SPS 33 system with NC6 frag/QT and Snowflake - Page 23

cherubfish pair · 10/10/2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by unbreakable

did you try feeding it to make sure the bacteria can handle it?

It looks like ammonia is creeping up. I will have to make a water change and add some ammonia neutralizer.

cherubfish pair · 10/10/2009, 08:26 PM

Hi coloradoboy, it's nice to see you here Brock!

To Reef Central

cherubfish pair · 10/11/2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpankythePyro

picture!

A friend might be bringing a camera here today and my light is still out so I'm not promising anything.

I will make a water change today, order some supplies and bulb, hope to take some pictures, touch up with paint on the back side of the DT and maybe even drill the hole that goes through the stand for the standpipe.

coloradoboy · 10/12/2009, 07:52 AM

Please don't bring your problems here.~dc

cherubfish pair · 10/12/2009, 09:27 PM

unbreakable · 10/13/2009, 09:28 PM

looks like hes smiling in the second pic

how's the ammonia?

cherubfish pair · 10/15/2009, 07:07 PM

Yes he/she is smiling in the second pic. My photography is still less than desirable. And so is my tidiness.

Ammonia is fine.

cherubfish pair · 10/15/2009, 07:13 PM

Still waiting for my 70W MH bulb so trying these for temporary. The yellow light is a submersible one and the other is a moon/actinic light that clamps on and has a flexible arm. I choose the actinic for now.

unbreakable · 10/15/2009, 07:26 PM

for QT i wouldnt use the 70w MH just to view the fish. You could use a regular house lamp for viewing

cherubfish pair · 10/15/2009, 11:08 PM

Yeah, I don't need that much light. Subdued lighting is preferable for quarantining. I do need to siphon the crud off the bottom with a baster.

The smaller fish is definitely eating and I haven't seen the bigger (the male I assume) one eat yet. I did a water change of about 15% on the fourth day. I think I'll do a bigger one more often. I also need to clean the "spout" on the Nano Remora. They have an opening that has to be brushed out occasionally. I sure wish I could see the male eat.

I installed the standpipe in the display by seating the bulkhead fitting, then I tested all the glued joints by filling the overflow with water. Not a single drop found its way out. Then I did a similar process to the closed loop inlet. I installed the b.f. and glued a ballvalve x union to it with pvc cement. Finally I tacked in the anemone saver over the cl inlet with rubber cement and called it an evening.

cherubfish pair · 10/16/2009, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cherubfish pair

.....order some supplies and bulb, hope to take some pictures, touch up with paint on the back side of the DT and maybe even drill the hole that goes through the stand for the standpipe.

Got my stuff from Marine Depot yesterday. One of the bottles in a test kit leaked and they're sending a free one with free shipping in three days. My bulb came, a 20000K Ushio double-ended. That's a cooler temperature bulb.

This evening I'll do a w/c and finish installing the nem saver, do some calibrations, and dig in the closet for some more aquarium stuff that I put away for the summer.

cherubfish pair · 10/16/2009, 09:27 PM

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My bulb came, a 20000K Ushio double-ended

Having trouble with my viper light. The ballast is getting juice, but none to the bulb as I can tell. Have to find a spark thing to tell if the sockets are getting juice. I had this problem with the last bulb I put in there. It wasn't seated properly.

I siphoned out some detritus and did a w/c of about 20%. And also calibrated the temp on my Reef Keeper against my thermometer with digital display. Now to set my Temp Alert which beeps when the temp goes too far above and below the temp set for heater shut-off. It's battery operated so if the electricity goes out, the heater will stop, and the temp will drop causing the alert to beep and it will wake me up at night. It's just a standard precaution.

Now the male is coming out of the pvc elbow and going behind the powerhead pre-filter where the female has always been hanging out. He chases her out but she keeps coming back. They both venture beyond their respective shelters more often now.

Tomorrow my parents are going to Kalispell to get things for out store. I'm having them buy a couple of things from Petco: ammonia dip and read strips and something else I can't remember right now. I've been relying on the ammo alert thing shown on the previous page. The dip and read is more accurate.

cherubfish pair · 10/17/2009, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Having trouble with my viper light. The ballast is getting juice, but none to the bulb as I can tell. Have to find a spark thing to tell if the sockets are getting juice. I had this problem with the last bulb I put in there. It wasn't seated properly.

Called Marine Depot and they said I can swap the Ushio for a JBJ brand bulb. JBJ is the brand of ballast and light "arm" so I think a JBJ bulb will work in it. Good thing I'm not in a hurry cause the Ushio will take several days to get back to MD and then some for the JBJ to get here.

cherubfish pair · 10/17/2009, 05:53 PM

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I'm having them buy a couple of things from Petco: ammonia dip and read strips and something else I can't remember right now. I've been relying on the ammo alert thing shown on the previous page. The dip and read is more accurate.

I decided to keep my money and use the ammonia kit that is part of a master kit that I almost threw away. It's between a year and two years old. I'll use it to check against my Seachem ammonia alert thingy. They say liquid test kits are only good for about a year.

cherubfish pair · 10/17/2009, 05:57 PM

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My photography is still less than desirable. And so is my tidiness.

Two things I WILL work on. I plan not to take any more pictures unless the inside AND outside of the tank glass is CLEAN!

cherubfish pair · 10/18/2009, 12:22 PM

Ammonia is 0 ppm.

unbreakable · 10/24/2009, 09:16 PM

how are the fish doing? thats good theres no ammonia anymore, what about nitrite?

cherubfish pair · 10/26/2009, 09:59 PM

The fish are doing better. The male eats a little every now and then. I think the problem is that on the reef they eat all their waking hours unless they're spawning. The food is being digested all the time too, just as they eat. That way they never have a full stomach, it constantly goes in, through, and out of them. So when they're captive and only get one, or maybe if they're lucky get two, they're stomachs are too small to hold enough food to nourish them through the whole day. They have to get hungry enough to over eat and stretch their stomachs out. This just takes time.

cherubfish pair · 10/27/2009, 08:54 PM

Here's Mindy with a fork horn. She bagged this buck 20 minutes after deer hunting season started. About a half mile from my house.

unbreakable · 10/28/2009, 07:04 PM

did you already setup the display tank

cherubfish pair · 10/29/2009, 08:59 PM

I started setting up the display tank a few days ago. I have a siphon overflow and my old sump running. I'm injecting ozone in case there's oil from the factory all over the tank. It should burn it off. I think I'll go out to my storage and get the lights and a maxi-jet for a sure flow 1600 powerhead.

Fish are fine. Tried a new fish food and they seem to like it better.

cherubfish pair · 10/30/2009, 06:52 PM

Put some lights on. Two 55 watt retro kits. 50/50 bulbs. Oh, and a sure flow 1600. Man that thing is loud! I'll definitely have to shut it off at night.

cherubfish pair · 11/01/2009, 03:33 PM

I would like to do away with one pump. I have a pump for the only purpose of providing a closed loop from my sump, through the chiller, and back into the sump. I was hoping of getting rid of that pump and just using my return pump to go through the chiller and back to the display. I could throttle back the return and put its flow within the recommended range of the chiller, but have to think it out more.

The chiller pump is rated around 160 gph. It's an Eheim 1248. The chiller recommended flow is min/max 106/160. The return is an Iwaki 115 with top flow around 300 gph.

What do you think Ruben?

powers2001 · 11/01/2009, 04:20 PM

Hey dad!

Can I name your fish?

unbreakable · 11/01/2009, 08:38 PM

Maybe you could T off the return pump to the chiller? Only problem is knowing how much water is really go through the chiller. Take a look at the eheim pumps. Ive never had luck with chillers

So the DT is acrylic but its not drilled?

10/10/2009, 08:26 PM	#552
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Hi coloradoboy, it's nice to see you here Brock! *To Reef Central* __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/12/2009, 07:52 AM	#554
coloradoboy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 6	Please don't bring your problems here.~dc Last edited by dc; 10/12/2009 at 07:07 PM.

10/12/2009, 09:27 PM	#555
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	__________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/13/2009, 09:28 PM	#556
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	looks like hes smiling in the second pic how's the ammonia? __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

10/15/2009, 07:07 PM	#557
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Yes he/she is smiling in the second pic. My photography is still less than desirable. And so is my tidiness. Ammonia is fine. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless Last edited by cherubfish pair; 10/15/2009 at 07:15 PM.

10/15/2009, 07:13 PM	#558
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Still waiting for my 70W MH bulb so trying these for temporary. The yellow light is a submersible one and the other is a moon/actinic light that clamps on and has a flexible arm. I choose the actinic for now. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/15/2009, 07:26 PM	#559
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	for QT i wouldnt use the 70w MH just to view the fish. You could use a regular house lamp for viewing __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

10/15/2009, 11:08 PM	#560
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Yeah, I don't need that much light. Subdued lighting is preferable for quarantining. I do need to siphon the crud off the bottom with a baster. The smaller fish is definitely eating and I haven't seen the bigger (the male I assume) one eat yet. I did a water change of about 15% on the fourth day. I think I'll do a bigger one more often. I also need to clean the "spout" on the Nano Remora. They have an opening that has to be brushed out occasionally. I sure wish I could see the male eat. I installed the standpipe in the display by seating the bulkhead fitting, then I tested all the glued joints by filling the overflow with water. Not a single drop found its way out. Then I did a similar process to the closed loop inlet. I installed the b.f. and glued a ballvalve x union to it with pvc cement. Finally I tacked in the anemone saver over the cl inlet with rubber cement and called it an evening. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/18/2009, 12:22 PM	#566
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Ammonia is 0 ppm. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/24/2009, 09:16 PM	#567
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	how are the fish doing? thats good theres no ammonia anymore, what about nitrite? __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

10/26/2009, 09:59 PM	#568
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	The fish are doing better. The male eats a little every now and then. I think the problem is that on the reef they eat all their waking hours unless they're spawning. The food is being digested all the time too, just as they eat. That way they never have a full stomach, it constantly goes in, through, and out of them. So when they're captive and only get one, or maybe if they're lucky get two, they're stomachs are too small to hold enough food to nourish them through the whole day. They have to get hungry enough to over eat and stretch their stomachs out. This just takes time. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/27/2009, 08:54 PM	#569
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Here's Mindy with a fork horn. She bagged this buck 20 minutes after deer hunting season started. About a half mile from my house. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless Last edited by cherubfish pair; 10/27/2009 at 09:00 PM. Reason: image tags

10/28/2009, 07:04 PM	#570
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	did you already setup the display tank __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

10/29/2009, 08:59 PM	#571
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	I started setting up the display tank a few days ago. I have a siphon overflow and my old sump running. I'm injecting ozone in case there's oil from the factory all over the tank. It should burn it off. I think I'll go out to my storage and get the lights and a maxi-jet for a sure flow 1600 powerhead. Fish are fine. Tried a new fish food and they seem to like it better. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

10/30/2009, 06:52 PM	#572
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Put some lights on. Two 55 watt retro kits. 50/50 bulbs. Oh, and a sure flow 1600. Man that thing is loud! I'll definitely have to shut it off at night. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

11/01/2009, 03:33 PM	#573
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	I would like to do away with one pump. I have a pump for the only purpose of providing a closed loop from my sump, through the chiller, and back into the sump. I was hoping of getting rid of that pump and just using my return pump to go through the chiller and back to the display. I could throttle back the return and put its flow within the recommended range of the chiller, but have to think it out more. The chiller pump is rated around 160 gph. It's an Eheim 1248. The chiller recommended flow is min/max 106/160. The return is an Iwaki 115 with top flow around 300 gph. What do you think Ruben? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

11/01/2009, 04:20 PM	#574
powers2001 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 224	Hey dad! Can I name your fish?

11/01/2009, 08:38 PM	#575
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	Maybe you could T off the return pump to the chiller? Only problem is knowing how much water is really go through the chiller. Take a look at the eheim pumps. Ive never had luck with chillers So the DT is acrylic but its not drilled? __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!