Tank of the Month - June 2002
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Endoplasmic
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:bigeyes: Wow!!
Nice work on that tank!! It looks so good, your SPS look AMAZING!
I wish I had the jaw dropping smiliey guy because he would fit nicely into what my face just did!
Keep up the good work!
Nice work on that tank!! It looks so good, your SPS look AMAZING!
I wish I had the jaw dropping smiliey guy because he would fit nicely into what my face just did!
Keep up the good work!
. Corals look very healthy and beautiful! Keep up the good work.
She thinks I am about finished. However, I am just getting started. :dance:
Jon Lazar
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Automatic feeder
Automatic feeder
Tracy,
Gorgeous tank!
You mention that you use an automatic feeder for flake food. Which one do you recommend? I'd like to get a feeding unit that feeds exactly when I want, so I could program the pump to turn off right before the food goes in, preventing it from being washed into the overflow.
Happy reefing,
Jon
Automatic feeder
Tracy,
Gorgeous tank!
You mention that you use an automatic feeder for flake food. Which one do you recommend? I'd like to get a feeding unit that feeds exactly when I want, so I could program the pump to turn off right before the food goes in, preventing it from being washed into the overflow.
Happy reefing,
Jon
desktopsilver
In Memoriam
yea
yea
i didnt see any live stock pictures what kinda live stock do you have in there,,,,,that is the best tank i ever saw ,,,kinda like a dream..
yea
i didnt see any live stock pictures what kinda live stock do you have in there,,,,,that is the best tank i ever saw ,,,kinda like a dream..
Hello all,
Thankyou to everyone for your kind comments, they are truly appreciated.
I'll try to reply to all the questions.
Desktopsilver: I assume you are asking about fish as opposed to coral when you say livestock. For me, the tank is more about the coral than the fish, but here is what I have right now.
Sailfin tang, blue tang, powder blue tang, and purple tang. (Powder blue chases the blue but nothing too aggresive and all are fat and happy and none will eat dictyota. The powder blue and sailfin eat from my hand).
Flame angel, eibli angel, two lawnmower blennies, a really cool blackcap basslet. I had a coral beauty angel, a pseudochromis splendins and four anthias up until about two months ago before a 10 hour power outage killed them. Obviously I was not a happy camper. It is interesting that none of the larger fish died. All the tangs seemed to survive with no difficulties. I think the fish that died hid in the rocks as they usually do after lights out and the lack of oxygen in the almost zero circulation areas killed them. The tangs tend to swim around at night quite a bit and so likely were able to get enough oxygen. Every single coral survived intact even though I was only able to remove two of the dead fish. I never found the others
Jon: I don't think the feeder I use will do what you want. I like the feeder since no moisture interferes with the dispensing mechansim, but it cannot be programmed that precisely. It is the type of timer with little pegs that fit into holes to activate the feeder and the holes are at 15 minute increments I believe. i do lose a small amount of food in the overflow, but the fish are pretty piggish so they get the larger majority before the overflow does. P.S. what kind of occupation is helo bubba???P.P.S. Since you are in San Diego, do you know about the San Diego club? Very good place to meet other reefers and get more FRAGS!
Waterart and dattack: Sorry the desing is top secret right now. But seriously, I haven't had a chance to try the idea yet so I didn't want to lead people down a path that doesn't work. It will probably be another month before I have any results.
Cvye: Not sure what information you are looking for. The water leaves the main tank through the overflow and enters the refugium which then overflows into the sump. From the sump it is returned to the main tank. The return water is split into two streams, one on each side of the tank. The overlfow is located about 4 inches off the back wall and centered with respect to the sides of the tank. The overflow box is 8 inches long and 6 inches wide. It has the typical egg crate type "screen" around it. Is that the question?
Deukmedjian: I makie no active attempt to control phosphate aside from skimming and removing some caulerpa from the refugiumonce in a while. I probably remove more phophate and nitrate through xenia harvest and coral fragging than through the caulerpa, but that's just a guess.
Joe Kelley: You were kinda late at the last MASLAC. When can I schedule another trip to see your systems. I bet you have a nice collection of new corals I haven't seen yet. But I am running out of room in a pretty severe sort of way.
SalsaKing: I grew up in Everett and my family (parents and brothers) all still live in Washington. I usually get up there about once a year. E-mail me and maybe we can arrange a little reef meeting. From the traffic on this site, it seems there are some pretty nice reefs up there.
Paul: The "Mutagen" snow has already been patented and it seems that God already has all the rights to it. It is a special blend of water and various salts. I just try to follow the recipe!
Thanks again to all, Mutagen
Thankyou to everyone for your kind comments, they are truly appreciated.
I'll try to reply to all the questions.
Desktopsilver: I assume you are asking about fish as opposed to coral when you say livestock. For me, the tank is more about the coral than the fish, but here is what I have right now.
Sailfin tang, blue tang, powder blue tang, and purple tang. (Powder blue chases the blue but nothing too aggresive and all are fat and happy and none will eat dictyota. The powder blue and sailfin eat from my hand).
Flame angel, eibli angel, two lawnmower blennies, a really cool blackcap basslet. I had a coral beauty angel, a pseudochromis splendins and four anthias up until about two months ago before a 10 hour power outage killed them. Obviously I was not a happy camper. It is interesting that none of the larger fish died. All the tangs seemed to survive with no difficulties. I think the fish that died hid in the rocks as they usually do after lights out and the lack of oxygen in the almost zero circulation areas killed them. The tangs tend to swim around at night quite a bit and so likely were able to get enough oxygen. Every single coral survived intact even though I was only able to remove two of the dead fish. I never found the others
Jon: I don't think the feeder I use will do what you want. I like the feeder since no moisture interferes with the dispensing mechansim, but it cannot be programmed that precisely. It is the type of timer with little pegs that fit into holes to activate the feeder and the holes are at 15 minute increments I believe. i do lose a small amount of food in the overflow, but the fish are pretty piggish so they get the larger majority before the overflow does. P.S. what kind of occupation is helo bubba???P.P.S. Since you are in San Diego, do you know about the San Diego club? Very good place to meet other reefers and get more FRAGS!
Waterart and dattack: Sorry the desing is top secret right now. But seriously, I haven't had a chance to try the idea yet so I didn't want to lead people down a path that doesn't work. It will probably be another month before I have any results.
Cvye: Not sure what information you are looking for. The water leaves the main tank through the overflow and enters the refugium which then overflows into the sump. From the sump it is returned to the main tank. The return water is split into two streams, one on each side of the tank. The overlfow is located about 4 inches off the back wall and centered with respect to the sides of the tank. The overflow box is 8 inches long and 6 inches wide. It has the typical egg crate type "screen" around it. Is that the question?
Deukmedjian: I makie no active attempt to control phosphate aside from skimming and removing some caulerpa from the refugiumonce in a while. I probably remove more phophate and nitrate through xenia harvest and coral fragging than through the caulerpa, but that's just a guess.
Joe Kelley: You were kinda late at the last MASLAC. When can I schedule another trip to see your systems. I bet you have a nice collection of new corals I haven't seen yet. But I am running out of room in a pretty severe sort of way.
SalsaKing: I grew up in Everett and my family (parents and brothers) all still live in Washington. I usually get up there about once a year. E-mail me and maybe we can arrange a little reef meeting. From the traffic on this site, it seems there are some pretty nice reefs up there.
Paul: The "Mutagen" snow has already been patented and it seems that God already has all the rights to it. It is a special blend of water and various salts. I just try to follow the recipe!
Thanks again to all, Mutagen
John B,
The tank is glass and was made to the dimensions I specified. I wanted a large open area. I was hoping the shape would capture the largest amount of light from the bulbs as possible. In retrospect, one should be able to achieve the same result with a properly designed reflector. But light capture aside, I do really like being able to easily access the tankfor animal placement and fragging and the like.
Tracy
The tank is glass and was made to the dimensions I specified. I wanted a large open area. I was hoping the shape would capture the largest amount of light from the bulbs as possible. In retrospect, one should be able to achieve the same result with a properly designed reflector. But light capture aside, I do really like being able to easily access the tankfor animal placement and fragging and the like.
Tracy
Macimage
Active member
Tracy,
Your tank is such a great choice for Tank of the Month. It is just gorgeous. Hopefully when you have some time, I can come out and the spend some time just admiring it.
Joyce
P.S. Can you please tell me the scientific name and the history of the acropora (?) frag that I won in the MASLAC raffle? I think you or Steve said that Andrew Lee got it from Bali??? I can't remember, as youj all were chatting about it before I won it!! It's doing well in my tank.
Your tank is such a great choice for Tank of the Month. It is just gorgeous. Hopefully when you have some time, I can come out and the spend some time just admiring it.
Joyce
P.S. Can you please tell me the scientific name and the history of the acropora (?) frag that I won in the MASLAC raffle? I think you or Steve said that Andrew Lee got it from Bali??? I can't remember, as youj all were chatting about it before I won it!! It's doing well in my tank.
Leopardshark
New member
Tracy, excellent tank.
Very impressive.
IÃ"šÃ‚´m on my way of building a 300 gal tank and really liked your idea of canopy and stand. By the height of the tank I donÃ"šÃ‚´t think it would be possible to leave a space between the tank and canopy, but the design is amazing.
Could you post some bigger pics of your canopy and stand?.
Thanks a lot
Very impressive.
IÃ"šÃ‚´m on my way of building a 300 gal tank and really liked your idea of canopy and stand. By the height of the tank I donÃ"šÃ‚´t think it would be possible to leave a space between the tank and canopy, but the design is amazing.
Could you post some bigger pics of your canopy and stand?.
Thanks a lot
Hi Joyce,
Is it hot enough for you? I figure as a desert neighbor you are getting your share of sunshine!
I do occasionally have time for visitors out this way, but I always require a cover charge of one exotic frag!
Seriously, time gets limited for me and I am still trying to arrange another weekend "showing" for some other club members. At that time, it should be relatively easy for you to make it over. Of course, a reciprocal visit to your tank would be required. I've been wanting to get out to Joe Kelley's place again, so even though there might be a LOT of driving, maybe we could devise some sort of extended field trip. Perhaps like us going down that way in the morning and the desert visitors following us back up here in the evening.
Leopardshark,
What is the additional detail for which you want to see photos? I probably could shoot a few more without too much effort. Its really very simple, Evets calls it the Medieval winch!
Tracy
Is it hot enough for you? I figure as a desert neighbor you are getting your share of sunshine!
I do occasionally have time for visitors out this way, but I always require a cover charge of one exotic frag!
Seriously, time gets limited for me and I am still trying to arrange another weekend "showing" for some other club members. At that time, it should be relatively easy for you to make it over. Of course, a reciprocal visit to your tank would be required. I've been wanting to get out to Joe Kelley's place again, so even though there might be a LOT of driving, maybe we could devise some sort of extended field trip. Perhaps like us going down that way in the morning and the desert visitors following us back up here in the evening.
Leopardshark,
What is the additional detail for which you want to see photos? I probably could shoot a few more without too much effort. Its really very simple, Evets calls it the Medieval winch!
Tracy
