Trottie, have any big spring break big party pics

Arsenal11 · 03/20/2006, 11:25 PM

We saw kent's pic of your big spring break party before it got removed, have any pics from the big party? We know you have a camera phone, if not lets see some pics of that new 75.

trottman · 03/21/2006, 08:49 AM

i don't have a camera phone, sorry... someone may email me pics but i have none at the moment.

but i do have this picture that my dad took of me when i was 4 years old. this may very well explain why i am the way i am. i thought that it was pretty funny so check it out. (i had blonde hair when i was young.... other than that i am basically the same, just a few feet taller)
-- i was a happy todler

here is an update of the 75.... i will have 100 lbs more lr in there this afternoon, so i will put more pics up later.

by the way, there was a monti digi frag stuck to one of the rocks in there now, and it is already fully opend up! i thought that that was amazing

JxMetal · 03/21/2006, 09:10 AM

so it was a pool party? how'd you all fit in there?

Reefer Wannabe · 03/21/2006, 10:13 AM

Ahhh...whatever happened to Bud Dry? Reminds me of college...

Dert42 · 03/21/2006, 10:26 AM

wow... your sand settled a lot faster/better then mine... my tank is still foggy after 3 days.

sirreal63 · 03/21/2006, 10:35 AM

My unrinsed southdown went from this...

to this in 5 days. :-)

Heavy wet skimming and a HOB filter stuffed with filter floss will clear it right up.

Dert42 · 03/21/2006, 10:46 AM

: o

i think i'll give it some more time then...

thanks!

trottman · 03/21/2006, 11:01 AM

mine took 1 and 1/2 days to settle.... that is with 4 mj 1200's goin on the wavemaker.... i already have some coral opened up in my tank too. a couple zoos that were on the rocks and a monti digi that was on a rock.

DrBDC · 03/21/2006, 11:13 AM

When I first set this tank up and when I set up my son's lion tank with southdown, I noticed that adding the live rock quickly got the bacteria into the water and settled the sand faster. Feeding didn't seem to accelerate it too much. You will need to blow off the rock from the dust settling on it from the water. Keep the flow down some vs. the amount you'll have when it's full. But have some in there to help with waste product exchange in the rock if you add it.

Dert42 · 03/21/2006, 12:47 PM

tonight i'm hoping to top the tank off and get a small powerhead running in there for a day or 2 before turning on the big guy.

and uhh.. i didn't mean to hijack this thread with talk of sand..
sorry

03/20/2006, 11:25 PM	#1
Arsenal11 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Florissant Posts: 1,968	Trottie, have any big spring break big party pics We saw kent's pic of your big spring break party before it got removed, have any pics from the big party? We know you have a camera phone, if not lets see some pics of that new 75.

03/21/2006, 09:10 AM	#3
JxMetal Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Peters, MO Posts: 4,282	so it was a pool party? how'd you all fit in there? __________________ 28 Gallon Nanocube HQI Current Tank Info: 28gal HQI Nanocube

03/21/2006, 10:13 AM	#4
Reefer Wannabe Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Maryland Heights, MO Posts: 2,000	Ahhh...whatever happened to Bud Dry? Reminds me of college... __________________ "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." --C.S. Lewis Current Tank Info: 28 JBJ LED Professional - softies and LPS

03/21/2006, 10:26 AM	#5
Dert42 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lake St.Louis, MO Posts: 1,363	wow... your sand settled a lot faster/better then mine... my tank is still foggy after 3 days. __________________ if($saltwatertank =='yes') { $bankaccount--; } Current Tank Info: 65g

03/21/2006, 10:35 AM	#6
sirreal63 Go Spurs Go!!! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Meadowlakes Texas Posts: 13,357	My unrinsed southdown went from this... to this in 5 days. :-) Heavy wet skimming and a HOB filter stuffed with filter floss will clear it right up. __________________ Jack No One has ever been seriously injured by using the search function. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency. Current Tank Info: Reefing the Pentagon.

03/21/2006, 08:49 AM	#2
trottman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: STL Posts: 3,391	i don't have a camera phone, sorry... someone may email me pics but i have none at the moment. but i do have this picture that my dad took of me when i was 4 years old. this may very well explain why i am the way i am. i thought that it was pretty funny so check it out. (i had blonde hair when i was young.... other than that i am basically the same, just a few feet taller) -- i was a happy todler here is an update of the 75.... i will have 100 lbs more lr in there this afternoon, so i will put more pics up later. by the way, there was a monti digi frag stuck to one of the rocks in there now, and it is already fully opend up! i thought that that was amazing

03/21/2006, 10:46 AM	#7
Dert42 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lake St.Louis, MO Posts: 1,363	: o i think i'll give it some more time then... thanks! __________________ if($saltwatertank =='yes') { $bankaccount--; } Current Tank Info: 65g

03/21/2006, 11:01 AM	#8
trottman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: STL Posts: 3,391	mine took 1 and 1/2 days to settle.... that is with 4 mj 1200's goin on the wavemaker.... i already have some coral opened up in my tank too. a couple zoos that were on the rocks and a monti digi that was on a rock. __________________ hcs3 would be my hero "How do you guys drink that Natural?" - DPS Current Tank Info: Canadian

03/21/2006, 11:13 AM	#9
DrBDC Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ballwin, Missouri Posts: 10,358	When I first set this tank up and when I set up my son's lion tank with southdown, I noticed that adding the live rock quickly got the bacteria into the water and settled the sand faster. Feeding didn't seem to accelerate it too much. You will need to blow off the rock from the dust settling on it from the water. Keep the flow down some vs. the amount you'll have when it's full. But have some in there to help with waste product exchange in the rock if you add it. __________________ Some drink at the fountain of knowledge, some just gargle, but most are rabid. Current Tank Info: 180g sps+75 softy/lps on one system tunze's, seio's, mjmods, aquacontroller w/add ons, 2X400 XM10000 and 3X160 vho actinic, 110g sump, 110 frag tank, Geo Beckett and other stuff

03/21/2006, 12:47 PM	#10
Dert42 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lake St.Louis, MO Posts: 1,363	tonight i'm hoping to top the tank off and get a small powerhead running in there for a day or 2 before turning on the big guy. and uhh.. i didn't mean to hijack this thread with talk of sand.. sorry __________________ if($saltwatertank =='yes') { $bankaccount--; } Current Tank Info: 65g