Brian's 225g Monstrosity is Now 180 gallons of FUN!

[JohnS_323]

Sorry to hear that Brian. It's a shame.

As an FYI, the amount of kalk powder in the reactor has no bearing as to how much effect it's going to have on your system. The stirrer will kick on and the water will absorb all of the kalk that it can. The rest will stay in suspension until the stirrer turns off and it has time to settle. As long as there is excess media, the water being dispensed into your system will always be at the same concentration because it'll be completely saturated. The main things that can vary are the amount of time that you feed the water, the amount you feed over that time and whether or not you are feeding while there is media still in suspension.

Sorry Brian, I didn't mean to jack your thread but I wanted to get that out there.

 

[Phyl]

Oh foohey Brian. She looked great at the *curses* meeting! I thought for sure she'd be fine. Sorry to hear she wasn't eating (and that I didn't get a chance to tube feed her, lol). Hopefully the male holds up ok to celibacy.

 

[Brian]

Thanks for answering the question, John...that's a much more in depth answer than I would have given! FWIW though, I do have it on a timer as well. The feed pump kicks on 4 times a day for 10 minutes at a time. So it's triple redundant (if that's even possible!). I have the ATO float, then the backup ATO float in case the first fails, and if that all fails the AC Jr. comes on at 4 separate intervals (12am, 6am, 12pm, 6pm) so it doesn't run constantly. Not that I am afraid of a flood or anything!

 

[billyr98]

well Todd has a female crosshatch he wants to give you. I just need to catch her But let me know when is good for you and I can make the trip to you. I don't want your male to lose his awesome colors without the Misses around

 

[Brian]

Well, even though we talked about this already, of course! Mr. CH will be VERY thankful! Tell Todd he's the MAN...or better yet, tell him to come to the Holiday Party so I can tell him myself!

 

[Patriot76]

Ok, Here are 2 pictures of my new friends! (not the best pictures, but you will get the idea)

cross hatches look amazing!

 

[Brian]

Thanks! (although the female has died )

Played around with my macro lens tonight...haven't done that in awhile...I need more practice!

 

[rodclement]

looks pretty good to me! wonder what you will do once you have more practice!

Rod

 

[Brian]

Lol! Thanks! The bad part is that I shouldn't really NEED to practice...I've had the lens for so long already!

 

[BobnKate]

+1 on rod's comment... the pics look great...

Bob

 

[Rickyrooz]

Very nice turn around.

 

[Brian]

Well, it's been awhile...figured I would throw some more pics up!

 

[dnov99]

WOW!! Awesome Brian, the triggers are amazing!! You must not be able to stop looking at them.

 

[Brian]

Thanks! They are awesome, but they are becoming a little "bitey"! lol I got bit by one the other day, and they were sizing up my arm when I had it in the tank today...yikes!

 

[JohnS_323]

Nice Pics!



No seriously, I'm not padding, they're really nice!

 

[Brian]

Cool Tank!

oh wait, this is my thread...crap!

 

[magic]

Nice pics and a cool tank. Does this count as 2 posts

 

[Phyl]

Did you save something for the photo of the month!? We could use some submissions! Love the colors on those first two acans. Very nice.

 

[panmanmatt]

Looks great! Awesome tank!

 

[JRWOHLER]

You do take super macro shots...remember I couldn't even recognise my own corals when you took them.