BigAl's 10g . . . - Page 11

nikkipigtails · 06-26-2008, 01:35 PM

What are you doing online Al? Go back to the beach!

BigAl07 · 06-26-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by nikkipigtails

What are you doing online Al? Go back to the beach!

I was on the beach. Had a small storm slip down the beach but it looks like it's passed now.

Craig Manoukian · 06-26-2008, 06:00 PM

Isn't there a bar near the beach to accomodate the intermittent storms. Stay away from the internet on vacation, eh? Listen to Nikki and get your butt back to the beach!

BigAl07 · 09-15-2008, 03:58 PM

It's been a while but here is an update..

I've since given away/sold/traded a LOT of the Xenia in my tank. I still have PLENTY but I needed to make room for other things. I ended up removing my "Frag Rack" to clean it and decided to not put it back in right now.

Random "Coral" shot here

and for that SWEET Exotic Blue Xenia that Vicki sent me.. it's growing like CRAZY and looks amazing....

Here's a HAPPY (and growing) Hammer Coral

and for those of you who talk about how "fragile" and "touchy" Xenia is... this picture is of a stalk that cut "loose" while I was cutting/fragging some a month or so ago. This one stalk got caught in my Koralia #1 pump and got shredded into tiny pieces. Well I left the remnants there (lazy) and much to my surprise it took "root" and is growing like CRAZY right on the powerhead with some of it still growing into the actual impeller. It's probably over-seeding my frag tank with Pom Xenia as I am typing this

Craig Manoukian · 09-16-2008, 10:38 PM

That's a great lookin' 10 gallons!

BigAl07 · 09-16-2008, 10:47 PM

Thanks Craig. It was my first SW tank so I'll always be partial to it. It's in need of some TLC which I hope to give it in a couple of weeks

yungreefer2410 · 09-16-2008, 11:41 PM

tlc? my xenia is also growing like crazy. wish i had some pom pom xenia

BigAl07 · 09-17-2008, 12:13 AM

TLC = Cleaning Power Heads, pruning Chaeto, Cleaning Fuge *Salt Creep* and just general routine (not monthly ) maintenance.

Pom is a GREAT Xenia. If it were a better shipper I'd offer you some up but over night to your area for Xenia would make it fairly expensive for "Xenia".

yungreefer2410 · 09-17-2008, 09:40 PM

yea it woul

too bad. i'll ask my lfs to order some

kenscott86 · 11-05-2008, 02:37 PM

Al thats a sick 10 gallon...I can only hope that mine will become half as great as that. You will be my go to guy when I need some help...and I will need some haha

BigAl07 · 11-05-2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks. That's one HECK of a compliment! I have to admit that I spent a LOT of time on that tank and it was my "Training Wheels" for Salt Water. It's still going strong to this day

Dentoid · 11-05-2008, 03:31 PM

That's 10 gallons of hotness!

BigAl07 · 11-05-2008, 03:36 PM

HOT! Bro I needed that humor! I literally LOL when I read that!

Sorry gang.. inside joke from MACNA XX!!!

Stacef · 11-05-2008, 04:31 PM

So I was sitting here, thinking of who had a purple lobster.. couldn't think of it for the life of me. I kept thinking.. I know it's someone I am close with. Then it hit me! It's the lovely AL!

We are going to be getting one soon, a very small one we are hoping for, I think it should be fine in the 72 for about a year until the 220 is ready...

Any suggestions? Yay or nay on the purchase? I have researched them a lot, and that was actually the first thing I said I wanted before I started. (BTW I have been in SW for a year next week!!!! Woo hoo... )

BigAl07 · 11-05-2008, 04:34 PM

I LOVE my purple! He has so much character at feeding time. I just would NOT put my hand/fingers in the rock because he's gotten good at reaching into the feeder tube and ripping shrimp out to eat. Would NOT want that to be a finger tip or worse

Happy Aniv NEXT WEEK!!! Party at the NEW HOUSE for EVERYONE!!

06-26-2008, 01:35 PM	#151 (permalink)
nikkipigtails Manta Ray Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,033 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . What are you doing online Al? Go back to the beach! __________________ No man ever reached excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. - Horace

06-26-2008, 06:00 PM	#153 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 19,012 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Isn't there a bar near the beach to accomodate the intermittent storms. Stay away from the internet on vacation, eh? Listen to Nikki and get your butt back to the beach! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

09-15-2008, 03:58 PM	#154 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . It's been a while but here is an update.. I've since given away/sold/traded a LOT of the Xenia in my tank. I still have PLENTY but I needed to make room for other things. I ended up removing my "Frag Rack" to clean it and decided to not put it back in right now. Random "Coral" shot here and for that SWEET Exotic Blue Xenia that Vicki sent me.. it's growing like CRAZY and looks amazing.... Here's a HAPPY (and growing) Hammer Coral and for those of you who talk about how "fragile" and "touchy" Xenia is... this picture is of a stalk that cut "loose" while I was cutting/fragging some a month or so ago. This one stalk got caught in my Koralia #1 pump and got shredded into tiny pieces. Well I left the remnants there (lazy) and much to my surprise it took "root" and is growing like CRAZY right on the powerhead with some of it still growing into the actual impeller. It's probably over-seeding my frag tank with Pom Xenia as I am typing this __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

09-16-2008, 10:38 PM	#155 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 19,012 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . That's a great lookin' 10 gallons! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

09-16-2008, 10:47 PM	#156 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Thanks Craig. It was my first SW tank so I'll always be partial to it. It's in need of some TLC which I hope to give it in a couple of weeks __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

09-17-2008, 12:13 AM	#158 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . TLC = Cleaning Power Heads, pruning Chaeto, Cleaning Fuge Salt Creep and just general routine (not monthly ) maintenance. Pom is a GREAT Xenia. If it were a better shipper I'd offer you some up but over night to your area for Xenia would make it fairly expensive for "Xenia". __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-05-2008, 02:37 PM	#160 (permalink)
kenscott86 Bryozoan Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 41 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Al thats a sick 10 gallon...I can only hope that mine will become half as great as that. You will be my go to guy when I need some help...and I will need some haha

11-05-2008, 02:56 PM	#161 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Thanks. That's one HECK of a compliment! I have to admit that I spent a LOT of time on that tank and it was my "Training Wheels" for Salt Water. It's still going strong to this day __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-05-2008, 03:36 PM	#163 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . HOT! Bro I needed that humor! I literally LOL when I read that! Sorry gang.. inside joke from MACNA XX!!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-05-2008, 04:31 PM	#164 (permalink)
Stacef Golden Moray Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dubuque Posts: 2,620 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . So I was sitting here, thinking of who had a purple lobster.. couldn't think of it for the life of me. I kept thinking.. I know it's someone I am close with. Then it hit me! It's the lovely AL! We are going to be getting one soon, a very small one we are hoping for, I think it should be fine in the 72 for about a year until the 220 is ready... Any suggestions? Yay or nay on the purchase? I have researched them a lot, and that was actually the first thing I said I wanted before I started. (BTW I have been in SW for a year next week!!!! Woo hoo... ) __________________ Stace My 72g Build-full of pictures, we all know you loce pictures! I've had to pay my price. The things I did not know at first, I learned by doin' twice. -Billy Joel

11-05-2008, 04:34 PM	#165 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I LOVE my purple! He has so much character at feeding time. I just would NOT put my hand/fingers in the rock because he's gotten good at reaching into the feeder tube and ripping shrimp out to eat. Would NOT want that to be a finger tip or worse Happy Aniv NEXT WEEK!!! Party at the NEW HOUSE for EVERYONE!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

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