The Reef Central Corner Club Thread

[Michael]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14207170#post14207170 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bernie21
Nice Lemonpeel Michael, I love it, its one of my fav angel, but have a notorious reputation for nipping, glad you got a good one there...
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well funnily enough he is a bit of a nipper, not bad but he does nip, im watching him, he basically nips at the buttton polyps, there not happy either, but luckily hes not interested in anything else----------yet hopefully he will be ok, otherwise hes going back to the store, corals are my priority

 

[Bernie21]

I understand, michael, although fish are my priority, corals cost alot, so I would tolerate some nipping as I did w the rock beauty, but only to a certain point, if not out you go no matter how much I like you.
Sk8r I wish I had the room as well to have an out of stand sump,, but thats a no go for me. Im making due for now & I still have space to work to. I want to set up a QT tank but I have no where to put it plus my wife wouldnt like another tanks either, dilemmas!

 

[flfireman1]

Sorry to hear about your losses Bernie, dont give up. My wife caused a trajedy in my tank while I was gone on shift once. She fed the tank and forgot to turn on the return pump after she was done. I came home the following morning to find a Red Sea Sailfin, 3 bartlett anthias, pair of hooded wrasses, coral beauty and flame angle all dead.

I had a little shopping spree with her credit card at the LFs after it was all said and done. But it still hurt to see those fish die, so I know what your feeling.

By the way, I keep a yellow clown goby in my sps reef and gave never had the little guy bother anything. Funny thing is I just added a blue clown goby (never seen a blue one before) yesterday and Im hoping to see how he is doing when I get back home tomorrow.

 

[Hookup]

good luck on the blue... I like the goby.. wanted a green one also... not likely going to go there... if the flame angel works out i'll count myself lucky and go back to fairy wrasse and anthias... which was plan a...

 

[Bernie21]

Thanks Eric, unfortunately it wasnt my wife that screwed up, it was me, lol!! But Im ok w it, although I dont have the money to restock, it is forcing me to be patient, which is a good thing. I like gobies, I like all kinds of gobies, unfortunately my tank is a 92 corner not a 184 corner, now that would be sweet...just think about all the extra room under for a sump & crazier fish selection. just dreamin now...
By the way I received my Hammerhead Float Magnet to clean my glass, it works spectacularly!! Phenomenal magnet if you can shell out the $$$$ for it, works wonderfully on the bow front glass.

 

[Sk8r]

re tanks and sitters: elaborate, step by step instructions and a "I'm finished now" checklist are helpful in preventing disasters. My own arcane instructions include the last item: "Is the blue tube still 2" above the water and securely positioned?" (kalk drip.) It's bozo, but I have to do that same check myself when I've done anything that can severely nudge hoses.

 

[Hookup]

184 gal Corner tank??? WOW... I figure yer just dreaming in technicolor...

What is the biggest bow-front corner? The biggest ones I've seen are 92gal... I suppose a 36" tall version could exist, so that'd be 138gal ( I think ) I do not like 36" deep tanks, or even 30" deep... but a bigger corner, say by bringing out the front of the tank 6" would add LOADS of room and not take that much more floor-space up...

So now that I'm done dreaming in technicolor, anyone know of anything bigger than the 92gal??

 

[Neurotech]

These folks make a 186 gallon corner, and they say they will make any size custom:

http://4fishtank.com/ov_corner.htm

I believe they are RC sponsors too.

 

[Hookup]

Well there ya go. Looks very cool, especially the 155gal!

 

[Misled]

Reactors are here. Gotta get some tubing to plumb them.

Thinking about changing some of the flow. I'm not too happy with the noise from the korilias right now. I'm picking up a modded mj Saturday.

 

[Michael]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14214932#post14214932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Misled
Reactors are here. Gotta get some tubing to plumb them.

Thinking about changing some of the flow. I'm not too happy with the noise from the korilias right now. I'm picking up a modded mj Saturday.

are you going to run them of 1 pump or seperate pumps

 

[Misled]

One pump. I'm also thinking of running them off the same pump that runs the fuge.

 

[kelso1980]

Was gone for a few days and had to catch up on my corner thread reading...
Welcome Reef-ski! I have a 54g too and I'm in the process of planning/building a sump in my basement.
Hookup sorry to hear about the atom bomb in your tank. Sure you dont want to post an after pic for us?
I think my favorite fish is a puffer, but I dont have one. My tank is too small. I'd love a box fish but I wont risk it. Right now I only have a clown, a flame fish and a diamond goby. I'd love some suggestions on what I should/can add fish wise. I've honestly never really thought about adding fish to my FISH tank! haha. it's always been more about the corals and the fish are kinda an afterthought, but I'm starting to want an little more activity in there. My cleaner shrimp is agoraphobic and the other guys are just tiny. I'm in no rush to get fish (neither is my wallet)

 

[Bernie21]

Kelso, welcome back, if you're considering some new fish, look at some of the flasher wrasses, they're beautiful & will add alot of movement to your tank.

Jesse, I have those same reactors, I run them off one pump, but not in line. I have them T'd off, One pump Ts off in to the two reactors.

Neurotech thanks for that link, I wish I had the $$$ for the 186 I would soo jump on it, the upgrade wouldnt cost me too much on equipment since most of my equipment is rated for larger tanks. But I can only dream.

 

[btb72]

i got the flame angel with a coke bottle trap, came in this afternoon and he was in there and couldn't get out... Internet was out the last two days so i'll post some pics of the trap before I throw it away.

 

[gawf4fun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14206938#post14206938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phish guy
just curious, whats everybodys favorite fish in their tanks?

That's such an unfair questions to ask, how can anybody say which is their favorite? It's like asking who is your favorite child...
Still, after much consideration and thought, here are my top three:

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If anybody asks which my favorite 10 fish are, I could answer more fully!

 

[btb72]

whats your 10 favorite? All of them?

 

[Hookup]

btb72! That's awesome!... Frigg'n awesome...

Which reminds me I have to go feed the little sps eating bastard I put into the fuge...

I do have photos of some of the Australian SPS I was able to pickup. They are 1/2 colonies not frags... so i'm kinda jazzed... well I was.. now they are scattered and I cry.

Tomorrow (night) my LFS is getting in 250 clams from Nam... Going to show up either when they get back to town (around 3am) or first thing Sat to see if I cannot cherry pick a good one. Looking for color morphs an ideas.. I want to know what I want before I just go and pick the first thing... and LTA might happen also... ugly, but i want it to sit the heck down and not crawl on the rocks... then the clowns should host...

I'll see if I can take some photos of what 250 clams looks like. I think he is keeping all of them before shipping some of them out to other stores... could make for some impressive photos.... anyone in CANADA can be shipped one if interested... but I think i'm the only canuck on this thread... eh?

I will post some atom-bomb photos... maybe after the kids to to bed.

 

[Hookup]

Ok, so let's start with the "GOOD"... Nothing color enhanced, just pointed the camera, shot and converted to jpg. 20k halide and actincs on...

and now the BOMB...

I was so ****ed it took me till the next day before I even cleaned the glass... and you have to know me.. i clean the glass daily, inside and out... On the plus-side I found my orange-bam-bam ZOA frag that had blown away... it's a small plus, but I now have about 8 heads on a frag-rock.

 

[kelso1980]

ooooooooohhhhh! it looks like your tank is crying! I want to give it a hug. but the earlier pictures sure are a site! that's exactly why we have this addiction...er...hobby?