Steve's 180 of Madness

[Eagle_Steve]

older pic ,plug is covered now, @F i s h y dropped here...

That is the one my wife calls the green monster. Says for some reason it reminds her of the little green dude from Monsters inc.

What i want to see is the Steve-a-pora photo from when you got it to now lol.

 

[fishguy242]

mind ya' missing close to half of current size ,by sharing "frags" @DiefsReef @Smirkish @jhuntstl ,i'm sure i missed a few...
rt now pic...

last July...

 

[Eagle_Steve]

mind ya' missing close to half of current size ,by sharing "frags" @DiefsReef @Smirkish @jhuntstl ,i'm sure i missed a few...
rt now pic...

last July...

I forgot you fragged it up for them. Nice to see a 40+ or so year captive raised acro strain go to others to enjoy. My dad is going to be thrilled about that.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

For the record, I will not be back reading all y'all's shenanigans....

 

[Stang67]

Welcome to the crazy train. Should be some actual updates here in an hour or so once I get home. Plan to load the thread up with pics and finish the fish count. Will also do a little walkthrough via pics of the system.

Not a super complex system, but not quite how it is usually done.

I am all about crazy. Hoping to get some tips and pointers for my 180 too.

 

[Scratch08]

For the record, I will not be back reading all y'all's shenanigans....

No need to…I’m quite sure I know who bigfoot legs is

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

My little buddy at my local taco shop introduced me to it…it is good stuff, and cheap too

It is no longer cheap. Once you factor in the drunk and naked in public charge I would get when drinking it....

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

He is a lite weight. @Lost in the Sauce and I have proof.

See no apron, Hear no apron, There be no apron....

 

[Scratch08]

It is no longer cheap. Once you factor in the drunk and naked in public charge I would get when drinking it....

Me on tequila…

 

[Stang67]

Also stay tuned next week, as it may get a bit quiet unless yall want pics of Universal Studios for 4 days. I plan to post my snorkeling/diving pics here, as well as the things collected once they get into the coolers at the house.

Diving good

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Alright. Strap in It shall begin.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Current FTS Updated in first post, but it is below.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Here is under the stand.

Here is the control board. It is made out of white board and affixed to the stand via a 1x1 frame, so I could install hinges and make them into doors. The B/O Box is not in use right now, but will be in use again soon. The VDM is also not in use, but will be soon once I move the Kessils back over. Not really been happy with the hydra color. I just cannot get it to where I want it. At least to my eyes, I can get the kessil to look like 12k MH bulbs. May even thriow the hybrid back on there, as I can use the shelf above the tank to hide it.

Here is behind the doors. Those Dosing containers hold just under 1600ml of fluid each. The NO3 solution on the far right lasts about a month, but the other 2 only last about a week with what I have to dose. FOr vacy, I alwys take the gallon jugs and move the lines over to them for that time.

Here is a horrible pic of the Display Fuge. I have no idea where my filter is, the old light lost one side for the white channel and I have no got around to fix it yet. This will change when I get back from FL. I will be moving the 3x Kessil 360s over to it from the old 7' nem tank in the fish barn. I will also be getting rid of most of those rocks. They are covered in random palys, xenia and GSP. Nothing was open for the pic, as the light has been off. This fuge will be macro dominated again, but needed the room for this stuff, due to the other 2x 7' tanks being taken down.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Here are some pics of the fishes and corals. Excuse the mess int he water. Wife fed the tank, as I was not home yet. She is a good one and knows the feeding schedule.

Due to this, the fish also were not that interested when I got home lol. They just hung out on the back side of the tank, schilling and eating caulerpa prolifera that I have on the back side of the rocks. It has tried to grow on the front side, but the tangs keep it in check and it also provides a constant food source. I think this helps with aggression among the tangs. It is also a good place for pods to hide and breed, so that is also another food source.

Again, sorry for the crap pics, no filter and was not going to mess with the lights to whiten it up. I leave at 5am tomorrow for FL, so lots of other things to do lol.

The collest thing I think about the corals are the Fl ones that survived on KP and TB live rock. Knowing that I have lesser starlet corals in my tank that were just a few polyps on a rock from a lease site is enough to make me happy.

 

[Stang67]

For the record, I will not be back reading all y'all's shenanigans....

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Also, excuse any typos. I did all of this from my iPhone with a broken screen. (this will be phone 5 for this year). I may or may not go back and fix them. Who knows lol.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Forgot one key thing.

That massive skimmer is only there while I am on vacay. It will be removed when I get back. I do this, as the 110 cup gets full in about 6-7 days. Well, that would mean no skimmer while away or overflowing cup or have it shut off via a sensor when not full and then no skimmer for a few days. Only reason I did this, is the macro is not in this tank right now. When macro is in there, skimmer cup takes almost 2 weeks to get full.

 

[Goaway]

Current FTS Updated in first post, but it is below.

That is such a beautiful stand. I love that wood grain.

 

[Smirkish]

mind ya' missing close to half of current size ,by sharing "frags" @DiefsReef @Smirkish @jhuntstl ,i'm sure i missed a few...
rt now pic...

last July...

A baby “Steve”.

Following along for the “shenanigans” and general defiance of normal procedures….

 

[fishguy242]

A baby “Steve”.

Following along for the “shenanigans” and general defiance of normal procedures….

you made it look so small...