Lynn's 90 gallons of Sunshine - Page 2

Anselth · 08-09-2007, 06:36 AM

Good luck Lynn! Glad you like your new tank. As for keeping the tank cycled, why not just replace the shrimp every week or so? that way there's always something easy to remove produceing nutrients.

blue_eyes53813 · 08-09-2007, 06:38 AM

Congrats Lynn. Cant waite to see pictures. What will you do with the seahorse tank next to your old set up? Also to keep the tank cycled you could add bottled bacteria every week or so.

sasquatch · 08-09-2007, 06:54 AM

Damsels in a cage? lol its a good question, what do you do while waiting, this must happen when starting up a tank and having stock in quarantine, how long will the bacteria live without ammonia?

Triggerjay · 08-09-2007, 07:04 AM

LOL! I was in a LFS once, and they had an octopus in an acrylic critter keeper inside an aquarium with LR piled on top to keep him in.... Sorry to get off topic, but that post reminded me of that! lol..

Jason

Anselth · 08-09-2007, 07:29 AM

Bacteria die-off should sustain a colony, they'll die, feeding a new colony growth, when food supply is exceeded, they'll die in a repetetive process.

Techno-Vicki · 08-09-2007, 07:33 AM

I really like the idea of seahorses in a 90. Usually, they are in nanos, which are harder to keep stable. I can't wait to see the pics.

DrHank · 08-09-2007, 09:38 AM

Once you get the CUC, your answer on how to keep the tank cycled is easy. Feed the CUC. You should be able to maintain the cycle even without by feeding the tank twice a week.

Or, you could just continue with the grocery store shrimp. It should maintain the cycle nicely.

Woodstock · 08-09-2007, 09:41 AM

Congrats on your new tank

Both of us will be setting up a new tank Saturday! lol

tbittner · 08-09-2007, 10:37 AM

Silly question but what is CUC?

blue_eyes53813 · 08-09-2007, 10:39 AM

clean up crew = cuc

rebekwl · 08-09-2007, 10:46 AM

Congrats on your new tank Lynn!! I can't wait to see pics!

kathywithbirds · 08-09-2007, 11:02 AM

You know, my LFS had an Oceanic 90 with just exactly the setup you described. With the lighting fixture, an MH/actinic/some sort of t5, it was selling for about $1500. I haven't dragged Mike there yet, but he'll see it!!!

: )

Anselth · 08-09-2007, 11:09 AM

Which one was that Kathy, if you don't mind me asking? I'm from south Jersey too, but don't worry, I'm out of the country for 8 more months, I won't cherry pick ya :-)

boozeman · 08-09-2007, 11:34 AM

WoooHoooo!!!!
glad you went for the 90, and a tech tank at that!
I think you will be very happy with this one...hmmm there may be enough room for some pipefish as well

tbittner · 08-09-2007, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blue_eyes53813

clean up crew = cuc

ahhhh, of course. Thanks!

08-09-2007, 06:36 AM	#16 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Good luck Lynn! Glad you like your new tank. As for keeping the tank cycled, why not just replace the shrimp every week or so? that way there's always something easy to remove produceing nutrients. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

08-09-2007, 06:38 AM	#17 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,349 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Congrats Lynn. Cant waite to see pictures. What will you do with the seahorse tank next to your old set up? Also to keep the tank cycled you could add bottled bacteria every week or so. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

08-09-2007, 06:54 AM	#18 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Damsels in a cage? lol its a good question, what do you do while waiting, this must happen when starting up a tank and having stock in quarantine, how long will the bacteria live without ammonia?

08-09-2007, 07:04 AM	#19 (permalink)
Triggerjay Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 2,052 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure LOL! I was in a LFS once, and they had an octopus in an acrylic critter keeper inside an aquarium with LR piled on top to keep him in.... Sorry to get off topic, but that post reminded me of that! lol.. Jason __________________ The start of my journey: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...xperience.html My current journey: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ld-thread.html My clownfish breeding log: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ne-fishes.html

08-09-2007, 07:29 AM	#20 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Bacteria die-off should sustain a colony, they'll die, feeding a new colony growth, when food supply is exceeded, they'll die in a repetetive process. __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

08-09-2007, 07:33 AM	#21 (permalink)
Techno-Vicki Dancing Mandarins Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sanger, CA (on Kings River) Posts: 1,119 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure I really like the idea of seahorses in a 90. Usually, they are in nanos, which are harder to keep stable. I can't wait to see the pics. __________________ AKA - "Speedy" Extreme Reef Addition Videos of Mandarins, reef tank, and "His Majesty's" DIY water changer http://www.murrayproductions.org/Ree...RM_videos.html "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

08-09-2007, 09:38 AM	#22 (permalink)
DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,251 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Once you get the CUC, your answer on how to keep the tank cycled is easy. Feed the CUC. You should be able to maintain the cycle even without by feeding the tank twice a week. Or, you could just continue with the grocery store shrimp. It should maintain the cycle nicely. __________________ Jim Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html Dr Hank's 155 Bowfront:http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

08-09-2007, 09:41 AM	#23 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,007 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Congrats on your new tank Both of us will be setting up a new tank Saturday! lol __________________ ~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

08-09-2007, 10:37 AM	#24 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Silly question but what is CUC? __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

08-09-2007, 10:39 AM	#25 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,349 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure clean up crew = cuc __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

08-09-2007, 10:46 AM	#26 (permalink)
rebekwl Achilles Tang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 846 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Congrats on your new tank Lynn!! I can't wait to see pics! __________________ Rebekah Member of: Snails Are Stupid Society 90 Gallon Display w/ 2-3" LS & 100-120 lbs. LR. 20 Gal sump w/fuge that has 4" sand, LR and rubble, and Chaeto. CUC - Lots of assorted snails, 3 conchs, Serpent Starfish, Hermit Crabs, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Sand Sifting Starfish (I think that's it). Fish - Bi-Color Blenny, Orange Spotted Prawn Goby, Scooter Blenny, Clarkii Clownfish, Yellow Watchman Goby, Fiji Devil Damsel, Tomini Tang, Sailfin Tang, Lawnmower Blenny, and Pink Skunk Clown. Corals/inverts - Pink Branching Hammer Coral, Green Branching Hammer Coral, Torch Coral, Frogspawn, Bubble Coral, Neon Green Fungia, Green Star Polyps, Cup Mushroom, Green Candy Cane, Kenya Tree, Pom Pom Xenia, Toadstool Leather, Finger Leather, Devil's Hand Leather, LOTS of shrooms (red, green, blue), Orange Sponge, Green Monti Plate, Brown Gorgonian, Blundell Buttons, Flower Pot, Zoanthids, Palys, Green BTA

08-09-2007, 11:02 AM	#27 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,714 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lynn's pony adventure You know, my LFS had an Oceanic 90 with just exactly the setup you described. With the lighting fixture, an MH/actinic/some sort of t5, it was selling for about $1500. I haven't dragged Mike there yet, but he'll see it!!! : ) __________________ (\ /) 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...

08-09-2007, 11:09 AM	#28 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 922 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure Which one was that Kathy, if you don't mind me asking? I'm from south Jersey too, but don't worry, I'm out of the country for 8 more months, I won't cherry pick ya :-) __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

08-09-2007, 11:34 AM	#29 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's pony adventure WoooHoooo!!!! glad you went for the 90, and a tech tank at that! I think you will be very happy with this one...hmmm there may be enough room for some pipefish as well __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

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