Strike one...

I added the live rock yesterday. The ammonia was .25 before I added the
rock, and jumped to 1.0 after adding it. I haven't tested yet today, but
I'm sure it's on the way up. PH was stable, as was salinity and the
skimmer has just started to produce foam (although very weakly at this
point).

The lights arrived this afternoon. It's a 36" Outer Orbit with 150w MH,
2 96w SunPaq dual actinics and 4 lunar lights. The whole thing is
running off a dual power center. Does anyone else hate the "feet" that
come with these things? Seems like it's just waiting for the slightest
nudge to throw itself off the tank... I'm seriously considering using
the mounting kit to hang it from the ceiling.

So, you're probably wondering what the "strike one.." subject line was
all about. Well, the wife tallied up the cost for this thing to date and
we're now looking at close to $1.5k invested with not a single fish or
inv. in the tank (yet). Luckilly however, I did bring her with me
yesterday when I bought the live rock at Greendale's in Kannapolis and
she's fallen head over heels for the look of a reef tank; I just need to
get her to be patient enough to let this one mature and grow in.

thanks,

mark h

LOL
I stopped telling my wife how much things cost a while ago.

Lesson 2: Trying a keep the spending under control.
It's soo easy to get sucked in to every little gadget on the market.
Set it up right in the beginning and let her ride.

Good luck !



"Mark Henry" wrote in message
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I added the live rock yesterday. The ammonia was .25 before I added the
rock, and jumped to 1.0 after adding it. I haven't tested yet today, but
I'm sure it's on the way up. PH was stable, as was salinity and the skimmer
has just started to produce foam (although very weakly at this point).

The lights arrived this afternoon. It's a 36" Outer Orbit with 150w MH, 2
96w SunPaq dual actinics and 4 lunar lights. The whole thing is running
off a dual power center. Does anyone else hate the "feet" that come with
these things? Seems like it's just waiting for the slightest nudge to
throw itself off the tank... I'm seriously considering using the mounting
kit to hang it from the ceiling.

So, you're probably wondering what the "strike one.." subject line was all
about. Well, the wife tallied up the cost for this thing to date and we're
now looking at close to $1.5k invested with not a single fish or inv. in
the tank (yet). Luckilly however, I did bring her with me yesterday when I
bought the live rock at Greendale's in Kannapolis and she's fallen head
over heels for the look of a reef tank; I just need to get her to be
patient enough to let this one mature and grow in.

thanks,

mark h

Keep working on your wife and make sure to let her chose some of the
inhabitants. I've got hubby so sucked in he even wants to try out
snorkelling now

Mark Henry wrote:
I added the live rock yesterday. The ammonia was .25 before I added the
rock, and jumped to 1.0 after adding it. I haven't tested yet today, but
I'm sure it's on the way up. PH was stable, as was salinity and the
skimmer has just started to produce foam (although very weakly at this
point).

The lights arrived this afternoon. It's a 36" Outer Orbit with 150w MH,
2 96w SunPaq dual actinics and 4 lunar lights. The whole thing is
running off a dual power center. Does anyone else hate the "feet" that
come with these things? Seems like it's just waiting for the slightest
nudge to throw itself off the tank... I'm seriously considering using
the mounting kit to hang it from the ceiling.

So, you're probably wondering what the "strike one.." subject line was
all about. Well, the wife tallied up the cost for this thing to date and
we're now looking at close to $1.5k invested with not a single fish or
inv. in the tank (yet). Luckilly however, I did bring her with me
yesterday when I bought the live rock at Greendale's in Kannapolis and
she's fallen head over heels for the look of a reef tank; I just need to
get her to be patient enough to let this one mature and grow in.

thanks,

mark h

You might just be suprised to find her spending hours just
waching the live rock.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Mark Henry wrote on 12/29/2005 3:17 PM:
I added the live rock yesterday. The ammonia was .25 before I added the
rock, and jumped to 1.0 after adding it. I haven't tested yet today, but
I'm sure it's on the way up. PH was stable, as was salinity and the
skimmer has just started to produce foam (although very weakly at this
point).

The lights arrived this afternoon. It's a 36" Outer Orbit with 150w MH,
2 96w SunPaq dual actinics and 4 lunar lights. The whole thing is
running off a dual power center. Does anyone else hate the "feet" that
come with these things? Seems like it's just waiting for the slightest
nudge to throw itself off the tank... I'm seriously considering using
the mounting kit to hang it from the ceiling.

So, you're probably wondering what the "strike one.." subject line was
all about. Well, the wife tallied up the cost for this thing to date and
we're now looking at close to $1.5k invested with not a single fish or
inv. in the tank (yet). Luckilly however, I did bring her with me
yesterday when I bought the live rock at Greendale's in Kannapolis and
she's fallen head over heels for the look of a reef tank; I just need to
get her to be patient enough to let this one mature and grow in.

thanks,

mark h

miskairal wrote:
Keep working on your wife and make sure to let her chose some of the
inhabitants. I've got hubby so sucked in he even wants to try out
snorkelling now


WOW! How big is your tank ;-)

Jeff, UK

Yeah in my dreams it would be big enough for that
We live only a few hour's drive from the southern tip of the Great
Barrier Reef so that will have to do for now.

Jeff wrote:
miskairal wrote:

Keep working on your wife and make sure to let her chose some of the
inhabitants. I've got hubby so sucked in he even wants to try out
snorkelling now


WOW! How big is your tank ;-)

Jeff, UK