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08/06/2008, 07:46 AM
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Moved On
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Ft Worth, Tx
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Tank Of The Month - August 2008
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08/06/2008, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Spectacular!
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08/06/2008, 09:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Iowa
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Awesome tank. Congratulations!
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08/06/2008, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Lincoln
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Congratulations! Very well deserved.
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08/06/2008, 09:36 AM
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Octopus Extreme 300 Skimr
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Great looking tank! The naked story was funny as well.
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08/06/2008, 09:46 AM
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Who Am I Here?
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Central Ohio
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The tank looks awesome, i have to agree with the above too, the naked story was funny
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08/06/2008, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Napa, CA.
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Travis,
Kudos deserved!!! Excellent system with beautiful, healthy animals. Who could ask for more??  . Naked Reefer hilarious, especially the part about the measurements being off...isn't it always like that??Question for you, What do you do with your super sized colonies when you remove them from the system??
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08/06/2008, 10:06 AM
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Timo Boll
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Wow. What a nice tank.
Way to rebound after the big crash!
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08/06/2008, 10:30 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: over yonder
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Now THAT is a nice tank. First tank of the month I've ever felt like commenting on. Well done.
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08/06/2008, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Napa, California
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Beautiful!
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08/06/2008, 10:47 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Congratulations Travis nice to see a local tank on here.
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08/06/2008, 10:48 AM
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Carpe Noctem!!!
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Western Colorado
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Great Feature Travis! The tank is looking great and I got a chuckle from the naked reefer story
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08/06/2008, 10:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sammamish,wa
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beautiful tank,,congratulation
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08/06/2008, 10:53 AM
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Awaiting Email Confirmation
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: On RC
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Congrats, you have a very impressive reef. I love the nice clean look of the Close loop.
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08/06/2008, 11:00 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: south dakota
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congrats, This tank is amazing
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08/06/2008, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sandwich, IL
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Amazing tank! Thanks for sharing all the details with us. I really like the way you built the lighting all enclosed with glass between the lights and the water. Seems like a great idea.....keeps the heat down and the reflectors clean.
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08/06/2008, 11:46 AM
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Reef Hugger
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Submerged
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Simply STUNNING Travis!
I'm curious about how you used the acrylic rods to raise your rock. Did you drill multiple holes in the bottom of the rock and use the rods as little "legs" ? I was thinking of doing this, but am somewhat concerned about weight distribution over the bottom of the tank, having the little rods being the only thing touching the ground. My tank is an Envision acrylics as yours is, and with acrylic in general I would think its not much of concern, but was curious as to your thoughts on the issue. Again, AMAZING aqarium. EDIT: Oh BTW, that giant efflo/soli you have in the middle there is probably my single favorite LARGE colony I've ever seen.
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08/06/2008, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Calgary, Canada
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Very impressive reef Travis, congratulations. The way things have grown together gives a natural look which is fantastic. A well deserved TOTM.
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08/06/2008, 12:31 PM
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Fish heads unite!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: San Diego
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That tank is simply incredible!!! So very jealous!
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08/06/2008, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas TX
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I didn't realize Travis that your tank looked like that!!!! Man that is really nice!
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08/06/2008, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Congrats Travis! Amazing tank!
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08/06/2008, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tea, SD
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What a great surprise to see your tank feature Travis!
It is very well deserved since the tank is absolutely stunning to see. Congrats!
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08/06/2008, 02:34 PM
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10 and over club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
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Thanks for all the kind comments everyone. This really is a privilege for me and means a lot.
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TOTM August 08 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Current Tank Info: 280 sps w/ 75 LPS, 75 refugium, 120 sump |
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08/06/2008, 02:35 PM
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