Smoothdog's 150DD build

[smoothdog]

Thanks Nook! You should have seen the crap that was under the old egg crate.:eek2: Scooped out 3 or 4 good nets full of crud.

 

[smoothdog]

Still battling some algae issues so picked this guy up from reeferhead Saturday. Thanks Nick!

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[smoothdog]

Don't think I ever mentioned it in this thread but I jacked things up by overdosing magnesium due to a bad test kit. Things are finally starting to normalize and sticks are starting to get some color and growing again, so I picked up a few frags from the CDP and LFS to replace a few things that died off.

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[smoothdog]

Picked up a couple zoas too. Shots suck under the LEDs though:

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[Pife]

Before long you will have those frags made into colonies.

 

[smoothdog]

Hope so, the Last few months have been frustrating.

 

[smoothdog]

Recirculating biopellet reactor - take two:

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Now I can actually tumble the pellets and control the effluent rate, so hopefully there will be no runaway bacterial blooms.

 

[kegogut]

You gotta real nice tumble going now.

 

[smoothdog]

Yeah, that 1/2" pvc did the trick!

 

[kegogut]

Nice man. I just got all the parts I need for an algae scrubber. Hopefully that will fix my No3 problem. If not I'll try the BP reactor again. What size holes did you drill in the side of the 550?

 

[kegogut]

And what size pump?

 

[Pife]

What size holes did you drill in the side of the 550?

Assuming he used a half inch uniseal for his half inch pipe then an inch and a quarter hole.


http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/uniseal-1-9d624e9fd3bd011eb7a8f1d40f457d93.html

 

[kegogut]

You know what they say when you assume....

 

[smoothdog]

Pump is a quiet one 1250. And the waterless wonder is correct, 1-1/4" hole for 1/2" uniseal.

 

[smoothdog]

I also thought about doing the scrubber thing, but since I already have algae in the fuge and nuisance algae all through the tank, I figured the last thing I wanted to do was try to grow more algae.

 

[kegogut]

Did you cut the holes with normal hole saws ?

 

[Schplitter]

That looks like a solid tumble. How long has it been going like that?

 

[smoothdog]

Did you cut the holes with normal hole saws ?

Forster bit. I'm sure a regular hole saw would work fine.

That looks like a solid tumble. How long has it been going like that?

Started it up last night.

 

[smoothdog]

Well, it was a busy summer and the tank got a little neglected, but maybe that's what it really needed, to be left alone. Most things have colored up nicely and getting some good growth again. Still have some algae issues in one of the frag tanks but the display is doing great. Found some time to give the glass a little love last night and got some new shots. Even found 2 fish in the overflow while I was at it. Need to start fragging a few things before they get too overgrown.

left side
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right side
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anyone looking for forestfire digi?
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or spongoedes?
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Color is bad on the outside due to growing out of the light, here's a better shot of the color, the tips are much more purple in person too.
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tricolor valida
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Mystery coral from Nook's tank
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[smoothdog]

Got lots of ponape birdsnet too!
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blue stag
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cut the remaining 2 sections of pearl bubble off the massive skeleton
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garf bonsai is making a come back
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as is the red planet
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