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Last update: September 2005
Not all pictures that are in the site are here.  Some pictures that are here are not located elsewhere in the website.

Various Pictures:

Matilda  -- Yeah, she was a softie, but I really liked her and will be looking for a replacement.   Essentially she was electrocuted.   I was told she would be fine.   Then she began to turn Black... almost cancerous, then just sort of melted away.

Mini Matilda  -- One of Matilda's offspring which I also killed by accidentally tossing in the trash for a day... outside in the middle of summer.   Thought I almost had a recovery then it just disintegrated like Matilda did.   Notice how filthy the rock is though.   No shortage of trouble here!

Clean vs. Dirty!!  -- Results of "cooking" rock with the lights on. ;-)

Crash?  -- Massive issues clearly showing in these pictures.

Temporary home... cooking pot.  -- Any home is better than no home, even better if one can cook.

Pictures from the History Page:

Current 40 gallon fresh water tank setup.-- Series of digital pictures.

New seed tank    -- My current seed tank, still in recovery from my ignorance and a few moves in the past couple of years.

Pictures from the Hardware Page:

Bad Pump... -- Coral Killer! 120v straight to water... yikes!

The Eco Sand Plenum -- Three pictures of the Ecosand Plenum.

Standpipe   -- Modified Durso standpipe.
Standpipe Parts -- A layout picture of all the parts I used to make the standpipe, minus the rigid tubing.   Note- The large cap and the 90 degree elbow were not used.
Standpipe Diagram -- Breakdown of the parts I used and where they connect to each other.

Sump   -- My sump while it was still in testing.  I have since upgraded the primary pump and added a 100 micron bag to the sump feed hose.
Sump Wet Test  -- A picture of the sump in the kitchen getting a wet test.
Sump Plans -- This is the layout of the new sump I am planning.

Test Kit  --  An over head of my converted tackle box.  I have another, but this one has most of the stuff I use regularly.

Pictures from the Man Made Live Rock Page:

Rock creation sequence: -- Setting, misting, covering, and retrieving shots.

Completed Rock -- Shot of an almost completed rock on white printer paper, not one of my best but decent enough to show. Next step is hitting it with a wire bristle brush.

Up Close -- A couple of macro shots of a piece of my rock.

Inside -- Snapshots of the inside of some of my oldest rock.   Though still cooking the gunk out, obviously there is some serious bacterial action going on inside.

Picture #1    -- An over head shot of the basic dry components of my particular mix.  The chunks of stuff in the bucket are the large coral pieces along with some of the loose pieces of mix that didn't adhere to the rock in the mold.
Picture #2     -- The wet mix just prior to being set into the mold.
Picture #3    -- Set in the mold, prior to being misted and touched up.
Picture #4    -- One of the curing cans, notice the scale.  This was taken during the last two weeks of cure.  Most of the scale had already been removed.
Picture #5    -- Right side base rock, it weighs 25-30 lbs.  *This rock broke in half undergoing the drill at about the 5 year mark.  So did its counterpart piece.  Mostly I blame my lack of drill skills.  Acidic conditions for too long, not quite strong enough in the right places, and possibly too macro porus also played a part.
Picture #6    -- This shows the same rock while I was laying them out to make sure they would fit.  Notice the tape measure.
Picture #7    -- About 2 days after initial setup, after all the fog had cleared.
Picture #8    -- 2 weeks after adding the first "Seed" rocks.
Picture #9    -- Left front side of the tank after about 7 months.  The plenum had already been tore out but the DSB is there.   Signs of the impending doom are already present.
Picture #10    -- This is the right front side of the tank. Full scale Crash #1 getting close here.
Picture #11    -- Had I had the knowledge at the time all of the livestock here would have went directly to a bare bottom seed tank.

Portland Cement    -- Shot of the Cement I use.


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