Fall IC Tank Tour! Special Report

John & I had a great time and now I'm ready to shop for some fish!! Our kids are happy because they get the left-over chili for their freezers so everybody's smiling! J (lehrjet) did do a great job on rewiring the lights and getting things into shape. He's also a very good teacher and I'm starting to pick up some of the concepts and how to's. We'd be happy to host another event if it works out. Thanks, everyone, for coming along!!/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

Great Pictures. Man I was so itching to go today, but just couldn't let my boy down and miss his football game.
On that note I can say by looking at all the picture these are some great looking tanks, but one caught my eye and that's because the picture is just great. Andy yours is like a picture taken right from the Reef. Great pictures and keep on keeping on.
Thanks for the looks
Kyle

 

Thanks Deb and John for hosting tonight and putting on a fabulous chili dinner with all the trimmings...you treated us all like family !

 

There was one small trauma during the evening - Gennevieve got shut in the basement and I didn't find her until bedtime. Guys, she couldn't get to the food dish for over an hour!! She was almost in need of therapy!!

 

Too funny ..you have very nice kitties

 

...I'll tell you what...after seeing all the big tanks yesterday, makes me want to upgrade SOO badly

 

Thanks for everything  yesterday guys!!! We had a lot of fun. Andy the pictures look amazing, Kylie thanks for the ride, Robbie has asked me about 20 times this morning already "where Kylie go?" lol, and Deb thank you for dinner and your hospitality. We are looking forward to the next tour and hopefully our tank will be ready to show off too.
Shannon & Jacob /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

Deb and John thank you so much for the dinner great to have some place at the end of tour to sit down relax and talk tanks with everybody. This was my first tank tour and I loved it. Got a work out pushing Elliots car at the start.LOL
Kylie's tank very pretty ,clean and she has a phytoplankton farm going on very cool. Nice wood cabinet as well.
Andys tank very big and that porthole made everything really cool. His under cabinet setup was packed with cool stuff.(drinking the skimmer juice to prove your dedication though.) lol
Elliots tank was very cool , Bare bottom , big and loaded with tons of corals and fish. The more you look the more you find.
Debs tank took it to another level though. The cabinet was just breath taking and the lights were very nice . Loved the ro water on tap at the sink. Very clean tank
All together great tour and had a ton a fun meeting and talking with everybody. Can't wait till the next one.

 

Thanks to all the hosts for opening up your homes and to Andy for organizing things (and to Deb and her SO for the meal, which I had to (regrettably) miss!); it was great seeing everything!
I'll add a few photos and video clips I took with my point and shoot camera..........although Andy took some very nice pictures with his much nicer camera already

Kylie's sump

Cool brain coral from Kylie's tank

Green clown goby from Kylie's tank (sorry, its horribly blurry, but it was so stinkin' cute, had to include it)

I forgot to get a picture of Kylie's lights or a an action clip of her tank (doh!).  She's also making greenwater and has a cool little set-up for that, which I also forgot to snap a picture of, darn........
Andy's tank

Andy's tank with the hood up......

Andy's tank, video clip (love the wave action from the Vortech system)
Andy's frag tank

Under Andy's frag tank

A few coral from Andy's tank

Awesome clam from Andy's tank (really nice specimen)

Elliot's tank, video clip
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Elliot's tank, video clip with blue/actinic lighting
Elliot's tank.  The fish in the foreground was almost always front and center and was absolutely stunning!  Sorry for the horrible picture, but you know how hard it is to get a decent picture of a fish
Elliot's sump

Not sure why I didn't take a full shot of Elliot's tank, lol, or if I did, what happened to it /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/smile.gif  I missed Deb's tank, so no shots/clips of that one, but hopefully I'll get out to see it another time...........thanks again; love to see other set-ups and hear what's working and what isn't and everyone's opinions etc. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/smile.gif

 

Great looking tanks! It was nice being able to see videos and pictures.

 

i really need to get to these tours more often! I always miss out on seeing some great tanks. Once the wedding is done my tank is getting an over haul so maybe 2013 I'll be on the tour stops. Right now I just love these pics as they are giving me a list of ideas and a list of things I need to invest in. Circling LED lightning right now! Maybe I'll add that to the gift list for wedding gifts /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

Andy, is the back of your tank painted or is it something else?

Deb, your tank looks great!

 

Looks great guys! Wish I could have made it.
-Bill

 

Its ok still a great shot. Photoshop Really? lol