its hip to be square....

[Newbie Aquarist]

Added a really nice nem to the tank today. Gotta get my laptop back to post some pictures. Up next is putting the CA reactor online. No clue on how to do this. Gonna have to research it and do it this week. Tank is coming along well, can't wait to post some pictures other than from my iPhone :lol:
Have noticed a few more small aptasia tho in the tank. I'm slowly eradicating them. I HATE them


Corey

I just recently hooked up my CR. I placed it on the lowest bubble count as I am shooting for an alkalinity of 7.5-8.0 dKh. Its at 10 dKh as I don't have enough corals in my tank to absorb it. You have to be patient when you run the CR as it will take a while to fine tune it.

 

[E.Rude]

Corey, just read through the entire thread this morning... your tank looks great dude! Love the aquascape. I'm about to move from a house I rent into an apartment and I'm wondering how you figured out if your floors could support the weight?
Also, I just set up my first calcium reactor and this little write-up helped me a TON:

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56499

 

[biecacka]

Thanks for that link. I'm gonna read it again then I might give it a try.

Corey

 

[biecacka]

How's everyone's bracket looking so far?? I know it's early but some ppl in my group have busted up brackets already.....I live in Columbus Ohio and a few ppl I know had OSU going deep into the tournament.

Corey

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

How's everyone's bracket looking so far?? I know it's early but some ppl in my group have busted up brackets already.....I live in Columbus Ohio and a few ppl I know had OSU going deep into the tournament.

Corey

Dayton had other plans.

 

[biecacka]

I picked Dayton to win that game. But I also had duke going deep.
:lol:


Corey

 

[biecacka]

I have been running one ph probe on my tank with my apex fine and I just put my calcium reactor online and want to run a second probe. I have it plugged into the orp/ph outlet on the apex. How do I go in the head unit and set it up to read as a ph probe. I need to do it via he head unit because my laptop is getting fixed.

Thank you
Corey

 

[biecacka]

Any thoughts on how to get a fish from the overflow box. Mine runs 24 inches high and maybe 30 inches wide or so. A small fish somehow slid through the teeth I guess and now has a new home until I fish it out. I'm trying food in the net trick with no luck yet


Corey

 

[Tradewinds]

Any thoughts on how to get a fish from the overflow box. Mine runs 24 inches high and maybe 30 inches wide or so. A small fish somehow slid through the teeth I guess and now has a new home until I fish it out. I'm trying food in the net trick with no luck yet


Corey

I had a clown jump into my overflow once. I removed the drain pipe and it was swept into the sump, unhurt.

 

[biecacka]

Yes that is an option I might have to explore. :lol:
I hope not but we will see I guess.

Corey

 

[1fishkeeper]

I had to do the same thing twice this last week. Just make sure your sump can handle the extra water that's going to be dumped into it.

 

[biecacka]

Yeah I can hold about 30-40 more gallons in my sump. I just don't look forward to that. My sump is a tad big to fit in my stand so it's a pain to get in and out.

Corey

 

[dave.m]

Have a large net in place in the sump before you remove the stand pipe so all you have to do is reach in and pull it out. Having a second pair of hands to pull the pipe for you would be helpful.

Dave.M

 

[biecacka]

Dave, great idea!

Corey

 

[E.Rude]

Corey, do you live in an apt building or a divided house? I'm just wondering bc I'm moving and want to set up a 200DD in an apt building with poured concrete floors.

 

[biecacka]

I live on the bottom floor of an apartment

Corey

 

[biecacka]

Scarlet pinstripe wrasse:

Leather that started about size of quarter in December or so...

Bubble tip nem...

Derasa clam:

Purple & yellow wrasse:

Bloodshot mushroom:

Few of the fish:

Blue ice zoas:

Best I can do now with just my iPhone/iPad as camera

Corey

 

[sirreal63]

Looking great Corey!

 

[biecacka]

Thanks Jack. It's slowly getting there but patience is the game of the game in this hobby!

Corey

 

[biecacka]

What's an acceptable swing change in ph daily with a calcium reactor?

Corey