disaster999 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 i always had surface skimming problems and no matter what i did, it still wouldnt skim the surface. today i decided to overhaul my tank. i know what the problem is but didnt fix till now because it involves taking my tank down and i didnt have the time. but exams are over and thanksgiving break is here so i decided to fix my tank. i have my rocks, sand and corals in 3 different buckets all with power heads/filter. i was able to redesign my filter, rearranged the baffles a bit, and was going to test it...but my hand slipped while handling my tank and i dropped it. cracked the bottom glass. i couldnt do anything till tomorrow. going to head over to my friends place to check out what type of glass he has and if it would work for me. ill keep you guys posted. Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 heres what my room looks like...full of fish stuff and buckets glued the false wall back onto the tank...which is now bottomless. i had to smash the the glass to take it off. tell me what you think about my baffle design. i HOPE this setup will have enough height difference between the display and filter so the surface water will actually follow down like a waterfall. then my proud zoo. the GPS isnt opening, where as all the other corals is mostly opened. could it be the light im using? it doesnt like it? Link to comment
Darklyte24 Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Green start polyp?... mine took about 2 days Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 it was fully opened, but i moved it to the bucket and its been closed for a while. Link to comment
Darklyte24 Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 they open and close every once in a while thats how they are. my feather duster let go its crown and didnt open untill about 2 weeks later which was just the other day. check out my thread it explains it there. Link to comment
Timanator Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 So when is the tank going back together? Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 tank is going to be put back together today. im waiting for silicone to dry. there was a tiny leak that i patched up. the filter design works perfectly. im excited to see it in action. Link to comment
TUDIZZLE Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 ooops...that sucks may need to change your name to disaster1000! Glad to see you are getting things worked out and put back together. Your original setup was looking sweet. I am sure you will get it back. Good luck Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 haha, if only i could change my name... well everything is back, still waiting for the water to clear, ill get a shot of the tank when the dust settles. the hardest part (besides my bottom glass breaking) was trying to replicate my previous rock work. i was looking at picture and it just didnt work, so i rearrange the rock into another cave. im starving right now, hopefully the water clears up when i come back Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 everything is back together. the dust settled picture time!!! nasty murky water finally cleared and new rock setup shot of the filter in action zoo popping out a polyp finally, what the heck is this? Link to comment
Timanator Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 finally, what the heck is this? That sir looks like aptasia!!! Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 yikes, did a search and it does sure look like one. its sitting on the sand right now easy enough for me to scoop it out. i hope it didnt multiply and invest my whole tank Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Looking, well, better than ever! Link to comment
bonsai reefer Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Looks good so far keep it up!!! Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 scooped the coral stinging thing outta my tank, and went to drain my account again....picked up this little guy also a cleaner shrimp i found a small colony of zoos (probably 5 baby polyps) and ricordea for a good deal. they are still trying to get used to my tank so not fully opened yet. snap more pictures when they are Link to comment
Darklyte24 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 nice pics pics pics!! Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 alright, they finally fully opened...so here are pictures. they arent the best picture, i really need a macro lens orange zoas, with a polyp of a different kind heres some ric what are you looking at punk? FTS Link to comment
disaster999 Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 hope everyone had a good thanksgiving. went to boston for the break and my first time leaving a my salt water tank that long. while i was in boston, i bought a rock full of zoos. 20 hours later, it made it back home very much alive. when i first looked at it in the petshop, it was a nice ball of zoo. but when i looked at it closer at home, i realized it was attached to a mussel. the colony of zoos are just clumped up together forming a ball trailing from the mussel there are some pink looking zoo attached to the mussel, and the ones hanging on the mussel are green. i separated them forming 4 different colony of zoos through out the tank... what it looked like before separation heres the mussel then went and got some glue and glued them to different rocks one more thing, how the hell do you get rid of those green algae thing on my star polyp? what critter would eat that? Link to comment
TUDIZZLE Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Kudos for getting it back and running so quickly! Really love this setup especially the orange nozzel! Nice pics....would be nicer if you put a line break between photos This post makes me dizzy EDIT: damn you be quick on the fix Link to comment
MGXsport Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Looks nice! If you take the GSP out and scrub them lightly with a new unused toothbrush it should get most of that away and they will reopen. Link to comment
Sushi Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 one more thing, how the hell do you get rid of those green algae thing on my star polyp? what critter would eat that? That is not good, it looks like BRYOPSIS. Do a search, it is a very invasive and hard to control if left unchecked. Get rid of it soon before it spreads! Link to comment
215reefer Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Great Tank...I am having the same problem with my GSP's. Link to comment
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