Bignose's 95G reef

fishytime · #1 02-05-2009, 02:59 AM

Nice coral scores. Looks good. To soon for a clam tho imho.

bignose · #2 02-05-2009, 04:35 PM

Thanks for the compliment. I asked before I bought the clam if it would be ok and he said yes. I'm not going to name the store but it is a reputable store. I'll hope for the best because it was expensive.
On a different note this is where the hobby started for me. Here is a couple pictures of my 10 gallon nano.

This is when I had this tank in its prime. You can see in the back it was skimmerless

When I moved the tank crashed and it never recovered I lost almost all my coral.

So I thought to myself start a NEW TANK!!

It all started with a thought to upgrade to a 30 then a 55 then a 75. One day a 95 showed up on Canreef.

bignose · #3 02-08-2009, 07:57 PM

I made the drain pipe for my herbie overflow but when I installed it it made a loud sucking sound. I put a piece of tubing down the hole and it got rid of the sound but it goes through my valve. How would I get rid of this sound?

Without it I have the water level close to the top of the overflow with no sound.

mark · #4 02-08-2009, 09:35 PM

what's wrong with the level near the top of the overflow as long as the secondary is dry? Up high there's less noise from the water spilling into the chamber.

bignose · #5 02-09-2009, 04:41 PM

I only wanted it so there was less water draining into the sump if the power went out. I've tested for power outs and I have no sump overflow problems so I scrapped the idea.

Rbacchiega · #6 02-09-2009, 05:07 PM

huh. Most people use Herbie's to quiet down their systems, especially if they are in living rooms or bedrooms. I have one tank that isn't set up as a Herbie and although it isn't THAT noisy, it's still noisier than my other tanks...and it's a little annoying LOL

digital-audiophile · #7 02-09-2009, 05:26 PM

I've actually got to bring up my emergency drain as I get too much water drop and some spalshing, the only problem is I did an anti syphon loop in the return so I need to deconstruct a little bit.. and as you know with your tank its a PITA!

While researching what to do yesterday I did find my missing baby regal tang.. he is sitting DOA at the bottom of the overfglow with no way to really get the corpse out.. I guys I just need to let the family of brisyle worms in the overflow do their work.