Althea's 90 Gallon..... - Page 44

althea2you · 06-14-2008, 09:41 AM

thanks Adam!!! thanks for stopping by

bluespotjawfish · 06-15-2008, 03:59 PM

Lovely colony of trumphets!

althea2you · 06-15-2008, 09:02 PM

thanks Lorraine!!! i split it up today so now i have trumpets spread out amongst the tank......changed the scaping (just a wee bit) because it was not coral placement friendly.. :P.. looked cool, but wasnt real great. anywho... thanks for stopping by!

althea2you · 06-17-2008, 12:20 AM

hello hello everyone... i will give a little update, then i need to go reply to some of the threads i have been lurking on!

well we had a power outage about a week ago or so, and i was without power from 10:30 in the morning till 8 at night.. i was so worried about the tanks.. but everything was JUST fine.. no problems what so ever.. PHEW! so my sweet sweet husband went and got me a a huge power supply.... the whole tank is on it and tons of wattage to spare... and if the power goes out again, it will run the tank for 3 hours... so that is a nice relief to have... that last outage was the longest we have ever had at this house.....wierd weather this early spring.. !

well all my critters are doing well, i had 3 ricordia (the ones from the nano that i was trying to revive) have detached and disappeared.. one i just found on a rock ledge and the other two i have no clue!!! ??? mysterious! :P my rocks are starting to get some beautiful color on them! well.. the side that is lit anyway! :P my new ballast is on its way...darn it!! i dont recall them saying they were sending me a new bulb....grrr.. now i will hve to call them again. ok, anyways... i think i have a TON of flow in my tank and really no place that givets any reprive from it... and my xenia doesnt seem to like that very much...(oh and if i havnt mentioned it.. it is NOT blue xenia as was labled! didnt think so but thought it was still a very pretty species of xenia) i broke the colony of trumets up and spread them around the tank.. there are about 10-11 great branches with about a range of 4-10 heads on each... so they are doing well and look very nice! i will take pics tomorrow of everything.

i have noticed my tankes stages and it is sooo cool to watch... i watched the diatom stage come and go and then i got this strong yellow green dusting in the tank that covered the glass, and that lasted about 4-7 days.. but it collected so quick that i was cleaning the glass about 2 times a day!! i was like.. wth?!! but then the tank regulated itself and i only have to clean the glass about once a week. then i saw this wierdness on my sand and lower portion of the rocks...it looked like spiderwebs(green) on my sand very strange looking... that was a day before my water change that i noticed that.. i vacuumed the toip portion of the sand a little and i havnt seen it again... it was very light... strange!! i can see the bacteria developing in my sand in the lower depths of it.. that too is cool.. not pretty, but still cool... and that it so far!! i have started to see life come about o my rocks! i am glad, because the amount of time that they sat in those buckts was a long time.. the only thing i did was keep the water at 78 and have a powrerhead in the buckets.. i didnt skim anything at all so i didnt cure them properly and they lost alot of the beaurtiful color they had when i got them. but im starting to see it emerge again! yippee!!

wow, ok, that got lengthy!!! i'll stop now....oh! the RO unit... dont have it hooked up yet! need to get something else... i am thinking i will go with a self peircing thingy.. i am going to post a picture of my piping tomorrow and get some input on wether i can do that with the pipes i have... ok... thats it... thank for reading!! i know.,. what a snore!

BigAl07 · 06-17-2008, 12:24 AM

Glad the power outtage was "Uneventful".

On your power supply.... you want to ONLY plug in Life Support items. On mine I have the return pump and that's it. This way you can go longer without power. The heater can be plugged in later if needed but they SUCK the juice. Also you don't want any lights or excessive pumps that are not "Mission Critical"

thanks for the update. Glad to hear all the good news

tbittner · 06-17-2008, 12:29 AM

Power outages suck. Ours was out this evening from 3 pm until midnight. We have a generator though so I kept everything for the tanks running, including the lights. It's great to hear that everything came through for you! Have you tried looking for the rics with just the blue moonlights on? When mine split and drop babies, that's how I find them, they glow BIG time. Next evening I'll pick them up and sit them in a hole in a rock and they seem to attach there and grow out of the hole.

Craig Manoukian · 06-17-2008, 12:29 AM

The tank maturation process usually follows a pattern of brown diatoms, green algae, and cyanobacteria. You are right on schedule and time and patients is the key! Congrats on your tank journey!

framerguy · 06-17-2008, 09:18 AM

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....self pircing thingy? and showing your piping?...people may get the wrong idea about us reefers after reading your chronicle!

Nice update! You are fun to read..fo sho!

althea2you · 06-17-2008, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by framerguy

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....self pircing thingy? and showing your piping?...people may get the wrong idea about us reefers after reading your chronicle!

Nice update! You are fun to read..fo sho!

HAHAHA!!! yeah i had the same thoughts when i typed it up! LOL... couldnt be helped! BAWDY i tell ya! just BAWDY!

thanks you all for checking in...i did not get pics today.. :P.. just didnt feel like it.. really didnt feel like doing ANYTHING at all actually!

anyways! ttyl!

tbittner · 06-17-2008, 10:25 PM

How ya doin, Sarah? You should be grinning from ear to ear what with the way the Cubs are playing.

althea2you · 06-17-2008, 10:45 PM

hey terry, yeah they are unbelievable... its great! but you know whats even better? no matter if the Cubs are good or Bad, they are fun to watch! so its just all that much better when they are kickin butt!

Husband just got back from Toronto... they went up there for Cubs games and a bachelor party! they were at friday and saturdays games up there...

althea2you · 06-18-2008, 11:19 AM

well here are some pictures from the 90.... the leather is droopy.. i think its because his side of the tank doesnt have a MH... and it always seems to be reaching for the side that does... we will see how he looks when i get the new ballast and bulb. ok, here are some pics..

FTS as of this morning

trumpets with feeder tentacles out..

My Xenia.. so pretty! didnt think i would be a xenia fan! huh.. but i do like this one! a lot!

here is a close up of the leathers fingers and polyps!

here is the birdsnest...these pics are all taken with just the T-5's on... MH's have not come on yet

my Blue ricordia, doing very well!!

and my pink ricordia starting to get healthy i think.. i feel it has gained a lot of its color that it lost in my nano....so hopefully its getting better....

ok, thats it for now.... i am going to go get a shot of my piping! :wink wink: and you all can let me know about the self piercing thingy! LMAO... cause i need to get this hooked up...i am SO sick of the trips to the fish store....

take care...

vdituri · 06-18-2008, 11:33 AM

With a picture like that I can see why you like xenia.
Muy excellente!

althea2you · 06-18-2008, 11:54 AM

Muchas Gracias Victor!

framerguy · 06-18-2008, 12:58 PM

The self piercing thingy is called a "saddle valve" so you'll know what to ask for when you go to the store and ask for one. They are easy to install and you do need one.
I'm sure your piping is absolutely gorgeous, so let's see it. :wink wink back atcha:

sick of the fish store??!! WTH!

06-14-2008, 09:41 AM	#646 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... thanks Adam!!! thanks for stopping by __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

06-15-2008, 03:59 PM	#647 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 4,296 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... Lovely colony of trumphets! __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots - Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow

06-15-2008, 09:02 PM	#648 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... thanks Lorraine!!! i split it up today so now i have trumpets spread out amongst the tank......changed the scaping (just a wee bit) because it was not coral placement friendly.. :P.. looked cool, but wasnt real great. anywho... thanks for stopping by! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

06-17-2008, 12:20 AM	#649 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... hello hello everyone... i will give a little update, then i need to go reply to some of the threads i have been lurking on! well we had a power outage about a week ago or so, and i was without power from 10:30 in the morning till 8 at night.. i was so worried about the tanks.. but everything was JUST fine.. no problems what so ever.. PHEW! so my sweet sweet husband went and got me a a huge power supply.... the whole tank is on it and tons of wattage to spare... and if the power goes out again, it will run the tank for 3 hours... so that is a nice relief to have... that last outage was the longest we have ever had at this house.....wierd weather this early spring.. ! well all my critters are doing well, i had 3 ricordia (the ones from the nano that i was trying to revive) have detached and disappeared.. one i just found on a rock ledge and the other two i have no clue!!! ??? mysterious! :P my rocks are starting to get some beautiful color on them! well.. the side that is lit anyway! :P my new ballast is on its way...darn it!! i dont recall them saying they were sending me a new bulb....grrr.. now i will hve to call them again. ok, anyways... i think i have a TON of flow in my tank and really no place that givets any reprive from it... and my xenia doesnt seem to like that very much...(oh and if i havnt mentioned it.. it is NOT blue xenia as was labled! didnt think so but thought it was still a very pretty species of xenia) i broke the colony of trumets up and spread them around the tank.. there are about 10-11 great branches with about a range of 4-10 heads on each... so they are doing well and look very nice! i will take pics tomorrow of everything. i have noticed my tankes stages and it is sooo cool to watch... i watched the diatom stage come and go and then i got this strong yellow green dusting in the tank that covered the glass, and that lasted about 4-7 days.. but it collected so quick that i was cleaning the glass about 2 times a day!! i was like.. wth?!! but then the tank regulated itself and i only have to clean the glass about once a week. then i saw this wierdness on my sand and lower portion of the rocks...it looked like spiderwebs(green) on my sand very strange looking... that was a day before my water change that i noticed that.. i vacuumed the toip portion of the sand a little and i havnt seen it again... it was very light... strange!! i can see the bacteria developing in my sand in the lower depths of it.. that too is cool.. not pretty, but still cool... and that it so far!! i have started to see life come about o my rocks! i am glad, because the amount of time that they sat in those buckts was a long time.. the only thing i did was keep the water at 78 and have a powrerhead in the buckets.. i didnt skim anything at all so i didnt cure them properly and they lost alot of the beaurtiful color they had when i got them. but im starting to see it emerge again! yippee!! wow, ok, that got lengthy!!! i'll stop now....oh! the RO unit... dont have it hooked up yet! need to get something else... i am thinking i will go with a self peircing thingy.. i am going to post a picture of my piping tomorrow and get some input on wether i can do that with the pipes i have... ok... thats it... thank for reading!! i know.,. what a snore! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

06-17-2008, 12:24 AM	#650 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 12,821 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... Glad the power outtage was "Uneventful". On your power supply.... you want to ONLY plug in Life Support items. On mine I have the return pump and that's it. This way you can go longer without power. The heater can be plugged in later if needed but they SUCK the juice. Also you don't want any lights or excessive pumps that are not "Mission Critical" thanks for the update. Glad to hear all the good news __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...(-NO3=WC%) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Now in STORAGE and Dry-Docked BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

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tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... Power outages suck. Ours was out this evening from 3 pm until midnight. We have a generator though so I kept everything for the tanks running, including the lights. It's great to hear that everything came through for you! Have you tried looking for the rics with just the blue moonlights on? When mine split and drop babies, that's how I find them, they glow BIG time. Next evening I'll pick them up and sit them in a hole in a rock and they seem to attach there and grow out of the hole. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

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Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... The tank maturation process usually follows a pattern of brown diatoms, green algae, and cyanobacteria. You are right on schedule and time and patients is the key! Congrats on your tank journey! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS. Last edited by Craig Manoukian : 06-17-2008 at 07:51 PM. Reason: Can't type/spell

06-17-2008, 09:18 AM	#653 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,660 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....self pircing thingy? and showing your piping?...people may get the wrong idea about us reefers after reading your chronicle! Nice update! You are fun to read..fo sho! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 375gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum

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tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... How ya doin, Sarah? You should be grinning from ear to ear what with the way the Cubs are playing. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

06-17-2008, 10:45 PM	#656 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... hey terry, yeah they are unbelievable... its great! but you know whats even better? no matter if the Cubs are good or Bad, they are fun to watch! so its just all that much better when they are kickin butt! Husband just got back from Toronto... they went up there for Cubs games and a bachelor party! they were at friday and saturdays games up there... __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

06-18-2008, 11:19 AM	#657 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... well here are some pictures from the 90.... the leather is droopy.. i think its because his side of the tank doesnt have a MH... and it always seems to be reaching for the side that does... we will see how he looks when i get the new ballast and bulb. ok, here are some pics.. FTS as of this morning trumpets with feeder tentacles out.. My Xenia.. so pretty! didnt think i would be a xenia fan! huh.. but i do like this one! a lot! here is a close up of the leathers fingers and polyps! here is the birdsnest...these pics are all taken with just the T-5's on... MH's have not come on yet my Blue ricordia, doing very well!! and my pink ricordia starting to get healthy i think.. i feel it has gained a lot of its color that it lost in my nano....so hopefully its getting better.... ok, thats it for now.... i am going to go get a shot of my piping! :wink wink: and you all can let me know about the self piercing thingy! LMAO... cause i need to get this hooked up...i am SO sick of the trips to the fish store.... take care... __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

06-18-2008, 11:33 AM	#658 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,772 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... With a picture like that I can see why you like xenia. Muy excellente! __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

06-18-2008, 11:54 AM	#659 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... Muchas Gracias Victor! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

06-18-2008, 12:58 PM	#660 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,660 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Althea's 90 Gallon..... The self piercing thingy is called a "saddle valve" so you'll know what to ask for when you go to the store and ask for one. They are easy to install and you do need one. I'm sure your piping is absolutely gorgeous, so let's see it. :wink wink back atcha: sick of the fish store??!! WTH! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 375gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 100g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum

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