[framerguy]

UUUhhhhh, sorry! Well, we put in an offer on the lake house and it was flattly rejected so we are sitting on it for a while. And in the meantime we have been looking at other places and found two today that are just as good or better. One in particular is wonderful! It has it's own private 2 acre pond (which is low due to the drought we are having) on 5.3 acres of land. The house is a foreclosure. 4 bedrooms (master bedroom with a GIGANTIC bath, one massage room, one art studio, and one guest room) and 4 1/2 baths!! One is in the basement and I was wondering about the idea of the bathtub being a sump. I wonder if the stainless steel drain would be a problem as far as contamination goes. Anyway, our realestate friend is much more behind this purchase. It mostly need cosmetic work, paint and such. The other house is much more big tank friendly and we like the land (also 5.3 acres but has a creek instead of a pond or lake) but the house is a fixer upper. It's not old but it was lived in pretty hard. Full basement also so the tank room is easy. It has an "iffy" contract pending though. Our son wants us out of "his" house asap but he's old enough where his wants won't hurt him much.

And just in case you were talking about the scrubber, it's greening up nicely. These photos look brown but it's really greenish, the lights wash it out I guess:



Talk about salt creep!! I'm covered up with it. Most of that is actually pre scrubber. It doesn't bubble and spray nearly as much now. Anyway, it's a one inch deep tray that sits on the lip of the refugium. It's 10 1/2 inces wide and 18 inches long. The drain from the DT spills into it then spills into the fuge. The lights are on opposite the DT.

ALSO!! Chris (my son) and I have replaced the ugly pantry with a super cool new bar. You see the tank immediately now upon entering the house.


The tank is just beyond the second shot. The first shot is a computer stitch job so the counter edging looks funky but I couldn't get far enough away for a FBS. We just need to stain and put a finish coat on it. He put bottles in it already!

Tank stuff: I did a 10 gallon WC today and will test tomorrow.
My goniopora has looked crappy for the last three days, but it's only one head (there are two). I don't know if it's related to the turbinaria having an allergic reation and getting hives or not. All other corals, fish and inverts look completely normal. I don't know what's up but something is. tomorrow is water test day, unless we're to busy looking at houses again! Cheers All!!!