president89
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That is so awesome. Bringing your fish with you on vacation!
Clownfish breeding setup
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Almenmarine
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Killer setup man. Have you had any of the bulkheads cause cracks in those 10's at all?
john68camaro
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No issues with the bulkheads cracking the glass. The only issues I have had with the glass cracking was when I was drilling them or when stupid me tried to move a tank that was half way full and accidentally grabbed the pipe coming out of the bulkhead. It head for a few seconds, long enough for me to say to myself, you shouldnt be holding this by that and Crack!...
Thanks for the kind words shakara_b!
Thanks for the kind words shakara_b!
john68camaro
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The bucket did not work so well for the clown fry. All dead this morning. Seemed to be eating but had an issue with onoe of my heaters.
On the other hand, I added my 15day old fry on to my growout system. The tank has a slow drip of growout water into it and a big sponge on the overflow. Its a 1" bulkhead with a pvc adaptor for a 1" to 2" pvc pipe with an Aqua clear sponge cut and fit onto it. I am hoping with the very slow flow, the bigger surface area on the overflow sponge will = no issues with the fry and the overflow. All seem to be doing very good except 1 little guy who is a bit small.
Normally I wouldnt add them so soon, but vacation dictates otherwise.
On the other hand, I added my 15day old fry on to my growout system. The tank has a slow drip of growout water into it and a big sponge on the overflow. Its a 1" bulkhead with a pvc adaptor for a 1" to 2" pvc pipe with an Aqua clear sponge cut and fit onto it. I am hoping with the very slow flow, the bigger surface area on the overflow sponge will = no issues with the fry and the overflow. All seem to be doing very good except 1 little guy who is a bit small.
Normally I wouldnt add them so soon, but vacation dictates otherwise.
Almenmarine
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I wonder why clowns are so attracted to Clay pots and clay tiles. so odd
john68camaro
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I think the general conensus is that the pots simulate a natural cave enviroment for the clowns. My theroy on the tiles are they are a clean flat spot for them to lay eggs on.
john68camaro
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Just got back from my mini vacation to the beach. I lost 3 of my fry I added to my system. The auto feeders with otohime in them and the slow flow into the tanks have worked very good! Very happy they are doing so good!
john68camaro
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Some updated pictures. Algae scrubber is working good so far. Nitrates have not come down yet. But soon short start to.
sterling18
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Awesome thread, so glad it's still going.
john68camaro
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Some updated pictures... I just recently started taking the plunge and am expanding my setup. I built the rack yesterday and today. It was painted tonight by me and my 5 year old. I will start doing the plumbing tomorrow and hopefully get some water in it this weekend. The goal is to move my juvi's on my old system to this one and utilize my old setup for a few broodstock tanks and the rest of the space as a workspace.
john68camaro
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Plumbing is 99% done. Leak tested the return yesterday, No leaks!!!!
john68camaro
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You wont have to wait long. I plan to have water in it today at some point. And everything switched over by tomorrow. Just 10's from my old system going over for now. Will drill the 15's as I need them. That brute container seen in the pictures has about 100 to 150 lbs of rock in it. I plan on hooking that up to the new system. Should eliminate any cycling. I also have about 100 to 150lbs in the old sump I will be moving over to the new sump as well as the DSB from the old system. The DSB never did anything for me WC wise, but should help the new systems cycle.
The only thing I am waiting on is a pump. Trying to go internal and am looking for one local. if I can not find one in the next few hours, I plan on drilling and using a new spare iwaki I have. Just want to use an internal as it will help with heating as I am up in the artic north. Well almost!
The only thing I am waiting on is a pump. Trying to go internal and am looking for one local. if I can not find one in the next few hours, I plan on drilling and using a new spare iwaki I have. Just want to use an internal as it will help with heating as I am up in the artic north. Well almost!
john68camaro
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Scrubber wored really good. With the wider sump. i plan to have a bigger one on this setup. no worries on the pump. i drilled for my iwaki external. this thing is really quiet compared to the little giant on the other setup. i have about 60 gallons of nsw in the sump' i should have another 50 by 11 tonight. switching things over tomorrow barring any issues...
