Archive for January, 2008

Monday, January 21st, 2008

South Beach Miami

So today I arrived in South Beach Miami. I am here for a trade show for work. I have never been to Florida before, but so far it is very neat. Our hotel is RIGHT on south-beach, like literally the back of the hotel borders sand. We arrived around 4pm local time and posed around […]

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Saturday, January 19th, 2008

January Growth Progress on Planted Tanks

So I wanted to post some quick shots of the progress on my Planted tanks over the past 2 months:
3 Gallon Pico

From a few months ago

January 19th 2008

12 Gallon Nano

A few months ago

January 19th 2008

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Sunday, January 13th, 2008

The Hidden Mickeys

Today I went with my Wife and a coworker to Disneyland. I am no stranger to Disneyland, about a year and a half ago my Wife and I got yearly passes, and we renewed them again this year. Today we went, and we largely just walked around, looking at the people, and some of […]

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Saturday, January 12th, 2008

New items, and rearangements

So today I had a plan. A plan to make my tank look a bit more awesome than it did yesterday. I have several main problems with my tank.

Lack of color (other than the PINK of the Xenia and Bubble)
Lack of fish population
I lack check valves in my return lines, which could lead to a […]

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

The Bad Blennie

My Bicolor Blennie has been picking at my new clam. He was banished to the fuge. I chased him into a piece of live rock an d put it into the fuge until he swam out. I additionally banished 4 of the aggressive Snails - I saw one of them crawling on the clam.
With all […]

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008

The addition of SPS and Clams

So with my new metal halide confidence I went to the LFS today on a mission, and ended up with the following:

 5″ purple and blue Crocea Clam. This was the smallest, and best looking of the 4 Crocea clams that my LFS had. They have had them in stock for like 6 months and came […]

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008

The Power went out :(

So the power went out here sometime yesterday in a very odd way. It was like a 24 hour continuous brownout. There was enough voltage to power incandescent bulbs (with very low light output), my cell phone and laptop charger, and that’s about it. The CF lights on the tank were on, but very dim. […]

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

The Halide has arrived

Much to my delight and surprise the new halide lighting fixture that I ordered on Wednesday arrived yesterday. Last night I set it up on the mounts. It was only on for a few hours but WOW what an amazing difference. The unit has a great fit-and-finish and the 14k Metal Halide bulb looks fantastic […]

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

New Lighting system for my tank

I have had my current (192W CF 50/50) lighting fixture for about a year. I need to replace the bulbs. In looking into getting new bulbs I decided that I should just get a new, more powerful fixture. I selected a fixture with the following specs:

1x 250W Metal Halide 14k
2x 96W CF Actinic

I am thinking […]

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Ferrari 612

Yesterday my wife and I rode our bikes to the local coffee shop for a quick cappichino and treats. This particular parking lot is a stone’s throw from LAX, and is on the corner of a busy street. We sat on the patio so we could watch the cars, something I really enjoy doing. This […]

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