Muraki Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 This tank is really turning out nicely! 5ft of awesomeness! 1 Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 This little bad boy came in yesterday. Bought it used off a fellow nano reefer...who didn't want to mess around with it and download the new firmware. I think every time the ethernet gets bumped it resets or something. I just realized he was selling it for $120 shipped...and I thought I was smooth by offering $125 shipped (thought it was $120 excluding shipping). FAIL. hahaha. 1 Quote Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Man, this tank is awesome! I am super jelly of the dimensions! 1 Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Starting to wonder if my dimensions are not ideal for the Gyre - what would be a good way to test the flow on the other side. I see stuff swaying and see the gyre movment when particles come up in a water change....but still wondering if it is enough. Quote Link to comment
VW_TDI_02 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I think it would be difficult to actually measure it. The only thing I can think of would be putting something long and flexible and simply seeing how much it bends on one side and then how much it bends on the other side. Even then that's not very scientific. Like I said earlier in the thread, the issue is just with long tanks and having a shallow tank only amplifies the issue since you can't turn it way up without blowing sand everywhere. I would still suggest either getting a second gyre and putting it on the other side or simply so me other powerhead and putting it on the opposite side of the gyre along the bottom. That would keep the same direction of flow in the tank and you wouldn't have to worry about not having enough flow on the other side. Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Look at this little box of sexiness that arrived last week. Install soon. ATO / Dosing Chamber Combo by Oceanbox Designs. 6 Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Added some pieces that I acquired from Reef-A-Palooza and my LFS (Iconic Reef in Huntington Beach). Slowly but surely the tank is chugging along. Trying not to move too fast, but it is tough. Also, still some of brown algae bloom remaining, but it is dying off. Here are some updated pictures...sorry for the phone camera quality, I will whip out my DSLR when I am not as lazy. Here's a FTS from the side angle A bright pink/orange bubble tip anemone (view from the back as it is facing the other way) I got from Iconic post for a good deal. A maxima clam I got from Clammania at Reef A Palooza...odd how it is turquoise from top down but purple when viewing normally. 5 Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 I wake up this morning and notice there's a whizzing sound coming from the tank. I go put my ears against the LED light fans and determine that is not the cause of the sound. I also notice the water is really murky for some reason. Then I see it....flesh stringing out from the gyre and I know what happened. The new anemone did not even survive one day. It crawled into the gyre and got chopped to bits. I did an emergency water change (only had 5 gallons on hand and had to get to work...so I couldn't make more) and sucked up the floating bits of flesh around the tank that I could find. R.I.P little buddy. It was good while it lasted, however short. Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Sorry to hear that, it was a good looking bta. Hopefully this won't impact the rest of you stock. 1 Quote Link to comment
MrNanoReef Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I wake up this morning and notice there's a whizzing sound coming from the tank. I go put my ears against the LED light fans and determine that is not the cause of the sound. I also notice the water is really murky for some reason. Then I see it....flesh stringing out from the gyre and I know what happened. The new anemone did not even survive one day. It crawled into the gyre and got chopped to bits. I did an emergency water change (only had 5 gallons on hand and had to get to work...so I couldn't make more) and sucked up the floating bits of flesh around the tank that I could find. R.I.P little buddy. It was good while it lasted, however short. Dang!!! sorry to hear about your BTA, it would've been saved in my tank 1 Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Sorry to hear that, it was a good looking bta. Hopefully this won't impact the rest of you stock. Yeah that is my concern right now, that some of the toxic stuff is in the water column. I will do another 10g water change tonight. My wife told me to call in sick haha! Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I would have called out, but then again I am still in college and can still do that sort of thing lol! Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 I would have called out, but then again I am still in college and can still do that sort of thing lol! I never went to class. I think one semester I went literally 6 times. 4 times for midterms and finals and the other times to ask classmates when the tests were (if it changed from syllabus, that happens sometimes). Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I never went to class. I think one semester I went literally 6 times. 4 times for midterms and finals and the other times to ask classmates when the tests were (if it changed from syllabus, that happens sometimes). Thats awesome. Unfortunately, for most of my classes there is a three absent rule. You miss three days, fine. You miss four, your finale grade goes down a letter grade. Anyway, back on topic... hehe Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Thats awesome. Unfortunately, for most of my classes there is a three absent rule. You miss three days, fine. You miss four, your finale grade goes down a letter grade. Anyway, back on topic... hehe LOL I always hated classes like that. I had a very similar attendance record to what Newty posted. 1 Quote Link to comment
RollaJase Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Sorry about the nem buddy, I had the same thing happen to mine. Just be glad it didn't cause a tank crash like it did for me. Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Sorry about the nem buddy, I had the same thing happen to mine. Just be glad it didn't cause a tank crash like it did for me. I don't know about that yet, since it happened this morning. Will know more this afternoon Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 RIP. On the bright side, beautiful tank concept. 1 Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Deciding to take things slowly, the clam I bought from reef a palooza never got comfortable, fell off the rock under shaded area and died. Found the fire shrimp picking off its remains. Gunk continues to grow on the rocks. My monticap cracked in half when I tried to re glue it to the rock. I don't have the most delicate hands. Hardware wise: I switched out the Gyre and mounted two Jebao RW8s with a wave controller on the overflow pointing the opposite direction facing each corner of the tank...I actually like the flow much better for this set up. Not to mention the near elimination of visible wires...I hate wires. FTS 11.12.15: Some additional tank shots: 6 Quote Link to comment
Nanofreak79 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Gorgeous tank dude. I had to get another gyre to get the flow I wanted. Those jeabo pumps are pretty popular. I like the two duos you have as well, all in all nicely done.m;) 1 Quote Link to comment
GtTap Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Will you be adding any other islands or is this how you will keep it? Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Will you be adding any other islands or is this how you will keep it? I have a small flat island I may add to the right. Feeling the need for more surface area right now. Quote Link to comment
GtTap Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I have a small flat island I may add to the right. Feeling the need for more surface area right now. I like what you have going on it give you time to slowly add more rocks. wish i started off minimal first maybe my next tank. Aquascapes are the death of me though. Quote Link to comment
charnelhouse Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Nothing wrong with slowing it down and letting it mature.. I keep learning that lesson the hard way too. In process of having another torch die on me right now >< Quote Link to comment
Newtybar Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Some vendors already started sales and I managed to snag this bad boy. A 8-10" Gigantea Carpet Anemone. It came with a hitch hiker clown fish....I can't get it out as it keeps swimming behind the nem when I try to snag it...so now I have 3 (you can see him peeking out in the back). They seem to get along so far, but who knows how that will go. The nem got up in the rock so I had to relocate all of the inhabitants. Flowerpot, hammer and torch. 8 Quote Link to comment
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