Robb in Austin

Awesome pic and dog!

I'll pass then, thanks though. I need a GHA eating machine.

How is he at eating algae?

How about a profile pic?

Nice, BTW.

Post on RC, probably get a response. Isnt there a sponsor forum for them too?

You got all of the ones worth visiting on your list.

Is GoP still open?

Amazonia has a _very_ limited marine selection.

Might as well make a run to Taylor and hit up AAF since they will be open tomorrow. Good BBQ too.

besides, a frag would run $100 at least

Very funny Mr Director. You shall be hearing from my agent! He is also my lawyer.

All I see is an advert to install Silverlight. Aint doin it.

Hit the jetties on the north end of the island.

It's a rough hike of about 1/2 mile I think. Take headlights so your hands are free, although a flashlight will be good for walking back. Wear shoes appropriate to walking over boulders, ie no flip flops. If you go during the day you can probably get the nems without issue, but the shrimps will be better at night I think.

To get the nems you'll have to crawl down in there and get wet.

Check the seaweed, assumming it's still coming in, for fish/crabs etc.

Two other things highly recommended;

sunscreen, and lots of it. Frequently.

Don't leave the bucket in the back of the truck for the trip back home. Unless you want fish stew.

Dena, if you haven't figured it out yet, T5's need to have individual reflectors and cooling fans for the best performance. Be sure to get a fixture that has those features and you'll be ok.

The older Tek unit doesn't have the fan and has a acrylic shield that really hurts the output.

The Tek elite unit looks real good on paper and is better, IMO, than the NEP. I have an Aquactinics Tx5 on my 58 and another waiting for the 75 and I love them. They are a bit bulky though. The ATI t5 fixtures are probably the best available. Reefgeek has the ATI and the Tek units. I have my unit sitting on top of the tank and get _zero_ temp increase with it on. That, and ease of color changing, is why I went with T5, and it was cheaper.

When I initially setup the 58 I used all ATI bulbs(2x Aquablue special, 2 blue +, 1 procolor) but now have all Giesemann (2x actinic +, 2x aquablue, 1x midday) bulbs since they were the only thing available locally. I have no idea what the phoenix lamp you listed looks like but both of my combos are a nice crisp white. The shot of my tank at the beginning of the FTS thread has the ATI combo. The later FTS, from back in May, is mostly Giesemann bulbs. The colors are accurate.

ATI and Giesemann have generally been praised as having the best PAR.

See here for lots of info:

http://home.comcast....00/site/?/home/

Grim is the T5 guru on RC.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Yes they are still around. Just very busy with maintenance, and probably a few installs.

I've not seen it but have heard about it before. My understanding is that it's a way for them to get acclimated to the nem, kinda like when they rub all up on it.

I know it adds around $400 to the cost through AGE. I'd love to have it, but I wouldn't want to do it myself...and paying $400 extra for it...sheesh...

That does seem a bit high for a little cut out but given the cost of their tanks...

All done. Sort of.

The new machine sees it, as E drive, and I have access to it. Dang it's slow though.

It only shows up as a 127GB drive though, which I assume is due to having XP on it which wouldn't recognize anything over that.

Next question;

Should I wipe it and reconfigure it so I get the full 200GB? Should I just delete all the old system stuff on it? What to do?

Thanks Chris, Chris F, Mike, Kacey.

Was trying to go into chat but it no worky.

The cable that was attaching the old one was a wide grey one. Dunno if that helps. Wiki says Ultra ADA is IDE.

Lemme check whats open in the new machine.

Do you mean does it support the Ultra ATA, which I just looked up and is really IDE correct?

I just pulled the old one and it is a 200GB Ultra ATA.

Howdy all!

I have a desktop running Windows 7 with a 1TB SATA HDD. I have an old machine with Windows XP and a, IIRC, 180 or 200GB HDD. When we upgraded to the Windows 7 machine, I copied all the stuff over and then mothballed the old machine.

Now, I want to bring the old HDD into the new machine and use it as a backup drive. What is the easiest way to do that?

I have physically swapped drives before so I know how to do that part.

Thanks in advance!

Robb

I'm using the BeanAnimal overflow on the 75 I am about to setup. I'm not sure but I think it will work with a wave, might check the RC thread.

Howdy from this side of the pond.