fewskillz Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 No idea what happened, fish just started dying. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Were they old? It coulda just been time for them to go..... Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Some of them were old, but not 23 of 26 that died within a couple days of each other. It was a disease or something external that poisoned them. There are 3 Demasoni cichlids still alive. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hmmm.......Most likely some internal parasite or disease. Is there enough O2 in the water? Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 It's a 75 gallon with two 350 gph HOB filters, so oxygen levels should be fine. It's been running for over a year. It was either a disease brought in by the couple of fish I added 3 weeks ago or something from inside the house. I'll never know. I'm over it at this point anyways, you become pretty numb after tossing 23 fish corpses into trash bags. I'm ready to setup my 93 cube. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It's a 75 gallon with two 350 gph HOB filters, so oxygen levels should be fine. It's been running for over a year. It was either a disease brought in by the couple of fish I added 3 weeks ago or something from inside the house. I'll never know. I'm over it at this point anyways, you become pretty numb after tossing 23 fish corpses into trash bags. I'm ready to setup my 93 cube. Yeah....That's one way to put it..... Once again, sorry for the loss Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Thanks. Its been a tough week. On a brighter note, the lionfish is eating like a champ. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Lol, as always. Lions and clowns are freaking pigs when it comes to food. They're like," GeT iN mY bElLy!!!!!" Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Sitting on the couch last night, which is low enough to not see the cyano on the sandbed, after all this time and I still look at this tank in amazement of how pretty it is. I'm going to miss the halides. Link to comment
Lalani Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 You have the cyano too? I think mine stems mostly from rare wc's and ~3-4 year old T5 bulbs though..... possibly.... Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Mine are 1 year old MH's, but yeah, same here. My old RO filters probably weren't helping, but I don't think they were the root cause. If the weather is good this weekend I'm going to do a couple 60 gallon WC's with the NSW I used to use. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Mine are 1 year old MH's, but yeah, same here. My old RO filters probably weren't helping, but I don't think they were the root cause. If the weather is good this weekend I'm going to do a couple 60 gallon WC's with the NSW I used to use. Thank god I only have a 28g..... Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 I always at people that say "bigger tanks are less work". Bigger tanks are more stable, less work per gallon...maybe, but certainly not less work. I'm TOPPING OFF 15 gallons of water a week and have two 30 gallon Brute's for doing water changes. How in the world is that less work? Cyano seems to really hate heat, so I took advantage of the tank creeping up to 85 yesterday and siphoned off most of the slime. It starts to bubble and break down and lift off the sand at that temp. I've got a phosphate sponge coming this week and I just bought a reactor that I'm going to stick some GFO in, so hopefully I can stay ahead of it this go-round. Link to comment
seabass Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I always at people that say "bigger tanks are less work". Bigger tanks are more stable, less work per gallon...maybe, but certainly not less work. I'm TOPPING OFF 15 gallons of water a week and have two 30 gallon Brute's for doing water changes. How in the world is that less work? You're speaking the truth. Not less work, not less money, and certainly not less headache. It'd be nice to be able to solve issues with just a couple of 5 gallon buckets and a little saltwater. However, the rewards can be worth it. Keep up the good fight. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 You're speaking the truth. Not less work, not less money, and certainly not less headache. It'd be nice to be able to solve issues with just a couple of 5 gallon buckets and a little saltwater. Oh, the advantages of a 28g Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Oh, the advantages of a 28g How many tangs do you have in that 28? I have 4 in my 180...along with 16 other fish. I do love my 10 gallon though. I do water changes using a 3/8" hose, a 16 ounce cup, and 1 gallon pitcher. The 180 I'm using 1" hose, a Eheim 1250 return pump, and two 32 gallon Brutes! Ordered a bunch of new toys this week, they'll be here today and Monday. I got a Tunze 6045 to try out in this tank and BRS bulk dosing supplies. I'm going to try kalkwasser for the first time, too. Most of this new stuff will transfer over to the 93 cube whenever I get to set it up. Probably won't be until we move again. Until then the lion will chill in QT so he doesn't eat my shrimp and smaller fish. Hopefully the moving thing will be sooner rather than later. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 How many tangs do you have in that 28? I have 4 in my 180...along with 16 other fish. I do love my 10 gallon though. I do water changes using a 3/8" hose, a 16 ounce cup, and 1 gallon pitcher. The 180 I'm using 1" hose, a Eheim 1250 return pump, and two 32 gallon Brutes! Ordered a bunch of new toys this week, they'll be here today and Monday. I got a Tunze 6045 to try out in this tank and BRS bulk dosing supplies. I'm going to try kalkwasser for the first time, too. Most of this new stuff will transfer over to the 93 cube whenever I get to set it up. Probably won't be until we move again. Until then the lion will chill in QT so he doesn't eat my shrimp and smaller fish. Hopefully the moving thing will be sooner rather than later. I have approximately 0 tangs. But I don't really want a tang at this point in time. My 28g is the perfect sized tank for me. Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Nothing wrong with a 28 gallon, I was just giving you a hard time. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Nothing wrong with a 28 gallon, I was just giving you a hard time. Lol, I know. I meant that at this point in time, I not only wouldn't be able to take care of a 180, I couldn't afford it Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 There was a long time there where I couldn't afford the 180. If it weren't for the free, filtered Natural Sea Water the tank would've suffered big time. I probably would've never bought it if it weren't for that NSW. I would've still been rocking my old 54 corner or 40b. My old 125 ran for 2 years with mis-matched lights on it because I couldn't afford a 6' fixture. Buying used is the only way I could ever afford this hobby in the first place. My new 10 gallon is the first tank I've ever bought all new equipment for, and that's why the 93 cube is taking me so long to build. I'm trying to go with exactly what equipment I want for it also. You forget how expensive that really is when you've been buying nothing but used for 7 years. That's why I can't bring myself to sell this 180, it would take me years of saving to be able to replicate it buying new. I got the $1000 tank for 350, the $1000 lights for 375, the $180 return pump for 75, my powerheads are cheap modded maxijets, the cabinet was $50, I built the canopy for $50. My rocks all came from my first setup, a 46 bowfront, that I bought used as a complete package in 2006. I've added some $2/pound dry rock in once. My skimmer was some huge Christmas sale, same for my RO/DI unit. My sump was $10, my ATO reservoir was bought at Petco's $/gallon. This really is a hodge-podge of a setup cobbled together over many years for as cheaply as possible. I guess that's what makes it mine. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 That's why I can't bring myself to sell this 180, it would take me years of saving to be able to replicate it buying new. I got the $1000 tank for 350, the $1000 lights for 375, the $180 return pump for 75, my powerheads are cheap modded maxijets, the cabinet was $50, I built the canopy for $50. My rocks all came from my first setup, a 46 bowfront, that I bought used as a complete package in 2006. I've added some $2/pound dry rock in once. My skimmer was some huge Christmas sale, same for my RO/DI unit. My sump was $10, my ATO reservoir was bought at Petco's $/gallon. This really is a hodge-podge of a setup cobbled together over many years for as cheaply as possible. I guess that's what makes it mine. Psshh... I bought my 28g used as well...And my wallet still hurts But it's well worth it! Now I get free therapy Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 What has 2 thumbs and is ready to dose? THIS GUY! http://s57.photobucket.com/user/fewskillz/media/180%20gallon/IMG_20130429_184058_zps6af4c455.jpg.html'> Link to comment
MikeTR Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 wow.. quite a haul of stuff.. can't quite make it all out though. I've been toying with the idea of dosing kalk.. just not sure how I want to go about it. Link to comment
fewskillz Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 Basic dosing kit to get the levels right, Kalk to keep them there, carbon, gfo, a couple of fresh filter socks, and some 1/4" mesh to make new screen tops since I was placing an order and no one else seems to carry the 1/4" stuff. Then a 6045 to try out a Tunze pump without spending big bucks on one of the big ones, and a nano osmolator for my 10 gallon, which will also be getting Kalk. Link to comment
fewskillz Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Got tired of the heat issues from 750 watts of metal halide, so we're going to try 270 watts of T5 for awhile. I also suspect that the older MH lamps were contributing to the Cyano, which has receded quite a bit lately. http://s57.photobucket.com/user/fewskillz/media/180%20gallon/IMG_20130603_221028_zps6c3d6093.jpg.html'> http://s57.photobucket.com/user/fewskillz/media/180%20gallon/IMG_20130603_221018_zps197eba7d.jpg.html'> You can't have T5s and not post an actinic shot! http://s57.photobucket.com/user/fewskillz/media/180%20gallon/IMG_20130603_224109_zpsb3e9e625.jpg.html'> Link to comment
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