albertthiel Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Happy birthday Paul, mine was yesterday just as I thought I was catching you up, A belated Happy Birthday Les and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Albert 2 Quote Link to comment
atoll Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 A belated Happy Birthday Les and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Albert Thanks Albert and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours hope you have a good one. I am out tomorrow afternoon or a few sherbets (beers) with the guys as I have done since I was 17 years of age (1 year under age to be drinking in the UK) My 2 sons are joining us this year so I am extra special looking forward to it. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looks nice! Do Jellyfish have a high bioload? No they do not ... in that type of tank you can keep 3 and get them to grow and be ok You can read up on husbandry and maintenance of Moon Jellies on jellyfishart.com and look for the correct link You will also find other information there The Blue Blubber ones require a little more care and husbandry though Albert Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks Albert and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours hope you have a good one. I am out tomorrow afternoon or a few sherbets (beers) with the guys as I have done since I was 17 years of age (1 year under age to be drinking in the UK) My 2 sons are joining us this year so I am extra special looking forward to it. Thanks Les Have a great time .... enjoy and be merry Albert Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 So today I am making stuffed Calamari with linguini for one of the seafood dishes we will have tonight for Christmas Eve dinner. We are Italian so we have to have at least 7 types of seafood today. Last year we had 21 because we all bring something.Anyway I am stuffing the squid and I had to go downstairs for more olive oil. I immediately sense something is wrong. I look at my tank and it is totally dark. Oh No. These things only happen on Easter, Mother's Day or Christmas Eve. I put down the oil and go in the back of the tank. Now I have this new water cooled LED fixture that I built a week ago and it has been running great with no problems. I see water on the floor and the sight glass on my fixture is empty. Oh No. The first thing I do is look at the corals with a flashlight because this fixture is made of copper pipe and if the water from the fixture went in the tank, the corals would be looking like snot from the copper. The corals look good and I can't see anything leaking. So I slowly add water to the system and OH NO. Water is shooting out from a union. I tighten the union and add more water. OH NO, it shoots right out. So I remove the union and remember I have a bunch of calamari in the middle of being stuffed. The Calamari will have to wait. It's dead anyway so it won't notice.I put the union on my workbench and check it out but it looks fine. I screw it back on to the fitting using new Teflon tape, fill it with water, turn on the system and ......Oh No. Water is spitting all over the place. AAAAHHHHHH.I really need to get these calamari finished. I remove the union again and take it to my workbench. This is not easy because I am covered in Olive oil and garlic. This time I look closer and the thing has a big crack in it. The crack only shows up when it is screwed to a pipe. I have a spare union and I install it and slowly fill the system with water. The light goes on, then it goes off, it goes on, then off. It takes about an hour to get all the air out of the system for it to stay running. After all the air is out, there is no more maintenance or adding water because it is a closed system like a car radiator. Luckily I built this thing with a fail safe built in. It worked as it was designed, if it runs out of water or the pump stops, the LEDs turn off so they don't burn out. The fail safe is how we design things on a construction job and it means if the thing dies, or leaks, it will leak outside the tank and the LEDs will turn off. All the plastic parts are outside the tank and I know my soldered pipe joints won't leak as I pressure tested them and now the system has no pressure in it. So now all is well. The fish and corals are happy, I even gave them some squid which they don't like nearly as much as clams because it is much more chewy.Merry Christmas Everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment
atoll Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Merry Christmas Albert to you and your family hope you have a great one. Have a great day. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Merry Christmas Albert to you and your family hope you have a great one. Have a great day. Thanks and all the same to you Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Happy Holiday to all of you Albert 1 Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Yesterday my Wife and Daughter threw me a book party where we had 40 of our closest friends. It was a lot of fun. 2 Quote Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 That's super cool, congratulations!!! That's super neat to have you guys accessible here. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Yesterday my Wife and Daughter threw me a book party where we had 40 of our closest friends. It was a lot of fun. That must have been very nice indeed Albert Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Albert you should have brought your book, we could have had a double book party! 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Albert you should have brought your book, we could have had a double book party! yes that would have been really fun I think Albert Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Here is the completed water cooled LED fixture with the re-designed splash guard on it from above. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Wow ... that is some set up now Paul ... good for you and your tank inhabitants Albert Have a Happy New Year ! Quote Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 How do you feel about black sun corals? I just purchased one and it will be here tomorrow. There are others on here with encouraging words, and black corals of their own, but a number of arrticles have nothing but negative things to say. Thank you ? 1 Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I myself never heard of black sun corals but Albert probably has. 1 Quote Link to comment
atoll Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 We get black sun corals here in the UK from time to time. I don't think they are any dearer than the yellow/orange ones. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 How do you feel about black sun corals? I just purchased one and it will be here tomorrow. There are others on here with encouraging words, and black corals of their own, but a number of arrticles have nothing but negative things to say. Thank you ? A very nice coral but touchy to keep and requires lots of care and feeding Albert Quote Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 A very nice coral but touchy to keep and requires lots of care and feeding Albert thank you ? 1 Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I just love making typhoons with my diatom filter. I am not sure how the fish and corals like it though. But they will thank me later. 2 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I just love making typhoons with my diatom filter. I am not sure how the fish and corals like it though. But they will thank me later. They sure will Paul Albert Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I just love making typhoons with my diatom filter. I am not sure how the fish and corals like it though. But they will thank me later. Cool filter. I am guessing the diatoms stay in the container and the water is pumped back so that you can continue to suck up diatoms? Paul, I could not make the dragonette feeder in the end as I was using adult brine shrimp. Luckily mine also eats mysis. 1 Quote Link to comment
Paul.b Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The diatom filter used diatom powder as a filtering agent. Why couldn't you build a dragonette feeder? It is kind of simple. 1 Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 New Years Wishes for 2016 to all of you Albert Quote Link to comment
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