Let's see your SPS nanos!

[Wiskey]

Cool beens Travis, I do something close to that with cyclopeaze, I shut off the return pump and feed so the systems flow gets the food to the coral. I have a 500GPH pump on a Squid, and 3 powerheads on a Red Sea wave maker so food does get to all of them.

Is that a red with blue pylop digi in your avitar? That thing is crazy cool!

Thanks,
Whiskey

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7752820#post7752820 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis Savant
When I say spot feed I mean that I spray food at them with a turkey baster. You have to turn off ALL of the pumps so that they can catch the food. That ensures each one gets a good amount of food. If I had alot of flow all around the tank, I could just dump it in, but I don't, so some of the might not get any food at all.

I don't touch the sand bed, I let it do it's thing. I think that adding sand definantly helped me out in my situation.

 

[Travis Savant]

Orange on Orange. It's an Orange Crush Digi

 

[DarkXerox]

29G TruVu w/ internal overflow
10G Chambered sump (I siliconed 4 glass panels in) with chaeto fuge
Hamilton Protostar 250w 14k Phoenix HQI 2x 55w PC fixture (PC's are off in the summer)
Rio 2100 return
Coralife 65 skimmer
2x SEIO 820's (total of about 55x turnover alone)
SSB about 2 inches
Dose Ca/alk/mag with Randy's two part
Fish: Two bartlett's anthias, two tankbred Perculas, Two Chromis
Set up on 1/16/06

FTS from about 2 weeks ago:

I'm treating the acros for RB's in a container so I'm going to mount them next week.

Also might want to keep an eye on your SCWD, they can become real problems later on.

 

[Salty Brother]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7751400#post7751400 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Wiskey
Salty Brother

Very nice tank, especially for being so new!

You say that you only have one halide (that is covering a 36" tank), how would you say the coverage is?

How far off the water is your bulb?

I see some window screen in your hood pic, is that to make the light less intense in the middle and even it out? Or is it for acclamation?

How do you deal with cooling?

How do you deal with top off and CA/ALK supplementation.

Thanks,
Whiskey

Thanks for the complements, thoes pics dont look very good though. Ill get some tomarrow, today I got some more snails, crabs, rock and 3 green chromis.

Coverage is ok, Ihave the bulb off center about 2" to the side with the rock structure becuase that is where most of the sps will be.

The bulb is about 10" off the water.

That screen and eggcrate was to acclimate the corals to the MH, it is all off now.

Coverage is ok, Ihave the bulb off center about 2" to the side with the rock structure becuase that is where most of the sps will be.

I have 2 3" fans sucking in air and blowing it out the back, heat is never a problem.

Right now Iam just adding some kent calcium, but setting up a kalkwasser drip as we speak.

Thanks again, any more questions?

 

[Wiskey]

Thanks for jumping in DarkXerox, great tank!

That coralife 65 seems to be a popular skimmer.

That is a single halide pendant correct? And a 30 inch tank? How do you feel the coverage is? How far is the light off the tank?

Do you siphon your sand bed? If so how often? How dark do you skim and about how much skimate do you get?

I think one of the biggest problems with the Squid is when sand gets caught in them they can't be cleaned. I run a BB tank so I don't need to worry about that, however I did install it right over my sump because I have heard reports of leaks.

Have you heard of any other problems with the Squid that I should be aware of?

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7754735#post7754735 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Salty Brother
Thanks for the complements, thoes pics dont look very good though. Ill get some tomarrow, today I got some more snails, crabs, rock and 3 green chromis.

Coverage is ok, Ihave the bulb off center about 2" to the side with the rock structure becuase that is where most of the sps will be.

The bulb is about 10" off the water.

That screen and eggcrate was to acclimate the corals to the MH, it is all off now.

Coverage is ok, Ihave the bulb off center about 2" to the side with the rock structure becuase that is where most of the sps will be.

I have 2 3" fans sucking in air and blowing it out the back, heat is never a problem.

Right now Iam just adding some kent calcium, but setting up a kalkwasser drip as we speak.

Thanks again, any more questions?

I am using Kalkwasser as well, it is mixed with all topoff water through a reactor. This allows me more time to look at the tank, and less time spent messing with it. So far it is working great, but I am a bit worried that as SPS growth takes off it might not be enough.

I was thinking about building a canopy for my MH but I wasn't sure how heat would be. If only 2 fans are enough for you perhaps I should consider building mine.

Is your bulb 10" up for acclamation purposes, or do you plan on keeping it that high?

Ill be looking out for the new pics!

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Salty Brother]

Two fans does a great job, I just picked up to fans from a computer store, then went to radioshack and got the right volt converter so it doesnt blow the fans out. haha blow the fans out .

The mh will always be like that, most people have them off about that far, if you had it close to the water the tank would cook.

Any other questions? I will have some pics tomarrow.

And DarkXerox, thoes anthias are ok, they usally need a lot of swimming room.

 

[DarkXerox]

Wiskey, well I've heard that the SCWDs can get calcification in them as time goes on, and really lose effectiveness. Plus you are losing a lot of flow since that goes into mechanical energy to do the switching action, so I'm not sure how to calculate the eventual head loss. The hood I have actually isn't a pendant, but rests on top of some acrylic cubes over the tank. Coverage is excellent over the tank. The bulb itself is probably like 8-10 inches from the water.

As for the sandbed, I don't really touch it much, but I sometimes turkey baste any deadspots. For skimming, I tend to like a tea colored skimmate, and skimming wet.

Salty: The anthias are doing great, mainly due to the fact that my rockwork is very open and there is a lot of vertical room as well. Plus the two SEIOs give them plenty of exercise. I've got a pair in the 55g also and I noticed that they never really utilized about 25% of the tank, so I figured why not. But I'll consider them a success when they hit the 1 year+ mark, theyre about 6 months right now.

If you want to see my build log, just check out my "red house".

 

[Cody Ray]

There's nothing in it but its GOING to be an sps system

 

[Travis Savant]

It's not just sand, algae and ditus will stop the Squid also. A better alternative would be the Ocean Motion's Two Way.

 

[calvin415]

I need to get some recent pics, but click my homepage for all the details...

 

[Salty Brother]

The way I have my scwd it is really easy to clean and make more efficent. First of all I bored out the inside of the scwd to the holes were larger for more flow, then I also made it have threads so the whole system is solid pvc, and also I have a union right before the scwd so I can take it out and let it soak in vinegar if i need too.

 

[louist]

Not a pure SPS nano, but slowly the flubbers are all going to fellow reefers.

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7756428#post7756428 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Salty Brother
Two fans does a great job, I just picked up to fans from a computer store, then went to radioshack and got the right volt converter so it doesnt blow the fans out. haha blow the fans out .

The mh will always be like that, most people have them off about that far, if you had it close to the water the tank would cook.

Any other questions? I will have some pics tomarrow.

And DarkXerox, thoes anthias are ok, they usally need a lot of swimming room.

My MH is allot closer to the water, at about 6 inches, this is because my pendint's reflector is rather poor, and I need it that close to get the LUX readings I am looking for.

Ill be watching for the pics!

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7756753#post7756753 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DarkXerox
Wiskey, well I've heard that the SCWDs can get calcification in them as time goes on, and really lose effectiveness. Plus you are losing a lot of flow since that goes into mechanical energy to do the switching action, so I'm not sure how to calculate the eventual head loss. The hood I have actually isn't a pendant, but rests on top of some acrylic cubes over the tank. Coverage is excellent over the tank. The bulb itself is probably like 8-10 inches from the water.

As for the sandbed, I don't really touch it much, but I sometimes turkey baste any deadspots. For skimming, I tend to like a tea colored skimmate, and skimming wet.

Salty: The anthias are doing great, mainly due to the fact that my rockwork is very open and there is a lot of vertical room as well. Plus the two SEIOs give them plenty of exercise. I've got a pair in the 55g also and I noticed that they never really utilized about 25% of the tank, so I figured why not. But I'll consider them a success when they hit the 1 year+ mark, theyre about 6 months right now.

If you want to see my build log, just check out my "red house".

Hmm, it looks like I need to do a little more looking around about the Squid, the company's websight stated that at my flow it is 90% efficent, so I figured it was worth the 10% loss for the switching action was worth it.

Thanks for the help, Ill check out your build thread when I get home.
Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7756779#post7756779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChinChek787
There's nothing in it but its GOING to be an sps system

Your doing it after all eh ChinChek? You made it easy, I can see all your equiptment .

Is that the clip on 150W MH? How do you like it? I was looking into getting that, but decided it wasn't worth replacing my 250 setup to save a little power.

Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7756960#post7756960 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis Savant
It's not just sand, algae and ditus will stop the Squid also. A better alternative would be the Ocean Motion's Two Way.

That thing comes with quite the price too . I am going to look into the Squid a little more. If it breaks I definitally won't replace it with another Squid, but if it keeps going without problems I probably won't bother replacing it unless the flow tapers off.

Without that closed loop, I still have 40X turnover, so a little restriction is no big deal. With the closed loop I have somewhere close to 70X

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7757637#post7757637 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by calvin415
I need to get some recent pics, but click my homepage for all the details...

Thanks for joining the party Calvin415!

Nice tank!

Ill check your thread and ask any questions I may have when I get home.

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7758098#post7758098 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Salty Brother
The way I have my scwd it is really easy to clean and make more efficent. First of all I bored out the inside of the scwd to the holes were larger for more flow, then I also made it have threads so the whole system is solid pvc, and also I have a union right before the scwd so I can take it out and let it soak in vinegar if i need too.

I have my Squid so it is really easy to remove as well, I did not bore out the holes on the intake/outputs though, perhaps I should, it would give me a little more kick out of that thing.

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Wiskey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7758162#post7758162 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by louist
Not a pure SPS nano, but slowly the flubbers are all going to fellow reefers.

Very nice Louist!

Could I get some specs on your system? I see a PH in there, and an Aquaclear fuge. What kind of lighting is that? Do you use a skimmer, or sump of any kind?

Thanks,
Whiskey