Hop's 300 gallon in-wall build - Page 24

FishTruck · #**576** 12/08/2007, 07:54 PM

The only downside of reefing IMO is that it can be hard to keep angels and triggers!

Kudos for trying it Hop!

Ryan

Hop · #**577** 12/08/2007, 08:02 PM

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Originally posted by Toddrtrex
Is he picking at the coral itself, or any algae around the plug/base? I know that my flame and Blue face will do that.

And Micki and tcmfish, Go Vikings.

Not exactly sure... But I'm a little nervous. He is hitting the milli, tri and monti. I've had a net sitting in the tank for a few hour hoping he'll get used to it, cause catching it was rather pathetic on my part...

Toddrtrex · #**578** 12/08/2007, 08:06 PM

I wish you luck and I hope that he is just testing things out and will calm down.

I've caught angels before, and it has always involved removing rock from the tank. (( along with lots of cursing and smokes.

))

The only fish that is easy for me to catch is clowns, since mine always tried to hide in their anemone.

gkarshens · #**579** 12/08/2007, 08:09 PM

Yep. Time for a trap!

Hop · #**580** 12/08/2007, 08:17 PM

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Originally posted by FishTruck
The only downside of reefing IMO is that it can be hard to keep angels and triggers!

Kudos for trying it Hop!

Ryan

I'll keep him, just not in the big tank

He can hang out with what ever else I decide to put in the cube

Sad thing is I could have caught every other fish in the tank other than the fox face and the coral beauty

Hop · #**581** 12/08/2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by Toddrtrex
I wish you luck and I hope that he is just testing things out and will calm down.

I've caught angels before, and it has always involved removing rock from the tank. (( along with lots of cursing and smokes. ))

The only fish that is easy for me to catch is clowns, since mine always tried to hide in their anemone.

My clown is anemone challenged... He has not even looked at it

But he will swim in the net.

Hop · #**582** 12/08/2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally posted by gkarshens
Yep. Time for a trap!

I'll probably build one tonight or tomorrow. I think I have enough acrylic lying around.

Micki · #**583** 12/08/2007, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by Toddrtrex
You know you still love me.

But, yes it is so. I lived in MN until I was 10, so still a Vikings fan living in Chicago, lots of fun going to games.

Well at least you live in Chicago I guess I can love ya for that!

Toddrtrex · #**584** 12/08/2007, 10:03 PM

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Originally posted by Micki
Well at least you live in Chicago I guess I can love ya for that!

Awww, I am as happy as my clowns are now that I moved an anemone into their tank.

Hop · #**585** 12/09/2007, 01:29 AM

Well the Coral Beauty won round one

But I did find a little time to take some pics...
I can't seem to get full tank shots. I'm going to have to go back to the basics and do some reading. I'm sure it's something simple that I am forgetting:

Hop · #**586** 12/09/2007, 01:30 AM

Hop · #**587** 12/09/2007, 03:00 AM

Oh and I wanted to add since it was a major issue before... Even without the headspace completely sealed yet... Humidity in the headspace w/o the fans running climbs to about 51%... With fans running it depends upon the weather, but the house is staying nice and cozy in the 30% range. No sweating of the windows aside from cooking and showers

chris wright · #**588** 12/09/2007, 03:03 AM

Great shots as usual. Good luck catching the coral beauty, it would be shame to have to pull down everything.

Cheers

Chris

Micki · #**589** 12/09/2007, 06:33 AM

Awesome pics Hop!!!

Hop · #**590** 12/09/2007, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by chris wright
Great shots as usual. Good luck catching the coral beauty, it would be shame to have to pull down everything.

Cheers

Chris

Thanks Chris! I don't think I can pull everything down without some serious work. Most everything is epoxied together

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Originally posted by Micki
Awesome pics Hop!!!

Thank you Micki! I appreciate it!!!!!

Lunchbucket · #**591** 12/09/2007, 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by Hop
Oh and I wanted to add since it was a major issue before... Even without the headspace completely sealed yet... Humidity in the headspace w/o the fans running climbs to about 51%... With fans running it depends upon the weather, but the house is staying nice and cozy in the 30% range. No sweating of the windows aside from cooking and showers

You shower? Might have to stop if you get humidity issues

Lunchbucket

Hop · #**592** 12/09/2007, 02:44 PM

Lunch... The Box fee was over $40 a piece plus shipping, which meant about $180 to send those... So we DID NOT do that! The wife said she has Wednesday off and will look for boxes... That was a ridiculous price to ship things, not a deal for you at all! So we are working on it!

yellowwatchmen · #**593** 12/09/2007, 02:55 PM

Awesome pics! Have any updated FTS?

Hop · #**594** 12/09/2007, 03:07 PM

Brian,

There is one at the top of the last set of pics from yesterday... It really doesn't do the tank justice though... I need to figure out how to get the sharpness. The ones I stitch together look horrible, so that one was taken in raw and then edited to mimic the colors from the two sides, but it doesn't have the clarity or depth to see the corals that are actually in the tank. 2 of the frags I got Friday are pretty big. The Tri is about 5" and the monti is about 4... But they look so small and without color in the FTS

Hopeful Reefer · #**595** 12/09/2007, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by chris wright
Great shots as usual. Good luck catching the coral beauty, it would be shame to have to pull down everything.

Cheers

Chris

My philosophy for catching fish...ANY fish...is the same philosophy that I use with my kids...put out enough food and sooner or later they will come running!!

chris wright · #**596** 12/10/2007, 02:12 AM

Get the fish that fat and full it can't move, Genius

Hop · #**597** 12/10/2007, 02:22 AM

LOL. He was much better today... I'm watching him closely...

I got distracted with rebuilding my website to fit better since the 800 gallon build will not happen. Playing with css and trying to make it a lot better

When it's done it will be easier to navigate and have a lot more features

chris wright · #**598** 12/10/2007, 02:45 AM

It would be good if you didn't have to catch it .

Looking forward to seeing your website finished, should be good.

Cheers

Chris

conorwynne · #**599** 12/10/2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by Hop

Whats that green one Hop, its really gorgeous.

Hop · #**600** 12/10/2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by conorwynne
Whats that green one Hop, its really gorgeous.

It's a green montipora digitada... Thanks, but it was all mother nature