Reefmack's RSM 130

Reefmack · 01-26-2009, 06:43 PM

Well, I got envious of so many owners having a tank thread here in the RSM subforum, so I decided to start one here. I have a pre-existing Reef Chronicle with my tank history, but not many visit it, and it doesn't get updated very often. Rather than repeat the history here's a link to my chronicle:

Reefmack's Old RSM Chronicle

The chronicle was started before Reef Santuary was nice enough to give us RSM tank owners our own subforum. I seldom update it and it doesn't seem like many owners find their way to it.

So, I'll start off with an FTS from yesterday, and go from here.....

I scraped a lot of coralline yesterday, even though it may not look it. The back sides are hard to get at without knocking corals loose. In addition my 2 Ocellaris clowns call the back right their home, and are raising their 6th batch of eggs since Thanksgiving in late November! They lay them in the corner between the back and right side glass, and the eggs progress and hatch, but where the fry end up I have no idea - fish and coral food I assume. I wish the clowns would take a break before they wear themselves out. It seems like they only have a few days between one batch of eggs hatching and the next batch being deposited.

I'll try to pass on my new successes, and failures, in this thread. And I have had, and still do, have my fair share of failures! But, I try my best to learn from them, and if I'm extremely lucky I don't repeat them!

Rue · 01-26-2009, 06:47 PM

...so beautiful...*sigh*...

And then there's mine...lol...

Jeremy0322 · 01-26-2009, 07:01 PM

You have like 1000 purple zoas, you fragging soon?? Im first in line if you do!!!

Beautiful tank, i want mine to look that full!

Reefmack · 01-26-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy0322

You have like 1000 purple zoas, you fragging soon?? Im first in line if you do!!!

Beautiful tank, i want mine to look that full!

Hah - 1000 is correct! They came on the rock 18 months ago, and are trying to overgrow everything, and tend to outcompete other zoas. They look better in pictures - they're kind of a brownish purple, but have an orange center that really glows under all actinic lighting.

Thanks Rue. It looks a lot better when you can see through the glass. the day before the picture it was pretty yukky!

redsea reefer · 01-26-2009, 07:28 PM

Beautiful Tank Reefmack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whipitup · 01-26-2009, 07:57 PM

Nice tank Reefmack........

MatthewJ · 01-26-2009, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy0322

You have like 1000 purple zoas, you fragging soon?? Im first in line if you do!!!

Beautiful tank, i want mine to look that full!

I think redseareaf is first in line for frags from reefmack's tank

reefmack's tank is one of a couple RSM tanks on the site that I aspire to have one day ..and yes, by "have" I mean physically take from the owner

mzreenie · 01-26-2009, 09:01 PM

Beautiful!! - and I guess I am third in line for frags of those purple zoas!!

Reefmack · 01-26-2009, 09:32 PM

Thanks all.

MatthewJ - there are too many days that I'd probably help you carry the tank out - you might actually be doing me a favor.

I'll really should look into trying to frag some of those zoas off my rock, if it's possible without having a rockslide. I could pop a few frags in the little tank I just restarted and see if they survive. As long as I don't go through another palytoxin type release and poisoning of the tank. They're a different type of coral than my toxic palys, so maybe it would be OK. But they always look nicer in the pictures - they're a bit drab actually. I doubt I'd ever pay any money to buy the things myself.

redseareef · 01-26-2009, 09:43 PM

RM,
I wondered why you where working on the tanks all week!!! AAHHHHAAAAA!!!!! I knew you where up to somthing!!! Decided to start your own chronical now huh? The tank looks superb indeed!
Great job! Keep us posted and let me know when the frag trading starts! With the way the economy is going thats all we are going to be able to do. Trade things!!!LOL!!!

redseareef · 01-26-2009, 09:44 PM

PS The Vortech blends in nicely once it's purple!!!

Reefmack · 01-26-2009, 09:53 PM

redseareef - these darn little boxes of water are too much work and money! I've noticed that the price of corals seems to be dropping and many more sales than usual - another effect of the global economy in trouble? On the Vortech - I wonder why coralline loves to grow on plastic so quickly? I think that's usually the first place you see the stuff show up in a new tank.

Mavjoy · 01-26-2009, 11:48 PM

Nice looking tank you got there RM...Is it a Red Sea Max?...LOL....jk...You have soo much zoos...I just bought a frag of Tubbs Blues(7-8 heads) yesterday and they look soo cool. One of the reefers over here said that Lugol's solution is good for them and I should dose some. Is this a good idea? Anyways, AWESOME TANK and keep it up.

MatthewJ · 01-27-2009, 08:35 AM

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there are too many days that I'd probably help you carry the tank out - you might actually be doing me a favor

I know what you mean, I have fleeting thoughts like this too, usually a day or so after I buy something for the tank. So far I've been able to suppress them by buying more stuff or planning on how I will buy more stuff.

FallChinook · 01-27-2009, 08:48 AM

Your tank looks GREAT! I can only hope that one day mine will look half as good!

01-26-2009, 06:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 16,618 View Gallery Karma Komment	Reefmack's RSM 130 Well, I got envious of so many owners having a tank thread here in the RSM subforum, so I decided to start one here. I have a pre-existing Reef Chronicle with my tank history, but not many visit it, and it doesn't get updated very often. Rather than repeat the history here's a link to my chronicle: Reefmack's Old RSM Chronicle The chronicle was started before Reef Santuary was nice enough to give us RSM tank owners our own subforum. I seldom update it and it doesn't seem like many owners find their way to it. So, I'll start off with an FTS from yesterday, and go from here..... I scraped a lot of coralline yesterday, even though it may not look it. The back sides are hard to get at without knocking corals loose. In addition my 2 Ocellaris clowns call the back right their home, and are raising their 6th batch of eggs since Thanksgiving in late November! They lay them in the corner between the back and right side glass, and the eggs progress and hatch, but where the fry end up I have no idea - fish and coral food I assume. I wish the clowns would take a break before they wear themselves out. It seems like they only have a few days between one batch of eggs hatching and the next batch being deposited. I'll try to pass on my new successes, and failures, in this thread. And I have had, and still do, have my fair share of failures! But, I try my best to learn from them, and if I'm extremely lucky I don't repeat them! __________________ 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. 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: CoralVue 6xT5 hood - assorted ATI, Geismann, UVL, KZ bulbs, Vortech MP20, Vortech battery backup, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, SWC Extreme 120 cone skimmer, TLF Phosban reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G

01-26-2009, 06:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rue Torch coral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 529 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 ...so beautiful...sigh... And then there's mine...lol... __________________ Professional Obfuscator - because someone has to be... RSM - The Original, 34g Custom frag tank 27g FW tanks, 25g, 25l, 55g

01-26-2009, 07:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,787 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 You have like 1000 purple zoas, you fragging soon?? Im first in line if you do!!! Beautiful tank, i want mine to look that full! __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

01-26-2009, 07:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
redsea reefer Great White Shark Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: L.A, California Posts: 6,196 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Beautiful Tank Reefmack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 34g RSM 130 - Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Vortech MP10 Eddie's RSM 130 Latest tank shot

01-26-2009, 07:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Whipitup Scopas Tang Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 465 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Nice tank Reefmack........ __________________ I hope this doesn't go horribly wrong

01-26-2009, 09:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
mzreenie Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 374 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Beautiful!! - and I guess I am third in line for frags of those purple zoas!!

01-26-2009, 09:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 16,618 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Thanks all. MatthewJ - there are too many days that I'd probably help you carry the tank out - you might actually be doing me a favor. I'll really should look into trying to frag some of those zoas off my rock, if it's possible without having a rockslide. I could pop a few frags in the little tank I just restarted and see if they survive. As long as I don't go through another palytoxin type release and poisoning of the tank. They're a different type of coral than my toxic palys, so maybe it would be OK. But they always look nicer in the pictures - they're a bit drab actually. I doubt I'd ever pay any money to buy the things myself. __________________ 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. 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: CoralVue 6xT5 hood - assorted ATI, Geismann, UVL, KZ bulbs, Vortech MP20, Vortech battery backup, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, SWC Extreme 120 cone skimmer, TLF Phosban reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G

01-26-2009, 09:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
redseareef RS Sponsor Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: L.A. California Posts: 1,710 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 RM, I wondered why you where working on the tanks all week!!! AAHHHHAAAAA!!!!! I knew you where up to somthing!!! Decided to start your own chronical now huh? The tank looks superb indeed! Great job! Keep us posted and let me know when the frag trading starts! With the way the economy is going thats all we are going to be able to do. Trade things!!!LOL!!! __________________ FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. THOMAS JEFFERSON HIMSELF WROTE THE FOLLOWING: THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS.......................... So, God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind.......... Genesis 1:21 Why would God put a forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden? Why would God allow Satan to tempt Eve? Wouldn't it have been better had God not placed this tree there and there where no opportunity for temptation? But how would God know you truly loved him unless you had a choice? How would God know you truly wanted to obey him unless you had a choice?

01-26-2009, 09:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
redseareef RS Sponsor Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: L.A. California Posts: 1,710 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 PS The Vortech blends in nicely once it's purple!!! __________________ FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. THOMAS JEFFERSON HIMSELF WROTE THE FOLLOWING: THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS.......................... So, God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind.......... Genesis 1:21 Why would God put a forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden? Why would God allow Satan to tempt Eve? Wouldn't it have been better had God not placed this tree there and there where no opportunity for temptation? But how would God know you truly loved him unless you had a choice? How would God know you truly wanted to obey him unless you had a choice?

01-26-2009, 09:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 16,618 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 redseareef - these darn little boxes of water are too much work and money! I've noticed that the price of corals seems to be dropping and many more sales than usual - another effect of the global economy in trouble? On the Vortech - I wonder why coralline loves to grow on plastic so quickly? I think that's usually the first place you see the stuff show up in a new tank. __________________ 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. 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: CoralVue 6xT5 hood - assorted ATI, Geismann, UVL, KZ bulbs, Vortech MP20, Vortech battery backup, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, SWC Extreme 120 cone skimmer, TLF Phosban reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G

01-26-2009, 11:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mavjoy Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: san jose ca. Posts: 992 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Nice looking tank you got there RM...Is it a Red Sea Max?...LOL....jk...You have soo much zoos...I just bought a frag of Tubbs Blues(7-8 heads) yesterday and they look soo cool. One of the reefers over here said that Lugol's solution is good for them and I should dose some. Is this a good idea? Anyways, AWESOME TANK and keep it up. __________________ My 57 Gallon Rimless..Oh Yeah! ATB Econo V1.5, Outer Orbit 250hqi with 2x24 Ati Blue+,1 Fiji Purple and 1 Aquablue Special, Auto Top Off unit, Tunze 6025 and 6045(x2) and MP10, RKL Controller, 2X Drew's Dosing Pump, Dual BRS GFO and Carbon Reactor What We Must Do Is Encourage A Sea Change In Attitude, One That Acknowledges We Are A Part Of The Living World, Not Apart From It......Dr. Sylvia Earle

01-27-2009, 08:48 AM	#15 (permalink)
FallChinook Ricordea Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 175 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Reefmack's RSM 130 Your tank looks GREAT! I can only hope that one day mine will look half as good!

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