New 24g Aquapod Starting Up

[lennyd19]

hey guys just a quick question in the rear of the tank by the overflow did you remove those little black plates or did you leave them. I am haveing a little problem with cloudyness. Its been about a week and it has only cleared a little. I remeber when I did my 75 it only took about a day or so to clear. I have some floss to get the big stuff and some carbon but dosen't seem to be having much of an impact. Also have the fission skimmer, I was a little worried about it but it seems to be making some nice skimet. Any adivce would help!thanks.

 

[rjwilson37]

lennyd19: I took out the tubes and bioballs that the Aquapod came with, and I took out the top two plates. I am leaving the sponges in there and will just clean them periodically kinda like I did in my old 55g with the built in overflow.

 

[rjwilson37]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6826056#post6826056 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by syndrome
The SFE will eventually grow 30+ inches it is a fact and I have seen it in real life. 75 Gallons is the smallest i would keep one in. If you dont believe me go to Grimreefers.com and tell them what tpe of tank your SFE is in. Im not trying to flame you its just i would hate to see an eel in a 24 gallon tank.

Ok, thanks. I will let you know when he get's over 22" and hopefully I will have my In-Wall 180g by then which may be in about 2-3 years.

I went to that website and did not see a huge snowflake Eel, there were definately some big Eels there, but only 1 or 2 snowflakes.

 

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

RJ, lemme know when your eel gets as thick as a baseball bat, I would be interested in seeing that!

And, is that a standard wooden baseball bat, or one of those red plastic little tikes ones?

Amanda

 

[mr.bear]

great stuff

 

[rjwilson37]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6827039#post6827039 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AEALOVESHERGIRLS
RJ, lemme know when your eel gets as thick as a baseball bat, I would be interested in seeing that!

And, is that a standard wooden baseball bat, or one of those red plastic little tikes ones?

Amanda

It may be like the little mini basball bat's that you buy at a baseball game, they have the teams name or emblum on them and you hang it by the banner on the wall of your room.

I think maybe you just get a big one here and there. I mean there are people in the US that are 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall every now and then, but the normal is like around 5 to 6 feet tall.

I would love to have him live a full and happy life with me, in which case he may get pretty big, but only time will tell on that note. Maybe we will all still be in contact around that time and he will be 36 to 40 inches long in my 500g tank.

 

[MaryBebo]

Hi all,

Went to a RC meeting to day and had a GREAT time! LOT"S of reefers there, I would say 40 or more. Lot's of door prizes. Some nice RC members gave me some frags to replace the ones I lost.
I am so thankful!!!

RJ, My tank was 80.4 this morning with out the heater plugged up. Then tonight when I got back home it was only 81.5 so it does seem to be better. I am going to just keep a check on it, with out the heater.

BOY!!!!! HE is Hungry

 

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

I wanna go to a RC meeting

 

[rjwilson37]

Man, you really need to watch these Nano's and make sure you don't put to much water in them, they can easily spill over a little. If you put a lot of flow in them and the top ripples, a ripple here and there can cause a little bit of water to spill over, and after enough little bits flow over you get a puddle.

 

[fishyapol]

rj, dude same here, when i would get home i would see water spots down my tank, then i figured that is what was going on,, hey how long have you had your eel again?

 

[HartfordWhalers]

looks good keep postin

 

[rjwilson37]

Thanks HartfordWhalers!

fishyapol: I have had him for over 2 years. I purchased him because I thought he was cool and had him in a 10g nano with a little Puffer and Damsel, he was only 8" when I first got him. I moved from my 29g tank up to a 55g breeder and took down the nano, I tossed him in the 55g mixed reef and he was just fine with everyone else. He lived in the 55g breeder tank for the life of that tank which was about a year and a half, I then moved him to the 90g when I upgraded tanks.

 

[Fishfreak218]

So how large is he now??? also doesnt he eat those fish (the damsels and pshuedo [sp] ) ...do you have really Nitrates in that tank?? also what do you feed him and is he out much??? (when i say out much i mean is he visible much... like his head or does he hide until feeding and/or night???? i am looking into getting one so i want to know... thank you very much.... (you have the best threads.. there is like a picture every other day.. lol)
-josh

 

[rjwilson37]

My Eel comes out a lot, pretty much the whole evening before, during and after feeding. Sometimes the nitrates get up there a little, in the 10 to 15 range, but I just do a 5g water change and they come right down. This system has only been running for 3 weeks, so I can't really say there is a nitrate problem yet, I need to give the LR a chance to start working.

 

[syndrome]

what type of ricordia is that? Fish freak dont get a SFE for your 30g cube(i love that shape). Its like you liveng in a closet.

 

[Fishfreak218]

ya.. i wasnt planning to for my 30g.. lol.. i know about the SFE they need like 70g.+ tanks.... also he doesnt have any rics. in that tank from what i can see.. i think ur talking about the Hairy Mushrooms... (last pic in his last post)

 

[rjwilson37]

Yep, they are the lavender mushrooms (hairy mushrom), not ricordea's.

 

[alien9168]

That really is a cool nano...It is so unusual--to me--that u put an eel in there!

Its awsome!-- I really want to do somthing like this tank!


-alien

 

[alien9168]

Oh--I do have a question about the cost of putting somthing like this together--if u dont feel comfortable talking about that in an open forum, shoot me a PM.

THanks.

-ALien

 

[rjwilson37]

It was $300 for the tank, $100 for 18lbs of LR, $30 for 20lbs of LS, $15 for the MJ900 powerhead, $20 for the heater and $70 for the 3 main corals which are the brown zoa's, the kenya tree and the lavender mushrooms.

So your looking at $535 plus tax! Oh.. and $20 for the Instant Ocean Salt Mix.

All the other corals are just frags and such from my 90g.