The 500 gallon tank move Summary

[Teego]

Well the tank move was eariler today.

And we didn't break it.

Some 2X4s lost their lives, we injured a finger on someone. nobody fell into the hot tub that we passed a 1200 pound tank over, and 16 people to move a tank would not be too few.

Somone took pics, they are to come..........

[reefcrazed]

What a day! Thanks again for all the help. I finally managed to get that forklift back up the hill after 10 tries. I had to back it up as the wheels kept spinning helf way up going forward.

[baz]

Should've just put some 2x4 under it and carried it up... seemed to me those pieces of wood were a god send!

[reeftechie]

well where are the pics? :D

[Kip]

I had a dream about that tank last nite.... bad dream.


Tank was fully stocked and matured. The fella (forget his name) was having a big house party and some fool poured a 5th of liqour in the tank. :eek1: :eek1: :eek1:

Then... i woke up.:rollface:

[reefcrazed]

I hope that does not happen. That tank is going to be AWESOME! I can't wait to start ordering boxes of corals and cherry picking the best one's for me and some of you! Where are those pics???

[Kip]

The guy that took the pics sent me an email thanking me for inviting him along. Said he loved meeting everybody.... even enjoyed the actual tank move. I think its the first time he moved a tank and got to see nekkid chickies at the same time!!! :)

He is a service manager at a car dealership. (i think).... he will probably send the pics tonight and I will post them for him... hopefully i wont have to edit out any content on the TV screen in the background. :) :)

I had a good time too... beat the heck outta cleaning up the house w/ the wife for the inlaws to come into town.

You should schedule these tank moves on every big chore day!

[reefcrazed]

I totoally forgot about the guys inside watching porn! Too funny. We are out ther busting our *** and those freaks were inside watching two chicks (very hot I may add) going at it! Ha ha!

[Kip]

you get that drool off of the starphire ? :smokin:

[reefcrazed]

I hope it was only drool!

[Vert20]

Originally posted by reefcrazed
I hope it was only drool!

I was hoping that was some wayward slime from someone's Xenia....oh well eeeeeeewwwwww.

I enjoyed meeting everyone as well, looking forward to the pix and the Dec 4th meeting. Glad you finally got the fork lift back up that dang hill...

[Lager]

Wait a darn min!! They had porn On???So thats what you guys were in there for while I was out there peeling the frame off!! LOL

[Kip]

I just got pics... lemme get em loaded up....

[Kip]

there are 24 shots....!!

[Vert20]

Want or need some help hosting them?

[reefwonders]

^

[Kip]

http://www.billsext.com/DSCN0340.jpg

[Kip]

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[Kip]

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[Kip]

http://www.billsext.com/DSCN0365.jpg
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[Kip]

mk... thats it.... i didnt post all of them.. kind of a best of the lot ..... i dont know that i will be able to keep this pics up permanently... so if you like the pics.... save them to your computer

[JazzMan]

Holy Cow!!! That is one serious tank!

[reefwonders]

All I can say is WOW:eek2: on the tank and a bigger WOW:eek2: :eek2: on the house.


Bob

[Lager]

Wow,, some great Pics,, the hill we had to deal with,, the pic dosent do it justice.. Forgot about the wreakage we left behind..

[reefcrazed]

Kip, Can you get some pics of my tank that your buddy took?

[baddlord777]

Pic's came out pretty good ......Like i said, wish i had the chance to take more pictures during the actual move, but it was kinda hard when you're holdin' 2x4's.....I really didn't think that forklift was going back up the hill on its own power.....EXCELLENT job Pete, you're the man! As far as the grade, pictures dont do any justice. Sorry it took a few days to get the pictures. And, as far as 'the guy' that took the pictures, he isn't a serv. mgr. Wishful thinkin' for me. I'm much lower on the pole. Oh well, life goes on. Had a awesome time. Let me know next time and i can be a dedicated 'photo-man'........Not bad for a rookie. See you on the 4th...;)

[reefcrazed]

The pics came out really good. Badlord777 can you post the picsa of my tank? I want to see hoe those came out as well? Thanks for snapping those shots.

[Kip]

yeah, he sent them all to me so i could post them... you want them directly to you or posted on a thread somewhere... i am gonna have to work with some of them a good bit... i think he had it in auto-mode.... so the white balance is way off.... tank looks like its under actinics

i hope i have enough webspace available :(

[reefcrazed]

You can either emial them to me or heck, postem right here for all I care.

Thanks,
PZ

[reeftechie]

KIP

open a free account at photobucket.com and post away :D

[Vert20]

Kip- I can host them on the reefobsession.com site. I also have an FTP site available for uploading pics and then using that to link to them in threads.

Let me know and I can get you an ID on the FTP site to use as you like.

[Kip]

Here is a link... if someone wants to image tag them all into this thread... knock yourself out. For now... just click the link below.

Link to Pete's Tank Pics (http://www.billsext.com/pz525.htm)

basically i had to brighten them up a bit

i have learned with my 20k HQIs.. .the best way to take pics is with them off... and only some white VHO... halides... especially 20k... are too hard to take pics under without the camera turning everything dark and blue (and overexposing blue corals at that)

[reefcrazed]

Thanks.

[baddlord777]

Hey, i'm learnin'........have not burned alot of pictures w/this camera.....still new at it........

[Kip]

hey pete... what's the name of that new coral you got almost a month or so ago.. it is light green.. .kinda smooth... over to the left in the general area of that multi-colored seriatopra hystrix.

Is it an A. simplex?

[Kip]

Originally posted by baddlord777
Hey, i'm learnin'........have not burned alot of pictures w/this camera.....still new at it........

hey JR... hope ya didnt take the comments about the photos the wrong way..... i had the same "blue" problem when i took some at Mr. Z's during the summer... and i have the same problem with my tank... i think the pics are great... w/o you.. we woulda had no pics at all!

[reefcrazed]

Yes it is a simplex...if th you are talking about the one right below the blue tort. I thought it more of a bluish color than green. I actually use that coral to gauge my calcium and Alk levels. If it start to lighten up and green a bit, I know my alk or calcium has fallen. I was just thinking last night I need to do some tests and add some buffer or turbo calcium, but was too tired and lazy. I guess I will do that tonight. Kip you are good at coral ID!

[Jamesurq]

Sorry I couldn't make it Pete. Wife went up to Greensboro to see off another NC deserter... I was hanging with the kids.

Beer, hard labor and porn - can't believe I missed it.

[Kip]

yeah.. i am still waiting for an electronic Ca and dkh meter to come out

i test my new tank for the first time since i moved the corals back in... Ca 450 ... woohoo!..... dkh at 7... yikes!... no wonder everything looked so sketchy... i gotta getta CO2tank soon!.. The brand new C-reactor has been gathering dust for a few months now

i am not good at ID-ing corals... i am just a good guesser.

Like i said before... its one thing to know what a coral is... its another to be able to keep it. Seems you've the latter down perfectly.

All of my corals are a. chloroxydness or a. cocoatuousa :(

[Kip]

james... what that other latin stuff in your sig? .... my 8th grade education doesnt allow me to cypher whut yer sayin'

(as you can see by my a. names ... i ripped ya off a little on a. artienna :) )

[baddlord777]

No kip, i didn't take it the wrong way....;) Not at all......But i will see if i can improve in the photo area........not just for these outings, but for myself...ya' know...

[ChloroPhil]

That's a hell of a tank you guys put in. If he's "much lower on the totem pole" I need to find a new job!!!!

What time and where is the Dec. 4th meeting? I've got a Charlotte Aquarists Society meeting that day too and a double dose of aquaristics would be great.

Best,
Phil

[Jamesurq]

Originally posted by Kip
james... what that other latin stuff in your sig? .... my 8th grade education doesnt allow me to cypher whut yer sayin'


Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat - a wise man states as true nothing he does not prove (don't swear to anything you don't know firsthand)

Taurus excreta cerebrum vincit - Bull excrement baffles brains (There's a million different words for excrement - choose one that best suits you)

:)

[reefcrazed]

The meeting is at noon in Cornelius. Pm me for directions and to RSVP if you would like to attend.

[Kip]

hey pete... a little OT .... but i saw you had a pincushion urchin... that thing give ya any headache?.... does it knock stuff over?

[reefcrazed]

Once in a while it'll knock something over. Are you referring to the blue tuxedo urchin? That one does not ever knock anything. I have two Atlantic black long spine urchins trhat occassionally knock something over. Most of my corals are pretty well fastened, but not all.

[Kip]

yeah.. tuxedo (i think they are related to the pincushions... at any rate... ) .... i was thinking of putting an urchin in my 225g. I have always heard the knock stuff around... that or they just get too big.... so, i thought i'd ask someone with experience.

[reefcrazed]

I do not believe they get too big, probably only like 2 1/2 inches in diameter. He is a good guy.