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I asked Darla, she said it was real: ;D

Hey, what coral is this?

Halo 2 and Halo 3 when I can elbow the kids outta the way...the Xbox is my first console ever, still seems like a new experience (and a huge waste of time). Plus we have a Wii but we mostly just do the Wii-games, the kids play Super Smash Bros. Is there any danger to letting my kids on Xbox...

Thanks Brian. Hey I was in Hollywood last week and I saw this and thought of you:

Back from California and back to work. Re-did the return plumbing at the pump end for the third time (third time's a charm!). I used a piece of spa-flex to make up for minor dimensional issues, eliminate vibration, and good luck. I went from a heavy duty true union valve to one of the lighter...

Yeah but...if we REALLY knew what was involved in raising kids, would anybody do it? (Or reefkeeping, how about that?)

Yeah, our kinkajou bit the hell outta my dad. Then it escaped, and...that's another story. WHat do you do with 20 year old unloved, no longer tame parrots? I'm going to clip the Nape's wings this summer and try to give hime some heavy duty socialization, see how it goes.

I has a hippocampus in my brain. ;)

I think they used to occur all over, including off NJ. Still plenty of pipefish if you seine. Those seahoreses were Hippocampus hudsonus, I believe.

OK, so that really begs the question: How did you get rid of your birds?? You had a kinkajou?? We had one when I was growing up (c. 1967). I never met anybody else who had (or could spell) kinkajou!

Tore down my old 58G Oceanic SPS tank, more recently caulerpa and hair algae central. Sniff. It was beautiful in its heyday, with blue torts, green slimer, and orange montipora. Shovelling out the old southdaown sandbed was a chore, and the smell quickly went from "jersey saltmarsh" to hydrogen...

Thanks again Bill. I fixed one leak, in the threaded part of the bulkhead at the back of the tank. The other thing has been tough, it's a leak in the threaded part of the true union valve at the top of the Sequence Dart return pump. I re-did it twice, including substituting spa-flex for the...

I'm going, I have my room at the Westin and my plane ticket. I just need to register for the actual MACNA!

...And the madness begins. See you in Atlanta, taking notes!!

Ran the system for several hours last night, despite the slight drips, which I had some containers to catch. Noise level is very low, good news. Kind of feels like a giant modern sculpture, the tank with nothing in it but moving water. More unforseen problems: 1) The two inch pump intake very...

The replumbing of the return line was a success, yay. I filled the tank all the way, no bulkhead leaks. The scary part came a few hours later when I couldn't resist anymore and turned on the return pump for the first time. First off, I never owned or ran a Sequence Dart before. MAN, does that...

Done. I think it's gonna be fine. Don't ever leave an unattended hose in your tank. They can start siphoning all by themselves. I just drained about 20G of water into out downstairs bathroom, which then travels under the walls, though the laundry room into the garage. Good thing that: A) It...

Tanks got water in it...One snag so far...the return bulkhead leaks a little under the seal. I hard plumbed it and I think the pipe is at a slight angle and is tilting the bulkhead, pulling one side off the glass. I'm going to re-do the connection with spa-flex, that should provide enough give.

Well, the plumbing is finally finished, the fateful day is at hand. Tomorrow, I fill the tank with water, turn on the pumps and start looking for leaks. One of my fears is that I forgot to actually glue some of the plumbing, that it's just dry fit together, or that I forgot the thread sealant on...

Bill, I can probably bring my van if you want to do it all in one trip. I owes you after all.