Cameron6796 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Yeah hydrochloric is stomach acid essentially Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 DAMNIT, I got schooled =P I was re-watching yesterday with the GF since she havent seen it and I got all excited when I THOUGHT he pulled HCl from the shelves. I saw hydroxxxuric and instantly assumed it was HCl. If you read back a few pages you would know I had the hardest time finding HCl in Hong Kong so Im a little obsessed about it. I still have the big ass Frog Spawn, although its been fragging itself from time to time...more likely my fault since I was moving it around and the branches couldnt bare the weight and break off. Right now i have 4 branches sitting in my sump and needs to be sold. Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 I just built a simple media rack in the sump and running carbon and GFO right now. With the carbon alone with the supplied bag, water flows through it just fine. I couldnt find a bag with a mesh fine enough for GFO, so I took a pair pantyhoes and cut one leg off and put GFO in that. With the GFO in the pantyhoes, Its restricting the water quite a bit. I might need to DIY or get another reactor. 3 Quote Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I just built a simple media rack in the sump and running carbon and GFO right now. With the carbon alone with the supplied bag, water flows through it just fine. I couldnt find a bag with a mesh fine enough for GFO, so I took a pair pantyhoes and cut one leg off and put GFO in that. With the GFO in the pantyhoes, Its restricting the water quite a bit. I might need to DIY or get another reactor. Ive got my carbon in pantyhose but never though about it restricting flow, Im going to have to go get some proper bags, or break down and get a reactor. Glad to see things are getting back on track Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Long story short, I was hating my tank since it was invested with hydroids and flatworm and looking like shit. I wanted to restart my tank so took out all the rocks and nuked them with Hydrochloric Acid (the stuff they use in Breaking Bad to dissolve people). Had all my corals and fish in a holding tank, Corals were pissed off, started chemical warfare, all SPS died, all fish died, all invert died. LPS and clam were only survivors. Its pretty easy, your welcome to copy mine. Its not the cleanest or most elegant rack, but it works So you just used some scrap acrylic and weld-on 16 or something to make it? Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 So you just used some scrap acrylic and weld-on 16 or something to make it? Yeah, Its not quite weld-on, but its similar. Just score and break the acrylic and glue. I need to get myself at least a jig saw and a router if I want to do anymore acrylic work. Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Went on a little shopping spree... Grade "B" snowflakes, gonna leave them in QT for around 2-3 weeks just to make sure no nasties show up. Dosed a little copper Got a little tester coral as well. Its some aquacultured blue with green tips acro. I dipped it in iodine and flatwarm exit. Chipped away the epoxy base it came with because it was filled with macro algae. put it in the take for a while and polyps started showing. Thats always a good sign. Excuse the hair stuff in the tank, not really sure what they are. They arent hair algae as the tang ate it all. This is brown and feels a little slimy. 2 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Dusted off my DSLR and took some pictures. I have no idea why picasa ####ed up my picture here...its no where near as bright or purple/pink 5 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Bought new corals and fish means more pictures. I guess its a good thing my tank crashed and I have to document everything again since Im so rusty at taking tank pictures and using photoshop. The shutter speed was too high so I caught the LED lights flickering...so thats why the middle part of the SPS is greener than the rest. The tentacles on the brain corals was going crazy while i was taking pictures so I thought I'll take a pictures of it too. Also bought a new flame back angel. Currently sitting in my Q tank 8 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Sorta reef related, but not really. Went on a shopping spree for tools today Tried cutting up some acrylic scraps today with the jigsaw and special acrylic blades and man, does that thing eat through acrylic like hot knife through butter. I was expecting a very jagged edge like using a band saw but to my surprise, it left an extremely smooth finish. I dare say its smoother than a table saw. The clamps I bought were too small tho. They would work fine with small projects, or holding smaller pieces, but I need bigger ones for the things I want to build. Picked the wrong time to go shopping today since all the specialty hardware store is closed on Sundays. I guess I'll just have to make another trip there some other time. 7 Quote Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm glad to see your getting things back going strong. What's the new project with the acrylic? Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Minor improvements to the sump like media basket, filter sock holder (probably wont happen since I dont have enough space) Going to finish up my light and make an outer skin for it so it looks cleaner and hides the mess of wires and controllers. Theres probably more I want to do later on, Ill let you guys know when that happens. 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well that sucked. Week and half in my quarantine tank and my flameback angel jumped. Found him all dried up on the floor next to the tank. Guess its time to get another one :/ Quote Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Hate to hear it man. How's the tank, suicidal angels aside Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Tank is doing fine, Im still having this brown fuzz algae which I cant seem to get rid of. I added 2 cleaner and 2 peppermint shrimp to the tank. One of the cleaner shrimp died the next day but the other is still chugging along just fine. I havent seen the peppermint shrimp since I added them in, but I believe they are just hiding for now and hopefully see the aiptasia population go down (my clam still have a few aiptasia on its shell. I didnt want to throw out my clam because of that so I opted to keep it and deal with the aip with peppermint shrimps) SPS is doing great in my tank. My plan is getting a new frag every month, repopulating my tank. Thinking of getting a yasha goby and shrimp pair sometime down the line but it really depends on the availability. 3 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Sorry to hear about the Angel but glad to hear the SPS are doing well. Looking forward to seeing this tank back to it's former glory. 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Yeah, shit happens, ill wait a while before ill get another one. mean while, my new toy 5 Quote Link to comment
aquakevem Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Wide angle- Pretty nice lens. 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 test shots...im really liking how wide this lens is. gotta watch out for distortions on the edges tho 4 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Looking good man. That 14-24 is such a sexy lens. 1 Quote Link to comment
latteslave Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 That shot of the LEDs is great! 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Sweet tank That shot of the LEDs is great! Thanks Looking good man. That 14-24 is such a sexy lens. Yeah Im loving the lens Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 ugh... Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Tank looks awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment
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