New 24g Aquapod Starting Up

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

We don't have ice yet RJ, just massive thunderstorms, but I know the ice is on the way. They had tornado watches for Lansing!!!

Ya, I had the stick on thermometer too and it said it was 82, however, it really ended up being 77!

 

[rjwilson37]

Maybe I will go and buy one to stick inside the tank tomorrow, a bit more accurate. I can't do it tonight, Meijer and Walmart are closed because there is no power in a lot of Greenville.

I lost power twice more, but it seems better now. I used this oportunity to take off the back Seio 1100 on the 90g and clean it off and out really good. I put it back on and it started right up just plugging it in without a bang on the wrist. They work really well powering up after a good cleaning, but after not even a day in the tank and you lose or turn off power... it takes a bang or two on the palm to kick it back on. That is why I have two MaxiJet 900's in the 90g besides the 2 Seio 1100's, the MJ900's turn back on all the time.

 

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

RJ's big bang theory.

 

[MaryBebo]

I hope all is going OK with you both and the weather. When we have Ice here everything just stops or even just a little snow.
We haven't really had really bad cold weather yet...or for the past few yrs. Anyway, I wish you well !

Ha ha Amanda, If you clean it it will work...Like if you build it they will come..lol

OK, I now have a thread started with what I have going so far..which isn't much..lol
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=778851


RJ, I know you said to post here and I will, but I didn't think you would want me to post how everything came in...lol
I have got a start. This weekend, I am hoping to do the transfer over. If I have no leaks. I was VERY pleased with the box and the packaging and how it came in. It looked in great shape!!! It had stickers on ALL sides that said {Glass } and {which end should stay up}. So it looks like Fed-Ex did a good job too.
THANK GOODNESS

 

[rjwilson37]

Very nice Mary, I will jump into your thread.

Ok, I have a glass stick inside the fishtank thermometer and it reads the same thing as the stick on I have, guess I got a good stick on thermometer.

Most of Greenville is still without power, I live in a new sub that has all underground power and were good, only lost power 2/or 3 more times last night and it has been stable all morning. We have 4 pine trees down in our back yard... bummer! One almost hit the well, where the whit thing comes out of the ground, missed it by less than an inch. These trees are so heavy from all the waterlogged/ice build up, if it would have hit the white plastic head piece to the well, I could have been in trouble with no water

Lot's of diatom algae right now in the nano, not overwelming, but enough to give it a dirty/unlcean look. Come on snails... do your job.

 

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

Our power flickered a little bit last night, but never went out!

RJ, I never got any diatoms, weird!

 

[rjwilson37]

You are lucky to not get diatoms, I have always gotten them on a new tank setup, even a small little bit on the my 90g move. It should be gone and over with in about 4-5 more days, just all part of a new tank setup.

Here are some pictures from today, the brown zoanthid's look very happy and the new lavender mushrooms are adapting to there new environment well I think!

 

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

Looks great RJ, but you never answered my question about Preuss's!

 

[rjwilson37]

Oh... I am not sure when I will get a chance to get out there. I am definately tapped out this month, maybe next month.

 

[icenine2005]

So your tank is running at around 83? Do you still have the stock pump running in addion to the MJ900? What is your photoperiod like?
...and can I ask why you have the heater in the display rather than the rear chambers?

Thanks!

 

[rjwilson37]

Yep, stock pump 290gph and MJ900 230gph giving me 520gph for an overall. I could not put the heater back there and get the suction cups to stick, can't get my hand in there to push it firm.

 

[icenine2005]

Hmmm.. I wonder how many watts that stock pump throws off? But even when I run just one pump for a day I only get a one degree difference.

 

[rjwilson37]

Between the two they probably throw off some heat, and then there is the PC lighting, which I am sure runs a little hot in a closed system like this.

 

[pnsnowboard]

what species of octo is that
???????????????

 

[rjwilson37]

I think that is for you Kayla, on the Octopus!

 

[tygger]

Great looking tank. I might have missed it, but did you mention what type of lighting you have on this tank?

 

[rjwilson37]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6807151#post6807151 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tygger
Great looking tank. I might have missed it, but did you mention what type of lighting you have on this tank?

Thanks tygger, it is just the standard PC 72w lighting that comes with it, which is 36w Actinic and 36w Daylight.

 

[Flipturn88]

Lookin good, RJ!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6797515#post6797515 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pnsnowboard
what species of octo is that

I'm not sure, actually! It's a Pygmy octo, but that's about all can say in regards to the species (I'm such a bad hobbyist, I know).

 

[fishyapol]

hey rj everyhing looks great, i actually just got myself a 24 aquapod, i like it a lot, how fast did you start adding corals and everthing, because i went from a 20 g to the 24, and i treated it like a a water change and put mostly all of the water from the old one to the new, put all the live rock in there,, transferred everyone and its 2 days now and everyone is swimming around happy with their new bigger home,, been doing test and everything is just where it needs to be. going to do a water change in the next couple of days. i ll put some pics up, so everyone can let me know what they think.. keep up the good work

 

[rjwilson37]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6818978#post6818978 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishyapol
hey rj everyhing looks great, i actually just got myself a 24 aquapod, i like it a lot, how fast did you start adding corals and everthing.

I added soft corals pretty quick, and I think you could add some soft corals which will do fine. I would wait until your diatom algae bloom comes and goes before adding LPS, as you never really know what is going to happen with a new tank. Sometimes you get weird things that happen and sometimes you don't, it just all depends on who knows what, because sometimes it just happens. I don't want to invest $50 to $100 in some LPS Corals and have them not make it because of some kind of algae or bacteria bloom. I can wait, or just add some frags from my 90g over here, which is where I am getting a lot of stuff for this tank anyway.