Nanglebadger

^^^^this! Phil.

nice one dude. Phil.

set foot on American soil. I have never been, and I wana see what all the fuss is about for myself. Should check that one off within the next 6 months hopefully. See Buckethead live in concert - i doubt this one will actually happen tho. Phil.

being fussy about paint finishes is for WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!! kudos to u sir! Phil.

of de winz. Phil.

ohhh haaaiiiiiiiii. much like God, I see everything on this forum. and i see this. and i will be watching this. s'up. Phil.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmint! Phil.

so. much. win. in. that. plan. oofffftttttt. sailor! Phil.

hmmmmm, now the plate blanking works. damn PB! mega project! sunroof is sexy! Phil.

welcome to my nightmare bro. this is the exact reason im now up to my tits in debt for a daily driver - oil leaks. for the life of us here we cant get mine to stop. and the longer it sits in the shed, the less enthusiasm i have to fix it. so i can appreciate your pain bro. it would be an utter shame to break this motor, so im hoping u can get it sorted nice and easy man. Phil.

^^^^^agreed dude. thats very interesting man, never even considered a UV set up on a tropical tank, food for thought! thanks for the info dude!! @Leeroy - looking good man!!! very nice set up! Phil.

i'm coming for a spin. period. Phil.

ok some of mine from tonight. as you see can compared to earlier pics in the thread, the vegetation has really taken off, especially the moss. unfortunately the nice pink plant i put in was utterly shredded by the shrimp, seems i need waxy finishes to tolerate them feckers! you will also see that yesterday i had to relocate one of the fighters into the breeding trap, the shrimp in his cell were battering his fins, wee bastards. you wouldn't guess there's easily well well over a hundred fish in there if not 200 from these pics!!! useless! i mean, there are 40 or so blue rasboras, about 50 o

UV filter on a tropical set up??? for why? i thought they were marine only. Phil.

Update Well, Mark came home last weekend and brought Project Starscream with him, and this being BadgerSports Inc HQ of course meant that work had to be done, so a quick call to my boss and monday was a holiday! get in! so, the car needed some TLC so we set about taking good care of her. I had a spare TOMs radiator cap lying around, so that went on, and as i'm going for a front mounted cone in my car, Mark took my K&N panel filter for her too. I also fitted some blue hosing in the bay for giggles. first up was a good scrub, followed by HD Cleanser, then SRP, and then some Meguires clean

lol true. yesterday was my filter cleaning day, took beards! (thats irish speak for ages lol). uploading some of mine from this evening now. Phil.

pics or GTFO Si buddy! lets see your set up! Phil.

now thats a bargain dude! the more neons the better! Phil.

yeah stars can be a real wanker too. we've lost quite a few of them. the halide was bought when there were still corals in there. and sorry man but if catch that mantis its going in our septic tank! see the fucker survive that! just home from a run to the two local shops, first was bunged and we dont like it anyway, went to Exotic Aquatics in Belfast then. I got 13 cardinals and some foods, dad had a good chat with the manager who we know pretty well thanks to mark, and i think its been decided. converting from marines to tropicals. what type of tropicals is as yet undecided, perhaps some b

i dunno what it is about keeping corals but they're harder to get right than the damn fish at times! mark was running a UV sterilizer for a while too on our tank and it didnt really seem to make much difference. corals are such a chore. yeah its a drag, only leaves 2 yellow tangs, the flounder and the comet grouper with a Cowie and two hermits. and we definitely have a mantis in the sump, mark heard him when he was home last week but i cant spot the wee bastard, but at least he's down there and not in the main tank! dad is pretty undecided about the tank right now, its either going completel

loooking good man, i see a staghorn coral and some buttons, they look real healthy, we always had problems with them in ours. shame about the white spot dude. i never understand how the fish can be lifted from the wild, shipped around the world, held in a wholesalers, shipped to the stores and kept in the stores all white spot free, yet the 30 minute trip from the shop to your house is what gives them the white spot....it makes no sense. i even got it in my fighter tank once, its a real prick! unfortunately we lost BOTH lion fish in the last week, so dads tank is pretty empty right now. uns

very smart dude. Phil.

^^^^and there we have it lol! Phil.

so far mark has caught the lip twice on driveways. to be fair, the first one was a steep prick, and i dont know how it happened the second time. and his is lowered probably around 40mm, so yeah, they are easily caught guys. Phil.

i thought the blitz ECU would have helped mine. nope. Phil.