tmantaylor18
Active member
I had to get rid of all my dwarf ceriths since it broke two of the propellers in the first week. I haven't cleaned it in months though and its going stong.
A Splash of Color - My SPS Peninsula Reef
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I had to get rid of all my dwarf ceriths since it broke two of the propellers in the first week. I haven't cleaned it in months though and its going stong.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I have three Gyres and I clean them once every few months. It goes pretty fast since they supply additional paddles, so I just remove the cages, clean these, then swap out the paddles for the spares. I can then take my time cleaning the dirty paddles. I don't find them to be fragile at all, I avoided dwarf cerith snails because of their habit of killing pumps.
Personally I don't think Ill use a propeller based pump again if I can help it. The gyre is far superior.
reefmutt
Active member
I'm still loving my gyres, they have worked without fail, so far (6-8months ish) I have no small snails, however.
Andrew I wanted to have a look above the tank- all the reflectors etc.. There was a hint in a shot that made me think that it looked a little less clean and perfect than inside the display.. Nothing serious. Was hoping to poke fun at what was going on, on top.
Your tank is too good and I'm looking for something to criticize!
Andrew I wanted to have a look above the tank- all the reflectors etc.. There was a hint in a shot that made me think that it looked a little less clean and perfect than inside the display.. Nothing serious. Was hoping to poke fun at what was going on, on top.
Your tank is too good and I'm looking for something to criticize!
M007
Acro Whore
Yesterday i thought i'd clean a bit more coralline from the display window edges with a razor blade. Before i knew it i'd cleaned all three viewing panels completely, moved the pumps off the far side panel and rerouted the lighting leads so now i have a peninsula look except for the two pumps on the end viewing panel - they have to go eventually but for now i need them there.
I now have some work to do to sort out the neglected back side of the display, i pushed the middle island 4" towards the main viewing side and today i'm going to add another small rock behind the stags so i can mount a little red colony i've had sitting on the bottom for a month or more now. Also need to stick the horrida down as it's been rolling around the tank bottom for weeks. Whilst removing the rock from the sump yesterday i found an acro branch i'd put there six days ago and forgot to return to the display. It is very very sick, brown and STN'ing so i'll try to save that little guy hopefully.
Also need to do a 15% water change so i have a busy Sunday afternoon planned for the reef, the display looks good with all the fish back in it.
As the saying goes "pics or it didn't happen" :fun2:
biggles
Premium Member
LOL Andrew,
your approach is freaking hilarious, yet effective. My girlfriend warns me of those sharks every time I paddle out for a surf, I remind her that they are vibrational creatures, that if my vibe is right, no worries, lol... keeps her worry and stress down, lol... Nice work mate, glad you are getting these guys under control, whatever method works, glad you are getting your display in order
Your girlfriend has nothing to worry about Perry, American sharks are the guppy's of the man eater world. A salt water croc would use one to pick the alligator bones from its teeth..........
Thanks for the heads up mate, i'll make sure i get the upgraded model.
I don't have any of those snails so i think i'll end up trying one out.
Thanks Matt, when funds permit i'll be adding gyre flow
I transferred everything over from my 65gal and then re arranged most of the rock with acros already attached in many spots so i don't have a bare scape pic to show you unfortunately mate.
Everything left of the red chalice was in the sump tank which is why the much larger new tank looks so full right after the transfer.
I'm still loving my gyres, they have worked without fail, so far (6-8months ish) I have no small snails, however.
Andrew I wanted to have a look above the tank- all the reflectors etc.. There was a hint in a shot that made me think that it looked a little less clean and perfect than inside the display.. Nothing serious. Was hoping to poke fun at what was going on, on top.
Your tank is too good and I'm looking for something to criticize!
I have the day off tomorrow so i'll take so pics of my high tech lighting setup for you. It's a bit like my old 65gal wiring bramble bush but at this point there's no chair caught up in it - yet...... :beer:
You shall have pics on the morrow my good man
Yesterday i dropped home for lunch and made a start on the little 'back' island before shooting back to work. I used the little reddy colored acro i mentioned along with a chunk of the thickety blue tipped acro that was growing on the arch rock for 4 months until i pried it off with my trusty rusty chisel in a moment of inspiration. When you see a pic of where the rock is you'll understand exactly why the staggy thing is attached to the rock on such a lean. The staggy acro is 5" long for reference. Anyone know what either acro might be species wise.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Anyone know what either acro might be species wise.
You have a coral heaven. With your magic touch, your tank is going to be fantastic.
The acro on the left hand side may be Acropora humilis. Can you provide a closer shot with its polyps retracted?
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Scotty freddy
New member
Still looking awesome buddy, loving those colours 
biggles
Premium Member
No it's not humilis Bulent, i had that acro in my first tank. I think the other one might be A. loisetteae, the long thin branches are only about 1/8" in diameter even at 3" long so it's very easy to break long tips off. It grows very fast when it's happy.
Transfers are easy when the new tank isn't going where the old one was.
I think you'll be quite surprised at the transformation your system will make once acclimated to the Radium light spectrum.
Still looking awesome buddy, loving those colours
Thanks Scotty, it's getting there mate.
Professor Biggles, considering your tanks BFC is roughly 1.5, can you care to postulate what would be the effect on an SPS tank with a BFC of 2 and another tank a BFC of 3?
I expect a very well reasoned and detailed response.
Considering you're at 0.42 BFC (disgraceful) i don't think you have to worry about high BFC consequences. I don't postulate as well you know, being reefer of science i stick to the facts ! :reading:
And before someone like Matt raises the point, as the fish get bigger so do the acros so the BFC remains constant.......... anyway the important thing to take away from this so far is that i have the biggest BFC ! :smokin:
The skimmer needs cleaning tomorrow after three weeks, it's getting louder.
The engine room, i want to put about 10lb more LR down there. Still dripping alk the old fashioned way. I turned the 6025 pump off that is aimed at the alk drip area for the pic but the sump water surface is agitated as much as possible without interfering with the manual ATO float. The blue painters edge tape is my water level guide so i can tell at a glance if somethings up, there's another piece on the end of the sump i can see from the couch :thumbsup:
biggles
Premium Member
Bigglefish coefficient buddy. I need you to count your fish and then divide the fish count by your display tank volume divided by ten.
mine is 140 gal divided by 10 = 14.
22 fish in the display.
22 divided by 14 = a BFC of 1.57
My number is pretty awesome and not at all the result of me defining the actual guidelines of the fish poo generation capabilities of a reef equation.
For you Matt, excuse the colors but i can't be stuffed spending ages trying to correct the pics more. Btw your BFC of 1.26 is excellent, nowhere near as good as mine but not bad considering you're Canadian :thumbsup:
The end away from the wall. The T5's are 39W tubes and you can see it goes way past the center brace. From bottom to top i have:
B+
C+
B+
400W Radium
81W RB LED light bar
C+
B+
I cut notches in the halide reflector and it slides along two aluminum rails i found at work, i pretty much found everything except the glass tank at work so that was handy.
This is the overflow end with the 250W Radium and two triple 24W T5 units over it. This rests on the other light unit so it's a house of cards lighting rig - old school reefing boys :twitch:
B+
C+
B+
250W Radium
B+
C+
B+
I made the entiire thing myself which explains the sleek lines and sturdiness of the unit. The holes in the reflector are strategically placed UV vents and i didn't split that piece of hardwood with the screw, that's an expansion joint to prevent heat warping the timber.
biggles
Premium Member
I have the highest BFC number out of everyone so far - that's all you need to bloody know ! :smokin:
