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i love that wood!

freshmike said:

rumor has it that your naked while taking these pictures?  Is this true!?  What would Arashi say!  

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#4. Arashi would say that I am right sexeh....

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I plead the fifth, teehee!





Anyways, back to the tank! It's looking lovely so far, Chris. That wood is amazing...seriously. Where the heck do you get all your good wood?

That wood is beautiful!! I can't wait to see it when it's filled with fish!

Arashi said:

freshmike said:

rumor has it that your naked while taking these pictures?  Is this true!?  What would Arashi say!  

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#4. Arashi would say that I am right sexeh....

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I plead the fifth, teehee!

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Arashi, He's canadian, he doesn't know what the fifth is.

Ron said:

What would Arashi say!

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More like, what would my girlfriend, Julie say?..... Right?

Cycling. (hopefully not just clouding up again.... ...don't think that is possible though. )

So, Mike, what are those tablets next to the driftwood, in the sand?

by the way, this is edited for another thread

Just little pieces of crushed or broken coral.

What are those big yellow and black (sorta stripey) fish in the first picture in this post? I like 'em!

"freshmike" said:

Now THAT is a cloud to be REALLY proud of.

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Indeed it is!

"freshmike" said:

Next picture.

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Wow! I love all the tanks in the room! And my husband thinks *I'm* trying to fill the place with fishtanks (I only have a 29-gallon and a one-gallon set up, though I'd like to have the 10-gallon set up too - just don't have room).

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Arashi, He's canadian, he doesn't know what the fifth is.

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ROFL

Pamela
aka Married Lizard

lizard said:

What are those big yellow and black (sorta stripey) fish in the first picture in this post? I like 'em!

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Since he is currently in bed, and those are some of my favorite fishies, I'll answer. I'm assuming you mean the type that is smack dab in the middle of the first shot. OB Peacocks! Wahookie!


Edit: Found my all-time favorite shot of the big boys. It's been posted before but too bad, it's amazing.

man thats crazy, maybe u should just try some new gravel or sand and pour the water onto a rock instead of striaght onto the sand?? hmmm good luck

chris, what are the phosphate levels like in the water you used for the changes?

If there is a partial bloom and the water you add is high in phosphates it'll make the bloom worse. just a thought.

juliethegr8t : Thanks for answering for me. They are your fish anyway, right?

fufanu360 : There IS new sand in there...and I DIDN'T pour the water right onto it....I pythoned it in, over bare glass. The first cloud picture after the fact is from a different brand of sand that I thought I would try out, no good. So I went back to the good old reliable Target brand playsand...big $4 mistake. So needless to say, the cloud in the last picture has NOTHING to do with sand dust. It's the bloom. Clearer today as the cycle progresses.

smithrc : I have absolutely no idea what the phosphate levels are of this tank....or any other tank in the house as a matter of fact. All of the tanks get treated exactly the same....same type of methods for w/c's and chems and such, same substrate until now, same rocks....bla bla bla....and out of 20-some tanks, this is the only one that is giving me a hard time. So maybe you are right. I may have to look into that if this doesn't pan out. Thanks all.

Looks to be clearing a bit...still zero readings of ammonia and nitrites though...so I will wait it out until I see for sure if it is going to spike.....seeded it with two filter inserts from the emperor 400 from the 50 gallon....and fed the "no fish" with some crushed flake. Can probably see it in the picture.

:edit: Yup, you can.