reefmutt
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+1. Totally agree
My 65G Shallow Reef Tank
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+1. Totally agree
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thank you.
My return pumps turns over approximately 1750 l/hour, which equates to 462 (US) gallon per hour. Due to the sump design, it is unlikely that the media will be exposed to this much flow. It will be significantly less. So, I think I should be OK.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thanks.
Tunze 6045 is quite powerful. I think it may cause havoc in such a small enclosure (i.e. 15" X 9" X 10"). A lot of detritus/silt settles/get trapped on the glass floor. If I disturb it using a powerful pump, then it will inevitably get into the cylinders. This would worry me. I may use a much smaller pump (e.g. Jebao WP10), run it in the lowest setting and direct it to the water surface, so that bounced waves would create extra current towards to the bottom of the sump. I do not normally remove detritus from sump because a lot of critters feed on it.
DiscusHeckel
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*** GUTTED ***
This is a really sad day for me. I believe that my Genicanthus watanabei may be dead. RIP
She is nowhere to be seen. What happened to her is a mystery. There was a power outage yesterday while I was at work. Some idiot workers cut power lines while digging the ground. When I came home everything was working as normal. I believe the outage lasted for about 90 minutes. I cannot remember if I saw her last night or not, but this morning she was absent. The first thing I thought was perhaps she jumped out, but there was no sign of her at the perimeter of my tank. There are two possibilities. She must have died yesterday and was quickly eaten by my five monster serpent stars over night. Can they eat a big fish that quickly? Alternatively, she is still alive and is hiding in the overflow box. However, I cannot inspect the box due to aiptasia scrubber. I am so gutted right now.. She was such a beautiful animal...:sad2::sad2::sad2:
I'm sorry to hear about that Bulent. Losing a fish is never fun. Hopefully you end up finding her in the overflow. I don't think a 90 minute power outage would be enough to kill her. I went a few days without power due to a tornado a few years ago and just ran some battery powered air pumps to keep the tank oxygenated. I didn't lose anything.
If it is dead, i would suspect that the serpent stars drug it under the rocks to feast on it over a few days.
If it is dead, i would suspect that the serpent stars drug it under the rocks to feast on it over a few days.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thank you all for sharing my grief and for your comforting words.
I have solved the mystery. I have just found my fish on the carpet under a plastic bags. I tracked her down like a greyhound hunting dog from the scent I picked up in my room. Judging from where she landed, she must have jumped out of a section of the tank where there are three pumps next to each other situated very close to the surface. I suspect that when the power came back on it must have startled her while she was swimming close by. She had a habit of swimming between the water surface and the pumps. However, I will never know the truth. I thought my anthias would jump. I had no idea my prized fish would have done this sort of thing. Anyway, I will have to investigate a DIY screen to protect the rest of my fish stock.
I have solved the mystery. I have just found my fish on the carpet under a plastic bags. I tracked her down like a greyhound hunting dog from the scent I picked up in my room. Judging from where she landed, she must have jumped out of a section of the tank where there are three pumps next to each other situated very close to the surface. I suspect that when the power came back on it must have startled her while she was swimming close by. She had a habit of swimming between the water surface and the pumps. However, I will never know the truth. I thought my anthias would jump. I had no idea my prized fish would have done this sort of thing. Anyway, I will have to investigate a DIY screen to protect the rest of my fish stock.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Sorry Bulent. My Midas Blenny jumped out a couple of years ago...I was pretty upset as he was my fav fish.
Thank you again gentlemen. I would be feeling worse if she had died in my tank.
I could not face my tank today and went to my local reservoir for fishing to distract my mind. I came back with two trouts, each of which is 3 pound in weight. The second fish (the top one in the picture) broke one of my rod's rings while retrieving it. It took me more than 10 minutes to land the beast.
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It took nearly two hours to stack 4.5 litres of siporax. I am not sure if I would have been able to stack up 7.5 litres in one go.
I poured KZ Coral Snow and ZEObak mixture over the media to speed up bacterial build up on it. I will repeat this twice a week.
I poured KZ Coral Snow and ZEObak mixture over the media to speed up bacterial build up on it. I will repeat this twice a week.
reefmutt
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Bulent, my experience with coral snow has always been that it will leave a very fine white misting on the surfaces of the tank (perhaps when too much is used in one shot). It always seems to be gone within a day as snails and other grazers move over the tank but might this mist clog things up a bit in the siporax? I really don't know.. Maybe it will just completely dissolve and not be an issue over time..
DiscusHeckel
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Matt, I think you have raised an important issue.
I notice white residue especially on pumps a night after applying coral snow, but this never remains an issue in long term as I have massive water movement in my display tank. In my case, given the position of my siporax box inside my sump and the type and rate of flow the media is exposed to, I can see that using Coral snow regularly is likely to be counter productive. When I poured white liquid mixed (3 ml) with zeobak over the hoops, it took up to 20 minutes for the whole display tank to look cloudy completely.
On the other hand, if we analyse the perceived problem from the point of view of delivery efficiency, one may argue that ZEObak's delivery to the media is enhanced (or even guaranteed) because of the coral snow and zeobak mixture's prolonged contact time with the media. The crucial question is then whether or not coral snow actually blocks the tiny pores of siporax. Without knowing the ingredients of coral snow it is so difficult to provdie an answer with certainty. I will raise this issue in the zeovit forum, hoping that Thomas Pohl will respond.
Thanks for your contribution.
I notice white residue especially on pumps a night after applying coral snow, but this never remains an issue in long term as I have massive water movement in my display tank. In my case, given the position of my siporax box inside my sump and the type and rate of flow the media is exposed to, I can see that using Coral snow regularly is likely to be counter productive. When I poured white liquid mixed (3 ml) with zeobak over the hoops, it took up to 20 minutes for the whole display tank to look cloudy completely.
On the other hand, if we analyse the perceived problem from the point of view of delivery efficiency, one may argue that ZEObak's delivery to the media is enhanced (or even guaranteed) because of the coral snow and zeobak mixture's prolonged contact time with the media. The crucial question is then whether or not coral snow actually blocks the tiny pores of siporax. Without knowing the ingredients of coral snow it is so difficult to provdie an answer with certainty. I will raise this issue in the zeovit forum, hoping that Thomas Pohl will respond.
Thanks for your contribution.
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