Parrothead's 55 gallon Reef

[Parrothead]

Now that the worm issue is solved, tank sudo reaquascaped, and cleaned, here is a few updated pics of said inhabitants.
Pic 1 - Full Monty
Pic 2 - Right Side
Pic 3 - Left Side
Pic 4 - Left to right
Pic 5 - My little hammer

Tanks,
Robert

[Parrothead]

here some more
Pic 1 - Baby Star Polyps
Pic 2 - More Baby Star Polyps
Pic 3 - The leather coral, notice the baby on the bottom right, hoping it will attach to that piece of rubble.
Pic 4 - another misc. of the right side
Pic 5 - Resident underwater Pitbull

Tanks,
Robert

[Parrothead]

And the last of the set

Pic 1 - Misc. left side
Pic 2 - Trumpet Coral frag, been in the tank a 1.5 weeks, looking good
Pic 3 - shroom's gone "Wild", at last count(this morning)there are 22 mushrooms sharing that piece of rock

Enjoy.

Tanks,
Robert

[charlie]

Things are looking pretty good there man, thanx for the update pics!!

[Parrothead]

You are most certainly welcome, and thanks for the thumbs,

I really like the way it's coming together, still want to get a little more rock I think, looking at Sid's, Tim's, and Shrink's(which is absolutely stunning) tanks and its got me wanting to do more with my tank, as far as the rock, I'm thinking maybe another 40 lbs gulf, or 20 - 30 lbs of some fuji - as you said the fuji is not as dense, so lb for lb it would proably balance out to get the same look.

All hinges on the move thing, that is still way up in the air and not sure when it's gonna come down. Knowing that would be a big help.

Glad you like the pics,

Tanks,
Robert

[charlie]

If you are hinging on a move Robert, I wouldn't be doing too much, maybe some fiji rock, more bang for your buck!!!!

[Parrothead]

Just out of curiousity, what do you think the chances of mainly the rock holding up to say a 4 day trip, submerged in tank water in rubbermaid containers with battery operated airpumps to keep some water movement, just kicking an idea around.

[charlie]

It ain't gonna take you 4 days to go anywhere Robert, 3 max, you aren't the US mail!!!!!! You would probably be OK, but there will be die off no matter what you do.

[Parrothead]

Keep in mind, I will be traveling with 3 women and 2 cats,

Know what I mean

Tanks,
Robert

[charlie]

Give them all sedatives, crank up the tunes and DRIVE my friend.

[Parrothead]

Better yet, and yeah it'll cost more, fly them out and get them a rental car, and I drive our little blazer with a u-haul trailer out there, it's only the important stuff going anyway, and the blazer rated at 5700 lbs towing capicity, Nice quite country drive

Tanks,
Robert

[charlie]

Now we are talking Robert, hell, rent Sirius radio for 3 days while you are at it!!!!!

[Parrothead]

Rent hell, I gonna own it, Colo. Springs area will require mass family outings, it will come in handy again. And with just me in the truck, one or two stops per day, fuel and nature calls, proably shave the time down to 2, maybe 2.5 days max., per mapquest it's only 1700 miles and approx 28 hours drive time, I can do it

Tanks,
Robert

[charlie]

2 motels, gas and eats, isn't that all a male driver requires?? Oh yeah, don't forget coffee, colas and adult beverages for after the drive!!!!

[Parrothead]

Average 71 mph, 12 hours per day, can do it on one motel, cooler with sandwich fixins' and colas(do the Dew), thermos for coffee. On the road again

[charlie]

It is really tough to average 71mph, but it can be done. Hope you got a radar detector!!!!!

[Parrothead]

Please correct me if I'm off, it's been a while since I did a road trip, but isn't the speed limit on most interstates @ 70 - 75 mph, and they usually give you 5 over, but will have the laser/radar detector in place for the trip, no sense giving it to them

Tanks,
Robert

[charlie]

You are correct, but to average over 70 for a whole day...................... see what I mean? Average moving time you may be able to accomplish that, but with rest stops and such, the best I have been able to do is 65.

[Parrothead]

That would make the trip 26.15 hours of drive time at your best, yeah 2 nights are gonna have to be the rule, and besides, with only a half day on day 3 I will be able to get the tank up and running, less the sand, that might be a prob. unless I shot to Tampa, picked up the sand, keep it in the bags and hope it last 60 hours. Or, as you told Sid, save a handful of established to see and get me a boat load of aragonite for the rest.

Tanks
Robert

[charlie]

Here's an idea................... See if your local LFS guy will ship the stuff to you. That way there are no worries about keeping the stuff 2.5 days in your rig. One less thing to worry about while driving!!!!