120g in-wall build thread
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03LightningSVT
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Every system is different but you should be fine, I've already lost power for 5-6 hours because someone hit a telephone pole about 1/2 mile from my house. I really considered a gas powered back up generator after that but never followed through with it.
Jandree22
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one handy little thing that I personally haven't gotten, yet, is a backup battery airpump to at least keep all your critters breathing, and pH raised in the event of a long outage. it kicks on automatically in the event of an outage, but it's up to you whether or not you want the airline tube/airstone always in your display.
TFP has them for $20 http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/10437/product.web
glad your sump did its job
TFP has them for $20 http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/10437/product.web
glad your sump did its job
03LightningSVT
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Sounds like a bacteria issue, do you dose vodka, sugar or vinegar?
03LightningSVT
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Yea, could also be vermetids, but I've never seen them make the water cloudy. Vermetids anchor themselves, and the webs they create will originate from the base location and this is were you want to apply the thick kalk paste.
JDL - Post a clear photo of the cob webs and surrounding area.
JDL - Post a clear photo of the cob webs and surrounding area.
JDL
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non eventful which is good. Since wife got cancer i havent had much time to do anything with the tank so it is just running without issue.
i still need to test my ca/mg/alk and setup a kalk drip. I also need to rough up another scrubber screen. The one i use is too smooth and not allowing the algae to grow as it should. My chaeto is growing like a weed instead of my scrubber screen.
I may add another fish since i lost the cb and my shrimp. Thinking of a foxface.
I am also going to install a vent system in the fishroom similar to a bathroom vent to get the moisture out of the room.
JDL
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minor update:
and then there were 2. Lost a bangaii last night. Found him stuck on my overflow drain. The 2 that remain look great and hang out together.
I redid my scrubber and then instantly grew GHA in my main tank. Now that the scrubber is working again, it seems to be going away. I removed my scrubber screen to make it rougher, and this caused all the algae to die off of it, so it was like starting over. I have some photos of the GHA growing in my tank and will take more pics and post them when the scrubber removes them. One thing i can say about the scrubber is once the GHA started, it didnt overtake my tank once the scrubber started to grow algae again. Now i can test the claims of them removing GHA from the main display.
Once GHA is gone and i build a sink in the fish room, i'll think of adding some inverts and fish to the display
and then there were 2. Lost a bangaii last night. Found him stuck on my overflow drain. The 2 that remain look great and hang out together.
I redid my scrubber and then instantly grew GHA in my main tank. Now that the scrubber is working again, it seems to be going away. I removed my scrubber screen to make it rougher, and this caused all the algae to die off of it, so it was like starting over. I have some photos of the GHA growing in my tank and will take more pics and post them when the scrubber removes them. One thing i can say about the scrubber is once the GHA started, it didnt overtake my tank once the scrubber started to grow algae again. Now i can test the claims of them removing GHA from the main display.
Once GHA is gone and i build a sink in the fish room, i'll think of adding some inverts and fish to the display
JDL
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no, the chaeto uses the same light as my scrubber.
right hand side is my chaeto
I just threw away a TON of chaeto because it grew very fast when my scrubber was redone.
