kaserpick
Keeping it Simple
Hello again, everyone! At the beginning of February, my wife and I decided to move out of our tiny apartment and into a town home. While I was looking forward to the move, I dreaded actually moving the tank and livestock.
In preparation, I moved everything to a 10 gallon, a week before the move...more like I crammed everything into a 10 gallon.
Here's a pic:
Due to the fact that I didn't exactly pack out my 60g (that's understatment), the livestock actually wasn't too cramped in the 10g.
The 10g only had a Tunze 6025 Nanostream and 100w heater for equipment (and of course the 250w Radium). Once moved, they resided in the 10g for another week, while I continued to make enough water to fill the 60g. While they were in their small glass box, I noticed something. While the colors were not amazing (to say the least), they were growing WAY more than they were in the 60g. I can't be sure, but I believe I was starving the corals before. The colors were pretty good, but the growth was nonexistent and sometimes I would fight tissue recession. Lesson learned: FEED MORE while still striving to keep water relatively clean!
I decided that I wanted things to be a little simpler with the current setup. I loved my 30g breeder AIO, so that's what I decided to do with this setup. I'm not saying that it's the best way to go, obviously, but it's my prefered setup.
Here's a pic of it empty and converted:
Also, I've been working on my LED chip and finally reflowed all the Cree XP-E's and Luxeon Rebel's onto the prototype. Please, understand that I am aware that the trace widths are on the border of being wide enough. I've changed the design, and when they are ordered for my light, they'll be with more than sufficient traces. Also, I'm aware that my soldering is sloppy; it's a prototype.
In the above pic, it's at 1%.
Finally, here are some pics of the current setup. Keep in mind that my returned pump failed and it's not running. The system remain this way until my new pump arrives. Everything seems happy.
The top pic shouldn't be so blue! It's more on the white side like the other two. My camera skills kinda stink. Sorry for the poor pic qualities; some were from the iPhone. Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to comment!
In preparation, I moved everything to a 10 gallon, a week before the move...more like I crammed everything into a 10 gallon.
Here's a pic:
Due to the fact that I didn't exactly pack out my 60g (that's understatment), the livestock actually wasn't too cramped in the 10g.
The 10g only had a Tunze 6025 Nanostream and 100w heater for equipment (and of course the 250w Radium). Once moved, they resided in the 10g for another week, while I continued to make enough water to fill the 60g. While they were in their small glass box, I noticed something. While the colors were not amazing (to say the least), they were growing WAY more than they were in the 60g. I can't be sure, but I believe I was starving the corals before. The colors were pretty good, but the growth was nonexistent and sometimes I would fight tissue recession. Lesson learned: FEED MORE while still striving to keep water relatively clean!
I decided that I wanted things to be a little simpler with the current setup. I loved my 30g breeder AIO, so that's what I decided to do with this setup. I'm not saying that it's the best way to go, obviously, but it's my prefered setup.
Here's a pic of it empty and converted:
Also, I've been working on my LED chip and finally reflowed all the Cree XP-E's and Luxeon Rebel's onto the prototype. Please, understand that I am aware that the trace widths are on the border of being wide enough. I've changed the design, and when they are ordered for my light, they'll be with more than sufficient traces. Also, I'm aware that my soldering is sloppy; it's a prototype.
In the above pic, it's at 1%.
Finally, here are some pics of the current setup. Keep in mind that my returned pump failed and it's not running. The system remain this way until my new pump arrives. Everything seems happy.
The top pic shouldn't be so blue! It's more on the white side like the other two. My camera skills kinda stink. Sorry for the poor pic qualities; some were from the iPhone. Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to comment!
