A Great Way to ruin a perfect wall; My 400 Gallon Project - Page 28

SERVO · #**676** 01/10/2007, 12:49 AM

Marc, I commented about that in our forum; everything is great.

Nathan, not sure about the id of the table acro? A. Natelensis? not sure until it grows out more. It started from a 1/2 inch frag and is growing really well! To its right is a sloooooow small growing purple/blue A. Gemnifera while on the far right is an A. Tenuis. Here is another!

Here is a top down of the ORA squamosa that I won at MACNA with another unknown.

Here is another top down

Steve, give me a ring.

naka · #**677** 01/22/2007, 07:34 PM

wow, great looking tank.

SERVO · #**678** 01/22/2007, 08:53 PM

Thanks Naka! If you get a chance to come up here (Next Wave!? http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=26863) you have an open invitation to see it yourself. Here are some more pictures. My FTS stink because of the size of the aquarium, so here it is in two shots.

jnarowe · #**679** 01/22/2007, 08:59 PM

cool. got some monster fish in their too!!

cward · #**680** 01/22/2007, 09:06 PM

Looking good Ryan!!! Take a step back and show us the full tank shot

How's the family doing?

dwd5813 · #**681** 01/23/2007, 01:20 AM

SERVO, for lack of better terminology, let me just say this......

the name of this thread needs to be modified to A Great Way to build a perfect wall.
Simply Amazing.

adddo · #**682** 01/23/2007, 07:26 AM

Wow great set up! Very nice pics and i love your aquascaping!

SERVO · #**683** 01/23/2007, 10:11 AM

Thanks everyone! I had some bumps in the road when I finally set this system up, but I'm really happy to see things start to take off. I can't wait to see the system in another year!

Chris; the family is doing very well. Ian will turn one this month. He wanted me to tell you gooo goo gooo baa baa mum.

jnarowe · #**684** 01/23/2007, 10:44 AM

gooo goo gooo baa baa mum

Translation: I hope this bum has a lot of cash!

naka · #**685** 01/23/2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by SERVO
Thanks Naka! If you get a chance to come up here (Next Wave!? http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=26863) you have an open invitation to see it yourself. Here are some more pictures. My FTS stink because of the size of the aquarium, so here it is in two shots.

Thanks Ryan, unfortunately my 1 year anniversary falls on the same weekend, and my wife is due w/ our fist child in 6 weeks. I'll take a rain check, b/c I'll be in Dallas in June for business. Maybe we can do some frag swap? Love the aquascaping!

James

Goldleaf Reef · #**686** 01/23/2007, 04:41 PM

Tank looks great, Real Stylish.. I have been following for a while.. Good Job, Keep up the good work

greenstarman · #**687** 01/23/2007, 07:06 PM

I know that a question like this is sacrilegious, but I have to ask. How much do you have invested in a setup like that. Are we talking more than $10 Grand....?

Awesome tank !!!!

davidh202 · #**688** 01/23/2007, 11:21 PM

$10K, I've got alot more than that invested in my 135G!
The old saying goes: "If you have to ask the price you can't afford it".

Just read this whole thread - Very Very nice !!!

jnarowe · #**689** 01/23/2007, 11:29 PM

greenstarman: No one keeps count. It's unhealthy for us and our relationships. And I'll bet the percentage of reef keepers with shredders is significantly higher than the general population.

SERVO · #**690** 01/24/2007, 12:00 AM

I really have lost count on the price. You know about this addiction/hobby! I don't know how much I've spent, but I know it is more than 10K. I'm done for now. In fact, because of the tank, we are still watching a 19 inch tube TV that was bought in 1990

Who needs TV with a reef like mine? Now I just need to buy furniture to put in front of the tank.

I will admit, this tank ended up costing me a lot more than what I innitially figured it would

jnarowe · #**691** 01/24/2007, 12:27 AM

that's an understatement.

Sparkss · #**692** 01/24/2007, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by jnarowe
And I'll bet the percentage of reef keepers with shredders is significantly higher than the general population.

LOL -- too true

. And I need a shredder for the credit cards whose balances I shredded, sacrificed to the almightly reef tank gods.

greenstarman · #**693** 01/24/2007, 06:49 AM

With a $1500 house payment $500 electric bills, SUV's I just don't see how you people do it. Its unreal, you people must be living on CREDIT.....

markmcc · #**694** 01/24/2007, 06:53 AM

Servo, I just spent about two hours going through your entire thread. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration. I am going to apply a lot of your techniques to my 390gallon sps. Your tank looks great and I love the acrylic work.

davidh202 · #**695** 01/24/2007, 10:30 AM

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Originally posted by greenstarman
With a $1500 house payment $500 electric bills, SUV's I just don't see how you people do it. Its unreal, you people must be living on CREDIT.....

Its all boils down to what you enjoy, and your priorities.Any hobby will get expensive depending on how involved you get!
The wife and I own a small business and rarely take vacations so we decided to bring the tropics to us .We added a large, all glass sunroom to the house a few years ago, filled with plants and Orchids.And then the SW tank in the living room.We share the work load and it is quite rewarding despite the hard work and expense!

Sparkss · #**696** 01/24/2007, 10:30 AM

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Originally posted by greenstarman
With a $1500 house payment $500 electric bills, SUV's I just don't see how you people do it. Its unreal, you people must be living on CREDIT.....

Not to go off topic, but gawd, I wish that was our house payment !!!!

jnarowe · #**697** 01/24/2007, 11:38 AM

Come on Tom, "Far East Bay"? What, San Ramon? Danville?

$1,500 is probably your HO dues.

ReeferMonkey · #**698** 01/24/2007, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by greenstarman
With a $1500 house payment $500 electric bills, SUV's I just don't see how you people do it. Its unreal, you people must be living on CREDIT.....

Or he could be, I dunno, a doctor maybe?

jnarowe · #**699** 01/24/2007, 12:01 PM

and Physiatrists are few and far between with very heavy workloads.

SERVO · #**700** 01/24/2007, 04:04 PM

All I do is Spine, so there are always a ton of patients.

The one thing that I love about my tank, is that I can jump up on a ladder with an acrylic photo box (Thanks Marc!) looking down and all around. Everytime it seems like I'm snorkeling on a reef! I can spend hours procrastinating on other things I should be doing! I love top down views.

Marcmcc, How do you get SPS in Jamaica?