The inwall 380 starfire reborn
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Well, I don't really like dartfish anyway. Bartletts are from MI though, which the majority of my fish originate from.
Could do mollies. I have some in my fuge as a food source to the display, but I could screen off the overflow and raise a few...
Also, Orange lined cardinalfish. Ocellate Damselfish. Yellow Candy Hogfish.
Could do mollies. I have some in my fuge as a food source to the display, but I could screen off the overflow and raise a few...
Also, Orange lined cardinalfish. Ocellate Damselfish. Yellow Candy Hogfish.
yea, well you tank is almost triple in size to ours... so, suuuuure, go ahead and hit that 40+ schooling mark 
10 or so bartletts should make for a nice display... I wish that there were some smaller, still colorful, fish that we could get a bunch of to school.. where we could go with 20 - 30 in our tank....
We are off to try to pick up a mate for our orchid dottyback. She is overtly gravid, and has been that way for a while now, so we are pretty confident she is a she... I just hope that we didn't wait too long to introduce her "mate" into the tank... we shall see....
10 or so bartletts should make for a nice display... I wish that there were some smaller, still colorful, fish that we could get a bunch of to school.. where we could go with 20 - 30 in our tank....
We are off to try to pick up a mate for our orchid dottyback. She is overtly gravid, and has been that way for a while now, so we are pretty confident she is a she... I just hope that we didn't wait too long to introduce her "mate" into the tank... we shall see....
I think that the Saxby over is England has a school of threadfins in his tank.. they were really breathtaking as they moved... and they are rather inexpensive... MArine Center lists them @ 12 for $99 (and we all know how pricey that place can be ). But they do list them as a restricted species (IE: delicate shjipper, etc).
I saw a geometric hawkfish at the LFS tonight... I am going to do some reading on it.. I really wanted to buy it, but need to check on it first... I love the hawkfish species, but also like our shrimp and smaller fish
I will take a picture of hte pair of gobies we picked up and the orchid, after we get them acclimated.. since the lights will be out in the tank by then I will just have to try for picts tomorrow
). But they do list them as a restricted species (IE: delicate shjipper, etc).I saw a geometric hawkfish at the LFS tonight... I am going to do some reading on it.. I really wanted to buy it, but need to check on it first... I love the hawkfish species, but also like our shrimp and smaller fish
I will take a picture of hte pair of gobies we picked up and the orchid, after we get them acclimated.. since the lights will be out in the tank by then I will just have to try for picts tomorrow
We added a few new corals this past weekend, along with a slew of "critters" from a group buy from Keys Critters. I am still torn about the brittle stars that we got from them, but they seem to be fine so far (I am just ultra paranoid about getting an Ophiarachna star)
Here is a new gorg that we picked up. The LFS that we got it from told us that it is photosynthetic, but I strongly suspect that it is not. We feed phyto feast and roti feast pretty regularly, and already target feed several of our livestock, so hopefully it will be take care of. It was sold as a sea fan, which is a very broad and generic term for the species. Only time will tell on this guy, but either way it is a stricking gorgonian, and typically has it's polyps out most all lf the time. It's shape is identical to the photosynthetic one that we already have (that grows like a weed), but I would still like to hear if anyone has a more precise ID on it ? We have it in a high flow high light area, and it seems to like it. But I don't think that this will be it's final home within our tank. I am just not 100% sure about placement yet.
It is realy bright when the light catches it :
It does make a nice backdrop for our fish to "meet" around. Actually they saw me trying to take a picture and just thought it was feeding time . But then again they could just be hamming it up for the camera !! 
Here is a new gorg that we picked up. The LFS that we got it from told us that it is photosynthetic, but I strongly suspect that it is not. We feed phyto feast and roti feast pretty regularly, and already target feed several of our livestock, so hopefully it will be take care of. It was sold as a sea fan, which is a very broad and generic term for the species. Only time will tell on this guy, but either way it is a stricking gorgonian, and typically has it's polyps out most all lf the time. It's shape is identical to the photosynthetic one that we already have (that grows like a weed), but I would still like to hear if anyone has a more precise ID on it ? We have it in a high flow high light area, and it seems to like it. But I don't think that this will be it's final home within our tank. I am just not 100% sure about placement yet.
It is realy bright when the light catches it :
It does make a nice backdrop for our fish to "meet" around
. Actually they saw me trying to take a picture and just thought it was feeding time . But then again they could just be hamming it up for the camera !!
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I think that the Saxby over is England has a school of threadfins in his tank.. they were really breathtaking as they moved... and they are rather inexpensive... MArine Center lists them @ 12 for $99 (and we all know how pricey that place can be
I saw a geometric hawkfish at the LFS tonight... I am going to do some reading on it.. I really wanted to buy it, but need to check on it first... I love the hawkfish species, but also like our shrimp and smaller fish
I will take a picture of hte pair of gobies we picked up and the orchid, after we get them acclimated.. since the lights will be out in the tank by then I will just have to try for picts tomorrow
Geometric hawks are closer relatives to anthias, then hawkfish. Don't let the common name fool you.
Buy threadfins locally as it's not uncommon to loose 1/2. I will help you in the department Tom
Let me know any other fish your looking for 
ANd yes, I ahve not forgotten about that monti either. It's on the watch list right now and if it comes thru, I'll get a call Yea, I found that out amidst my research efforts. I even ended up having the LFS owner trying to get into an arguement with me over it *sigh*. I had to walk over and pick up one of his books and opening it to the page for the geometirc hawk... he still kept on about how they were related to a hawkfish, since the book stated "closest to an Anthias" but did not say "not a hawkfish". I guess any perch relative can straddle that line.
Either way it has taken up residence in our tank and we see him from time to time now.. cute little bugger. Even though it is not a "true" hawk, it looks and acts enough like on to fullfill my desire to have a hawk (Without the loss of other livestock to do so
).Let me know when you are back in town (generally speaking) and we can chat about the threadfins
. We really appreciate the offer !! . it is also good to know that you had not forgotten about the monti
.. hehehehe.BTW, we use the frag plugs we got from you for all of our zoas and just absolutely love them. The large, thin attached rocks are perfect. I need to get things in better order to take some pictures of them in use to post here. I sort of planning to just wait until we can move them into the frag tank portion of our sumps to take the pictures.. it would be alot more controlled and show off the plugs alot better, but the downside is that lately I have had zero time for anything tank realted, outside of regular maintenance.
Well, I will leave off with a couple of picts of the golden angel, as he cruises through the tank (I would swear there is a race track laid out in our tank.. the angel makes the circuit, following the same exact path, on average a couple of dozen times a day).
Speaking of montis, I took a bunch of pictures of our encrusting montis and am going to post them here later on today
Oh, and one of our Vortecs is stalling again (3 times in the last 6 days), this one is one with the latest driver and wet end pieces.. the other 3 are running fine though, so maybe I jsut got another "bad" one ? I am working with EcoTech to troubleshoot this new issue. The one thing is this is one of the ones that we run at less than full power.. and it doesn't seem to like that much (but the others have no problems with it). I am confident that we can get this one resolved eventually.
Thanks Coral Reef Shop up in Sac. We also picked up a couple of zoas and the orange shoulder tang from there.
I exchanged Emails with Scott and it looks like he may be ready to ship out our skimmer next week. I could not get a clear sense of whether or not it would be here before next weekend or not, but with shipping being what it is I am not expecting it until the following week.
Speaking of rabbit fish, I was talking to Stephen (Bigred) yesterday about his new scribbled rabbit fish. I told him that I could have sworn that I heard that they are great for algae.. just about any type, including valonia, but that they also were voracious when it came to zoas. He seemed a bit stressed when I mentioned that.. did I remember wrong what I had read about them ? I don't remember exactly where I heard that from, but I am pretty sure that I got it right.. but who knows these days, plus every fish is an individual (but rabbits in general are known to develop a taste for LPS and zoas from time to time)
On a separate note, I am trying to increase the water flow through the tank a bit, but the limiting factor right now is the teeth on our overflow. They are 3/16" teeth spaced 1/8". I need to sit down and calculate the flow that they will allow per linear inch to figure out our current flow (which I feel is on the low side). We replaced our old broken teeth with the AquaMedic removable teeth, so they are easy enough to modify. I tried widening the spacing, drilling out between the teeth, but all I managed to do was crack a couple of the teeth *sigh*. I am going to try to run down to HD today or tomorrow to get some gutter guard to replace the teeth with to see how that works out. It should just about fit into the slots that the teeth slide into now in the brakcets they use. Wish me luck
P.S. Our one "troubled" Vortec was stalled again when we got up this morning.. looks like I will need tro go through the whole return process yet again *sigh*
Coral Reef Shop up in Sac. We also picked up a couple of zoas and the orange shoulder tang from there.I exchanged Emails with Scott and it looks like he may be ready to ship out our skimmer next week. I could not get a clear sense of whether or not it would be here before next weekend or not, but with shipping being what it is I am not expecting it until the following week.
Speaking of rabbit fish, I was talking to Stephen (Bigred) yesterday about his new scribbled rabbit fish. I told him that I could have sworn that I heard that they are great for algae.. just about any type, including valonia, but that they also were voracious when it came to zoas. He seemed a bit stressed when I mentioned that.. did I remember wrong what I had read about them ? I don't remember exactly where I heard that from, but I am pretty sure that I got it right.. but who knows these days
, plus every fish is an individual (but rabbits in general are known to develop a taste for LPS and zoas from time to time)On a separate note, I am trying to increase the water flow through the tank a bit, but the limiting factor right now is the teeth on our overflow. They are 3/16" teeth spaced 1/8". I need to sit down and calculate the flow that they will allow per linear inch to figure out our current flow (which I feel is on the low side). We replaced our old broken teeth with the AquaMedic removable teeth, so they are easy enough to modify. I tried widening the spacing, drilling out between the teeth, but all I managed to do was crack a couple of the teeth *sigh*. I am going to try to run down to HD today or tomorrow to get some gutter guard to replace the teeth with to see how that works out. It should just about fit into the slots that the teeth slide into now in the brakcets they use. Wish me luck
P.S. Our one "troubled" Vortec was stalled again when we got up this morning.. looks like I will need tro go through the whole return process yet again *sigh*
jnarowe
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I believe Energy removed a scribbled rabbit due to it's polyp eating issues.
Interesting about the overflow combs...I am using 6 with a Hammerhead and the water line is below the half-way mark. I estimate that I have about 4,200 gph going through the overflow.
Why do you want to increase flow through the overflow? Are you having stability issues? I would guess that anywhere around 1000 - 2000 gph should be enough to process your water right?
My new Vortech and refurbed unit are both running great...
Interesting about the overflow combs...I am using 6 with a Hammerhead and the water line is below the half-way mark. I estimate that I have about 4,200 gph going through the overflow.
Why do you want to increase flow through the overflow? Are you having stability issues? I would guess that anywhere around 1000 - 2000 gph should be enough to process your water right?
My new Vortech and refurbed unit are both running great...
mostly regular, yes. there is 1 GFCI on the other side of the tank but that is about it. Most of the equipment is rated for underwater usage (pumps on the current skimmer, calc reactor, etc), so spilled water would have no affect. The main return pump is about 6" off of the floor. Everything else is away from the water to where I am not worried about it. Right now the only thing on GFCI is the lighting.
GFCIs are good to have, but they have a specific place where to use and where not to use. I was a licensed electrician for over a decade before I got into the field that I am now. I suppose that is why I am more nonchalant about the electrical setup than maybe I should be.
If I get a wild hair I may swap out one or more of the breakers for GFCI breakers, but at this time I have no plans to. The only real change I have planned is to replace some of the el-cheapo power strips that I had bought to use temporarily (over a year ago *sigh*). I will end up with only 1 or 2 power strips, with the DC4 and DC8 off of the controller handling most of the electrical load, but I need to get some better quality strips to use.
GFCIs are good to have, but they have a specific place where to use and where not to use. I was a licensed electrician for over a decade before I got into the field that I am now. I suppose that is why I am more nonchalant about the electrical setup than maybe I should be.
If I get a wild hair I may swap out one or more of the breakers for GFCI breakers, but at this time I have no plans to. The only real change I have planned is to replace some of the el-cheapo power strips that I had bought to use temporarily (over a year ago *sigh*). I will end up with only 1 or 2 power strips, with the DC4 and DC8 off of the controller handling most of the electrical load, but I need to get some better quality strips to use
.Johnathan, We have 4 combs cut to approximately 75% of their original length (to fit our existing overflow box). I would guess that we have maybe 1000 gph running through, and I would really like to see closer to 1500 - 2000 (more upwards of 5x turn over). So far I am not seeing any stability issues.. there is a little cyano around some of the more crowded sections in the front of the tank, but that crowded condition is temporary, only until I can get the sump/prop setup to handle those frags/zoas. I just want to be close to my original target of 5x turnover.
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