evanj Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 I think I found the fish I will be getting, a couple Sharknose Goby - what do you think? Link to comment
evanj Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 The splash guard on my cube is cracked and missing screws, it's junk... I would like to build a new one out of plexiglass or something before I finish my LED build. I don't think it needs to be two tiered like the stock one, my LED array should be lower profile than the PC fixture. Does anyone have any suggestions? Will plexiglass work? Link to comment
BLoCkCliMbeR Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I still have the modded hood if your interested in upgrading. LMK Link to comment
evanj Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 I'm going LED someday soon, I don't want to buy any more PC fixtures etc.. I might even have an 18w fixture for sale soon. Really, all I need is a hinge and a new splash guard before I finish my new LED array. Having a missing hinge really sucks. I think plexiglass will work for a splash guard. Link to comment
BLoCkCliMbeR Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 you just wake up or something? buy his hood and use it for parts.....im sure he would part with it much cheaper than 50 bucks.... and if you scrap your LED idea, youll have x3 18watters to work with Link to comment
evanj Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 you just wake up or something? buy his hood and use it for parts.....im sure he would part with it much cheaper than 50 bucks.... and if you scrap your LED idea, youll have x3 18watters to work with Still up, why - are my messages incoherent? Working on homework, finals next two weeks. I think he wants $100 or so, that's not a direct quote from him as I deleted the PM. Link to comment
PaulE915 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 good call on the sharknose, those guys look cool! and i wouldv thought dif about that heater...but good to know...So locally we got hit with some winter storm and a ship load of snow fell, glad i moved my tank away from the window when i did..i watched the tank climb to 82 before i dialed it back yesterday...and that stuff your doing with the lighting, i have no clue what youre talking about but it sounds complicated Link to comment
evanj Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 good call on the sharknose, those guys look cool! and i wouldv thought dif about that heater...but good to know...So locally we got hit with some winter storm and a ship load of snow fell, glad i moved my tank away from the window when i did..i watched the tank climb to 82 before i dialed it back yesterday...and that stuff your doing with the lighting, i have no clue what youre talking about but it sounds complicated Maybe I got a bad heater... I might try another one soon. There's a lot of people on here with step by step DIY LED lighting threads. It doesn't look too difficult... I still need to research more though before I start. I really like Clown Gobies too, especially the Citrinis. I can't decide between the Sharknose or a Clown Goby. Link to comment
evanj Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Just added a DIY surface skimmer to the tank, was getting sick of looking at the film on the surface. Link to comment
evanj Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Quick little update on the tank. I added one Nassarius snail to the mix. The is probably my favorite thing in there right now lol. The tank is doing well and I plan on buying the war painted clown goby at my LFS pretty soon. I contacted Reef Cleaners and asked what they would recommend for my size tank, and this is what they came up with: 7 Dwarf Ceriths - small effective cleaners 1 Nassarius 3 Florida Ceriths 2 Small to Medium Nerites I ordered pretty much what was suggested, I just gotta find a home for my astreas... Link to comment
evanj Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Got my order from reef cleaners, great people to work with, I would recommend them and their custom CUC. I ended up with way more ceriths and spare hermit shells than I ordered. I think my Nerites may be dead though - I'm gonna wait a few days though until I chuck em. Link to comment
evanj Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Got some aquamend today, I plan on taking everything down and redoing the aquascape. The tank was doing well, I found a bristle worm and inexplicably lost a peppermint shrimp.. The reason for this redo is because my hair algae is out of control and I'm getting sick of these manual removal sessions before my water changes.... The LR already had a lot of hair algae on it when I got it, however I didn't remove it before adding it to the tank. Someone suggested that I take a tooth brush to it, that's what I'll be doing and then I'm going break the rock down and get fancy with the scape Link to comment
evanj Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 re-aquascape is now complete fairly satisfied with the outcome The hammer and screwdriver method worked great for getting the rock to crack where I wanted. I used a whole tube of aquamend... and the pictures just don't show any of the over hangs. I'll have to experiment with photographing it, and my tripod broke. right side: left side: Unsightly putty marks... nice, eh? At least I can clean my tanks glass now. Link to comment
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