Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread - Page 15

melev · 01/11/2006, 03:20 PM

Now that he is 19, it is clear to me that he is 100% unreliable. At 17, he was 98% reliable. Amazing what a couple of years can do to a person.

We had the eel 1.5 years. They are known to escape, but this one had never seemed remotely interested in getting out. The canopy is closed on three sides, only open in the back. Since it vents heat and allows air in, I really didn't think it was a problem. I guess it would have been smarter to put eggcrate across the back.

BrianPlankis · 01/11/2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by melev
Now that he is 19, it is clear to me that he is 100% unreliable. At 17, he was 98% reliable. Amazing what a couple of years can do to a person.

We had the eel 1.5 years. They are known to escape, but this one had never seemed remotely interested in getting out. The canopy is closed on three sides, only open in the back. Since it vents heat and allows air in, I really didn't think it was a problem. I guess it would have been smarter to put eggcrate across the back.

Marc,

Yeah, I should have done the same thing when I lost one of my clownfish back in Chicago. This hobby can be frustrating sometimes, but you learn from it.

One of my projects on the backburner is to fit egg crate to my open back of my canopy. That will be done during the wife's next business trip

Brian

rdmpe · 01/11/2006, 04:23 PM

I suppose I'm asking for trouble with a completely open top huh?

melev · 01/11/2006, 05:22 PM

Perhaps.

Dudester · 01/11/2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by melev
The Copperband Butterflyfish was in quarantine all this time. The light over that tank has to be turned on and off each day.

I have a real cheap timer I use for the light over my Q-tank (yeah, like you need advice from me

).

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I suppose I'm asking for trouble with a completely open top huh?

I guess that depends on what fish you keep. I also have an open top, but I checked to make sure that I didn't buy any fish with medals in the high jump.

melev · 01/11/2006, 05:38 PM

I know, yet another timer. I have a bucket full of faulty ones.

I just didn't have time to find a working one before I left, but I did explain how the light needed to be turned off. I guess I should have just left it off for three days, since the MH lighting over the reef was probably just fine. Lesson learned.

melev · 01/12/2006, 05:58 PM

Want to see if my Copperband Butterfly eats?

http://www.melevsreef.com/video/cbb1.wmv

gkarshens · 01/12/2006, 06:03 PM

Didn't know you were such a Britney fan.

That's great you got it eating. My new Pearlscale decided he loves Mysis yesterday.

arconom · 01/12/2006, 06:32 PM

Marc you have a PM I forgot your E-mail

Lunchbucket · 01/12/2006, 07:48 PM

Marc - nice CBB was that brine you threw in there?

britney she is HOT

Lunchbucket

TheCoralReef731 · 01/12/2006, 08:13 PM

Your FTS is crazy. When I look at it, it makes my eyes hurt. Weird what the frequency change can do.

TJ · 01/12/2006, 10:15 PM

Love the video! How many choreograph lessons did the Copperbank have to take? Was the Brittney song her first choice?

She's got a bright future ahead of her, that one! hehe.... love it!

TJ · 01/12/2006, 10:22 PM

by the way, I meant to say, glad the Copperband is doing okay- I had one briefly years ago, and lost it... was very sad; they're beautiful fish.

melev · 01/13/2006, 01:42 AM

The food the CBB is eating is Hikari Mysis soaked in Kent's Garlic Extreme. The first couple of days, the fish wasn't interested but now as soon as the food hits the water, the hunt is on.

And "Drive Me Crazy" seemed appropriate for this video.

TheCoralReef731, I have no idea you are referring to. Frames Per Second would be FPS...

BrianPlankis · 01/13/2006, 09:28 AM

Marc,

Great video! It is a fun way to demonstrate that if you QT a fish first that it can get used to a captive environment and even fish that are hard to feed can be trained to eat frozen in the QT tank before placement in the display

Keep us informed of its progress and hopefully it will eat the frozen in the display as well.

Brian

melev · 01/13/2006, 11:50 AM

That is absolutely true. I've been using mysis, but I really need to try using my regular food now as that is what the reef gets each day.

new2u · 01/13/2006, 11:22 PM

Full-Tank-Shot marc, refering to your earlier post

new2u · 01/13/2006, 11:22 PM

Darn Double Post

melev · 01/14/2006, 01:25 AM

Full Tank Shot. That makes sense. The poster must have been referring to Kelvin ratings (or spectrum of lighting). Thanks!

NexDog · 01/14/2006, 01:47 AM

Server problems?

melev · 01/14/2006, 02:05 AM

For my site? Seems to be working fine for me.

And for those of you that like to know statistics.... I was looking at the stats for my site for the first 12 days of the year, and already over 1 million hits occured. If that is an average that remains consistant, mathematically I figured my site will hit 30 million hits this year. All all of this occured because I loved clownfish enough to set up a tank 8 years ago, and later decided to document what I've learned.

Snakebyt · 01/14/2006, 03:10 AM

wow.. thats about 100,000 hits a day, 4166.6 hits an hour, 69.443 hits a minute, 1.157 hits a second...

Micki · 01/14/2006, 05:40 AM

We are glad you loved clown fish...

Thanks!

jnb · 01/14/2006, 06:27 AM

and at a penny a hit = 300,000 per year (before taxes)

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Originally posted by Snakebyt
wow.. thats about 100,000 hits a day, 4166.6 hits an hour, 69.443 hits a minute, 1.157 hits a second...

jnb · 01/14/2006, 06:30 AM

melev - my lfs gave be a blue acro and must have been rough on one branch as flesh was hanging when I got it home off of one small branch - that one branch looks white now but has not otherwise receded and the acro seems otherwise healthy - should I take any action like break off the white part?
thanks - I asked this in coral forum but the reply gods don't like me sometimes

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Originally posted by melev
Full Tank Shot. That makes sense. The poster must have been referring to Kelvin ratings (or spectrum of lighting). Thanks!

01/12/2006, 06:03 PM	#358
gkarshens Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 2,382	Didn't know you were such a Britney fan. That's great you got it eating. My new Pearlscale decided he loves Mysis yesterday. __________________ Gabriel It's about time!

01/12/2006, 07:48 PM	#360
Lunchbucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 12,924	Marc - nice CBB was that brine you threw in there? britney she is HOT Lunchbucket __________________ Trying to lose weight by walking is like trying to bake a cake w/ a cigarette lighter - Lunchbucket - "Nancy-Boy Extraordinaire" - maxxII- Current Tank Info: 58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (20k XM and 10k XM), Deltec PF601 Ca Rx, Deltec AP701 skimmer, mag950 return, iwaki 55rlt w/ an Oceansmotions 4-way unit, Tunze 7300 and 6000 each w/ controller, fluidized po4 rx

01/12/2006, 08:13 PM	#361
TheCoralReef731 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 993	Your FTS is crazy. When I look at it, it makes my eyes hurt. Weird what the frequency change can do. __________________ Peter Current Tank Info: 29g and 90g Mixed Reefs, 37g Freshwater

01/13/2006, 09:28 AM	#365
BrianPlankis Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,956	Marc, Great video! It is a fun way to demonstrate that if you QT a fish first that it can get used to a captive environment and even fish that are hard to feed can be trained to eat frozen in the QT tank before placement in the display Keep us informed of its progress and hopefully it will eat the frozen in the display as well. Brian __________________ Currently redesigning my 90 gallon tank system to support coral and invertebrate breeding. Click on my red house to see the thread with the progress. Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef with 29 gal sump and 8 gal Clownfish species tank

01/13/2006, 11:22 PM	#367
new2u Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta / DFW Posts: 861	Full-Tank-Shot marc, refering to your earlier post __________________ Whats the use of Aqua man anyways. There isn't really that much water based crime... Current Tank Info: Reefer 850 XXL - LPS/Zoa Dominant mixed reef

01/11/2006, 03:20 PM	#351
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Now that he is 19, it is clear to me that he is 100% unreliable. At 17, he was 98% reliable. Amazing what a couple of years can do to a person. We had the eel 1.5 years. They are known to escape, but this one had never seemed remotely interested in getting out. The canopy is closed on three sides, only open in the back. Since it vents heat and allows air in, I really didn't think it was a problem. I guess it would have been smarter to put eggcrate across the back.

01/11/2006, 04:23 PM	#353
rdmpe Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,737	I suppose I'm asking for trouble with a completely open top huh?

01/11/2006, 05:22 PM	#354
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Perhaps.

01/11/2006, 05:38 PM	#356
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	I know, yet another timer. I have a bucket full of faulty ones. I just didn't have time to find a working one before I left, but I did explain how the light needed to be turned off. I guess I should have just left it off for three days, since the MH lighting over the reef was probably just fine. Lesson learned.

01/12/2006, 05:58 PM	#357
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Want to see if my Copperband Butterfly eats? http://www.melevsreef.com/video/cbb1.wmv

01/12/2006, 06:32 PM	#359
arconom Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Middletown, NY Posts: 2,126	Marc you have a PM I forgot your E-mail

01/12/2006, 10:15 PM	#362
TJ Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Arkansas Posts: 237	Love the video! How many choreograph lessons did the Copperbank have to take? Was the Brittney song her first choice? She's got a bright future ahead of her, that one! hehe.... love it!

01/12/2006, 10:22 PM	#363
TJ Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Arkansas Posts: 237	by the way, I meant to say, glad the Copperband is doing okay- I had one briefly years ago, and lost it... was very sad; they're beautiful fish.

01/13/2006, 01:42 AM	#364
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	The food the CBB is eating is Hikari Mysis soaked in Kent's Garlic Extreme. The first couple of days, the fish wasn't interested but now as soon as the food hits the water, the hunt is on. And "Drive Me Crazy" seemed appropriate for this video. TheCoralReef731, I have no idea you are referring to. Frames Per Second would be FPS...

01/13/2006, 11:50 AM	#366
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	That is absolutely true. I've been using mysis, but I really need to try using my regular food now as that is what the reef gets each day.

01/13/2006, 11:22 PM	#368
new2u Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta / DFW Posts: 861	Darn Double Post __________________ Whats the use of Aqua man anyways. There isn't really that much water based crime... Current Tank Info: Reefer 850 XXL - LPS/Zoa Dominant mixed reef

01/14/2006, 01:25 AM	#369
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Full Tank Shot. That makes sense. The poster must have been referring to Kelvin ratings (or spectrum of lighting). Thanks!

01/14/2006, 01:47 AM	#370
NexDog Snail Killer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kyushu, Japan Posts: 4,804	Server problems? __________________ 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).

01/14/2006, 02:05 AM	#371
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	For my site? Seems to be working fine for me. And for those of you that like to know statistics.... I was looking at the stats for my site for the first 12 days of the year, and already over 1 million hits occured. If that is an average that remains consistant, mathematically I figured my site will hit 30 million hits this year. All all of this occured because I loved clownfish enough to set up a tank 8 years ago, and later decided to document what I've learned.

01/14/2006, 03:10 AM	#372
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	wow.. thats about 100,000 hits a day, 4166.6 hits an hour, 69.443 hits a minute, 1.157 hits a second...

01/14/2006, 05:40 AM	#373
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,163	We are glad you loved clown fish... Thanks! __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.