700 gallon tank, or how i spent my daughters inheritance

[Reefski's]

the pictures didn't post. trying again in next post

 

[Reefski's]

not reef related except this is how i pay for my obsession.

before we could finish a storm came up. we had one day to waterproof the job temporarily. there went enough money up in smoke to keep me in salt for a year or more. we spent a day prepping for the rain. i am really happy to say not a single leak.

here i am actually working on the roof. my crew would be the first to tell you that doesn't happen often.

the job is all covered. about a 200' long building with a 3' wide swatch open to the weather in the middle of the builing and another along one whole edge. it rained 2.25" that night. almost unheard of in October here. October rainfall is usually unmeasurable.



last night i had to go back to the building at 8pm as we were have huge winds and things were blowing off the roof. if the wind had blown like that when it was raining it would have been a huge disaster and i would be out of business for good. last night nothing too bad happened but flying debris could have been really bad. one car got a piece of debris on it that the manager removed prior to my arrival and i couldn't get a good look at the car in the dark. no wonder i don't sleep well in the winter time.

 

[salty joe]

Hey Carl,
First of all, glad to see you have some work. Things are tough in Ohio too, but we're hanging in.

What kind of fish are these? Do they still have all their guts? Are they frozen or fresh?
Joe

 

[Reefski's]

i finally cleaned the glass on the garage tank and could see in from the side. these sponges are under an overhang and get very little light.

these feather dusters are growing in 1/4" of debris on the BB of the tank.

 

[Reefski's]

here is a partial picture of the garage. i am not really happy with the water flow over the ATS.

 

[MrineLfRlz]

i finally cleaned the glass on the garage tank and could see in from the side. these sponges are under an overhang and get very little light.

these feather dusters are growing in 1/4" of debris on the BB of the tank.

thanks for taking some pics of the sump room
did you put the feather dusters in there or did they hitch hick?
because they look like the types you buy from how big they appear

 

[Reefski's]

they just appeared. the heads are about 1" diameter.

interestingly, this tank has a several fish. there are none in the sister tank that has a lot of macroalgae and no fish. both tanks are fed with overflow from the DT.

there are none in the DT either.

 

[Reefski's]

i still have several of these in the system. i must be feeding too much because i don't see a diminution of aiptasia.

the anemones continue to thrive. both the good and the bad.

the Elegance coral has not had a skeleton since April but continues to live although it is smaller.

 

[anbosu]

That collection of feather dusters looks pretty awesome. You have a great system set up, I hope you can work through all of your issues.

 

[Reefski's]

thank you very much. i think i have turned the corner to health. i was pretty discouraged for a while but i am feeling better.

i am going to try and catch the Maroon clowns. i have a friend who wants them for his breeding program.

if i can catch them i will put the four black and white clowns and some RBTA's in the DT.

we may try tonight. i am not that hopeful of catching them but we will see.

 

[matt & pam]

Does the elegance respond to feeding?

 

[Reefski's]

i feed it every day the food i feed the fish and anemones. the stuff you see above. i think it eats but is still getting smaller and no skeleton has grown. it hopes of stimulating calcification i am keeping the pH at about 8.6

Eric Borneman says he is not hopeful but has heard of a skeleton being regrown but it may just be apocryphal.

 

[MrineLfRlz]

i still have several of these in the system. i must be feeding too much because i don't see a diminution of aiptasia.

the anemones continue to thrive. both the good and the bad.

the Elegance coral has not had a skeleton since April but continues to live although it is smaller.

at least they are benifitial filters though being that you have so many

 

[MrineLfRlz]

i still have several of these in the system. i must be feeding too much because i don't see a diminution of aiptasia.

at least they are benifitial filters though being that you have so many

 

[Reefski's]

of the two tanks in the garage the anemone tank has lots of feather dusters, the other one none. both receive DT over flow water. the feather duster tank has anemones, ATS, and fish and is also bare bottom. the other tank has several inches of sand, one Heliopora, macroalgae, no fish, and no feather dusters.

how come? there are lots of them in the sump tanks underneath too.

some corals continue to do well.
the Umi Xenia looks good and is spreading even though a nearby Xenia Elongata nearby faded away.
Steve what do you think? is it a bit contracted from the way yours look?

the Lobophylia never receeded. however the little piece of Montipora came from a piece that showed no signs of life and then one day i saw this little piece.

steve- this piece is a survivor of the tri color frag plug. it has come back from almost nothing.

this Acan was kind of the canary in the coal mine. the whole piece started out like this.

and then parts died off the coincided with additions of NSW.

 

[Reefski's]

and now it looks like this.

some still look fine.

the clams have kept growing.

 

[Reefski's]

this is the most variable coral in the tank.

as soon as the lights go out the feeding tentacles come out.

 

[Reefski's]

Bryson loves Nori.



Happy dog

 

[Reefski's]

playful Bryson

 

[Reefski's]

we got a new dog. she was a stray that apparently was left behind when the owners lost their house and had been running the streets a couple of weeks.
she is only half as big as Bryson so no problems. she is very shy right now but is warming up to us.