TOTM April 2011 - Pennies2Cents [Archive]

BSJF

Sun, 1st May 2011, 08:36 PM

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Reefkeeping is a family affair for Eve (aka Pennies2Cents) and her husband Ross (aka roscozman). It’s something they enjoy doing together. This combined effort definitely shows in their beautiful mixed reef/large fish tank. Eve has been in the saltwater hobby for about three years.

Read more about their setup in the attached article. This thread is devoted to Eve, so come and sit for a while and ask her and Ross questions about this setup. If this isn't enough for you, we will also be highlighting video of Eve's tank at our 2nd Quarter TOTM Social.

-- TOTM Committee

Europhyllia

Sun, 1st May 2011, 08:52 PM

Congrats Eve! :)

On this one you guys definitely want to attend the Reef Social to see her baby whales Bella and Bruce in action (video) ;)

mikeb1409

Sun, 1st May 2011, 09:17 PM

awesome tank, congrats!

would love to hear more about the sump setup.

Bill S

Sun, 1st May 2011, 11:05 PM

Oh, this is way too cool! Congrats guys - you deserve it!

TaknByD

Sun, 1st May 2011, 11:12 PM

Wow! Awesome tank... Congrats!

ErikH

Sun, 1st May 2011, 11:16 PM

Great tank!!! I had no idea it was so nice!

Kristy

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 12:15 AM

Eve and Ross - the tank is looking SWEET! This thing is a testament to your determination!

(And amazing work yet again TOTM committee!!)

Texreefer

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 12:46 AM

Awesome Job Guys,, great to see such beautiful thriving systems from someone that hasn't been in the hobby that long... keep up the good work

cbianco

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 05:12 AM

Great tank! Great write up!

Thanks for sharing your tank with us Eve and Ross.

Christopher :)

BSJF

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 09:20 AM

I have really enjoyed seeing this tank mature! Thanks for letting us share it with others.

Big_Pun

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 09:28 AM

Congrats! Great write up and pics, but until you can see this tank in person its hard to capture the size of this aquarium, and it inhabitants.

Troy Valentine

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 09:30 AM

Great tank Eve and Ross!! We are so fortunate to have you guys as active members. You bring so much to the organization.

-Nice work TOTM Commitee...

hobogato

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 09:34 AM

great job eve and ross!

alton

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 10:28 AM

Good looking tank congrats

aquasport24

Mon, 2nd May 2011, 05:22 PM

Awesome tank, love those beautiful tangs. So, who doing the feeding and who doing all the dirty works?

roscozman

Wed, 4th May 2011, 04:16 PM

Thanks everyone. We both have learned so much and Thanks to MAAST, it has been a very rewarding part of our lives.

Awesome tank, love those beautiful tangs. So, who doing the feeding and who doing all the dirty works?

We both do a lot of the dirty work. Eve gets her hands in their as much as I do...

BSJF

Wed, 4th May 2011, 05:52 PM

I think I had a dream about Ross trying to get behind the tank setup to do some maintenance. So Ross, tell us, is that even possible. And that black sheet...is that the magic curtain?

justahobby

Wed, 4th May 2011, 08:25 PM

Are there more pics or do we have to attend the next social??

BSJF

Wed, 4th May 2011, 08:51 PM

Hehe - I'm sure Cory will chime in with some additional pics if you beg, but you have to attend the social. The video of this tank will be awesome!

Europhyllia

Wed, 4th May 2011, 09:46 PM

Are there more pics or do we have to attend the next social??

I am sure Kristy and Mike will drag you to the next social! :)

Kristy

Wed, 4th May 2011, 10:07 PM

Haha! Justin might have to drag Mike out there this time because I'm going to be traveling then. :)

justahobby

Wed, 4th May 2011, 10:35 PM

Kidding right? Nobody has to drag me to amazing reef videos, Q's & A's, and delicious burgers! Oh and great company :D

CoryDude

Wed, 4th May 2011, 10:54 PM

The burger and rings were pretty good. Thanks for the video compliments everyone. They should keep getting better as the year progresses. By Nov and December, I should be showing up to the winners house with 3 trucks full of equipment, some teamsters to loan/unload the equipment, and about 20 extras to play various parts for the mini-movies.

Since Lorraine gave the ok, here's a few pics I liked. Eve had some good one also. Maybe she'll add to the thread.

Some fish shots:

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp100/cpryor74/TOTM-April%202011/DSC_0313.jpg

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CoryDude

Wed, 4th May 2011, 10:56 PM

More fish:

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CoryDude

Wed, 4th May 2011, 11:00 PM

Corals and polyps:

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp100/cpryor74/TOTM-April%202011/DSC_0406.jpg

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CoryDude

Wed, 4th May 2011, 11:02 PM

Few more:

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp100/cpryor74/TOTM-April%202011/DSC_0230.jpg

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp100/cpryor74/TOTM-April%202011/DSC_0361.jpg

justahobby

Wed, 4th May 2011, 11:20 PM

Great pics. I love the fish pairs. Eve, Ross: where did the red shrooms come from?

Europhyllia

Thu, 5th May 2011, 07:01 AM

Kidding right? Nobody has to drag me to amazing reef videos, Q's & A's, and delicious burgers! Oh and great company :D
Yes absolutely kidding. You three are like the 3 musketeers of MAAST support. We are totally counting on your enthusiastic participation (although we are willing to excuse Kristy for that next round ;) )

BSJF

Thu, 5th May 2011, 08:02 AM

I love Cory's trick that he uses to line up all the fish so he can take the full tank shot. I think he is the fish whisperer. What do you all think?

Pennies2Cents

Thu, 5th May 2011, 01:33 PM

Hey Everyone,

A special thank you to all who gave us the motivation & helpful advise, from the beginning until now. We appreciate it from the bottom of our hearts & the heaviest parts of our tank... :) lol..

I will add a few more pics later on this evening if yall want.. :)And I will get back to answer yall's questions when I get home from work. :)

p.s. Pete & Troy, your setups made a very big influence in what has become of our tank todate. (thank you)

MAAST IS THE BEST!

tonyydeee

Fri, 6th May 2011, 05:06 PM

Omg wow I LOVE the rockwork!!

Pennies2Cents

Fri, 6th May 2011, 11:16 PM

Some extra Pics I took of the tank. :)

EnjoY!

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Pennies2Cents

Fri, 6th May 2011, 11:19 PM

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Pennies2Cents

Fri, 6th May 2011, 11:22 PM

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Pennies2Cents

Fri, 6th May 2011, 11:25 PM

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Pennies2Cents

Fri, 6th May 2011, 11:33 PM

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CoryDude

Fri, 6th May 2011, 11:53 PM

Wow, everyone of those turned out really, really nice! Which lens did you use on those?

I didn't see your clowns hosting in the frogspawn when we were there.

Mr Cob

Sun, 22nd May 2011, 10:34 PM

Great tank! Love the livestock! Especially da big fishes! Congrats. well deserved.

BSJF

Mon, 23rd May 2011, 08:41 PM

Been spending a bit of time in front of the tank Eve? Those are great shots. I love the one of the Shoulder Tang with the water drop.

Pennies2Cents

Tue, 24th May 2011, 01:17 AM

Wow, everyone of those turned out really, really nice! Which lens did you use on those?

I didn't see your clowns hosting in the frogspawn when we were there.

Thanks Cory. :) I used an underwater camera Olympus Stylus for most of the coral shots but used the Nikon 55-200 lens. Yea, the clowns host whatever they can get into really. lol.. It just depends what day it is.. lol

Pennies2Cents

Tue, 24th May 2011, 01:18 AM

Great tank! Love the livestock! Especially da big fishes! Congrats. well deserved.

Thank You very much Rob. :) Appreciate it!

Pennies2Cents

Tue, 24th May 2011, 01:22 AM

Been spending a bit of time in front of the tank Eve? Those are great shots. I love the one of the Shoulder Tang with the water drop.

Thank You, Ahh you guessed right Lorraine. :) Not long after Cory was here I figured I would take a few myself. I couldnt help it. It was kind of neat letting someone else take pics of our tank instead of just me. lol.. You get a whole different view of how things look in your tank. Its pretty cool and exciting.

The orange was trying to get algae from above the water line when I captured that pic. He came down at just the right time and thus the reason for the air bubble coming from his gils. :) I though it was pretty cool shot because of that bubble.. 1 in a million..

Teeb

Wed, 25th May 2011, 11:39 AM

I'm a little late, but congrats Eve. I love your rock work, if I go back to a "rimmed" tank, I'm definitely going to try to copy that. :bigsmile:

Pennies2Cents

Thu, 26th May 2011, 11:45 PM

I'm a little late, but congrats Eve. I love your rock work, if I go back to a "rimmed" tank, I'm definitely going to try to copy that. :bigsmile:

Hi Teeb,

Thank You. :) Thank You, Thank You.. lol... it only consists of 2 large piles of live porus rock and of course a few shelves. :) Good Luck.. Let us know how it turns out.