Candi_MI Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Hi everyone! My tank & stand just arrived from DFS today, currently filled with tap water making sure there are no leaks. Blatantly coping Icenine's tank... stock PC lighting, replacing pump with MJ900 and adding another with a locline Y to the 2nd pump. Still haven't decided on LR yet, its between jean_pool on ebay, premiumaquatics, and sealifeflorida. Looking forward to getting started! Going to use search but thought I'd ask here too, those of you who've replaced the fans or added another... do you have any "how to" photos/threads? What type of fan and where did you get it? Candi Michigan Link to comment
Reznor252 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Stock lighting, stock pump, awaiting newegg to reship my fans. 30ish pounds of Marshal Island rock set upon Tonga slab. Basic cleanup crew. Link to comment
ezcompany Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 looking good, though some rocks look misplaced Link to comment
ezcompany Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 bump to the top! any other aquapods!??? Link to comment
myaquarium Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 aq 24, 150 hqi metal halide, soon to have fuge in chamber 1, philadelphia the pic is a cpl weeks old, i added since then Link to comment
M270 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 150W HQI Rio 1400 Current 1/15 chiller Boca Raton, Florida Link to comment
fuseman13 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 2, AP24's. One is the bedroom, one in the living room. Living room, Stock 70 watt HQI lighiting Hydro MJ900 pump 15lbs of Asst. LR 20lbs of LS 100w AZOO titanium heater Cycling Bedroom 150 watt HQI 2- MJ900's Added the Y-LineLock upgrade Hydor at stock location 30lbs. of Marshal and Fiji 30lbs. of LS. (going to do a Jawfish so I added extra LS) Pacific Coast Import Chiller/Heater CL-85, just bought it on Sunday and havent' installed it yet. This weekends project as well as Kitchen sink RO water system Also Cycling. I stocked both tanks on the same day with LR and LS and water. Both are running LR for filtration, and that's it so far. Going to be adding a Skimmer on the bedroom system and maybe in the living room, depending on the bio-load my wife decides to put in tank. She want Seahorses so I think I will end up getting a chiller for that tank as well. It's not as hot, but I am monitoring it. It's consitantly at 80 degress, with an AC vent pumping air on top of it all day. Mine in the bedroom is alot hotter, at night it gets to 78, from the middle of the day around 11am to about 8pm it's 81, without running the lights, and without the added pumps for the chiller and skimmer. With the lights on, it gets above 84. It hit 86 this weekend, so I bought the chiller. I will post pics after cycle, and after I try to figure out how. These Aqua Pod theads have been great. I spent a couple of months researching thread on this site and a few others before I settled on a tank and mod's. Couldn't be happier with what I have done so far. So, for all you that live in the SoCal area, I'll be looking for Frags to start in my tank for addition in a few weeks after cycle is complete. PM if you have any. I would love to swap, but of course, they are new tanks. Los Angeles, Ca. West LA Link to comment
junkitu Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Bump. Let's see those AP24 FTS!!! Link to comment
nwtampaguy Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 24 Gal AP 64w PC 1200mjj w/hydor flow. NO skimmer 24 lbs LR/sand leather, pumping zenia, zoas, star polyp/button and florida zenia diamond back goby snails, shrimp, hermits, sand sifter star, emerald crab about to add macro alge in display and another fish (havent Decided yet) prob a six line wrasse and some reef rubble in back. water change about 3 gal week Link to comment
XanderN Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I also god an Aquapod 24 with 150 MH. I am having problem with the MH. If is turning off when It get worm, so the light is on only about 50% of the time only. Anybody with the same problem? I am working with Current USA and hope to get this solve Link to comment
theasianmafia Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 My aquapod at 3mo 75W 14k MH, still don't know what I want for a skimmer Maxijet 900 x2 Please excuse the clutter, still acclimating/healing some coral. Still aquascaping also. Highlights: Leptastrea purinosa pic pending. for some reason I cant ever get a good shot of this when polyps are extended. Echinophyllia aspera vs E. echinata Echinophyllia spp. I think this one is actually what is truly echnophyllia aspera, despite what I think is incorrectly labeled as such on various sites. (I love these things) Christmas tree worms on porites This kinda captures the essence of a nano-reef. Several commensal and obligate animals with various ambiguous interactions on one small piece. The beauty of insignificant organisms dwelling on a single lonely rock. Kind of like us. One of two true percs, gazing heavenward Chillin like homies Can't get over the look on the yellow watchman's face Red shrooms currently propagting these. Started with one. Up to four now. Spotted shrooms Don't know much about these. I think they call them blue-spotted mushrooms. Will propagate soon. Not pictured citron clown pocillopora sp frags. cadmium green tipped. acropora spp x3 distichiopora spp, blue blastomusa merletti some coral frag from the red sea that i am trying to bring back green trachophyllia Leathers True perc under isolation various candy coral some zoos some sorta orange flat montipora frags pectinia, spiny cup kind fire shrimp cleaner shrimp pistol shrimp emerald crab x2 Two clams. They just don't show up well. Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 I have a AP24 MJ1200 & 600, stock lighting. I have a CSS65 that I want to use on this tank, but I dont know how to get it on the tank with the hood on there. Any ideas? Link to comment
paulnsimon Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I'm still a wanna-be! Hopefully I'll be in your club soon! Paul Hilversum, Netherlands Link to comment
steakdaddy Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Aquapod 24g standard package/standard lighting. No mods Tank is empty Patiently sitting in the corner waiting... waiting... Link to comment
hipertec Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I just got the ap24..what are the best mods to do b4 i set it up? Link to comment
ezcompany Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 I will edit my first post of this thread and suggest all mods that can be done for the Aquapod 24. Link to comment
Ganomish Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I just got the ap24..what are the best mods to do b4 i set it up? My mods are the following. (FYI, I run an Sunpod 150W MH with completely open top, I have no fish and no chiller currently, so open top is great.) Shut off all intake vents except the top 1 or 2. (Increases surface skimming dramatically) Replace all media with bagged rubble rock. Added a 1" layer of floss in top of rubble to remove debris. Change floss 3X/week. This is especially important in startup when there is a lot of debris in your tank. Nowadays, I will often remove this floss on feeding day, so the extra food is not filtered out so quickly. Ditch original pump, replace with a MJ900. (This pump has a good flow:wattage ratio, i.e. doesn't add a lot of heat to the water for the flow you get.) Added 2-MJ900s with fittings run over the top, (I did not drill through the wall and put in bulkheads!) for flow behind my rock pile and extra surface flow. NOTE: I ramped up to 3-MJ900s when I was having a Cyano outbreak, increasing flow was one way to combat Cyano. I just left the extra pump in there since now I really like my tank's flow. Note: 15% WaterChange 1/week Occassional bag of active carbon, apprx. 3 days duration, twice per month. Cheers Fred Link to comment
Longnose Hawkfish Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hello, Just wanted to say mad props to this site, it's creators, and awsome knowledgeable members. I just bought my aquapod after a few weeks or research ( plus I got a steal $$ at Petsolutions)- under $225 for 150 MH! Anyways, Only mod so far is drinking a case of beer w/ friends and dremmelling out the back chamber. I fed the 2 additional outlets w/ 1 maxijet 900. I'll host pics in a sec. One question I have is: Anybodys best experience GPH w/ SPS, and soft corals + mushrooms. I figure I'd rather go 22-25 GPH, will my softies be able to hold up? Thanks again for all the knowledge. Link to comment
aberooney Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I have a 24, Aquapod 24 gallon Sunpod 70 watt HQI lighiting Tunze 9002 Nano DOC Protein Skimmer Tunze 6025 Nano Stream Tunzue Nano Pump (replaces stock) Whisper 30 HOB filter Stealth 100 w heater Jager 100 w heater 30lbs LR 20lbs LS Link to comment
skey44 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 12 g aquapod maxijet 900 replaces stock pump (increase flow and relieve heat) removed half of the vents (slats you can reach to snap off with pliers) on hood to relieve heat *new fusion painted hardware cloth screen between plastic wall and plastic light cover to prevent jumpers from entering sump(lost jawfish this way) removed back plastic to reveal chambers clamp on lamp for middle two chambers with 6.5k 17w lamp always on cheap black constuction paper box around clamp lamp (light box?) so i can sleep at night while its on fuge (middle two chambers) with lr rubble and chaeto removed all original media future new lamps will be 32wx2 front will be 10k, not dual daylight rear will be dual actinic wanna try mh in low rider hood but... heat! dont want a chiller exploring skimmer options (tunze, sapphire aquatics )but can't justify bc i am not having water quality issues having fun trying to grow my own coral garden Link to comment
cfarahiii Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Stock (so far) 64w PC lighting. 4-5 inch aragonite DSB, IO salt (1.025) with a 22 pound box of DFS 'premium' Fiji live rock in the FedEx shipping channel scheduled for delivery tomorrow afternoon. Nano skimmer and an extra RIO 600 pump will be installed when the LR is put in. AquaPod 24 Standard , added the useless nano skimmer and will add a new fan to the hood - and after hearing from most of you....change out the stock pump for a lower watt one. Which is best? Does anyone have any pics of their modifications? Specifically the extra fan, and how you fit the extra pumps/replacement pumps,other chilling mods....i saw where someone made their own chiller South Florida (Ocean Ridge) Link to comment
Longnose Hawkfish Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Hello, 1 month old 24G aquapod w 150 HGI Sunpod, w/ xtra plumbing, stock pump + maxi 900. 25 lbs assorted LR ( Marshall, Tonga, EVA). Purigen bag to minimize nitrates,phospate, and is renewable. Plan to add sps, mushrooms. Need some ideas please for noncompeting soft corals for bottom. clean up crew already in. Link to comment
DonCiscoII Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 12 Gallon Aquapod Rio 800 Hydor Flo for water movement Hydor THeo 50W heater in 4th CHamber Replaced all media Rubble and cheato in 1st chamber Sapphire Aquatics NC12 nano skimmer on 2nd chamber (HAD to replace FIssion) this one actually works, my frags are really going in overdrive now. More rubble, chem pure carbon bag, nitrate absorbing rocks on 3rd chamber Take the cover off during the day, and run a 150W MH pendant Mixed reef, with softies, LPS, a few SPS's, zoas, etc. 4 months old. Tons of snails, hermits, bristle worms (LOL) 1 Strigata Goby 1 Pseudochromis (but he hides all the time) Link to comment
R-3 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Heres mine. Just put water in it tonight. Link to comment
BruceBait Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Hello,1 month old 24G aquapod w 150 HGI Sunpod, w/ xtra plumbing, stock pump + maxi 900. 25 lbs assorted LR ( Marshall, Tonga, EVA). Purigen bag to minimize nitrates,phospate, and is renewable. Plan to add sps, mushrooms. Need some ideas please for noncompeting soft corals for bottom. clean up crew already in. Howdy All I am looking to buy a 24G aquapod w 150 HGI Sunpod, just wondering where you purchased yours? I am in New York, and believe it or not, these are not easy to find locally. Glad I found this site! Link to comment
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