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Ben1287
04/22/2006, 01:34 AM
I guess I've been "converted" too (again). Set up a 20L on tuesday, picked up some supplies from Grant. Bak-pak2, Oddysea 175w MH (10,000K or 20,000K not sure) 2x24w 03 blue actinic PC and moonlights, and a H.O.T. Magnum that will double as a stationary powerhead when not being used for occasional chem. filtration. I also plan on adding a 10gal refugium/nutrient export/frag tank to the system shortly.

I'm totaly stoked to see how it turns out.

Oh and well I'm at it how do i update profile info, as my tank "inventory" for lack of a better word, has changed.

-Ben

Travis
04/22/2006, 10:40 AM
Always good to see when another is converted to the dark side.:D

To update your profile, click on "My RC" at the top of the page.
Then click on "Edit Profile".

Ben1287
04/22/2006, 10:50 AM
Thanks Travis.

Dakafall
04/22/2006, 11:20 PM
damnit ben, now i actually have to pay you back for those shroom frags i owe you :p :p i'll probably toss in some zoas and whatnot, btw, who gets the tank while you get to play in the sand?? *wink wink nudge nudge*

CHUCKSD
04/23/2006, 12:37 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7224753#post7224753 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ben1287
I guess I've been "converted" too (again). Set up a 20L on tuesday, picked up some supplies from Grant. Bak-pak2, Oddysea 175w MH (10,000K or 20,000K not sure) 2x24w 03 blue actinic PC and moonlights, and a H.O.T. Magnum that will double as a stationary powerhead when not being used for occasional chem. filtration. I also plan on adding a 10gal refugium/nutrient export/frag tank to the system shortly.

I'm totaly stoked to see how it turns out.

Oh and well I'm at it how do i update profile info, as my tank "inventory" for lack of a better word, has changed.

-Ben

I may ride the fence as the conversation about planted tanks has my curiousty up... :cool:

Ben1287
04/25/2006, 02:51 AM
Hey Joe,
Money or mushrooms? More than likely if I do get deployed I'll just sell off my livestock, rock, and sand, or give it away if I have to.

Dakafall
04/25/2006, 03:58 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7242648#post7242648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ben1287
Hey Joe,
Money or mushrooms? More than likely if I do get deployed I'll just sell off my livestock, rock, and sand, or give it away if I have to.

i just remember borrowin' a few bucks from you (like $3 or somethin' small for brine) and sayin' i'd pay you back in frags lol

Ben1287
04/25/2006, 04:25 AM
Chuck,
Planted tanks are cool, but a word to the wise, some of them can grow like weeds and there are other problem that can pop up.:blown: Not that you could'nt deal with it being a reefer and all. That and the cost of some of those plants depending on size of the specimen or the spieces can get rediculous, $100 or more, and plants are alot harder to find than corals, especially from a decent source.

P.S., this was not an attempt to turn you off of the idea, just a little more info.

Ben1287
04/25/2006, 04:27 AM
Joe,
If you just want to get me back with a frag or two that would be cool.

CHUCKSD
04/25/2006, 02:37 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7242715#post7242715 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ben1287
Chuck,
Planted tanks are cool, but a word to the wise, some of them can grow like weeds and there are other problem that can pop up.:blown: Not that you could'nt deal with it being a reefer and all. That and the cost of some of those plants depending on size of the specimen or the spieces can get rediculous, $100 or more, and plants are alot harder to find than corals, especially from a decent source.

P.S., this was not an attempt to turn you off of the idea, just a little more info.

Ben,
I appreciate the honesty! In retrospect I likely do have more than I can tackle with my current tank, two kids, travel with work and a wife.. :)
I may look into it this coming winter though when I have more time on my hands.

Ben1287
04/25/2006, 02:51 PM
Good call.
Congrats on 100 posts!

CHUCKSD
04/25/2006, 04:48 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7245714#post7245714 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ben1287
Good call.
Congrats on 100 posts!
Thanks... I have now reached MAGIC LAND :smokin:

Lunchbucket
04/25/2006, 10:23 PM
i knew it was jsut a matter of time :D

Lunchbucket

creslin2
04/26/2006, 01:38 AM
Ooh. and you can post your own custom avatar now! *changes own avatar for fun*

CHUCKSD
04/26/2006, 09:57 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7249758#post7249758 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by creslin2
Ooh. and you can post your own custom avatar now! *changes own avatar for fun*

lol I kinda like the pepper though :)

But what fun is magic land if you don't change your avatar

;)

Deacon
04/26/2006, 11:16 AM
Yeah, Lunch, maybe someday you'll post enough to be able to change your avatar.............(checking post count) oh, wait , nevermind.


wow, I get carpel tunnel just thinking about making 11,000 posts.

Lunchbucket
04/26/2006, 09:21 PM
i get to change my avitar??? didn't realize that...thought it was 12,000 posts before i could...guess i can almost stop

Lunchbucket

creslin2
04/27/2006, 06:44 AM
hm. I change my avatar about every 40 posts or so.....imagine the flood of pics lunch would have... :lol2:

Lunchbucket
04/27/2006, 07:39 AM
creslin - i noticed that you change alot. i guess i just got one and stuck w/ it. changed about 3000post or more ago. people get used to your avitar and they don't know who you are w/out reading your name.

maybe @ 20,000 posts :D

Lunchbucket

creslin2
04/27/2006, 04:27 PM
but there's so many fun icons that I can't choose just one....it's an obsession, maybe. Almost like I can't be represented by my fat cat all the time. ;)

teresav
04/30/2006, 01:25 PM
So are you guys saying the cool thing to do is have an icon next to your name? Man now i feel boring maybe i should work on that.

Teresa

creslin2
04/30/2006, 03:50 PM
well, I don't know about COOL, but it is *fun* ;)

Ben1287
05/25/2006, 06:44 PM
BUMP!!

New SPS from grant today!! Forgot the name already though...

Getting MORE shrooms tommorow, Yuma, its gonna rock!

Speaking of shrooms Joe still owes me.

Dakafall
05/26/2006, 08:17 PM
they're fragged and ready to go lol

Ben1287
05/27/2006, 10:54 PM
Bring them to me... *evil laugh*

creslin2
05/27/2006, 11:48 PM
speaking of evil.....

Has anyone else noticed that they knocked down the mental health hospital on Louise? Notice what's going in?

another strip mall, and ...........PetSmart.

Personally, I much preferred my big green lawn and open air. Even if much of it surrounded a mental health facility and had ambulances coming in with patients at all hours.

Tat2demon
05/28/2006, 07:21 AM
Ive lived in Sioux Falls for 25 of my 27 years. I NEVER noticed there was a hospital on Louise. :eek1:

Travis
05/28/2006, 02:45 PM
Since I work in the mental health field I do know a little about it. That was the Crippled Children's Hospital and School. There was recently a new Avera McKennan Bio-Behavioral hospital built out southwest of the Louise Ave. / I-229 exit. This new hospital combined CCHS and the old "Fourth Floor Mckennan". So that explains why they tore down CCHS. As for what they are building there now, I have no clue.:D I did read an article in the paper that said they were putting a shopping center or something like that there.

creslin2
05/28/2006, 04:09 PM
Yeah, the building used to be Charter (you know, "Feeling depressed? Call 1-800-CHARTER, we can help"), and then was taken over by Sioux Valley for a time (if I remember right) and then got taken over by Avera McKennan to become "Avera McKennan Behavioral Health Center"

Now it's a concrete slab with a standpipe sticking out of it. Soon it will be a strip mall and compete with Ben's establishment. :?

Travis
05/28/2006, 05:56 PM
Oh, it was charter. My bad. Then the new building is also a combination of the old charter hospital.

Ben1287
05/29/2006, 01:41 AM
Somehow my darkside thread turned into a conversation about a mental health clinic/hospital, I wonder if that says anything about me?

creslin2
05/29/2006, 06:33 AM
darkside, evil, petsmart, mental health, yeah. It all seems to fit together.:rolleyes:

kau_cinta_ku
05/29/2006, 07:03 AM
the only thing good about petsmart is that they don't sell SW fish and they will price match their online prices so the cost of shipping is much better. i get my salt from there but thats about it

LtHighlighter
05/29/2006, 11:00 AM
The only petsmart I went to was up in the cities. I was really tempted to buy a battery powered airstone/pump and a 10 gallon tank, so I could bring down guppies and a bunch of plants that they had. (they had like 6 guppy tanks)

No SW, but they had a good selection of fresh that looked ok.

Dakafall
05/29/2006, 06:47 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7451852#post7451852 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ben1287
Bring them to me... *evil laugh*

Tell me when you work then damnit :P

Ben1287
05/30/2006, 04:34 AM
Joe,
I work 4-9 PM tuesday, wednesday, and thursday this week.

creslin2
05/30/2006, 06:34 AM
hm. maybe I'll have to torment you when I have time off. If my wife will let me, that is. :)

tangdiver
06/23/2006, 03:36 PM
Light up and running yet?

creslin2
06/23/2006, 06:19 PM
which light? who? what? *confused*

How fast would a it take for a bag of cash to disappear if it fell off the back of an armored car in front of a shelter for homeless Olympic sprinters?

UrbanSage
06/23/2006, 06:20 PM
42

creslin2
06/23/2006, 06:38 PM
Was just talking with the wife about that number. Friend of mine from college got a pic of him leaning on the mile marker "42" on west I 80 down in Iowa. :lol2: "The Truth is out there.....on I 80 in Iowa." So he says. ;)

tangdiver
06/23/2006, 08:22 PM
???