265 gallon project
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i had to throw the one in with my son, he loves the system as much as i do. my daughter who is only 7 months loves it as well. my son knows the names of all the fish and i slowly learning the corals now as well. whenever someone comes over he has to tell them all the names and how the cleaner wasse (he calls it, cant get the r in there) cleans the naso and all the fish.
i picked up a really really nice copperband butterfly tonight. he is about 4" i guess and eats frozen food like crazy. i tested him for eating at the store and he went nuts, i put him in the tank and fed about 20 mins after and he picked at it a little but still a bit nervous in the tank. an hour or so later and he is already a part of the tank. the others leave him alone and he picks away at the rocks. i'll try and post some pictures tomorrow
the profilux also controls wave systems as well. i am getting the tunze wavebox soon so i'll let you know how, or if, it works well with the controller. i got some pics of the new additions. i got a 4" copperband butterfly 6" powder blue and a pinkish/purple green tip pink polyp acro colony (i'm hoping it will turn out to be a tricolor) and green colony. not sure on the family they are, if someone knows or thinks they may know please let me know. i spent alot of time today in front of the tank trying to get some good pictures. the acro's i'm finding really hard to take pics of because i cant the color to be true in the picture but i tried. but i'll let the pics talk for me.
90% of the rock already had holes that allowed me to just slide the rock over the pvc, the ones that didnt i drilled holes and then slid it over the rock. once the rock was on the pvc i then drilled small holes in the rock (if there wasnt already holes) to put zip ties through then secured it the pvc. i did it this way so that the zip ties werent structural and only used for positioning support. once i built the pvc i drilled tons of holes in it to keep dead spots of water within the pvc and these are what i used to put the zip ties through. it went a thousand times easier then i anticipated. i did not glue the pvc and that way i was able to build the structure with rock in sections outside the tank on the floor which is way easier to work with and then install the finished product in sections into the tank and assemble it there.
i didnt need a super long one, just average 3/4" masonry bit and if it wasnt long enough i turned the rock over and drilled from the other side, i chisled some rock with a screwdriver to make the holes bigger. the structure on the left i used 1/2 pvc and on the right i used 3/4" because the one on the right has a free standing archway so i needed the extra strength.
i got my calcium reactor hooked up today. dual chamber marintech and i'm using an eheim 1262 pump for supply. for media i'm using a type of 'reef bone'. i've heard very good stuff about this media so i'm trying it. this is the first reactor i have ever hooked up and used so input on my adjustments would be great. i've started with 1 drip effluent to 4 bubbles co2 per min. i tested the tank prior to starting the unit and i'm going to keep a chart of reactions in the tank compared to adjustments on the reactor.
i finally got some pictures of the mounting of my controller. excuse the wiring for now. i started to clean it up and then they are going to replace the powerbars for the controller so i'm going to wait until i get the new bars
i also installed the 3 fan assembly i bought for the profilux controller. it is a variable speed fan controlled by the controller but i need to get a 'y' adapter to hook it up so for now i'm just turning it on with the lighting. prior to getting this fan my tank was hitting 85.1 and now it stabilizes at 83.8. big difference for such a small unit. i'm worried though when i increase my photoperiod that the tank temp will rise as well. if it does then i will install some fans in the canopy
i finally got some pictures of the mounting of my controller. excuse the wiring for now. i started to clean it up and then they are going to replace the powerbars for the controller so i'm going to wait until i get the new bars
i also installed the 3 fan assembly i bought for the profilux controller. it is a variable speed fan controlled by the controller but i need to get a 'y' adapter to hook it up so for now i'm just turning it on with the lighting. prior to getting this fan my tank was hitting 85.1 and now it stabilizes at 83.8. big difference for such a small unit. i'm worried though when i increase my photoperiod that the tank temp will rise as well. if it does then i will install some fans in the canopy
BTTRFLYGRL
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OMG!! The rockwork is AWESOME!!
Although I wished I hadn't seen it...now I'm going to want to do somthing with the rock in my 240
Very nice tank!
Although I wished I hadn't seen it...now I'm going to want to do somthing with the rock in my 240
Very nice tank!
thanks bttrflygrl. the rock work was actually quite easy. alot easier then i expected. it only took me about 3 or 4 hours in total to assemble the rocks. building the pvc was about 2 hours but that is because i used a hacksaw to cut it all and then later learned that for $14 you can buy a pvc hand cutter that cuts through the pipe super easy and clean, it would have taken me a 1/4 the time if i had this tool first.
orchidsnfish
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Very nice rockwork. I really like this tank. Making me inpatient about getting my 265 set up.
Angela
Angela
invincible569
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Colin, where did you get the fan assembly from? thank you.
