Our 450g reef, 360g predator tanks
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Shiney objects are good. So are things swimming around in the fuge. They tend to distract me too. :lol:
Our system is so swamped with pods that they've made their way from the fuge, into the sump, into the DT's, back down the drain into the skimmer tub, where the tiny phosban reactors pumps have pumped them into the phosban reactor. They're actually swimming around in there. Who knew that they could live in that environment...
Bax, the SH tank is being done with my wife and daughters FULL approval. Of course, I have a feeling that I'LL be the one maintaining it. :lol:
Our system is so swamped with pods that they've made their way from the fuge, into the sump, into the DT's, back down the drain into the skimmer tub, where the tiny phosban reactors pumps have pumped them into the phosban reactor. They're actually swimming around in there. Who knew that they could live in that environment...
Bax, the SH tank is being done with my wife and daughters FULL approval. Of course, I have a feeling that I'LL be the one maintaining it. :lol:
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We'll do that, Frankie. I don't think the predators have ever seen a live crab. I have a feeling that they'll know what to do with them though.
The seahorses came in:
I acclimated them per seahorsesource.com directions which was to simply float the bag to temp acclimate them for 45 minutes, then open the bag and hand fish them out as quickly as possible and place them in the tank. She said that as soon as the air hits the water, the ph typically plumets from the ammonia that collected in the water during shipping. When fresh air hits the water, the ph nose dives. It's apparently easier on the animals to do this type of acclimation. According to her, fish should be done this way too.
My wife was SUPPOSED to take some good pics this past weekend and she didn't do squat!
(man, I hope she doesn't read here anymore. :lol: )
We'll do that, Frankie. I don't think the predators have ever seen a live crab. I have a feeling that they'll know what to do with them though.
The seahorses came in:
I acclimated them per seahorsesource.com directions which was to simply float the bag to temp acclimate them for 45 minutes, then open the bag and hand fish them out as quickly as possible and place them in the tank. She said that as soon as the air hits the water, the ph typically plumets from the ammonia that collected in the water during shipping. When fresh air hits the water, the ph nose dives. It's apparently easier on the animals to do this type of acclimation. According to her, fish should be done this way too.
My wife was SUPPOSED to take some good pics this past weekend and she didn't do squat!
(man, I hope she doesn't read here anymore. :lol: )
That's the reason that I only frequent certain LFS's. I walked in one once and they were acclimating everything in one container. Starfish, shrimp, corals, fish.
Thankfully, we have a bunch of good LFS's in the area. Hardly anyone has any kind of a guarantee though, which is understandable.
I'm still trying to figure out the bad word you used. Screw? :lol:
Thankfully, we have a bunch of good LFS's in the area. Hardly anyone has any kind of a guarantee though, which is understandable.
I'm still trying to figure out the bad word you used. Screw? :lol:
Hey Ziggy!
Man, I was hoping you weren't super irritated with us. Seriously, we used that tank for a year and never had a problem with it. You really floored me when you said it popped a seam. I really hope everything else in your house was ok! If you want a HUGE piece of the teal acro back, let us know!
Thanks nycreef! They are interesting animals. It's a lot of fun to watch them eat. I really understand now why they say to not put fish in with them. They chase a piece of mysis around for a while before they finally catch it. :lol:
Big system news... I bought a Neptune RO/DI from Air, Water, and Ice and we got it hooked up this evening. It's making right at about 8g per hour. That's about par for this unit. Combined with my Typhon, I'm able to fill the 150g collection tub in about 10 hours. I didn't know that the Neptune didn't come with a float switch though so I'll have to turn it off when I'm not here. I ordered a float switch from them and it should be here early next week.
Man, I was hoping you weren't super irritated with us. Seriously, we used that tank for a year and never had a problem with it. You really floored me when you said it popped a seam. I really hope everything else in your house was ok! If you want a HUGE piece of the teal acro back, let us know!
Thanks nycreef! They are interesting animals. It's a lot of fun to watch them eat. I really understand now why they say to not put fish in with them. They chase a piece of mysis around for a while before they finally catch it. :lol:
Big system news... I bought a Neptune RO/DI from Air, Water, and Ice and we got it hooked up this evening. It's making right at about 8g per hour. That's about par for this unit. Combined with my Typhon, I'm able to fill the 150g collection tub in about 10 hours. I didn't know that the Neptune didn't come with a float switch though so I'll have to turn it off when I'm not here. I ordered a float switch from them and it should be here early next week.
Mr. Brooks
MASVC Member
Wow! I can't believe I just found this build! I'll have to spend a couple hours looking it over tonight. I noticed you're quite invested in the Solaris LED's. Do you like them?
Ziggy953
Member
We weren't upset with you guys at all! It was nothing you did.
I have tons of that acro still so I don't want that monster back. I'm just going to grow another one kind of like it.
We wanted to come out to your get together but my parents were in town and felt it would kind of make them a little mad if we vanished.
Anyway, there are certainly no hard feelings from our side it wasn't your fault!
Well, the dang Teco chiller funked out on Thursday and took the seahorse tank to 83 degrees. Killed the ponies. We tore it down today rather than buying another chiller.
On the big system, everything is going pretty good. I bought a couple solenoid valves and two optical level sensors to finally set up an ATO. I also tore apart a pinpoint salinity monitor which had gotten wet and wasn't working anymore. I got it working again and found the appropriate places to solder two wires into the board and hooked them into my controller sensors. I'm now getting a salinity reading into my controller program. I don't really trust it though but it's close enough that I can just glance at the pc screen and see how the salinity looks.
I ordered a lab grade salinity probe, with transmitter, from Hanna Instruments so that will replace my pinpoint. I'll add that reading to my ATO portion of the controller program as an added check. I also ordered in a calcium probe and I'll hook that into the controller too so I can get a calcium reading on the pc screen. I'll use the calcium reading to control the vacuum pumps that force the B-Ionic calcium into the system.
On the big system, everything is going pretty good. I bought a couple solenoid valves and two optical level sensors to finally set up an ATO. I also tore apart a pinpoint salinity monitor which had gotten wet and wasn't working anymore. I got it working again and found the appropriate places to solder two wires into the board and hooked them into my controller sensors. I'm now getting a salinity reading into my controller program. I don't really trust it though but it's close enough that I can just glance at the pc screen and see how the salinity looks.
I ordered a lab grade salinity probe, with transmitter, from Hanna Instruments so that will replace my pinpoint. I'll add that reading to my ATO portion of the controller program as an added check. I also ordered in a calcium probe and I'll hook that into the controller too so I can get a calcium reading on the pc screen. I'll use the calcium reading to control the vacuum pumps that force the B-Ionic calcium into the system.
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