dcantucson
Reef pro
He threw it out as soon as he drove out of your neighborhood! :lol: :mrgreen:
Teds fowlr to reef
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Ted
Living one day at a time
no the new rock is going in the nano. That starts on the first.
dcantucson
Reef pro
Oops... sorry, Ted. :lol:
project5k
Reef enthusiast
geez dcan, whadid i do to you?
Ted
Living one day at a time
Ted
Living one day at a time
winyfrog
Yep!
I would like to see darker skimmate then that. :)
dcantucson
Reef pro
+1 winy. It does look light.
project5k
Reef enthusiast
hehehe you havent seen what i get out of my prizim.. that thing is either empty and just making noise, or overflowing and full of clear water...
dcantucson
Reef pro
Yeah. You're right. Time for a new one.
Ted
Living one day at a time
I have been having it wet skim. I will adjust it and let it run for a day then post another pic.
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Mine doesn't skim really dark either. I figure any skimming is better than no skimming. They aren't as good as a $300 dedicated sump skimmer, but they do work good enough. I don't believe in stripping the water 100% anyway, but thats another discussion.
Ted the tank looks great! I feel a little silly that I've missed this thread. Just rolled through all 10 pages. Nice progression.
Sorry about the coral fund. I wish I was there to help you. You can buy a new HW heater at the Lowes/Home Depot/Maynards for $200 and install it yourself in an afternoon. Would have saved ya several hundred bucks for corals. And the women folk sure do love it when your handy around the house.
As the great Red Green says, "If the women don't find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy!! Keep yer stick on the ice. We're all pullin' for ya." :Cheers:
Ted the tank looks great! I feel a little silly that I've missed this thread. Just rolled through all 10 pages. Nice progression.
Sorry about the coral fund. I wish I was there to help you. You can buy a new HW heater at the Lowes/Home Depot/Maynards for $200 and install it yourself in an afternoon. Would have saved ya several hundred bucks for corals. And the women folk sure do love it when your handy around the house.
As the great Red Green says, "If the women don't find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy!! Keep yer stick on the ice. We're all pullin' for ya." :Cheers:
Ted
Living one day at a time
Well my cheap ass self has done me in on one thing. The rock that I added to the tank. What I figured was Texas holey rock. I just had to pull it. About one week after having put it in I have been having algae blooms. Well I have increased flow changed lighting etc, etc. All to no avail. So my cheap rock I figure is leaching stuff into the tank. So I pulled it. All I have is my good live rock and the one piece that I put in here that project made. So I figure I have 45 to 50 pounds of good rock. I will just have to add more rock a little at a time when I can afford it or I might go ahead and make some. The stuff project made is pretty cool and I have some ideas of things I would like to try. So this puts me back I figure 3 months or so as far as getting corals in this tank. Live and learn I will have to let the tank just run for a few weeks let it stabilize and see where I am at. :frustrat:
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Crap! :grumble: Sorry to hear that Ted.
yote
In Memoriam
That sux Ted.
Are you 100% sure the rocks leaching stuff?
Are you 100% sure the rocks leaching stuff?
dcantucson
Reef pro
Sorry Ted. Seems you between a rock and a hard place.....:grumble::D:mrgreen:
Ted
Living one day at a time
Well not a 100% however I never have had brown algae and cyno problems until after the rock was in. I tried a phosphate test but with all the brown algae it comes out 0. The rock was getting covered in thick layers of the brown stuff. When I would blow it off with a power head it would come off in sheets. Thats the only rock this would happen to. The fiji stuff I have didnt get the brown crude. So to me the rock must have been giving something off that the algae likes and two the rock isnt porous enough if it cant even hold on to algae that is growing on it. So I pulled it better safe now then screwed later when I add corals.
Ted
Living one day at a time
project5k
Reef enthusiast
I like it... but its still not as pretty as mine is! jmo.
Ted
Living one day at a time
did you see the rock in the lower right corner thats one of your creations.
