d2mini's Epic Fantabulous New Reef Build
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d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Thanks! And I'm truly sorry you had to see that. :)
Waddi
Shenanigans?
Bahahahahahahaaaa
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Not funny. :pout:
phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
If you are talking about tomorrow for Sunday then you may have to wait till the afternoon to go diving if the weather remains the same as it says it will.
Bad rain till late afternoon. 50% chances everywhere around here. It rained real hard and bad lightning then poof it flew away. Frikin Florida has the weirdest weather usually and yeah the Gulf is not the place to be if a storm rolls through.
They said it should be coming from the Miami direction tomorrow I think so maybe you can sneak out there quick but I am sure Richard is already aware of the coming storm bwaahhahahaha...er I mean scattered showers.
I will say this though, early :chicken: in the morning it was quiet, then 11AM-12PM it was like real bad then it was frikin awesome at Bush Gardens(no sun and cool out) which is close to his house sort of. Well closer to his than mine.
Those pilots love landing in the rain over here! :x:
Stay safe duuuuuude :umbrella:
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Like I said, monday morning dive (6am).
MONDAY
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING WEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS SMOOTH.
Looks perfect to me. Hopefully it holds! :D
MONDAY
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS BECOMING WEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS SMOOTH.
Looks perfect to me. Hopefully it holds! :D
phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
It does look swell but isn't there a Tropical Storm storm near by?
I will keep my eye out but that does sound like great weather. It will just getting light out I think. I am normally not up at that time haha so it is always lights when I get up.
I will keep my eye out but that does sound like great weather. It will just getting light out I think. I am normally not up at that time haha so it is always lights when I get up.
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
It's bumper to bumper on the hurricane hwy but we'll be in and out before anything comes nearby.
phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
Sweet. There are a lot of great spots along the coast but I figure you are not goin to get to visit anything. One day you can come back and see it all and go to Orlando as well and feed the Dolphins.
Just amazing, both your old and your new aquarium. Pure inspiration. Please can you give us further information about your overflow? Dimension etc? is it noisy? Also, what’s the water level into the box? I am planning one like yours for my new cube an it would be very helpful for me your experience.
Kizmar
#derpface
Could you possibly list out specs on what you used on your return line plumbing-wise? Including the pieces that feed water to the reactors. Mostly looking for grade, size and the names of the pieces.
hoopsdaddy
This is my reef club....
This is really coming together nicely. Great job!
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
The overflow is dead silent. Not sure of the dimensions off hand, I'm at the tampa airport. :) I think it's around 6"x6". The water level is at the top of the downturned elbows, about half to 3/4 full.
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
It's all 1.5" plumbing until the manifold which is 1" and then it drops down to whatever the reactor sizes are like 1/2". It's all schedule 80 PVC except for adapters and the sanitary tees on the drains.
phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
I think I can see you.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
:jumps excitedly from foot to foot:
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motorcyclereefer
I am Graffiti Petey
Apparently he survived part of the trip. Now does he got home safe and sound?
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
I'm back from Tampa Bay Saltwater!
We had a FANTASTIC trip. Richard was an amazing host. We had a blast, even if we did get a little green out in the gulf with all that constant up/down. :disappoin But no one chummed!
The only bummer was the water was not clear that day especially with the cloud cover we had, so I couldn't see much in the water. Was hoping to be able to see Richard down there collecting while I was up top snorkeling but I could only see about 5-10' in front of me at the surface. But it was still an awesome experience.
Trying to go through all my pics so here's a few to start...
He're we are at the Marina, about 6:15 in the freakin morning.
Putting the boat in
Rick (another local reefer who went with me) and Richard from TBS
Here we are starting out... the bay was smooth as glass.
Looking back at the marina as it disappears.
Lots of Sargassum was floating out there so Rick was harvesting it and putting it in a barrel. A little extra stuff to take home.
6 miles out, now out of the bay and into the Gulf, this is Richard dropping.... anchor. :mrgreen:
Throwing out bouys and nets for the rock collection.
And here's just some of the bouys that were floating out there
And that's it for now!
More to come later as I process more pics...
We had a FANTASTIC trip. Richard was an amazing host. We had a blast, even if we did get a little green out in the gulf with all that constant up/down. :disappoin But no one chummed!
The only bummer was the water was not clear that day especially with the cloud cover we had, so I couldn't see much in the water. Was hoping to be able to see Richard down there collecting while I was up top snorkeling but I could only see about 5-10' in front of me at the surface. But it was still an awesome experience.
Trying to go through all my pics so here's a few to start...
He're we are at the Marina, about 6:15 in the freakin morning.
Putting the boat in
Rick (another local reefer who went with me) and Richard from TBS
Here we are starting out... the bay was smooth as glass.
Looking back at the marina as it disappears.
Lots of Sargassum was floating out there so Rick was harvesting it and putting it in a barrel. A little extra stuff to take home.
6 miles out, now out of the bay and into the Gulf, this is Richard dropping.... anchor. :mrgreen:
Throwing out bouys and nets for the rock collection.
And here's just some of the bouys that were floating out there
And that's it for now!
More to come later as I process more pics...
earman88
Reefing newb
earman88
Reefing newb
Awesome work man.. I just found this thread. Looking forward to watching this tank develop!
