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04-21-2007, 01:36 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
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Location: Canton, GA USA
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It's that time of year again... (PIX!)
It's that time of year - when Scott takes his annual bath!!! 
About once a year, Scott gets into his big tank, and gives it a makeover.
We were going to sell tickets, but nobody bought one 
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LFS Owner: Imagine Ocean
Just keep skimming, just keep skimming, just keep skimming, skimming skimming! What do we do? We skim, skim, skim!
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04-21-2007, 01:42 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
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I hope you let some water out first....lol just kidding that looks like fun...
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Joe Henderson
210 aga, 24 gallon nano(built In) 60 gallon refugium with sump 
& Now 75 Reef at work
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04-21-2007, 01:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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Holy ****! Now that is one way to clean a tank... what size is that and what do you do with all the livestock while you bathe in their water??? LOL
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 Triton Aquatics GS2 maxijet mods, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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04-21-2007, 01:52 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Big sump - 150g rubbermaid - it doesn't overflow (believe it or not)! I expect the skimmer will be going nuts afterward though! LOL
It's a 1000g. 8' x 6' x 34 3/4" -- that's exactly 3/4" bigger than our doorway to get in here... moving the tank in was an adventure.
Sump/live rock rubble, ETSS 1000 protein skimmer.
The fish stay put. We used to have a big lionfish - sometimes he stayed in, sometimes we brought him out. If it's just a cleaning, he was left in and kept to himself but once when Scott had to remove a troublesome fish, after about 90 minutes of my panicking and nagging, we netted him and took him out. The lion passed away about 8 months ago (old age? He was HUGE and had been in captivity about 8 years.).
Current inhabitants: 6 Mono argentus, 1 Panther Grouper, 1 Vlamingii Tang, 1 Hepatus Tang, 1 Maculosis Angel, 2 Sergeant Major Damsels, 1 Snowflake Eel, 1 Chocolate Chip Star, a few really large, tough hermits. I think that's everyone...OH and Bruce the one-eyed Batfish (had a run-in with an Undulated Trigger a couple of years ago and we removed the Trigger)...
Most fish either came with the tank when we got it from someone else, or have been "donated" when they outgrew their previous owners' tanks.
Jenn
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04-21-2007, 02:27 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
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Scott is really into his work.
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04-21-2007, 02:33 PM
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Super Moderator
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I am seeing a disturbing trend here 
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04-21-2007, 02:34 PM
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moddin aint easy
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hahahahahaha, thats awesome jenn, i cant imagine the customers faces as they walk in the door.
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing. Which is ironic, because old people are hilarious.
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04-21-2007, 02:36 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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And speaking of faces... thanks for the segue...
Don'tcha hate it when you get "ring around the face" from cleaning your tank??
I'd say Scott is a good sport for letting me post these pix... but then again, I didn't mention I was going to
Muhahahahahaha 
Jenn
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04-21-2007, 02:54 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
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he wouldnt last long in my tank with the killer damselfish...man them things wont let you touch the water...
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210 aga, 24 gallon nano(built In) 60 gallon refugium with sump
& Now 75 Reef at work
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04-21-2007, 02:55 PM
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I am ...MOVED ON...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Fort Myers, FL (SWFL)
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thats great! i was going to get into my 265. before placing the rock in ... but somehow got distracted & never did.
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04-21-2007, 03:21 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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We've got evil sergeant majors in there but they didn't bother him. I asked if anything pecked at him, he said no (not this time!).
The skimmer that he's repairing/testing for a customer (it's a huge RK2) is hooked up to that tank for now - and it's going nuts
Last time I posted a thread like this we got all kinds of jokes about what kind of fish that was, and a few detritus comments
Jenn
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Just keep skimming, just keep skimming, just keep skimming, skimming skimming! What do we do? We skim, skim, skim!
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04-21-2007, 03:40 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: ATL GA
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Jenn,
I started to take some evil liberties with Photoshop, but Scott is just too nice a guy...
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04-21-2007, 03:42 PM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
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That is superb! Thanks for sharing.
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04-21-2007, 04:03 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by [H]ealer
Jenn,
I started to take some evil liberties with Photoshop, but Scott is just too nice a guy...
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Oh Matt - please do He's seen the thread and he's laughed at it. He's a good sport - besides, if you annoy him he can swat you next time you're in.
You've opened the door - now you MUST have fun with Photoshop - because we are ALL eagerly anticipating it
Jenn
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Just keep skimming, just keep skimming, just keep skimming, skimming skimming! What do we do? We skim, skim, skim!
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04-21-2007, 04:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hendersonracing
he wouldnt last long in my tank with the killer damselfish...man them things wont let you touch the water...
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The M1000 waterproof firecrackers make nice substitutes for depth Charges
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The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
but we were all husbands and fathers, sons and bros
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меня зовут Chris 
