bdare Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Ben, I'm very impressed of how your 40B has taken off. You've done a wonderful job sir. Kev Holy smokes dude! I thought you were in the pen or something. Thanks for the compliments and I'm glad to see you are still lurking around! Looking good!!! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Here's my new yellow tang: I also cleaned out my sump this weekend and added a DSB to the fuge section: Quote Link to comment
aquakevem Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I missed NR an a lot of fellow members. But i'm back! Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 cool fish Ben!! why the DSB?? how much ROX and GFO are you running in that reactor? I got a little carried away with the GFO and had one of my purple montis bleach a little bit. It doesn't look too bad though, and I'm hoping it will make a quick recovery. You can copy my fish, but I'm copying your dosing routine (starting to it seems anyway). Currently aside from the 2 part (and Mg) I'm dosing potassium and AA's. The blues in my SPS have gotten much brighter. Do you recommend anything else?? New FTS soon??? Please? btw, regardless of what others may say, good call on the small yellow tang. i've had mine for quite a while now and it's still doing just fine in my tank. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 I missed NR an a lot of fellow members. But i'm back! WOOT! Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 cool fish Ben!! why the DSB?? how much ROX and GFO are you running in that reactor? I got a little carried away with the GFO and had one of my purple montis bleach a little bit. It doesn't look too bad though, and I'm hoping it will make a quick recovery. You can copy my fish, but I'm copying your dosing routine (starting to it seems anyway). Currently aside from the 2 part (and Mg) I'm dosing potassium and AA's. The blues in my SPS have gotten much brighter. Do you recommend anything else?? New FTS soon??? Please? btw, regardless of what others may say, good call on the small yellow tang. i've had mine for quite a while now and it's still doing just fine in my tank. I decided to go with the DSB in the sump for a few reasons. 1) The flow is that section was really slow. I was getting a lot of dietrus build up and it was hard to clean. By adding the sand, the flow is quicker because there's less room for the water to settle. 2) I figured by adding sand I could put a small CUC in the sump to help keep things cleaner. I would get algae on the glass etc. Hopefully some ceriths will clean the algae and perhaps remove some dietrus. 3) I know it's small, but maybe I can get some denitrification.... The level you see in the ractor is exactly half GFO and half ROX. I use soup spoons from the kitchen and spoon out 4-5 scoops of each. With regards to dosing you are doing exacly what I am. The only other thing I put in my tank from time to time is iron and iodine, but that is RARE. Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I decided to go with the DSB in the sump for a few reasons.1) The flow is that section was really slow. I was getting a lot of dietrus build up and it was hard to clean. By adding the sand, the flow is quicker because there's less room for the water to settle. 2) I figured by adding sand I could put a small CUC in the sump to help keep things cleaner. I would get algae on the glass etc. Hopefully some ceriths will clean the algae and perhaps remove some dietrus. 3) I know it's small, but maybe I can get some denitrification.... The level you see in the ractor is exactly half GFO and half ROX. I use soup spoons from the kitchen and spoon out 4-5 scoops of each. With regards to dosing you are doing exacly what I am. The only other thing I put in my tank from time to time is iron and iodine, but that is RARE. Cool, thanks!! So how 'bout that FTS???? Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) My tank had a birthday so I thought I'd share some pictures for comparison... In the beginning... Today... Left side Right Side Edited January 12, 2009 by bdare Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 looks goooooooooooood Ben. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 looks goooooooooooood Ben. Thanks brotha! Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Tank looks great Ben. Happy Bday to it. Quote Link to comment
RLC Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 We really like how you did the progression pics of your tank. It gave my daughter an idea of how her tank will look in a year. Keep up the great work. Your tank is one of the great 40's. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) Had my first disaster with the tank... Last Friday when I woke up to go to work I went in the room where the tank is and it was DEAD silent. Everything was off. Quick investigative work led me to the GFCI outlet which had been tripped. I kept pushing the button, but it would trip immediately. I did this a number of times. Next I pulled both plugs out. One goes to a power strip and the other to the DC8 for my AcJr. I pushed the reset button again and the outlet was OK. Since the DC8 is the most important I plugged in it first. Everything stayed on. SWEET! So I plug in the power strip. BOOM. Trips the GFCI again. Now I'm assuming there's something wrong with the GFCI and I'm in a rush to go to work so I ran to the garage, grabbed an extension cord and plugged in the powerstrip to a plug against the wall on the other side of the room. Everything was on and running so I went off to work. As part of my ritual when I return home I went into the office to check on the tank. I was greeted by the smell of burning electronics. UH OH! THIS can't be good. I immediately noticed the MH was off and the temp on the chiller read 83. Then I looked at the controller. The temp there said 81. I soon realized the problem had to be somewhere between the sump and the chiller.... And what would that be??? The pump that feeds the chiller. It was an old CAP pump I had as the return from my 36 bow. In a rush to setup my chiller I grabbed that pump. Well... it burnt out and sat spewing funk the whole time I was at work. I removed the pump. It smelled like ass. Went back to the tank. NOTHING had polyps. Evertything was bleached. The clams / blastos and zoas were all closed up. After shedding a tear I burst into action. I ended up doing 2 x 5 gallon water changes that night and another 5 the next day. I also replaced the GFO and Carbon. Things have been GRADUALLY imporoving. Although the polyp extension is not back to normal there is some on everything but my orange monti cap. All my SPS are pretty much WHITE or VERY close to it. Nothing has lost any flesh so I'm feeling pretty good about that. I'm still doing water changes and my fingers are crossed... I'll keep you updated. Lesson learned: Trust your GFCI to let you know when something is wrong! Edited February 18, 2009 by bdare Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 EEeep, I really hope everything recovers for you!!! Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 EEeep, I really hope everything recovers for you!!! Thanks. Me 2. The Tunze pump I got to replace the CAP is at home waiting for me... Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 OMG Ben, I hope everything recovers. It could have been worst I guess. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 OMG Ben, I hope everything recovers. It could have been worst I guess. Thanks man! I don't think I'm out of the woods yet, but I'm hopeful. Much more so than I was over the weekend. This weekend I was ready to tear it down and quit. Quote Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks man! I don't think I'm out of the woods yet, but I'm hopeful. Much more so than I was over the weekend. This weekend I was ready to tear it down and quit. Dam Ben, that sucks! I'm sure I could scrape together a nice little frag pack for you if necessary. Let me know. Quote Link to comment
miniwhinny Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Oh wow, looking awesome !!!!!! Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks man! I don't think I'm out of the woods yet, but I'm hopeful. Much more so than I was over the weekend. This weekend I was ready to tear it down and quit. Dibs on the Eheim and skimmer, lol. Quote Link to comment
bdare Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Dibs on the Eheim and skimmer, lol. Awwww.... way to kick a man when he's down! Quote Link to comment
RLC Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Sounds like a job for Captain Aquarium. Quick to the Sea Phone. Good luck with the recovery. Quote Link to comment
nanoty Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Awwww.... way to kick a man when he's down! Oh comon' been Ben, you know I'm just joking..............but seriously. Quote Link to comment
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