Korbin Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Here is my eclipse 12 at 3.5 months old. I think the rock is coming along nicely. It was about 90% bare lace rock when I started. Hopefully these pics will work. Here is one of the front of the tank from far away: Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 closer up... only the most purple rocks were liverock initially. Oh, and I guess I better include some specs. 32 watt CSL PCs minijet 404 cheapo heater 80 degrees F No fish 1 new branching hammer, 1 branching frogspawn 2 hitchiker orange ricordeas pink zoanthids orange zoanthids, green zoanthids, blue mushrooms green striped shrooms bluish colt coral 2 blueleg hermits 3 banded trochus snails water changes weekly phytoplankton weekly bits of shrimp and flake food for everybody in the tank weekly Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 oh yeah, and theres a feather duster in the back. Heres the tank from a funny angle. I like this one: Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 heres my new hammer and a little SPS frag that I forgot to mention. Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 My hitchiker ricordia Link to comment
cmoreash Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 nice that's a neat tank you've got there I like that coraline growth Link to comment
chufa Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 beautiful tank. I also have an eclipse 12. Are you running your biowheel? (sorry if I asked you before, don't remember) Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 wow, is that a free orange yuma ricordia ? i think u just got a free $15 polyp. Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 20, 2002 Author Share Posted September 20, 2002 Actually, its a free $30 polyp at my LFS. I split it into 2 pieces when I removed it from the rock, and thats the larger one. So I actually have 2 of them. No, I'm running the filter with no carbon, and no biowheel. Thanks for the comments. Link to comment
Metznreef Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 nice tank korbin. i wish i had gotten some hitchhiker corals: Link to comment
Sahin Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Tanks nicely progressing. The new hammer coral looks superb. Keep up the good work dude. Link to comment
tgrupert Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Originally posted by Korbin Actually, its a free $30 polyp at my LFS. I split it into 2 pieces when I removed it from the rock, and thats the larger one. So I actually have 2 of them. No, I'm running the filter with no carbon, and no biowheel. Thanks for the comments. maybe I'm missing somthing here, but how exactly is is a filter? Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 It still has the filter floss. The material that does mechanical filtration. I wash out all the brown gunk that collects in it every couple weeks. Link to comment
tgrupert Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 I see. Why don't you want the bio wheel? they will work just like the live rock and if you have a death you will be glad yo have the extra help. Link to comment
jollybluepunk Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 ...whoa awesom ... ...i'm seriously considering in getting one of these eclipse 12's... ...is it recommended?... Link to comment
Korbin Posted September 25, 2002 Author Share Posted September 25, 2002 There was a huge thread awhile ago about whether or not bio-wheels are good for SW tanks. I don't remember exactly why, but I decided to take it out. I would recommend them, except that they are made of acrylic which scratches easily and the hood is hard to modify. If I could do it all again, I would probably look for a 12 gallon glass bowfront. (which they probably dont make). Link to comment
tgrupert Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 I read it. People should remember this, no one who actually uses biowheels has had a problem with it. the only people who say they are bad havn't used them and their critisism is based on their hypothesis and not actual expiriance. also many people use them improperly. I have an offer (exept some people might try to fraud me) anyone here who used a biowheel properly and had a problem with it competing with LR. I will pay them to replace all lost livestock. Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 The problem with a biowheel is it defeats the purpose of what your liverock is supposed to do. The biowheel can be very helpful in a freshwater tank, not so in a saltwater environment. Anyway, the reason an Eclipse 12 owner would NOT want to run the biowheel is because the filter they put in the back of the tank blocks somewhere around 20% of the light in the back of the tank. With light being one of the most valuable requirements for a reef tank, that should be one of the first things that should be taken out of the tank IMO. *shrug* Link to comment
LIVEROCKER Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 yeah im gonna ditch the eclipse hood on my 25.jd is right about the system blocking out light from the back.but imo i thing the actual biowheel itself is helpful.imma go topless on my tank with a new csl moonlight fixter.light is good!the filter blocks it but i dont think the biowheel is bad as long as its in a hang on filter. Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Guys, Live rock can deal with the denitrafication far better and more efficient than a bio-wheel ever could. To be blunt, why have something like a bio-wheel working at all when you already have the best mother nature can throw at it in the rocks themselves? Basically it's simply not needed if you have an established reef tank. Link to comment
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