Ando Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 hahah!!! ya seriously. I need one in there.. ya chaeto is in there now. Link to comment
Nosey Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Are you using RO water??? Link to comment
hmmhmm Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 good ? nosey...that is a lot of hair for 2 weeks...and how long are the lights on for again? Link to comment
Ando Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 ya im using RO/DI water.. and for the lights i turn them on at 8:30 until about 9.. Link to comment
Nosey Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Maybe cut down on your light cycle too....1 hour a day until you get that stuff in check. If you don't have anything in there but your CUC, you don'realy need it for your cycling. Your going to have one fat CUC by the end. Maybe test your RO water ! Link to comment
Ando Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 well there are some hitch hiker zoas in there i would like to keep.. u dont think cutting down on the light would kill them? Link to comment
Ando Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 DOH!! lol well i scrubbed the glass and some of the rocks yesterday with a tooth brush it's looking a lot better this morning...me and my buddy are going to go and try to find some snails (banded trochus snails) today at the beach down the road.. you can usually find them in the tide pools. lol Link to comment
Ando Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 I finally got a little clean up crew in my tank. I went down to the beach and picked them from the ocean lol.. But i think they are cerith snails... there are also some little hermit ones too.. heres some pics. I got about 20 or 25 of them. In this pic below you can see the little white bugs on the glass.. are they copepods?? Link to comment
Ando Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 Question- What do you use your LED's for? they barely give off a light? just for looks? Link to comment
Ando Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Well i put in my new media rack I built looks like it works great. But i did find out that I may need a new balast DOH! I did get 17 red leg hermit crabs! Link to comment
hmmhmm Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Question- What do you use your LED's for? they barely give off a light? just for looks? my led's & fug light turn on when my day light bulb goes off...then an hour later my atinics go off... Link to comment
StevieT Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nice DIY rack, is it four sided or only three? Looks familar Link to comment
Ando Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 It's a 4 sided rack. when i first made it i measured it wrong so i had to build a new one.. But it's fun build them. Link to comment
StevieT Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Does the 4th side go all the way down? It looks like it stops after the first shelve. If it goes all the way down, how do you change the media? Take out the egg crate? Link to comment
Ando Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 i take the top egg crate off and reach my hand down inside.. 4th side? Link to comment
mcduff Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 http://shop.mediabaskets.com/main.sc;jsess...7D.qscstrfrnt04 Link to comment
Ando Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 ya that basically what i built Link to comment
StevieT Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 http://shop.mediabaskets.com/main.sc;jsess...7D.qscstrfrnt04 ya that basically what i built is the silicone holding up and giving you a good bond? Link to comment
Ando Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 yep so far so good. My last one i made that didnt fit I used acetone and melted it together then i used silicone. Link to comment
Ando Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 last night I made a order from marine depot Black diamond carbon Power head (hydor 1) mag float (med) ESV Bionic Calcium Buffer Melafix last week i got a small cuc (17 mexican red leg hermits) they seem to be eating a lot of the algae did a 5g water change last week and my 10k light doesn't work... Drs foster and smith sent me a new bulb but it didn't work. So monday I need to call them so I can get a new ballast. ....Im going to leave my actinics off for a few days (3) so most of my algae goes away. thats it for now.. Maybe later I will post some pics but nothing new is really is going on. Link to comment
mcduff Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hey Ando, just starting my cycle (1 day) Do you have chaeto in there for your cycle? I was just wondering if I should go to the LFS and buy some. Thanks, Bob Link to comment
Ando Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hey Ando, just starting my cycle (1 day) Do you have chaeto in there for your cycle? I was just wondering if I should go to the LFS and buy some. Thanks, Bob ya i had mine in there like the 2nd week. you should be fine putting it in now. What are you using for your light? Link to comment
mcduff Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 ya i had mine in there like the 2nd week. you should be fine putting it in now. What are you using for your light? Hear's the light that I'm using, it was almost a perfect fit for half the middle chamber. Half of the chamber has the media rack and the other half is i put this light on the back with velcro. I think I paid $23 at Pet Smart. http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752557 Link to comment
Ando Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 that looks like it will work great! What's the k (kelvin) rating on the bulb? Link to comment
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