My 75 gal w/ no sump FOWLR - Page 2

jstephens24 · 03/17/2015, 03:23 PM

Here is one of the shrimp

jstephens24 · 03/19/2015, 08:54 AM

Here are the clownfish in QT

jstephens24 · 04/03/2015, 06:28 PM

well I thought one of my hermit crabs died for the last couple weeks. I saw a floating body but couldn't find the shell it was in. Assumed the shell was stuck in a rock. Well just now I saw the "dead" crab in the missing shell. I had no idea that hermit crabs molted. Made our night that we didn't lose him/her

jstephens24 · 04/18/2015, 07:21 AM

I picked up a pajama cardinal and a firefish couple weeks ago. I thought I updated that in the thread but I guess not.

Thinking about picking up a purple firefish today and/or another pajama cardinal.

jstephens24 · 09/11/2015, 04:00 PM

man I haven't been on here in awhile. my tank is going great. I have added 2 more peppermint shrimp and 1 cleaner shrimp since my last post. Also added a yellow tang and a small blue tang. I know..i know. Atleast I'm admitting it.

Also I thought my pump for my protein skimmer went bad. It was making a loud noise over night after I took it out and cleaned it the day before. If I would hit the pump a few times the noise would quiet down. Finally it was back to normal after a few weeks of that. Then we had a storm pass through and our electricity went off while I was at work. When I got back home, pump wouldn't come on at all. Figured pump was bad so ordered new one online. I ended up buying the wrong one so I decided to take apart the old pump to try and make the new one work. I found a small snail inside the pump. Took it out and plugged back in the pump and its back to working like new.

jstephens24 · 09/11/2015, 04:08 PM

Here is a short video of my tank I took back in May.https://youtu.be/Qhp6q2PTX5Q

raybyrne67 · 09/11/2015, 08:51 PM

If you decide to get the 6 line again be careful about putting another fairy or flasher wrasse with it. The 6 line can be very aggressive. Good luck and happing reefing.

jstephens24 · 11/20/2015, 09:23 AM

Switching out my rocks for sand. I did the first third last weekend and will do another one today.
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jstephens24 · 01/25/2016, 04:15 PM

Added a Christmas wrasse, tailspot blenny and a purple dottyback. The dottyback and the wrasse was in the shop's display tank but the blenny was in their holding tanks. After couple days the dottyback looked bad. Then the blenny went missing and a few days later the dottyback went missing. Blue tang looked bad with ich and the clowns showed signs. The firefish, cardinal and the wrasse showed no signs.

I pulled all the remaining fish this past Saturday from DT to start TTM. Tomorrow morning is my first switch. Hopefully I can get rid of ich after this 72 days of fallow.

jstephens24 · 10/03/2016, 09:43 AM

haven't updated in awhile. We moved houses in august and all the fish made it. we had to stay in a hotel for 17 days so my brother fish sat.

Yesterday I noticed the gyre stopped working and has a red light. Was working fine since the move. Its been past a year since I bought it so I bet no warranty. I tried turning it off and back on but nothing. Only once when I did cycled power the gyre turned on for half a second but then back to red light. Read something maybe inside of it.

Reefes pieces · 10/03/2016, 09:49 AM

I'd call Maxspect customer service anyways. Seems like their service is really good and they may take care of you or offer a discount on a replacement.

jstephens24 · 12/03/2017, 07:12 PM

been a long time since iv updated. Tank still going. I updated my current fish in my signature.

While adding water to the tank today I finally decided to adjust my rocks that fell over some. As soon as I put my hand in the tank I felt a shock. First time I have been shocked from the tank so it definitely caught me off guard. I got my volt meter and measured the water at 20V. I unplugged my equipment one by one til I found the culprit. It ending up being the protein skimmer. Never noticed it stopped skimming, luckily no fish deaths. I will have to look online for a new pump/motor for it.

Also I was bored enough today to take a third attempt to try and fix gyre that stopped working a year ago. I plugged it in and it instantly started spinning. Made some terrible noises and took me a little bit to know to put it in water when I plugged it in. After that it stopped making the noises. Some of the blades broke off while I had it torn down over the last year so replaced that. Working great right now. Need to add some pics at some point to update

jstephens24 · 12/04/2017, 11:14 AM

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jstephens24 · 10/17/2018, 02:34 PM

been awhile since I have updated. Since the last update our pajama cardinal died. We had him for awhile but all of a sudden he started losing his color. Then he started swimming less and less. Not sure age or something else played a factor.

Our Christmas wrasse also ended up dying. He was always a big eater but all of a sudden we noticed its stomach got huge like it was pregnant. We kept an eye on him and didn't notice any strange behavior besides stomach huge. Then one day he was dead and half buried in the sand.

Our firefish story is a strange one. When we first added him we would see him swim occasionally. Then one day he just vanished without a trace. We thought he ended up dying and snails got him. 3 or 4 months went by without a trace then one day when I was watching the tank I spotted him in our rock. I only saw him for a second or 2 and then he went back in his home/rock. Literally another couple months went by and we saw him out swimming in middle of tank. He was skinny but still out and about. Since then we have seen him every day. He has gotten healthier looking and acts as if nothing has happened

04/18/2015, 07:21 AM	#29
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	I picked up a pajama cardinal and a firefish couple weeks ago. I thought I updated that in the thread but I guess not. Thinking about picking up a purple firefish today and/or another pajama cardinal. __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

09/11/2015, 04:00 PM	#30
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	man I haven't been on here in awhile. my tank is going great. I have added 2 more peppermint shrimp and 1 cleaner shrimp since my last post. Also added a yellow tang and a small blue tang. I know..i know. Atleast I'm admitting it. Also I thought my pump for my protein skimmer went bad. It was making a loud noise over night after I took it out and cleaned it the day before. If I would hit the pump a few times the noise would quiet down. Finally it was back to normal after a few weeks of that. Then we had a storm pass through and our electricity went off while I was at work. When I got back home, pump wouldn't come on at all. Figured pump was bad so ordered new one online. I ended up buying the wrong one so I decided to take apart the old pump to try and make the new one work. I found a small snail inside the pump. Took it out and plugged back in the pump and its back to working like new. __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

09/11/2015, 04:08 PM	#31
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	Here is a short video of my tank I took back in May.https://youtu.be/Qhp6q2PTX5Q __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

09/11/2015, 08:51 PM	#32
raybyrne67 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 353	If you decide to get the 6 line again be careful about putting another fairy or flasher wrasse with it. The 6 line can be very aggressive. Good luck and happing reefing. __________________ Ray, Current Tank Info: 75G, Salinity 1.025, Temp 80.5, Ca 430, Alk 9, Mg 1260, mixed reef, Radion XR30w Gen 2 x2, MP10w ES x2,Vertex 130, Eheim 1260 return, Apex, Tunze ATO

11/20/2015, 09:23 AM	#33
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	Switching out my rocks for sand. I did the first third last weekend and will do another one today. [IMG][/IMG] __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

04/03/2015, 06:28 PM	#28
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	well I thought one of my hermit crabs died for the last couple weeks. I saw a floating body but couldn't find the shell it was in. Assumed the shell was stuck in a rock. Well just now I saw the "dead" crab in the missing shell. I had no idea that hermit crabs molted. Made our night that we didn't lose him/her

01/25/2016, 04:15 PM	#34
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	Added a Christmas wrasse, tailspot blenny and a purple dottyback. The dottyback and the wrasse was in the shop's display tank but the blenny was in their holding tanks. After couple days the dottyback looked bad. Then the blenny went missing and a few days later the dottyback went missing. Blue tang looked bad with ich and the clowns showed signs. The firefish, cardinal and the wrasse showed no signs. I pulled all the remaining fish this past Saturday from DT to start TTM. Tomorrow morning is my first switch. Hopefully I can get rid of ich after this 72 days of fallow. __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

10/03/2016, 09:43 AM	#35
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	haven't updated in awhile. We moved houses in august and all the fish made it. we had to stay in a hotel for 17 days so my brother fish sat. Yesterday I noticed the gyre stopped working and has a red light. Was working fine since the move. Its been past a year since I bought it so I bet no warranty. I tried turning it off and back on but nothing. Only once when I did cycled power the gyre turned on for half a second but then back to red light. Read something maybe inside of it. __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

10/03/2016, 09:49 AM	#36
Reefes pieces Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Placentia, CA Posts: 70	I'd call Maxspect customer service anyways. Seems like their service is really good and they may take care of you or offer a discount on a replacement.

12/03/2017, 07:12 PM	#37
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	been a long time since iv updated. Tank still going. I updated my current fish in my signature. While adding water to the tank today I finally decided to adjust my rocks that fell over some. As soon as I put my hand in the tank I felt a shock. First time I have been shocked from the tank so it definitely caught me off guard. I got my volt meter and measured the water at 20V. I unplugged my equipment one by one til I found the culprit. It ending up being the protein skimmer. Never noticed it stopped skimming, luckily no fish deaths. I will have to look online for a new pump/motor for it. Also I was bored enough today to take a third attempt to try and fix gyre that stopped working a year ago. I plugged it in and it instantly started spinning. Made some terrible noises and took me a little bit to know to put it in water when I plugged it in. After that it stopped making the noises. Some of the blades broke off while I had it torn down over the last year so replaced that. Working great right now. Need to add some pics at some point to update __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

12/04/2017, 11:14 AM	#38
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp

10/17/2018, 02:34 PM	#39
jstephens24 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 138	been awhile since I have updated. Since the last update our pajama cardinal died. We had him for awhile but all of a sudden he started losing his color. Then he started swimming less and less. Not sure age or something else played a factor. Our Christmas wrasse also ended up dying. He was always a big eater but all of a sudden we noticed its stomach got huge like it was pregnant. We kept an eye on him and didn't notice any strange behavior besides stomach huge. Then one day he was dead and half buried in the sand. Our firefish story is a strange one. When we first added him we would see him swim occasionally. Then one day he just vanished without a trace. We thought he ended up dying and snails got him. 3 or 4 months went by without a trace then one day when I was watching the tank I spotted him in our rock. I only saw him for a second or 2 and then he went back in his home/rock. Literally another couple months went by and we saw him out swimming in middle of tank. He was skinny but still out and about. Since then we have seen him every day. He has gotten healthier looking and acts as if nothing has happened __________________ 75 gal FOWLR, HOB Reef Octopus 1000, 2 osc. clowns, 1 yellow and purple wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp