neanderthalman Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks dude. I'm still having microbubble problems. After the latest modification, the water became kindof cloudy - I think it's superfine microbubbles.....and I have no idea where they are coming from. With christmas, I haven't had much time to figure out what the problem is. I've turned the closed loop pump off, and we'll see if it clears up in a few hours. Link to comment
GobyInPeace Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Looking good! I like the scape and the rock looks like high quality stuff. Good luck! Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Looking good! I like the scape and the rock looks like high quality stuff. Good luck! Thanks GiP! Link to comment
HecticDialectics Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 hot landscaping! Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Looking good NM. I am still fighting microbubbles months and months later. My skimmer is the loudest thing in my tank although the water entering the sump from the durso is a close second. Good luck and the scape is perfect, don't change it. Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Thanks for the kind words everyone. Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Thanks for the kind words everyone. Serious. DO NOT CHANGE IT, EVAR!!! I love it! Link to comment
kenthenanoguy Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Lookin good! Nice scaping as usual. I take it you fixed the microbubble problem? I really need to start a thread on my new tank so these folks can see some of your other work (NM helped me build my tank...If you didn't catch what I meant). Let me know when/if you're going livestock shopping; I'll go with and maybe we can go halves on some frags. You're the man cool guy Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Nice tank and stand where did you get the stand btw? I'd love it in black lol Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 The stand is custom built, thanks for the comments Spanky! Oh, I should probably give an update. Bryopsis. I has it. I think. Never had it before, and I cooked the bloody rock for, oh, over three months. Oh well. RO/DI filter, and a three part Ca, Alk, Mag supplement on it's way from Bulk Reef Supply. The mag oughta clear up the bryopsis, and I'd like to get the chemistry settled out before stocking anyhow. I strongly recommend that any fellow canuckistanians check these guys out - they include brokerage as a part of the checkout, not as a nasty surprise on delivery. Relatively cheap brokerage, I might add - taxes and brokerage are only 15%. Good prices too. Other than the bryopsis, the cycle appears to be progressing normally. Oh, and I have revised the AWC design yet again, and now have a working prototype. Been meaning to post a DIY thread about it. I'll cough up a link once I get around to it. Maybe even tonight... Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Alrighty, I got my RO/DI, and all I've gotta say is "WOW!". It's awesome. Very solid unit. Got down to 0TDS very quickly. However....I realized that I don't...actually have a magnesium test kit. Gotta pick one up so I can start dosing the 3-part. Also, I put together a thread for the AWC. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...view=getnewpost Link to comment
RLC Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 We really like your tank and the rock work. We can't wait for more pics . Link to comment
mferrufino Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I love this thread. I hope you do not mind me taken some of your plans for my stand? Let me know Neanderthal. I am wondering hows it going? the last post was last month. Hope to see some new picks and more info. Happy reefing. Link to comment
jdavis28 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 awesome avatar. love the glock action! Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 sweet scape !! one of the better that ive seen on here. Link to comment
joe1994 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 looks sweet that stand is so awesome Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Thanks for the comments guys. I've slowed this one down again lately, we had some emergency vet bills that have massacred my wallet. Feel free to duplicate whatever you like about the stand mferrufino. I definitely have bryopsis, it's nicely matured and has clearly visible fan structure. I have the ca/alk/mag supplements to bring the levels up and kill it off......but no money to buy replacement test kits. Also, the temperature has always been too high, as our apartment is really warm in the winter - about 78 degrees ambient. The closed loop pump is then raising the temp to about 84-85. I'm going to be investing in a small chiller, though once the A/C kicks in around april/may, temperature won't be an issue anymore. I'll definitely need it before next winter. The HVAC in this place is really unbalanced, so we get the bulk of the heating/cooling. The Automatic Water Changer is working phenomenally well, and has kept me on track for the weekly water changes....which has admittedly been neglected in the past. It's just so easy now that I can't not do it. I also picked up some $1 plastic putty knives, which do a fantastic job of scraping the glass and bottom. Sorry about the minimal progress, but I didn't work this hard, for this long, to rush things at the last minute. At least it'll be more stable when I start putting critters in it. Link to comment
IPv6Freely Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 we had some emergency vet bills that have massacred my wallet. Jeebus... that stuff never seems to end with you. The Automatic Water Changer is working phenomenally well, and has kept me on track for the weekly water changes....which has admittedly been neglected in the past. It's just so easy now that I can't not do it. Eff yeah! That's what I need... thats why my tanks always fail.. I dont keep up with topups and water changes (more so the topups) On another note, the stores here have smaller 3g water jugs with handles. Would make topups on a smaller tank much more convenient! Link to comment
bitts Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 wow, neanderthalman you really did swiss chesse it didnt you. looks awesome, love the stand. Link to comment
steely185 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Any updates on this tank. I always enjoy viewing other breeders. Link to comment
neanderthalman Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Well, I've been thinking of another update. I mean, once a year whether it needs it or not, right? Tanks doing fine. There were some issues to handle. The first was a move, and then it was running too hot in the new house. So, I added a fan for evaporative cooling, and to counter the extra evaporation, I have plumbed the RO unit directly into ATO reservoir. No more topups Speaking of which, the electrical panel is completed, and the AWC is integrated into the stand. Works like a charm. I also picked up a 55 gallon barrel, and I have set it up in the basement for mixing and storing SW for water changes. Makes everything nice and simple. After getting the temperature under control last summer, I began combating a rather thick GHA outbreak. I think it was leftover nutrients from the heater incident. Algae's no big deal - I waited it out. Scrubbed the rocks every few days, and removed the resulting mess with filter floss. Took a few months, but it effectively scrubbed the last of the nutrients that I believe were trapped in the rocks. The algae stopped growing, then suddenly vanished overnight. Gone. That's how it's done. I haven't seen any significant algae growth since then, and it was back in....September/October. At the same time, the magnesium and the GHA killed off the bryopsis. Can't say which was more effective, but I like it anyhow. Wife got me a pair of purple firefish for christmas, and sometime before that I picked up a couple of turbo snails and an emerald crab. The crab did a great job of eliminating some macro that was trying to take advantage of the GHA's hasty retreat. So that's it for the moment. Still no skimmer, looking at an AquaC as a likely candidate. Also should replace the bulbs, and I'd like to do that before I start stocking corals. I'll post new pics....soon. They don't look much different. Link to comment
Kittysnax Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I like the golden daisey lookin things...Im guessin its the ugly brown zoas LOL! Whatever is in the pic behind the clownfish...I like it if it is the color in the pic. If that is a bare-bottom tank, it is the 1st one I have seen that I like!!! (Even if it is all brown and yella) The coraline helps balance it out though I think. I like it ^_^ Link to comment
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