Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World - Page 5

JOSEPHLB · 04-19-2007, 08:51 PM

April 19th, 2007

Day 19:

Placed an Aquaclear 50 sponge in the bottom of my DIY overflow/bubble difuser for my skimmer output. I've attached a photo of my handywork.
As you can see; the clear Lee's Speciment container hanging on the back of the sump, with my AquaC Remora then hanging on top of it.

JOSEPHLB · 04-19-2007, 08:54 PM

This is 24 hours of skimming. Almost three weeks setup; started off with uncured Fiji and base rock.

Anyone up for a "Remora Sour"? Drinks are on the house!

MR PALM BEACH · 04-19-2007, 10:49 PM

Cheers

JOSEPHLB · 05-03-2007, 10:24 AM

Little guy loves the camera already! (Dwarf Lionfish / Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus Zebra)

blue_eyes53813 · 05-03-2007, 10:35 AM

Very cute lionfish

JOSEPHLB · 05-03-2007, 11:00 AM

He/she loves little Rosy Reds. I've come across various reports that they are not very nutritious though? LFS doesn't carry Ghost Shrimp, so I opted for Rosy's.

JOSEPHLB · 05-09-2007, 08:31 PM

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Received two Hydor Koralia #2's. Currently have two Maxi-Jet 900's.
This weekend will be an 8 gallon water change, along with replacing the Maxi 900's; scrubbing glass of algea, cleaning of sponges, etc.. etc.. etc..

With summer approaching, I will also remove one of the heaters that is in my display tank. Probably don't need both of them. The one on the left end comes on not very often. I assume that is because the return is there, so theoretically, the water is probably a little warmer, due to the water movement.

Last week my electric blue hermit decided he wanted a bigger shell, so one of my snails lost its life. This little electric blue has turned out to be quite the little bastard.

I guess I could possibly throw him down in the sump.

Dentoid · 05-09-2007, 08:40 PM

Looking good Joseph! I recently added 20 Margarita snails to my tank and not three days later did I see Blue Legged hermits inhabiting some of the shells. I'm not a member of the crabs are evil society. Just replace the snails as their numbers dwindle. Hermits are excellent house cleaners.

JOSEPHLB · 05-12-2007, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentoid

Looking good Joseph! I recently added 20 Margarita snails to my tank and not three days later did I see Blue Legged hermits inhabiting some of the shells. I'm not a member of the crabs are evil society. Just replace the snails as their numbers dwindle. Hermits are excellent house cleaners.

Thanks for the advice.

I guess sometimes we fail to realize that worse stuff happens out in their real habitat: the ocean. I'm sure right at this moment a little snail or small fish is losing its life.

So, by bringing the ocean world into our living rooms, this is just part of the unfortunate results that sometimes may happen.

JOSEPHLB · 05-12-2007, 10:51 AM

Did some water tests; everything came out great. I'm actually quite suprised.

Thursday May 10, 2007
Day 40:

Temp: 83 Degrees
Salinity: 1.024
pH: 8.4
Ammonia: 0
Trites: 0
Trates: 0

Temp is kind of high. I'm going to get another thermometer and check it out. I've noticed these Coralife digital thermometers are notorious for being way off. A user on RC posted something about how he had two of them and they were 10 degrees from each other. That is ridiculous!

pH is finally up to 8.4. Is this something that happens once the tank has been established for a while? It was only reading about 8.2 for the first month or so and now seems to be right where I want it. Only thing I've done recently was add some macro to the fuge and been running the fuge light from an opposite cycle of my main tank lighting.

JOSEPHLB · 05-13-2007, 06:05 PM

Removed one of the heaters; cleaned the overflow boxes; removed the Maxi-Jet 900's and replaced with the Hydor Koralia #2's
Moved the overflow more toward the middle of the tank. The corner location where it was below was more restricted on one side since it was up against the glass. This location should work much better. I also removed the Penguin 350. I was mainly using it for mechanical filtration, but now everything has cleared up with all the die-off of concern. I went through a dozen of the filter pads, but it was well worth it.

Here is a current full tank shot. The lawnmower blenny has created himself a little hill of sand in the middle/front part of the substrate. I guess he didn't like it totally flat.

JOSEPHLB · 05-13-2007, 06:12 PM

Three Bluefin Damsels (also known as Royal Damsels).
Also Scarlet hermit perched upon top of rock.

JOSEPHLB · 05-13-2007, 06:14 PM

Two of the three Bluefin's hauling @$$. Little bit closer shot. Need to learn to use the camera a little better.

JOSEPHLB · 05-13-2007, 06:15 PM

Lawnmower's favorite pastime: showing off and making a mess of the sand.

aquaman3680 · 05-13-2007, 06:16 PM

Looks like you got a great setup going! I love the way you have done the rock!

Matt

04-19-2007, 08:51 PM	#61 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World April 19th, 2007 Day 19: Placed an Aquaclear 50 sponge in the bottom of my DIY overflow/bubble difuser for my skimmer output. I've attached a photo of my handywork. As you can see; the clear Lee's Speciment container hanging on the back of the sump, with my AquaC Remora then hanging on top of it.

04-19-2007, 08:54 PM	#62 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World This is 24 hours of skimming. Almost three weeks setup; started off with uncured Fiji and base rock. Anyone up for a "Remora Sour"? Drinks are on the house!

04-19-2007, 10:49 PM	#63 (permalink)
MR PALM BEACH Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 250 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Cheers __________________ And I thought buying a puppy would be to expensive! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...90g-build.html _____________________________________________ TANK SPECS: AGA 90RR Current Nova Extreme T5HO (216W) Ocean Runner 2600 (1700gph) Skimmer CSS 220 2 Hydor Koralia 4(1200gph) Sump 29g WWW.PBMAS.ORG Check out more pics of my build here In the gallery.

05-03-2007, 10:24 AM	#64 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Little guy loves the camera already! (Dwarf Lionfish / Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus Zebra)

05-03-2007, 10:35 AM	#65 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 fully trained mod,,,its my fault~ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 5,853 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Very cute lionfish __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

05-03-2007, 11:00 AM	#66 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World He/she loves little Rosy Reds. I've come across various reports that they are not very nutritious though? LFS doesn't carry Ghost Shrimp, so I opted for Rosy's.

05-09-2007, 08:31 PM	#67 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Received two Hydor Koralia #2's. Currently have two Maxi-Jet 900's. This weekend will be an 8 gallon water change, along with replacing the Maxi 900's; scrubbing glass of algea, cleaning of sponges, etc.. etc.. etc.. With summer approaching, I will also remove one of the heaters that is in my display tank. Probably don't need both of them. The one on the left end comes on not very often. I assume that is because the return is there, so theoretically, the water is probably a little warmer, due to the water movement. Last week my electric blue hermit decided he wanted a bigger shell, so one of my snails lost its life. This little electric blue has turned out to be quite the little bastard. I guess I could possibly throw him down in the sump.

05-09-2007, 08:40 PM	#68 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,594 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Looking good Joseph! I recently added 20 Margarita snails to my tank and not three days later did I see Blue Legged hermits inhabiting some of the shells. I'm not a member of the crabs are evil society. Just replace the snails as their numbers dwindle. Hermits are excellent house cleaners. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

05-12-2007, 10:51 AM	#70 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Did some water tests; everything came out great. I'm actually quite suprised. Thursday May 10, 2007 Day 40: Temp: 83 Degrees Salinity: 1.024 pH: 8.4 Ammonia: 0 Trites: 0 Trates: 0 Temp is kind of high. I'm going to get another thermometer and check it out. I've noticed these Coralife digital thermometers are notorious for being way off. A user on RC posted something about how he had two of them and they were 10 degrees from each other. That is ridiculous! pH is finally up to 8.4. Is this something that happens once the tank has been established for a while? It was only reading about 8.2 for the first month or so and now seems to be right where I want it. Only thing I've done recently was add some macro to the fuge and been running the fuge light from an opposite cycle of my main tank lighting.

05-13-2007, 06:05 PM	#71 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Removed one of the heaters; cleaned the overflow boxes; removed the Maxi-Jet 900's and replaced with the Hydor Koralia #2's Moved the overflow more toward the middle of the tank. The corner location where it was below was more restricted on one side since it was up against the glass. This location should work much better. I also removed the Penguin 350. I was mainly using it for mechanical filtration, but now everything has cleared up with all the die-off of concern. I went through a dozen of the filter pads, but it was well worth it. Here is a current full tank shot. The lawnmower blenny has created himself a little hill of sand in the middle/front part of the substrate. I guess he didn't like it totally flat.

05-13-2007, 06:12 PM	#72 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Three Bluefin Damsels (also known as Royal Damsels). Also Scarlet hermit perched upon top of rock.

05-13-2007, 06:14 PM	#73 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Two of the three Bluefin's hauling @$$. Little bit closer shot. Need to learn to use the camera a little better.

05-13-2007, 06:15 PM	#74 (permalink)
JOSEPHLB Limpet Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Carroll County, MD Posts: 129 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Lawnmower's favorite pastime: showing off and making a mess of the sand.

05-13-2007, 06:16 PM	#75 (permalink)
aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,099 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Joe's 65 Gallon Aquatic World Looks like you got a great setup going! I love the way you have done the rock! Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip

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