Akwar'eum - Page 16

framerguy · 02-14-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by tbittner

The house sounds great! But have you figured out how much it will cost to convert the lake to saltwater?

Not yet, I still have to figure how many gallons is in it, then use the reef calculator.

tbittner · 02-14-2008, 10:19 AM

framerguy · 02-15-2008, 09:42 PM

More life cronicle stuff. The phone woke us up early this morning and something was wrong with Gails dad. They live next door so she goes over and it seems like he's had a stroke so the ambulance comes to get him. On the way to the local hospitol they have him hooked to an EKG monitor. The ambulance is going around 60ish, and we're following. Suddenly they turn around and start blistering down the road. We're following and Gails mother who is in the ambulance calls on the cell phone to say the hospitol here saw something on the EKG and to send him to the heart hospitol in the neighboring county. I've never had my Ford Ranger up to 90 before but at 90MPH it starts sputtering, it has a governor on it and it can't go faster than that. The ambulance is going 100. Oddly no lights or sirens though. We get to the ER and it is determined he has had a mild stroke, pneumonia and sometime recently had a mild heart attack. He was extremely dehydrated. Once they got an IV hooked up and antibiotics pumping he seemed to recover quickly. In four hours time they had all testing done including a CAT scan and had him in a private room. He kept saying there was nothing wrong with him and he wanted to go home. He's 77 and has never been in the hospitol and in 30 years of knowing him he's been to the doctor twice. He hates them. He smokes a pack a day and the doc said the mild stroke was sort of a wake up call for him and he should listen. He and Gails mother stopped smoking today! They assured us he's going to be fine but they are keeping him for a couple of days to run tests because of the heart stuff and blood in the urine. What a scare, I really thought we were going to lose him by the way he was acting this morning. Completely incoherant and couldn't stand or really move at all.

My brother is the GM at the local giant Ford dealer and he is going to hear about the governor and fix it or get me another truck! If I need to go fast then by golly I want to be able to!!

ReefGuy69 · 02-15-2008, 09:47 PM

Wow... very scary stuff. You are totally right. If it came down to life and death and you needed your car to do 120mph. then ya know what it better be able to do 120mph. dont give me a gauge that goes that high and expect me not to be able to one day use it. Thats false advertising. Hope all works out for you all.

tbittner · 02-15-2008, 09:59 PM

Wow Greg! Thank God he is ok! And I'm not sure you really want to be going that fast in a ranger. They really aren't built for that kind of speed. That governor may have saved your life!

Heck with the truck, just remember what's really important... Your Father in Law is OK! And you and Gail are still here to talk about the truck.

framerguy · 02-15-2008, 10:00 PM

Thank you Dennis. Gails dad is a stubborn old codger and I love him absolutely. He's been more like a father to me than my real one. It's been tough to watch him go from a 185# extremely muscular, very manly man's man to the 137# frail man he is now. He fought for our country in Korea and was the head of setting up military governments in captured towns (also the youngest man ever given the rank Master Seargent at the time) and I've always been fascinated with his stories. He is a wonderful friend, father, grandfather, and mentor but he's getting tired I think. When his Father finally calls him home I'm going to miss him dearly.

framerguy · 02-15-2008, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tbittner

Wow Greg! Thank God he is ok! And I'm not sure you really want to be going that fast in a ranger. They really aren't built for that kind of speed. That governor may have saved your life!

Heck with the truck, just remember what's really important... Your Father in Law is OK! And you and Gail are still here to talk about the truck.

I figured the governor was there for a reason but it didn't make me like it any better. I may be upgrading my truck as well!!

Dentoid · 02-15-2008, 10:35 PM

You and your family are in my prayers!

Craig Manoukian · 02-16-2008, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dentoid

You and your family are in my prayers!

Ditto, and I'll pray for your father in law to stop smoking for the love of his family. Glad things worked out.

framerguy · 02-16-2008, 11:26 AM

Thanks guys! My father-in-law is a strange man in the fact that he can lay the cigarettes down and walk away from them, he's won lots of money doing that. He'll put them down for a year and be fine, it's Grandma that's the problem. When she tries to stop she gets so mean he will usually go buy some and make her smoke just to live with her. It's Grandma we need to pray for, and she is the one that said they both quit smoking yesterday so that's step one...

Craig Manoukian · 02-16-2008, 01:00 PM

Cigarettes are a very tragic addiction for sure!

framerguy · 02-17-2008, 06:47 PM

When we came home today the aquarium looked particularly good. All of the corals were extended like crazy! Yesterday we had another calcium event caused by the float sticking again on the top off system. It dumped all 6 gallons and lots of calcium into the sump which caused the PH to go to 8.45 and a white coating on everything. I ordered a new float immediately from autotopoff.com because this is the third time it's happened. At least now I have it set so if it happens no real damage is done. Here is a photo of everybody enjoying the extra calcium. The Xenia to the left looks funny because it is being drawn towards the Koralia pump over on that side.

Dentoid · 02-17-2008, 06:51 PM

Great FTS Greg! Where is the Elegance?

Craig Manoukian · 02-17-2008, 07:00 PM

Everything does look good Greg. Maybe they needed a little extra calcium, eh?

framerguy · 02-17-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dentoid

Great FTS Greg! Where is the Elegance?

Thanks Scott! It's just left of the clam behind the Fiji Leather. It's a little overexposed there.

02-14-2008, 10:19 AM	#227 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

02-15-2008, 09:42 PM	#228 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,660 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum More life cronicle stuff. The phone woke us up early this morning and something was wrong with Gails dad. They live next door so she goes over and it seems like he's had a stroke so the ambulance comes to get him. On the way to the local hospitol they have him hooked to an EKG monitor. The ambulance is going around 60ish, and we're following. Suddenly they turn around and start blistering down the road. We're following and Gails mother who is in the ambulance calls on the cell phone to say the hospitol here saw something on the EKG and to send him to the heart hospitol in the neighboring county. I've never had my Ford Ranger up to 90 before but at 90MPH it starts sputtering, it has a governor on it and it can't go faster than that. The ambulance is going 100. Oddly no lights or sirens though. We get to the ER and it is determined he has had a mild stroke, pneumonia and sometime recently had a mild heart attack. He was extremely dehydrated. Once they got an IV hooked up and antibiotics pumping he seemed to recover quickly. In four hours time they had all testing done including a CAT scan and had him in a private room. He kept saying there was nothing wrong with him and he wanted to go home. He's 77 and has never been in the hospitol and in 30 years of knowing him he's been to the doctor twice. He hates them. He smokes a pack a day and the doc said the mild stroke was sort of a wake up call for him and he should listen. He and Gails mother stopped smoking today! They assured us he's going to be fine but they are keeping him for a couple of days to run tests because of the heart stuff and blood in the urine. What a scare, I really thought we were going to lose him by the way he was acting this morning. Completely incoherant and couldn't stand or really move at all. My brother is the GM at the local giant Ford dealer and he is going to hear about the governor and fix it or get me another truck! If I need to go fast then by golly I want to be able to!! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 375gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum

02-15-2008, 09:47 PM	#229 (permalink)
ReefGuy69 Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 747 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Wow... very scary stuff. You are totally right. If it came down to life and death and you needed your car to do 120mph. then ya know what it better be able to do 120mph. dont give me a gauge that goes that high and expect me not to be able to one day use it. Thats false advertising. Hope all works out for you all. __________________ Dennis ________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...journal-3.html 55gal AGA w/ built in overflow 15 gal acrylic DIY sump/fuge 75lbs Fiji Live Rock 45lbs of Live Sand 1-1/2inch (1) 96 watt Super Blue Actinic Power Compact (2) 96 Watt 10,000k Power Compacts (2) Ebo Jager 200 watt heaters Seaclone 150 Skimmer (2) Hagen 50's Power Heads for flow (1) Hagen 70 Return Pump DIY ATO system (5 Gal) Mini Aqua Lights for fuge (10k/Actinic03) TLF 150 Phosban Reactor 12X turnover rate 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Peppermint Shrimp, Neon Green Hairy Mushrooms, Red Zoanthus Polyps.

02-15-2008, 09:59 PM	#230 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Wow Greg! Thank God he is ok! And I'm not sure you really want to be going that fast in a ranger. They really aren't built for that kind of speed. That governor may have saved your life! Heck with the truck, just remember what's really important... Your Father in Law is OK! And you and Gail are still here to talk about the truck. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

02-15-2008, 10:00 PM	#231 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,660 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Thank you Dennis. Gails dad is a stubborn old codger and I love him absolutely. He's been more like a father to me than my real one. It's been tough to watch him go from a 185# extremely muscular, very manly man's man to the 137# frail man he is now. He fought for our country in Korea and was the head of setting up military governments in captured towns (also the youngest man ever given the rank Master Seargent at the time) and I've always been fascinated with his stories. He is a wonderful friend, father, grandfather, and mentor but he's getting tired I think. When his Father finally calls him home I'm going to miss him dearly. __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 375gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum

02-15-2008, 10:35 PM	#233 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,289 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Akwar'eum You and your family are in my prayers! __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

02-16-2008, 11:26 AM	#235 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,660 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Thanks guys! My father-in-law is a strange man in the fact that he can lay the cigarettes down and walk away from them, he's won lots of money doing that. He'll put them down for a year and be fine, it's Grandma that's the problem. When she tries to stop she gets so mean he will usually go buy some and make her smoke just to live with her. It's Grandma we need to pray for, and she is the one that said they both quit smoking yesterday so that's step one... __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 375gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum

02-16-2008, 01:00 PM	#236 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Cigarettes are a very tragic addiction for sure! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

02-17-2008, 06:47 PM	#237 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,660 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum When we came home today the aquarium looked particularly good. All of the corals were extended like crazy! Yesterday we had another calcium event caused by the float sticking again on the top off system. It dumped all 6 gallons and lots of calcium into the sump which caused the PH to go to 8.45 and a white coating on everything. I ordered a new float immediately from autotopoff.com because this is the third time it's happened. At least now I have it set so if it happens no real damage is done. Here is a photo of everybody enjoying the extra calcium. The Xenia to the left looks funny because it is being drawn towards the Koralia pump over on that side. __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 375gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum

02-17-2008, 06:51 PM	#238 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,289 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Akwar'eum Great FTS Greg! Where is the Elegance? __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

02-17-2008, 07:00 PM	#239 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Everything does look good Greg. Maybe they needed a little extra calcium, eh? __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

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