can see the flesh falling off... oh well not much I can do from here Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 My gf sent me these pics yesterday... looks like the rhodatics is getting ready to make more gah 4 more days until I get back ... can't wait Link to comment
Arkayology Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Sucks about the RTN on the acro. So are you still in undergrad or is this research stay part of your program? Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Sucks about the RTN on the acro. So are you still in undergrad or is this research stay part of your program? nope, neither... I graduated in march, worked as a lab tech for UCSC, then got accepted to the summer guest student program at WHOI/MIT, then got hired there as a lab tech in the lab I did my guest student stint in. Im currently applying for fellowships and send those are due in various time in nov, then its grad school apps, those are due in beginning of jan. currently my application list is: MIT/WHOI SCRIPPS Oregon State University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Washington Rutgers University of Rhode Island I have found PI's at all the schools except for SCRIPPS and UW... I still really don't know where I want to go, there is a lab at Oregon State that does work I'm really interested in but we'll see where I actually get accepted to Link to comment
Arkayology Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Well, good luck! I remember applying to grad schools... so much work. I found a good one and I am pretty happy with my program, though I am in archaeology and not marine biology. Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Thanks! yea the applications aren't too bad, its the fellowship stuff is kinda a pain to go through, the degree is going to be oceanography, I'm still debating on chemical or biological... the projects are kind of a cross between the 2, dissolved organic matter and RNA expression stuffs, so it crosses into both fields Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 just ordered a mighty might RO/DI system! Link to comment
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