Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Ditto that.
Finally some pics (not dialup friendly)
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JB NY
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nbd13 said:
I had the left sea swirl die on me. I got it fixed within two week, but didn't put it on the tank for about two months.
When I noticed two of the coral near the bottom start receding I realized I pushed my luck too far. I put the sea swirl back on the tank and added an extra seio to help get some more current. I took about 3-5 weeks for them to slowly stop receding but they seem to be ok now.Jamesurq said:
I keep looking at that scraper from them. Yeah I can't get the corners and top/bottom of the tank with the magnet. Funny thing is it really seems to bother everyone when they see my tank, but it doesn't really bother me, I guess that's why I haven't cleaned it yet. :lol:
Maybe I'll get the scraper from OM.
ahchung said:This is absolutely amazing!
Questions on sandbed
How long have you been setting up the DSB? How do you maintain it so that it would not become a nutrition sink?
I am planning my new tank and I want to set up the sandbed correctly. Please share your experience. Thanks.
I have two fighting conchs to keep the sandbed white, also some tigertail cucumbers. Other than that I add about 2-3 pounds of new live sand once a year. I'm about 6 months over due on that right now though. Really that it for the maintenance of the sand bed. I run a cheatomorpha refugium, skimmer, use rowaphos, carbon and ozone for the whole tank as well. I'm sure they all help with keeping the tank going.
AcroSteve
Make my Funk a P-Funk
JB NY said:
They are a very handy item.
I have mine mounted to a mag float. The only downside I see is they need about 2-1/2" of clearance on the inside of the tank. So if the corals get a little close to the glass, you might have a hard time getting it all with the mag scraper. Or, just frag it.
Other magnets might not be as thick.
JB NY
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davetkoch said:Now in magnificent Panavision.
Wow that came out great! Nice job, thanks. :thumbsup:
AcroSteve
I'll check out the scaper, I've got a few places that will be close if not impossible to reach with the scaper.
Would a mag float be strong enough on a 180, or would I need to go with the tunze?
Kip
New member
i use the magfloat w/the OMscraper... works great... buy a pack of blades and use a fresh one each time for best results
with that kinda build up... you may go thru a couple blades the first time you use it and may need to spend a good deal of time scraping.
after the initial scrubbing/scraping... it works easily and great as long as you dont let it build up again.
JME
with that kinda build up... you may go thru a couple blades the first time you use it and may need to spend a good deal of time scraping.
after the initial scrubbing/scraping... it works easily and great as long as you dont let it build up again.
JME
davetkoch
New member
Haha, no problem Joe. The Photomerge tool in Photoshop took care of it in a few seconds before I flew out the door to class this morning. On the other hand, there are some other panoramas (like my Lake Tahoe photos...cough...cough) that Photomerge is hopeless with, though, so I usually need to resort to manual labor for those. Photomerge loves TOTM shots though.
So 4.5 years with the DSB...how do you think everything is holding up? You think there is still hope for those us who like sand out there?
Lunchbucket
Premium Member
Joe,
the best SPS tank IMO of all time. this was the one that got me hooked and many of us here in this thread.
keep posting those amazing pics! i hope i get to see this tank in person some day!!
BTW it was my b-day yesterday so you can send me one of everything as my present if you would like
i'll give you my addy
Lunchbucket
the best SPS tank IMO of all time. this was the one that got me hooked and many of us here in this thread.
keep posting those amazing pics! i hope i get to see this tank in person some day!!
BTW it was my b-day yesterday so you can send me one of everything as my present if you would like
i'll give you my addy Lunchbucket
