Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade - Page 6

Anselth · 05-15-2008, 02:31 PM

So this morning I did my water change, and finally got the phosban reactor/uv sterilizer up and running. Hopefully this will help with the outbreak of brown hair algae that we've got. I think between the phosban and the sea hare, it'll be gone in relatively short order. Now I just need to run my parameters.

lcstorc · 05-15-2008, 03:39 PM

Welcome back. Glad to know you are safe and sound.
Shale was a wonderful tank sitter while you were gone.

Anselth · 05-15-2008, 03:43 PM

Yes she was Lynn. I was lucky to have someone taking care of the tank that loves it as much as I do.

Anselth · 05-15-2008, 11:33 PM

Parameters from tonight:

Ammonia: 0.0
Nitrate: <5.0
Phosphate: 0
pH: 8.05
Calcium: 380
Alkalinity: 4.9 dKH
Magnesium: 1140
Temp: 79.7-80.3

I need to raise the Calcium, alk, and magnesium. Does anyone know of a good two part? I'd use RHF's improved two-part solution, but I don't really have the time to make my own right now.

Caught a gorilla crab hanging out in my caulastrea tonight. I pulled the caulastrea out to force the crab out of the branches, and while I was looking for it, the bit of skeleton I was holding broke off in my hand, and I watched in horror as the poor coral fell and broke into several small pieces. I got the crab, but now I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 frags of what was once a 20+ head colony. I was meaning to frag it, but not quite that much...-sighs- On the bright side, it looks like all of the individual polyps survived, it'll just take a while to grow it back to what it was before.

Dentoid · 05-16-2008, 04:27 PM

Sorry to hear that Adam!

I have been using the Two Little Fishes C-Balance for supplementing Ca and Alk. Soon I will switching over to the Balling Method. I have everything but the dosing pump and I have it ordered. It's on a slow boat from Holland.

Anselth · 05-17-2008, 10:08 PM

So if it isn't one thing, it's another. Came back from our meeting today (with my new green shroom, pictures tomorrow, today was too stressful) to find my return spewing air bubbles into the display. It seems there was a leak at the output of the UV sterilizer, which led to the ATo being unable to keep up, and the sump level dropped far enough that air was infiltrating the return. I had to shut the system down and add enough new salt water to fill the sump back to its correct level. Unfortunately now the SG is at 1.023, so I have to do another water change to raise the salinity back to 1.025.

Dentoid · 05-17-2008, 10:13 PM

Anselth · 05-17-2008, 10:15 PM

I know, right Scott? But at least I caught it and have fixed the problem. I'm thinking I'm just going to remove the UV from the system, its just a lot of hassle I don't think is necessary.

Dentoid · 05-17-2008, 10:20 PM

I hear ya! I purchased a UV unit about 9 months ago and it is still sitting in the box!

Anselth · 05-17-2008, 10:45 PM

besides, I can replace it with a phosban reactor for carbon. Not enough space otherwise.

Woodstock · 05-17-2008, 10:49 PM

Bummer Adam. Its a good thing you caught the leak before the pump ran dry!
I just removed the UV from my reef too because of space issues

BarbMazz · 05-17-2008, 11:02 PM

HI ADAM!!

So glad you're home and safe; AND dealing with your tank problems! j/k on that, but it looks as though you've had the opportunity to dive right in!

Even though these are hassles, aren't you glad to be there!

You know what is needed don't you?

PICTURES!

kathywithbirds · 05-17-2008, 11:05 PM

you know these reports are what are keeping me from going high tech.... I got me a couple powerheads, a return pump and a skimmer. Glad you caught it though!

So how was the meeting? I'll get to another one one day.

Anselth · 05-19-2008, 11:59 AM

Doni, you're not kidding. I'm taking extra precautions now with any plumbing that runs outside of the tank or sump.

Barb, thanks. It's good to be back, and although the tank hassles are a pain, it's very relaxing. I've been spending a lot of time the past few days on the 110 though.

Kathy, The meeting was nice, not crowded, more relaxed than the last one I was at. Talked a bit about MACNA and the frag swap, PM me if you want more information about either. High tech isn't bad, you just have to make sure you check it out and always have a backup plan.

On an unrelated note, I'm finally able to give my review of the Octopus skimmer. I love it. It's pulling a ton of gunk out of the tank on a regular basis. I don't think you can beat it for the cost.

And yes, I know, pictures. Soon, I promise.

Anselth · 05-19-2008, 02:36 PM

Pictures!

My purple Ric. It's gotten huge, and looks like it's going to split again (theres another mouth in the back)

This is the Nepthea Frag Panmanmatt gave me at the last NJMRC meeting. I recently moved it up higher, and it really seems to like it up there.

All of my zoos are growing incredibly. Each of these colonies was a 5-10 polyp frag about a year ago.

New Xenia

I've done a little bit of rescaping, and clustered a number of small zoo colonies together.

This is my second Caulastrea colony. It's been growing well, but I can't find a place where it'll stay.

The mushroom I won on Saturday

FTS. Note the cluster of Caulastrea frags in the lower left. If anyone local would like one, please let me know.

The snails are doing a good job on that brown stuff, although I have to relocate them from time to time to make sure they're munching on it.

05-15-2008, 02:31 PM	#76 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade So this morning I did my water change, and finally got the phosban reactor/uv sterilizer up and running. Hopefully this will help with the outbreak of brown hair algae that we've got. I think between the phosban and the sea hare, it'll be gone in relatively short order. Now I just need to run my parameters. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-15-2008, 03:39 PM	#77 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,892 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Welcome back. Glad to know you are safe and sound. Shale was a wonderful tank sitter while you were gone. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

05-15-2008, 03:43 PM	#78 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Yes she was Lynn. I was lucky to have someone taking care of the tank that loves it as much as I do. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-15-2008, 11:33 PM	#79 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Parameters from tonight: Ammonia: 0.0 Nitrate: <5.0 Phosphate: 0 pH: 8.05 Calcium: 380 Alkalinity: 4.9 dKH Magnesium: 1140 Temp: 79.7-80.3 I need to raise the Calcium, alk, and magnesium. Does anyone know of a good two part? I'd use RHF's improved two-part solution, but I don't really have the time to make my own right now. Caught a gorilla crab hanging out in my caulastrea tonight. I pulled the caulastrea out to force the crab out of the branches, and while I was looking for it, the bit of skeleton I was holding broke off in my hand, and I watched in horror as the poor coral fell and broke into several small pieces. I got the crab, but now I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 frags of what was once a 20+ head colony. I was meaning to frag it, but not quite that much...-sighs- On the bright side, it looks like all of the individual polyps survived, it'll just take a while to grow it back to what it was before. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-16-2008, 04:27 PM	#80 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,240 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Sorry to hear that Adam! I have been using the Two Little Fishes C-Balance for supplementing Ca and Alk. Soon I will switching over to the Balling Method. I have everything but the dosing pump and I have it ordered. It's on a slow boat from Holland. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

05-17-2008, 10:08 PM	#81 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade So if it isn't one thing, it's another. Came back from our meeting today (with my new green shroom, pictures tomorrow, today was too stressful) to find my return spewing air bubbles into the display. It seems there was a leak at the output of the UV sterilizer, which led to the ATo being unable to keep up, and the sump level dropped far enough that air was infiltrating the return. I had to shut the system down and add enough new salt water to fill the sump back to its correct level. Unfortunately now the SG is at 1.023, so I have to do another water change to raise the salinity back to 1.025. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-17-2008, 10:13 PM	#82 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,240 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

05-17-2008, 10:15 PM	#83 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade I know, right Scott? But at least I caught it and have fixed the problem. I'm thinking I'm just going to remove the UV from the system, its just a lot of hassle I don't think is necessary. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-17-2008, 10:20 PM	#84 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,240 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade I hear ya! I purchased a UV unit about 9 months ago and it is still sitting in the box! __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

05-17-2008, 10:45 PM	#85 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade besides, I can replace it with a phosban reactor for carbon. Not enough space otherwise. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-17-2008, 10:49 PM	#86 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,007 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Bummer Adam. Its a good thing you caught the leak before the pump ran dry! I just removed the UV from my reef too because of space issues __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My QT/Hospital Tank* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

05-17-2008, 11:02 PM	#87 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 3,206 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade HI ADAM!! So glad you're home and safe; AND dealing with your tank problems! j/k on that, but it looks as though you've had the opportunity to dive right in! Even though these are hassles, aren't you glad to be there! You know what is needed don't you? *PICTURES!* __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

05-17-2008, 11:05 PM	#88 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,714 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade you know these reports are what are keeping me from going high tech.... I got me a couple powerheads, a return pump and a skimmer. Glad you caught it though! So how was the meeting? I'll get to another one one day. __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

05-19-2008, 11:59 AM	#89 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Doni, you're not kidding. I'm taking extra precautions now with any plumbing that runs outside of the tank or sump. Barb, thanks. It's good to be back, and although the tank hassles are a pain, it's very relaxing. I've been spending a lot of time the past few days on the 110 though. Kathy, The meeting was nice, not crowded, more relaxed than the last one I was at. Talked a bit about MACNA and the frag swap, PM me if you want more information about either. High tech isn't bad, you just have to make sure you check it out and always have a backup plan. On an unrelated note, I'm finally able to give my review of the Octopus skimmer. I love it. It's pulling a ton of gunk out of the tank on a regular basis. I don't think you can beat it for the cost. And yes, I know, pictures. Soon, I promise. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

05-19-2008, 02:36 PM	#90 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Pictures! My purple Ric. It's gotten huge, and looks like it's going to split again (theres another mouth in the back) This is the Nepthea Frag Panmanmatt gave me at the last NJMRC meeting. I recently moved it up higher, and it really seems to like it up there. All of my zoos are growing incredibly. Each of these colonies was a 5-10 polyp frag about a year ago. New Xenia I've done a little bit of rescaping, and clustered a number of small zoo colonies together. This is my second Caulastrea colony. It's been growing well, but I can't find a place where it'll stay. The mushroom I won on Saturday FTS. Note the cluster of Caulastrea frags in the lower left. If anyone local would like one, please let me know. The snails are doing a good job on that brown stuff, although I have to relocate them from time to time to make sure they're munching on it. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

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