Lunchbucket's New 58gal RR inprogress - LOTS OF PICS

[melev]

Eric, if you turn off the return pumps for 8 hours, these problems will be solved.

Just kidding. Sorry about that. I hate it when fish do that to each other. The good news is they grow those fins back. When I introduce a new fish, I tend to feed the tank at the same time to distract the heck out of my obese fish. It dulls their senses.

 

[Lunchbucket]

i thought about feeding them..but figured i would let them sleep it off guess a full stomach would help too

hope he does ok through the night. those female clowns are *****es!!

Lunchbucket

 

[melev]

Is that a Clarkii? I hate those clowns, they are meaner than bulldogs.

Here's the link, lazy man. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=6000970#post6000970

 

[jay24k]

Well I have a new method if introducing fish lol.

I added an achilles tang that looked really healthy and my yellow small tang who thinks he is the boss decides that, "Hey, finally a tang my size roughly and I can boss his butt around." So for 2 days, he would chase him behind the rocks in the back corner.

Now for me, an achilles is a delicate fish and not the easiest to keep sooooo.... I tried removing the yellow tang. Placed a net in the tank and all the other fish and tangs swam into it except the yellow one. Smart PITA. So then I chase him around the tank. No go. At least the Achilles was eating Nori and alot of it.

So then I thought, I'm going to teach this yellow guy a lesson lol .

So everytime he chased him, I'd chase him with a net. I'd alternate with an acrylic rod which I'd tap him with. After about 4 hours (not non stop but every 15 minutes I'd spend 10 minutes) of doing this, he left him alone. They are now buddies and hang around each other. I don't know if this would work for any fish but it did for me.

So far he has been doing very well, packing on some weight and I'm hoping for the best. He only eats live brine and nori and constantly picks at the rock.

So my long story is....chase the PITA and give him a dose of his own medicine!

 

[otolith]

Wow, that's a camera box. Thanks for the link. I do like your design, Marc, given that you can actually connect the camera to the box itself. I was just thinking of a simple box for my camera. I'll have to see if Bob has any leftover acrylic to see if he could just build one for me.

 

[Lunchbucket]

melev - oscellaris clowns. not really lazy just didn't know where and you did...so thought you could post it quick :rolleye1:

jay - LOL i've done that before w/ fish. it didn't seem to help in my situation. but if when the lights are on tomorrow there is still chasing i'll get out my beatin stick

otolith - i need him to build me one too before he ships out my phosphate reactor

Lunchbucket

 

[melev]

Calling a <i>Manager of Powershop Gym, Masters of Science - Exercise Physiology, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Personal Trainer</i> lazy seemed funny, at least to me. :lol:

 

[otolith]

Calling a <i>Manager of Powershop Gym, Masters of Science - Exercise Physiology, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Personal Trainer</i> lazy seemed funny, at least to me. :lol:

Well, at least you can amuse yourself.

 

[melev]

I know, it doesn't take much.

 

[melev]

Hey Eric, my post count just got higher again. Muah ha ha.

 

[otolith]

At the rate I'm going, it should only take me 2 years to hit the second thousand posts. :lol:

 

[melev]

If you help Eric get this thread to split, you can speed that up considerably. 25 posts per page, 40 pages.... do the math.

 

[asnatlas]

If you help Eric get this thread to split, you can speed that up considerably. 25 posts per page, 40 pages.... do the math.

25 posts * 40 pages = 1000 posts * 2000 threads... Looks like Marc is behind

Shawn

 

[Lunchbucket]

Calling a Manager of Powershop Gym, Masters of Science - Exercise Physiology, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Personal Trainer lazy seemed funny, at least to me.

ok now that my meathead slowness got the joke it was funny i chuckled:lol:

otolith - melev is in a world of his own so someone has to amuse him

melev - now we KNOW why you have 15 bugillion posts....w/ all the quality ones i have gotten in this thread

Lunchbucket

 

[Lunchbucket]

ok on a more serious note and a new post

i got the replacement top for my Ca Rx today and got it all hooked up. ALL BETTER..no leaky leaky thank God. now i can run it like it's supposed to be run. i'm only running .02L/min though and at 6.7pH. i don't want to add TOO much to the tank right way. i'll lower the pH in the reactor if i need an alk boost in the next coming days. then when i get to 6.4 or so i'll start upping the effluent.

nice thing is w/ this precision needle valve and the effluent meter i can up it just .01L/min and KNOW that i only upped it that much. w/out an effluent meter i would only be guessing and it would take longer to balance out my Rx to my tank

earlier today i was at my parents insulating thier garage and my wife called and said that my female b*tch clown was beating the snot out of my firefish. she was chasing it around the tank. finally it was back behind a heater i have by my overflow getting some protection. bad part is i have NOT seen it all day. my wife and i cannot find it AT ALL now. i searched in the overflow, behind the tank in case of carpet surfing an in the rock all over. i know they hide well but it hasn't hidden yet untill now. so i hope it is ok

the bangaii is fine and no other fish bothers him. only bad part is he hides in teh back of the tank so i hope he comes out front soon

i NEED my new RO unit to get here. i'm running 34ppm OUT OF MY RO MEMBRANE and 4ppm out of my DI!!! needless to say my membrane AND my DI are toasted. my new unit was supposed to be here already but i am not sure where it is at. i emailed the guy and he is getting the tracking and helping find out where it is.

i am getting a little diatoms on the sand and i am wondering if this is due to the Ca Rx switch over or the ro/di water. it only starting coming about after i added the new Ca Rx and had it running full bore (no co2 through it) was wondering if some of the dust or dosing a little potent effluent from the old reactor would be the cause???

long enough post? do i get credit for 100 of melevs?? :lol: :dance:
Lunchbucket

 

[melev]

You know, if you keep taunting me, I may outpost you in your own thread! You cracked me up with your comments above, but the biggest laugh came from your wife's calling you about your _____ clownfish.

Have you changed out your prefilters on the RO to lower the TDS coming out of the RO? TDS of 4 coming out of the DI isn't the end of the world. I pretty much set a goal that if it is over 10, then I'll change out the filters. I need to see where I am, but I just replaced them a month ago and it should be nearly 0.\

The diatoms could be coming from the noodles perhaps. That is your new addition. Raising alkalinity does help kill off nuisance algae, and you can do this with baked baking soda. Mix up a cup of RO water with a teaspoon or two. Then pour it in an area of high flow and watch your pH meter closely to avoid spiking the tank. A couple of years ago, I just poured the cup in the tank and watched the pH hit 8.9 or so, and all my SPS started sliming instantly. I just sat there in front of the tank in horror for probably 2 hours, feeling pretty helpless. Now I know better, and add stuff in smaller doses over time to make sure the tank can handle the change.

Your needle valve and effluent meter sound really neat. I'm going to be ordering some stuff from Aquaticeco.com, including some needle valves. That should be great on the output of my Ca Reactor, instead of the pinch clamp I've been using for the past year. I just need to get the right size one for that tubing.

I hope you find your Firefish. Did you get a red one or a purple one?

 

[Lunchbucket]

melev - LOL yeah i laughed too when she called.

i have changed out the pre filters. same time as the DI cart. maybe 3-4months ago. i could check my paypal or my email where i have the reciepts. yeah i know 4ppm isn't the end of hte world but i strickly run ZERO. always have. i didn't even know my membrane was shot till i checked my TDS...i dont' to that often it is an inline one...i guess i should check it agains my Hana handheld TDS to be sure

well i used the same type of noodles before in my old reactor. used them since the last fill up on my old reactor. i could have been from my alk being up and down i guess?? no idea. my alk did get to 7.0 and 7.7 for 2-3days. i checked yesterday and it was 9.0 or so...back to normal.

if i need an alk boost i'll mix up some kalk in my dripper i have for back up. safer IMO. but i have used baking soda and kalk the way you have described (not together but on seperate occations)

the needles valves and effluent meter ROCK. i can't eplain how much i love these two accesories. they really make a reactor more of a pleasure and less of a chore when dialing them in. i would highly suggest getting them paired together. a pinch clam!! :eek2: that is so last year and SOOOO ghetto :lol: whatever works but this is way easier and you can tell how much your tank is getting. mine is a 1/4" RO tubing valve just like a JG sized.

i got a plain one aka red one. and i still haven't found it hope it didn't die and is rotting in the tank. i'm sure my big skimmer and all my peppermint snails, the few hermits i have and my cleaner shrimp can do away w/ it before it causes problems in teh tank but i think these are some of the coolest fish out there and i dont' like loosing them

Lunchbucket

 

[Lunchbucket]

ok just had a scary moment!! my wife was watching Lord of the Rings...no biggie but she went to shut off my reciever and it tripped the power in the living room! that powers my ca rx pump, co2 silenoid, ACII, 20k MH, tunze, fans to cool, heaters to heat, and my pH controller. nothing terribly important but still this is the FIRST time this has happend. i'm guessing it just surged when it shut off or something? i've had all the lights in teh living room, the tank lights and fans on, and a DVD playing full bore and NOTHING has happend. bad part is i HAVE to have some stuff running on this outlet as my apt is wired all screwy like that. i do have a 20amp dedicated outlet that i run all of my other stuff off of.

werid

well the firefish is ALIVE. my wife and i spotted him hiding inbetween an intank heater and my tunze's magnet holder. i think it looks like his back fins are TRASHED. but it could be that i didn't get a good angle on him and they are just clamped up from being in a tight spot. hope the beatings from mrs. clown stop soon don't think he can take much more

Lunchbucket

 

[Toddrtrex]

That is odd that it tripped turning it off, would have expected it to happen when you turn it on. Heck I can hear a difference in my light's fans when I turn on my power amp.

 

[Lunchbucket]

it made a wierd noise when it turned off. maybe it turned off and then turned right back on...i've had it do that before. something w/ my remote i think.

when my wife fires up her hair dryer all the lights dim in the apt

Lunchbucket