fishfreak0114 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Today was water change day! Things seem pretty happy under CFL, but it’s visually not super bright so my final FTS might be sunlight. We will see! I took a quick top down before the water change commenced 6 Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 5 hours ago, fishfreak0114 said: Today was water change day! Things seem pretty happy under CFL, but it’s visually not super bright so my final FTS might be sunlight. We will see! I took a quick top down before the water change commenced I personally like sunlight pics and the natural look. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 4 hours ago, SeaFurn said: I personally like sunlight pics and the natural look. Me too Maybe I will go with that for the final FTS then! 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 O wow fishfreak, thanks for the idea. I think I might take my final FTS in natural sunlight too. My jar does not photogragh well at all under the coral compulsion par 38 bulb. Its so blue and even playing with the settings doesn't fix it the way I would like. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 1 hour ago, vlangel said: O wow fishfreak, thanks for the idea. I think I might take my final FTS in natural sunlight too. My jar does not photogragh well at all under the coral compulsion par 38 bulb. Its so blue and even playing with the settings doesn't fix it the way I would like. Do it! That would be really pretty! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 I sighted Fat Bastard again!!! He’s doing well. He came out after I put some frozen mussel in I’ve started working on my final write up. So hard to keep it at 250 words! 3 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 5 hours ago, fishfreak0114 said: I sighted Fat Bastard again!!! He’s doing well. He came out after I put some frozen mussel in I’ve started working on my final write up. So hard to keep it at 250 words! Hooray for FB, I am glad he is doing well. I had to rewrite my final summary 3 Xs to get it down to 250 words, Ha ha, so I know what you mean. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 6 hours ago, vlangel said: Hooray for FB, I am glad he is doing well. I had to rewrite my final summary 3 Xs to get it down to 250 words, Ha ha, so I know what you mean. Oh wow, I’m glad I’m not the only one finding it hard! I’m at the point where I’ll re read a sentence and cut out one word if I can 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 It would take forever to read the summaries if they were 1000 words. At first, I thought 250 words was a lot; however, I used mine up pretty fast too. I'm looking forward to readings everyone's summaries. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, seabass said: It would take forever to read the summaries if they were 1000 words. At first, I thought 250 words was a lot; however, I used mine up pretty fast too. I'm looking forward to readings everyone's summaries. Very true. It’s going to be fun to see what everyone feels summarizes their journey /pico best! Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 I saw Fat Bastard yet again! He seems to live by the pipe organ. 3 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I really love this coffee pot! I'm sorry the LED burned out but as long as the corals are happy I'm sure the cfl is fine. I just really like how well you've executed the whole coffee pot look, and then taken it to the next level with the plants 2 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 55 minutes ago, teenyreef said: I really love this coffee pot! I'm sorry the LED burned out but as long as the corals are happy I'm sure the cfl is fine. I just really like how well you've executed the whole coffee pot look, and then taken it to the next level with the plants Thank you teeny! That’s quite the compliment I’m not that surprised that the LED met an early demise, hence the reason I ordered a couple this time. Things do seem pretty content under the CFL health wise. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sunstar Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 is the burning out of these par bulbs a problem? if so, what is the best way to reduce this problem? I don't want to spend nearly 100 dollars and have it poop after two months. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 23 minutes ago, Sunstar said: is the burning out of these par bulbs a problem? if so, what is the best way to reduce this problem? I don't want to spend nearly 100 dollars and have it poop after two months. The bulbs I bought were 5 dollars and Chinese made. I’m pretty sure that’s why they burnt out 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Second favorite coffee pot. First being mine, bc deathwish coffee beans. If you need help with electrical. Feel free to shoot me a pm. I am a Senior Utility Mechanic for a utility company here in New York. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, JBM said: Second favorite coffee pot. First being mine, bc deathwish coffee beans. If you need help with electrical. Feel free to shoot me a pm. I am a Senior Utility Mechanic for a utility company here in New York. Thanks! I’ll keep you in mind if I end up DIYing a new light after the contest 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 9 hours ago, Sunstar said: is the burning out of these par bulbs a problem? if so, what is the best way to reduce this problem? I don't want to spend nearly 100 dollars and have it poop after two months. My first bulb (that burned out) was also a cheap Chinese bulb. My current bulb is a $24 Coral Compulsion par 38 warranted for 3 years. It's got a lot of blue but the coral seem to like it. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 I can’t believe the contest is coming to an end already! I thought six months would be really long when I started, but it flew by! This will be final update for the contest, but rest assured, the pico will live on J I love this little pot too much to take it down! Not much has been happening lately, to be honest. The pot is just chugging along. I chuck in food once in a while to make sure that Fat Bastard and Raymond are getting enough to eat, and I do a water change whenever I feel like “it’s time”. I have continued to top off daily. The coral is doing well, one of the yoda polyps has been slowly melting though. The pipe organ has the most visible growth. I look forward to seeing how thing fill in as time goes on. I have yet to decide on what final three photos will summarize my tank, but when I do I’ll post them here along with my final summary! Chances are they’ll be repeats from today. Time to dump some photos! I just fed mysis, and this big ol’ bristle worm came out! Pico by orb1915, on Flickr Pico by orb1915, on Flickr P3260858 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260859 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260866 by orb1915, on Flickr I don’t have a clue what this is… P3260868 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260870 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260874 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260876 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260877 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260878 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260879 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260881 by orb1915, on Flickr Lots of little pods in there! P3260884 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260887 by orb1915, on Flickr P3260888 by orb1915, on Flickr r by orb1915, on Flickr s by orb1915, on Flickr sdsd by orb1915, on Flickr t by orb1915, on Flickr h by orb1915, on Flickr And my final FTS! o by orb1915, on Flickr 8 1 Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Just a friendly reminder that your write-up and three photos are due to me by private message by midnight (PST) tomorrow night (3/31). 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 33 minutes ago, Felicia said: Just a friendly reminder that your write-up and three photos are due to me by private message by midnight (PST) tomorrow night (3/31). Thanks for the reminder! I’ll send it to you tomorrow 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The pot looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 56 minutes ago, Clown79 said: The pot looks great! Thank you! Your pico looks great as well! Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 This is looking super cool. So much life in there! 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Fishfreak, I am always amazed at how much life you pack in the coffee pot! It is so cool and I love it. Also you take amazing pics. I have very much ennoyed sharing in the comraderie of this contest with you. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
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