evilc66 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Do the contest in the middle of a GB and I'll win hands down! I was begging and pleading with CM about getting more message space because I was filling 500 PMs in a week! Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Skimmer and return pump will be here Tuesday. I love getting packages. It's like Christmas any time of the year I have also been working on my sump. It's no masterpiece, but it will work. Link to comment
Uhuru Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I was filling 500 PMs in a week! speaking of which, I just sent you a PM Link to comment
gdayskippy Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Ill be keeping an eye on this. Just picked up the same tank with stand on craigslist. Currently sitting empty while I figure out how to setup. These are nice looking tanks. Link to comment
bonsaidarrell Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Gotcha. Hasn't bee a concern on the larger overflows, but I might put some egg crate over the opening. The Glass-Holes design helps prevent most issues like that though. The inside of their overflows looks like this The gap at the bottom stops larger snails from getting through, but still flows plenty of water. From experience, I would recommend the egg crate. I thought it was safe, but a snail did manage to get down in and slow the flow enough to overflow the display. Link to comment
zemuss Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I am curious about your return pump. Post pics when you get it please. "Z" Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Should be here tomorrow along with the skimmer. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Skimmer and pump showed up today. I'll get pictures up soon. Link to comment
deepdvnarq Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 uhhh dude! you didn't even take a week to get the 88 post for your 8000. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 I know. Sad isn't it? Link to comment
zemuss Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 So how is that QUIET ONE Pump? Thoughts? Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Looks fine. Haven't fired it up yet. I'm going to try and get the tanks swapped over this weekend. Link to comment
blizzardscout2 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I cant wait to see your new setup after the swap over. I can only hope to get my BC14 anywhere close to yours. I think the Oceanic 30g cube is an awesome tank, there is one setup in one of my LFS that is done really well. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Thanks! The BC14 has been a two year work in progress. It has done very well for me, and has been very stable other than a few small algea outbreaks. I definitely have all the great guidance at NR to thank. This was the first really forum I found, and I've never left I got sand today and will be mixing up slat this afternoon so I can hopefully do the changeover tomorrow. Moving the corals safely is going to be a tough one. It's the manti caps that I'm somewhat worried about. The green one is huge and will be ver delicate. I have frags of it if I need. I may just frag it up and let it start growing out again in the new tank. Link to comment
itz216 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Evil, hijack ... for inspiration : ) No LEDs yet, but 55 to 72 bow is up and running. Good luck with the coral transfer ...should be fine. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Got 20 extra gallons of water ready to go. Finished up the plumbing today, and got the sump platform built and painted yesterday. Going to try for the swap tomorrow. I might pull some of the loose corals out tonight and place them in the 40B for safe keeping until tomorrow. Link to comment
basser1 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 evil..... Very nice set-up, those Oceanic cubes are sweet tanks! My LFS has a couple of them set-up in his store and has seahorses in them. It makes for an awesome sight, yellow and orange ponies! I'll be tagging along! Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Hopefully tomorrow will go smoothly. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 This is nerve wracking. I'm starting to fill the new tank, and getting the corals off the old rock. I just hope I don't kill anything. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Water is in. Corals are safe. Just waiting for the dust to clear before adding any of the live rock. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 More to come later. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Everything seems to have lived overnight. My clown is now out of his corner of the tank and doesn't seem stressed at all. I'm probably most glad about that. He's only a little guy. Had him for a year and a half and hasn't grown beyond 2". It's not like I don't feed him This is the only rock I have put in so far, mainly because it was too big to fit anywhere else. The mushrooms are a little pi$$ed off though. I'm digging the toothless overflow. From the top, you barely notice it. It's just a hole in the water. It's nice and small in the tank. It's dead silent too. I realized after I got everything filled that I didn't take any good pictures of my sump. It's pretty simple. Drain comes in at the back left corner, up front to the skimmer, heads right to the fuge, and then back to the return pump. It's the same basic layout as the sump in my large system. Makes great use of the available space. (Don't pay attention to that thermometer. It's 3F too high. Tank is actually at 79F) This skimmer looks like it might be a winner. It churns out some bubbles. Micro bubbles have been better today than they were when it was first fired up yesterday. We shall see how this performs in about a week. Quiet One 2200 pump I'm not so happy with so far. Certainly doesn't live up to its name. Maybe I just don't have it isolated from the sump walls. Link to comment
spanko Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Yeah but they'll get over it. Nice Evil!!!! Looks real blue in the pics, how is it in person? Link to comment
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