Reeftanks6 90g reef build thread ( pic intense)

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LOL yea i know its kinda weird when you see it but funny at the same time. OK well it has been almost an hour and a half i am going to be adding him soon. I will check back a little later with pictures and some info on how he is doing.
 
LOL they are not. The foxface is doing very well so far even picking at the rocks a little and even the sand. he also started to eat already. I will place nori in a little later. But here are some Pictures.

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Foxface Pictures He or she has gorwn a little since i got him or her. The foxface has gotten a lot fatter as well.

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I've been following along for a while....and it's been said a bunch of times already, but you really don't seem to be taking any of the advice that has been offered to you. Melev asked several pages ago for a picture of your thermometer/sump set up. You never took them. You asked if you should put the fish in with the temperature at 75 (which we're still not sure is the actual temp), many people said no..including yourself, yet you still put fish in.
It took you less then an hour to post several pictures of your fish and setup, yet even after a few days, theres no pictures of your heaters/thermometers or any of the equipment that was mentioned. Not only that, but you're still unsure of the actual temp of the tank. You could be baking your fish, or freezing them to death. Sticking your arm in the tank is not enough. Your body temperature is 98 degrees, so anything less then that is going to feel "cooler" to the touch. If it feels warm, then you're probably close to 90 degrees, at which case you're cooking your fish.
I'm not trying to pick on you, but it seems like this thread is more so for attention, then to actually learn. Part of me feels theres some aspect to this build you're not letting us in on. The information is all over the place..I haven't seen any water parameters listed recently, and you keep saying "Yeh, ok" and "Sounds good, thats what I'll do" but then you don't do it!
You really need to figure out your problems and make sure everything is stable. You have pages and pages and pages (Literally!) of good advice, and you are taking very little of it.
Sorry for the long rant, but it frustrates me when people ask for advice, get some and then completely ignore it.
 
Toxicpoison....

This is why im offering to go to his house and help him out. I think something is fishy here!! LOL rt6 Im still waiting on that zip!!
 
Fish look good RT6, sigh thought you were gonna wait till you got thermometer before you put anything else in display? Oh well, I hope all goes well for you. Please please go get a thermometer and check your temp. Until you do we are all just beating our heads for nothing here. Don't move a heater to the display, just leave them in the sump. There is no reason for them to be there. If you get them set they will be fine.

Go take new pictures of your sump and post for us please. Be sure and get pictures of the heaters, and thermometer you have now.

Again, your fish look healthy and happy, let's just try and keep them that way ;)
 
I had a new thought today, possibly mentioned earlier (that wouldn't be a first on this thread). If the two heaters are placed close together in the sump, and the flow is relatively slow across the sump, could the heaters be heating a small volume of water (1-2 chambers worth) and then turning off? Only to then turn back on once the chambers have turned over yet again. Given the temperature difference between the tank room and the basement, this may account for the inability to raise the total temperature by more than a degree or two. If this is the case, RT6, you may get more bang from your heaters by placing them both in the main display tank for a while, until the weather warms a bit out there.

Again though, we can't really dive in until we get the facts we have been seeking ie - real temperatures, pictures of placement etc. Please stop adding livestock until the temp issue has been settled, okay?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12062559#post12062559 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RumLad
I had a new thought today, possibly mentioned earlier (that wouldn't be a first on this thread). If the two heaters are placed close together in the sump, and the flow is relatively slow across the sump, could the heaters be heating a small volume of water (1-2 chambers worth) and then turning off? Only to then turn back on once the chambers have turned over yet again. If this is the case, RT6, you may get more bang from your heaters by placing them both in the main display tank for a while
Please stop adding livestock until the temp issue has been settled, okay?
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Ya man, I really think those heaters may be working against each other. like mentioned before (I think), temperature of the tank IMO is one of the FIRST things that should be worked out.
don't add any more livestock, I don't have to tell you this, but people are getting irritated with some of the choices made.
I need to "unsubscribe" simply because I get too many e-mails, but I'll check back.

take it easy man, and don't forget to finish your homework :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12059371#post12059371 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TKByrnes
Toxicpoison....

This is why im offering to go to his house and help him out. I think something is fishy here!! LOL rt6 Im still waiting on that zip!!
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My zip is 18966 what is yours
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12059376#post12059376 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PaPa_Johnny
Fish look good RT6, sigh thought you were gonna wait till you got thermometer before you put anything else in display? Oh well, I hope all goes well for you. Please please go get a thermometer and check your temp. Until you do we are all just beating our heads for nothing here. Don't move a heater to the display, just leave them in the sump. There is no reason for them to be there. If you get them set they will be fine.

Go take new pictures of your sump and post for us please. Be sure and get pictures of the heaters, and thermometer you have now.

Again, your fish look healthy and happy, let's just try and keep them that way ;)
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Thanks papa johnny i will get the pictures soon i have physical therapy tonight so i dont know if i will be able to get them.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12062559#post12062559 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RumLad
I had a new thought today, possibly mentioned earlier (that wouldn't be a first on this thread). If the two heaters are placed close together in the sump, and the flow is relatively slow across the sump, could the heaters be heating a small volume of water (1-2 chambers worth) and then turning off? Only to then turn back on once the chambers have turned over yet again. Given the temperature difference between the tank room and the basement, this may account for the inability to raise the total temperature by more than a degree or two. If this is the case, RT6, you may get more bang from your heaters by placing them both in the main display tank for a while, until the weather warms a bit out there.

Again though, we can't really dive in until we get the facts we have been seeking ie - real temperatures, pictures of placement etc. Please stop adding livestock until the temp issue has been settled, okay?
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Ok some real temps that have been steady for a couple days is

Tank- 75 night, 76- low77 day

Sump-75 night, 76- low 77 day

Fuge- 75 night, 76- low 77 day

Room tank is in- 65-70

basement- 60

Just because i cant get the pictures right know i will tell you where the two heaters. One heater is near the back and the other heater is in the front of the sump.
 
Are the heaters in the same compartments of the sump?
What is the flow through the sump? You can measure this by shutting off the flow to the sump so that all of the flow goes through your refugium. Take a one gallon milk jug, and see how long it takes to fill it with the hose from the refugium overflow. If it takes 30 seconds to fill the jug, your flow would be 2 gallons per minute or 120 gallons per hour.
If the heaters are in the same compartment, and the flow is slow enough, your heaters could be working against each other as stated earlier. let us know, ok?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12065579#post12065579 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reeftanks6
Thanks papa johnny i will get the pictures soon i have physical therapy tonight so i dont know if i will be able to get them.
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See, thats what I don't understand. On the previous page, Kar asked for a picture of your foxface in the bucket. 10 minutes later, you had it posted. Many people here have been asking for pictures of your sump/thermometer/heater/etc for DAYS and you keep giving excuses as to why you can't get them. You can't find a spare 15-20 minutes? If you look at the timestamps from your previous posts, you posted a message almost every 20 minutes, and you even said you had an hour and a half to wait. Why didn't you take pictures then?

You do have a lot of smart reefers here trying to help you out...but if you keep ignoring them and their advice, when you have a serious problem, no one is going to want to help. So please, before you even respond to a single post..take those pictures that so many people have asked for. We're doing this for your good..not just for our entertainment.
 
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