Hop's downgrade to 300 gallons: A simple build thread

[Hop]

Originally Posted by jennmac415

Man, Hop, I just read this whole thread....what an awesome set up... I can't believe how fast you get things done...are you super human or something??? Everything looks great!

Thanks! Actually some of it was started 4 years ago and finished up this spring, like the wetroom. So a lot of it was deceiving in the thread without seeing the dates Otherwise, I just had a blown knee where I didn't work for several months and then a lot of vacation

Thanks again!

[fish.freak]

Originally Posted by Hop

Thanks! Actually some of it was started 4 years ago and finished up this spring, like the wetroom. So a lot of it was deceiving in the thread without seeing the dates Otherwise, I just had a blown knee where I didn't work for several months and then a lot of vacation

Thanks again!

you sneaky mofo

[Hop]

Originally Posted by fish.freak

you sneaky mofo

It is not intentional. The wetroom was constructed for my old 450. Then I planned on rebuilding the system to house two tanks and started the wetroom revamp. Then I got injured and the bills piled up, but I was lucky enough to have liquidated a lot of my equipment to pay off bills and set this tank up... I had a lot of money in the old system... Or I should say I had a lot of new equipment sitting here for the dual display system that I had to get rid of... Some deltec stuff, Geo stuff etc... This is the budget build... Things will go slowly as far as equipment goes.

[fish.freak]

I know your not trying to be sneaky its just funny, since it seemed like you did all that stuff each day you posted. Man I figured you had to be superman to get it all done w/ a bum knee.

[Hop]

Originally Posted by fish.freak

I know your not trying to be sneaky its just funny, since it seemed like you did all that stuff each day you posted. Man I figured you had to be superman to get it all done w/ a bum knee.

It was my therapy at times! In fact I built my 70 gallon RO/DI vessel on crutches... Perhaps that is why I needed to fix it with weld-on 16 after it was done



OK, a few pics from earlier... Although I was over at my neighbors looking at his tank, I got home to a few minutes of light left on the tank:

[Sndwave80]

Nice!

[Loverotties]

Nice Pics!

[crvz]

Hop, you goof! Complaining about not knowing how to take pictures! Did you land all those with just the package lens with the XTi? That crummy 18-55mm efs? Those pictures are great!

[DarthOcellaris]

Originally Posted by crvz

Hop, you goof! Complaining about not knowing how to take pictures! Did you land all those with just the package lens with the XTi? That crummy 18-55mm efs? Those pictures are great!

He's hiding something from us! He's an amateur photographer on the side!

[jennmac415]

Great pics!

[bigdeeezy]

nice pics...makes it look like its glowing in the dark

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris

He's hiding something from us! He's an amateur photographer on the side!

Not so amature is my vote.

Soooo,.. when are you driving down to Phoenix to take pics of mine?

Whiskey

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by bigdeeezy

nice pics...makes it look like its glowing in the dark

It kinda does huh?

Whiskey

[Hop]

Originally Posted by Sndwave80

Nice!

Thank you Sndwave

Originally Posted by Loverotties

Nice Pics!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by crvz

Hop, you goof! Complaining about not knowing how to take pictures! Did you land all those with just the package lens with the XTi? That crummy 18-55mm efs? Those pictures are great!

It is the stock lens on the XT, just luck... I took 133 pics and about 6 turned out. Someday, maybe Santa will bring me a different lens

Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris

He's hiding something from us! He's an amateur photographer on the side!

Nope, in fact I have to pick up the manual everytime I move the setting off the auto as I can't remember what anything does or why!

Thank you though!

[Hop]

Originally Posted by Wiskey

Not so amature is my vote.

Soooo,.. when are you driving down to Phoenix to take pics of mine?

Whiskey

Definitely armature... Very very!

Ummm.. Not sure on the road trip but it sounds fun!

Originally Posted by bigdeeezy

nice pics...makes it look like its glowing in the dark

The coral seems to do that on it's own... It's amazing under the vho act! I actually have a hard time duplicating, but that is a close representation, but with the flash.

Originally Posted by jennmac415

Great pics!

Thank you jen!