Cprowler's 150g System from the start - Page 6

FUA · #**126** 11/25/2007, 09:52 PM

Final product is amazing: stand, equipment, fish and coral selection, aquascaping, and posts with pics!! Stand is amazing!! Also diggin the house! reef on !!

Cprowler · #**127** 11/26/2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally posted by maxxII
24 feet?

Nick

I think it's 16'

Cprowler · #**128** 11/26/2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by FUA
Final product is amazing: stand, equipment, fish and coral selection, aquascaping, and posts with pics!! Stand is amazing!! Also diggin the house! reef on !!

Thanks for the kind words FUA, the tanks just about 2 years old but it's day's are numbered. we have been talking about my next tank and the new house to put it in.

jnarowe · #**129** 11/26/2007, 10:16 PM

Well, I finally found glycerine locally at our high-end grocery store. It was in the health department and by the looks of it, I am guessing 100% vegetable oil would work just as well. This 4 oz. bottle cost a little over $5, so not savings over getting it from MD.

Cprowler · #**130** 11/26/2007, 11:02 PM

I'm sure the Safway brand was only $1.60 or something for 100 ml. I wonder why it is so hard to find down there. I guess it could be here too. I was told at any drug store and was grocery shopping and thought I would check the drug section and it was there, I guess I could of just lucked out.

Oh well, at least you got some, it should last you a few years.

jnarowe · #**131** 11/26/2007, 11:05 PM

yeah, it has been disco'd from all the local drug stores. they all used to carry it, and safeway didn't have it either. same deal.

Cprowler · #**132** 11/26/2007, 11:56 PM

FTS

Next FTS I am going to scrape the back and overflow just to see if I like it that way or not. The reason I'm waiting is I wan't to run filter socks when I do it because it's going to be messy. I havn't had room in my sump for them for a while now I just have so much crap in it.

I did pick up another tank I'm going to make a new sump out of, 77g Hagen. I'm waiting for that to put in the new auto top off in.

melev · #**133** 11/27/2007, 12:26 AM

Your tank looks awesome, especially considering what you told us two weeks ago. I thought you had a few losses, but you can't even tell. Your anemone continues to be a gorgeous showpiece!

Cprowler · #**134** 11/27/2007, 12:46 AM

Yeah I guess I'm lucky it wasn't a lot worse. Here is a pic to compare the new lighting, all T5 - 5x54w & 1x39w. Instead of the 4 vho and 2 T5's supplementing the MH's. I also outlined the two main losses, I also lost a couple other smaller colonies. I wasn't too worried about the smaller ones but the larger ones hurt.

jnarowe · #**135** 11/27/2007, 12:51 AM

I really like the new lighting.

maxxII · #**136** 11/27/2007, 01:16 AM

So do you only have T-5 lighting now, no more MH's?

Or did you just swap VHO's for T-5's?

Tank looks awesome!

Nick

Cprowler · #**137** 11/27/2007, 02:04 AM

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Originally posted by maxxII
Or did you just swap VHO's for T-5's?

Nick

Yup

Hop · #**138** 11/27/2007, 05:45 AM

Looks good. I'm going to have to play catch up on the thread now though

michika · #**139** 11/27/2007, 12:26 PM

I love the new lighthing.

What kind of tang do you have? Is it a Kole tang?

MetalReef9 · #**140** 11/27/2007, 12:42 PM

nice

Devtech · #**141** 11/27/2007, 02:45 PM

your tank looks great

msuzuki126 · #**142** 11/27/2007, 06:28 PM

Is there an upside down fish above the yellow tang?

jnarowe · #**143** 11/27/2007, 07:52 PM

wow, that is weird.

tcmfish · #**144** 11/27/2007, 08:41 PM

I believe that is his puffer fish.

Cprowler · #**145** 11/27/2007, 09:57 PM

Thanks guys, I'm hoping it will look better when it recovers some more.

Matt - It is my Green spotted puffer, he is in the bottom center in the red outline pic also. I'll try and get a closer shot in the next while.

Catherine - It is a Bristle Tooth Tang, this is the best close up I have right now. Not a great one.

jnarowe · #**146** 11/27/2007, 10:38 PM

They are nice. Often called a spotted cheek tang. Bristletooths are great because they eat detritus.

michika · #**147** 11/27/2007, 11:36 PM

Adorable tang! I didn't know they eat detritus. Is it just this particule bristletooth, or all, e.g. kole tangs, etc.?

jnarowe · #**148** 11/27/2007, 11:54 PM

spotted, striped and orange shoulders for sure. I am not positive about the kole to be honest.

maxxII · #**149** 11/28/2007, 03:25 AM

All Ctenochaetus tangs are detritus eaters....

The Kole is a Ctenochaetus tang....

Brief hijack...its a pet peeve of mine, but the correct pronunciation of Kole is Ko-Lee, not coal. Kole is the Hawaiian name for the fish.

Uh....not that I can hear how you pronounce it here on the board....

Nick

melev · #**150** 11/28/2007, 03:26 AM

I didn't know that Nick. Thanks for the heads up. I've NEVER heard anyone call it Ko-Lee.

Now say the latin name three times.