12-28-2005
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: lakeville, MN
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Re: Pets
lots of fish and 1 cat. Marine and freshwater tanks.
Erik
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03-09-2011
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2stepadepaaadepaaadep
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: bloomington, Mn
Drives: myself crazy
Posts: 822
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Re: Pets
bringing this very very old thread back to life lol i recently got a freshwater tank going, and i have a baby red belly piranha, a bala shark, 2 rainbow sharks, and 2 cory catfish, 2 female beta's, surprisingly the red belly keeps to his corner till he gets hungry then i drop in a guppie and he nomps it up
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I put more into my car then what its worth, did it for my own enjoyment and that was all.
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^^thats what modding is about.. your own enjoyment
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03-10-2011
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
Posts: 20,620
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Re: Pets
A cat, two rabbits, and a wife.
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I agree with Kracka.
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03-10-2011
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2stepadepaaadepaaadep
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: bloomington, Mn
Drives: myself crazy
Posts: 822
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Re: Pets
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A cat, two rabbits, and a wife.
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wives count? lol
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Originally Posted by 311evo
I put more into my car then what its worth, did it for my own enjoyment and that was all.
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^^thats what modding is about.. your own enjoyment
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03-10-2011
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Who has my man-card?
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
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Re: Pets
Two Cats and a Dog
Flash (4yo)
Noche (6mo)
Sleeping on Luna, with tougne out.
Luna (3yo Doxie/Poodle)
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03-10-2011
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Shit Rocket Pilot
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Shoreview, MN
Drives: 2003 Evolution VIII
Posts: 7,752
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Re: Pets
65 gallon salt water tank (born December 2009), home to two onyx clownfish, yellow tang, longnose hawkfish, six line wrasse, yellow watchman goby, a pistol shrimp and a cleaner shrimp. And lots of coral.
April 2010
November 2010
December 2010
Need a new picture, rearranged the rock last week.
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03-10-2011
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Kevin
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Shoreview
Posts: 3,356
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Re: Pets
Cool tank, Matt. Is it a huge bitch to keep that salt water tank going?
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03-10-2011
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Shit Rocket Pilot
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Shoreview, MN
Drives: 2003 Evolution VIII
Posts: 7,752
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Re: Pets
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Cool tank, Matt. Is it a huge bitch to keep that salt water tank going?
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I have it very automated, a computer controller runs the heater, lights and all the pumps. A line runs right to the tank from a reverse osmosis/deionize water filter that turns on for about a half hour a day to top off the water (evaporation). Digital light timers operate two peristaltic dosing pumps to add calcium and an alkalinity solution to the tank on a daily basis to aid in coral health.
This is the madness in the stand that you don't see normally. The middle section is a refugium, an area for small critters (little bug-like things called copepods) to grow without being wiped out by the fish. It is filled with a little sand, some rock rubble and an algae called chaetomorpha. These "bugs" eventually make their way to the main tank and are a natural food source. On the left is a GFO (granular ferric oxide) and carbon reactor which I have since removed, I was running it to help clean up some nuisance algae.
Cleaning the glass, changing 10-20 gallons of water every 1-2 months, and feeding the tank every day or two are the only manual tasks I deal with. Granted it took me a year (and some money) to get this far, but I don't test the water nearly as much as I used to because it's very stable now. I could leave the house for a week and not worry.
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Every minute you spend in your Evo, not in boost, is a minute of your life you'll never get back.
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03-10-2011
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Kevin
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Shoreview
Posts: 3,356
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Re: Pets
So what happens if the power goes out?
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03-10-2011
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Shit Rocket Pilot
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Shoreview, MN
Drives: 2003 Evolution VIII
Posts: 7,752
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Re: Pets
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So what happens if the power goes out?
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A small amount of water flows into the sump and that's it. When it the power comes back it will resume operation.
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03 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII
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Originally Posted by Tachyon
Every minute you spend in your Evo, not in boost, is a minute of your life you'll never get back.
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03-10-2011
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flips McGee
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Re: Pets
Matt, you need a UPS and generator for that thing you've built there! I love that the aquarium itself is the pet, not just the fish in it. Very very nice, I didn't realize how much you had into this thing but it is awesome!
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...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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03-10-2011
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Shit Rocket Pilot
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Shoreview, MN
Drives: 2003 Evolution VIII
Posts: 7,752
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Re: Pets
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Originally Posted by scheides
Matt, you need a UPS and generator for that thing you've built there! I love that the aquarium itself is the pet, not just the fish in it. Very very nice, I didn't realize how much you had into this thing but it is awesome!
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Thanks.  It's a world all its own, the fish have their own personalities but it's an ecosystem in a glass box, the coral are animals too, just not a interesting to watch.
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03 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII
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Originally Posted by Tachyon
Every minute you spend in your Evo, not in boost, is a minute of your life you'll never get back.
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03-10-2011
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Manic Narcissistic
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Burnsville
Drives: IS300
Posts: 1,465
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Re: Pets
I have a cat. Her name is spaghetti.
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03-10-2011
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flips McGee
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Re: Pets
No more posts about what cats you have w/o including pics! everyone has a camera now 
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Originally Posted by Murlo26
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
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Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
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03-10-2011
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Manic Narcissistic
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Burnsville
Drives: IS300
Posts: 1,465
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Re: Pets
Fixed
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170whp/163wtq @ MAP (god I miss turbo)
asshanson: emily was grossed out and asked me what kind of movies i'm into, very awkward
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03-10-2011
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Older than Dirt...
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Inver Grove
Drives: IX EVO MR/SE
Posts: 483
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Re: Pets
2 purebred red Doberman female sisters, great freinds, super smart and loyal to the core!
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03-10-2011
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FLOSSEN
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Plymouth
Drives: 2011 corolla turbo S
Posts: 764
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Re: Pets
Marley and Ripper...
Ripper with his big bone!
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T-rev still #1 and lovin it!!!
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03-11-2011
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#18
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
Posts: 20,620
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Re: Pets
VAGINA
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I agree with Kracka.
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07-17-2011
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#19
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
Drives: 97 Eclipse GST spyder(Project car), 95 Corolla(DD), 91 MR2 turbo(Fun car)
Posts: 751
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Re: Pets
Back up! I've got an 8 months old Chihuahua. Looking to get a Boston Terrier also.
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07-18-2011
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#20
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,647
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Re: Pets
You guys really aren't Mitsu nuts until you name your dogs "Mitsu" and "Beeshe".
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