Poidog's 70g Tech Tank Build

[poidog81]

12 hour update on the new snowflake clown:

The existing female has taken to him well, no aggression and lets him in the host. Has also shown signs of being submissive. She has though continued her aggression to the existing male (something they have always done). The existing male however chases the snowflake from the host. When all are away from the host they swim together and no aggression.

I expected this to happen at the beginning as the existing male is establishing the pecking order to the new unsexed snowflake. Will update on how this pans out.

 

[ILLiDaN]

clown seems familiar! saw it on friday nice pick up!

 

[the reefer]

Thanks Eric for the frags again. All of them look great.

 

[poidog81]

Clown update:
Still no aggression from the female towards the snowflake, in fact she is taking a liking to him better than the current male. The male has let the snowflake into the host at night (or stay nearby), but will still chase him at times, much less often and less aggressively as before. No evidence of biting or fin nipping.

Jose update:
He has made an appearance! He found a nice burrow spot between the rocks. He hung out all day yesterday and semi-actively went after food. Still a little timid, but no longer afraid if you approach the tank. He found a good spot for view, and won't make a big mess, so since he didn't take to the new PVC condo, I'll probably remove it as the helfrichi is currently using it. The white spots I saw early were just scale damage on his head and around his mouth from borrowing, not a fungal infection.

 

[Irshhooligan]

Are you getting any of your ORA frags locally? or mainly online?

 

[poidog81]

I can now get them locally as a LFS on the north side of the city is an ORA dealer. Before, I would have to get them online. I'll still pick on up online if I'm already doing an order with that company and they carry ORA.

 

[nanonubey]

How much is Voldemort selling the hellfrichis for?

 

[poidog81]

Mine was $75 after the 15% sale that was going on.

 

[nanonubey]

Nice

 

[DopeCantWin]

Nice tank. What's your photoperiod, if you don't mind me asking.

 

[poidog81]

12 noon - T5s on
1pm - MH on
9pm - MH off
10pm - T5s off

Fuge light 12 midnight to 8am

 

[poidog81]

So I've decided to replace my Giesemann T5 bulbs with ATI's blue plus bulbs. The 2x pure actinic and 2x actinic plus were just too purple for my liking and with the MH on it light was too white for me. I'm going to switch all 4 to the ATI blue plus. Not only with this give me more or a bluer 450-460nm spectrum (vs 420-440) but it will also boost my PAR up a bit.

I've also set up the AI nano LED up over my fuge/sump. I won it at MACNA and didn't want to sell it as it's too cool of a toy to get rid of I feel like it's sort of a waste having a $300 LED just growing chaeto vs my old $20 CF bulb... but it does make my fuge look sick! I'm planning turn a section of the fuge as my new "frag rack" now. At 100% output I get 350 PAR in 3" of water. I'm running it now at 33% and getting ~125 PAR. Big change from the 18 PAR the CF was putting out! That chaeto should take off growing now! haha

Here is just a cell phone pic

 

[poidog81]

Alright, I'm having some problems with Jose the blue spot. He refuses to go into his PVC condo. I've even put it by his current burrow/s to see if he'll spot it and go in. Instead he just perches on top of it. The problem is that since he's not in the condo he keeps digging all around the tank, making sand piles everywhere. Now it has gone too far as he is dragging clams and LPS (on the sand bed) down his burrows (something he never did in the PVC condo in the old tank). I'm in the tank every night undoing the damage he's done to the tank during the day. I'm about ready to spear him. What should I do to:
a) get him into his condo,
b) get him to stop his constant burrowing or
c) get him out of the tank!

 

[yellowRubi]

I love the AI nano LED in ur sump! i was thinkin about doin the same thing but the price tag is little high for a sump

as for the blue spot, i had a diamond goby once that made my sand bed look diffrent everyday... i tried to catch him and give him away but he was to quick, and and not long from that i sold my tank, so i would say that he wont stop diggin, maybe give him couple more days , maybe he will get tired of it...

 

[poidog81]

it's been a couple weeks, and hasn't tiered out yet. Despite me undoing what he does every day. I was thinking of fish trapping him, and then releasing him in an upside down tupperware over the condo, so he's forced to go in it. The only trick is to trap him with some food as he's shy when I'm by the tank recently.

Ya, I would never spend $300 for a sump light... but since it was free... and I love the royal blue look for holding LPS down in the fuge.

 

[saleenpwr88]

Alright, I'm having some problems with Jose the blue spot. He refuses to go into his PVC condo. I've even put it by his current burrow/s to see if he'll spot it and go in. Instead he just perches on top of it. The problem is that since he's not in the condo he keeps digging all around the tank, making sand piles everywhere. Now it has gone too far as he is dragging clams and LPS (on the sand bed) down his burrows (something he never did in the PVC condo in the old tank). I'm in the tank every night undoing the damage he's done to the tank during the day. I'm about ready to spear him. What should I do to:
a) get him into his condo,
b) get him to stop his constant burrowing or
c) get him out of the tank!

d) give him to me, everybody wins!
Just kidding...maybe after a while he'll find a home and settle down. Try putting the stuff on your sand bed in your sump and leave the mess for a couple days, see if he finds a spot he likes?

 

[poidog81]

Well after trying to trap him today, I gave up. He was too quick and startled too easily for the trap to work. I threw in some more rubble, so lets see what he does tomorrow.

 

[sonict72]

I am sure there will be no shortage of takers if you put Jose up for sale. He must love your new tank.

 

[Cubbies]

Yea bluespots are known for that sort of behavior. I was thinking of getting one myself but Idk if I should. . . .

 

[poidog81]

I don't think i'll ever sell him. BSJ are like that stepchild you really love, but don't really show it. haha! He's been an awesome addition to my tank, and full of stupid personality. He's just being a d-bag right now! haha. He seemed to enjoy the more rubble as he stacked it up and then covered it with sand... no new burrows during the night. I don't care if he doesn't take to the PVC condo (or piping) as long as he settles down and stops burrowing. The condo prevents burrowing since he's got a nice, smooth, perfectly round house to live in with one entrance/exit.