Upgrade from 72 bow to a 125 reef

tvwong

tvwong

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I figured I ought to show what poor planning and a college budget does. lol
here is my ghetto refugium/plumging job
I just had a coralife 1/4 hp chiller plumbed to my tank from the garage> going through the basement crawl space> and despite 90 degree weather the tank has been staying a coooooool 78. Going through the crawl space means the chiller has to work less hard. Yet this may become a problem during the winter so by that time I probably will insulate those pipes


 
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heart & sole

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nice shots and amazing tank. How big is that anemone it look huge.
 
tvwong

tvwong

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At max size they are about 14-15" in diameter>>> this equates to a coral dead zone..... haha feels like the sprint commercials. or verizon
 
smokingreefer

smokingreefer

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Originally Posted by tvwong
http:///forum/post/2695291
I figured I ought to show what poor planning and a college budget does. lol
here is my ghetto refugium/plumging job
I just had a coralife 1/4 hp chiller plumbed to my tank from the garage> going through the basement crawl space> and despite 90 degree weather the tank has been staying a coooooool 78. Going through the crawl space means the chiller has to work less hard. Yet this may become a problem during the winter so by that time I probably will insulate those pipes




What is your overflow plumbing running into. It looks like a gladware container??? Are you using it as a filter sock of some sort?
 
tvwong

tvwong

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Originally Posted by smokingreefer
http:///forum/post/2695864
What is your overflow plumbing running into. It looks like a gladware container??? Are you using it as a filter sock of some sort?
haha. actually its a PVC cage that I made to prop of the filter sock. It does the job :)
thanks devil dog
actually im majoring in Environmental Systems: Ecology Behavior and Evolution
with a minor in Marine Science
 
tvwong

tvwong

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Actually this happened a few weeks back but i though I sould share
Well on my way back from school on the California I-5 I totaled my poor jetta .
I was in the left lane> move to the right to let someone pass when a motor/blower fell off the back of a pickup. I moved to the shoulder> since the car I was letting pass was just coming by. In doing so I hit a gravel patch, went through a chainlink fence, hitting a few of the poles, popped the first curb, skidded onto the offramp, and demolished another curb. The pictures tell the rest. The car was flat bed towed to my moms service station about 120 miles farther north by the good'ole AAA
if you look reeallly closely you can see where i went through the chainlink> just above the jetta you can see where the fence disappears.
too bad it only had 50K miles still had a lot left
I guess the moral of the story is love your jetta while you have it because it could be gone just like that







Modified by iceemn360 at 1:32 PM 7-21-2008
 
tvwong

tvwong

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Here is the car my sister gave to me. I still love the mk3 jetta though
but a new car is a new car



Modified by iceemn360 at 9:35 AM 7-21-2008
 
devil dog

devil dog

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Originally Posted by tvwong
http:///forum/post/2697231
lol true!... what an awful way it was to start the summer :(
I think its a good way now you have a new car! You got the bad thing out of the way! and now you can just have fun in your new car!
 
tvwong

tvwong

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haha thanks for cheering me up! haha but your right. its the beginning of another beautiful relationship. its not like im cheating on my tank now lol.
 
tvwong

tvwong

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THese were taken with a disposable under water camera and the conversion to digital wasnt too good. but you get the idea








 
tvwong

tvwong

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small update> I havent really tried it before but im toping off with kalk now. well see what it does....
 
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