Flippers reef 125 gallon

Flippers4pups · Jan 12, 2020

AbjectMaelstroM said:
That thing is massive! That whitetail is a beautiful tang.

Thank you! I've had that Tomini for about three years now.

The toadstool is a beast!

This next photo was difficult to shoot with a phone. It's of my Cali tort that suffered massive die off during the "Fritz salt" fiasco. It was all but dead except for just a few areas. I let it go hoping it would bounce back. It's growing new tissue over the dead areas and is coloring back up! Just goes to prove that even if a coral is on deaths door, it might just come back from the grave! Here's to it fully recovering!

Blutspitze · Jan 13, 2020

Always love to see new pics. Looking great!

RichtheReefer21 · Jan 13, 2020

Nice shots. Thanks for sharing bud.

Flippers4pups · Jan 13, 2020

RichtheReefer21 said:
Nice shots. Thanks for sharing bud.

Your welcome!

Flippers4pups · Jan 13, 2020

Had the day off work. Had some blood drawn at the lab. Semi annual blood test. Normal.

Came home and got some coral frags and went to my LFS that I like, "Seascape studio" and traded them for a couple packs of LRS reef frenzy. Hey, they were some pieces just laying around! Lol

Flippers4pups · Jan 18, 2020

Water change done for the week. You may ask, or not, are you testing your water?

Well...... No I'm not. Quite honestly it's been a couple months since I've done any water tests. In all reality, the tank runs pretty much on auto pilot except for weekly water changes and the common husbandry things such as changing out the filter sock, skimmer cup cleaning....etc. In a bigger picture, it's really been auto pilot for a very long time, like years.

So ask me what my water parameters are and I've got to say......I don't know (Shoulder shrugs, head down...lol)

Looks good, don't touch. Old school.

Flippers4pups · Jan 18, 2020

Current tank status...

NDIrish · Jan 18, 2020

Your tank looks great.

That Crusso Kid · Jan 18, 2020

Flippers4pups said:
(Shoulder shrugs, head down...lol)

Looks good, don't touch. Old school.

No need to have your head down!

Flippers4pups · Jan 18, 2020

NDIrish said:
Your tank looks great.

crusso1993 said:
No need to have your head down!

Thank you guys!

NDIrish · Jan 18, 2020

Flippers4pups said:
Water change prepped for tomorrow.

Looking at the "torch forest" and its amazing how tall these guys are getting!

What type of torches are they?

Flippers4pups · Jan 18, 2020

NDIrish said:
What type of torches are they?

Not sure. Like a "toxic neon green". Lol.

Purchased about six years ago with just two heads. Around eleven heads now. I have traded several heads off over the years.

Ron Reefman · Jan 19, 2020

Good Sunday morning Reef Squad.

This is likely mylast 'good morning' for a week as we are off on a kayak adventure in north central Florida. I promise to bring back photos (it's what I do).

Peace River said:
I was finally able to attempt to drill a 75g to add the Eshopps Eclipse L (thanks again @Ron Reefman and @Big G for your previous input). I was slightly worried for two reasons (1) although the panel that I was planning to drill passed the polarized lens test, so did the bottom which is clearly marked as tempered; and (2) right before I started drilling, a black cat ran past where I was set up to drill (true story). Long story short, both holes turned out really clean with no chips at all!

Glad it worked out! I wish somebody could come up with a quick, easy, sure fire way to know if glass is tempered or not!

saltyhog said:
Our reef club meeting was today at our house and we had a great time. One of the members is a young lady who is a talented artist and she brought me a beautiful charcoal drawing. I have to admit I got a bit teary eyed when she presented me with the unexpected present. She based it on a couple of other things she knew were near and dear to me.

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My wife is taking another painting class, maybe her 4th or 5th. But she is also taking a drawing class and they are doing their work with charcoal. She looked at this and said that it's first class work! Congratulations. I can't get my wife to even try and paint a Rock Flower Anemone garden!

That Crusso Kid · Jan 19, 2020

Ron Reefman said:
Good Sunday morning Reef Squad.

This is likely mylast 'good morning' for a week as we are off on a kayak adventure in north central Florida. I promise to bring back photos (it's what I do).

Glad it worked out! I wish somebody could come up with a quick, easy, sure fire way to know if glass is tempered or not!

My wife is taking another painting class, maybe her 4th or 5th. But she is also taking a drawing class and they are doing their work with charcoal. She looked at this and said that it's first class work! Congratulations. I can't get my wife to even try and paint a Rock Flower Anemone garden!

Hope you and your wife have an enjoyable trip!

Fudsey · Jan 19, 2020

Ron Reefman said:
Good Sunday morning Reef Squad.

This is likely mylast 'good morning' for a week as we are off on a kayak adventure in north central Florida. I promise to bring back photos (it's what I do).

Glad it worked out! I wish somebody could come up with a quick, easy, sure fire way to know if glass is tempered or not!

My wife is taking another painting class, maybe her 4th or 5th. But she is also taking a drawing class and they are doing their work with charcoal. She looked at this and said that it's first class work! Congratulations. I can't get my wife to even try and paint a Rock Flower Anemone garden!

Wrong thread Ron?

Flippers4pups · Jan 23, 2020

Well, Ron's post was interesting....... Sure it was meant for a different thread. No worries.

For those interested, here's my second article I've written for Reef2reef:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-psychology-of-reefing-part-2-the-therapeutic-effect.682091/
Enjoy.

Flippers4pups · Jan 25, 2020

Water change day.

A subject that has been on my mind for quite some time has been a frag tank. A place to frag my tank and a place them, possibly to sell, to give me some room. I'm cheap and don't want to spend a ton of money, at least not right now on one, but it's a need that I need to do.

Thinking at the moment is to take a small area in the sump to do this. It's the most cost effective approach right now. If I go this route, I've got to make room. More on this today.