Reefmack's RSM 130 - Page 2

mmaness · 01-27-2009, 09:57 AM

Very nice. I hope mine grows up and looks like that someday. Of course, knowing me, somewhere along the way I'll not take that left turn at Albuquerque and end up with something totally strange ...

My life, in a nutshell.

Reefmack · 01-27-2009, 10:08 AM

Mavjoy - I used to add a drop of Lugols every couple weeks till I found out that too much iodine can be deadly. Lugols is really just iodine, and more concentrated than some of the other iodine additives. I've heard of dipping corals in a week solution of Lugols, before adding to the tank, but not intentionally adding it for the health of the zoas. But, I sure don't know everything about all of this stuff. They always say don't add it unless you'll test for it. Water changes should raise iodine/iodide levels also. I love those Tubbs Blues!

MatthewJ - I use the same approach you do, LOL, but I'm out of room for corals (have said that before) and can't think of much equipment that I need anymore (bit I think of something!).

FallChinook - yours will look as good or better eventually! I see a lot of RSM that look a lot better than mine. Plus It seems like after a while I change mine. Maybe I'm just never happy with it!

Reefmack · 01-27-2009, 10:23 AM

mmaness - totally strange may look great!

mmaness · 01-27-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefmack

mmaness - totally strange may look great!

If totally strange looks great, then I'm Brad Pitt!

Seriously (and I'm rarely serious), your tank looks great! I decided a long time ago to be patient with my tank, but whenever I see yours, I have to stop and count to 10. When that doesn't work, I have to count the money I've spent on this 'hobby' thus far. That usually does the trick.

Reefmack · 01-27-2009, 08:51 PM

Off topic for the RSM forum, but here's the little Nanowave 9 gallon that I mentioned that I cleaned out and restarted on Saturday - new substrate (live sand) and new rock:

The sole survivor of the ordeal - my little green clown goby (and the cleaner shrimp and a few snails):

The little nanowave has a skimmer (that skims!), a mechanical filter sponge, mini lighted refulgium, bio and/or chemical media section, and a return pump. But it has no surface skimming so I added the Koralia nano for more flow and to keep the surface scum from getting too bad. And the fuge, and all of the media sections are little lift out trays that make it super easy to clean those. And it has 5 watts/gallon of 10k/actinic PC lighting - a very well lit little tank! I added the coral frags Sunday - pulled from the RSM.

I got an order in today from Reefcleaners, most of which went into the RSM or my refugium. I added 2 large Fuzzy Chitons to the RSM to hopefully help with some hair algae growing on the top back of my rocks. My yellowtail damsel chases away the foxface when he tries to eat the stuff. The big chitons (an inch long. 1/2" across) are supposed to be hair algae destroyers so I set them right on top of it. Time will tell if they do what I want. I also split about a dozen small speckled Cerith snails between the RSM, the fuge, and the 9g tank. Added some ulva algae to the fuge to grow as food for the herbivores, and also small hunk of red gracillaria algae (also good food).

In the 9g Nanowave above I added several pieces of Red Flame Algae (on the top left), and a big hunk of bright red Gracillaria on the right side.

I plan on gluing some of the Red Flame Algae clumps on a small rock and putting some in the RSM. It's a hard calcareous algae that the fish supposedly won't eat, and it doesn't get out of control like Caulerpa can.

mzreenie · 01-27-2009, 11:08 PM

RM - let me know how your larger chitons do with the aglea. I have a couple of small chitons 1/4 inch and about 1/2 inch, that were HH's, and they don't move around very much. They tend to sit in the same place for days. In fact they sit for so long, that the coraline underneath them bleaches out!!! LOL So let me know if yours really eat the algea.

Reefmack · 01-28-2009, 08:30 AM

mzreenie - I'll let you know how the fuzzy chitons do. Here's the info. on them from Reefcleaners. One of mine had the moss growing on its back, and a slightly bigger one had none or very little.

Fuzzy Chiton

The chitons and snails came in small bags, wrapped in wet paper towels. The chitons were both attached to a white clam type shell and I just put the whole shell on top of my area with hair algae and shortly after they had moved of the shell. One (the moss covered one) looked like it was eating the green micro algae from the rock that my finger leather came on - not sure where the other one went. Hopefully I'll see some signs that the HA is being eaten.

I've seen small chitons on my rock in the past, about the size that you described, but very infrequently.

DontXtripNfall · 01-28-2009, 12:41 PM

Always impressive Terry!

Rue · 01-28-2009, 12:57 PM

Cool! It looks good...you'll have to keep us posted as to how it matures as well.

Reefmack · 01-28-2009, 03:43 PM

I need to devote more time to the little tank this time around! It tended to be overlooked by more attention going to the RSM.

LPSMonSter · 02-04-2009, 09:01 PM

Reefmack-
can you post some pics on how you incorporated the Tunze into your RSM?

mzreenie · 02-04-2009, 09:10 PM

RM - how are those Chitons doing? Are they eating algea?

Reefmack · 02-04-2009, 10:28 PM

LPSMonSter - Actually the Tunze is in the sump in the cabinet, not in the back of the RSM. I ran a hang on Remora skimmer for a long time, but with a raised hood that was easy. several are running the Tunze in the back - I wish I could remember what all threads to look in. Mavjoy is one running the Tunze - here's the page (6) of his thread to check:

Just got done setting up my RSM!

mzreenie - I saw one of the Chitons tonight, but they haven't yet done anything to the hair algae I wanted them to destroy.

Reefmack · 02-07-2009, 09:30 PM

Did water changes on the 2 tanks, and went to the LFS today and picked up a few things - no corals for a change!

In the last few months I've lost 2 of my orginal fish - my lawnmower blenny, and a couple weeks ago my big blackfinned shrimp goby. two losses that were painful, as those were too of my most favorite fish. With 2 vacancies I thought I'd fill them with 1 new fish. I was seriously thinking about a Mandarin, but changed my mind. I ended up getting another lawnmower blenny. My algae has been increasing since I lost my old one, and knew it was a better, easier fish to accomodate than a Mandarin, , plus help control some algae. I also picked up a Blue Tuxedo Pinchushion Urchin - another algae muncher and may help get rid of some coralline. if it starts knocking things over I'll relocate it to the refugium.

I also picked up a tiny Yellowtail Damsel, a tiny Wheeler's Watchman Goby, and an Emerald Crab for the 9g tank. It's very difficult not to overfeed with only the little green Clown Goby in that tank. Now I'll have more critters to eat the food before it causes problems decomposing.

MatthewJ · 02-08-2009, 12:08 AM

what, no pictures reefmack

I just got a Mandarin....really having buyers remorse. He's a very cool fish, I just have read so many horror stories that I'm worried for him.

01-27-2009, 09:57 AM	#16 (permalink)
mmaness Bryozoan Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Forney, Texas Posts: 40 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Very nice. I hope mine grows up and looks like that someday. Of course, knowing me, somewhere along the way I'll not take that left turn at Albuquerque and end up with something totally strange ... My life, in a nutshell.

01-27-2009, 10:08 AM	#17 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Mavjoy - I used to add a drop of Lugols every couple weeks till I found out that too much iodine can be deadly. Lugols is really just iodine, and more concentrated than some of the other iodine additives. I've heard of dipping corals in a week solution of Lugols, before adding to the tank, but not intentionally adding it for the health of the zoas. But, I sure don't know everything about all of this stuff. They always say don't add it unless you'll test for it. Water changes should raise iodine/iodide levels also. I love those Tubbs Blues! MatthewJ - I use the same approach you do, LOL, but I'm out of room for corals (have said that before) and can't think of much equipment that I need anymore (bit I think of something!). FallChinook - yours will look as good or better eventually! I see a lot of RSM that look a lot better than mine. Plus It seems like after a while I change mine. Maybe I'm just never happy with it! __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

01-27-2009, 10:23 AM	#18 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 mmaness - totally strange may look great! __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

01-27-2009, 08:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Off topic for the RSM forum, but here's the little Nanowave 9 gallon that I mentioned that I cleaned out and restarted on Saturday - new substrate (live sand) and new rock: The sole survivor of the ordeal - my little green clown goby (and the cleaner shrimp and a few snails): The little nanowave has a skimmer (that skims!), a mechanical filter sponge, mini lighted refulgium, bio and/or chemical media section, and a return pump. But it has no surface skimming so I added the Koralia nano for more flow and to keep the surface scum from getting too bad. And the fuge, and all of the media sections are little lift out trays that make it super easy to clean those. And it has 5 watts/gallon of 10k/actinic PC lighting - a very well lit little tank! I added the coral frags Sunday - pulled from the RSM. I got an order in today from Reefcleaners, most of which went into the RSM or my refugium. I added 2 large Fuzzy Chitons to the RSM to hopefully help with some hair algae growing on the top back of my rocks. My yellowtail damsel chases away the foxface when he tries to eat the stuff. The big chitons (an inch long. 1/2" across) are supposed to be hair algae destroyers so I set them right on top of it. Time will tell if they do what I want. I also split about a dozen small speckled Cerith snails between the RSM, the fuge, and the 9g tank. Added some ulva algae to the fuge to grow as food for the herbivores, and also small hunk of red gracillaria algae (also good food). In the 9g Nanowave above I added several pieces of Red Flame Algae (on the top left), and a big hunk of bright red Gracillaria on the right side. I plan on gluing some of the Red Flame Algae clumps on a small rock and putting some in the RSM. It's a hard calcareous algae that the fish supposedly won't eat, and it doesn't get out of control like Caulerpa can. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

01-27-2009, 11:08 PM	#21 (permalink)
mzreenie Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 356 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 RM - let me know how your larger chitons do with the aglea. I have a couple of small chitons 1/4 inch and about 1/2 inch, that were HH's, and they don't move around very much. They tend to sit in the same place for days. In fact they sit for so long, that the coraline underneath them bleaches out!!! LOL So let me know if yours really eat the algea.

01-28-2009, 08:30 AM	#22 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 mzreenie - I'll let you know how the fuzzy chitons do. Here's the info. on them from Reefcleaners. One of mine had the moss growing on its back, and a slightly bigger one had none or very little. Fuzzy Chiton The chitons and snails came in small bags, wrapped in wet paper towels. The chitons were both attached to a white clam type shell and I just put the whole shell on top of my area with hair algae and shortly after they had moved of the shell. One (the moss covered one) looked like it was eating the green micro algae from the rock that my finger leather came on - not sure where the other one went. Hopefully I'll see some signs that the HA is being eaten. I've seen small chitons on my rock in the past, about the size that you described, but very infrequently. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

01-28-2009, 12:41 PM	#23 (permalink)
DontXtripNfall Ricordea Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 181 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Always impressive Terry!

01-28-2009, 12:57 PM	#24 (permalink)
Rue Torch coral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 529 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Cool! It looks good...you'll have to keep us posted as to how it matures as well. __________________ Professional Obfuscator - because someone has to be... RSM - The Original, 34g Custom frag tank 27g FW tanks, 25g, 25l, 55g

01-28-2009, 03:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 I need to devote more time to the little tank this time around! It tended to be overlooked by more attention going to the RSM. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

02-04-2009, 09:01 PM	#26 (permalink)
LPSMonSter Tunicate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eden Prairie, MN Posts: 23 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Reefmack- can you post some pics on how you incorporated the Tunze into your RSM?

02-04-2009, 09:10 PM	#27 (permalink)
mzreenie Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 356 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 RM - how are those Chitons doing? Are they eating algea?

02-04-2009, 10:28 PM	#28 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 LPSMonSter - Actually the Tunze is in the sump in the cabinet, not in the back of the RSM. I ran a hang on Remora skimmer for a long time, but with a raised hood that was easy. several are running the Tunze in the back - I wish I could remember what all threads to look in. Mavjoy is one running the Tunze - here's the page (6) of his thread to check: Just got done setting up my RSM! mzreenie - I saw one of the Chitons tonight, but they haven't yet done anything to the hair algae I wanted them to destroy. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

02-07-2009, 09:30 PM	#29 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,160 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Did water changes on the 2 tanks, and went to the LFS today and picked up a few things - no corals for a change! In the last few months I've lost 2 of my orginal fish - my lawnmower blenny, and a couple weeks ago my big blackfinned shrimp goby. two losses that were painful, as those were too of my most favorite fish. With 2 vacancies I thought I'd fill them with 1 new fish. I was seriously thinking about a Mandarin, but changed my mind. I ended up getting another lawnmower blenny. My algae has been increasing since I lost my old one, and knew it was a better, easier fish to accomodate than a Mandarin, , plus help control some algae. I also picked up a Blue Tuxedo Pinchushion Urchin - another algae muncher and may help get rid of some coralline. if it starts knocking things over I'll relocate it to the refugium. I also picked up a tiny Yellowtail Damsel, a tiny Wheeler's Watchman Goby, and an Emerald Crab for the 9g tank. It's very difficult not to overfeed with only the little green Clown Goby in that tank. Now I'll have more critters to eat the food before it causes problems decomposing. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

02-08-2009, 12:08 AM	#30 (permalink)
MatthewJ Cabbage Leather Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 372 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 what, no pictures reefmack I just got a Mandarin....really having buyers remorse. He's a very cool fish, I just have read so many horror stories that I'm worried for him.

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