A Great Way to ruin a perfect wall; My 400 Gallon Project
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SERVO
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Well, I didn't want to post anything until I had made any substantial progress.
I have run into a little problem. My favorite rock has broke out in algae. It is in isolation over the one rock as you can see, and hasn't spread to adjacent rocks. I'm not sure why it has stayed localized, but I've been adding inverts to try to control it. We will see what happens.
So I have been storing all of my coral at a LFS here since January!!!!! (Thanks Xtreme Coral!) I saw my prized possession (seen earlier in the post) Nana RTN to only about 10% of what I had. I figured that if it is going to die, I want to see it die in my tank. Even though my tank isn't totally perfect and is relatively young, I went and put all of my coral into it. So in essence, you see a Day #1 picture. This will be neat for comparison.
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA120072.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
Here is a close up of my beautiful Tort.
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA120064.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
And finally, my Ricordia collection
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA120065.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
Right now, I am running 6.5 K lights. I am going to switch to 14K once I get some money together. I am also going to buy the new Neptune III controller once they release it and Ozone. I also need to throw in two 6100 streams into the deco rocks. I get a fair amount of flow from my Dart closed loop, but there are still some dead spaces.
I have run into a little problem. My favorite rock has broke out in algae. It is in isolation over the one rock as you can see, and hasn't spread to adjacent rocks. I'm not sure why it has stayed localized, but I've been adding inverts to try to control it. We will see what happens.
So I have been storing all of my coral at a LFS here since January!!!!! (Thanks Xtreme Coral!) I saw my prized possession (seen earlier in the post) Nana RTN to only about 10% of what I had. I figured that if it is going to die, I want to see it die in my tank. Even though my tank isn't totally perfect and is relatively young, I went and put all of my coral into it. So in essence, you see a Day #1 picture. This will be neat for comparison.
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA120072.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
Here is a close up of my beautiful Tort.
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA120064.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
And finally, my Ricordia collection
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA120065.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
Right now, I am running 6.5 K lights. I am going to switch to 14K once I get some money together. I am also going to buy the new Neptune III controller once they release it and Ozone. I also need to throw in two 6100 streams into the deco rocks. I get a fair amount of flow from my Dart closed loop, but there are still some dead spaces.
monsterReef
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really nice pieces.
JustOneMoreTank
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I would have to agree with the two other posters...
Where did that rock come from? Was it an odd piece of Base Rock that was picked up in a field and later brought into the aquarium trade? Perhaps it came out of a tank a long while back that was not maintained and was full of algae???
I would get it out of your tank as well. Sorry
Where did that rock come from? Was it an odd piece of Base Rock that was picked up in a field and later brought into the aquarium trade? Perhaps it came out of a tank a long while back that was not maintained and was full of algae???
I would get it out of your tank as well. Sorry
springerhd
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jnb
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re: TUNZE osmolator
this happens rarely according to tunze but the manufacturing process on the optical glass part (the part that barely is sticking on the water) has been refined - much more sensitive with perhaps any manufacturing residue such that some of them do not sense the water sometimes. And keep on pumping - this happened to me after a few days and I called tunze. The fix was a simple wiping of the bottom of the probe with a warn cloth and never had the problem again - and I do wipe it down from time to time anyway - so you may want to give it a wipe just to make sure
this happens rarely according to tunze but the manufacturing process on the optical glass part (the part that barely is sticking on the water) has been refined - much more sensitive with perhaps any manufacturing residue such that some of them do not sense the water sometimes. And keep on pumping - this happened to me after a few days and I called tunze. The fix was a simple wiping of the bottom of the probe with a warn cloth and never had the problem again - and I do wipe it down from time to time anyway - so you may want to give it a wipe just to make sure
SERVO said:So the 5-6 gallons of evaporation per day highly influenced me to go out and get a TUNZE osmolator. I have to take my subspecialty boards next Saturday and I have no time to really do what I want to this thing. Hopefully, I'll get it up and running tomorrow. I still haven't had time to mess with my calcium reactor. I want to get everything pristine for all of my purchases at MACNA
SERVO
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Dead, she is not, I just don't want to report on anything that isn't too substantial. I haven't done much other than remove the "big rock" that was seeded with algae. Moving that on my own just about killed me. The thing must weigh 60-70 pounds. Bending forwards standing on a ladder lifting that weight 3 feet in the air isn't very healthy.
I still am running 6.5 K lights and need to switch to 14K. I haven't had a big buzz to dump $400 on lighting. I am also going to buy the new Neptune III controller once they release it and Ozone. I also need to throw in two 6100 streams into the deco rocks. So I have some pretty big purchases comming up. I also haven't placed my backdrop to give the tank some depth.
The corals are starting to change color to the 6500K. I'll probably leave them in there for 6 months. I liked the deep dark maroon base that my Nana changed to when I had them under it last year. Since the bulbs are Ushio, the color doesn't look too yellow.
I've added all of my fish, and here is a picture to boot. I will wait to post something of significance once it happens!
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA240088.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
To give you an idea of how all of my corals still need to color up...The coral in front of the orange shoulder tank is an Acropora plana. Its base is lime green with peach tips. It was stored under subpar *no pun intended* lighting and browned out.
I still am running 6.5 K lights and need to switch to 14K. I haven't had a big buzz to dump $400 on lighting. I am also going to buy the new Neptune III controller once they release it and Ozone. I also need to throw in two 6100 streams into the deco rocks. So I have some pretty big purchases comming up. I also haven't placed my backdrop to give the tank some depth.
The corals are starting to change color to the 6500K. I'll probably leave them in there for 6 months. I liked the deep dark maroon base that my Nana changed to when I had them under it last year. Since the bulbs are Ushio, the color doesn't look too yellow.
I've added all of my fish, and here is a picture to boot. I will wait to post something of significance once it happens!
<img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/ryanreeves/PA240088.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
To give you an idea of how all of my corals still need to color up...The coral in front of the orange shoulder tank is an Acropora plana. Its base is lime green with peach tips. It was stored under subpar *no pun intended* lighting and browned out.
ReeferMonkey
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Ryan, check out the Coralvue Reeflux 10k thread in the SPS forum - I think I'm going to be switching over pretty soon (DE to SE, ROIII to Lumenarc Mini, 14,5k Giesemann to 10kK Reeflux). It's a bluish white (with a pink tinge, apparently) that gets great colors. There are a bunch of awesome pics on the last page of the thread.
Nice Vlamingi! Just starting to get its streamers...
Nice Vlamingi! Just starting to get its streamers...
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