albertareef Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Nice shots Andy (as always). I love that monti (drooler)... and it reminds me that I still don't have an Oregon or Cali tort! Gotta find more room... (plotting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Dang it...everytime you post pic's Andy I just want to beat you out of pure jealousy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Dang it...everytime you post pic's Andy I just want to beat you out of pure jealousy (laugh)(laugh) I applaud your honesty Eric... you just said what many of us think on a regular basis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I love the lobo! Those things are really growing on me. Have you thought about moving the Oregon tort so that it doesn't get overgrown? Cool pics! I love seeing pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Yeah.. uhhh... thanks, Eric... I can't wait to come over to your place so I can shoot some pics and get shanked in the kidney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 I love the lobo! Those things are really growing on me. Have you thought about moving the Oregon tort so that it doesn't get overgrown? Cool pics! I love seeing pics! It's a stalemate right now. You can't see it in that pic, but the tort has burned the edge of the monti clean and white. You're right though, the monti is faster growing and will probably win in the long run right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Yeah.. uhhh... thanks' date=' Eric... I can't wait to come over to your place so I can shoot some pics and get shanked in the kidney.[/quote'] (laugh)(laugh)(laugh) Does sound inviting doesn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 lol...i was joking. Besides kidney shots allow you to get too far away...and someone might hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 It's a stalemate right now. You can't see it in that pic' date=' but the tort has burned the edge of the monti clean and white. You're right though, the monti is faster growing and will probably win in the long run right?[/quote'] I would imagine so. I am a big fan of the OR tort so I would personally not let the monti do what it does best and overtake the tort. They are both super cool corals so either way the growth is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 I'm getting sick of this crap. Woke up this morning to find my sump almost overflowing. For some reason, my ACjr decided to ignore the float switch and trigger the ATO at random. It kept on doing it even after I unplugged the serial port/external sensor from the unit (flame) The SG dropped 3 ppt; not the end of the world, easy to fix. Who knows what's up with the frikken ACjr. (threaten) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That's a bummer Andy. So much for technology making life easier (scratch). Sounds like a glitch in the outlet control as opposed to the sensor pathway - do you have an extra outlet to use on your DC8 (making an assumption here)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonH Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 It's a stalemate right now. You can't see it in that pic' date=' but the tort has burned the edge of the monti clean and white. You're right though, the monti is faster growing and will probably win in the long run right?[/quote'] I had a Sunset and a Pink Lemonade similarly close and the Sunset singed the Lemonade pretty good. No visible damage to the Sunset. So, I would think the monti would win. Given the cost of the OR Tort, I would say it's worth moving. Think scary thing about coral wars is how quickly it can culminate. You could wake up tomorrow and your OR Tort could be nothing but a white stick (scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Unfortunately, the ACjr knew it was toggling the output -- the icon on the display showed the correct status. I had a similar problem when I first got it. I reset the unit and all was fine. I'll just have to try that again. Probably some extremely intermittent bug in the state machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Unfortunately' date=' the ACjr knew it was toggling the output -- the icon on the display showed the correct status. I had a similar problem when I first got it. I reset the unit and all was fine. I'll just have to try that again. Probably some extremely intermittent bug in the state machine.[/quote'] Interesting... yeah, sounds like a CPU glitch. Hope the reset works for you! Doesn't exactly do much for one's peace of mind though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Exactly, I'm considering switching to a relay driven ATO... though to be fair, one glitch in almost 3 years of constant use isn't a terrible error rate. I doubt many other consumer-grade embedded systems can boast of better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 The New Guy Meet Mister Shrimpy, Destroyer of Asterinas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 That is so cool!!! Glad to meet the newest member of the money pit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Very cool Andy... I love the look of those guys. I bet he mows through the asterinas pretty quick - on to chocolate chips! Hopefully he doesn't acquire a taste for those lovely pink zoas he is eyeing (scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 That dude is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Nice looking shrimp but the only problem is the messthey make once you start feeding CC stars. I had to give mine up as I got tired of the mess they made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Scott, did you feed whole stars? I was thinking about just feeding it 1 leg at a time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah threw the whole thing in there at once. It was funny to watch the star float to the bottom then all of a sudden its march of the dummies and the shrimp came out of the rocks(laugh) They just are so slow and watching them flip it over is neat also. If it was a really big star it took them a while. When I had my 90 set up I would watch a shrimp ride the star up the side of the tank:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Could the shrimp tell when the star was put in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Could the shrimp tell when the star was put in the tank? Yeah thats the funny thing they hide in the rocks and as soon as a shrimp hits the water bam they come out(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Ok, my shrimp is MIA. I'll see if the star drags it out of hiding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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