New Horizons - Page 10

mps9506 · 08-20-2008, 12:23 AM

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Other then the flooring the house is also green.

What no bamboo flooring?!!?

j/k

Just catching up on the thread hadn't checked in for a while. Looking great.

Frankie · 08-20-2008, 08:59 AM

Thanks Mike

It's coming along well.
Nope, I have done very little bamboo flooring down here. It was getting big in NY before I left though. The most common wood used here is rain forest woods believe it or not. Domestic woods are more green though. We have grow farms here so for every oak cut I think two are replaced. Most oak you buy in places like HD or Loews is grown with steroids anyhow these days. Rarely will you see old growth oak.

Frankie · 08-20-2008, 04:32 PM

Took some nature shots out on Kiawah Island today.

I'll post some fish shots tonight.

Frankie · 08-20-2008, 11:43 PM

As promised, A few of my buddies.

Momma & Poppa

This fairy wrasse is really hard to take pictures of.

I will get some of the other fish in time. Still need to work on the camera skills

Snelly40 · 08-21-2008, 08:14 AM

great pics, i love that Blue Tang!!!

BaxReefs · 08-21-2008, 12:37 PM

That Atlantic Blue Tang is awesome!

That'll be the first fish I QT for the 220!

Frankie · 08-21-2008, 12:42 PM

Thanks Snelly and Bax.

He is a great fish to have. When I got him he had some serious damage from urine burns due to shipping. It took about a month to get him back to normal. He is a model ruler of the roost now. All 4 tangs get along well, though the sail fin is getting nipped by someone I have yet to catch in the act. I have a feeling it is the clowns. They don't like other fish coming to close to the T. Gigas and the sailfin is always trying to eat the algae off of it.

blue_eyes53813 · 08-21-2008, 01:03 PM

Oh My gosh Frankie... Your tank is beautiful. I like the blue tang too... How often and what do you feed it?

Frankie · 08-21-2008, 01:11 PM

Thanks Vicki

I feed Nori, mysis and since being advised by Leebca and Fatman on nutrition I have been using Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef Flakes. The fish love it and it is loaded with goodies

I also stepped my feeding up to once a day instead of once every other day. My skimmer is running wet since I changed out to zeovit so nutrient content is non existing in my system.

blue_eyes53813 · 08-21-2008, 01:23 PM

Ocean Nutrition prime reef flakes huh!!!... I will have to get some of that... Im trying to keep my new orange shoulder tang nice and plump..

Frankie · 08-21-2008, 07:16 PM

Just got the call, my water containers just came in and ready for pick up! Woohoo! These are for a water changing and top off reservoir station I am going to build. BBL.

BaxReefs · 08-21-2008, 10:40 PM

I alooking forward to your WC set up. I'll be changing mine as soon as I get my frag tank set up.

I really like the Ocean Nutrician prepered foods, I use the Prime Reef flakes too and the Formula I & II pellets in various sizes as well. It is suposed to be high in "goodies" as you mentioned but I like it because it is a very clean prepered food.

Frankie · 08-24-2008, 10:00 PM

Im almost done building it Bax. It's coming out good. I just need to relocate the RO/DI unit and I will get some pictures. Tomorrow I am thinking. The waist line has me a bit puzzled as to what to do with it. I wish there was a way to loop it back into the water line. I am thinking I will have to plumb it to the outside.

PEMfish · 08-25-2008, 01:40 AM

Hi Frankie. I think about your tanks more than I post about them. I just read every post of yours in this thread, and am glad I don't have to get up tomorrow morning. I am glad to see you actively changeling yourself in this hobby, and wonder how many ponds of brain you have.
How is your RO/DI plumbed in now?

Frankie · 08-25-2008, 01:43 AM

Thank for stopping in Paul

It is in the stand and needs to be removed and wired up in the garage. I'll post some pictures tomorrow after I am done.

08-21-2008, 08:14 AM	#140 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,098 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New Horizons great pics, i love that Blue Tang!!! __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

08-21-2008, 12:37 PM	#141 (permalink)
BaxReefs Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 273 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New Horizons That Atlantic Blue Tang is awesome! That'll be the first fish I QT for the 220! __________________ A man without a reef! 90&75g holding tanks/215g total volume/+ a 150g Rock holding tub to be tied in soon! With a 375 8'x30"x30" sitting dry still trying to figure it all out ...

08-21-2008, 01:03 PM	#143 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 8,024 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New Horizons Oh My gosh Frankie... Your tank is beautiful. I like the blue tang too... How often and what do you feed it? __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

08-21-2008, 01:23 PM	#145 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 8,024 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New Horizons Ocean Nutrition prime reef flakes huh!!!... I will have to get some of that... Im trying to keep my new orange shoulder tang nice and plump.. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

08-21-2008, 10:40 PM	#147 (permalink)
BaxReefs Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 273 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New Horizons I alooking forward to your WC set up. I'll be changing mine as soon as I get my frag tank set up. I really like the Ocean Nutrician prepered foods, I use the Prime Reef flakes too and the Formula I & II pellets in various sizes as well. It is suposed to be high in "goodies" as you mentioned but I like it because it is a very clean prepered food. __________________ A man without a reef! 90&75g holding tanks/215g total volume/+ a 150g Rock holding tub to be tied in soon! With a 375 8'x30"x30" sitting dry still trying to figure it all out ...

08-25-2008, 01:40 AM	#149 (permalink)
PEMfish Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 3,048 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: New Horizons Hi Frankie. I think about your tanks more than I post about them. I just read every post of yours in this thread, and am glad I don't have to get up tomorrow morning. I am glad to see you actively changeling yourself in this hobby, and wonder how many ponds of brain you have. How is your RO/DI plumbed in now? __________________ Paul `EM My new 48" reef chronicle; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...chronicle.html My new planted; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-planted.html# Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

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