aandfsoccr04
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Wow that is a great build. I'm impressed with all the coral you have in those tubs and how slick everything turned out.
Stacked Frag Tank Build (picture heavy)
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Did some major zoa fragging today. Noticed some of the zoas were growing off their mother rocks/frags. Used the scalpel, peeled them off and glued them down. Bought more plugs from myfragsource, they stay much cleaner but I don't necessarily like the size and shape options. They look much nicer for the "fancy" corals.
Here's the tubb blues colony after her trim back
not even sure if the other zoas have names, but I had a fragathon
We finally got the new part for our broken inland today, it only took 2.5 weeks to have it sent to the door...lol We got the thing back together and I hope to use it tomorrow. The backup Inland is on the outs and the screws are rusted on so we can't even get to the motor. Might be time for an upgrade at some point. The commercial ones look nice but I have a feeling they cost a small fortune.
Here's the tubb blues colony after her trim back
not even sure if the other zoas have names, but I had a fragathon
We finally got the new part for our broken inland today, it only took 2.5 weeks to have it sent to the door...lol We got the thing back together and I hope to use it tomorrow. The backup Inland is on the outs and the screws are rusted on so we can't even get to the motor. Might be time for an upgrade at some point. The commercial ones look nice but I have a feeling they cost a small fortune.
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Okay it was finally time to say goodbye to the 400w bulbs over the one frag tank. We took and old 250w fixture with PC, a VHO hood and dissasembled it. In the VHO hood we stuck the old 400w fixture, switched them to 250w and added some new 454 VHO bulbs in. We went with 14k phoenix to create a more natural look, not that I don't love 20k.
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And we set set up another frag tank in the living room.... personal viewing pleasure lol
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So after the 2nd Inland kicked the bucket we're ready to buy our next saw. I think the inlands are great for regular hobbiest but when it comes to serious cutting and fragging they just don't make the "cut". We're looking at the Gryphon c40 or possibly something more industrial. If anyone has any suggestions please chime in.
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Our local club has a Gryphon and we love it! It is a lot better for fragging in the long run that the Inland.
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Yes I have heard so many great things about the gryphon. I think we agreed last night that's the way we're going. Now we just need $300-400 lol
Currently having a website built, which is really exciting. It should be done in 2 weeks.
Currently having a website built, which is really exciting. It should be done in 2 weeks.
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In tank news:
Corals are adjusting fine from the switch to 250w. I'm still holding alk steady in all tanks using my hand dosing. Phosphates are in check. Not sure if I mentioned but we added a reactor to the glass tank. Since I'm somewhat new to the whole reactor thing I've been changing my methods slightly. I noticed that phosphates were dropping to 0.00 very quickly after changing the gfo. I now put the reactors on timers and I fill them with a 1/4 of the gfo I was using previously. I change them more often but everything is very steady.
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All the red is 3-4m growth
New and slightly battered
Corals are adjusting fine from the switch to 250w. I'm still holding alk steady in all tanks using my hand dosing. Phosphates are in check. Not sure if I mentioned but we added a reactor to the glass tank. Since I'm somewhat new to the whole reactor thing I've been changing my methods slightly. I noticed that phosphates were dropping to 0.00 very quickly after changing the gfo. I now put the reactors on timers and I fill them with a 1/4 of the gfo I was using previously. I change them more often but everything is very steady.
Eye candy
All the red is 3-4m growth
New and slightly battered
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They are hydroponic trays
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Not really. We run the ac which has a dehumidifier. When i get home tonight I'll give you guys the humidity reading of the fish room and other rooms of the downstairs.
At this point were looking to put a ac and dehumidifier directly in the fish room and already have it tarped off from the rest of the house. The problem is we either need to drill a large hole or put in a window.
Luckily our house was built in 1890 and needs a complete tear out. It makes us a little less concerned of damages to floors and walls that we've already made.
Its been 90s the past week and its been real hard keeping the tanks at an even 78, using a controller and fans. The drop from 400w to 250w halides has definitely helped the one tank. We have the chillers on standby if needed
At this point were looking to put a ac and dehumidifier directly in the fish room and already have it tarped off from the rest of the house. The problem is we either need to drill a large hole or put in a window.
Luckily our house was built in 1890 and needs a complete tear out. It makes us a little less concerned of damages to floors and walls that we've already made.
Its been 90s the past week and its been real hard keeping the tanks at an even 78, using a controller and fans. The drop from 400w to 250w halides has definitely helped the one tank. We have the chillers on standby if needed
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this is as detailed as it gets. 2 standpipes draining to the sump
and some couplings on the top of the pipes
and some couplings on the top of the pipes
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as for humidity:
The fish tank room with the tarps open to the rest of the house for days, is 78 degrees and 44% humidity. This is with about 90 square feet in the house, of exposed saltwater surface with fans. I'm surprised and I'm sure everyone else that installed crazy ventilation systems is too. Will be interesting to see what happens in the winter, but I think the central heat will also pull out the humidity.
The fish tank room with the tarps open to the rest of the house for days, is 78 degrees and 44% humidity. This is with about 90 square feet in the house, of exposed saltwater surface with fans. I'm surprised and I'm sure everyone else that installed crazy ventilation systems is too. Will be interesting to see what happens in the winter, but I think the central heat will also pull out the humidity.
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Thought about substrate. For now we just use tons of live rock in the sumps.
Cycle and add corals once parameters are stable
Cycle and add corals once parameters are stable
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