Tswifty's Custom 40g Rimless Build Thread - Page 19

Tswifty · 07/30/2009, 11:44 AM

Good news. My new Reef Fanatic Solenoid showed up this morning, so I'm going to get it hooked up here in a little.

Tswifty · 07/30/2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by ser_renely
Hope you can get the wrasse out and healthy again.

I just had 2 Fire fish taken out by my pistol shrimp in less then a day. Although not a 100% sure it was one of my pistols it could have been my coral banded shrimp, but I saw a Fire fish go in one of their holes and snap, snap. came out messed up. It disappeared that night, then the next day I found the other all tore up. They also had a really strange mark on the side, not a cut but it looked like a bruise or even a burn, that was one of the reason I deduced it was the pistol even though the banded may have delivered the final blow.

Any experiance with aggressive pistols? The more I read, I seem to find out they can be real nasty sometimes. I have one that is about a couple inches large

Looks like I will have to tear down the tank soon, because anything I put in gets murdered.

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Originally posted by ser_renely
yeah, more then positive it is a pistol...could be wrong, but he sure looked like a pistol, huge mo fo claw.

when I tank tear, we will see....might try a trap first.

Sorry to hear that, the pistol shrimp I had pretty much kept to himself, and didn't bother anything. That being said, you may need to tear the tank down to catch it. I couldn't get my pistol shrimp out of my 90g tank no matter how hard I tried. I ended up losing it when I dosed my tank with Interceptor, since I couldn't successfully remove it prior to the treatments. Good luck.

ser_renely · 07/30/2009, 12:27 PM

It will not be fun, tearing down....80lbs of live rock, DSB etc... Have to have a friend help...

I really don't want to kill him, or the 4 others I have, but I would assume interceptor would kill everything including other stuff? It will sorta be making it up as I go along. I have never done this before so it will be an experiance. Everytime I do somthing I mess something up

Tswifty · 07/30/2009, 01:06 PM

I hear you on that... I try to keep my hands out of my tank as much as possible now. The same thing happens to me, everytime I try to do something in the tank, I end up breaking corals, knocking stuff over, etc... etc... I'm planning on removing the RBTA this weekend, and that's going to be an adventure in itself. One I'm definitely not looking forward to, but I've put it off long enough.

So far I've kept this tank shrimp and crab free, and have been pleased with the results... or I should say that I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not having them in there.

As far as the Interceptor goes, it would kill any shrimp or crabs in your system that happen to be left in the tank when you dose it. When you do tear everything down, I would perform a large water change after you get everything put back together, and run fresh carbon.

ser_renely · 07/30/2009, 02:29 PM

Thank you for the info, appreciate it.

Tswifty · 07/30/2009, 09:57 PM

Found a fish on the floor after I got back from the gym tonight. I'm beyond ticked over this.

My female Picasso. eff word.

DiscoReefRover · 07/30/2009, 10:12 PM

Double Eff word !!!! with a few moms attached and some blasfamy......spelling you get the point ... Sorry dude I love all my clowns I woould hit the bottle if a piccaso surfed !!!1

kudora · 07/30/2009, 10:18 PM

daaaaang sorry to hear that

Tswifty · 07/30/2009, 10:21 PM

For kicks... lets run down this last month, and how great it's been.

- A bazillion flatworms arrived. Seriously red rocks are cool.
- Bubble algae... don't worry... it's red though, because flatworms cover the bubbles.
- I've lost 72 wrasses because my Mystery Wrasse has a serious attitude problem, and no respect for my wallet.
- Redbugs, if my SPS hadn't suffered enough... lets toss these guys in the mix.
- Faulty solenoid... I hear alk swings, along with redbugs is the best way to get your SPS colors to pop.

Since I seem to be just tossing money away, I think I'm just going to start blending up my cash with my fish food. That way I can dose it directly to the tank.

melev · 07/30/2009, 10:23 PM

That's what we refer to as Formula Two. You never noticed the correlation?

DiscoReefRover · 07/30/2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tswifty
For kicks... lets run down this last month, and how great it's been.

- A bazillion flatworms arrived. Seriously red rocks are cool.
- Bubble algae... don't worry... it's red though, because flatworms cover the bubbles.
- I've lost 72 wrasses because my Mystery Wrasse has a serious attitude problem, and no respect for my wallet.
- Redbugs, if my SPS hadn't suffered enough... lets toss these guys in the mix.
- Faulty solenoid... I hear alk swings, along with redbugs is the best way to get your SPS colors to pop.

Since I seem to be just tossing money away, I think I'm just going to start blending up my cash with my fish food. That way I can dose it directly to the tank.

Priceless rant Bro I feel your pain!!!

Bill14 · 07/30/2009, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tswifty
For kicks... lets run down this last month, and how great it's been.

- A bazillion flatworms arrived. Seriously red rocks are cool.
- Bubble algae... don't worry... it's red though, because flatworms cover the bubbles.
- I've lost 72 wrasses because my Mystery Wrasse has a serious attitude problem, and no respect for my wallet.
- Redbugs, if my SPS hadn't suffered enough... lets toss these guys in the mix.
- Faulty solenoid... I hear alk swings, along with redbugs is the best way to get your SPS colors to pop.

Since I seem to be just tossing money away, I think I'm just going to start blending up my cash with my fish food. That way I can dose it directly to the tank.

I hear ya! I've had ich, cheap tang killing expensive fish, SPS RTN for unknown reasons. I'm glad July is almost over.

IridescentLily · 07/31/2009, 12:11 AM

Aw man, i'm sorry about your fish Tswifty. :-(

You're going through a bunch of c**p one right after another, but i gotta say, this is a quote waiting for a sig:
"Bubble algae... don't worry... it's red though, because flatworms cover the bubbles."

ser_renely · 07/31/2009, 07:05 AM

man, that is harsh about your Picasso...I can't imagine. Any deductions as to what could have happened? Sorry to hear

I have had a horrid month, 4 fish dead, pumped in enough kalk to my tank to make a vanilla milkshake. It literally made an SPS have a blister(never seen that before!!!). It had a bubble with the polyps still attached to the end of the bubble, but the tissue was completely off the coral. Strangest thing I have ever seen. It looks to have reattached to the coral, but a couple polyps died( I think) Will be monitoring over the weeks to come. Probably will now start a slow death.

I will start fresh with a tank tear in August, to extract super pistols.

...must be something in the water.

Tswifty · 07/31/2009, 12:01 PM

Thanks guys. Hopefully we will all have a better August. Anyway, I have no idea why it jumped since it's been in the tank for like 5 months. I did get an in-stock notification on a fish I have been searching for this morning. So I may cheer myself up by ordering it... we'll see.

serpentman · 07/31/2009, 12:27 PM

I always find a little retail therapy works well.

Tswifty · 07/31/2009, 01:45 PM

Water Parameters:

ser_renely · 07/31/2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by serpentman
I always find a little retail therapy works well.

lol

hey TJ,

How much you know about salinity? I have noticed that the area of the ocean I live on(Caribbean Reef) has a much higher salinity then what they usually say, It usually comes in at 37-39ish and when I keep my tank at this, my corals seem much happier.

Taqpol · 07/31/2009, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tswifty
I did get an in-stock notification on a fish I have been searching for this morning. So I may cheer myself up by ordering it... we'll see.

Gonna give us a hint?

Padrino · 08/01/2009, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ser_renely
lol

hey TJ,

How much you know about salinity? I have noticed that the area of the ocean I live on(Caribbean Reef) has a much higher salinity then what they usually say, It usually comes in at 37-39ish and when I keep my tank at this, my corals seem much happier.

I would like to know more about this!!

Tswifty · 08/01/2009, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ser_renely
lol

hey TJ,

How much you know about salinity? I have noticed that the area of the ocean I live on(Caribbean Reef) has a much higher salinity then what they usually say, It usually comes in at 37-39ish and when I keep my tank at this, my corals seem much happier.

Quote:

Originally posted by Padrino
I would like to know more about this!!

It's true certain areas have higher salt levels than others. There was a thread a while back that I believe even included a map and the salt concentration for different regions. As far as if it is better or worse... or long term effects from running at higher concentrations...? beats me?

Personally, I try and run my SG between 1.026-1.027, but as you can see from my chart it's rather difficult to keep. Which I attribute to skimming wet.

Quote:

Originally posted by Taqpol
Gonna give us a hint?

and ruin the surprise?

Tswifty · 08/02/2009, 05:52 PM

RBTA is out!

...and I didn't topple all my rockwork, or cause serious chaos in the tank! I'll post pics later tonight.

Johnny C · 08/02/2009, 06:28 PM

This is an awesome aquarium, I love your setup and the livestock seems to enjoy it too!

Just out of curiousity... I spotted a tang in one of your pictures. Do you still have him? I'm far from being the "tang police" and was actually curious to know if you think a system like yours is too small to house a small sized tang. LMK Bro!

chrismunn · 08/02/2009, 07:07 PM

im curious to know how you got the

chrismunn · 08/02/2009, 07:11 PM

oops, hit something and posted my reply before i was ready!

i was curious about how you got the RBTA out? im wanting to get rid of my wifes (if she'll got for it

) but im not sure how i would actually get it off the rocks without destrying everything? it feels like i'd have to take the rock it was on out of the tank?

07/30/2009, 11:44 AM	#451
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	Good news. My new Reef Fanatic Solenoid showed up this morning, so I'm going to get it hooked up here in a little. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

07/30/2009, 12:27 PM	#453
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	It will not be fun, tearing down....80lbs of live rock, DSB etc... Have to have a friend help... I really don't want to kill him, or the 4 others I have, but I would assume interceptor would kill everything including other stuff? It will sorta be making it up as I go along. I have never done this before so it will be an experiance. Everytime I do somthing I mess something up __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

07/30/2009, 01:06 PM	#454
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	I hear you on that... I try to keep my hands out of my tank as much as possible now. The same thing happens to me, everytime I try to do something in the tank, I end up breaking corals, knocking stuff over, etc... etc... I'm planning on removing the RBTA this weekend, and that's going to be an adventure in itself. One I'm definitely not looking forward to, but I've put it off long enough. So far I've kept this tank shrimp and crab free, and have been pleased with the results... or I should say that I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not having them in there. As far as the Interceptor goes, it would kill any shrimp or crabs in your system that happen to be left in the tank when you dose it. When you do tear everything down, I would perform a large water change after you get everything put back together, and run fresh carbon. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

07/30/2009, 02:29 PM	#455
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	Thank you for the info, appreciate it. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

07/30/2009, 09:57 PM	#456
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	Found a fish on the floor after I got back from the gym tonight. I'm beyond ticked over this. My female Picasso. eff word. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

07/30/2009, 10:12 PM	#457
DiscoReefRover Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Willowick, Ohio Posts: 1,603	Double Eff word !!!! with a few moms attached and some blasfamy......spelling you get the point ... Sorry dude I love all my clowns I woould hit the bottle if a piccaso surfed !!!1 __________________ "I hope I'm not going to be the first person who lost a fish, because it superglued it's mouth shut. " Tswifty New ohio DUI law..1st. OFF get 2 Browns TICs 2nd OFF you have to use them !!! Current Tank Info: Divorced ....looking for my next hole to fill!! Last edited by DiscoReefRover; 07/30/2009 at 10:20 PM.

07/30/2009, 10:18 PM	#458
kudora thread reader Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 1,639	daaaaang sorry to hear that __________________ You must use "Regular Clorox" Any scents like "New Fresh Scent Clorox" will kill all of your animals in a few minutes (don't ask) "Paul b" Current Tank Info: 84 gallon(60x18x18) tank, 40 breeder frag, 30 gallon lps

07/30/2009, 10:21 PM	#459
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	For kicks... lets run down this last month, and how great it's been. - A bazillion flatworms arrived. Seriously red rocks are cool. - Bubble algae... don't worry... it's red though, because flatworms cover the bubbles. - I've lost 72 wrasses because my Mystery Wrasse has a serious attitude problem, and no respect for my wallet. - Redbugs, if my SPS hadn't suffered enough... lets toss these guys in the mix. - Faulty solenoid... I hear alk swings, along with redbugs is the best way to get your SPS colors to pop. Since I seem to be just tossing money away, I think I'm just going to start blending up my cash with my fish food. That way I can dose it directly to the tank. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

07/30/2009, 10:23 PM	#460
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	That's what we refer to as Formula Two. You never noticed the correlation?

07/31/2009, 12:11 AM	#463
IridescentLily Editor-Reefkeeping mag Join Date: May 2008 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 3,858 Blog Entries: 5	Aw man, i'm sorry about your fish Tswifty. :-( You're going through a bunch of c**p one right after another, but i gotta say, this is a quote waiting for a sig: "Bubble algae... don't worry... it's red though, because flatworms cover the bubbles." __________________ ~April Editor-Reefkeeping Magazine

07/31/2009, 07:05 AM	#464
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	man, that is harsh about your Picasso...I can't imagine. Any deductions as to what could have happened? Sorry to hear I have had a horrid month, 4 fish dead, pumped in enough kalk to my tank to make a vanilla milkshake. It literally made an SPS have a blister(never seen that before!!!). It had a bubble with the polyps still attached to the end of the bubble, but the tissue was completely off the coral. Strangest thing I have ever seen. It looks to have reattached to the coral, but a couple polyps died( I think) Will be monitoring over the weeks to come. Probably will now start a slow death. I will start fresh with a tank tear in August, to extract super pistols. ...must be something in the water. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

07/31/2009, 12:01 PM	#465
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	Thanks guys. Hopefully we will all have a better August. Anyway, I have no idea why it jumped since it's been in the tank for like 5 months. I did get an in-stock notification on a fish I have been searching for this morning. So I may cheer myself up by ordering it... we'll see. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

07/31/2009, 12:27 PM	#466
serpentman part time superhero Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of the Snowbelt (NE OHIO) Posts: 5,698	I always find a little retail therapy works well. __________________ BS in Marine Bio ('96), First SW tank in 1992. Current Tank(s) 300g SPS with 90g frag tank and 40 anemone tank - decommissioned 46g LPS/Softy Cube 300g FOWLR under construction - decommissioned

07/31/2009, 01:45 PM	#467
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	Water Parameters: __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

08/02/2009, 05:52 PM	#472
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	RBTA is out! ...and I didn't topple all my rockwork, or cause serious chaos in the tank! I'll post pics later tonight. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

08/02/2009, 06:28 PM	#473
Johnny C Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 4,140	This is an awesome aquarium, I love your setup and the livestock seems to enjoy it too! Just out of curiousity... I spotted a tang in one of your pictures. Do you still have him? I'm far from being the "tang police" and was actually curious to know if you think a system like yours is too small to house a small sized tang. LMK Bro! __________________ "...the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonders forever" -Jacques Cousteau

08/02/2009, 07:07 PM	#474
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	im curious to know how you got the __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

08/02/2009, 07:11 PM	#475
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	oops, hit something and posted my reply before i was ready! i was curious about how you got the RBTA out? im wanting to get rid of my wifes (if she'll got for it ) but im not sure how i would actually get it off the rocks without destrying everything? it feels like i'd have to take the rock it was on out of the tank? __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube