Come with me on my Custom 77 Gallon setup

[Stile2]

Cloesy, Thanks. Unfortunately I have not gotten to skinning the lower part of the stand yet, (hmm, haven't gotten to the woodwork yet, remind you of anyone of RC? ) I am in the middle of a house remodel and other things are taking priority.

But I did have time last night for a Closed Loop Pump Modification. I was reading this thread

I had already removed the shroud yesterday, and while it was a bit quieter, man, was it hotter. They actually put the fan on there for a reason.

Here is the shroud off.

Fan off

I got a fan/heatsink that came as a unit. Here is the heatsink end and some info.

I took the heatsink off and drilled a hole, roughly half inch.

I put on some artic silver grease, that came with the fan and strapped the fan assembly to the pump with zip-ties.

I used an old transformer I had lying around. I didn't notice until I plugged it in that there were blue LEDs in the fan. High Tech, huh? :lol:

The CL pump is now re-installed and running. I would say that it is about 1/4 to 1/3 the noise level as before the mod. More importantly is the pitch of the noise. The fan that came with the pump was very high pitch and that it gone.

Cheap, easy to do, great mod!

Keith

 

[Stile2]

Does anyone know if I need to take my Phosban reactor offline to treat with Interceptor?

Thanks
Keith

 

[melev]

What a fun modification. I've never seen anyone do something like that before. It wouldn't be cool without the blue LEDs though.

Woodwork, schmoodwork.

 

[Stile2]

Thanks Marc,

I wish I was better at coming up with cool Mods. My temp is down at least 1 degree, and the noise is down by 50-60%

 

[enalB]

Hi all. I am planning a new reef similar to this and I must say that there is no better place to be to learn about reef keeping. Good job on the new tank and keep up the good work.

Peace and love,

Blane

 

[Stile2]

Thanks Blane,

There are many very cool and super well done reefs here on RC. this is where I learned pretty everything I know.

[welcome]

Keith

 

[Stile2]

Last night I did my first water change on the new system. I changed out 10 gallons. I put the ten gallons into an old ten gallon tank that I am going to use to treat my corals for red bug.

I found a guy that used a different method of treatment. I plan on the same system. I have set up a ten gallon system, 110 PC lighting, sponge filter (that sat in my sump for a while), heater, and powerhead. Move all corals to the ten gallon tonight, treat with medication tonight, treatment time will be twelve to fifteen hours. Do a series of water changes over Saturday and Sunday, until the water is cleared of any medication. Leave the corals in the ten gallon for 15 days. I guess the life cycle of the red bug is 15 days or slightly less. So the bugs in the main tank have nothing to feed on, and therefore end the life cycle. Move all corals back to display.

We will see how it goes.

Keith

 

[Cprowler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7264631#post7264631 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Stile2
I have set up a ten gallon system, 110 PC lighting, sponge filter (that sat in my sump for a while), heater, and powerhead. Move all corals to the ten gallon tonight, treat with medication tonight, treatment time will be twelve to fifteen hours. Do a series of water changes over Saturday and Sunday, until the water is cleared of any medication. Leave the corals in the ten gallon for 15 days. I guess the life cycle of the red bug is 15 days or slightly less. So the bugs in the main tank have nothing to feed on, and therefore end the life cycle. Move all corals back to display.

Sounds like a good way to go, good luck.

Kill those little SOB's! :uzi:

 

[Stile2]

In the name of keeping acurate records of the red bugs and other things about my tank. I am going to keep constant track of the events here.

Nice thing about working at a High School and being friends with a Chem Teacher is that I can borrow a very accurate scale. This scale is accurate to one thousandth of a gram.

This is Interceptor for 51-100 lb dogs.

One whole pill weighed 962 mg.

All the threads I have read on Red Bugs calls for 25 mg per 10 gallons. Since I am doing the treatment in a 10 gallon tank, that would be 25 mg.

I measured three doses, in case I want to re-treat before the 15 days are up. (I only have the scale until Monday)
Dose #1 26 mg
Dose #2 27 mg
Dose #3 26 mg

I moved the corals in the hospital tank tonight and dosed with Dose #1 at 9:15 pm. I plan on doing a 25% water change tomorrow by 11:00 am.

If you are wondering what the big rock is doing in there. Interceptor (or rather milbemycin oxime) is said to kill crustaceans, (crabs, Shrimp, copepods, etc) so I am hoping that it will kill the gorilla crab while curing the red bugs.

I will be postiing updates during the entire process.
Keith

 

[melev]

I'm very curious to see if that crab dies. And a little worried that rock may shift and hit your SPS.

 

[Stile2]

Well, it has been 15 hours since treatment and I am doing a 25% water change. I had one coral that had most if not all of the red bugs, there is now no sign of even a single one.

That's the good news, now the bad. The gorilla crab seems to be uneffected by the treatment. I just saw him in the rock and when I moved the rock he is definately alive.

I think I am going to try a more agressive approach to remove him. As in take the rock out and physically remove him.

Keith

 

[colesy]

Have you tried the shrimp in a tall shot glass trick? I have seen it work for others.

 

[Stile2]

I have had a tall shot glass with fresh shrimp every couple of days in the sump leaned against the rock since 4/11, so 18 days and nothing. Oh, well. At least he is not killing my snails and crabs in the display anymore.

 

[Stile2]

I removed the rock from the hospital tank (Marc, it almost fell over onto the SPS :eek2:, but I saved it.) I tried pouring fresh water into the rock to scare out the crab, nothing. I tried pouring vinegar into the rock, nothing. I pulled out a hammer and screwdriver and broke the rock into two pieces and there he was hiding in a corner. I grabbed a tupperware and pushed him in. It took a bit of force (you can see in the picture that his shell was cracked in the process). but I let him sit in there for 10 minutes and he was still alive.

But in the end NO MORE GORILLA CRAB! :bounce1: :bounce3: :bounce2: :dance: :beer:
:uzi:

 

[Stile2]

some new additions
Royal Gramma

Basslet

Bad Picture of a Citrus Goby (he hides a lot)

And a Kole Tang.

Keith

 

[colesy]

Congrats on catching the crab... Nice additions as well!

 

[got2lb]

Good Job FINALLY catching that little sucker!

If you want to donate him to a good cause here's one! :lol:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=749210

 

[Stile2]

I wish I had of known. The monster "toilet" got him.

 

[reefarchitect]

All flushes end in the sea...:lol:

I recently caught two in my tank and threw them in the fuge. Wife wouldn't let me flush em'

 

[Stile2]

Well, we are at day three of corals in the hospital tank and all is well. (Cross your fingers) I am doing another 2 gallon water change tomorrow. I do have a bio filter on the tank but I don't want anything (parameter wise) to sneak up on me, so I figure regular water changes will help out.

That's all for now.
Keith