JBM Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Found some muchroom babies! 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Day 22 with no water change. Current parameters: Temp 79.8 Sg 1.025 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrates ~5ppm Po4 0.1ppm Calcium 450 in other news, Tang is doing quiet well and putting on weight. It eats everything 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 10ish gallon water change in the books. Didn't measure how much i made, parameters tomorrow 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 Current parameters: Temp 79.8 Sg 1.025 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrates ~5ppm Po4 0.1ppm Calcium 450+ a local member is selling a apex classic with all the bells and whistles for $300.... do I get that? or build a reef pi? 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 Of course, the anemone commits suicide the night before my 3d printed mp10 guard is supposed to show up. Le sigh. 2 Quote Link to comment
StinkyBunny Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 On 4/16/2019 at 12:38 PM, JBM said: Current parameters: Temp 79.8 Sg 1.025 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrates ~5ppm Po4 0.1ppm Calcium 450+ a local member is selling a apex classic with all the bells and whistles for $300.... do I get that? or build a reef pi? I you can build one, I'd say build it yourself so you can program it the way you want it. I know how you IT guys are, you buy the Apex and bitch about how this should be different. 😄 Do it the way you want. 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 3 hours ago, StinkyBunny said: I you can build one, I'd say build it yourself so you can program it the way you want it. I know how you IT guys are, you buy the Apex and bitch about how this should be different. 😄 Do it the way you want. I ended up not buying the apex. It had to much wrong with it to justify the price tag. However, with the rising cost of corals. And lack of new selections. Ive been debating switching to freshwater. With all my equipment and frags. I could easily set up a cichlid tank, or even mostly fund a planted tank. 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Tank has been chugging along nicely. Despite my last post, I was over ruled. Lucy (age 4) does not want freshwater fishies. She wants to keep them till they grow old. That means 14g water change today. Current parameters to follow shortly 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 Fiasco of a w/c: didnt have the extra 10 minutes to test water parameters. clown got stuck in the siphon tube (so i had to cut it out) spilled atleast a gallon of dirty tank water on the floor and the skimmer decided to foam to high holy hell. But, the change is completed 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 13 Days later water parameters: sg 1.025 temp 79.6 nitrates <5ppm p04 0.1 i did lose the birdsnest frag. Didnt expect it to make it. Just cant seem to grow sps other then monticap. all the other fish are doing great, tang is healthy and getting fatter as time goes by 1 Quote Link to comment
StinkyBunny Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Bird's nest is a bitch to grow. Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Update Duncan has sprouted 4 baby heads. Coraline algae is starting to explode. Monticap has almost completely encrusted the 1.5" plug. Another w/c was performed yesterday approximately 11 gallons (was the last of my 160g io bucket). Yes, i use plan ole IO. Another bucket comes in saturday. Picked up 100# of base rock. I will be slowly adding it into the dt and sump over time. Current parameters Nitrates <5ppm Sg 1.026 Phosphate 0.1 Temp 80.5 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Wow! It was a busy summer. Tank is doing just fine. Felt like there wasnt enough flow from the single vortech mp10, picked up a icecap 1k. Both are run at 100% random mode/reefcrest. Took my skimmer offline, I never got to the amount of fish I wanted. Never could get it to skim correctly for more then 4 days. Not enough poop. So in storage it goes till I have more fish. Current parameters Sg 1.025 Temp 76.8 Nitrates <5ppm Po4 0.1 Now for the photo dump 3 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 And a current fts 5 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Next project on the chopping block will be redoing my plumbing, and pump upgrade. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the mag 9.5. It does its job, I just want more controllable oomph. Looking into DC return pumps that have flow ratings of 1500gph or so. Probably getting 600 with the mag 9.5, which is fine for a return. But not enough to run a recirculation line and a reactor. 3 Quote Link to comment
StinkyBunny Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I suggest a Jebao DC6000 if you want one in the 1500 gph range. I have a gen 1 that's been in service now for 8 years, it was the first DC drive pump I bought. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 5:38 PM, StinkyBunny said: I suggest a Jebao DC6000 if you want one in the 1500 gph range. I have a gen 1 that's been in service now for 8 years, it was the first DC drive pump I bought. Reasonably priced too. Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 About to pick up a gently used apex system. 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 Still working out the various alarms. But it's up and running. Ignore the wild swings. Was making sure the various probes worked 2 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 I must be doing something right. What that is, I have no idea. Over the last week or so, the one orange line chromis started being extra territorial over a particular section of the tank. I chalked it up to weird fish behavior. Woke up this morning to what I initially though was a baby carpet nem. Nope! The chromis laid eggs. It's a shame the other orange line passed months ago. Would have been a treat to raise fry 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Grats on the new toy! Also very cool little egg patch 🙂 My Filefish recently laid eggs as well and she went from a little passive nice girl to one tough mama! 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 Two new additions to the tank. Watermelon anemone & green tyree toadstool leather. Anemone is about 1.5" toadstool is closer to 3" Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 From previous owner. Apparently the mother split. So I bought the baby 1 Quote Link to comment
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