jedimasterben Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Tank is getting quite the hardware upgrade. Gyre 230 and an IceCap K2-120 skimmer. The Coral Box D500 still performs well, but the Jebao DCT-1200 pump that it runs on keeps having issues restarting. I have to unplug it, beat it, then plug it back in and it will work again - and this is after having cleaned the pump and swapping with a clean pinwheel impeller. Someone else can deal with that if they want that skimmer cheap 2 Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 1 hour ago, jedimasterben said: So my tank uses two Tunze 6055, which is advertised by Tunze as operating with a voltage input of 10-27v. Unfortunately, this is simply not the case - I have one IceCap and one Coral Box battery backup that output 12v. Both were fully charged before this skank Irma showed up. Power went off around 5PM on Sunday, and I expected with each Tunze 6055 drawing somewhere around 6-8 watts when on (they switch off and on with a pulse flow pattern) they should last at least 96 hours. We come home last night to check on the animals and I peek in at the tank and the water was ####ing still. ####. Turns out the Tunzes do NOT work on 12v input power. The controller that is built-in does not even power on. Going to bitch at Tunze about that. I then realized oh, I have an old Tunze 6095 in the closet that was before they added the controllers to them - that one would HAVE to work on 12v!! I plug it in, no dice, it also does not spin. WHAT THE ####. I then pull out the big guns - a Gyre 150. This has to work. Once again, nope, the old model Gyre controllers need 24v input, the controller works on 12v but it cannot power the pump. ####BERRIES Defeated, I left to head to my parents' house to get a shower and sleep. I only later remembered that I had an APC Smart-UPS 750 that I keep my computer plugged into that I had unplugged and power down before the storm. #### #### #### WHY I went out this morning, but it was too late. All fish except for the five chromis are dead. #### you Irma, you dirty skank. Oh man.....sorry to hear this Ben. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Damn that's sad news Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I am surprised the ice cap battery doesn't work. I thought it was advertised to work specifically with the gyre pumps. I bought one cuz of it. Never hooked it up though. Anyone want an ice cap battery backup??? I know so many people with issues with those jebao pumps dying after 6 months to a year. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 15 hours ago, ninjamyst said: I am surprised the ice cap battery doesn't work. I thought it was advertised to work specifically with the gyre pumps. I bought one cuz of it. Never hooked it up though. Anyone want an ice cap battery backup??? I know so many people with issues with those jebao pumps dying after 6 months to a year. It works if you have the IceCap controller for the original Gyres or if you have the new controller for the Gyre 200 series. Yeah, I've had good luck with all of mine, relatively few issues except with this smaller pump. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Power came back on at some point today. Got the house fully cleaned up from the old school litterbox we had to have while our CatGenie was unable to run, and then got the new Gyre 230 installed. AND IT ####ING WORKS ON THE BATTERY LIKE IT SHOULD! Not gonna go through this again. The Tunzes couldn't go away fast enough. My skimmer cup was emptied Friday night, and as of right now it is almost full again, and I have not even fed the tank anything since Thursday night. Still super cloudy, but not bad for what it went though. 6 Quote Link to comment
DAP Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Great News ! Tank looks good to me. Do you have gravel mixed in with your sand? Looks chunky on top. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Ben, I am sorry about your fish. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 8 hours ago, DAP said: Great News ! Tank looks good to me. Do you have gravel mixed in with your sand? Looks chunky on top. Thank you. The sand on the bottom is an oolite, the top is Nature's Ocean Samoa Pink Gravel #5, which has a pretty decent size to not get blown around with high flow like I have. 5 hours ago, vlangel said: Ben, I am sorry about your fish. Thank you Dawn. It definitely sucks, but it won't happen again. I'm ready this time! 3 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I'm glad we could feature your aquarium before the storm @jedimasterben, your fish will live on How are all the leathers looking tonight, any new progress with everything back online? Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: I'm glad we could feature your aquarium before the storm @jedimasterben, your fish will live on How are all the leathers looking tonight, any new progress with everything back online? I know, made it just in time lol. No more progress as of yet, every one of the leathers still look super depressed 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 40 minutes ago, jedimasterben said: Thank you Dawn. It definitely sucks, but it won't happen again. I'm ready this time! I think I am ready for a prolonged power outage but I hope not to be put to the test. Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 So sorry to hear about all your losses during Irma. I'm glad you have power back and it looks like a lot of the corals will pull through given some recovery time. I completely missed your transition to this tank during my hiatus from the hobby. This tank is one of those stunning softy/gorgonian tanks done just right! I'm really hoping it will go right back to its stunning TOTM status given a bit of recovery time. 1 Quote Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I'm sorry about your fish losses, Ben. That sucks. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 4:06 AM, Felicia said: So sorry to hear about all your losses during Irma. I'm glad you have power back and it looks like a lot of the corals will pull through given some recovery time. I completely missed your transition to this tank during my hiatus from the hobby. This tank is one of those stunning softy/gorgonian tanks done just right! I'm really hoping it will go right back to its stunning TOTM status given a bit of recovery time. Thanks Felicia. Only thing besides all the fish that I'm upset about is my yellow Fiji leather, it completely wasted away Everything else is either back to 100% or is rather close to it. On 9/27/2017 at 2:26 PM, Paleoreef103 said: I'm sorry about your fish losses, Ben. That sucks. Yeah, it was pretty rough. Summer was super shitty and things started looking up a bit then the storm hit. Meh. So been thinking about what I want to do with the tank now that I have basically a blank (fish) slate to work with. I've always liked anglerfish, so I'm considering a warty angler (Antennarius maculatus) and filling the tank to the brim with chromis and just replacing them as their population dwindles (if that would even be an option, which I'm not thinking at this point it is), or breeding mollies. Then I'd get a few nicer larger fish (like the magnificent foxface I had, maybe try for another purple tang) that won't be meals. Quote Link to comment
RollaJase Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Dude, really sorry to hear about the losses through Irma , It's odd that your coral box battery backup didn't power the Gyre though, mine powers my XF-130 just fine. Did you have to replace the pump in your D500 to get a DC1200? Mine came with a DC2000 from the get go. I had it replaced under warranty for a DCS2000 but think I'll upgrade it to one of the newer pumps with the float sensor I can mount in the skimmer cup to help protect against overflows. Quote Link to comment
SavaS Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Wow what a journey this tank has undertaken, so many ups and downs, looks great though, love the corals. We lost power for two days due to Irma here in Pasco, but I don't keep fish in my Pico. Hope your tank continues to do well! 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 What's up disaster buddy - how's this tank holding up? 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Just keeping on keeping on. 9 1 Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 2 hours ago, jedimasterben said: Just keeping on keeping on. Dude, nice!! Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Yup looks good Benny........... Love the giant zoas mine always turn brown they grow though.......... Oh and 2 chromis is that it ? Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 Nope, no zoas in the tank, I still can't keep any alive. And yeah, only the two chromis left still. Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 9 minutes ago, jedimasterben said: Nope, no zoas in the tank, I still can't keep any alive. And yeah, only the two chromis left still. What is the green thing in the lower left area? Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, spectra said: What is the green thing in the lower left area? Grandis palythoa (“paly”) I believe Quote Link to comment
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