The Miracle Tank

[brett_schn]

Ca is a must! but everyone is gonna yell at me if I reveal that I still havent bought a ULR phosphate test yet (oopsie).

I feel like if you have GFO/Phosban/Chemipure blue youre pretty much good.

I dont even change my chemipure on a "schedule" just when cyano starts to pop back up. Throw chemipure in my amazon cart, and two days later its gone!

But also... Marine biologist at an aquarium for 4 year. My entire job was just making sure chems were in check for our nearly pristine tanks. So i kinda have an eyeball of what to look out for on some things. Youll get there eventually! Especially with you wanting to do two tanks in the first year!

It’s not my first reef. I’ve been reefing for 4 years now. Just not the testing it side. Whenever I had issues before lfs tested water and told me what to do. I’m trying to do more on my own now. Plus that tank was only 10g

 

[fishguy242]

"all through the house"

;) :)

 

[Fin]

Was a nice little break from finals week work for sure!!

I was going to ask how in the world you found the time to relax and enjoy yourself. You have an awful lot on your plate. Take time and enjoy being young. It doesn’t last near long enough. :-)

 

[vetteguy53081]

A biologist, a physicist, and a chemist go to the beach for the first time. The biologist is amazed at the birds, the seaweed, the fish. He goes into the water for a closer look. Pretty soon the water is over his head. He drowns. The physicist is mesmerized by the waves. The amplitude. The periodicity. The reflections. He goes into the water for a closer look. Pretty soon the water is over his head. He drowns. The chemist is sitting on the beach making notes in his lab book. He writes, “Biologists and physicists are soluble in water.”

 

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Good morning Miracle people!

Truth...

 

[sfin52]

 

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Good morning Miracle people!

Truth...

I started out really early helping my dad build dragsters and working on the family car. LOL! How's that for a Throwback Thursday pic? :)

 

[brett_schn]

Good morning Miracle people!

Truth...

That’s what I do!
R2R is as close to a video game as I get

 

[Eagle_Steve]

That’s what I do!
R2R is as close to a video game as I get

What’s a video game????? Lol

It goes like this,
Work, Reef Tanks, and Old Volvos. Sometimes the occasional not a Volvo.

Here is one for ya. Got done with the old red truck for Paxtins first vehicle.

5.4 swap, trick flow twisted wedge heads (found on a wrecked truck at the junk yard lol), 224/226 cams (same wrecked truck), headers and a chipped ecu with my own tune on it. Just a road tune, but runs right and no issues lol. Also put a leveling kit on it and 265/75 tires. Will spin the tires for days, if you want.

Not bad for a truck that was handed down to us as a farm truck from my wife’s grandfather.

And yes it is a long bed. Real trucks have an 8’ bed lol.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Good morning Miracle people!

Truth...

And so true

 

[brett_schn]

What’s a video game????? Lol

It goes like this,
Work, Reef Tanks, and Old Volvos. Sometimes the occasional not a Volvo.

Here is one for ya. Got done with the old red truck for Paxtins first vehicle.

5.4 swap, trick flow twisted wedge heads (found on a wrecked truck at the junk yard lol), 224/226 cams (same wrecked truck), headers and a chipped ecu with my own tune on it. Just a road tune, but runs right and no issues lol. Also put a leveling kit on it and 265/75 tires. Will spin the tires for days, if you want.

Not bad for a truck that was handed down to us as a farm truck from my wife’s grandfather.

And yes it is a long bed. Real trucks have an 8’ bed lol.

I guess I don’t have a real truck :(. At least she’s a 6.5ft bed and not one of those 5ft now a days. I need to get me a new truck. I’m planning on working everyday starting January to save for a truck. Was thinking like a 2015 f150 5.0 or something but they don’t have a manual. I want a manual truck... I’m willing to even pay someone to help me with a manual swap. I can do the work I just don’t know the logistics behind it.
here’s ole Stephanie

She’s the one on the right. I’ve done a lot of wrenching on these trucks here. That middle one is a 94 f250 with the 351w. Had to weld the frame back a few months ago lol

I’m on a 3” lift with 35x10.5r 18

 

[brett_schn]

What’s a video game????? Lol

It goes like this,
Work, Reef Tanks, and Old Volvos. Sometimes the occasional not a Volvo.

Here is one for ya. Got done with the old red truck for Paxtins first vehicle.

5.4 swap, trick flow twisted wedge heads (found on a wrecked truck at the junk yard lol), 224/226 cams (same wrecked truck), headers and a chipped ecu with my own tune on it. Just a road tune, but runs right and no issues lol. Also put a leveling kit on it and 265/75 tires. Will spin the tires for days, if you want.

Not bad for a truck that was handed down to us as a farm truck from my wife’s grandfather.

And yes it is a long bed. Real trucks have an 8’ bed lol.

I wish I could make more power with my truck. It’s dangerously slow. Got the torque. Just no power. And I don’t want to dump too much into this truck. It has a lot of quirks that I don’t want to deal with working out lol

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I guess I don’t have a real truck :(. At least she’s a 6.5ft bed and not one of those 5ft now a days. I need to get me a new truck. I’m planning on working everyday starting January to save for a truck. Was thinking like a 2015 f150 5.0 or something but they don’t have a manual. I want a manual truck... I’m willing to even pay someone to help me with a manual swap. I can do the work I just don’t know the logistics behind it.
here’s ole Stephanie

She’s the one on the right. I’ve done a lot of wrenching on these trucks here. That middle one is a 94 f250 with the 351w. Had to weld the frame back a few months ago lol

I’m on a 3” lift with 35x10.5r 18

It’s a real truck lol.

As for doing a 5 speed swap on a new Ford, not gonna happen. Well it can, but very expensive. Like whole other truck cost expensive. Due to fords newest can bus setup, all modules are linked, coded to each other and some serious programming would have to be done to the truck. Not saying it cannot be done, but would be an arm, a leg, a first born, their first born lol.

Also, the new automatics are actually pretty darn tough. My wife’s grandfather has a 2017 now and we pulled a large trailer with 2 Volvo wagons filled with parts on it up Monteagle (massive grade on I-24) with no issues and the trans temp never went above normal. It was me driving, so I kept my speed lol. 65 all the way up the mountain and not a single hiccup. Only issue was fuel mileage with that load. His is a 5.0 truck also.

 

[sfin52]

Good morning!!!!
Heather is going back to surgery. They woudnt let me back so I'm off to petsmart for a new heater. Its been 3 1/2 years since this one was new. Not too shabby. It fails off so that's a good thing.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Good morning!!!!
Heather is going back to surgery. They woudnt let me back so I'm off to petsmart for a new heater. Its been 3 1/2 years since this one was new. Not too shabby. It fails off so that's a good thing.

Kristy and I are praying it all goes well and a speedy recovery. Let us know how it all goes.

 

[sfin52]

I guess I don’t have a real truck :(. At least she’s a 6.5ft bed and not one of those 5ft now a days. I need to get me a new truck. I’m planning on working everyday starting January to save for a truck. Was thinking like a 2015 f150 5.0 or something but they don’t have a manual. I want a manual truck... I’m willing to even pay someone to help me with a manual swap. I can do the work I just don’t know the logistics behind it.
here’s ole Stephanie

She’s the one on the right. I’ve done a lot of wrenching on these trucks here. That middle one is a 94 f250 with the 351w. Had to weld the frame back a few months ago lol

I’m on a 3” lift with 35x10.5r 18

Those are trucks. The only thing not a truck is when its lowered to almost scraping the ground. At that point its a glorified car.

 

[MERKEY]

Good morning!!!!
Heather is going back to surgery. They woudnt let me back so I'm off to petsmart for a new heater. Its been 3 1/2 years since this one was new. Not too shabby. It fails off so that's a good thing.

Good thoughts and prayers all goes as planned!

 

[Eagle_Steve]

@brett_schn

Ohh, and I built him a custom sub box. Managed to get 2x 12” subs behind the seat of a regular cab. Took a lb of poly fill per sub to simulate a large enough airspace for the subs to perform the best. There is even a recess for the amp and it allows the center console to still be moved up and down. Been 20 or so years since I built a speaker box lol.

 

[JoshH]

It’s a real truck lol.

As for doing a 5 speed swap on a new Ford, not gonna happen. Well it can, but very expensive. Like whole other truck cost expensive. Due to fords newest can bus setup, all modules are linked, coded to each other and some serious programming would have to be done to the truck. Not saying it cannot be done, but would be an arm, a leg, a first born, their first born lol.

Also, the new automatics are actually pretty darn tough. My wife’s grandfather has a 2017 now and we pulled a large trailer with 2 Volvo wagons filled with parts on it up Monteagle (massive grade on I-24) with no issues and the trans temp never went above normal. It was me driving, so I kept my speed lol. 65 all the way up the mountain and not a single hiccup. Only issue was fuel mileage with that load. His is a 5.0 truck also.

Come on, we don't buy trucks because they are good on fuel :rolleyes: