My 75 Gallon, Start to Finish....

[Tonyscoots84]

ohhhh egg crate lolz... thats what i knew it as... thanks russ. i will stop by the good old home depot and start my search.. lolz.. so how you feelin masta...

 

[masterswimmer]

Trying to get off the meds. The aches and pains are just a bit more intense, but at least I'm not all doped up all the time. It's coming together. I'm psyched about starting PT. Don't know when the doc is going to prescribe it so I can't rush things.

I'm now a card carrying member of the 'I've got metal in my body club'. They gave me a laminated card so when I go through metal detectors in the airport and I set off the alarm, they know why. The card has a $hit load of info on it and even an x-ray picture of my cervical spine where the titanium cage is.

Thanks for asking Tony. I appreciate the well wishes.

Russ

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i always hope the best for ya and got ya in mah prayers... just keep getting better and better and get yo A$$ to the frag swap... lolz...

 

[masterswimmer]

Oh, I'll be there buddy. Josh has my $15 already. I'll be trading with the rest of you guys.

master

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Oh, I'll be there buddy. Josh has my $15 already. I'll be trading with the rest of you guys.

master

nice............ cant wait for this swap...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ok something happened last night u guys could prob. figure it out it involves my clownfish... yes im gonna here i told you so, so lay it on me... i figured it was gonna happen so what i did is i took a piece of 1" 1/2 pvc and drilled many holes in for the overflow... now no more fishes have the ride of there life... lmao.. well as always i should of listened to u deanos and done it from the beginning...

 

[nanoreefer22]

Great JOB!! :lol: Poor fish!..thats one more lessoned learned :teeth:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hes alive and doing well thankgod..... ahhh im not very proud of this eitha... im :shocked:

 

[noodleman]

lmao....clown went on a super waterslide:bablefish :skull: :help:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

he looked a little bugged out last night. he prob. wasnt ready for that drop.... lmao.

 

[Quang]

Tony that's because the Third Eyes Blind man.

Haha, I love that band. What ever happeened to them? Anyways.....poor clownfish, Tony's taking him a Splish Splashin'. :spin:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ahh the poor thing aint got a girl clowny to :bunnies: with so i figure he needed some excitement and he def. got it after he was all :Yikes: :bigeyes: :shocked: hehe lmao... new pics comming soon.. stay tuned... fixed up some rock it looks alot better...

 

[masterswimmer]

Tony, Tony, Tony........nahhhhhhh, I ain't gonna say it! LMAO

Listen, I know you drilled the pvc with a ton of holes for the overflow. That is a great TEMPORARY fix. The likelihood of a snail or Nori or algae or something clogging that over time is not only likely, but probable. When it does clog, there will only be one place for your water to flow >>>>>> to the floor.

You need to rig a more permanent, reliable overflow screen to prevent that flood. Ideally, what you want to do is have your pvc overflow running horizontal, not vertical. The pvc should be 1/2 on the surface of the water and 1/2 out of the water. The strainer should be on that horizontal pvc.

If the strainer begins to clog below the water surface the water level in the tank will rise, but continue to flow out your overflow, because it should clog from the submerged section first. This will be like an early warning device.

When you see that the clogging has raised your water level, it will be an indication that you need to do some maintenance and clean the clog. But this will at least avert a flood.

I know this probably sounds confusing, so if you have any Q's about it, just ask.

master

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks russ.. yea i no about the clogging and everything u told me before about it... im def. waiting for the strainer it should be in sometime this week... so it will be changed.. would it be alright for the overflow to be placed on an angle instead or horizontal cause then i gotta worry about lighting down below.. it is an 1 1/2 drain.. pretty big pipe.. theres always someone downstairs as of right now and usually my mom or dad go down to look at it... (thank god they love it or i would be out on the street with it) lmao.. thanks again russ... u the masta for sure..

 

[masterswimmer]

No problem Tony, my pleasure. Doing it on an angle doesn't help if the whole thing is submerged. The top 1/2 of it would still have to be above the water line to act as a fail safe. And if you do it at an angle and keep 1/2 above the water line, you are still working with less surface area than if it were positioned horizontal with 1/2 above the water.

Hope that's understandable, lol. I confuse myself sometimes.

Russ

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks russ... im not completely retarted tonite... lmao. i understand u.. so what i will do i will try it horizontal and see how it goes.. if not then ill just do the angle one with half the tip above the water line... (i dont want any floods..)

 

[masterswimmer]

:lol: I wasn't talking about you being retarded. I meant my confusing explanation :banghead:

- the sometimes confusing master

 

[Tonyscoots84]

lolz i no that russ... i wasnt saying that u were callin me retarted. (i called myself a retard) lmao. i was sayin i understand u tonite... lmao...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

the 1st 3 pics are full tank shots.. i was bored after building the baffles for the sump... then the 4th pic is a pic of kris red monti that he gave me... and i dont no wat the other brown thing is next to it with green tips on the polyps..

 

[Manny]

Nice Tony!!! I'm jealous