Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank - Page 6

bluespotjawfish · 02-14-2007, 08:25 AM

Thanks.

saltwaterfarm · 02-14-2007, 08:40 AM

Everything looks amazing! It was worth the wait.

Keep up the good work!

Woodstock · 02-14-2007, 08:47 AM

Beautiful reef and photos! Great photoshow!

Awesome!

bluespotjawfish · 02-15-2007, 09:41 PM

Thanks Lisa and Doni. Glad you enjoyed the show.

sasquatch · 02-15-2007, 09:52 PM

Lorraine, loved the movie!and sound track lol, tank looks superb its come a long way in a short time.

lgerold · 02-15-2007, 10:21 PM

Your tank is beautiful! I enjoyed the show!

aquaman3680 · 02-15-2007, 10:25 PM

Your tank looks great! I love the Angel, the caps and the trumpets! Lookin great

Matt

Dentoid · 02-16-2007, 12:54 PM

That photo show was the bomb, I had to watch it twice!

Your tank is super-stupendously spectacular! I would watch it from my car

, my boat

(if I had one), even from a UFO

. Why would a Blues spot want to jump from there?

boozeman · 02-16-2007, 12:57 PM

bluespotjawfish · 02-16-2007, 06:08 PM

Thanks guys, I guess I will need to include a warning with the next show so no one watches it while driving - haha!

Bluespot doesn't want to jump, he is very happy where he is. Food comes to him, he doesn't have to go anywhere for it, he can play peek a boo with mommy...

saltwaterfarm · 02-16-2007, 06:12 PM

Glad he's doing well!

Dentoid · 02-16-2007, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluespotjawfish

Thanks guys, I guess I will need to include a warning with the next show so no one watches it while driving - haha![/html]

Bluespot doesn't want to jump, he is very happy where he is. Food comes to him, he doesn't have to go anywhere for it, he can play peek a boo with mommy...

I was thinking more at a drive in theater. Your photo show on the big screen! "Blue Spot is ready for his close-up Mr DeMill."

bluespotjawfish · 02-17-2007, 08:48 PM

Blue is in a difficult place for pics right now, so we will wait.

I stayed away from the LFS today. Don't know, must be gettin' sick.
At the OnlineFS, I was still able to spend lots of $. Ordered a Reefkeeper 2 and also a Tunze Osmolator. I'm going to be spoiled real soon!

lcstorc · 02-17-2007, 08:50 PM

Good choices. Hope bluespot moves to a better location soon. I have to survive on pics of yours for now since I still can't find one. Guess I need to watch your slideshow again.

bluespotjawfish · 02-17-2007, 09:54 PM

Been a while since I reported water parameters:
Ammonia and Nitrites = 0
Nitrates = 5-10
Phosphate = .5 - 1
Salinity = 1.0245
Alk = 12.5 dKH
Calc = 445 (have been supplementing Bionic Part 2 to match higher alk level)
Magnesium = 1365 (supplement 2 X wk to keep at this level)
Iodine = .03 - .06 (Lugols 1/2 dose 2 x wk to keep at this level)
Strontium = 0-3 (Added supplement today, haven't retested yet.)
PH = 8.0 (Salifert Test); 7.9 (PH Pen) (Doesn't go up after aerating, SW mix of IO and Oceanic is 7.9 according to the pen)
Temp = 78-80

Still doing WC two times a week for now. Even though I did one Thursday, I did a partial change today to vacuum the sand, which I haven't done for a month. Hopefully doing that and adding the fuge will kick the rest of the nitrates out the door.

Ok, time to ask a few questions that have been on my mind:

Bleaching mushrooms- (Ricordias and fuzzies, doesn't seem to matter if they are placed either in the top or bottom half of tank.) I have been running 2 VHOs for 12 hours and the other 2 for 9 hours. Now I am running a total of 9 hours, with the timing staggered so that each light runs about 7 hours each. Suggestions? Thoughts? Anyone know if anything else would cause this (low iodine, mag, or strontium)? I have been supplementing I got my test kit a few weeks ago, but stopped my supplements previously since I was making so many water changes. I have several other mushrooms in the tank also that are fine, but each day I am seeing a few more problems.

My PH also doesn't make any sense to me based on what I have read. My tank has always been at 8.0, with an alk around 17dKH because of the tap water I used to use. It's now lower (though still high), and the PH appears to be changing slightly. Since I am already at the low end, I'm nervous. Since Kalk or other buffers would raise the alk, I don't consider adding anything to fix it an option for now, do you? The IO has a higher PH than the Oceanic, but it also has a higher alk, which is why I am currently mixing them (so I can get my alk into the normal range). I get the higher calc in the Oceanic, and get better PH with the IO. Since the aerating didn't change the PH, I don't think it is CO2 even though the main tank is covered. The sump is wide open, and the CO2 monitor for the house reads 0.

Ok, I emptied my brain.

02-14-2007, 08:25 AM	#76 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Antonio Texas (formerly Utah) Posts: 4,963 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Thanks. __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots -

02-14-2007, 08:40 AM	#77 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Everything looks amazing! It was worth the wait. Keep up the good work! __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

02-14-2007, 08:47 AM	#78 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,824 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Beautiful reef and photos! Great photoshow! Awesome! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

02-15-2007, 09:41 PM	#79 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Antonio Texas (formerly Utah) Posts: 4,963 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Thanks Lisa and Doni. Glad you enjoyed the show. __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots -

02-15-2007, 09:52 PM	#80 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,993 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Lorraine, loved the movie!and sound track lol, tank looks superb its come a long way in a short time.

02-15-2007, 10:21 PM	#81 (permalink)
lgerold Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brainerd, Mn Posts: 473 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Your tank is beautiful! I enjoyed the show! __________________ Lucy Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium. 10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs 400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs 500 watt MH 4 hrs 180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB. Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens. Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.

02-15-2007, 10:25 PM	#82 (permalink)
aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,215 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Your tank looks great! I love the Angel, the caps and the trumpets! Lookin great Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip The Bio-Cube Adventure

02-16-2007, 12:57 PM	#84 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,802 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank WOW __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

02-16-2007, 06:08 PM	#85 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Antonio Texas (formerly Utah) Posts: 4,963 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Thanks guys, I guess I will need to include a warning with the next show so no one watches it while driving - haha! Bluespot doesn't want to jump, he is very happy where he is. Food comes to him, he doesn't have to go anywhere for it, he can play peek a boo with mommy... __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots -

02-16-2007, 06:12 PM	#86 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Glad he's doing well! __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

02-17-2007, 08:48 PM	#88 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Antonio Texas (formerly Utah) Posts: 4,963 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Blue is in a difficult place for pics right now, so we will wait. I stayed away from the LFS today. Don't know, must be gettin' sick. At the OnlineFS, I was still able to spend lots of $. Ordered a Reefkeeper 2 and also a Tunze Osmolator. I'm going to be spoiled real soon! __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots -

02-17-2007, 08:50 PM	#89 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,482 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Good choices. Hope bluespot moves to a better location soon. I have to survive on pics of yours for now since I still can't find one. Guess I need to watch your slideshow again. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

02-17-2007, 09:54 PM	#90 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Antonio Texas (formerly Utah) Posts: 4,963 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank Been a while since I reported water parameters: Ammonia and Nitrites = 0 Nitrates = 5-10 Phosphate = .5 - 1 Salinity = 1.0245 Alk = 12.5 dKH Calc = 445 (have been supplementing Bionic Part 2 to match higher alk level) Magnesium = 1365 (supplement 2 X wk to keep at this level) Iodine = .03 - .06 (Lugols 1/2 dose 2 x wk to keep at this level) Strontium = 0-3 (Added supplement today, haven't retested yet.) PH = 8.0 (Salifert Test); 7.9 (PH Pen) (Doesn't go up after aerating, SW mix of IO and Oceanic is 7.9 according to the pen) Temp = 78-80 Still doing WC two times a week for now. Even though I did one Thursday, I did a partial change today to vacuum the sand, which I haven't done for a month. Hopefully doing that and adding the fuge will kick the rest of the nitrates out the door. Ok, time to ask a few questions that have been on my mind: Bleaching mushrooms- (Ricordias and fuzzies, doesn't seem to matter if they are placed either in the top or bottom half of tank.) I have been running 2 VHOs for 12 hours and the other 2 for 9 hours. Now I am running a total of 9 hours, with the timing staggered so that each light runs about 7 hours each. Suggestions? Thoughts? Anyone know if anything else would cause this (low iodine, mag, or strontium)? I have been supplementing I got my test kit a few weeks ago, but stopped my supplements previously since I was making so many water changes. I have several other mushrooms in the tank also that are fine, but each day I am seeing a few more problems. My PH also doesn't make any sense to me based on what I have read. My tank has always been at 8.0, with an alk around 17dKH because of the tap water I used to use. It's now lower (though still high), and the PH appears to be changing slightly. Since I am already at the low end, I'm nervous. Since Kalk or other buffers would raise the alk, I don't consider adding anything to fix it an option for now, do you? The IO has a higher PH than the Oceanic, but it also has a higher alk, which is why I am currently mixing them (so I can get my alk into the normal range). I get the higher calc in the Oceanic, and get better PH with the IO. Since the aerating didn't change the PH, I don't think it is CO2 even though the main tank is covered. The sump is wide open, and the CO2 monitor for the house reads 0. Ok, I emptied my brain. __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots -

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