Xavier's 120 Gallon Journal

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Wow. I suck at updating this!! I have gotten a lot of new things.
3 acros
Green carpet anemone
Torches
Candycanes
Watchman goby
Cleaner shrimp
Clarkii clownfish
Lawnmower blenny
25 more Cerith snails
I think I am forgetting something else but I don't know what it is.

I will post some pics soon

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

And a video

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c368/reefgeek/7e7369ce.mp4

 

[gofor100]

Nice looking nem! Where did you get it?

-Chad

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

1/15/12 Update:
Guess what I am building!!! I will give 10 imaginary points to the winner

1/16/12 Update:
The clown is getting ever closer to hosting the anemone, but he is still not intent on it.
Danny (Deadmanh) found a nice looking male Blue Jaw Trigger for me and is holding it until I can get it (hopefully tomorrow)

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

1/17/12 Update:
Picked up a bunch of corals.
Zoas
Palis
Monti caps
Duncans
Frogspawn
Ect

And I also picked up the blue jaw from Danny, which looks amazing!

My PBT tried to punk him around and he defended himself well... I am very excited.

 

[thebanker]

I know what that is, it's a bunch of parts that you can turn into an algae turf scrubber.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

I know what that is, it's a bunch of parts that you can turn into an algae turf scrubber.

AND THE BOUNTY GOES TO MIKEY!!!! :dance::dance::dance:


Just finished it tonight, running fantastically!! With a minor adjustment to the ball valve, we are in business

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

1/18/12 Update:

 

[thebanker]

Heheheh you said...

ball valve

 

[thebanker]

That actually looks really good. Am I seeing two plates of plastic on each side of the screen?

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Yes. In case of splashing. No risks taken

 

[roxy25]

Good Job Xavier looks great so far :spin1:

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Thanks Kerry!

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Blue jaw died today... He wouldnt eat anything since I got him, and it was terribly sad to watch.

Got a leopard wrasse a couple of days ago, she is out and about, but still gets chased by the PBT.

ATS is going in full force, almost... Gotta clean it tomorrow.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Green carpet got sucked up by a powerhead! I caught it in time and turned it off. Within the day, it had gotten itself out, and right back into the powerhead next to it!

Stupid Carpet!

Powerheads are Koralias

 

[gofor100]

Green carpet got sucked up by a powerhead! I caught it in time and turned it off. Within the day, it had gotten itself out, and right back into the powerhead next to it!

Stupid Carpet!

Powerheads are Koralias

Geez... first the jawfish and now the anemone... I guess it's just one of those weeks in reefkeeping for you (it happens to all of us).

At least you caught it in time!

I'll be getting the first life in my tank today (my CUC), so hopefully soon I'll be catching up to your progress

-Chad

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Geez... first the jawfish and now the anemone... I guess it's just one of those weeks in reefkeeping for you (it happens to all of us).

At least you caught it in time!

I'll be getting the first life in my tank today (my CUC), so hopefully soon I'll be catching up to your progress

-Chad

Yea. He looks alright now, just so dumb. It's like it doesn't have a brain or something..

 

[thebanker]

Wait why are you cleaning the ATS already? I'd let it mature a little.

And I have some ideas for the ATS. I'd light it on both sides, so you get 2 sides of growth. Then you only need to scrape one side of the mesh at a time, so you don't re-boot the ats when you clean it. The flip side of the mesh would automatically re-seed the harvested side.

For the trickling water sound, you can use simple acoustic foam which is sorta cheap. cutting holes in it for plumbing is easy, and it blocks light too. Then, you could get really creative and add a small computer fan to suck moist air out of the stand & sump area, but that's pretty extreme.

^ I'm going to do all that for my 60 cube once it gets up and running.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

You are supposed to completely clean both sides every 7 days, no matter what it looks like. That is something that is stressed pretty heavily. But I didn't get around to cleaning it yet. Maybe when I get home... If I don't work on the 29.
The rest of those are good suggestions. I am thinking about rebuilding the whole thing with a much better build quality. I can use most of the parts from this one. But I want a full smoked black acrylic box with lights inside. Gonna be a lot bigger though. So I'm not sure.

If it ain't broke...