Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. - Page 4

dobejazz · 11-04-2005, 09:28 AM

Any updates??

Gina · 11-06-2005, 07:47 AM

We lost the Toadstool and our Rics! We our having a cyano problem at the moment and are trying to correct the problem. We have done water changes and are trying to keep up with it but, when we both work so many long hours and we are working on Mark's house to get it ready to sale.

First we need to figure out where it's coming from. Our P04 is good, we only have three fish at the moment and I feed a small amount every other day. Our lights are new so, Mark is thinking that we may have some dead spots in the tank.

It's really frustrating for sure! We are going to see what we can do with our flow situation today and may hit the LFS for some critters to try and help.

Woodstock · 11-06-2005, 08:22 AM

Sorry about your toadstool and ric

Get some phosphate media. Polyfilters, rowaphos or phosban. I use polyfilters...they slip into the sump easily and turn dark when exhausted. They are expensive but they work great! Remember, the po4 test kit only reveals one form of phosphates (inorganic or organic.. i can't remember)

Good luck Gina & Mark!

Rougiem · 11-06-2005, 08:26 AM

Hey Gina! I know about cyano and have had a problem with it too lately. It is difficult to remove once it gets a hold due to it being bacteria. I used a turkey bastor for it on my rock work and it was growing all over my halimeda (Thanks again Woody for the ideas!). I got some of it off the halimeda but wound up just removing big chunks of it. I cut back on my feeding and made some water changes. My tank is doing much better. Stick with it or maybe I can come over with my turkey bastor and get it out for ya! You should see me with one of those things!

Keep us posted!

Cheers!

Gina · 11-06-2005, 08:41 AM

Thanks for the encouragement guys! Maybe we will also pick up one of the filters! We have Rowaphos and I think Mark is going to be setting up our reactor today? I'm not going to give up on it, that's for sure!

dobejazz · 11-06-2005, 11:25 AM

Thanks for the update Gina sorry it's not such a good one but I know you'll get it fixed.

cheeks69 · 11-06-2005, 12:41 PM

Gina is the Cyano confined to the substrate ? If so do you any Nassarius snails or Fighting Conchs ? What is your total turover rate ?

Sorry to hear of your losses I know that can be terribly frustrating

mps9506 · 11-06-2005, 12:48 PM

I've had really good luck with Cerith snails getting rid of cyano on the substrate. I don't know if they eat it, dislodge it or just get rid of the crap in the sand that feeds it, but cerith snails= no more cyano on the sand bed for my tanks at the store.

Scooterman · 11-06-2005, 01:26 PM

Wow that is some fast work there Gina, looking very nice, under the circumstances I think you did very well, sorry for the losses. Keep sucking the cyano, doing this will help remove whatever it is feeding on, eventually it should go away. Is there anyway to fix or reuse the bow tank?

Barcochris · 11-07-2005, 01:17 PM

Gina,

Sorry to ask you a stupid question but I have to ask any way I am have bought a used sump it looks like the one you guys made nice job by the way. I think that the one that I have is 40 gal but I trying to set it up right and I realy like yours. I was woundering what the flow was. It looks like the water comes to the first chamber but the Skimmer is in the second. But what is the PVC that goes from your skimimer back to the first chamber? I would like to amass as much info as possible to help me out. Thanks (tank looks great, nice job) I wish that I could help with the cyano but I do not even know what that is sorry

Gina · 11-11-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Barcochris

Gina,
I was woundering what the flow was. It looks like the water comes to the first chamber but the Skimmer is in the second. But what is the PVC that goes from your skimimer back to the first chamber? I would like to amass as much info as possible to help me out.

Flow in the picture below is from left to right. The overflow dumps in the first chamber. The water then flows throught the baffles (over, under and then back over) before entering the skimmer chamber. At this point there are very few micro bubbles in the main skimmer chamber and they tend to stay at the surface. The skimmer pull water from this chamber and then dumps the discharge back into the fisrt chamber on the far left. Since the skimmer discharges a lot of bubble, if I dumped the skimmer discharge back into the main skimmer chamber, I would probably still have bubbles entering the chamber with the overflow return pump and would end up with mirco bubbles in the main tank. From the skimmer chamber I have the water then flowing through another set of baffles. This time there are under, over, under and finally over. The sump then returns water back the main tank using a MAG 9 pump.

In the second picture I was trying to catch the amount of bubble in the first chamber and how many are removed by the time they make it past the first under baffle and how few actually make it to the main skimmer chamber.

Barcochris · 11-11-2005, 12:13 PM

Tahnk you so much. I kind of thought that is what it was but Not sure. Looks great. The closed loop I am not sure what that is. Do you just pull water from the tank and through a pump and back to the tank to keep water moving? and If you or any body knows what is the propper water movement for a tank?

Scooterman · 11-11-2005, 02:05 PM

Sump looks clean, also I see that huge pump behind it, nice!

forestal · 11-12-2005, 10:41 AM

tank setup is looking nice

Craig Manoukian · 11-12-2005, 11:17 AM

Gina is your thumb OK after building the platform?

Glad you tank passed the leak test on the fill up and the tank is progressing well!

11-04-2005, 09:28 AM	#46 (permalink)
dobejazz Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Any updates?? __________________ Kelli

11-06-2005, 07:47 AM	#47 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,824 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. We lost the Toadstool and our Rics! We our having a cyano problem at the moment and are trying to correct the problem. We have done water changes and are trying to keep up with it but, when we both work so many long hours and we are working on Mark's house to get it ready to sale. First we need to figure out where it's coming from. Our P04 is good, we only have three fish at the moment and I feed a small amount every other day. Our lights are new so, Mark is thinking that we may have some dead spots in the tank. It's really frustrating for sure! We are going to see what we can do with our flow situation today and may hit the LFS for some critters to try and help. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

11-06-2005, 08:22 AM	#48 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,007 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Sorry about your toadstool and ric Get some phosphate media. Polyfilters, rowaphos or phosban. I use polyfilters...they slip into the sump easily and turn dark when exhausted. They are expensive but they work great! Remember, the po4 test kit only reveals one form of phosphates (inorganic or organic.. i can't remember) Good luck Gina & Mark! __________________ ~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

11-06-2005, 08:26 AM	#49 (permalink)
Rougiem Ichthy Inquisitor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Biggest Little City In The World Posts: 2,898 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Hey Gina! I know about cyano and have had a problem with it too lately. It is difficult to remove once it gets a hold due to it being bacteria. I used a turkey bastor for it on my rock work and it was growing all over my halimeda (Thanks again Woody for the ideas!). I got some of it off the halimeda but wound up just removing big chunks of it. I cut back on my feeding and made some water changes. My tank is doing much better. Stick with it or maybe I can come over with my turkey bastor and get it out for ya! You should see me with one of those things! Keep us posted! Cheers! __________________ "Apes don't read philosophy." "Yes they do Otto, they just don't understand it." Intial School Tank Set Up and Progress

11-06-2005, 08:41 AM	#50 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,824 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Thanks for the encouragement guys! Maybe we will also pick up one of the filters! We have Rowaphos and I think Mark is going to be setting up our reactor today? I'm not going to give up on it, that's for sure! __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

11-06-2005, 11:25 AM	#51 (permalink)
dobejazz Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Thanks for the update Gina sorry it's not such a good one but I know you'll get it fixed. __________________ Kelli

11-06-2005, 12:41 PM	#52 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 6,650 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Gina is the Cyano confined to the substrate ? If so do you any Nassarius snails or Fighting Conchs ? What is your total turover rate ? Sorry to hear of your losses I know that can be terribly frustrating __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

11-06-2005, 12:48 PM	#53 (permalink)
mps9506 They misunderestimated me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,210 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. I've had really good luck with Cerith snails getting rid of cyano on the substrate. I don't know if they eat it, dislodge it or just get rid of the crap in the sand that feeds it, but cerith snails= no more cyano on the sand bed for my tanks at the store. __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

11-06-2005, 01:26 PM	#54 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Wow that is some fast work there Gina, looking very nice, under the circumstances I think you did very well, sorry for the losses. Keep sucking the cyano, doing this will help remove whatever it is feeding on, eventually it should go away. Is there anyway to fix or reuse the bow tank? __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

11-07-2005, 01:17 PM	#55 (permalink)
Barcochris Cabbage Leather Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 358 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Gina, Sorry to ask you a stupid question but I have to ask any way I am have bought a used sump it looks like the one you guys made nice job by the way. I think that the one that I have is 40 gal but I trying to set it up right and I realy like yours. I was woundering what the flow was. It looks like the water comes to the first chamber but the Skimmer is in the second. But what is the PVC that goes from your skimimer back to the first chamber? I would like to amass as much info as possible to help me out. Thanks (tank looks great, nice job) I wish that I could help with the cyano but I do not even know what that is sorry

11-11-2005, 12:13 PM	#57 (permalink)
Barcochris Cabbage Leather Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 358 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Tahnk you so much. I kind of thought that is what it was but Not sure. Looks great. The closed loop I am not sure what that is. Do you just pull water from the tank and through a pump and back to the tank to keep water moving? and If you or any body knows what is the propper water movement for a tank?

11-11-2005, 02:05 PM	#58 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Sump looks clean, also I see that huge pump behind it, nice! __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

11-12-2005, 10:41 AM	#59 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. tank setup is looking nice __________________ Peace, Dan

11-12-2005, 11:17 AM	#60 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,036 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Gina and Mark's New 75 Gallon. Gina is your thumb OK after building the platform? Glad you tank passed the leak test on the fill up and the tank is progressing well! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

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