newreefbishop
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Thanks......Ill be updating on a daily basis going forward......
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newreefbishop
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Well the updates are going to be one day behind....lol
newreefbishop
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Now, here is todays update.....
Yesterday I changed the lighting over the fuge, to something proper, I kept having dreams of that desk lamp falling into the water when Im not home....I also changed my timer to 18 hours on and 6 hours off instead of 24 hours to give macro a dark period and all the "wildlife" a chance to do what they do in the dark
and this is what happens when the lights go out
Yesterday I changed the lighting over the fuge, to something proper, I kept having dreams of that desk lamp falling into the water when Im not home....I also changed my timer to 18 hours on and 6 hours off instead of 24 hours to give macro a dark period and all the "wildlife" a chance to do what they do in the dark
and this is what happens when the lights go out
newreefbishop
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JP please notice it took the time to actually take some decent pics......
skimmer in action..... this is 2 days of skimmate
still working out the bugs on the tank shots....its been awhile
I am working out some other things in my head......scary....Ill tell you about them later today.....let me know what you guys think....
skimmer in action..... this is 2 days of skimmate
still working out the bugs on the tank shots....its been awhile
I am working out some other things in my head......scary....Ill tell you about them later today.....let me know what you guys think....
Wow, what a difference - awesome pics NRB. Look at Uncle DP.
Hey, I see the overflow out of the superfuge, how is the rest plumbed? Is that in the garage? That's totally the way to go but I don't know how I would plumb a remote fuge; I just have chaeto in an eggcrate box in my sump, and I do 12/12 for light period.
How do you like the chiller? I just hung a fan on my sump and dropped the temp down from 81 to 78.
jp
Hey, I see the overflow out of the superfuge, how is the rest plumbed? Is that in the garage? That's totally the way to go but I don't know how I would plumb a remote fuge; I just have chaeto in an eggcrate box in my sump, and I do 12/12 for light period.
How do you like the chiller? I just hung a fan on my sump and dropped the temp down from 81 to 78.
jp
newreefbishop
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Bro, I wish you could turn that laundry room into a partial tank room or dedicate part of the garage and plum it into the living room. The little tank is a "superfuge". I use the term super simply because most fuges only have one type of macro and is worked into the sump....I took a small breeder and got an external overflow, one bag of sand.....and ordered various types of macro from Hawaii, including some plankton, worms, copepods, and 4 types of snails....I also caught the peppermints that somehow made it into my sump and put them in there. The small tank is untop of the main sump.....which is solely a sump now....I plumped the overflow directly into the return section bypassing the skimmer...
Oddly enough I didnt think anything from the plankton bag would make it.....but now I am seeing little critters that look like the early stages of shrimp, or some other crustacean.....it should be interesting to watch.....and snails already are breeding.... That small tank you have in the playroom would be perfect for something like this....
newreefbishop
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Yeah DP is still around.....wish he would invest some time into his thread as well....lol but I guess we all have families....and wives who although are very tolerant....well you all catch the drift...lol
Anyway I have the fuge above my sump, with a pump in the sump pushing water up into the fuge....overflow runs into section with the return pump....bypassing skimmer action and giving the most benefit to the tank...
You have you sump directly under your tank? Or is it in your basement? If its in your basement then it will be easy to do something like my setup...For me the chiller became essential, I tried fans and couldnt get me temps down significantly, and I didnt want humming in the house. Because all the equipment is in the garage, there is very little noise....which fans would add. And last reason is well I live in Florida and for the same fact that my equipment is in the garage, and during the day temps probably hit 90 degrees + in there. I think before we moved into this house when everything was in the living room I didnt worry about it but now its almost a requirement.
Do me a favor and post a pic on my thread of your tanks "guts" maybe we can figure out an easy fix....
newreefbishop
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Thanks I truly appreciate it, a couple things have been happening in the last few days, I actually got a huge mushroom rock with over 30 silver dollar sized polyps from my uncle...my anemone also regained its color for the first time in months.....and is actually growing again....and overall everything looks extremely good. Water change this weekend......50 gallons lots of work....
lots of work....
newreefbishop
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its been awhile but here are some updates....
MY NEW DUNCAN YEAH!!!!
MY NEW DUNCAN YEAH!!!!
newreefbishop
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Things have been improving steadily, take a look at my anemone its back in all its glory its been through some wars, a tank move getting chopped to bits by a powerhead....and now its back.....I have been stocking more SPS as I slowly replace all the softies and leathers....and changed my lights to the iwasaki bulbs...
newreefbishop
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I have been dosing Brightwell Kalkwasser and various amino acids. I have seen spectacular growth in the last month or two and with the addition of my refugium things have stabalized greatly. I plan to redo my plumbing this week to compensate for some additional changes....and get my hands on a better camera because this is doing no justice.
