250 gallon build thread - Page 19

michealprater · 04/16/2010, 09:16 AM

Blueface added on 5/12/2009, page 14.

NexDog · 04/16/2010, 05:03 PM

So it wouldn't eat LPS like Hammers and Frogspawn? Just Brain type stuff?

michealprater · 04/16/2010, 05:48 PM

No way to tell, all individual angelfish are different.

michealprater · 04/20/2010, 07:31 AM

Picking up a Powder Blue Tang from a fellow club member today. Fish has been established and disease free for a year. Will be going into the display. Pics to come soon.

CaptainFlyingFishGuts · 04/21/2010, 04:56 AM

How's Louie?

michealprater · 04/21/2010, 07:21 AM

Louie the PBT is settling in nicely. He is very bold, not agressive yet, but not backing down to anyone. The purple tang, regal tang, and coral beauty have all tried to attack him, no damage and he did not back down. He will be fine, he is trying to school with the yellow, purple and naso tangs.

michealprater · 04/22/2010, 10:50 AM

Well I have long suspected the black sand to be the cause of my rust colored algae problems. I have pulled as much of the sandbed as possible and I am going to try to replace it with aragonite. I scooped out as much as I could because siphoning was not working well with a python. Anyone have anything that may be better at removing the remaining black sand?

Dante_JoseCuerv · 04/22/2010, 11:20 AM

If you're trying to get a lot of it out, aside from scooping what I've found works is just using some decent-sized vinyl tubing and sucking it up with that. It's not terribly effective but it's better than nothing. I also tend to re-use the water, though I still fear for some of the stuff that might be buried deep withing my sandbed.

michealprater · 04/22/2010, 11:52 AM

That is a good idea. I have a very fine mesh strainer and I could just run into a bucket and catch most of the sand.

venom550pm · 04/22/2010, 01:03 PM

i just read your whole thread during my lunch break at work. Now it is 3 pm. oops.

use a 3/4" or 1" hose to syphon out, it will fill the bucket up quickly but does a very good job syphoning out sand. Good luck!

michealprater · 04/22/2010, 01:20 PM

Cool, thanks for reading the whole thread. What do you think?

venom550pm · 04/23/2010, 10:07 AM

very nice, i will one day have a 200+ gallon tank once i get the wife on board

I wanted so bad to get black sand but everybody i talked to at my 3 LFS talked me out of it. I also like the idea of a fish room. I have a closet right now wish is pretty good but i'm starting to out grow it

michealprater · 04/23/2010, 10:37 AM

There are good black sands, just not Tahitian moon.

oneoffcustom · 04/23/2010, 12:45 PM

dude i am always around.... i am on a break from the salt for a while... I am on an aggressive cichlid tank right now... ill post you a picture of my dovii project...

michealprater · 04/23/2010, 12:50 PM

What are the dates you are going to be up here? I need to clear my calendar.

AfricaOffroad · 04/26/2010, 11:35 AM

Nice build you've got going there Michael.
Your fish look real heathy.

I'm busy setting up my system and am torn between the pros and cons of a QT.
In my opinion, the set up stresses the new fish causing desease. I just think, the sooner a fish gets into a good DT with lots of hiding space, natural food etc, the better its chances of survival. I wonder if your Regal 2 would have survived if you had put him straight into the DT?

michealprater · 04/26/2010, 11:53 AM

He was diseased. If it were contagious it would have wiped out my dt. Qt is far less stress than the dt. Fish harrass sick fish. Qt is absolutely critical.

oneoffcustom · 04/27/2010, 10:56 AM

I will not be in illinois unfortunatly. I will be in missouri for trout fishing with vince. We planned this out a couple of weeks ago. I only know of a few people coming, vince, amy, sheena, sheenas man, liesli, travis. It will be me and my little brother 25-27 of june.

oneoffcustom · 04/27/2010, 10:59 AM

Oh and i do not have any control over who goes to this. I believe it is open to anyone who would like to go pending campsites are available. You should try to come up over or what ever it is depending on your location. Talk to vinny for details as he is going up on thursday the 24th to reserve space. It will be at montauk state park.

oneoffcustom · 04/27/2010, 11:02 AM

the baddest cichlid you have ever seen and his queen he longs to kill.

michealprater · 04/27/2010, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneoffcustom

Oh and i do not have any control over who goes to this. I believe it is open to anyone who would like to go pending campsites are available. You should try to come up over or what ever it is depending on your location. Talk to vinny for details as he is going up on thursday the 24th to reserve space. It will be at montauk state park.

Too short of notice. They never tell me about anything. Someday you will come to il.

michealprater · 10/28/2010, 07:52 AM

Well the weather is cooling off again, so I will be messing around with the tank more. Working on purchasing an adult Emperor Angel right now to add to the mix.

nixon125 · 10/31/2010, 12:03 AM

Nice. Glad to see some action on the 'ole thread again. Tell me, how are the corals doing; ie the amazing green lps from page 13 and the vibrant blue lps from page 14...?

jmurr8484 · 11/02/2010, 12:21 AM

Just finished reading thru the whole thread. Nice tank and great patience. HAve you done anything else to the basement (other than fish stuff). And how is the little one doing?

michealprater · 11/02/2010, 06:30 AM

Have not had the money to make any more improvements. My son is doing great, we just had a lot of fun on halloween. He went as a tiger. I was a proud papa!

04/16/2010, 09:16 AM	#451
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Blueface added on 5/12/2009, page 14. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/16/2010, 05:03 PM	#452
NexDog Snail Killer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kyushu, Japan Posts: 4,804	So it wouldn't eat LPS like Hammers and Frogspawn? Just Brain type stuff? __________________ Laurence Flynn 340g In-Wall Envision Tank and 150g Sump. Current Tank Info: Deltec 902, PFO hood with 3x400w Radium 20k and 4x96w PC's. Hammerhead closed loop - and 2 x Tunze 6105 (and Vortech still sucks).

04/16/2010, 05:48 PM	#453
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	No way to tell, all individual angelfish are different. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/20/2010, 07:31 AM	#454
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Picking up a Powder Blue Tang from a fellow club member today. Fish has been established and disease free for a year. Will be going into the display. Pics to come soon. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/21/2010, 04:56 AM	#455
CaptainFlyingFishGuts Rock Arranger Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Troy, IL Posts: 368	How's Louie? __________________ Rock arranger. Reef keeping is my second hobby. Current Tank Info: 120g tech. 8x54W ATI PM. Octopus Extreem 250.

04/21/2010, 07:21 AM	#456
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Louie the PBT is settling in nicely. He is very bold, not agressive yet, but not backing down to anyone. The purple tang, regal tang, and coral beauty have all tried to attack him, no damage and he did not back down. He will be fine, he is trying to school with the yellow, purple and naso tangs. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/22/2010, 10:50 AM	#457
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Well I have long suspected the black sand to be the cause of my rust colored algae problems. I have pulled as much of the sandbed as possible and I am going to try to replace it with aragonite. I scooped out as much as I could because siphoning was not working well with a python. Anyone have anything that may be better at removing the remaining black sand? __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/22/2010, 11:20 AM	#458
Dante_JoseCuerv Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sugar Grove, IL Posts: 1,214	If you're trying to get a lot of it out, aside from scooping what I've found works is just using some decent-sized vinyl tubing and sucking it up with that. It's not terribly effective but it's better than nothing. I also tend to re-use the water, though I still fear for some of the stuff that might be buried deep withing my sandbed.

04/22/2010, 11:52 AM	#459
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	That is a good idea. I have a very fine mesh strainer and I could just run into a bucket and catch most of the sand. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/22/2010, 01:03 PM	#460
venom550pm Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brentwood, NH Posts: 178	i just read your whole thread during my lunch break at work. Now it is 3 pm. oops. use a 3/4" or 1" hose to syphon out, it will fill the bucket up quickly but does a very good job syphoning out sand. Good luck!

04/22/2010, 01:20 PM	#461
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Cool, thanks for reading the whole thread. What do you think? __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/23/2010, 10:07 AM	#462
venom550pm Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brentwood, NH Posts: 178	very nice, i will one day have a 200+ gallon tank once i get the wife on board I wanted so bad to get black sand but everybody i talked to at my 3 LFS talked me out of it. I also like the idea of a fish room. I have a closet right now wish is pretty good but i'm starting to out grow it

04/23/2010, 10:37 AM	#463
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	There are good black sands, just not Tahitian moon. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/23/2010, 12:45 PM	#464
oneoffcustom Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: houston texas Posts: 311	dude i am always around.... i am on a break from the salt for a while... I am on an aggressive cichlid tank right now... ill post you a picture of my dovii project... __________________ Honey your are gonna be ****ed but... I really needed it!!! Current Tank Info: 5g Unknown destination!

04/23/2010, 12:50 PM	#465
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	What are the dates you are going to be up here? I need to clear my calendar. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/26/2010, 11:35 AM	#466
AfricaOffroad Moved On Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Durban, South Africa Posts: 335	Nice build you've got going there Michael. Your fish look real heathy. I'm busy setting up my system and am torn between the pros and cons of a QT. In my opinion, the set up stresses the new fish causing desease. I just think, the sooner a fish gets into a good DT with lots of hiding space, natural food etc, the better its chances of survival. I wonder if your Regal 2 would have survived if you had put him straight into the DT?

04/26/2010, 11:53 AM	#467
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	He was diseased. If it were contagious it would have wiped out my dt. Qt is far less stress than the dt. Fish harrass sick fish. Qt is absolutely critical. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

04/27/2010, 10:56 AM	#468
oneoffcustom Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: houston texas Posts: 311	I will not be in illinois unfortunatly. I will be in missouri for trout fishing with vince. We planned this out a couple of weeks ago. I only know of a few people coming, vince, amy, sheena, sheenas man, liesli, travis. It will be me and my little brother 25-27 of june. __________________ Honey your are gonna be ****ed but... I really needed it!!! Current Tank Info: 5g Unknown destination!

04/27/2010, 10:59 AM	#469
oneoffcustom Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: houston texas Posts: 311	Oh and i do not have any control over who goes to this. I believe it is open to anyone who would like to go pending campsites are available. You should try to come up over or what ever it is depending on your location. Talk to vinny for details as he is going up on thursday the 24th to reserve space. It will be at montauk state park. __________________ Honey your are gonna be ****ed but... I really needed it!!! Current Tank Info: 5g Unknown destination!

10/28/2010, 07:52 AM	#472
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Well the weather is cooling off again, so I will be messing around with the tank more. Working on purchasing an adult Emperor Angel right now to add to the mix. __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef

10/31/2010, 12:03 AM	#473
nixon125 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cornfields of Illinois Posts: 388	Nice. Glad to see some action on the 'ole thread again. Tell me, how are the corals doing; ie the amazing green lps from page 13 and the vibrant blue lps from page 14...? __________________ You CAN'T Take it With You! Current Tank Info: 24 G Aquapod

11/02/2010, 12:21 AM	#474
jmurr8484 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Moreno Valley, CA Posts: 184	Just finished reading thru the whole thread. Nice tank and great patience. HAve you done anything else to the basement (other than fish stuff). And how is the little one doing?

11/02/2010, 06:30 AM	#475
michealprater Angelfish Nerd Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grantfork, IL Posts: 5,465 Blog Entries: 1	Have not had the money to make any more improvements. My son is doing great, we just had a lot of fun on halloween. He went as a tiger. I was a proud papa! __________________ __________________________ Micheal Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder Reef