idontwan2know Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 UV sterilizer came in and showed immediate results. In the three hours before the lights shut off, I'd guesstimate about 70% of the cloudiness was gone and the protein skimmer went from a quarter full to overflowing with some seriously nasty gunk. I'm going to cull some snails as I think I've got a cycle of population booms and die-offs going that is at the root of the bacterial bloom. Between that and leaving the UV sterilizer running for a week or two, I think I should probably get this thing finally fixed. Pics in the morning. Link to comment
idontwan2know Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Added a frogspawn about four or five days ago. Seems to be doing well! Link to comment
idontwan2know Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Isn't it rich? Aren't we a pair? Me here at last on the ground and you in mid-air Send in the clowns Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around and one who can't move But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns Link to comment
idontwan2know Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Bump for the edits to the first post. Link to comment
Markushka Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Looking good! I like what you did with the scape. any plans for some plating sps down the road? I think they would look awesome Link to comment
idontwan2know Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Looking good! I like what you did with the scape. any plans for some plating sps down the road? I think they would look awesome I hadn't given much thought to that. Where would you suggest putting them? Everything to the right of the frogspawn is going to have to be torches of various kinds because the frogspawn sweepers are blown that way by the current and would kill anything else. Do you think the plating sps would grow well vertically on the sides of the tall rock? Link to comment
supertech99 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I like your LEDs, I am currently debating additional lighting options right now. I love that the 15g tall is getting some more attention! http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...290620&st=0 Link to comment
idontwan2know Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 I like your LEDs, I am currently debating additional lighting options right now. I love that the 15g tall is getting some more attention! http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...290620&st=0 If I were you, I would go with some LED strips to supplement the stock T5. It'll be the cleanest and easiest install and not too much more expensive. There's a guy on youtube that has this tank and is getting good growth out of just the stock T5 and some Ecoxotic stunner strips, even though stunner strips are supposed to be just for color. I remember reading your thread when I was planning my build. Really good idea for the overflow...if I had gone with a sump instead of the AC 110 fuge, I would have used your approach. Link to comment
idontwan2know Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 Wow, just had a serious bit of dumb luck. I'm redoing the baffles on the AC110 fuge so I've had it off the tank, thus leaving about an inch wide strip of tank at the rear open. Just walked in and found one of the clowns on the carpet. Figured he was toast, but he moved when I tried to pick him up so I tossed him back in the tank and after about five minutes of gasping on the sand bed he seems to be swimming normally, no worse for wear! I had just laid down for a nap downstairs when I decided to go check on the tank...if I had fallen asleep first he would have been a goner for sure. Link to comment
pbjelly Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Isn't it rich? Aren't we a pair?Me here at last on the ground and you in mid-air Send in the clowns Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around and one who can't move But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns And where are the clowns Quick send in the clowns, don't bother they're here. (Glad to hear about your lucky save.) Link to comment
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