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 Apr 30 2007, 10:04 PM
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After two+ years with a FOWLR tank they can only be called an "experiment", I made a major upgrade and got the Red Sea Max.
My first tank was a 30 gallon tall hexagon. (recipe for disaster, right?) I put a hang on filter on the back, dropped in a heater and a power head and my science experiment was in full swing. It was a pretty ugly tank (and i am sure you are all having a good laugh now trying to picture it), but it was a good test for me to see if i could be disciplined enough to manage a salt water tank. I transfered all of my water, live rock and sand from the old tank to my RSM. A false percula and firefish made the trip safely as well (I have not stocked any new critters in quite a while because i knew i was going to make this transition). After i got it setup Sunday morning I ran into a friend who was breaking down a 55g reef tank. He sold me some xenia and a few mushroom covered rock. I know i probably should have let things settle for a few days before adding anything new, but it was a small window of opportunity This is my first all in one, my first nano reef tank, heck its my first "real" tank...i can still hear you laughing about the 30g Hex...cut it out! anyways...any advice would be much appreciated. Snake question for aquamac and secondbreath (as i know y'all are RSM owners and active posters on this site) - i know you removed the bioballs from the left chamber and replaced with LR rubble...did you remove the carbon filter media bag as well or did you leave that in? i can see thorugh the smoked glass that the bag is getting sucked up into the powerheads above it!!! also - have you had any success replacing the stock fans with quieter ones? This post has been edited by snake plissken: Apr 30 2007, 10:23 PM
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Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~  |
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May 1 2007, 08:13 AM
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You have a lot of sand in there. Not sure if that is good or bad. If you put i a sand sifting star, you may never find it.
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May 1 2007, 09:01 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
yeah, i had 20LBs of sand in the old tank but it had a smaller footprint. so i bought another 20 pounds to make sure i had a minimum 2 inch substrate.
it is also slightly mounded towards the front. the back is not that high with sand. so there is a slight slope to the sand bar but yeah, it is a lot This post has been edited by snake plissken: May 1 2007, 09:02 AM -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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May 4 2007, 10:09 AM
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I have no LR rubble in the filter area, only in the main tank.
I replaced the stock fans with quieter ones...here is the thread. |
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May 4 2007, 07:06 PM
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Junior Nano Reefer Posts: 36 Joined: 7-July 05 From: SLC Utah USA Member No.: 15,387 |
Snake, thanks for posting that picture. I plan on using 40lb of sand on mine too and was wondering how it would look. I like it!
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May 4 2007, 07:25 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 104 Joined: 2-May 07 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 28,054 |
Tank is looking good!
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Mar 26 2008, 12:19 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
well, time for an update...hey its only been like 10 months!
 -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Mar 27 2008, 03:51 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
i am thinking of adding a canister filter for the 34G RSM.
or possibly cutting up some eggcrate to make some home-made "trays" to drop into the far left chamber under the retunr pumps. i figured this would allow me to layer different media (chemi-pure, purigen, phos-guard, etc...) instead of just piling it all on top of each other in the bottom of the chamber. anybody had any luck (or horror stories) of a do-it-yourself filter/reactor for the third chamber? -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Apr 1 2008, 04:34 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
bump...
canister filters? anybody? beuller? beuller? -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Apr 1 2008, 04:37 PM
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Urchinhead had a sump design going for his RSM, you may want to contact him, he may as well had a media reactor
If you still have the stock skimmmer a media basket may work in the chamber of death. Might cut flow, only issue i see This post has been edited by StevieT: Apr 1 2008, 04:38 PM -------------------- ** How to Glue Corals ** ** Media Rack in a RSM ** ** Tank Thread Indexed ** ** Weekly Water Change ** ** Feedback ** ** Tunze Cup Upgrade ** ** Sea-Monkey Thread ** **BioCube Media Rack Research** ** Order Media Baskets ,Skimmer Cups, Fish Savers, and More ** ** RSM Owners Index Thread ** **Guide to Moving a Tank** *  |
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Apr 2 2008, 07:26 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 1,037 Joined: 25-July 06 From: Harrisburg, PA Member No.: 21,519 |
I am not a big fan of canisters. They build nitrates and are a pain to clean. I guess you could add seagel or the chemipure that has a nitrate remover.
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Apr 2 2008, 08:22 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
QUOTE (Oceanic 30g @ Apr 2 2008, 08:26 AM)  I am not a big fan of canisters. They build nitrates and are a pain to clean. I guess you could add seagel or the chemipure that has a nitrate remover. thanks for your input oceanic. I am not planning on running the bio-balls/ceramic media that comes with the canister. I removed the stock ceramic rings that come with the RSM on advice from other RSM owners on NR. everybody said they were beneficial for a while, but eventually would just become a nitrate factory. I am planning on running chemi-pure, purigen, sea-gel, phos-zorb or phos-ban. i hav enot decided on what combination. but it will be 2 or three of those stacked in the trays -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Apr 2 2008, 10:52 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 1,037 Joined: 25-July 06 From: Harrisburg, PA Member No.: 21,519 |
Not a bad idea. You know you will still need to take the cannister apart every few months and wash all that cr?p. PIA and it stinks like crazy because it is trapped in the canister.
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Apr 2 2008, 11:11 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
the chem-pure and purigen only need to be replaced every few months, supposedly.
however i pan to open the canister every week and use it to do my water changes. dump out the "old" water in the canister and repalce it with newly mixed up RO saltwater. then let the canister pump add ti abck to the tank. i think this will be less stressful on my livestock. right now i just pop the hood on my RSM and dump the bucket of "new" water in. using the canister should be more "Gracefull" -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Apr 2 2008, 11:35 AM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 1,037 Joined: 25-July 06 From: Harrisburg, PA Member No.: 21,519 |
It is a good plan, but I think it will be a total pain in the azz. You will need to disconnect the filter. Dump out the old water, rinse it out fully, and then refill it to put the water back to the tank. Also, I am not sure how many gallons a cannister holds. (Enough for a water change)?
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Apr 9 2008, 04:00 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
Yet ANOTHER attempt at improving my aquascaping.
FTS  from below  upper half 
This post has been edited by snake plissken: Apr 9 2008, 04:21 PM -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Apr 9 2008, 04:08 PM
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 Nano Reefer Posts: 98 Joined: 25-February 07 Member No.: 26,323 |
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Aquaillumination 24" Led Lighting System JBJ Arctica DBA-150 Chiller Vortec MP40 Korallin Calcium Reactor Precision Marine -Kalk Reactor Aquacontroller Jr Litermeter III The Original RSM Media Basket Design Tunze 9002 Protein Skimmer Parameters Temp 79.6 PH 8.2 Salinity 1.24 dkh 13.0 Calcium 420 Mag 1350 Livestock Purple Tang 2 Ocellaris Clownfish 1 Black Sailfin Blenny 1 Spotted Goby 1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp 6 Line Wrasse 1 Tiger Serpant Star Assorted SPS/LPS corals |
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 Apr 9 2008, 04:16 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
while i am posting pix, anybody know what the white "mystery" coral is growing out of the middle of my zooanthid? I assume it is a coral. not really sure.
 red, green & blue zooanthid rock  adamskit - depsite being completely inspired by your media reactor, i bailed out and bought a canister filter. sad thing is, after seeing yours, i went to Lowe's and bought some eggcrate. it sat in my garage while i planned out my media baskets. ultimately i decided i did not want to mess with the chamber of death (i am running the stock skimmer so my baskets would ahve had to go there). i have big monkey hands and digging back there for chemipure now is no fun. removing the pumps and holding up the lid is not a fun time either! i just could not pull the trigger... This post has been edited by snake plissken: Apr 9 2008, 04:21 PM -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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Apr 9 2008, 04:24 PM
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╚═ʇǝıʌǝʇs═╝ Posts: 21,294 Joined: 29-January 07 From: Menomonee Falls, WI Member No.: 25,617 |
looking good! I don't know what that thing is but it looks like a pest. I would research that one some more, it may hurt those zoas
-------------------- ** How to Glue Corals ** ** Media Rack in a RSM ** ** Tank Thread Indexed ** ** Weekly Water Change ** ** Feedback ** ** Tunze Cup Upgrade ** ** Sea-Monkey Thread ** **BioCube Media Rack Research** ** Order Media Baskets ,Skimmer Cups, Fish Savers, and More ** ** RSM Owners Index Thread ** **Guide to Moving a Tank** * |
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Apr 10 2008, 03:25 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 111 Joined: 28-March 07 From: Greenville, SC Member No.: 27,182 |
somebody in another forum said it was a Foraminifera.
ever heard of it? -------------------- The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.
Visit My 34G Red Sea Max Maroon Clown Fish ~ Bicolor Blennie ~ Six Line Wrasse ~ McCosker's Flasher Wrasse ~ Frog Spawn ~ Green Lobo ~ Green Leather Toadstool - Aussie Acans ~ Green Brain ~ Trumpet ~ Anthellia ~ Assorted Zoanthids & Ricordia ~ Feather Duster ~ green hairy mushroom - Green Star Polyps ~ Coral Banded Shrimp ~ Electric Blue Crab ~ Emerald Green Mithrax Crabs ~ Zebra, Blue & Red Legged Hermit Crabs ~ Turbo, Trochus, Cerith, & Nassarius Snails ~ |
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