Our Tbs - Page 33

lossman · #**801** 02/04/2006, 06:51 PM

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Originally posted by phil519
I doubt I could handle what lossman has in their home!!

You know, the 150 is a lot less work than what I had expected it to be. I fiddle around with it a bunch but only because I want to, not because it needs it. I have to make sure the hydors are free of algae (pick up that snail and set it on the hydor.....eat, darn you!!); scrape off the front and side glass, whether it needs it or not; change the filter bags at least every other day, if not each day; blow off the rocks and sandbed every few days; etc, etc, etc. Our water change routine is about 30 gallons every two weeks. Most of my fiddling around could coincide with water changes, but I want the tank to look perfect.

We are adding corals at a much slower rate than all of you guys, but only because we are attempting to stick with the Caribbean reef biotope (although we have had a couple of "oops's"). It's difficult to get a decent full tank shot because of the size of the tank but here it is.

patsan · #**802** 02/04/2006, 07:35 PM

Nice fish Dennis!! You're going to like the angel.

Sally.....I'll be able to get full tank shots for you.

krajacich · #**803** 02/04/2006, 08:30 PM

Great fish Dennis. Do you use a QT? I love the colors on the hawkfish.

Sally- Looks great. What are the dimensions of your tank?

drk70 · #**804** 02/04/2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally posted by krajacich
Great fish Dennis. Do you use a QT? I love the colors on the hawkfish.

No, I did at first but I kind of felt like I was stressing the fish more than I needed to.

drk70 · #**805** 02/04/2006, 09:23 PM

This is the strangest thing but I just found what looks like all my feather duster worms that disappeared about 7 months ago. Any of you that are familiar with an Oceanic or AGA overflow will understand but they are between the walls of my overflow. I could see them through the small slits in the bottom.

drk70 · #**806** 02/04/2006, 09:34 PM

Here is a pic.

lossman · #**807** 02/05/2006, 07:24 AM

Danielle, tank is 6' long by about 26" tall. It's a big sucker!!! LOL

Pat, sounds good!!

I think part of my problem is I am using the camera's internet setting to set the size of the picture. Perhaps if I just resized it in Adobe and not made them quite that small, they would turn out better. I might fiddle around with that later today.

patsan · #**808** 02/05/2006, 07:34 AM

So that's why your pictures are always so small!!

Set your camera on the normal setting, and if necessary, just re-size it. I can send you a very simple re-sizing program. I've sent it to a few who post here and they like it.

I don't remember what settings I had the Olympus camera on, but I never had to re-size them. They came out perfect each time. With my new camera, I have to reduce the pictures down to 25% of the original size.

Dennis, I wonder what got hold of the featherdusters in the first place?

drk70 · #**809** 02/05/2006, 08:50 AM

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Originally posted by patsan
Dennis, I wonder what got hold of the featherdusters in the first place?

I have no idea but I thought they were all gone.

phil519 · #**810** 02/05/2006, 10:39 AM

wow - that is strange. I'll have to go look in my overflow now. I had hoardes of those worms...

dwculp · #**811** 02/05/2006, 12:03 PM

I have noticed a return of small feather dusters in my tank lately. When I first got my TBS rock I had tons of little feather dusters everywhere, most died or disappeared. Only my larger feather dusters and christmas tree worms survived. However, latelty I have seen a return of tiny feather duster worms, mostly in nooks and cranies where very little light gets in.

I do not have a sump or overflow, however I get LOTS of encrusting worms type things in my Bak-Bak skimmer along with Coraline algae growth in it. On my 75 gallon tank my Emperor 400 filter is completely encrusted on the inside with white worm like creatures just a few mm in length.

drk70 · #**812** 02/05/2006, 12:51 PM

I had a whole rock that was covered with them and then one day they were all gone until yesterday. I thought something ate them.

cabot · #**813** 02/05/2006, 12:52 PM

patsan..............awesome pictures. What kind of camera do you have?

patsan · #**814** 02/05/2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by cabot
patsan..............awesome pictures. What kind of camera do you have?

Thanks. I am using the Nikon D-50.

cabot · #**815** 02/05/2006, 01:07 PM

It's nice to see a digital that doesn't look depth of field.

patsan · #**816** 02/05/2006, 01:19 PM

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Originally posted by cabot
It's nice to see a digital that doesn't look depth of field.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I don't know how to use the camera yet, and i have a lot of trouble understanding things I read due to a brain injury.
I just purchased a learning dvd to try and get the most out of the camera and learn how to use all the different settings. I know I would be able to get better pictures if I knew how to use the correct settings.
Even though it's an entry level DSLR, it is pretty awesome. I am really happy I got it.
I was going to get the d70, but I figured why bother....I probably won't even know how to use this one, and I was right.
As long as I have good lenses, I can use it on a new body if I decide to upgrade in the future, but for now I have no plans to. This is good enough for me. I have no plans to "get into" photography and more than I do now.

BrianPlankis · #**817** 02/05/2006, 05:10 PM

Hey all,

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me through my terrible ordeal with the Cirolanids. The support I got here really helped me stay in the hobby. I also wanted to announce that my Cirolanid saga has been put up in lights

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/bp/index.php

And a little bit more about me:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/authors/bp.php

Thanks again to everyone here!

Brian

drk70 · #**818** 02/05/2006, 05:23 PM

Very cool, Brian!!!!!

drk70 · #**819** 02/05/2006, 05:24 PM

Did everyone see February's tank of the month?

patsan · #**820** 02/05/2006, 05:25 PM

Congrats Brian!! I know you've been patiently awaiting for publication. It's a fantastic article, and hopefully anyone who ever has a problem like you had (though I seriously doubt it) will have somewhere to turn to get their much needed help!