Tamberav Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 No. When a problem species/strain gets in your tank, it is there forever. I meant visually is it gone? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 I meant visually is it gone? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Wife noticed the basket start today and was like 'wtf is that thing' Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Was going to go to the LFS today to get a pygmy hawkfish and a strawberry crab, but had my debit card info stolen, so was dealing with that and just didn't get to going. Might still go, they don't close til 7 today. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Didn't go lol. So I didn't like how noisy the pair of RW-8 got when they spun up in 'Else' mode and figured out my issue with my tank overfilling with the Gyre 130 (the magnet was blocking my bulkheads in my overflow). I put the Gyre 150, which has a thinner magnet, on the overflow and bam, silence, bangin' flow on setting 3/10 lol, and no overfilled tank or overflow noise. Link to comment
mystersyster Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 You getting rid of your RW-8s? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 You getting rid of your RW-8s? Yeah, now that I figured it out Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Just got back, pygmy hawk and the last strawberry crab in hand. I forgot to message the store owner and see if I could drop off my snake polyp rock in trade for them, whoops. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Just got back, pygmy hawk and the last strawberry crab in hand. I forgot to message the store owner and see if I could drop off my snake polyp rock in trade for them, whoops. Hey Jedi want a bigass (5"x5") Stunner Chalice? Nobody will take it Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Hey Jedi want a bigass (5"x5") Stunner Chalice? Nobody will take it Wow, that is pretty big! I think I have a spot for it one of the corners. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 FTS 12/13/2015 And a feeding video. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Wow, that is pretty big! I think I have a spot for it one of the corners.Local shipping is like $20 overnight... Yes? I can throw in a red montipora frag as well PMd. I need it out of my tank! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 updated the first post with current FTS and stock info and such. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 So yesterday morning I was looking at the tank and noticed a snail on the glass about midway up the tank. It was just another day in the life of a snail until I realized it wasn't a cerith, but it was the Strombus gibberulus conch I got from kguske2 a couple of weeks ago. How the hell did a conch get all the way up there!! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 After nearly four hours of work (had trouble getting my blood sugar up the whole time, so it took an excruciating amount of time) and two trips to Home Depot, I got my UV sterilizer installed yesterday. Left for my parents' house literally 30 minutes after powering everything back up, and just got home a little bit ago. ####tons of schmutz everywhere, but 100% of all dinoflagellate strings are gone. For those keeping track, that's 24 hours for a nearly 100% change (but it will never be 100%, so unfortunately without a strong UV, they will always come back). In other tank news, besides dinos trying to kill my new gorgs, I got another clownfish on Saturday. This was, realistically, my last try - my big black female clown just likes to kill other clowns. She'll be civil with them for a day or so, then usually go on a terror spree. This time, she sized up the other clown immediately, then kept almost nudging it back to the anemone. The next day the new clown was chillin in the nem with the big bitch. Maybe this is the one! The last week was pretty good. Didn't have to work (same with next week), and got to see lots of family. And of course, it was Ellie's first christmas. And this is a, uh, thing my grandpa made in their backyard and put a little plane on top, they decided to slather it with lights lol Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 This is what the tank looks like from the end after adding 300mL of ROX 0.8 carbon. It is much less than it was before, but you can still see the green tint on the white flex PVC under the returns. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Haven't even checked it in a couple of weeks. Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Ben, I think your tank looks great! So clean and healthy and your water almost sparkles! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Thanks dawn! It's still pretty sparse overall. The dinos have already killed the tips of a few gorgonians, so I'll need to get something in there to trim them, and the right rockwork is still pretty algae-ridden, with some of my macros coming loose and disappearing, so it doesn't look quite like I want it to. I look forward at some point to get a few more specific corals and get a bit more color going. Link to comment
Sancho Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 How did you manage to get 2 tanks with dinos? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 They transferred over. Once they're in, they're in. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Liveaquaria order incoming Wednesday Link to comment
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