Starboard Reef is up and running

[Detritivore]

bomber, what kind of rock do you have? (fiji, florida, tonga, etc...)

[adrinal]

see, now thats how the old thread got too long!!!!!

[joefish]

Tripple lindy ,

[Detritivore]

lol...oops

[DownUnder-Reefer]

Jerel congrats mate, what a HUGE thread !!!

[Reef Addict II]

Hi everyone

Are both or these links the same starboard, becuase the first has better prices.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...hdx&hasJS=true

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/...11451/cid/2976

Thanks

Steve

[FastUno]

Pic of my BB tank:

[DownUnder-Reefer]

Nice looking tank FastUno

[FastUno]

Thanks.
Went from 26g, to 55g, & now to 90g...all within 8 months. What an ordeal it has been, should have just went with a 90g to begin with.

Problem now is that it looks empty after the transfer, whereas my 55g seemed a lot fuller. Will have to go coral hunting soon!

BTW, I will never do a tank any way other than BB. Thanks to all the pioneers!

[Bomber]

Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
A thread that hampers RC's performance issues.
Congrats, Jerel!
I might as well ask my question here:
what is the large purple gorgonian growing in 'Starboard Reef'?
(It looks like one of those commonly called 'Purple Blades'...)

LOL

Gary, I don't know why the pet business insists on selling gorgs that are hard to keep, and purple blade is one of the hardest. That gorg in the tank is Muriceopsis flavida, which is east to keep - but never sold in the pet business.

[Bomber]

Originally posted by piercho
Do you ever worry that the "starboard reef" method will be taken as a panacea and when it does not solve all of a person's problems, they will take it against you personally?

That's just plain silly. Also, leads me to think what are you up to here?

[Bomber]

Originally posted by jonah310
bomber, what kind of rock do you have? (fiji, florida, tonga, etc...)

Florida and old as the hills.

[adrinal]

But not as old as you?



... I mean... welcome back to: The Starboard is Up and Running thread

[Bomber]

They keep threatening to use a increment borer to check my growth rings!

[Detritivore]

huh, that florida rock is nice...how big a chiller do you have bombreer, and hows it plumbed?

[MiddletonMark]

Originally posted by Bomber
They keep threatening to use a increment borer to check my growth rings!

If you don't post any pics [including of the `incredible baby blue stag'] ... you can expect the machinery to start arriving Monday

Now that you've set history for the world's most bloated thread ... time to fill a second one up

[Bomber]

It's a dirty job but someone had to do it.

My photographer is coming in a few more days, I'll see what we can do about pictures. Be forewarned, I got tired of the stags and took them out. They had grown to the surface so I couldn't do a decent water change, made a tangled up mess so I couldn't even get my hands in the tank and when I did I either broke them or got all cut up.

[adrinal]

"My photographer", not "the photographer?"
We are going to have to talk about that salary cap at NORA





edit:

OK silly jokes off ... for today

[piercho]

Also, leads me to think what are you up to here?

I'm not baiting you, if that's what you are asking. You are advocating a method and components of this method in your tank happen to be starboard and boosted flow from eductors. However, many (most?) people are just looking for a recipe, not a method. Some people take from this thread that if they put a sheet of plastic in the bottom of their tank, and put eductors on their returns (regardless of wether their pump is rated to drive eductors) it will solve all the problems, especially nutrient-related problems, they have ever experienced. If they don't understand what is going on in their tank, it may not. My question was directed towards that.

I do think it would interesting to see your tank re-visited in its current form as RTOTM. Is that already in the works, or do members need to nudge the RK commitee in that direction?

[Ereefic]

Piercho, if people where to read that thread, they would see that there is more to it than just putting a piece of plastic and lots of flow.

If people fail to read and research a method and then have problems with it, they can only blame themselves.

[Bomber]

I'm not interested in being TOTM at all. Here's the old TOTM picture.



and here's a fairly current one that Greg took.



There it's been re-visited.

[Detritivore]

heh bomber...how would you do a 180(72x24x24) "Bomber" style?

[Bomber]

Originally posted by jonah310
huh, that florida rock is nice...how big a chiller do you have bombreer, and hows it plumbed?

You know what?? I forgot!! It's the aqua something with the drop in coil. I think it's either a 1/3 or 1/2.
When you size a chiller it's important to tell the manf not only size and flow, but how much you need to draw down. Let them size it for you.

I would do a 180 exactly the same way as this tank.

[Bomber]

Originally posted by Ereefic
Piercho, if people where to read that thread, they would see that there is more to it than just putting a piece of plastic and lots of flow.

If people fail to read and research a method and then have problems with it, they can only blame themselves.

There's so many people that have gone BB/Starboard now, and for so long, I think they would chastise anyone that didn't do it right.

[DownUnder-Reefer]

Jerel tank is looking A1 mate !