Lightsluvr's 340G Upgrade
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I dunno. I just assume that a clean cup is "slicker" (a highly technical scientific term) than one coated with nasty green snot. It took about an hour for the skimmer to settle down and return to normal, making Don Ho bubbles again.
Maybe an expert can provide a more Darwinistic response...
LL
I have been told that only the males develop the streamers... my blond naso has them as well...
LL
techreef
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that is a dead sexy vlamingi untamed12! beautiful blue streaks.
Lightsluvr, in your display, is it just the 2 Vortechs circulating your water from opposite corners across the length of your tank? I'm looking at buying a 300G AGE tank, and moving from a PVC CL manifold that sits on top of a tank to in-tank water pumps like the Vortechs or Tunze's. I'm trying to learn how many are needed to move 300G of water around the tank so detritus doesn't settle. But I don't want an SPS-only water tornado.
Lightsluvr, in your display, is it just the 2 Vortechs circulating your water from opposite corners across the length of your tank? I'm looking at buying a 300G AGE tank, and moving from a PVC CL manifold that sits on top of a tank to in-tank water pumps like the Vortechs or Tunze's. I'm trying to learn how many are needed to move 300G of water around the tank so detritus doesn't settle. But I don't want an SPS-only water tornado.
The Vortechs push water clockwise around the tank in a "race track" fashion. My 5500gph closed loop pushes it counter-clockwise, causing nice confluent motion. The tangs love it...
If you just want to use Vortechs in a 300, I would suggest 4 of them...
LL
They were buried back in Part I of the thread - don't ask me what page...
Here are a few photos before I added the fourth durso:
(the dursos were painted black)
You can see the bulkheads in the overflow (from inside the tank). This is now pretty much obscured by coralline.
The gray standpaipe was replaced by another durso to feed the refugium.
Feel free to ask any questions.
LL
Star from outer space?
Star from outer space?
Early this morning I was rolling the chaeto ball over in the new refugium. When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a solitary starfish...
I know this is a poor photo, but I'll get my acrylic box out later and see if I can get a better view. Let's just say it is white, five legs and is about 1.5" across:
So, is this the mother of all asterinas, or some other type of star that was smuggled in the chaeto I have acquired over the years?
Any suggestions?
LL
Star from outer space?
Early this morning I was rolling the chaeto ball over in the new refugium. When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a solitary starfish...
I know this is a poor photo, but I'll get my acrylic box out later and see if I can get a better view. Let's just say it is white, five legs and is about 1.5" across:
So, is this the mother of all asterinas, or some other type of star that was smuggled in the chaeto I have acquired over the years?
Any suggestions?
LL
Charlie is approaching 12", including his streamers... he's a big boy and full of personality, thanks to his previous owners... :fish1:
LL
stunreefer
Reef Hugger
Well saidI dunno. I just assume that a clean cup is "slicker" (a highly technical scientific term) than one coated with nasty green snot. It took about an hour for the skimmer to settle down and return to normal, making Don Ho bubbles again.
Maybe an expert can provide a more Darwinistic response...
My skimmer does the same thing. I leave the plug installed in the bottom of the collection cup except after cleaning, I remove it for an hour or so as it just pulls saltwater. Once it settles down I re-install the plug and away we go.
maroun.c
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They were buried back in Part I of the thread - don't ask me what page...
Here are a few photos before I added the fourth durso:
(the dursos were painted black)
You can see the bulkheads in the overflow (from inside the tank). This is now pretty much obscured by coralline.
The gray standpaipe was replaced by another durso to feed the refugium.
Feel free to ask any questions.
LL
Thanks for the info and pics.
Unfortunately it's not possible here to have anyone make that grove in the glass in the overflow and warranty it against braking as apparently it "causes a week point in the glass" Guess I'll either have to drill holes in the side wall and have a shallow overflow from inside the tank and then an outer tank overflow box with Dursos...
Any recommendations wether I should go with that or just have an internal overflow that I cannot access till the bottom in a large tank?
Thanks for your help.
I'm pretty sure the "grooves" in my tank are machined in a 3/4" thick acrylic strip that is attached to the back glass. Note that the "grooves" (I call them "teeth", because that's what I heard someone else call them.) are in a black material, while the rest of the back is clear glass, covered with a black vinyl... It just depends who manufactures your tank and what their expertise is...
Your typical tank manufacturer has no experience with hybrid tanks...that limits your overflow configuration to whatever they offer...
LL
Your typical tank manufacturer has no experience with hybrid tanks...that limits your overflow configuration to whatever they offer...
LL
Hi Cody,
Glad to see you on here. I have been traveling so much, it seems like weeks since I've been on RC. As you probably know, I resigned as COMAS President because I just didn't have the time to devote to the office with my new job responsibilities. Job and family have to come first. I'm just blessed that Vicki enjoys watching and feeding the tank when I'm gone...
Anyway, stop by often and let me know how it's going in sunny Florida.
LL
The mystery fish(es)...
The mystery fish(es)...
I returned from a trip a few weeks ago and while checking the tanks, I glimpsed an unidentified fish swimming in the 100G Rubbermaid sump! I didn't notice any fish missing from the DT, so I was puzzled what made a "splash" in the water when I approached the sump.
A few days later, I spotted one of my two Yellow Coris Wrasses in the sump. I was shocked to see him, because I thought he had been lost months before. He was easily an inch longer than his buddy which remained in the DT.
The question is: How did a 4" Wrasse get through the overflow grid, down a 1.5" Durso, through 6-8 feet of PVC tubing, out of a filter sock and into the sump???
Here is the layout of the equipment room, showing the back of the display tank and the position of the 100G sump:
Here is a closeup view of the overflow that the fish would have to traverse:
I have been studying this question for weeks without a suitable answer...
Then a week ago, I noticed that my beloved 5" Diamond Watchman Goby had disappeared.
We were really bummed, because he was one of the first fish we bought, getting him when he was just a little over an inch long... I moved rocks all over looking for him or his carcass, but found nothing...
This morning, while doing the weekly water change, I saw an unusual shape in the 100G sump. What to my wondering eyes did appear but Herman the 5" Goby!!
Well here's the mystery. How did a 4" wrasse and a 5" Goby escape from the DT into the sump?? In my mind, there is no way they could have survived, squuezing through the overflow grid, swimming through the durso, down the PVC pipe, over a filter sock and into the sump!
The only alternative that they jumped from the back of the DT, across the open space occupied by the skimmer and somehow splash-landed into the sump!
Truth stranger than fiction? Like Nemo learned, all drains lead to the Ocean! :eek2: :fish1:
Any suggestions?
LL
The mystery fish(es)...
I returned from a trip a few weeks ago and while checking the tanks, I glimpsed an unidentified fish swimming in the 100G Rubbermaid sump! I didn't notice any fish missing from the DT, so I was puzzled what made a "splash" in the water when I approached the sump.
A few days later, I spotted one of my two Yellow Coris Wrasses in the sump. I was shocked to see him, because I thought he had been lost months before. He was easily an inch longer than his buddy which remained in the DT.
The question is: How did a 4" Wrasse get through the overflow grid, down a 1.5" Durso, through 6-8 feet of PVC tubing, out of a filter sock and into the sump???
Here is the layout of the equipment room, showing the back of the display tank and the position of the 100G sump:
Here is a closeup view of the overflow that the fish would have to traverse:
I have been studying this question for weeks without a suitable answer...
Then a week ago, I noticed that my beloved 5" Diamond Watchman Goby had disappeared.
We were really bummed, because he was one of the first fish we bought, getting him when he was just a little over an inch long... I moved rocks all over looking for him or his carcass, but found nothing...
This morning, while doing the weekly water change, I saw an unusual shape in the 100G sump. What to my wondering eyes did appear but Herman the 5" Goby!!
Well here's the mystery. How did a 4" wrasse and a 5" Goby escape from the DT into the sump?? In my mind, there is no way they could have survived, squuezing through the overflow grid, swimming through the durso, down the PVC pipe, over a filter sock and into the sump!
The only alternative that they jumped from the back of the DT, across the open space occupied by the skimmer and somehow splash-landed into the sump!
Truth stranger than fiction? Like Nemo learned, all drains lead to the Ocean! :eek2: :fish1:
Any suggestions?
LL
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