little_fish
Reef pro
And there was much rejoicing this day!
Kizmar's 120 gal
- Thread starter Kizmar
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beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
Awe I love when clownfish host anemones! They look like they are snuggling in a big fluffy pillow!! Congrats!!
Kizmar
#derpface
The New Sump
I finally got my new sump up and running. Man is it nerve wracking changing a sump like this on a running tank. About half way through I was wishing I hadn't started the process. All said and done though, it was worth it. I almost doubled the amount of water in the system as a whole.
The new connects under the tank (with new bulkheads). The old sump is still under there.
A shot with just the skimmer bin up and running...
The whole sha-bang! (My DI tanks are in this room, the R/O is in another room.)
This is what I'll use to add reactors later...
Top view of the bins...
The LR and Cheato bin...
I still need to get a ventilation system set up for that little room it's in. Right now I have a fan pointing at the door and keep the door open a little bit.
I finally got my new sump up and running. Man is it nerve wracking changing a sump like this on a running tank. About half way through I was wishing I hadn't started the process. All said and done though, it was worth it. I almost doubled the amount of water in the system as a whole.
The new connects under the tank (with new bulkheads). The old sump is still under there.
A shot with just the skimmer bin up and running...
The whole sha-bang! (My DI tanks are in this room, the R/O is in another room.)
This is what I'll use to add reactors later...
Top view of the bins...
The LR and Cheato bin...
I still need to get a ventilation system set up for that little room it's in. Right now I have a fan pointing at the door and keep the door open a little bit.
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Awesome! :D
Kizmar
#derpface
Those Rubbermaid Roughnecks do flex a lot but they seem to take it really well. The plastic doesn't look like it's being stressed at all.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
twss.
Kizmar
#derpface
Clownfish Hosting
Some pics of the Clownfish hosting in a Red Bubble Tip anemone.
Some pics of the Clownfish hosting in a Red Bubble Tip anemone.
Kizmar
#derpface
Took this today. The lights are in the early stage of sunset mode.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJo-HPtpIo&feature=youtube_gdata]120 gal Reef Tank (young) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJo-HPtpIo&feature=youtube_gdata]120 gal Reef Tank (young) - YouTube[/ame]
Kizmar
#derpface
Dana42078
Dana
Looks awsome. Sucks your nem is in the far corner, would look really nice up front.
Kizmar
#derpface
Actually, as you enter the room, that nem is the first thing that catches your eye because you walk in on that side. :)
I think once it's larger it will stand out more from the front, but yer right.
Dana42078
Dana
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Looking pretty awesome!
Kizmar
#derpface
Here's a time lapse of the EcoTech Radions running the sun rise method... :)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu0s_BMB8Ow&feature=youtube_gdata]Sun Rise - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu0s_BMB8Ow&feature=youtube_gdata]Sun Rise - YouTube[/ame]
Smitty
Reef pro
That's pretty awesome...your scooter blenny was a busy body.
Kizmar
#derpface
/sigh ... So I'm sitting here waiting for my nem to finish face-planting so I can remove it from the tank. It's been a few weeks now since it's started looked stressed. I thought it was going to pull through, but it's taken a bad turn in the last 24 hours.
Very disappointing. The clownfish are still trying to host even though it's face-down and barely holding on to a rock. Depressing.
This is the second small nem I've tried to keep. Both deaths I'm pretty sure are attributed to trying to keep a Chocolate Chip Starfish in my sump for a few days and it dying. I still have a trace of Nitrates in my tank. I've been doing 20% water changes every week and it's not dropping. Not sure what to do at this point.
Seems like it's one thing after another. Getting pretty discouraged. Definitely not buying any more starfish for the Harlequin. It's going to have to live on asterinas from now on.
Luckily... and hopefully I don't jinx myself... but luckily everything else in the tank seems to be doing fine. /cringe
Very disappointing. The clownfish are still trying to host even though it's face-down and barely holding on to a rock. Depressing.
This is the second small nem I've tried to keep. Both deaths I'm pretty sure are attributed to trying to keep a Chocolate Chip Starfish in my sump for a few days and it dying. I still have a trace of Nitrates in my tank. I've been doing 20% water changes every week and it's not dropping. Not sure what to do at this point.
Seems like it's one thing after another. Getting pretty discouraged. Definitely not buying any more starfish for the Harlequin. It's going to have to live on asterinas from now on.
Luckily... and hopefully I don't jinx myself... but luckily everything else in the tank seems to be doing fine. /cringe
Kizmar
#derpface
Egg crate is my new favorite material. It's like lego's; with enough of it and some zip-ties you can make just about anything.
Made a frag shelf and cheato cage.
I'm using it to block jump areas so I don't end up with fish in my overflow again.
I'm also using part of the anti-jump wall to hold my overflow float switch in place.
Made a frag shelf and cheato cage.
I'm using it to block jump areas so I don't end up with fish in my overflow again.
I'm also using part of the anti-jump wall to hold my overflow float switch in place.
Kizmar
#derpface
Thanks. The video was actually shot over about two hours than sped up something like 32 times I think. I don't remember exactly.
Kizmar
#derpface
I finally got my ATO system set up and running. Hopefully the tank is one step closer to having stable params. The last piece of the puzzle is getting a calcium reactor... or start with kalk and see how that goes... still haven't decided on that one yet.
