patback Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Glad to hear it. That pie looks amazing. Home made or store bought? Not sure if that's your address or not in the background though...on the shipping label. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, patback said: Glad to hear it. That pie looks amazing. Home made or store bought? Not sure if that's your address or not in the background though...on the shipping label. If you can read that, you deserve a medal! (Jk, thanks. I edited the imgur image.) Home made, everything home made. I was in charge of salad and cranberry sauce, the easy stuff. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
patback Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 1 minute ago, HarryPotter said: If you can read that, you deserve a medal! Home made, everything home made. I was in charge of salad and cranberry sauce, the easy stuff. Nice. Believe it or not no one had any apple pie this Thanksgiving. I just realized that. Hopefully your salad didnt have any romaine. I know where you live now, expect some glitter sometime soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Yeah, I could see him totally stealing the show!!! And that pie looks amazing too. Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving! 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, patback said: Nice. Believe it or not no one had any apple pie this Thanksgiving. I just realized that. Hopefully your salad didnt have any romaine. I know where you live now, expect some glitter sometime soon. I love apple pie. Pumpkin, not so much. Ill keep an eye out for suspicious packages.... And yeah, no romaine unfortunately. Base of iceberg, but I put in pretty much everything. Quote Link to comment
DSFIRSTSLTWATER Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 35 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Australian Shepherd, AKA the best! He is so personable, affectionate and naughty/silly compared to our poodles. My co worker has 3 lol. She does agility with them. They are cool ass dogs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 I didn’t know I had so many Grandis Palys! They’re growing around my column, so not as visible from the front. Same thing with that rainbow montipora! I have quite the frag supply hidden behind that column 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Orphek bars are being installed! Initial impressions are pretty darn good. Lots of thermal paste, heavy aluminum housings, gaskets at any openings. Also glass lens, kind of unusual but works for me. About to get to the apex/ballasts. The bars sit a little lower from the fixture than I would like, I’d like to 3d print a different bracket. 4 Quote Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Harry , nice tank; do you care to share what kind of PAR you have that rainbow montipora under? What kind of flow? Mine died a while back, was never able to acclimate to my tank while the encrusting forest fire introduced at the same time does very well. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Andreww said: Harry , nice tank; do you care to share what kind of PAR you have that rainbow montipora under? What kind of flow? Mine died a while back, was never able to acclimate to my tank while the encrusting forest fire introduced at the same time does very well. Rainbow montipora grows crazy for me. I have 2 big colonies now, probably bigger than my open hand. Appears to be two types, one with primarily green polyps and one with yellow/brown polyps. Both at the bottom of the tank. They both lost their rainbow-ness under T5s. This one is blue/purple skeleton with green and orange polyps. Center bottom of tank. This one is more brown brown/yellow polyps with the occasional orange. Bottom right of tank, so low par. New-ish addition, from GotCorals. 5 Quote Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Thanks for that. Beautiful montis. That must be it then. I cooked it I suppose, although it was a Divers Den item and I was told by one of them al LA that they kept this specific piece under halides...hence me being comfortable putting it more towards the top. Oh well, I might try it again low in the tank. Just saw a few good size pieces at the LFS going for 20$ each. 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 4 hours ago, HarryPotter said: Orphek bars are being installed! Initial impressions are pretty darn good. Lots of thermal paste, heavy aluminum housings, gaskets at any openings. Also glass lens, kind of unusual but works for me. About to get to the apex/ballasts. The bars sit a little lower from the fixture than I would like, I’d like to 3d print a different bracket. Harry!, this tank bounced back faster than anyone could have imagined!! Unless I've really lost track of time...that could be it too. 🤷🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 43 minutes ago, micoastreefing said: Harry!, this tank bounced back faster than anyone could have imagined!! Unless I've really lost track of time...that could be it too. 🤷🏼♂️ The biggest sign of the trauma is the green stag- I just took this photo. But I also see those nasty palys to the right which may have stung it. I’ve been leaving it alone; can’t reallt do much with big colonies. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 55 minutes ago, Andreww said: Thanks for that. Beautiful montis. That must be it then. I cooked it I suppose, although it was a Divers Den item and I was told by one of them al LA that they kept this specific piece under halides...hence me being comfortable putting it more towards the top. Oh well, I might try it again low in the tank. Just saw a few good size pieces at the LFS going for 20$ each. 👍🏻 Were you the person who also goes to UM/ is in the aquarium club? Quote Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Were you the person who also goes to UM/ is in the aquarium club? Nope. Not me:) Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Andreww said: Nope. Not me:) Aww bummer I was gonna say I can bring a frag to campus for ya. Quote Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 minute ago, HarryPotter said: Aww bummer I was gonna say I can bring a frag to campus for ya. I’ll pay shipping lol Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Andreww said: I’ll pay shipping lol That would be well above your local store’s price. Overnight sucks. Quote Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: That would be well above your local store’s price. Overnight sucks. No doubt...I wasn’t serious..Hence the lol 😆 Quote Link to comment
mtgmichaelg Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 10 hours ago, HarryPotter said: Were you the person who also goes to UM/ is in the aquarium club? Lol that was me. Check out my thread to see my tank since you last saw it. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 hour ago, mtgmichaelg said: Lol that was me. Check out my thread to see my tank since you last saw it. Looking good! Filling up quick. At some point I was going to invite some club members to see the new 300 gallon as well as get some frags again 🙂. Same thing, "snap, plug, and bag!" Im just like 15 minutes off campus, not bad. I should be going to more meetings..... its just Thursdays are my early day, done at 2:00, and I really dont want to drive back to campus lol Quote Link to comment
mtgmichaelg Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 42 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Looking good! Filling up quick. At some point I was going to invite some club members to see the new 300 gallon as well as get some frags again 🙂. Same thing, "snap, plug, and bag!" Im just like 15 minutes off campus, not bad. I should be going to more meetings..... its just Thursdays are my early day, done at 2:00, and I really dont want to drive back to campus lol Haha i get it. I've been following the 300 gallon thread, it looks awesome. Maybe after break a few of us could check it out? 👍 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 @Marine Depot is this normal?! LOL, Gotta love dry ice! Everything rock solid. Thats really sweet for 3.5 days in transit! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Marine Depot Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: @Marine Depot is this normal?! LOL, Gotta love dry ice! Everything rock solid. Thats really sweet for 3.5 days in transit! Fresh frozen foods PLUS a science experiment in every box! Jeff @Marine Depot 4 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 So on Black Friday I picked up a few pieces from @Top Shelf Aquatics. I think like 23 pieces total, but 4 were mine (paid for by me, for my tank) and the rest will be for the 300g. They should arrive tomorrow! This was my favorite, I love red polyps. Thought it was chunky, multi branch, and sexy! The closest pricing I found to this acro was from BSA corals, $69 for a fully encrusted single. branch. But I dont like frag plugs, so IMO this was a better purchase. https://www.bsacorals.com/shop/sps/uc-dippin-dots-2/ Kind of weird that the BSA one is totally neon-green skeleton and this one appears purple. Maybe a lighting thing. 1 Quote Link to comment
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