"Chronicle Marina del Filón de los Carlos"

[CAVINCA]

im not to worried about it now... i was afraid i couldnt do SG readings on it while it was murky and i have LR coming thu. other than that its just hurry up and wait. ive got an ACjr coming that i can play with in a few minutes..

[CAVINCA]

well i got my acjr and this is the program im running... hopefully my fan can handle the temp... any suggestions?

well i just got my acjr and heres the program im gonna try... any recommendations are welcome... im running a 145cfm fan to cool so no chiller...

moonlights on at 830am
MH on at 1030am
moonlights off at 1045am
moonlights on at 615pm
MH off at 630pm
moonlights off at 830pm

heat on at 77.8
heat off at 78.5
fan on at 79.8
fan off at 78.5

MH off at 81
MH on at 78.5

[CAVINCA]

how does my temp range look?
after the program cooled the tank it stuck around 77.8 to 78.5 lastnight
should i run warmer? cooler? or am i just about right?
of course it will probably change after running MH for 8 hours. hopefully my failsafe will kick in and the 15 minutes it gives the tank will be enough to cool it down.

[goldenmean]

Temp range looks good.
I dont think you will want to run the MH for 8 hours to start with especially while you are cycling LR. That long of a photo period will probably give you big algae problems. I think I would start at 4 hours and every 3 - 4 weeks add another half hour to the photo period.

Do you have a heater or are you relying on the MH lights to heat the tank?
I wouldn't want the lights to be flashing on and off througout the day and night in order to control temperature

[CAVINCA]

I have a heater. theres no live rock in there yet. im checking for heat issues today with my MH on 8 hours. i will change it down to 4 hours like you recommended. thank you for your input, i dont want an alge problem before i even start....

[framerguy]

Personally, I like the fans to be on while the lights are on. Point the fans towards the water surface and it accomplishes two things;Cooling the surface temp and causing surface turbulence for gas exchange. I have mine set up that way with my Aqua jr (the fan is plugged into the lighting powerstrip) and the temp is set for heaters on at 77.0 and off at 77.5. It stays right in there. I have three heaters though;one in the overflow, one in the fuge and one in the sump. It's a 120 gallon total sys volume.

Your temp looks fine. One safety feature you may want to program in is "lights off if temp = ??(insert temp here..81? maybe)

[CAVINCA]

Thanks Framer guy... I Already have that programmed

[framerguy]

I Already have that programmed

Brilliant!!

[althea2you]

just wanted to stop by and say.. im following you along on this!!! cant wait to see the progress!

[CAVINCA]

Well i got rock coming this afternoon. so there will be updates soon.

[CAVINCA]

1-24-08
My rock came in today... YAY heres some pics.. Its Tunga Fusion rock from Pacific East Aquaculture. It had some nice colors on. Coraline alge all over. i can see some corals on it but i cant tell what they are. theres also a couple sponges on it. they looked ok so i left them on the rock. heres some pics.

heres the great packing job they did.








they sent me one large show piece and a bunch of medium pieces.




there wasnt much rubble in the box. most looks like it fell of the good rock.


and heres my Aquascape... Ill try and get better pics later after the tank has cleared up.







25# ordered
28# shipped
thats without materials
total price 153.00

overall experience was awesome. will do business again with them.


Thanks for following my Progress. Leave Comments.

[panmanmatt]

Looks great. can't wait to see it cleared up.

[goldenmean]

Yeah!! Live rock!
very exciting

[CAVINCA]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Yeah!! Live rock!
very exciting

yeah it is.

[tbittner]

Very nice looking rock. It really had nice color on it. Nice job aquascaping too!