404 gallon - round 2.5

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Only as every time I look at Greg's photos of his old and new to be system makes me want to switch to full SPS ...And now I could say there is a decent chunk of me in his new setup....(fijireefrock.com)
Cannot wait to see how your doing your aqua scape.

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Some of my 'Coral Master' favorites there.

It's been a while for some of these.

[Snappy]

A pretty slow grower but what a difference a year makes.

Originally Posted by Snappy

Purple Polyp from Fiji

[ashr]

great looking corals!! I want! hhaha

[explor3r]

Nice sticks specially that tricolour milli I want I want:

[Snappy]

Thanks folks

[Rice Reef]

Greg, thanks for sharing your rebuild. Tagging along as I don't want to miss this gorgeous reef mosaic of yours!

[reefwars]

What's going to run this beauty behind the scenes for equipment?


So now with a fresh start do you think you'll change anything in the way of maintenance or routine?

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by reefwars

What's going to run this beauty behind the scenes for equipment?


So now with a fresh start do you think you'll change anything in the way of maintenance or routine?

I will be recycling most of my existing equipment but may spice it up a bit but haven't decided on exactly what changes I will be making yet.
I will update things as they come up.

[Snappy]

Had a close call on Sunday when doing a water change in my prop tanks. When I put my hand straight into the water there was no issue but if I just lightly touched the surface I would get zapped with a pretty strong shock that actually hurt. I thought it was wierd and knew I must have a stray current issue but couldn't pin point it. A short time later my overflow alarm starting to beep so I went to investigate and noticed everything plugged into one of the power bars had no power so I unplugged it all and rigged up some power to get things going again. When I plugged the heater in it started to spark and there were literally flames in the sump water so I quickly unplugged it and saw the glass housing of the heater had broken in two and the element was electrifying the water. I then realized where the stray current had come from earlier - and with an obviously cracked heater glass I was very fortunate to not get electricuted so I believe the grounding probe did it's job. Neither me, the fish or corals in the tank suffered any damage so I feel blessed - I think it could have been ugly if I didn't have the grounding probe hooked into the system. They are definately worth the few bucks I spent on them!!

Lesson learned - don't use an old glass heater as a permanent solution because when - not if they eventually go it could get dangerous.

I will post a picture of the heater when I can but I am out of town this week and since the pix are still in my camera at home it will have to wait.