griss' Tank Upgrade Thread

[Hong Kong]

I dont want to speak about but the good way is to leave it without 1 or 2 times to not feed by food and next day be sure will enter in catch if you place one tablet food inside. Even if you catch 2 of them no issue to release. Try.

 

[griss]

I’ve been leaving it in the tank the whole time. At feeding time, I put a cube of frozen food in the trap.

 

[vlangel]

Any tricks to being successful with a fish trap? I’m still having no luck.

A lot of patience. However if that fails, I have gotten a brute can or two and emptied almost all the water out. That has always worked although I wasn't trying to catch such a small fish.

 

[griss]

Went through diatoms, then Dinos that are starting to abate and now Cyano. So, I’m progressing through the ugly stage.

Filefish is finally eating Aiptasia. Some of the Zoas I moved had a few and he knocked them out. All livestock doing well so far. Here’s a few pics at feeding time.

 

[Uncle99]

Looks great! Cooking up well I see!
As for trapping a six-line, good luck, he’s a smart fish, and fast and agile swimmer.
He might dive in at one point but unless your sitting while it happens and your fast on the trigger, he can be in and out in seconds. Is he being a problem.?

I have never caught anything in a fish trap except slow stuff like crabs.
Fish just seem to stare at the trap for me.
Made a harpoon from elastic and wood meat skewer.
Got a gorilla crab with that. Lucky shot.

Only the net worked for me but that’s without much corals.
Now, once a fish is in, until he dies, he’s in.

 

[griss]

If you follow the Euroquatics thread (DIY forum) you’ll see I was having some issues with my lights. So, not much exciting has happened. I finally got a fix in place for the lights.

I did buy a second Brute so now I have a temporary topoff and salt mixing station. I need to make something permanent.

Doing a 20 gallon water change later today.

Some bad news, I think the lights being wonky, running on weird schedules and sometimes staying on all night stressed out my Pseudochromis and Hawkfish. I haven’t seen either in two days

I also learned that I cannot keep LPS (Hammer coral in particular) thanks to the Filefish.

 

[vlangel]

If you follow the Euroquatics thread (DIY forum) you’ll see I was having some issues with my lights. So, not much exciting has happened. I finally got a fix in place for the lights.

I did buy a second Brute so now I have a temporary topoff and salt mixing station. I need to make something permanent.

Doing a 20 gallon water change later today.

Some bad news, I thing the lights being wonky, running on weird schedules and sometimes staying on all night stressed out my Pseudochromis and Hawkfish. I haven’t seen either in two days

I also learned that I cannot keep LPS (Hammer coral in particular) thanks to the Filefish.

Hopefully if the lights were stressing the pseudochromis and hawkfish, they will reappear when the lights are on a set schedule.
Yes, I believe I remember that filefish could get a taste for some coral. If its not one thing then its another!
Hang in there, it will all work out!

 

[griss]

Hopefully if the lights were stressing the pseudochromis and hawkfish, they will reappear when the lights are on a set schedule.
Yes, I believe I remember that filefish could get a taste for some coral. If its not one thing then its another!
Hang in there, it will all work out!

Oh, I’m not complaining, it’s all part of the hobby. I’m dealing with horrible Cyano too.

Did a 20 gallon water change. Need to add the media reactor hooked up but I’m not sure where I’m going to put it yet.

 

[griss]

Listed my 40 for sale. Within 30 minutes, I had someone reach out asking if they could pick up next weekend. Hopefully, this is legit and then we can focus on phase 2 of the basement remodel.

 

[vlangel]

Listed my 40 for sale. Within 30 minutes, I had someone reach out asking if they could pick up next weekend. Hopefully, this is legit and then we can focus on phase 2 of the basement remodel.

Yay! It is probably legit because scammers answer and try to pressure a money deal right away. Ask me how I know that, LOL? Luckily I wasn't willing to send any $ and told them if they wanted my tank that it was a cash deal only and they needed to pick it up. I still have the tank which I need to put up for sale again.

I will keep you posted on my cyano journey and if anything works well.

 

[griss]

Yeah, it seems legit. I also mentioned to the buyer that I have an Apex system available and would be willing to sell that as well. They asked a bunch of questions about the Apex as they've never used a controller before. When they realized the cost addition (I calculated based on eBay completed sales), they decided against buying that. But, that's fine, I'll recoup a bit more money parting it out than I was going to get selling it with the tank.

 

[revclyburn]

What sand are you using and from where. I'm looking for actual live sand. I wish I could find that Old Castle sand I used to get from Home Depot, but that's long gone, company no long has that sand. So, got to find some for my 55 gallon, reef I setting back up. I don't plan on having a lot in it, just something to occupy some time when I retire in a couple of months. So, what are you/others using?

 

[griss]

What sand are you using and from where. I'm looking for actual live sand. I wish I could find that Old Castle sand I used to get from Home Depot, but that's long gone, company no long has that sand. So, got to find some for my 55 gallon, reef I setting back up. I don't plan on having a lot in it, just something to occupy some time when I retire in a couple of months. So, what are you/others using?

I’m using a mix of various Caribsea dry and “live” sand.

 

[Uncle99]

What sand are you using and from where. I'm looking for actual live sand. I wish I could find that Old Castle sand I used to get from Home Depot, but that's long gone, company no long has that sand. So, got to find some for my 55 gallon, reef I setting back up. I don't plan on having a lot in it, just something to occupy some time when I retire in a couple of months. So, what are you/others using?

Just an inch or two of Carib Sea sand and Carib Sea life (dry) rock which came purple so the DT looked great right off the start. 6 years later, still purple.

 

[griss]

Buyer for the 40 is supposed to come get it between 3-4 this afternoon. It will be nice to get that out and let Mike finish the drywall. Then, carpet in phase 2. Our son is going to build a dry bar in phase 1 as Mrs griss has always wanted a bar. I grew up in houses with one and don’t really care either way lol.

 

[Uncle99]

Buyer for the 40 is supposed to come get it between 3-4 this afternoon. It will be nice to get that out and let Mike finish the drywall. Then, carpet in phase 2. Our son is going to build a dry bar in phase 1 as Mrs griss has always wanted a bar. I grew up in houses with one and don’t really care either way lol.

Then “Cheers” (sound of glasses clinking)
Are you building a house or a tank,or it looks like both.

 

[griss]

Then “Cheers” (sound of glasses clinking)
Are you building a house or a tank,or it looks like both.

I think both. We had the basement finished in a kid friendly manner and for the 450 reef. Since the 450 is long gone and the kids are grown, we decided to redo the basement more to our liking.

 

[vlangel]

I think both. We had the basement finished in a kid friendly manner and for the 450 reef. Since the 450 is long gone and the kids are grown, we decided to redo the basement more to our liking.

Wow George, you had a 450 gallon reef? How long ago was that?

 

[revclyburn]

Thanks for replying, needed information. Where did you get the live sand at Griss?