Angela's 270 tank thread
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Angela Short
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I will definetly have to take you up on that now!
Lights are running and pics to come. But yet again more problems
My 250 MH's (homemade job from east TN Charles) are firing and burning but they blow the power strip within 3-4 mins... Totally fried them. I tried another power strip thinking all my lights were overloading the one strip so I just plugged the 2 250's in and within the same 3-4 in time frame they just poof killed the new strip. The light on the strip that says "if this is on the strip is unusable, dead, fried" light was flicked on both of them and they will not re-set. Thats a bummer they were brand new. I hope he will log on to check PMs and help me trouble shoot the problem. Anyone with ballast experience have a clue?
Lights are running and pics to come. But yet again more problems
My 250 MH's (homemade job from east TN Charles) are firing and burning but they blow the power strip within 3-4 mins... Totally fried them. I tried another power strip thinking all my lights were overloading the one strip so I just plugged the 2 250's in and within the same 3-4 in time frame they just poof killed the new strip. The light on the strip that says "if this is on the strip is unusable, dead, fried" light was flicked on both of them and they will not re-set. Thats a bummer they were brand new. I hope he will log on to check PMs and help me trouble shoot the problem. Anyone with ballast experience have a clue?Angela Short
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Here are the updated pics!
The daunting task of putting all that rock and sand in. I started this at about 11:00 PM last monday night.... You can see my closed loop comming from the bottom in the tank. Only problem is my tank hugges the wall so tight now (which I wanted) I can hardly fish the light cords under the tank from the top!
Afew pics of me working on the rockscape the next night. I hated the look of the rim my dad designed on the tank stand but am gratefull now! This was a life saver to use as a walking ledge back and forth.
My left front closed loop pipe. The front pipes were easy to hide but the back ones still need some work.
And a pic of one of the center back returns, YES right below the DEAD acro. Man when they go they go fast
The daunting task of putting all that rock and sand in. I started this at about 11:00 PM last monday night.... You can see my closed loop comming from the bottom in the tank. Only problem is my tank hugges the wall so tight now (which I wanted) I can hardly fish the light cords under the tank from the top!
Afew pics of me working on the rockscape the next night. I hated the look of the rim my dad designed on the tank stand but am gratefull now! This was a life saver to use as a walking ledge back and forth.
My left front closed loop pipe. The front pipes were easy to hide but the back ones still need some work.
And a pic of one of the center back returns, YES right below the DEAD acro. Man when they go they go fast
Angela Short
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and finnally the finished (somewhat) product...
This is the 80 the night before I cut it all out. I had already taken a lot of things downstairs to a holding tank weeks before so it was even FULLER if you can belive it! See why I needed a bigger tank
. I will miss the bowfront look for sure.
This is the 80 the night before I cut it all out. I had already taken a lot of things downstairs to a holding tank weeks before so it was even FULLER if you can belive it! See why I needed a bigger tank
. I will miss the bowfront look for sure.
Angela Short
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And just a pic of a real cool brain I got from greystreet ( sorry Gary 
you were to slow ) When Casy says his pics do not do justice he is not kidding! This is right after I put him in tonight ( after temp and water aclimating him!! )
And now more of the casulties I am thinking it may have been the sudden temp change or just the fact I didn't aclimate very well at all but I had "cut and dumped all the time in the past . But I always did at least temp acclimate the corals so all I can figure is the temp differance being to much of a shock. Who knows because all my mushrooms were mealting in the holding tub before the move .
Cap recession, is it a gonner? And 2 heads of my orange candycane in the upper corner of the pic died.
Tissue slowley going from base up, should I cut the good off?
My green milli that is yellow now but still extending polyps a dab... And I passed on the free frag of this at the critter cause I "HAD" one. Had was right It may color back up though..
And a milli fell on a bubble overnight and seems to have killed the bubble and milli both in sections. And both my ORA green serithings are all but the tiniest tips of flesh dead as well as all my big hairy mushrooms which are fouling the water pretty bad.
All in all I am pretty dissapointed I lost stuff but all that I lost came from fellow MTRC members and can be replaced hopefully.
you were to slow ) When Casy says his pics do not do justice he is not kidding! This is right after I put him in tonight ( after temp and water aclimating him!! )
And now more of the casulties
I am thinking it may have been the sudden temp change or just the fact I didn't aclimate very well at all but I had "cut and dumped all the time in the past . But I always did at least temp acclimate the corals so all I can figure is the temp differance being to much of a shock. Who knows because all my mushrooms were mealting in the holding tub before the move .Cap recession, is it a gonner? And 2 heads of my orange candycane in the upper corner of the pic died.
Tissue slowley going from base up, should I cut the good off?
My green milli that is yellow now but still extending polyps a dab... And I passed on the free frag of this at the critter cause I "HAD" one. Had was right
It may color back up though..
And a milli fell on a bubble overnight and seems to have killed the bubble and milli both in sections. And both my ORA green serithings are all but the tiniest tips of flesh dead as well as all my big hairy mushrooms which are fouling the water pretty bad.
All in all I am pretty dissapointed I lost stuff but all that I lost came from fellow MTRC members and can be replaced hopefully.
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pitbullpooch
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sorry to hear about the trouble with some of your corals. thats what sucks about switching over tanks or moving. but the tank is looking great. you did a great job on hiding the returns. its looking beautiful. good luck and dont fall in lol
Fanof49ASU
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I think that I saw you at the Critter on Friday. I thought you looked familiar.
gflat65
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So you got the big Lobo, huh... I wouldn't really have room for it, anyway, unless it went into the 125. The most recently set up tank is the fullest. Go figure. I liked that one because reewik and I got ours around the same time from EBay several years ago. Mine didn't make it through the crash I had from the bad RO unit last year. His is huge. Mine was only ever about a 1/4 that size...
Looks great Angela. How long did the tank run with water in it before adding things? I cycled the water in the 120 (no sand or rock ) for about two weeks before I finally got over the lazy bug and put some sand in it. I wonder if that might have made a difference. A week after adding the sand (and about three days after adding rock), all corals were somewhat temp acclimated (floated in a tupperware container, but not long enough for a true temp acclimation) and dropped in. No losses and actually everything looks better than it did, but I didn't move any sps into this tank (and we know they can be alot touchier than LPS and zoas). Keep us posted on the mille. I got a frag at the Critter since there were so many, but I've got a mini colony going too (it is more yellow than green, too).
Looks great Angela. How long did the tank run with water in it before adding things? I cycled the water in the 120 (no sand or rock ) for about two weeks before I finally got over the lazy bug and put some sand in it. I wonder if that might have made a difference. A week after adding the sand (and about three days after adding rock), all corals were somewhat temp acclimated (floated in a tupperware container, but not long enough for a true temp acclimation) and dropped in. No losses and actually everything looks better than it did, but I didn't move any sps into this tank (and we know they can be alot touchier than LPS and zoas). Keep us posted on the mille. I got a frag at the Critter since there were so many, but I've got a mini colony going too (it is more yellow than green, too).
The tank is looking great Angela:thumbsup:
Sorry about your losses.....I agree that the temp change was probably a big thing.
The cap and mille could very well make a comeback....the pocci(?) looks like a goner to me but fragging or covering the receeding edge with superglue could help.
Chris
Sorry about your losses.....I agree that the temp change was probably a big thing.
The cap and mille could very well make a comeback....the pocci(?) looks like a goner to me but fragging or covering the receeding edge with superglue could help.
Chris
Angela Short
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Thanks for the compliments! The poccilipora I may just frag up as it would be real hard to super glue all the branches.
The salt mixed in a bare tank 4-5 days or so. Everything looks fine except the stony SPS stuff and a few shrooms. Funny how it was hit or miss, so far the MP blue, blue tip acro and green slimmer are in perfect shape. Time will tell what all will survive I guess. I have tons of zoas and a few nice bigger peices of coral in the holding tanks I am holding out on putting in for obviouse reasons.
The salt mixed in a bare tank 4-5 days or so. Everything looks fine except the stony SPS stuff and a few shrooms. Funny how it was hit or miss, so far the MP blue, blue tip acro and green slimmer are in perfect shape. Time will tell what all will survive I guess. I have tons of zoas and a few nice bigger peices of coral in the holding tanks I am holding out on putting in for obviouse reasons.
AndynSarah
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The tank looks great. If you ever wanna get rid of that 80 let me know. lol. I love your brain. Ours looks much different than yours, even more so that now more of it is dying. I moved it this morning to lower light and lower flow and when i moved it pieces of it just floated off of it into the water. I think that with 2 peppermint shrimp it is just a matter of time until I have a skeleton left of it. Sorry about the small hi-jack. Waiting to see this tank in a few months or a year or so when everything is growing in and new is added to it. Great tank once again.
Andy
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Awsome Angela!! You got that thing up alot faster than I thought you would. It always takes me soooo long to get things done. I just finished up the 120 and I am adding water now. The 240 is next on the list. One night this week after I get off work I would like to swing by on the way home. Pm/Call me when is good for you.
SexiShrimp
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Looks great Angela!!!!! Maybe we can all have a pool party in it when it's all completed! :lol:
Angela Short
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It came from greystreet. Yes it was yours
Angela Short
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I would like to have everyone over for a meeting when it fills in a little and all my tiny zoa colonies fill in he rockscape as planned. Anyone is welcome anytime though. I love company so no reef meeting is ever needed to stop by. Just knock on the door, I like the drop in company!! Just PM me for my # if anyone is ever down Spring Hill way and wants to see the death of me... I mean my tank.
crumbletop
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Angela, any updates?
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