Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade - Page 2

Anselth · 02-21-2008, 01:17 PM

As promised, pictures of the tank, including yesterday's additions:

Full Tank Shot:

Orange Zoas:

Gold Zoas:

Bicolor Blenny hiding out:

New Yellow Pagoda:

New Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)

Caulastrea, which is growing like a weed:

Green Pagoda:

New Yellow Montipora with purple polyps:

Caulastrea Frag and Hammer:

Blastos:

Parameters are looking good, and everyone seems pretty happy.

Anselth · 02-21-2008, 11:40 PM

Today's theme was apparently weird happenings with Urchins. Our Blue tuxedo Urchin has been running around with a Chaeto 'fro for a while now, apparently he likes the texture. Well, Our sea Hare (Who is a monster, easily 6 inches long) found the urchin during her travels today and gave him a trim:

What's this? Food?

After a trim

So, needing to find more camo, the Urchin picked up a snail. And yes, that is a small Zoa frag he's carrying around as well.

Anselth · 02-25-2008, 04:54 PM

Won a couple frags in the raffle at the NJMRC meeting at Billy's, a purple tip frogspawn, an orange Monti Cap, and Matt also gave me a Nepthea Frag. No pictures yet, but soon. Came home from the meeting to find our sea urchin toting around a feather duster (a big one, not one of the little dusters). Crazy Echinoderms...

Anselth · 02-27-2008, 02:08 PM

Here's a picture of the duster being toted by the sea urchin. We're afraid to remove the worm for fear of damaging the tube. You have to look carefully, they're back in the rock a little ways:

Lounging Blenny:

A couple of the new corals, the frogspawn is lower left, the new cap is along the left side. In the bottom right corner you can just see the tip of the Nepthea frag:

Full tank shot with the new additions:

Anselth · 03-03-2008, 10:06 AM

Alright, when it's bulb change time, I think I'm going to switch to a 14k spectrum bulb. Does anyone have any recommendations on a bulb to use?

shale · 03-10-2008, 09:32 AM

Well, status update on the tank. The firefish didn’t survive. Poor little guy. He was doing really well for a couple of weeks there. But then it seemed like all of a sudden I noticed that he had some damage to one of his fins, like someone had taken a bite out of him. I noticed that Thursday night, Friday morning he looked even worse, and he was gone by the time I got home from work Friday night. Poor Thor. The other fish are looking fat and happy and were really active all day yesterday.

All the new corals are doing well, at least. The frogspawn is giant and the Nepthea frag is looking fantastic. I think it’s starting to attach to the rock it was tied to. I had to move the monti cap closer to the light; one edge was shaded by a ledge of rock and was starting to look a little strange. It seems to be recovering now that it’s fully out in the open.
The feather duster worm is still attached to the sea urchin’s head, but I’m no longer sure it’s alive. I haven’t seen it extend his crown since Friday.

Scheduled to do a water change for this evening and I’m setting up a new (larger) reservoir for the auto top-off. Business as usual in Tankland!

althea2you · 03-10-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Anselth

Alright, when it's bulb change time, I think I'm going to switch to a 14k spectrum bulb. Does anyone have any recommendations on a bulb to use?

ive heard hamilton 14K is good.. as well as the Geismann 13K

althea2you · 03-10-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shale

Well, status update on the tank. The firefish didn’t survive. Poor little guy. He was doing really well for a couple of weeks there. But then it seemed like all of a sudden I noticed that he had some damage to one of his fins, like someone had taken a bite out of him. I noticed that Thursday night, Friday morning he looked even worse, and he was gone by the time I got home from work Friday night. Poor Thor. The other fish are looking fat and happy and were really active all day yesterday.

All the new corals are doing well, at least. The frogspawn is giant and the Nepthea frag is looking fantastic. I think it’s starting to attach to the rock it was tied to. I had to move the monti cap closer to the light; one edge was shaded by a ledge of rock and was starting to look a little strange. It seems to be recovering now that it’s fully out in the open.
The feather duster worm is still attached to the sea urchin’s head, but I’m no longer sure it’s alive. I haven’t seen it extend his crown since Friday.

Scheduled to do a water change for this evening and I’m setting up a new (larger) reservoir for the auto top-off. Business as usual in Tankland!

aww! poor thor! sorry for your fishy loss!

wait a min... who wrote this? is this Anselth under a diff name? hmmm.. had me scrathching my head! :P

BarbMazz · 03-10-2008, 05:13 PM

Sorry for your loss... poor Thor!

Your tank is looking very, very nice! How deep is your sand bed? I really like that monti cap!

Dentoid · 03-10-2008, 05:19 PM

Thor will be missed!

DeepFreeze · 03-10-2008, 08:41 PM

Congrats on your upgrade. I am buying the same tank from a local guy who is upgrading and I have a couple of questions for you. What pump are you using for your return, and do you have any other flow? The setup I am getting comes with a megaflow model 2 sump, 175w MH retro kit installed in custom canopy. The return pump is a Little Giant 5MDSC which is rated at 1050gph for zero head and 900gph for 6' of head. I am planning to install a valve to reduce the flow so I don't outrun the returns and flood the tank.

Anselth · 03-10-2008, 08:52 PM

It was definitely weird, I think we have a hitchhiker we didn't identify before.

Althea, Shale's my friend Sarah, who's taking care of the tanks while I'm deployed.

I'm currently using a mag7 for the return. I'm thinking about switching it out for a mag 5 when I get home, see if that helps with my microbubble issue. I also have two Korallia 1s to add flow in the tank, on wavetimer from the Aquacontroller.

althea2you · 03-10-2008, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anselth

It was definitely weird, I think we have a hitchhiker we didn't identify before.

Althea, Shale's my friend Sarah, who's taking care of the tanks while I'm deployed.

I'm currently using a mag7 for the return. I'm thinking about switching it out for a mag 5 when I get home, see if that helps with my microbubble issue. I also have two Korallia 1s to add flow in the tank, on wavetimer from the Aquacontroller.

OH!!! i see!!! lol.. i was like.. wait.. what?!!! haha! so sorry about the firefish! poor guy! oh and GOOD name!!! thats my name too!

Dentoid · 03-10-2008, 09:05 PM

Adam, could the microbubbles be coming from your skimmer or a bad plumbing junction?

Anselth · 03-10-2008, 09:12 PM

Scott, i think it's a combination of the two - skimmer and sump flow.

02-21-2008, 01:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade As promised, pictures of the tank, including yesterday's additions: Full Tank Shot: Orange Zoas: Gold Zoas: Bicolor Blenny hiding out: New Yellow Pagoda: New Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica) Caulastrea, which is growing like a weed: Green Pagoda: New Yellow Montipora with purple polyps: Caulastrea Frag and Hammer: Blastos: Parameters are looking good, and everyone seems pretty happy. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

02-21-2008, 11:40 PM	#17 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Today's theme was apparently weird happenings with Urchins. Our Blue tuxedo Urchin has been running around with a Chaeto 'fro for a while now, apparently he likes the texture. Well, Our sea Hare (Who is a monster, easily 6 inches long) found the urchin during her travels today and gave him a trim: What's this? Food? After a trim So, needing to find more camo, the Urchin picked up a snail. And yes, that is a small Zoa frag he's carrying around as well. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

02-25-2008, 04:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Won a couple frags in the raffle at the NJMRC meeting at Billy's, a purple tip frogspawn, an orange Monti Cap, and Matt also gave me a Nepthea Frag. No pictures yet, but soon. Came home from the meeting to find our sea urchin toting around a feather duster (a big one, not one of the little dusters). Crazy Echinoderms... __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

02-27-2008, 02:08 PM	#19 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Here's a picture of the duster being toted by the sea urchin. We're afraid to remove the worm for fear of damaging the tube. You have to look carefully, they're back in the rock a little ways: Lounging Blenny: A couple of the new corals, the frogspawn is lower left, the new cap is along the left side. In the bottom right corner you can just see the tip of the Nepthea frag: Full tank shot with the new additions: __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

03-03-2008, 10:06 AM	#20 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Alright, when it's bulb change time, I think I'm going to switch to a 14k spectrum bulb. Does anyone have any recommendations on a bulb to use? __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

03-10-2008, 09:32 AM	#21 (permalink)
shale Tubeworm Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glenside, PA/Edgewater Park, NJ Posts: 38 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Well, status update on the tank. The firefish didn’t survive. Poor little guy. He was doing really well for a couple of weeks there. But then it seemed like all of a sudden I noticed that he had some damage to one of his fins, like someone had taken a bite out of him. I noticed that Thursday night, Friday morning he looked even worse, and he was gone by the time I got home from work Friday night. Poor Thor. The other fish are looking fat and happy and were really active all day yesterday. All the new corals are doing well, at least. The frogspawn is giant and the Nepthea frag is looking fantastic. I think it’s starting to attach to the rock it was tied to. I had to move the monti cap closer to the light; one edge was shaded by a ledge of rock and was starting to look a little strange. It seems to be recovering now that it’s fully out in the open. The feather duster worm is still attached to the sea urchin’s head, but I’m no longer sure it’s alive. I haven’t seen it extend his crown since Friday. Scheduled to do a water change for this evening and I’m setting up a new (larger) reservoir for the auto top-off. Business as usual in Tankland!

03-10-2008, 05:13 PM	#24 (permalink)
BarbMazz Keeper of The List Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2,406 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Sorry for your loss... poor Thor! Your tank is looking very, very nice! How deep is your sand bed? I really like that monti cap! __________________ ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~ "when we were created, the world already had a Reef Central. what it lacked was a Reef Sanctuary" ~travis~ Sorry Bunny. I just couldn't do it any longer.

03-10-2008, 05:19 PM	#25 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,594 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Thor will be missed! __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

03-10-2008, 08:41 PM	#26 (permalink)
DeepFreeze Tunicate Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 16 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Congrats on your upgrade. I am buying the same tank from a local guy who is upgrading and I have a couple of questions for you. What pump are you using for your return, and do you have any other flow? The setup I am getting comes with a megaflow model 2 sump, 175w MH retro kit installed in custom canopy. The return pump is a Little Giant 5MDSC which is rated at 1050gph for zero head and 900gph for 6' of head. I am planning to install a valve to reduce the flow so I don't outrun the returns and flood the tank.

03-10-2008, 08:52 PM	#27 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade It was definitely weird, I think we have a hitchhiker we didn't identify before. Althea, Shale's my friend Sarah, who's taking care of the tanks while I'm deployed. I'm currently using a mag7 for the return. I'm thinking about switching it out for a mag 5 when I get home, see if that helps with my microbubble issue. I also have two Korallia 1s to add flow in the tank, on wavetimer from the Aquacontroller. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

03-10-2008, 09:05 PM	#29 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,594 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Adam, could the microbubbles be coming from your skimmer or a bad plumbing junction? __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

03-10-2008, 09:12 PM	#30 (permalink)
Anselth Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 759 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Scott, i think it's a combination of the two - skimmer and sump flow. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

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