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fishytime

01-13-2009, 03:39 PM

Pan

01-13-2009, 11:39 PM

Your right Ron! Perhaps a strawberry grouper? :mrgreen: The order with the tunze products is finally arriving today (according to the trucking company), so hopefully I will be back in the tank today causing some major waves:mrgreen:. Little did my fish know that their New Years resolution is to loose weight by exercising more. More pics from yesterday.
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Great pics doug! i need your advice next time, got a gift of a zoa rock :) i looked them up they are either candy apply pink or some weird exotic one...need to wait till they open up in the system. They can take up to 3 weeks right? never kept zoa's before.....sorry for going off topic. Yoour tank looks amazing.....you should accept..... i'll volunteer to break in your tunze's you know...make sure everything works good for a few months :)

fishytime

01-14-2009, 02:55 AM

Great pics doug! i need your advice next time, got a gift of a zoa rock :) i looked them up they are either candy apply pink or some weird exotic one...need to wait till they open up in the system. They can take up to 3 weeks right? never kept zoa's before.....sorry for going off topic. Yoour tank looks amazing.....you should accept..... i'll volunteer to break in your tunze's you know...make sure everything works good for a few months :)

Thanks Ron. I like prezzies too:biggrin: Never kept zoas before??? Not to worry about the zoas. They can take a while sometimes to settle in.

The shipment I have been waiting for finally made it to the shop today:smilecol:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2574.jpg

Now for the hardest part. Deciphering all the instructions:mrgreen:

lorenz0

01-14-2009, 03:58 AM

man alive, thats some hardcore gear lol

looks great and would love to see what you think when you hook it up

btw, very jealous of the atu. sick off topping up my tank every time i get home

xtreme

01-14-2009, 04:08 AM

I just added an osmolator a couple weeks ago. You're gonna love it.

JDigital

01-14-2009, 05:10 AM

+1 on the jealousy of the ATO... wishing I had bought that instead of the Vertex skimmer on Boxing Day..

fishytime

01-14-2009, 05:24 AM

man alive, thats some hardcore gear lol

looks great and would love to see what you think when you hook it up

btw, very jealous of the atu. sick off topping up my tank every time i get home

I just added an osmolator a couple weeks ago. You're gonna love it.

Everybody who has an osmolator says they love it, so to me it was the only one to go with. I didnt tackle the osmolator yet, I will hook that up tomorrow in better light.

I did get the nanostreams in. The original plan was to swap out the two visible koralias with the nanostreams, but I ended up leaving the K4 in the middle of the tank and put one Tunze on each end of the tank. 6600 gph :biggrin: I didnt see a big difference in the flow, but when I plugged them in and put them on 100% the left side emergency drain started to trickle. So obviously more water is being pushed to that end of the tank than before. As I was tweaking the gate valves to get things balanced out in the overflows my skimmer started to overflow. So the increase in flow stirred up enough crud to cause the skimmer to go haywire(so much so, that I had to shut it off). I will play around with the different modes later. Im curious to see if the if the pulse mode will generate a wave or not with the other powerheads still going.

Heres a few more recent pics.

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Boomboy

01-14-2009, 05:37 AM

wow talk about macro shots. that shot is practically inside the clam.

fishytime

01-14-2009, 03:46 PM

wow talk about macro shots. that shot is practically inside the clam.

Im really impressed with the macro feature on my otherwise unimpressive point and shoot.

The last few pics from the last "shoot".

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Delphinus

01-14-2009, 04:49 PM

You should try some top-down shots of your clams :)

fishytime

01-15-2009, 03:29 PM

You should try some top-down shots of your clams :)

Man, there are some serious clam junkies here. I will get in the tank and snap a few more TD shots of the clams when the novelty of my new pumps wears of and I stop playing with them. Kevin ordered a millwaukee LUX light meter for the shop, so there is another toy I want to fiddle around with. It will be neat to see what the actual par readings are in the different areas in the tank. I still havnt got the ATO set up yet:redface:...to be honest the instructions confuse me. The translation between German and English is not so good. I read all the instructions for the nanostreams, controller and ATO at the same time and by the time I was done my brain hurt:mrgreen:. I will re-read the ATO instructions and maybe they will be a little clearer.

Oh... I almost forgot.... ROSIE!!!!:surprise: (bta) has returned from the dead:twised: Its been over a month since I thought she got chopped up by a powerhead. I removed as much of her as I could find but I guess I missed a spot. The increase in flow must have flushed her from where she was recovering. She looks very pale and isnt in a very good spot as far as light goes. I can however get to her to spot feed her. I have my fingers crossed that she will find a decent spot to settle down. Only thing now is, my tank( that I thought would never have one nem) now has two nems. Fortunately they are on opposite sides of the tank from each other atm and they are both BTAs, so if they do find each other they shouldnt fight....right? I may have said this before....nems is evil.

Delphinus

01-15-2009, 05:06 PM

Man, there are some serious clam junkies here.

:lol: AAaaand your point is.. ? :lol: ;)

so if they do find each other they shouldnt fight....right? I may have said this before....nems is evil.

Glad to hear the RBTA is still kicking around. :)

Ultimately, two BTA's in a tank shouldn't be a problem. IME anyhow..

michika

01-15-2009, 05:39 PM

What model is your P&S underwater camera again?

I second the call for more top down clam shots

fishytime

01-16-2009, 04:08 AM

:lol: AAaaand your point is.. ? :lol: ;)

Glad to hear the RBTA is still kicking around. :)

Ultimately, two BTA's in a tank shouldn't be a problem. IME anyhow..

No point really....just a general observation:mrgreen: Didnt really plan to have two BTAs in the tank tho. I had my reservations about one:biggrin:

What model is your P&S underwater camera again?

I second the call for more top down clam shots

Catherine the camera is a pentax optio wpi. Mines a couple years old now but I think they still produce them.

fishytime

01-18-2009, 04:28 AM

My regal tang either suffered some kind of eye injury or has pop-eye:sad:. Ive done two large water changes this week in hopes of bringing my nitrates down a little(15). It looked a couple days ago like the swelling in it had gone down but it since has ballooned up again to where it looks like it about to explode. He doesnt seem to be visually impaired atm, still eats like a pig and is acting normally. Im not sure what else to do about it.

Delphinus

01-18-2009, 05:26 AM

Sorry about his eye, I'm not sure what to suggest on that one. Medication maybe in a hospital tank? :(

As for the NO3, have you ever thought about using Taylor Aquatics Nitrate Destroyer?

Paverdude

01-18-2009, 03:06 PM

fishytime

01-19-2009, 04:07 AM

WOW just read from page 1 took 1Hr 45 Min
Great tank amazing vid

I keep looking in to canreef from time to time now you got me thinking about getting a new tank, 0 fish at present havent had a reef sence 2001

Nice tank

No Fish!!! My gawd man ...what do you do with your time....and money:mrgreen: Thanks for the kind words.

Sorry about his eye, I'm not sure what to suggest on that one. Medication maybe in a hospital tank? :(

As for the NO3, have you ever thought about using Taylor Aquatics Nitrate Destroyer?

Ok....nitrates wernt high( not that 15 is that terrible). The nitrate test kit I was using was a left over from the fresh water days. I picked up an API ( not the best I know but, no salifert so...) and it tested out twice at 0 (surprised me actually). So this leads me to believe the swelling is the result of an injury. I dont know if all regals are like this but mine does this "happy dance" after a feed where he rips around the tank in top speed bursts. He has made a couple sps frags for me this way so this is likely when it happened. Removing the tang for treatment would be a huge undertaking:neutral: Everything I read seems to suggest a week or two for a healing time. Its been a little over a week. I hate seeing him like this:sad:

Pan

01-19-2009, 08:13 AM

No Fish!!! My gawd man ...what do you do with your time....and money:mrgreen: Thanks for the kind words.

Ok....nitrates wernt high( not that 15 is that terrible). The nitrate test kit I was using was a left over from the fresh water days. I picked up an API ( not the best I know but, no salifert so...) and it tested out twice at 0 (surprised me actually). So this leads me to believe the swelling is the result of an injury. I dont know if all regals are like this but mine does this "happy dance" after a feed where he rips around the tank in top speed bursts. He has made a couple sps frags for me this way so this is likely when it happened. Removing the tang for treatment would be a huge undertaking:neutral: Everything I read seems to suggest a week or two for a healing time. Its been a little over a week. I hate seeing him like this:sad:
bulging eyes...hmm....you undressing in front of your fish again...sheesh

fishytime

01-20-2009, 04:39 AM

I finally got the tunze ato set up (after much head scratching over the instructions, or lack there of). I really like how it works. I had to break out the dremel and modify the trim on the inside of the sump to get the mounting bracket to sit correctly. Other than that, the tricky part was the clamp assembly on the mounting bracket. Better instructions would have helped big time here. They must have the same instruction design team as Ikea:mrgreen:.
I also added a second TLF phosban reactor to run carbon through. I had been running carbon in a media bag in a Aquaclear HOB filter on the sump but that was noisier than the entire system. I am gonna give the rowa-carbon a try.
Annnd I switched out another couple bulbs. I didnt like how yellow the geissmann midday bulb made the tank look so I swapped it out for a geissmann actinic+. I will know how I like it tomorrow as I made the switch after the lights went out tonight.
The regal isnt looking any better:neutral:

Heres some new TD clam shots for the junkies out there:razz:
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lobsterboy

01-20-2009, 05:22 AM

nice clams doug.

Delphinus

01-20-2009, 05:33 AM

Daaaaaaaang man. Nice!! :)

Lance

01-20-2009, 05:54 PM

Nice clams. What size are they?

bignose

01-21-2009, 01:23 AM

very nice clams. Everytime my girlfriend sees one she bugs me to get one.

michika

01-21-2009, 02:04 AM

Regal sounds like it has pop-eye. Any photos of it?

fishytime

01-22-2009, 02:22 AM

nice clams doug.

Daaaaaaaang man. Nice!! :)

Nice clams. What size are they?

very nice clams. Everytime my girlfriend sees one she bugs me to get one.

Thanks guys. These wernt the first to go from that particular shipment. Catherine took first pick if I remember correctly. It didnt mater...there wasnt a "bad" clam in the entire shipment. Lance the maximas are 1 1/2" to 2" and the crocea is about 3". I have another green crocea that is about 5".

Regal sounds like it has pop-eye. Any photos of it?

Most things Ive read about pop-eye say that it is rare that it effects only one eye??? Other than the swelling the eye appears to be normal. No milky or cloudy appearance. I think the swelling may be going down. It doesnt appear as puffy as yesterday.

michika

01-22-2009, 02:26 AM

Thanks guys. These wernt the first to go from that particular shipment. Catherine took first pick if I remember correctly. It didnt mater...there wasnt a "bad" clam in the entire shipment.

I am totally the Clam Vulture! :lol: You're right though the shipment was amazing!

fishytime

01-22-2009, 02:56 AM

Pan

01-22-2009, 04:01 AM

I forgot to mention. What a difference one bulb makes!:surprise: The actinic+ for midday swap is a winner. I love the way it looks. The spread is from the front to the back (first six- tek light, last two- hagen light)

Giessemann Pure Actinic
Aqua Science 15000k
Giessemann Aquablue+
KZ Fiji purple
Aqua Science 15000k
Giessemann Actinic+

Aquamedic 10000k
Aquamedic Reefblue

Pictures doug.....
that list of words is meaningless....to me it looks like alternating black and white letters....you have to give me more than that....er us :)

fishytime

01-23-2009, 09:20 PM

Pictures doug.....
that list of words is meaningless....to me it looks like alternating black and white letters....you have to give me more than that....er us :)

I am doing some work in the tank this afternoon so will quickly do the glass and snap a couple shot when it gets dark outside(otherwise I get major glare from the living room window).

My regal is almost 100% better.:biggrin: It has been just over two weeks and was starting to worry he was going to loose the eye. Looks like my decision to leave it in the display and wait things out worked out this time.

Nems is evil....have I mentioned that? My green bta split:neutral:.....Now I have three!
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fishytime

01-24-2009, 02:45 AM

Ok here are some before and after shots of the tank as requested. Before had a G midday and after has G actinic+.
before
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after
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before
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after
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And a couple more random pics with the new bulb.

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FlamesFan

01-24-2009, 05:26 AM

fishytime

01-24-2009, 03:18 PM

Hey doug. This is Sean, that silly guy who was doing some reno work at maxwell beside RC. Long time no see :cry: I really need to find time to get down to that end of town. Why are you guys so far! Anyways I've been trolling your build for a while now and everything looks great. I also recently took out a g midday too. I found I got way to much algae stimulation with it and also it's very "white". I replaced it with a kz fiji purple and loved it.

Oh I also read in a diff post that you been dosing with "some" ZEO product and have had good results. I have moved into a full ZEO dosing regiment (minus the reactor) and have had great results aswell. Just a question, I read you don't use the zeo amino acid product because it's much cheaper. Im wondering if you have had good results with it. Some people have posted switching from the Zeo amino to another product and then ending up switching back due to the results. I trust your opinion though and honestly saving any coin in this hobby is a good thing.

Hey....hows it going man? Your right ....you should make it up our way more often:biggrin: Thanks for the comp. For me it wasnt algae, it was purely the color that I didnt like. I thought the midday would increase coral growth and had I been able to live with the color I suppose it would have done that. The color looked more yellow to my eye. I guess I can live with slightly slower growth rates in lue of a more visually appealing tank. Thats the beauty of T5s. You can custom tailor the appearance by mixing bulbs.

Honestly....when Im done with this bottle of Seachem amino,I will likely switch to the Pohls.Not becuase I am unhappy with the seachem, but because of the reputation of the Pohls products as being the "best". I started my amino dosing with the seachem at the suggestion of a customer and the benefits were almost immediate. I agree trying to save a few bucks where you can is essential, but like most things in this hobby ...you get what you pay for.

FlamesFan

01-24-2009, 03:48 PM

Hey....hows it going man? Your right ....you should make it up our way more often:biggrin: Thanks for the comp. For me it wasnt algae, it was purely the color that I didnt like. I thought the midday would increase coral growth and had I been able to live with the color I suppose it would have done that. The color looked more yellow to my eye. I guess I can live with slightly slower growth rates in lue of a more visually appealing tank. Thats the beauty of T5s. You can custom tailor the appearance by mixing bulbs.

Honestly....when Im done with this bottle of Seachem amino,I will likely switch to the Pohls.Not becuase I am unhappy with the seachem, but because of the reputation of the Pohls products as being the "best". I started my amino dosing with the seachem at the suggestion of a customer and the benefits were almost immediate. I agree trying to save a few bucks where you can is essential, but like most things in this hobby ...you get what you pay for.

*sigh* thats what I figured. I guess I will still put the money up for the KZ products lol. Your so true with "you get what you pay for". Atm I am kicking myself in the ass for buying a euroreef RS skimmer. If I would have known better I wouldn't have have thought that 1000 dollar bubble king wasn't a rip off :razz:. Now I wanna get rid of this thing and pick one up. Or at minimum something that recirculates.

As far as the midday bulb, yeh it was an ugly ass yellow. For some reason though it really stimulated "common" green film algae growth in my tank. Especially on my glass. As soon as I swapped it out for a KZ fiji purple I went from having to clean my glass daily to once every couple days.

I am going to have to get some pics up of my tank one day to show you, but unfortunately my 150 dollar camera mixed with my noobie photography skills really takes shitty pictures. For some reason my camera can't seem to take a picture of my tank that's not blurry or has bad white balance. Even in macro mode. Who knows, maybe the camera is fine and it's all the end user :redface:

fishytime

01-26-2009, 04:24 PM

My camera is a P&S that wasnt terribly expensive.Most of the outside the tank shots I do with a tripod. That makes a huge difference. The close ups and top downs are done with the camera in the tank and obviously I end up rattling off a few shots, trying to get non-blurry and subject centered pictures.

Crappy pics is better than noooo pics.:biggrin: On that note.... heres a couple crappy actinic shots.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2604.jpg
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fishytime

01-27-2009, 05:38 AM

I got him!!!!!

ElGuappo

01-27-2009, 05:50 AM

So how long did it take???

fishytime

01-27-2009, 06:11 AM

About three hours. My flame angel gets an assist. I cut the bottom off one of my acan frags to mount it permanently my rockwork. I put the epoxy on and squished it in where I wanted it. The whole process of course irritated the heck out of the acan causing it to slime like crazy. The bi-color was on it in a second, pecking the ba-jeebers out of it. That was the straw so to speak. I put the bottle trap in and baited it with the slimming acan.I left the neck part of the trap off so there was just one large opening. So I sat.......on the coffee table in front of the tank......caught my solar wrasse twice, again....bonehead....My Talbots damsel swims in(he doesnt know it but Ive secretly been wanting him out of the tank too)....I jump up, plunge my hand in the tank and cover the opening to the trap....but not well enough...he squeezed out as I tried to get the trap out of the tank.... Finally the target fish neared the opening to the trap...just then my flame angel took a run at the bi-color , scaring him into the trap...again I swoop in and this time cover the opening better and....:BIG:

lastlight

01-27-2009, 06:31 AM

JDigital

01-27-2009, 06:56 AM

Congratulations... That deserves a beer.. or two. :mrgreen:

Carmen

01-27-2009, 01:32 PM

YAY@!!!! So exciting isn't it!!!!!!!:mrgreen:

Alberta-newb

01-27-2009, 03:20 PM

I had to chuckle to myself, using an Acan as bait?...brilliant!:lol: Congrats on the catch. So has he been banished to the "sump of doom?"

fishytime

01-27-2009, 10:30 PM

That story got me excited. The sort of excitement that belongs on one of those 'you know you're a reefer when...' lists. Nice work. I've only ever hunted crabs but these battles we have get intense (and kill the arms when you're poised waiting!)

The difference after your bulb swab is incredible. I love the new look you've got there.

Ya, I cant believe I sat there for three hours.Dont know if Im a reefer or on reefer:mrgreen: Thanks man.The look isnt as different in the pictures as it seems in person.

Congratulations... That deserves a beer.. or two. :mrgreen:

Sleeman HB chilling as I type this.

YAY@!!!! So exciting isn't it!!!!!!!:mrgreen:

Exciting.....yes it was. Im glad the g/f is away in Mexico because I would probably never live down the the little victory dance I did when I got him.:redface:

I had to chuckle to myself, using an Acan as bait?...brilliant!:lol: Congrats on the catch. So has he been banished to the "sump of doom?"

Yup to the sump he went and now is on his way to a fowlr tank. Thanks Simba(Todd).

fishytime

01-31-2009, 03:05 AM

I added this blue tipped green bodied millie. I am hoping it stays this color. Millies do strange things in my tank.:neutral:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2619.jpg

FlamesFan

01-31-2009, 05:45 AM

Hey man, so I finally got a fts of my system that I said id try to get ya. I still can't figure out why all my pictures turn out "hazy" or not as clear as other peoples pictures.

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3200/fts09fw0.jpg

lobsterboy

01-31-2009, 06:00 AM

eh doug, that milli looks great, i think if you keep on the zeo the green will turn yellow and the tips will stay blue. maybe kinda like that frag i gave you...? who knows eh. maybe it will get strange and turn into a roast turkey. :lol:

fishytime

02-01-2009, 01:33 PM

Hey man, so I finally got a fts of my system that I said id try to get ya. I still can't figure out why all my pictures turn out "hazy" or not as clear as other peoples pictures.

Hey looks good man. You make it up to the shop yet?

eh doug, that milli looks great, i think if you keep on the zeo the green will turn yellow and the tips will stay blue. maybe kinda like that frag i gave you...? who knows eh. maybe it will get strange and turn into a roast turkey. :lol:

I say that millies do strange things in my tank because about a year ago I bought two millie frags from Greg. One pink and one green. Over the course of the year the green millie changed into a pink millie (with green polyps).:question:

lorenz0

02-02-2009, 03:49 AM

that millie looks like it will get a nice blue to it with green polyps. or maybe a deep purple

still an awesome colony

JDigital

02-03-2009, 04:24 AM

So no new pics?? :wink::twised:

FlamesFan

02-04-2009, 12:25 AM

Hey looks good man. You make it up to the shop yet?

Haven't made it down there yet. Gimme the heads up on a good SPS shipment and I might have to make the special trip. I usually work all around town but i've been getting lots of jobs in the south, close to home.

fishytime

02-05-2009, 03:19 AM

Haven't made it down there yet. Gimme the heads up on a good SPS shipment and I might have to make the special trip. I usually work all around town but i've been getting lots of jobs in the south, close to home.

Australia coming soon(we hope). Ive seen the pictures and all I can say is WOW!

eh doug, that milli looks great, i think if you keep on the zeo the green will turn yellow and the tips will stay blue. maybe kinda like that frag i gave you...? who knows eh. maybe it will get strange and turn into a roast turkey. :lol:

that millie looks like it will get a nice blue to it with green polyps. or maybe a deep purple still an awesome colony

Im not running zeo....just using a few of the additives. I just hope it stays the way I bought it.:lol:

So no new pics?? :wink::twised:

Ok....twist my arm:twised:....With the coral munching sob bi-color angel now gone I figured I needed to replace the acans that he ate. Mostly to make sure that I indeed got rid of the right angel.:lol: Also some random pics.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2628.jpg
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JDigital

02-05-2009, 03:22 AM

Ok....twist my arm:twised:....With the coral munching sob bi-color angel now gone I figured I needed to replace the acans that he ate. Mostly to make sure that I indeed got rid of the right angel.:lol:

I just wanted to see if you would cave... :wink:

Rbacchiega

02-05-2009, 06:01 AM

Doug, is that a rainbow acan? Any left at the store???

fishytime

02-05-2009, 01:05 PM

Doug, is that a rainbow acan? Any left at the store???

Im not sure Randi. This one isnt as nice as the frag that my bi-color ate. That one had more of the lime green in it. I dont believe there is another frag at the store. If you like acans wait until the Australia shipment comes in.....They are gonna be expensive but, OMG are they sweet.

Rbacchiega

02-05-2009, 04:45 PM

I have at least one type of Acan in all my tanks. I heart Acans. They are like are my chocolate of corals...they....well you get the idea.

PM me before the order comes in...I want first dibs LOL

michika

02-05-2009, 05:15 PM

I like the fish catching story!

The birdsnest I got from you is growing like a weed, which I love, and turning a more and more vibrant green as time goes on! The cap is beautiful, but its oddly being a slow grower. Thanks again!

How are you liking the new bulb?

fishytime

02-07-2009, 02:54 PM

I have at least one type of Acan in all my tanks. I heart Acans. They are like are my chocolate of corals...they....well you get the idea.

PM me before the order comes in...I want first dibs LOL
Gotta like a women that hearts acans.:mrgreen:We are getting them as colonies and will likely be fragging them up so there should be plenty to go around.
I like the fish catching story!

The birdsnest I got from you is growing like a weed, which I love, and turning a more and more vibrant green as time goes on! The cap is beautiful, but its oddly being a slow grower. Thanks again!

How are you liking the new bulb?

The things we do for this hobby huh?
Your welcome Catherine.Birdsnest is a great coral for the ego....easy to take care of and grows really fast. Most of my montis took a while to settle in to the tank, but once they do settle down they grow pretty darn fast too.

Loooove the new bulbs. It really changed the way the tank looks. Im thinking I may swap in two of the KZ "new gen" bulbs. I placed them side by side with the Giessmann blue+ at the store and the color of the two bulbs is slightly different, although they are both supposed to be 15000k.

I might be removing my solar wrasse:sad:. I dont really want to but we got a few bonded pairs of "hooded" fairy wrasses in at the shop that I just cant pass up. I will need to rig up some kind of top first as I cant risk these new high-end wrasses carpet surfing. I think I will add the pair and see what happens. I know that I will be able to catch the solar wrasse as I have caught him three times as a bi-catch when I was fishing for my bi-color angel. I just think that two hoodeds, a solar and a carpenters flasher might be a whole lotta wrasse for a 110g tank. Also, Im still hoping that I will find my "holy grail" fish... a lineatus wrasse.*fingers crossed*

Pan

02-07-2009, 07:13 PM

Gotta like a women that hearts acans.:mrgreen:We are getting them as colonies and will likely be fragging them up so there should be plenty to go around.

The things we do for this hobby huh?
Your welcome Catherine.Birdsnest is a great coral for the ego....easy to take care of and grows really fast. Most of my montis took a while to settle in to the tank, but once they do settle down they grow pretty darn fast too.

Loooove the new bulbs. It really changed the way the tank looks. Im thinking I may swap in two of the KZ "new gen" bulbs. I placed them side by side with the Giessmann blue+ at the store and the color of the two bulbs is slightly different, although they are both supposed to be 15000k.

I might be removing my solar wrasse:sad:. I dont really want to but we got a few bonded pairs of "hooded" fairy wrasses in at the shop that I just cant pass up. I will need to rig up some kind of top first as I cant risk these new high-end wrasses carpet surfing. I think I will add the pair and see what happens. I know that I will be able to catch the solar wrasse as I have caught him three times as a bi-catch when I was fishing for my bi-color angel. I just think that two hoodeds, a solar and a carpenters flasher might be a whole lotta wrasse for a 110g tank. Also, Im still hoping that I will find my "holy grail" fish... a lineatus wrasse.*fingers crossed*
You mean a "beta fish" Wrasse...mwhahaha

fishytime

02-10-2009, 02:18 AM

You mean a "beta fish" Wrasse...mwhahaha

The beta fish (Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus) wrasses were doing really well so they came home from the shop last night. I released them into the display and they both dive bombed into the rock. The female found a good spot at the bottom of the tank and rested there for quite a while. The male didnt have it so good. The spot he chose is frequented by my now aggressive flame angel( he wasnt before, when I had the bi-color angel), who proceeded to harass (pun intended) the newbie for the rest of the evening. Im assuming the pair spent their first night in the tank alone. There was no sign of either of them in the morning and I spent my morning at work thinking I should have rigged up the egg crate top the night before. So......I ran home at lunch to find the pair reunited and not straying to far from what I guess is home base for them for now(a rock in the back of the tank:neutral:). Both fish ate with the rest of the gang first feeding and in watching them tonight they are slowly expanding their roaming. I havnt been able to get a pic of my own yet, bit I found this old thread about the fish from another forum that contains a few good pics http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=69550& .

JDigital

02-10-2009, 02:38 AM

The one wrasse I posted in the Red Coral Picture thread is your fish.... welcome to use it in your thread.. :)

fishytime

02-13-2009, 12:57 PM

A couple pics of some new goodies.

Alien eye favia.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2654.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2652.jpg

Acan Maxima (methinks)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2640.jpg

Rbacchiega

02-13-2009, 03:58 PM

:bad-word: how do I not see these?! Well, I saw the Acan, but, for once, it didn't do anything for me. That favia though....

lorenz0

02-14-2009, 05:11 AM

oh man i was looking at those favia's today. i am affraid of going in tomorrow they are so nice

Rbacchiega

02-14-2009, 05:24 AM

hahaha well I might just have to meet you there! I'll be heading up there Sunday for sure though....

fishytime

02-19-2009, 12:56 PM

:bad-word: how do I not see these?! Well, I saw the Acan, but, for once, it didn't do anything for me. That favia though....

oh man i was looking at those favia's today. i am affraid of going in tomorrow they are so nice

There was some nice stuff in that order. Not near as much as we were hoping for. I am developing a serious fondness for acans, favia and blastos lately. Now that the little coral muncher is gone I seem to be able to add and keep them now.

Pan

02-19-2009, 08:28 PM

There was some nice stuff in that order. Not near as much as we were hoping for. I am developing a serious fondness for acans, favia and blastos lately. Now that the little coral muncher is gone I seem to be able to add and keep them now.

I'd buy some but you always get what i want before i can get there :)

j/k :) Tank is looking awesome doug.

fishytime

02-22-2009, 03:14 PM

I'd buy some but you always get what i want before i can get there :)

j/k :) Tank is looking awesome doug.

Thanks alot Ron. Compliments always mean a little more when they come from someone who really knows their stuff.

Pan

02-22-2009, 07:01 PM

Thanks alot Ron. Compliments always mean a little more when they come from someone who really knows their stuff.

I try...:laluot_06:

fishytime

02-27-2009, 12:39 PM

Goodie update. I picked up a couple colonies from J....thanks again man! A little un-happy still but....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2661.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2665.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2660.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2666.jpg

and a few things I brought home from the shop yesterday
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2671.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2670.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2669.jpg

lobsterboy

02-27-2009, 02:40 PM

:jaw: sweet acans

Rbacchiega

02-27-2009, 03:08 PM

*look at me, I'm Doug, I have amazing Aussie Acans* blah blah blah

Those are some definate stunners Doug, great job

lorenz0

02-28-2009, 09:18 PM

you acan addict lol. for sure some nice stuff you picked up

fishytime

03-01-2009, 02:32 PM

:jaw: sweet acans

*look at me, I'm Doug, I have amazing Aussie Acans* blah blah blah

Those are some definate stunners Doug, great job

you acan addict lol. for sure some nice stuff you picked up

Thanks guys. Funny how coral trends show up. For about a year it was all about zoanthids for me. I had to have them all. Now I am going through a serious acan/favia/blasto phase.

fishytime

03-02-2009, 03:09 AM

And a bit of a wrasse phase. Added this one yesterday. He has got a bit of ick but is out exploring and eating already. Full, healthy looking fish, so I expect he will kick the ick. Best pics I could get so far....sorry.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2680.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2675.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2691.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2692.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2690.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2684.jpg

Carmen

03-02-2009, 03:46 AM

That last shot is a good one of the mystery wrasse! Beautiful face!

Hairytank

03-02-2009, 05:46 AM

Congrats on the TOTM Doug,

I agree those Acans and the wrasse are incredible! By the way, you do us T5'ers proud...it is looking great. :lol:

Hairy

OCDP

03-04-2009, 04:21 PM

Congrats on TOTM again..

That wrasse is gorgeous. I love the colour combinations on him.

ElGuappo

03-04-2009, 05:07 PM

what a WRASSE Fiend you are.

sharuq1

03-04-2009, 09:22 PM

Congrats on TOTM, looks fabulous!

fishytime

03-06-2009, 02:35 AM

Congrats on the TOTM Doug, By the way, you do us T5'ers proud...it is looking great. :lol:

Hairy

Congrats on TOTM again

Congrats on TOTM, looks fabulous!

Thanks alot guys! The TOTM is a bit of a shocker for me. I always thought my tank wasnt "big budget" or "high tech" enough....Did that make sense?:mrgreen:

fishytime

03-06-2009, 02:50 AM

I agree those Acans and the wrasse are incredible!
Hairy

That wrasse is gorgeous. I love the colour combinations on him.

what a WRASSE Fiend you are.

I definitely dooooooo love my wrasses. The mystery wrasse has been on my want list ever since I started keeping a reef. I am really happy to finally have one. He is doing really well...so much so that he has taken a serious disliking to my female hooded wrasse. Good sign I suppose but not so good for the little lady.

Speaking of my love for wrasses:biggrin: My "holy grail" fish has always been a Lineatus wrasse. Kevin told me last week that lineatus wrasses were on one of our suppliers lists and asked me if he should bring one in. I was like.....YA! He arrived yesterday afternoon and after his acclimation went in to the display. I fed the tank an hour or so later and he ate!!!:surprise: I am soooo jazzed. He is a little bigger than perhaps I would have chosen but crap....its a lineatus! Once again sorry for the poor picture quality...best I could do so far.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2699.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2700.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2701.jpg

Trigger Man

03-06-2009, 03:06 AM

Beautiful fish, I wish my tank could hold one of them without the risk of one of my other fish killing it.

Pan

03-06-2009, 03:55 AM

I definitely dooooooo love my wrasses. The mystery wrasse has been on my want list ever since I started keeping a reef. I am really happy to finally have one. He is doing really well...so much so that he has taken a serious disliking to my female hooded wrasse. Good sign I suppose but not so good for the little lady.

Speaking of my love for wrasses:biggrin: My "holy grail" fish has always been a Lineatus wrasse. Kevin told me last week that lineatus wrasses were on one of our suppliers lists and asked me if he should bring one in. I was like.....YA! He arrived yesterday afternoon and after his acclimation went in to the display. I fed the tank an hour or so later and he ate!!!:surprise: I am soooo jazzed. He is a little bigger than perhaps I would have chosen but crap....its a lineatus! Once again sorry for the poor picture quality...best I could do so far.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2699.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2700.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2701.jpg
Nice...but... :)
The Mystery wrasse is nicer :)

Carmen

03-06-2009, 04:11 AM

Very pretty Doug!

Delphinus

03-06-2009, 05:01 AM

I think that's my holy grail fish too. One day ... I have some major saving up to do. In the meantime you might have to put up with me coming over to visit and drool at the sight of yours! :lol: Congrats, hope he does well and .. I can't remember, do you have a cover over your tank or a skirt? Wrasses being jumpers and all ..

lorenz0

03-06-2009, 06:07 AM

man you have just gone wrasse CRAZY. lol but a nice fish at that

fishytime

03-07-2009, 02:33 PM

Nice...but... :)
The Mystery wrasse is nicer :)
Really??? Why do you think that? Not trying to be a jerk ....just really curious about what you like better about the Mystery wrasse.
I think that's my holy grail fish too. One day ... I have some major saving up to do. In the meantime you might have to put up with me coming over to visit and drool at the sight of yours! :lol: Congrats, hope he does well and .. I can't remember, do you have a cover over your tank or a skirt? Wrasses being jumpers and all ..

Tony you are welcome to come and check it out anytime man. A lineatus may be easier to save for than you think. If you want, pm me and I can give you an idea of what we are charging for them. No cover yet.

man you have just gone wrasse CRAZY. lol but a nice fish at that

Wrasses:crazyeye::scramble::madgrin: lol

fishytime

03-07-2009, 02:36 PM

Beautiful fish, I wish my tank could hold one of them without the risk of one of my other fish killing it.
What do you have that you think would take out a lineatus? Your corris???

Very pretty Doug!

Thanks Carmen but I was hoping for input on my fish:redface::mrgreen::biggrin:

fishytime

03-07-2009, 02:40 PM

Heres a few random coral pics.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2728.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2724.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2723.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2718.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2717.jpg

Pan

03-07-2009, 05:04 PM

Really??? Why do you think that? Not trying to be a jerk ....just really curious about what you like better about the Mystery wrasse.

l

I like the coloring and the eye placement and look....it`s like a sixline that got dressed up to go out :)

The coloring on some of the fairly and flasher wrasses looks to Hodge podge for me....to much going on. The Mystery wrasse just appeals to me aesthetically that's all. But remember I like the scoprionfish and frgofish though so :)

Trigger Man

03-08-2009, 09:08 PM

Hey Doug you said that the Lineatus wrasse came in a little bigger then you wanted, around what size are you thinking it was? Ya I'm thinking the Red Coris wrasse would kill it, as I tried a Carpenters Wrasse a bit ago and it lasted 3 days. From my signature you can see the rest of my current fish, I don't think any of the others would be the culprits, but I could be wrong. Pm me the going rate for one, as I'm gonna try to get the Red Coris out to put one in.

fishytime

03-09-2009, 07:06 PM

I like the coloring and the eye placement and look....it`s like a sixline that got dressed up to go out :)

The coloring on some of the fairly and flasher wrasses looks to Hodge podge for me....to much going on. The Mystery wrasse just appeals to me aesthetically that's all. But remember I like the scoprionfish and frgofish though so :)

I think they both have their pluses. Mystery wrasse has the slightly more subtle beauty, funky eyes and cool behavior (the hunting part anyway). The fairies have that in your face beauty and are much more well mannered.

Hey Doug you said that the Lineatus wrasse came in a little bigger then you wanted, around what size are you thinking it was? Ya I'm thinking the Red Coris wrasse would kill it, as I tried a Carpenters Wrasse a bit ago and it lasted 3 days. From my signature you can see the rest of my current fish, I don't think any of the others would be the culprits, but I could be wrong. Pm me the going rate for one, as I'm gonna try to get the Red Coris out to put one in.

I didnt know what size it was...I didnt really care to be honest. Kevin said "so and so" has some, I said I want one. The one I got is probably four inches or so. If I had the luxury of choosing, I would have picked one 2"-2 1/2" to enjoy watching it mature. Also Ive noticed that my regal tang doesnt care to much for the lineatus. All of the small fish I have added since the regal was in the tank have gone un-noticed, so I think if the lineatus was a touch smaller he would have blended into the crowd a little better.

Some more coral pics (Hey lobsterbi check out that little frag you gave me in my last set of pics)

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2716.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2719.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2709.jpg
Not a bad bonus shot of the acro crab living in this colony.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2708.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2707.jpg

JDigital

03-09-2009, 07:15 PM

Looking good, all those shots are nice, but that last one is a real eye catcher! Nice work.:mrgreen:

fishytime

03-10-2009, 12:59 AM

Looking good, all those shots are nice, but that last one is a real eye catcher! Nice work.:mrgreen:

:hail: I am a mere grasshopper to your sensei.

lobsterboy

03-15-2009, 06:58 AM

Heres a few random coral pics.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2723.jpg

lookin good doug!!!:biggrin:

fishytime

03-21-2009, 02:51 PM

I think I convicted and sentenced my bi-color angel on a case of mistaken identity.:neutral: My acans are still being eaten. Last week I lost my new alien eye favia frag and my "lord" acan frag. I have three suspects....flame angel, regal tang( who I have seen picking at another favia colony I have) or my pepermint shrimp. The flame and regal are staying...Im not getting rid of either of them, so my coral stocking plans will have to change. I have a line on a rainbow acan frag(my Holy Grail coral) that I will seriously have to think about passing on:sad:

I am also going through a serious macro algae, kelp type seaweed bloom. Its everywhere in the tank.:redface: I finally got a few hours off yesterday afternoon and used the time to remove the 2x24w HOT5 retrofit kit I had in my old frag tank canopy and installed it over the fuge area of my sump. Sooooo....I now have a functioning refugium:lol: Only a year after I started the tank:redface: The only bulbs I had were a fiji purp and a reef blue, so I will have to bring home a couple new bulbs and a handfull of cheato from the shop. Hopefully a good ball of cheato will make a dent in the algea that I have in the display. I also am going to step up my efforts to remove a couple more fish, in hopes of reducing the bio-load in the tank. My coral feeding has also been reduced.

Alberta-newb

03-22-2009, 03:40 AM

Hairytank

03-22-2009, 05:57 AM

OK Doug, I am not sure what you are doing to that Pokerstar monti, but mine is more of a brownish green..yours is looking wow!...I need to check my parametes again..

fishytime

03-23-2009, 03:17 PM

Sorry to hear about the algae problem! Believe me when I say "I feel your pain" as I'm going through an algae war myself...first the red turf followed by a bad case of cyano.:cry: (thankfully I believe the tide is turning in my favor) I'm sure your in much better shape than me judging by your photos. Your tank still looks great to me!

Sounds like some middle of the night tank watching is in order to find your culprit. I think fish are like dogs and only misbehave when no one is watching, I'd swear mine all look as if saying "it wasn't me!" when I discover an entire colony has disapeared overnight:biggrin:

You sure your flame doesn't want a new home? I think my potter's would like a buddy:wink:

I have nobody to blame but myself for the algae problem....my efforts to keep everything well fed coupled with a high fish load = excess nutrients. If I cant remove the two fish I am hoping to remove, I may have to think about A BK skimmer or something similar. Hopefully a big ball o cheato will at the least keep the algae from spreading further.
I am really leaning towards my peppermint shrimp(s), as the culprits. Kevin and I watch the peps at the store attack a recently fragged acan.

OK Doug, I am not sure what you are doing to that Pokerstar monti, but mine is more of a brownish green..yours is looking wow!...I need to check my parametes again..

You have no idea how long it took me "sharpie" in the green on that colony.:mrgreen:

lobsterboy

03-24-2009, 04:54 AM

*cough, cough* zeo to remove your nutrients *cough cough * :biggrin:

lorenz0

03-24-2009, 06:02 AM

*cough, cough* zeo to remove your nutrients *cough cough * :biggrin:

i second this statement he he he

JDigital

03-24-2009, 06:43 AM

*cough, cough* zeo to remove your nutrients *cough cough * :biggrin:

Nah... and loose the great color? Better off getting a BK Skimmer.. :wink:

fishytime

03-25-2009, 05:11 PM

*cough, cough* zeo to remove your nutrients *cough cough * :biggrin:

i second this statement he he he

:lol: Im not "mad scientist" enough to do zeo. I have enough trouble finding the time to do the little bit of testing and dosing I do now.... never mind try to fit the zeo program and the associated time on the zeo forums.

Nah... and loose the great color? Better off getting a BK Skimmer.. :wink:

And I dont have a thick enough wallet for a BK:lol:

Maybe a bigger tank would help.:mrgreen:

lobsterboy

03-25-2009, 07:38 PM

:lol: Im not "mad scientist" enough to do zeo

Doug, so are you coming over to my lab? if so can you bring some eye of newt, its going to turn my acropora blue. :lol::lol::lol:

just jokes, shoot me a pm, and let me know when your off

digital-audiophile

03-25-2009, 07:40 PM

Zeo! Just do it!! :)

fishytime

03-25-2009, 07:56 PM

Doug, so are you coming over to my lab? if so can you bring some eye of newt,

its going to turn my acropora blue. :lol::lol::lol:

Maybe thats what you are dosing...zeo wont tell you whats in their stuff :lol:
Ya but it will be a pastelie blue:mrgreen:

Zeo! Just do it!! :)

You guys are killin me....:biggrin:

Seriously though I feel like my tank is to much of a mixed reef for me to run zeo. I like my zoanthids and acans wayyyyy to much and think they would probably suffer from a low nutrient environment. John, weren't you recently selling some stuff that was unhappy because of the zeo ?:wink:

digital-audiophile

03-25-2009, 08:06 PM

JDigital

03-25-2009, 09:59 PM

:lol:

Maybe a bigger tank would help.:mrgreen:

The solution to pollution is dilution.... SO UPGRADE!!

That's some good propaganda.. I might have to quote myself for a sig.. :mrgreen:

fishytime

03-30-2009, 02:15 PM

My tank is totally mixed and on full zeo, you will have to see it sometime.

I have SPS, Zoos, Anemones, LPS - Brain, acan, lots of euphyllia (as you could tell by the rash :p) and they all seem to do well.

Id love to see your tank sometime.

I have been seriously tossing the idea of a 72"x24"x24" tank around, but I really enjoy having a g/f.:lol: She would leave me for sure if I upgraded. She darn near fainted when she found out what my last four fish cost.:lol:

More pics.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2732.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2720.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2714.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2711.jpg

lobsterboy

03-30-2009, 02:50 PM

the solution to pollution is dilution.... So upgrade!!

join us doug

JDigital

03-30-2009, 06:45 PM

join us doug

Are you upgrading too? :biggrin:

michika

03-30-2009, 07:04 PM

I spy with my little eye...a very pretty clam...I drooled a little...

lobsterboy

03-30-2009, 09:00 PM

Are you upgrading too? :biggrin:

yeah, 1000gal inwall. haha

Myka

03-31-2009, 06:06 AM

Hey fishytime!! I finally read your nem fiasco!! Up to page 21 anyway. Nice clams btw! My nem is still moving around...

fishytime

04-02-2009, 02:23 AM

I spy with my little eye...a very pretty clam...I drooled a little...
Only a little:sad: Thanks Catherine...I guess where I put them was ok after all?

Hey fishytime!! I finally read your nem fiasco!! Up to page 21 anyway. Nice clams btw! My nem is still moving around...

Nems is evil:twised::wink: How are your goodies doing?

I did another bulb swap....after reading recent threads about the the lack of par from actinic bulbs and algae growth from the red color spectrum, I figured I would see if I notice a difference with "pure actinic" and "fiji purps" out of the mix.

So I went from(starting at the front):

Giessmann Pure actinic
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Blue+
KZ Fiji Purp
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Actinic+

To:

Giessmann Actinic+
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Blue+
KZ New Gen
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Actinic+

JDigital

04-02-2009, 03:24 AM

Only a little:sad: Thanks Catherine...I guess where I put them was ok after all?

Nems is evil:twised::wink: How are your goodies doing?

I did another bulb swap....after reading recent threads about the the lack of par from actinic bulbs and algae growth from the red color spectrum, I figured I would see if I notice a difference with "pure actinic" and "fiji purps" out of the mix.

So I went from(starting at the front):

Giessmann Pure actinic
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Blue+
KZ Fiji Purp
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Actinic+

To:

Giessmann Actinic+
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Blue+
KZ New Gen
Aquascience 15000k
Giessmann Actinic+

FTS of the difference?

rattler

04-02-2009, 03:59 AM

Come on Josh, we all know only you can truly catch the beauty of Doug's tank. It's a good thing you were there to take pictures of his tank before he became a farmer ( of algae! ).

Cheers!

Geoff

fishytime

04-02-2009, 04:13 PM

FTS of the difference?
Probably tonight....need to clean the glass:redface:
Come on Josh, we all know only you can truly catch the beauty of Doug's tank. It's a good thing you were there to take pictures of his tank before he became a farmer ( of algae! ).

Cheers!

Geoff

Hey!.....was that some sort of crack about my photog skills? (or lack there of):mrgreen: Always had a green thumb:biggrin:

fishytime

04-13-2009, 06:19 PM

The past couple weeks I have been off work and spending lots of time in the tank. I spent two afternoons siphoning out algae and after 75 gallons of water I ended up with a small size filter sock near full of dictyota and brown wafer algae. Greg (snappy) was over and suggested a naso tang would eat both kinds of algae. So after some research and much debate (in my head) I added a small (2 1/2") Solomon Islands net caught blond naso. Probably dumb on my part to try and solve the algae problem caused by high nutrients with adding another fish, but the siphoning wasnt doing a dang thing and in my repeated attempts to siphon I have ended up snapping off several frags of sps....I was at the end of my rope of patience. The addition went really well. I was more worried about how a small tang would be received by my regal and yellow tangs than the added bioload. Both tangs hardly even noticed the little newcomer and the naso now has a nice round belly full of dictyota and wafer.

Another benefit of me being home is I have been able to test the tank lots to get a handle on how much Ca and Mg the tank is sucking up. I have been dosing 60ml of two part Ca to keep the levels above 400, 4 caps of T.A. Mg to keep Mg above 1300 and 6 caps of T.A dkh plus to try and raise my dkh above 6...its not working though.

Delphinus

04-13-2009, 06:25 PM

Every day?

Sorry the reason I ask is I'm sort of going through the same motions of trying to get a handle of the rate of consumption of Mg in my tanks. Either Mg is a lot lower than what I think it is going in, or the rate of consumption is a LOT higher than what I thought it was. I went through an entire bottle of TA Mg in one week and only raised Mg about 100ish which when you're starting at 900 and want to end up at 1300-1400 is not quite enough. I ordered new Mg from Chemmaster on the board and am now dosing that directly. Previously I had only used his Mg on water change water but I had run out so I had to buy some more, it came last week so as of now I'm seeing how much of that I can add to the tanks to see how much will raise Mg by how much and all that.

michika

04-13-2009, 07:38 PM

Mmmm blond tang!

So you were home for all that time and you don't have any photos to share? Ahem...Doug, you owe us photos...

I can't be bothered to fiddle around with my Mg. levels. I just have some of that Fauna Marin mag stuff for Ca. reactors. Its kind of like plug and play, but its less bothersom. I'm always around 1250-1350 depending on what is going on in the tank. I do give the two of you kuddos for trying to figure it out.

How are you determining if its because you have low Mg. levels to begin with, or because of consumption?

Delphinus

04-13-2009, 11:01 PM

I have some mag chips that could be run in a reactor but I guess for it to be useful I probably ought to run a reactor. I just figure it's not worth dialing in a reactor on a tank that should be shutdown any day now. Yes, yes I know I'm slow on a tank build. It's been mentioned once or twice. People may think I don't notice but I notice. :lol:

But even still, I'm now starting to wonder if consumption can be significant. I always took the viewpoint that if my water change water was OK then my tank would be OK because I figured consumption was nowhere near that of Ca and Alk. But maybe not.

I guess the short answer is (if you were asking me that is, and sorry Doug for the hijack) I hope to find that out by testing my water change water. If it's high or normal then I know it is an issue of consumption that needs to be addressed with dosing (or a reactor that outputs Mg). Although I suspect a reactor with mag chips only "sort of" deals with replenishing Mg, I'm not sure you can really tune a reactor 2 ways - ie., one vectror to maintain Ca/Alk and another vector to maintain Mg - I would assume all 3 would be output proportional to one another so if Mg depletion isn't directly proportional to Ca and Alk depletion then it stands to reason you'd still have to occasionally do some correctional Mg dosing, or adjustments via water changes (ie., add Mg to makeup water to help elevate after a waterchange or whatever).

I will say that I'm surprised how much Mg it takes to raise the levels. Makes me wonder if there is indeed Mg consumption going on .. but I dunno ??

Delphinus

04-14-2009, 06:36 AM

So at least in my case it's a case of the salt to blame for the depressed Mg. I tested the Mg out of a new batch (RBS of all things) and came up with 825. I'm sort of stunned, all this time I've been doing water changes like crazy and I've been bringing my Mg down because of it. Whoops.

fishytime

04-14-2009, 02:51 PM

That dosing regiment is indeed everyday. I have not yet tested my make up water to see if that is the culprit. After Tony's posts I am pretty sure it will test out low as I too am using KZRB salt. I had decided about a week ago that I would switch to the Deltec salt after reading some of the reviews and tests done on it. Most people seem to be pretty happy with it, with the only complaint being that it mixes up slightly dirty. I plan on mixing the H2Ocean with the KZ to slowly phase it in, but will test the first batch before I mix in the KZ and post my results. Im a little nervous about switching salts as aside from the algae trouble the tank seems to be doing well. I cant resist the lure of a shiny new salt that is being billed as "bang on" as far as Ca and Mg levels. I also like idea that it is a natural salt as opposed to a synthetic.

No new pics for you Catherine:sad:. The idea was, to get the tank cleaned up and presentable and take a round of pics, but one of my ballasts in my tek light pooped out last week so the tank is running on half wattage right now. This might actually be a good thing considering the algae. Really not impressed with my tek lights. This is the second ballast that has crapped out on me in less than a year. I think I saw that Kevin is looking into trying to get on board with ATI. If that pans out I will be ordering a power module for the tank, if not....Im gonna order a geissmann. The whole light thing has thrown my plans to upgrade the skimmer (bubbleking probably) on the back burner.

Another thing that I am not to happy with is timers for the lights. Cant anyone make a timer that lasts more than a couple months? Ive tried the coralife ones, Ive tried the no name ones(similar to the coralife), Ive tried the cheap rotary dial ones....they are all pieces of crap. If I added up all the coin Ive spent on timers, I would probably find that I could have bought a controller instead, which I am considering now. Im on the fence about which one though. After reading about Catherines (and others) troubles with the RKE, I think I have ruled that one out. So that leaves aquacontroller and the profilux. Anyone wanna chine in with experiences?

Pazil

04-15-2009, 01:09 AM

Hey Doug.. I used the digital coralife timer like this one...

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/product-info.php?product_ID=WM-ESUPCD

It has not failed on me (used for about 6 months). I still have it and am not using it if you need one we can swap for something :biggrin::biggrin:

Cheers
Lawrence

sharuq1

04-15-2009, 03:34 PM

My intermatics have not failed me yet. Just make sure you get the ones that can handle the voltage as there are several that can't. I read something on it, may have been on RC. I'm sorry I don't remember where I found that article.

Rbacchiega

04-15-2009, 04:01 PM

I've recently switched over to H2Ocean and am stoked about it. All of a sudden I'm noticing good growth in between each water change, and I'm not having to dose as much Ca or Mag.

Delphinus

04-15-2009, 04:08 PM

Oh no I'm not falling for that again. As soon as I buy a bucket they will suddenly all lose their Mg and it'll still be my fault for not stating the proper incantation before opening the lid or something. Randi I didn't realize you were part of the world conspiracy. Next you're going to tell me you have peppermints eat all the hundreds of aiptasia in your tank overnight, or emerald crabs clean up valonia .. or .. or .. oh never mind. I'm going to go put on my tinfoil hat now so you can't hear my thoughts anymore!

Rbacchiega

04-15-2009, 04:20 PM

did you try the vodka with the Dinos? Seriously, mine were GONE in a matter of 2 days.
I've never tried pepermint shrimp, as I don't have aiptasia in my tanks (Mwahahahahaha)

But I'll let you know if I ever need to

Delphinus

04-15-2009, 05:58 PM

It's an interesting thought but I have some doubts vodka will do anything as I'm already dosing TA NO3 Destroyer and I'm sure that stuff has vodka in it (smells like vodka anyhow??). It's a zoanthid tank with no seriously light dependent things in it so I'm just shutting the lights off for a week and see what happens. Sorry here I go hijacking poor Doug's thread again. Just so it's not a complete hijack: I'm not sure what brand of timer I use, but it's just some standard thing from Rona/HD/whatever with an electronic timer and 3-prong plug. I've got some that are 4 years old by now and still working .. Maybe it's Intermatic? I'm not sure offhand. I'll check out what it is and post back because I totally have no hesitations with them. Not bad for $20 or so. Also, I tried the dual-plug Hamilton timer, it generally is OK except 1) the plugs are not independent, it's just a convenience factor that you can plug 2 items into it without a plug extender, and 2) the clock does drift, after a few months I notice it's a good few minutes off the rest of the house. I'd guess around 15 minutes every 6 months or so.

Of course if you REALLY want a Profilux or something, don't let me stop you. :lol:

michika

04-15-2009, 08:31 PM

For the record my RKE is back up at 100%. It was those damned capsense buttons that screwed everything up. My Kevin couldn't even get near the unit without it freaking out. Digital Aquatics sent me a new head unit with actual push buttons and the problem is completely resolved. I'm really quite pleased with my RKE now, great value for my money and the product is evolving in a direction that really interests me and has a lot of potential to mesh well with all my future plans.

/hijack

Before we got the RKE we were using these digital timers we got from Rona in the car plug in timer section. Paid a few dollars more for them, but they've never crapped out, and they've been good to us. Had some of them for well over 4 years now. Let me know if you want a photo of one of them.

Salt is one of those things that always makes me cringe. Normally I'm all about trying new things just for the sake of trying them. However salt, is one of those huge no-nos because its not done me well in the past. I'm so hesitant about changing salt, but I'm really curious as to how it might work out for you.

JDigital

04-15-2009, 08:40 PM

I just finished switching my tank over from Aquamedic salt to H2Ocean, and bought my first full size bucket of H2Ocean yesterday... Tank seemed to respond well as I am seeing noticeable growth every week. :biggrin: Colors haven't been affected either IMO.

fishytime

04-18-2009, 03:12 AM

fishytime

04-18-2009, 03:16 AM

I've recently switched over to H2Ocean and am stoked about it. All of a sudden I'm noticing good growth in between each water change, and I'm not having to dose as much Ca or Mag.

I just finished switching my tank over from Aquamedic salt to H2Ocean, and bought my first full size bucket of H2Ocean yesterday... Tank seemed to respond well as I am seeing noticeable growth every week. :biggrin: Colors haven't been affected either IMO.

Well hopefully the H2Ocean is what its cracked up to be. Ive switched salts a couple times now and have seen no ill effects. Mind you I started mixing the two salts together when there was a half a bucket of the first salt left.

fishytime

04-18-2009, 03:21 AM

Heres some shots of the frags I got from Ottawa Inverts.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2937.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2942.jpg
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2941.jpg

fishytime

04-19-2009, 04:22 AM

A random splattering of stuff I thought looked ok.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2949.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2955.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2961.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2963.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2964.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2965.jpg

sharuq1

04-19-2009, 10:36 PM

Love the pics! Some pretty sweet corals in there. What's the purple paly?zoa? called? Really like that one. The green polyps on that frag look amazing!

fishytime

04-20-2009, 04:04 AM

Love the pics! Some pretty sweet corals in there. What's the purple paly?zoa? called? Really like that one. The green polyps on that frag look amazing!

I believe they are called purple halo palys...I think I miss qouted them as purple passion in another thread:redface: Will have to correct that.:mrgreen:

More pics:biggrin:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2966.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2967.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2969.jpg

And for you Catherine:wink:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2971.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2973.jpg

Carmen

04-20-2009, 04:09 AM

Those clams are PSYCHODELIC!!!:mrgreen:

sharuq1

04-20-2009, 11:48 PM

Wowee look at those gorgeous clams!!

Hairytank

04-21-2009, 10:41 PM

Great Pictures Doug!
Keep them coming..

fishytime

04-22-2009, 03:08 AM

Those clams are PSYCHODELIC!!!:mrgreen:

Wowee look at those gorgeous clams!!

Great Pictures Doug!
Keep them coming..

Thank a bunch guys.:biggrin:

First off I have to say how happy I am with the little naso...he/she is sooooooooo fat with algae and the tank is visibly cleaner. I never would have thought a fish that size would have such an impact. On the flip side I think he may be a stinker once he grows up some. He already doesnt show any fear of the two much lager tangs and even has a bit of "tude" about them.

Ok, so here is the reason for me switching salts. The tests from this morning were
sg .024
dkh 9 elos
Mg 1320 Sali
Ca 380 Sali
and I dosed
3 caps of Tailored aquatics dkh
3 caps of Tailored aquatics Mg
and 100ml of kent 2 part
Just to keep things where they are...I have dosed that amount everyday for four days:neutral: Something had to give. So the first and least expensive thing to change I figure is the salt. The slick new packaging is what sold me on the deltec salt...cool looking black bucket....oh ya and there was something else about the levels being good or something. So.....I tested it.

sg .024
dkh 5 not so impressed with that:sad:
Mg 1440
Ca 480
So I will be doing the first change on the tank tomorrow...I thought I could ease off on the testing but will now have to tweak things a little Im sure to get things figured out.....Im also sure an expensive calcium spewing gadget is in the near future. I love this hobby.:mrgreen:

JDigital

04-22-2009, 03:20 AM

Damn... dkh 5!?!... I need to make a batch and do some testing.... :neutral:

Delphinus

04-22-2009, 04:43 PM

:lol: I am soooooo done with any of these so-called "premium salts".

fishytime

04-23-2009, 12:54 AM

Damn... dkh 5!?!... I need to make a batch and do some testing.... :neutral:

:lol: I am soooooo done with any of these so-called "premium salts".

Well, the way I see things is I will hopefully need to dose less Ca and Mg by running this salt and it is less expensive than KZRB....a win-win for me, methinks. Of course I will make up those costs in test kits:mrgreen:

fishytime

04-23-2009, 01:44 AM

I picked up a couple more frags...these ones are from the "mac acro sps daddy" hiseff, Greg.:biggrin:

*holds frags up in display fashion with cheese eating grin on face*:becky:
a .convexa
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2976.jpg

rainbow stylophora
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2978.jpg

es355lucille

04-23-2009, 02:07 AM

Nice tank Doug, although I have not seen a recent picture of it. All those beautiful frags must look great in there. And the Clams --> WOW!

Give us a tank shot when you get a min.

JDigital

04-23-2009, 02:20 AM

Trying the Stylo again! Nice..

Delphinus

04-23-2009, 02:54 AM

Is it really cheaper in the long run though? If there's one lesson I can impart onto anyone from my mistakes, it would be "don't slough off on testing." If a number is important to you, you need to track it. I feel so completely burned on KZRB now, I felt "Well, I don't need to test because I paid more!" .. Yes it is my mistake and I accept responsibility for it .. the point is .. if I have to test anyhow and dose to adjust Ca/Alk/Mg anyhow ..then I might as well take the salt that costs half because the additives I use are paid for by the difference. For real. And they last me way longer than a bucket of salt. I guess there must be different break-even points depending on total volumes, bioloads, water change volumes and frequencies, targetted levels and consumption rates, and the additives one uses. (Wow, that's a lot of variables. Can we work in moon phases into the list too? :neutral: ).

I dunno, but it just seems to me that everytime I've listened to the hype about a salt, I've been disappointed. A salt is a salt? Can it really be a tipping point (barring "bad" salts or batches or whatever)..

Well, the way I see things is I will hopefully need to dose less Ca and Mg by running this salt and it is less expensive than KZRB....a win-win for me, methinks. Of course I will make up those costs in test kits:mrgreen:

Delphinus

04-23-2009, 05:33 AM

sg .024
dkh 5 not so impressed with that:sad:
Mg 1440
Ca 480

FWIW, just tested my first batch of IO since switching back to IO, here's what I got (not that you asked, but I hate testing, and I have to do it anyhow, so I'm going to tell anyone who listens now what #'s I come up with).

SG@1.025, dKH=11, Ca=340, Mg=1110. Interesting that one salt has the Alk and one has the Ca. Maybe a mixture of both is the answer? :lol:

JDigital

04-23-2009, 05:58 AM

Maybe a mixture of both is the answer? :lol:

Re-label it... Make Millions of $$$! :mrgreen:

michika

04-23-2009, 03:03 PM

Hey,

I couldn't send you a PM. But about that stuff we talked about yesterday. I did some research and didn't find anything else to add beyond what we chatted on.

Hope that helps.

P.S. Think I could be more cryptic?

fishytime

04-26-2009, 02:29 PM

Damn... dkh 5!?!... I need to make a batch and do some testing.... :neutral:

Josh...did you ever test out a batch of new water...Im curious to know what you got?

fishytime

04-26-2009, 02:32 PM

Nice tank Doug, although I have not seen a recent picture of it. All those beautiful frags must look great in there. And the Clams --> WOW!

Give us a tank shot when you get a min.

I would but the tank is still running on half the lighting it normally has....some of my sps on the dim side of the tank are beginning to suffer.:neutral:

fishytime

04-26-2009, 02:34 PM

Trying the Stylo again! Nice..

Actually this is the first stylo I have tried....tried poccilapora twice before with no luck.

JDigital

04-26-2009, 02:59 PM

Josh...did you ever test out a batch of new water...Im curious to know what you got?

Not yet, but after loosing my CBB, I am gonna make a batch today for a water change.. I'll let you know, I will be into the shop today.

fishytime

04-27-2009, 04:50 AM

FWIW, just tested my first batch of IO since switching back to IO, here's what I got (not that you asked, but I hate testing, and I have to do it anyhow, so I'm going to tell anyone who listens now what #'s I come up with).

SG@1.025, dKH=11, Ca=340, Mg=1110. Interesting that one salt has the Alk and one has the Ca. Maybe a mixture of both is the answer? :lol:

Re-label it... Make Millions of $$$! :mrgreen:

Instant H2Ocean:question:

fishytime

04-27-2009, 05:36 AM

Ive had a bit of a run of bad luck with the tank, that has left me with a serious case of the blahs. Its gotten to where I didnt want to come home and look at the tank tonight.

It started off a couple weeks ago when one of the ballasts in my tek light died. As I posted earlier the tank has been running on half wattage since then, waiting on a new ballast. The sps on the dim side of the tank are all starting to suffer. Some color loss and browning in one or two. The ballast is in so I be be back at full wattage again tomorrow night. The whole issue has left a bad taste in my mouth regarding the tek lights. Unfortunately upgrading to two 36" ATI powermodules (first choice) would set me back over $2000 and is simply out of reach atm. Soooo tek it is....for now.

In the process of doing some pruning recently I broke my candycane from where it was epoxied in, so Friday night I decide to "stick" it back where it was. As I am pushing it in place the entire center portion of my aquascaping shifted about 3" to one side:bad-word:....I thought the whole thing was coming down but I managed to stabilize it enough to work on fixing it. So I moved a few sps colonies to the sump and tried to fix the slide. We all know what happens when you move something in a reef aquarium....It didnt go back to the way it was and I am not happy with the new look. By this point my frustration level had peaked and I figured I would just get the stuff in the sump back in the tank and fix it later when I mellowed out a bit. As I am bringing my large orange monti from the sump it slips a bit from my grip and as I try and save it from hitting the floor, I squeeze and snap it into about twenty pieces:frusty:

Then last night I had to switch my lights off manually because I changed the timer from "timer" to "manual" mode. I guess the sudden and unusual blackout spooked my male hooded fairy wrasse and he "Peter Panned" 6' out of the tank onto the hardwood floor.:surprise:... I was standing right there and if I was on the ball probably could have caught him...as it was, he wasnt out of the tank for more than 15 seconds but when I put him back in the tank he spiraled down to the bottom and disappeared in the rockwork. I looked and couldnt find him this morning when the lights were off, but found him dead this evening when I got home. I know its entirely my fault for not covering the tank which makes me feel even worse.

*takes a deep breath*

Delphinus

04-27-2009, 05:44 AM

Sorry to hear about the wrasse. That's really odd that only 15 seconds did him in .. wonder if he hurt himself or somehow went into shock. :(

I've done similar things with SPS colonies. Don't laugh, but here's a suggestion (I've done this, or rather, "have had to do this", myself) .. you can glue them back together with superglue. They look a little Frankenstein at first, but they eventually grow over the seams.. FWIW..

Carmen

04-27-2009, 01:18 PM

Whoa Doug, not been a good week at all! So sorry about the wrasse. :cry: Maybe just hit the floor too hard? Best of luck on the aquascape repair. :neutral:

sharuq1

04-27-2009, 02:46 PM

That sucks Doug :( I feel for ya

Rbacchiega

04-27-2009, 03:39 PM

ugh, that sucks Doug.

Hope everything turns around for you mighty quick, I heart your tank

es355lucille

04-27-2009, 04:42 PM

Sorry to hear about the Wrasse Doug. Ours did the same onto the hardwood floor. I gave him a 9.5 out of 10.0 as he did a double half twist and smacked and stuck (with no bounce).......it took him a couple of days but he recovered. I think we got very lucky.

Ryan

04-27-2009, 04:58 PM

Hard wood floor and flying 6 feet. A small fish like that could have bonked his head pretty good and caused the death.

Alberta-newb

04-27-2009, 05:08 PM

Sorry to hear about the bad luck!

Tine

04-27-2009, 06:55 PM

What a fascinating story, I look forward to finishing it when I get some more (steal) free time, lots to learn in this story. Thank you.

I have been reading your thread all morning, 11.45 now have to go and do some work. (may need a bigger tank!!!)

fishytime

04-29-2009, 02:33 AM

I have been reading your thread all morning, 11.45 now.

Wow...must have been bored:mrgreen:.

Thanks for the comforting words guys and gals. Ive been feeling alot better about the tank...Kevin installed the new ballast in my light for me so I can now look at the tank without noticing the lack of light. I even managed to fight off the urge to console myself with a "big ticket" splurge buy for the tank.

I did another bulb swap though:biggrin:... so here is the new spread.
front giesemann actinic+
KZ new gen
aquascience blue
giesemann blue+
kz new gen
back giesemann actinic+

Heres how it looks

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2979.jpg

and some shots of the tank etc.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3007.jpg
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JDigital

04-29-2009, 02:51 AM

That blonde naso is larger than I expected... :lol: but looks great! How come there is a dark spot on that one bulb?

fishytime

04-29-2009, 03:31 AM

Um... mild camera glitch? I was having a heck of a time getting it to focus.

Pazil

04-29-2009, 03:42 AM

Looking awesome Doug!!!... Sit back and enjoy it now and quit stressing out!!

Cheers
Lawrence

JDigital

04-29-2009, 03:43 AM

Um... mild camera glitch? I was having a heck of a time getting it to focus.

Camera you got from me?

michika

04-29-2009, 04:03 AM

My, my, what a cute little Naso you have there!

I think the tank looks great! Are you finding the tang is helping you out?

fishytime

04-30-2009, 03:45 AM

Looking awesome Doug!!!... Sit back and enjoy it now and quit stressing out!!

Cheers
Lawrence
You should understand:biggrin: So much time and effort invested...its hard not to stress about it.:lol:
Camera you got from me?
No....twas mine olde one:mrgreen: Keep forgetting I have the new one:neutral:
My, my, what a cute little Naso you have there!I think the tank looks great! Are you finding the tang is helping you out?

Catherine Ive been telling him about his future home...how he has to grow up a bit before he can go live with you.:wink: He is like the stay puff marshmallow man ....he is soooo fat. So, not sorry I added him.

More pics:becky:
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fishytime

05-01-2009, 04:02 PM

And still....more pics.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP2996.jpg
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Phanman

05-01-2009, 04:29 PM

looks awesome Doug, but in person its just exquisite

michika

05-02-2009, 12:16 AM

Of all the interesting things I've seen and read today, I think this one takes the cake, and requires in the very least an explanation, although a photo explanation would be much more fitting methinks.

Red Coral has it now...as of today i think. or yesterday as it were...:)

I only know this because when i stopped by Doug was stuck to the counter.....

fishytime

05-02-2009, 12:31 AM

Of all the interesting things I've seen and read today, I think this one takes the cake, and requires in the very least an explanation, although a photo explanation would be much more fitting methinks.

What...why...where is that quote from??? If you want interesting pics all you have to do is ask:wink::mrgreen:

fishytime

05-02-2009, 12:32 AM

looks awesome Doug, but in person its just exquisite

Thanks John:redface:

michika

05-02-2009, 10:02 PM

What...why...where is that quote from??? If you want interesting pics all you have to do is ask:wink::mrgreen:

Hahah, it was from another thread here about TA glue I believe.

Show me them photos!

fishytime

05-03-2009, 04:26 AM

Hahah, it was from another thread here about TA glue I believe.

Show me them photos!

I must have totally missed that one...

You show me yours and ....:Banane28:

Well I figured 6700gph wasnt quite enough so......

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So at full throttle that would be 9100 gph......Notice to fish: you are officially on a new exercise program....Notice to lps and softies: hold on to your polyps.:biggrin:

It sure kicked of a storm of detrius and crap when I fired it up:lol:

Pazil

05-03-2009, 04:41 AM

Oh, how I want one of these!

JDigital

05-03-2009, 05:01 AM

Nice purchase Doug... I got one of those going in my 187.. :mrgreen:

fishytime

05-04-2009, 04:16 AM

Oh, how I want one of these!

But you would have to re-stable your ponies...:lol:

Nice purchase Doug... I got one of those going in my 187.. :mrgreen:

Like I said at the store mang.....your gonna need/want two......maybe three:mrgreen:

Im quite impressed so far with the vortech. Second thing I had to do when I cranked it up (after adjusting the overflowing skimmer) was, I had to adjust the gate valve on the left side drain (the side that I placed the vortech on, I wanted to put it on the right side of the tank but my frogspawn it right there), as the vortech created a void in the water column and the water level fell inside the overflow. It says in the manual that an undertow will form and they wernt kidding. The vortech is 1' directly above where my nems are and the undertow from it caused them both to shift positions on the island that they are on. I hope they dont "jump ship" and let go.I really wish they would devise a way to point these things....probably the only shortcoming of the pump.

I have a big decision to make....My previously mentioned frogspawn has been becoming increasingly un-happy with the increases in flow Ive been making. This was one of my first corals and in the course of a couple years its gone from being a small fist sized piece, to the human head sized showpiece(IMHO) it is today. I dont really want to part with it (and my g/f would kill me) but, Im afraid if I leave it in the tank, I may loose it. Its not as full as it was before I added the tunze powerheads and now it is gonna have to deal with the vortech. My biggest fear is, if I do decide to sell it, the buyer may frag it up and re-sell it. That would suck.....not sure what Im gonna do.:neutral:

Blom

05-04-2009, 05:11 AM

..not sure what Im gonna do.:neutral:

New Tank? I know a guy at Red Coral that may be able to help you out. Hah!

fishytime

05-04-2009, 02:27 PM

New Tank? I know a guy at Red Coral that may be able to help you out. Hah!

hmmmm.....sell the frogspawn= POed g/f....upgrade the tank = no g/f....I have a strict "no new tank" policy that is presently being enforced. Besides I hear those guys at RC are jerks:p

lorenz0

05-04-2009, 03:34 PM

vortech.... sell out lol

JDigital

05-04-2009, 03:53 PM

hmmmm.....sell the frogspawn= POed g/f....upgrade the tank = no g/f....I have a strict "no new tank" policy that is presently being enforced. Besides I hear those guys at RC are jerks:p

Perhaps you could enter the 2nd Nano contest and get a custom size tank and move the Frogspawn into that tank... No need to sell= Happy g/f... No upgraded tank = g/f stays... :mrgreen:

fishytime

05-04-2009, 04:36 PM

vortech.... sell out lol

Aw...that hurts man....cant a guy have the best of both worlds.....The pointabillity of the tunze and the sheer power of the vortech?

Perhaps you could enter the 2nd Nano contest and get a custom size tank and move the Frogspawn into that tank... No need to sell= Happy g/f... No upgraded tank = g/f stays... :mrgreen:

The policy clearly states..."no new tanks" so a new nano would be a blatant violation of the policy. It wouldnt be much of a nano with just the frogspawn in it anyway:lol:

JDigital

05-04-2009, 05:16 PM

Policies were meant to be broken...

Blom

05-04-2009, 05:19 PM

fishytime

05-05-2009, 02:14 PM

Well if I could help you out I would, but last I checked these things need water. And I am a ways away from having the "right stuff". But I could guarantee that the would be no fragging. What about at tank at the store for the time being?

Well I suppose the store is an option, but I wouldnt have control of who ended up with it. Its really important to me that it goes to someone that A) knows what they are doing, and B) someone who values the size of the thing. Ive also noticed that my red blastos havnt fully expanded since the addition of the vortech, so that may be another one that may have to be re-homed. Im gonna try moving it around to see if I can find a better place for it. The vortech is great and I really like it but its creating all kinds of havoc with my overflows. The stream is too powerful to leave going when I feed the tank, but when I put it in feed mode my overflows go all crazy and I have to re-adjust them. Oh the problems we face:mrgreen:

Blom

05-05-2009, 04:29 PM

I was looking at those Vortecs at RC the other day, pretty insane. Id like to see the flow it create, has to be fairly large seeing the under toe/current they say it creates.

fishytime

05-05-2009, 04:42 PM

I was looking at those Vortecs at RC the other day, pretty insane. Id like to see the flow it create, has to be fairly large seeing the under toe/current they say it creates.

PM me if you wanna come check it out....Im not to far from RC.

JDigital

05-05-2009, 11:43 PM

Maybe you should just keep the frogspawn and donate the Vortech to a good cause... like someones bigger tank.. :wink:

I'll have to swing by sometime and have a peak at this thing..

fishytime

05-06-2009, 01:58 AM

Maybe you should just keep the frogspawn and donate the Vortech to a good cause... like someones bigger tank.. :wink:

I'll have to swing by sometime and have a peak at this thing..

Thought you were gonna come by and get that nem:razz:

JDigital

05-06-2009, 02:10 AM

Thought you were gonna come by and get that nem:razz:

I know.:redface:... I wasted the afternoon hanging around RC (again....), then did the trim on my tank stand, and then didn't want to leave the house..

fishytime

05-06-2009, 02:11 AM

Water change day, so that means clean glass and happy corals.

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Myka

05-06-2009, 03:53 AM

fishytime

05-06-2009, 04:21 AM

Nice birdnest! I have a recent fascination with the different birdnests lately... When I worked at J&L there was a shipment that came in where the birdnests were bright pink, and the polyps were NEON purple/blue. They were RAD. Sold in like 2 hours. :lol:

Well these shots are for you then:biggrin:
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...and some more for everyone else:mrgreen:

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Myka

05-06-2009, 04:28 AM

Oooooooooo!!!! Very nice! What's the third coral...looks Favia-ish? It's freakin awesome.

fishytime

05-06-2009, 12:40 PM

"Circle gets the square!" Favia it is

fishytime

05-08-2009, 12:39 PM

More pics.

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Tine

05-08-2009, 02:08 PM

Great pics, is it time for another full shot of the tank? I would love to see it.

Everything looks so happy and healthy!

JDigital

05-08-2009, 06:36 PM

Pics look great from my blackberry! Haha. What's the first picture of?

fishytime

05-09-2009, 02:37 PM

Great pics, is it time for another full shot of the tank? I would love to see it.

Everything looks so happy and healthy!

Pics look great from my blackberry! Haha. What's the first picture of?

Aw man....another fts....I hate taking pics....:lol:

Thanks guys

The first coral is a green fuzzy rhodactis (I think) shroom.

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Blom

05-09-2009, 04:55 PM

What are the names of the 2nd, 3rd, and 2nd to last corals. trying to get and idea on what is what.

fishytime

05-11-2009, 03:57 AM

What are the names of the 2nd, 3rd, and 2nd to last corals. trying to get and idea on what is what.

The 2nd is Acropora greenius maximus fuzzius.....not sure about that one....the 3rd is montipora surina something or another...and the 2nd to last is acropora millipora "Christmas Sunset" variety

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fishytime

05-16-2009, 12:53 AM

Well.....Im giving up the frogspawn:cry:....man, I never thought that I would become sooooooo attached to a coral, but this was one of the hardest decisions Ive had to make with the tank. Im hopeful that buddy keeps his word and doesnt frag the piece up. So here are a round of pics that will be the last shots of the tank avec gargantuspawn.

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Pazil

05-16-2009, 01:23 AM

Wow Doug the tank is looking great!!!

Blom

05-16-2009, 02:00 AM

Wow Doug the tank is looking great!!!

+1... Freaking amazing.

JDigital

05-16-2009, 02:04 AM

Carmen

05-16-2009, 02:09 AM

Looks awesome! Really looks like some amazing growth! You're sure those blastos are happy eh?? :mrgreen: Kidding. So sad to see the frogspawn going! You'll have to fill it with an equally impressive piece!!!!! Ooo that sorta sounds fun! And the hunt is on....

lastlight

05-16-2009, 03:04 AM

Things are really starting to fill in bigtime...looks beautiful!

How on earth could you part with that beast? Grow a pair of manFrags and upgrade =)

JDigital

05-16-2009, 03:24 AM

Grow a pair of manFrags and upgrade =)

Glad someone agrees with me!!! :mrgreen:

fishytime

05-16-2009, 02:06 PM

Photo tip: Shorten your exposure from what you had, and those pics would represent the tank but more accurately.. (could also make the f/stop smaller instead... ie: f/3.5 to f/7.1)

Tank looks good though... gonna be sad to see that frogspawn go though. :cry:

Things are really starting to fill in bigtime...looks beautiful!

How on earth could you part with that beast? Grow a pair of manFrags and upgrade =)

Glad someone agrees with me!!! :mrgreen:

Thanks everybody! So its gone....buddy came last night and took it home....There is now a huge void in the tank that I spent the better part of the evening staring at:neutral:....Being that gargantuspawn was such a focal point of the tank Im thinking that I need to do something really cool with the rock work where he used to live. Im gonna pick through the LR at work today to see if I can find a couple pieces to make what I have in mind, come to life. That coral had some serious weight to it...like a couple pounds, easy. I did a quick and rough count of the heads while it was un-happy and there was easily 40-50. I miss it already:sad: Last time I checked, my manfrags were still there.:redface: Believe me....I would love to upgrade but there are too many reasons why I cant....money, space and the fact that we rent means that whatever tank I have needs to be somewhat portable, so anything bigger than this would be a major undertaking to move. Excuses, excuses....I know....I will take a few new fts pics once I am happy with how the reno goes. Gonna sound geeky but...live long and prosper Gargantuspawn.

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Lance

05-16-2009, 02:10 PM

WOW! The tank looks great; really filling in nicely.

JDigital

05-17-2009, 12:02 AM

Makes that birdsnest frag in the background look even smaller than it probably is... :lol:

fishytime

05-20-2009, 06:51 PM

WOW! The tank looks great; really filling in nicely.

Thanks alot Lance.:smile:

Makes that birdsnest frag in the background look even smaller than it probably is... :lol:

Hopefully that little frag of yellow birdsnest will become a new focal point of the tank.:mrgreen: I took your advice btw for this next round of pics...whatcha think?

So after picking through the lr at the store(and there is probably 400-500#s there) I finally held up a piece and went...."this might work".... got it home and.... it fit like a glove:smokin:. I knew I wanted to fill the area in a bit, so that I could glue in some recent frag additions. The thing is, I have a K2 powerhead stashed behind the rock work, pointing towards the front right corner of the tank that I wanted to keep. Also there is a zoanthid colony growing on the main pile of rock, right where it would be best to add rock. So simply pililng on a couple more chunks was something I wanted to avoid. So heres what the new scape looks like. The new piece "bridges" from the main pile to the overhang. This way I avoided the zoas, didnt have to move the powerhead and made another pass through for the fish......I think Im happy with it.:p

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christyf5

05-20-2009, 08:01 PM

Wow it looks awesome!! :biggrin: Whats the reddish orange fish in the last photo..some sort of wrasse??

fishytime

05-21-2009, 12:31 PM

A thousand thank yous mis Christy:biggrin:...the fish is a female hooded fairy wrasse.

More pics.
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Rbacchiega

05-21-2009, 04:20 PM

fantastic Doug...I can't seem to get enough of your tank..

lastlight

05-21-2009, 07:31 PM

I just love that last shot. Down the end always makes a nice reef look like an actual reef! So jealous of you people with water in your fishtanks lol.

Parker

05-21-2009, 07:41 PM

So jealous of you people with water in your fishtanks lol.

Yeah, but ours are easier to maintain!

JDigital

05-21-2009, 08:25 PM

Looking great doug.. Last shot is great! Looks like you picked up some nice pieces from Coral Master. :mrgreen:

fishytime

05-23-2009, 12:06 AM

fantastic Doug...I can't seem to get enough of your tank..

Thanks Randi....You may end up with some of my tank as partial trade/payment for that side project you and I have going:wink:

I just love that last shot. Down the end always makes a nice reef look like an actual reef! So jealous of you people with water in your fishtanks lol.
Looking great doug.. Last shot is great! Looks like you picked up some nice pieces from Coral Master. :mrgreen:

Cmon Bret....the new little-un is a week old.....get crackin on that tank already:biggrin: Thanks both of you....I thought that end shot turned out pretty good myself:mrgreen::mrgreen: There are only a couple frags that are from Greg (several, now colonies, though are from Greg)....Johnnybye(lobsterboy) has a few in there and Keith(24storm) hooked me up large when he came over for a chunk of green digi. Thanks again you guys!

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Rbacchiega

05-23-2009, 12:40 AM

Thanks Randi....You may end up with some of my tank as partial trade/payment for that side project you and I have going:wink:

*fist pump*

JDigital

05-23-2009, 03:00 AM

:sleeping: ..........................

haha, just kidding.. Lookin better and better.. :hail:

fishytime

05-24-2009, 02:35 PM

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sharuq1

05-24-2009, 04:33 PM

Freakin' gorgeous!

Blom

05-25-2009, 09:27 PM

You need to get a webcam up for the tank, that way I dont have to rent couch space from you and I get to burn countless hours watching it. Win Win in my view.

:behindsofa:

mseepman

05-25-2009, 09:40 PM

Could you tell me what the coral on the left side of photo #3 is...I have one struggling to stay alive in my nano but don't have a clue what it is.

Thanks.

A thousand thank yous mis Christy:biggrin:...the fish is a female hooded fairy wrasse.

More pics.
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fishytime

05-26-2009, 01:46 AM

Freakin' gorgeous!

:redface: thanks Kelly.

You need to get a webcam up for the tank, that way I dont have to rent couch space from you and I get to burn countless hours watching it. Win Win in my view.

:behindsofa:

Hmmmm the extra cash from a renter could mean an upgrade for me.....My couch is really comfy:couch2::mrgreen:

Could you tell me what the coral on the left side of photo #3 is...I have one struggling to stay alive in my nano but don't have a clue what it is.

Thanks.

Mark, I believe the coral is a Montipora Samerensis. Slightly different growth pattern than a digi. The mother colony is more of a rusty orange...it is front and center in my tank...not because it is a show piece, but because I have a dumbass 13" wide center brace....so I put most of my montis in the middle portion of the tank....and they dont seem to mind:mrgreen:

Hairytank

05-26-2009, 05:46 AM

Well it has to be said...I hate you....:lol:

Your tank is looking just simply wow!
Maybe you can adopt my tank...:wink:

fishytime

05-28-2009, 03:10 AM

Well it has to be said...I hate you....:lol:

Your tank is looking just simply wow!
Maybe you can adopt my tank...:wink:

Hey!....that was un-called for....:lol: Thanks Aaron.....you should come by sometime....I got a gift for ya:biggrin:

RC got a couple small sps shipments this last week and I thought one in particular had potential. It looks to be a tri-color of some kind...not really sure as it is all kinds of brown right now. The colony was a two-for....it had a small frag of poccilopora on it as well that I will have to frag off. Not sure that anyone wants to see pics of it, in all its brownie splendor....I will probably post some shots of it soon just for reference purposes.

fishytime

05-28-2009, 03:46 AM

I got motivated.... so here is the new stuff ...and a couple shots of one of my croceas...I can get a good clean shot of it now that Gargantuspawn is gone.:biggrin:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3201.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3204.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3205.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3206.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3209.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3208.jpg

JDigital

05-28-2009, 10:39 AM

Sweet stuff Doug...:biggrin:

Myka

05-28-2009, 04:48 PM

now that Gargantuspawn is gone.:biggrin:

Dang! I guess I missed it eh! I was hoping no one would want it being so big and all. :lol:

Tank looks great! :)

PS Woohoo!! 20,000 views on your thread! :D

fishytime

06-01-2009, 04:43 AM

Sweet stuff Doug...:biggrin:

Thanks Josh

Dang! I guess I missed it eh! I was hoping no one would want it being so big and all. :lol:

Tank looks great! :)

PS Woohoo!! 20,000 views on your thread! :D

See...I knew it!....size does matter:surprise:also there is something intriguing about the thought of you having my "spawn":mrgreen::lol:

Thanks Mindy....guess there is lots of bored peeps like me out there:p

I decided to add an Aquacontroller Jr controller package with an additional HD4 powerbar to the tank. Ive got the controller, temp probe and HD4 but I have to wait for the other parts to come to complete the package. Actually its still sitting in my truck until I can sneak it into the haus...anybody wanna come and distract my g/f for a few??

Myka

06-01-2009, 05:06 PM

Your biiiiig spawn. Rawr. :lol:

JDigital

06-01-2009, 05:57 PM

:twitch:........

Anyways, How's the AC Jr??

fishytime

06-02-2009, 04:22 AM

Anyways, How's the AC Jr??

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! She will hear you.....Im serious man....its still in my truck....no one offered to cause a diversion.:neutral:

I just experienced an exercise in frustration:frusty: a few days ago I was in the tank and caused another minor shift in the rock work...so tonight I decide I am gonna fix it before I get started on a water change.....Im such a bonehead...I forgot the "golden rule" of aquascaping.... if you move it, it will never be the same....its like, the first thing you learn when you start playing with live rock.... so, of course I couldnt for the life of me get the rock back to the way it was and spent 2 1/2 hours trying to come up with some thing I liked...never got the water change done...I will snap some pics when the corals aren't so P.O.ed with me:brick:

JDigital

06-02-2009, 04:37 AM

ohhh quit being a chicken... get that thing hooked up! :mrgreen:

Blom

06-02-2009, 04:40 AM

mmmm electronics

JDigital

06-04-2009, 01:00 AM

Thank a bunch guys.:biggrin:

First off I have to say how happy I am with the little naso...he/she is sooooooooo fat with algae and the tank is visibly cleaner. I never would have thought a fish that size would have such an impact. On the flip side I think he may be a stinker once he grows up some. He already doesnt show any fear of the two much lager tangs and even has a bit of "tude" about them.

Ok, so here is the reason for me switching salts. The tests from this morning were
sg .024
dkh 9 elos
Mg 1320 Sali
Ca 380 Sali
and I dosed
3 caps of Tailored aquatics dkh
3 caps of Tailored aquatics Mg
and 100ml of kent 2 part
Just to keep things where they are...I have dosed that amount everyday for four days:neutral: Something had to give. So the first and least expensive thing to change I figure is the salt. The slick new packaging is what sold me on the deltec salt...cool looking black bucket....oh ya and there was something else about the levels being good or something. So.....I tested it.

sg .024
dkh 5 not so impressed with that:sad:
Mg 1440
Ca 480
So I will be doing the first change on the tank tomorrow...I thought I could ease off on the testing but will now have to tweak things a little Im sure to get things figured out.....Im also sure an expensive calcium spewing gadget is in the near future. I love this hobby.:mrgreen:

Going back in time a bit... Tested my Deltec salt...

SG - 1.026
Alk - 11.2
Ca - 420-430
Mag - 1140-1170

Hairytank

06-04-2009, 03:48 AM

Just mixed a batch of Reefers Best..

Sg 1.026
CA 460
dkh 13
Mg...unfortunately my test kit is running low so holding off..

fishytime

06-04-2009, 11:15 PM

Going back in time a bit... Tested my Deltec salt...

SG - 1.026
Alk - 11.2
Ca - 420-430
Mag - 1140-1170

Just mixed a batch of Reefers Best..

Sg 1.026
CA 460
dkh 13
Mg...unfortunately my test kit is running low so holding off..

Ok....now Im beginning to wonder about the accuracy of my test kit.

Maybe if you ever come to get that coral Josh:razz: You could bring your test kit?:mrgreen:

The old left side scape.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMG_0022-1.jpg

The new scape(it didnt change much in appearance but I had to re-locate one colony, because it would fit anymore)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3259.jpg

Some coral-scape shots
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3258.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3254.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3253.jpg

Purple polyp Monti frag (coral master)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3245.jpg

A. Cerealis "special K" (coral master)
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3244.jpg

the polyp extension on this pocci shocked me a little:puke:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP3247.jpg