My 55 gallon reef project
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Muhammad Saad
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dcombs44
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Well, for the time being, I'm letting nature run its course. The tang has always been a bit skiddish, and his social life has improved since introducing the goby. I'm hoping that it may be like the boy that was raised by wolves thinking he's a wolfe.
If this retardation brings the tang to the front of the tank a bit more, I'll let him think whatever he wants. It's when he paints orange and green stripes on himself that I think I'll have to sit down with him.
Then again, he could just have a crush on the goby.
If this retardation brings the tang to the front of the tank a bit more, I'll let him think whatever he wants. It's when he paints orange and green stripes on himself that I think I'll have to sit down with him.
Then again, he could just have a crush on the goby.
dcombs44
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When it rains it pours. Along with all of my other issues as of late, my top off system failed last night, and pumped about 6 gallons of RO/DI water into my sump. Luckily, I was home and noticed. I quickly shut down the return pump and grabbed my refractometer. The water in the tank was only down to 1.023 (that was a relief), the water in the last chamber of the sump was near 0. All other sump chambers were lingering around that same 1.023. I drained all of the water from the last 2 sump chambers to my top off tank, mixed in enough salt to get it to aroun 1.027 or so, let it aerate for a couple of hours and pumped it back into my sump. All is well (except my top of kit). I think the relay switch failed, as it began buzzing a few days ago. I was told by the company that the switch was just chirping, and that this should no affect the system. Oops. They had already agreed to send me a new one at half price, as the warranty was passed. Not bad customer service I guess.
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It was in a resevoir. I keep my top off water in a 10 gallon aquarium under my pump. At most it could pump about 8 or nine gallons in due to the pump intake not touching the bottom of the pump. My top off tank was about 3/4 full, so it got about 6 gallon or so.
I am definitely glad I caught it also. It's a bummer because my top off system has a backup switch, but the relay/switching system failed disabling both switches.
I am definitely glad I caught it also. It's a bummer because my top off system has a backup switch, but the relay/switching system failed disabling both switches.
How about an update pic showing the whole tank, just went through your thread. Very nice. I want to start a 55G myself soon but I have little to no knowledge of this hobby, everything I know I've learned from reading on reefcentral 
Going to take it VERY slow when I start it and make sure I do plenty of research.
Going to take it VERY slow when I start it and make sure I do plenty of research.Your 55 looks amazing melev, I've looked into your stuff before, awesome work. Quick question, do you think I would be better starting off with something smaller such as a 29g? I read somewhere that the bigger the tank the more forgivable they are to water changes and such, going by that I figured 55g would be within my budget and a decent size for a starter such as myself who might come across some problems along the way 
dcombs44
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Agreed. If I had the extra room, I would've definitely started a 75. My suggestion would be to consider a 40 gallon breeder tank. It's shorter than a 55, but deeper from front to back which makes it easier to stack rock. I'll get some pictures up this evening.
Thanks for the compliments.
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10562403#post10562403 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
uh oh...red mushrooms! :lol: nice FTS
Notice they are in the top left corner on a rock by themselves. If they start to take off, they will be evicted. Besides the anthelia has already more than taken over.
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Compatibility question.
I was given a coral banded shrimp, the goby above and the damsel in the pic below. Does anybody have any experience with coral bandeds? I've got two peppermint shrimp that do their job very well, and I'd prefer not to have them eaten. What are the chances of the CBS and the pepps living in harmony. Also, what type of temperament does the damsel below typically have. I think it's a three spot.
I'd like to get everything emptied out of my qt tank so I can start treating the goby a bit more efficiently.
I was given a coral banded shrimp, the goby above and the damsel in the pic below. Does anybody have any experience with coral bandeds? I've got two peppermint shrimp that do their job very well, and I'd prefer not to have them eaten. What are the chances of the CBS and the pepps living in harmony. Also, what type of temperament does the damsel below typically have. I think it's a three spot.
I'd like to get everything emptied out of my qt tank so I can start treating the goby a bit more efficiently.
