Maroun.c 390 G build thread
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Crazy_Beaver
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Nice shots!Hopefully soon we will see shots with all the stock transferred !
maroun.c
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Thanks Eddie,
Its amzing indeed to share the same hobby with people from different countries. Best part is meeting people from this forum when I'm on travel and having 3-4 friends in each country I visit!!!
An Achiles is definitly on the fish wish list, might even try for a pair if I manage to find two good specimens at the same time.
I'm hoping the same. Hopefully soon.
theReefKing
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Hope the tank and family are well. It has been a beautiful build. Thank you for sharing!
maroun.c
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Another revive of this thread!!!
Fish additions since last updates:
School of 15 Apogon leptacanthus which reduced to 10 in Quarantine and back to 5 upon transfer to the tank and have stayed at 5 since 7-8 months now. Got me 6 more couple of months back and 5 made it past Quarantine and were doing excellent, then I lost two on introduction, one that simply died the second it touched my DT tank water (even though QT water was the same as DT and that I acclimated...) Will be adding some more for my target of a schoold of 10-15)
Midas Blenny
Red Sea Lyretails. Initially started with 5 ones 3 of which had started transitioning to males when I received them, Luckily only one completed full transition to male. then I lost two of those. So got 5 5 new very small ones to try to establish a full school with a male, and 7 females with a visible pecking order. Seems its working fine so far with the make showing full dominance. Still waiting for better coloration on it.
Inspecting the new commers:
One more flasher wrass: Not really lucky with those as I've had two loose body mass and wither away even after initial treatment against internal parasites.
Fish additions since last updates:
School of 15 Apogon leptacanthus which reduced to 10 in Quarantine and back to 5 upon transfer to the tank and have stayed at 5 since 7-8 months now. Got me 6 more couple of months back and 5 made it past Quarantine and were doing excellent, then I lost two on introduction, one that simply died the second it touched my DT tank water (even though QT water was the same as DT and that I acclimated...) Will be adding some more for my target of a schoold of 10-15)
Midas Blenny
Red Sea Lyretails. Initially started with 5 ones 3 of which had started transitioning to males when I received them, Luckily only one completed full transition to male. then I lost two of those. So got 5 5 new very small ones to try to establish a full school with a male, and 7 females with a visible pecking order. Seems its working fine so far with the make showing full dominance. Still waiting for better coloration on it.
Inspecting the new commers:
One more flasher wrass: Not really lucky with those as I've had two loose body mass and wither away even after initial treatment against internal parasites.
maroun.c
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Thanks Gimmito.
In my case after two batches added, they're pretty bad shippers and seem to stress a lot upon tank moves. Once past that they seem to hold their numbers. Have had the initial 5 for close to a year now and the 3 new ones for around 3 months so far.
Yes I deworm using Prazipro in QT.
In my case after two batches added, they're pretty bad shippers and seem to stress a lot upon tank moves. Once past that they seem to hold their numbers. Have had the initial 5 for close to a year now and the 3 new ones for around 3 months so far.
Yes I deworm using Prazipro in QT.
maroun.c
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And a 2nd leopard wrass (Macropharyngodon Ornatus)I also scored in Holland. This one arrived the day before I was flying back so was a bit worried of flying it agian in 24 hours time. Still it made the trip back and Quarantine fine and wasn't harrassed by my existing one.
Also got a Melanurus from the same trip which made it fine and settled for a couple of weeks in the tank before going crazy on my clams. Was a bit of a disappointment as we don't get those frequently. Especially that these are used for pest control around clams as well!!!
WEirdly it's been since June in my Nano Cube which has a clam as well and it didn't touch it. So might try reintroducing it when I have a few days at home to keep a close watch on it.
My old Maroon clown pair has officially retired to the sump and soon to their specific tank after becoming too aggressive. Replaced them with a pair of Platinums.
When released it took the larger one a few days to go to the Anemone island
Having watched a pair of Maroon clown interaction for the last 14 years, platinums are way too "Soft" in comparison. with the little ineraction I got to see, the female seems to charge at the male from below wheras my maroon female would mostly charge from above pinnign the male to the rocks or sand...
The male was allowed into the Anemone island few days later, unfortunately the day after i was watchign the tank and specifically the clown pair head to the anemones at lights off time, turned on my flashlight to check on them 1 min after lights turned off, to see the male suddnely twitching close to the anemones and it died few minutes later. that was the first sudden fish death I ever saw.
Few months later, chose the smallest nice looking platinum I could find and placed it in an acclimation box for a week, initially above the anemone island and couple of days later just in front of the anemones.
Release went fine with little interaction and the male immediately showing submission
Also got a Melanurus from the same trip which made it fine and settled for a couple of weeks in the tank before going crazy on my clams. Was a bit of a disappointment as we don't get those frequently. Especially that these are used for pest control around clams as well!!!
WEirdly it's been since June in my Nano Cube which has a clam as well and it didn't touch it. So might try reintroducing it when I have a few days at home to keep a close watch on it.
My old Maroon clown pair has officially retired to the sump and soon to their specific tank after becoming too aggressive. Replaced them with a pair of Platinums.
When released it took the larger one a few days to go to the Anemone island
Having watched a pair of Maroon clown interaction for the last 14 years, platinums are way too "Soft" in comparison. with the little ineraction I got to see, the female seems to charge at the male from below wheras my maroon female would mostly charge from above pinnign the male to the rocks or sand...
The male was allowed into the Anemone island few days later, unfortunately the day after i was watchign the tank and specifically the clown pair head to the anemones at lights off time, turned on my flashlight to check on them 1 min after lights turned off, to see the male suddnely twitching close to the anemones and it died few minutes later. that was the first sudden fish death I ever saw.
Few months later, chose the smallest nice looking platinum I could find and placed it in an acclimation box for a week, initially above the anemone island and couple of days later just in front of the anemones.
Release went fine with little interaction and the male immediately showing submission
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Welcome back and great update. I like how you acclimated the anemones to the new platinums. Thanks for the insights.
maroun.c
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Tank is approaching 2 years since the start, but I'm not yet satisfied with how slow things are going and the fact that I'm struggling with tank maintenance. This is mostly due to a crazy travel schedule and having to maintain the tank, Frag system and the nano cube.
So I came to the conclusion that that I will have to connect all three systems to minimize all the separate testing, Water changes dosing... this should increase my water volume considerably but on the other hand I'll loose the safety of a back up system.
So Phase two of the build is just starting:
My To Do list:
-opening a window and a couple of vents in the basement for more airflow through it. which will minimize humidity and increase natural cooling in summer.
-Opening in the basement wall with a stand for 2x1HP chillers, This way the hot air exhaust will be directed outside of the basement and they'll also act as fans when runnings taking out hot humid air from the basement with fresh new air coming in from the vents in the opposite side
-DIY larger sump in the basement, this will be bigger than any tank I have built myself so far. will correct a couple of things I don't like in my current sump. This will also decrease the water surface in the DT tank cabinet, and make it easier for the Dehumidifier, and airflow out, to deal with humidity.
-Moving the frag tank stand next to the new sump and maybe restarting the frag tanks from scratch as corals weren’t happy in the last period and I can’t pinpoint a reason.
-moving the cube and connecting it to the new sump as well.
-Add a new oversized skimmer to deal with the growing bioload. That I believe should make the larger difference as my current Hurricone CAT1 skimmer is struggling with the bioload.
-Finally-Drilling the floor of the house to pass new tubing to the basement: Can't imagine how happy the wife will be on drilling day!!!
2x1.5 inch drains
2x 1 inch returns
Electrical with control from tank electrical board, so I can control things from upstairs without having to be in the basement.
So I came to the conclusion that that I will have to connect all three systems to minimize all the separate testing, Water changes dosing... this should increase my water volume considerably but on the other hand I'll loose the safety of a back up system.
So Phase two of the build is just starting:
My To Do list:
-opening a window and a couple of vents in the basement for more airflow through it. which will minimize humidity and increase natural cooling in summer.
-Opening in the basement wall with a stand for 2x1HP chillers, This way the hot air exhaust will be directed outside of the basement and they'll also act as fans when runnings taking out hot humid air from the basement with fresh new air coming in from the vents in the opposite side
-DIY larger sump in the basement, this will be bigger than any tank I have built myself so far. will correct a couple of things I don't like in my current sump. This will also decrease the water surface in the DT tank cabinet, and make it easier for the Dehumidifier, and airflow out, to deal with humidity.
-Moving the frag tank stand next to the new sump and maybe restarting the frag tanks from scratch as corals weren’t happy in the last period and I can’t pinpoint a reason.
-moving the cube and connecting it to the new sump as well.
-Add a new oversized skimmer to deal with the growing bioload. That I believe should make the larger difference as my current Hurricone CAT1 skimmer is struggling with the bioload.
-Finally-Drilling the floor of the house to pass new tubing to the basement: Can't imagine how happy the wife will be on drilling day!!!
2x1.5 inch drains
2x 1 inch returns
Electrical with control from tank electrical board, so I can control things from upstairs without having to be in the basement.
maroun.c
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Thanks. Still waiting for the clowns to pair up and hopefully for the second clown to take to the anemones.
maroun.c
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Basement Sump Stand:
Wanted an even larger sump but this is the maximum size that would fit through the basement door.72x32x40 1.6x1.6 steel tubing. sump will sit on lower level with middle support foot. upper level had to be unsupported in the middle, or else I would lose around 4 inch of sump width along the length and it would not be possible to pull the sump out . Doubnt it can hold an additional tank on top but might just use the steel to cover the sump with a wood cabinet or maybe go with a very shallow frag tank on top when I need more frag tank space.
Coated with 3 layers of Epoxy paint.
Wanted an even larger sump but this is the maximum size that would fit through the basement door.72x32x40 1.6x1.6 steel tubing. sump will sit on lower level with middle support foot. upper level had to be unsupported in the middle, or else I would lose around 4 inch of sump width along the length and it would not be possible to pull the sump out . Doubnt it can hold an additional tank on top but might just use the steel to cover the sump with a wood cabinet or maybe go with a very shallow frag tank on top when I need more frag tank space.
Coated with 3 layers of Epoxy paint.
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maroun.c
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Sump
Went with a simple sump designl. Water goes in from left to right. 1st is Skimmer partition which will become a frag or fuge area afterwards as I'm upgrading to an external skimmer. Next partition will be a DSB and a Fuge. Yep that's right I still believe in DSB at least remote ones so I can take it out or restart it if needed. after that is a second set of baffles and the return area with 2 outputs of 2 external return pumps. reactors will be placed in this partition or maybe on top of the sump Stand.
Got two sets of baffles with 5 cm separation between the baffles for slower water flow which give more time for bubbles to burst.Reason for this is that I expect to run around 5-6000 GPH through it as it will be handling the DT, Frag tanks system, Cube tank and potential additional Tanks.Also will have water draining from tank to the basement so around a 5 meters drop.
Sump should be able to handle around 230 litres of water draining back to it when return pumps are turned off and that should be enough for all the water in the piping and tanks.
Wanted to go even larger but the limiting factor was the stand size we could fit through the basement door, Ended up with a 68x28x20 or 160G Sump.
Most important is that it's another DIY project and the biggest glass tank I've built myself so far.
installing the baffles
The finished product
In place
Water Testing done and filled with new saltwater to startup the cycle.
Went with a simple sump designl. Water goes in from left to right. 1st is Skimmer partition which will become a frag or fuge area afterwards as I'm upgrading to an external skimmer. Next partition will be a DSB and a Fuge. Yep that's right I still believe in DSB at least remote ones so I can take it out or restart it if needed. after that is a second set of baffles and the return area with 2 outputs of 2 external return pumps. reactors will be placed in this partition or maybe on top of the sump Stand.
Got two sets of baffles with 5 cm separation between the baffles for slower water flow which give more time for bubbles to burst.Reason for this is that I expect to run around 5-6000 GPH through it as it will be handling the DT, Frag tanks system, Cube tank and potential additional Tanks.Also will have water draining from tank to the basement so around a 5 meters drop.
Sump should be able to handle around 230 litres of water draining back to it when return pumps are turned off and that should be enough for all the water in the piping and tanks.
Wanted to go even larger but the limiting factor was the stand size we could fit through the basement door, Ended up with a 68x28x20 or 160G Sump.
Most important is that it's another DIY project and the biggest glass tank I've built myself so far.
installing the baffles
The finished product
In place
Water Testing done and filled with new saltwater to startup the cycle.
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