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Aquarist007 · 07/25/2008, 08:25 PM

LPS and Soft Corals Dominant Tanks

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1236242

Aquarist007 · 07/25/2008, 08:28 PM

SPS Dominated Tanks

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1053276

marlon17 · 07/25/2008, 11:26 PM

Great logbook Capn!

Do you have the link of the most succesfull skimmerless tanks?

Aquarist007 · 07/26/2008, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by marlon17
Great logbook Capn!

Do you have the link of the most succesfull skimmerless tanks?

thanks

are there any succesfull skimmerless tanks

Sure I look for a few threads

raen · 07/26/2008, 06:32 AM

Man-o-man, if only you could get paid for all that you do here!!!I wish you lived here so I could get a great reef club going, and invite you every month with your abundence of knowledge!!!

Aquarist007 · 07/26/2008, 07:33 AM

Skimmerless Tanks
Amazing Pics at what can be done without a skimmer
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1

RC threads
skimmerless tanks
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=skimmerless

Can anyone run their tank au naturelle
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=skimmerless

No skimmer DSB
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=skimmerless

Aquarist007 · 07/29/2008, 08:37 PM

PaulB speaks out on hair algae:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1

Aquarist007 · 07/29/2008, 08:41 PM

Most interesting recap or index for a split thread
Tswifty's build thread

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...=&pagenumber=1

Aquarist007 · 07/29/2008, 10:43 PM

How to Mod a Koralia Power Head

post earlier on in the thread by Foreigner

"Give you an idea if you have an sps tank or like tons of flow. Purchase a regular Koralia #4 and also purchase the algae free maxijet upgrade. Once you get them, look in the maxijet upgrade kit and you will see a magnet, and 2 impellers. Grab the large white impeller and pop it out, turn it upside down and place back into the shaft. This is done to reverse the way the impeller will flow since the Koralia magnets and the maxijet kits upgrades are made to rotate in opposite directions...reversing the impeller assures the pump will start rotating in the right direction. The impeller is set by pressure just make sure you push it all the way in. After this little reversal is done, simply replace the stock koralia impeller...keep the koralia metal shaft! and insert the maxijet kit magnet along with the white impeller you just reversed. Replace the koralia cover and submerge in water at least 3 inches. You will be insane at the amount of flow this produces, I would say around 2000+ gph...I did this with 2 koralia 4's and they have been running for 2 months and stop and start with no problem...just do not use on a timer or wavemaker...absolutely no tools necessary, the impeller pops out with prssure from your fingers, just be careful not to brake any of the blades.
This produces equal flow of TUNZE pumps and even vortec at a fraction of the cost...HOWEVER, MAKE SURE YOU USE THE ALGAE FREE maxijet upgrade. Good Luck "

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...1#post13043781

Aquarist007 · 07/29/2008, 10:49 PM

Aquarist007 · 07/30/2008, 04:28 PM

Stomatopods are an ancient group of marine predators that are only distantly related to other more familiar crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthrop...raca/royslist/

Aquarist007 · 07/30/2008, 04:42 PM

Gluing Frags
Here's what Tswifty uses. You have to be careful, because most plumbing epoxy contains metal in it. He was unable to find a suitable material at Lowe's, but found this stuff for $2.99 at Home Depot which has worked well. He believes it even states "aquariums" as one of the applications on the label.

From the clubhouse thread

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1440944

Gdubb · 07/30/2008, 05:34 PM

Hey capn the post with the index references just link to the same basic page when you click on different ones instead of threads

Is it supposed to be that way?

Aquarist007 · 07/30/2008, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gdubb
Hey capn the post with the index references just link to the same basic page when you click on different ones instead of threads

Is it supposed to be that way?

No, its not , thanks Gdubb for pointing that out

the link to the index page on the clubhouse thread is

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1440944

Paul B · 07/30/2008, 06:27 PM

Thats a great job Capn. Your fingers must be calloused from typing. Good information and all condensed in one thread.
Very impressive.
When do you have time to teach?

Aquarist007 · 07/30/2008, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
Thats a great job Capn. Your fingers must be calloused from typing. Good information and all condensed in one thread.
Very impressive.
When do you have time to teach?

thankyou great mentor--a postive from you is always great

teach--now that you mention it---I start next Tuesday---this will be the third time out of retirement and this hobby as a great deal to do with it

Paul B · 07/31/2008, 04:38 AM

Quote:

thankyou great mentor--a postive from you is always great

Capn, you are going to give me a bigger head than I already have. I am also a legend in my own mind which means I have smack myself around once in a while, especially when I make a mistake and one of my fish starts growing two heads.

Aquarist007 · 07/31/2008, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
Capn, you are going to give me a bigger head than I already have. I am also a legend in my own mind which means I have smack myself around once in a while, especially when I make a mistake and one of my fish starts growing two heads.

Paul, after 15,000 posts you learn who to listen to, who too really listen to----your one of the guys I really listen too.

Paul B · 07/31/2008, 03:18 PM

There goes my head again, I have to start smacking myself.
I guess I can get my wife to do it for me.

Aquarist007 · 07/31/2008, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
There goes my head again, I have to start smacking myself.
I guess I can get my wife to do it for me.

Before you smack yourself---
Have you always had steady success with growing corals.
It seems like my tank has been in a funk since xmas---I been slowly loosing corals:
2 flower pot coras
thread heads of torch for no reason--new heads were growing at the same time
numerous zoos
recently---pagoda coral on the way out---only the outer rim is alive
full grown acropora----was given to me sick--came back really good and is dying off
lord acan is slowly disintegrating
hammer coral I've had for 2 years went in a week
frogspawn---is down from 6 heads to 2 in less than a week

with the exception of the gonipora I have had these corals for over 2 years

is this just a natural occurance or is something going on?

my gut goes with flow issues---too much turbulant flow from koralias---I have about 5000 gph in the tank.

Paul B · 07/31/2008, 05:45 PM

No, it is not a natural occurance except for maybe the flowerpot corals. Something is going on. As you know I lost most of my corals, some ten years old in a week due to zinc orthophosphate.
It sounds like you also have something in your water and water changes are probably making it worse because it is in your make up water as it was in mine. I would check your resins, for some reason, sometimes mine don't change color even when they are exhausted. (thats how I got into trouble) I would also run a lot of carbon in a canister in an attempt that carbon will remove what ever is the cause. Carbon will remove metals. I assume the temp is not over 88 or so.
Corals are not very forgiving and when they start to go, it's not that easy to turn them around.
Good luck, let me know how you make out, but don't keep changing water with the same water you are using until you check the resins.
Paul

Aquarist007 · 07/31/2008, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
No, it is not a natural occurance except for maybe the flowerpot corals. Something is going on. As you know I lost most of my corals, some ten years old in a week due to zinc orthophosphate.
It sounds like you also have something in your water and water changes are probably making it worse because it is in your make up water as it was in mine. I would check your resins, for some reason, sometimes mine don't change color even when they are exhausted. (thats how I got into trouble) I would also run a lot of carbon in a canister in an attempt that carbon will remove what ever is the cause. Carbon will remove metals. I assume the temp is not over 88 or so.
Corals are not very forgiving and when they start to go, it's not that easy to turn them around.
Good luck, let me know how you make out, but don't keep changing water with the same water you are using until you check the resins.
Paul

Paul, it's a coincidence you should say that--I just changed out my ro system to an ro/di and have been using the new water for only about a week

I also changed out my berlin skimmer to the msx250 a couple of weeks ago but have only been able to use it with one pump. The service of the US company I dealt with is absolutely terrible to Cdns

Aquarist007 · 07/31/2008, 06:17 PM

DIY Wave Box

This is a great thread with an interesting video. Well documented with pics
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1411393

Paul B · 07/31/2008, 06:53 PM

Capn, run a load of carbon in there. Maybe your water intake problems (if you had any problems) are fixed but whatever was in your water is still affecting your corals who (I would imagine) absorb unwanted metals into their tissues. The damage is done but maybe you could reverse it with better water. Corals will come back but the dying parts will still die.

Aquarist007 · 07/31/2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul B
Capn, run a load of carbon in there. Maybe your water intake problems (if you had any problems) are fixed but whatever was in your water is still affecting your corals who (I would imagine) absorb unwanted metals into their tissues. The damage is done but maybe you could reverse it with better water. Corals will come back but the dying parts will still die.

would a series of water changes also help?

I have an extra phosban reactor so I will run two of them with carbon for the next while

07/25/2008, 08:25 PM	#151
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	LPS and Soft Corals Dominant Tanks http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1236242 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/25/2008, 08:28 PM	#152
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	SPS Dominated Tanks http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1053276 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/26/2008, 06:32 AM	#155
raen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,084	Man-o-man, if only you could get paid for all that you do here!!!I wish you lived here so I could get a great reef club going, and invite you every month with your abundence of knowledge!!! __________________ Rae N. She wasn't wicked, she only liked the shoes!!! Current Tank Info: 60 Gall Hex, 3 #3's, no fuge..........YET!!!

07/26/2008, 07:33 AM	#156
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	Skimmerless Tanks Amazing Pics at what can be done without a skimmer http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1 RC threads skimmerless tanks http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=skimmerless Can anyone run their tank au naturelle http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=skimmerless No skimmer DSB http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=skimmerless __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock Last edited by Aquarist007; 07/26/2008 at 07:39 AM.

07/29/2008, 08:37 PM	#157
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	PaulB speaks out on hair algae: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/25/2008, 11:26 PM	#153
marlon17 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 59	Great logbook Capn! Do you have the link of the most succesfull skimmerless tanks?

07/29/2008, 08:41 PM	#158
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	Most interesting recap or index for a split thread Tswifty's build thread http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...=&pagenumber=1 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/29/2008, 10:43 PM	#159
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	How to Mod a Koralia Power Head post earlier on in the thread by Foreigner "Give you an idea if you have an sps tank or like tons of flow. Purchase a regular Koralia #4 and also purchase the algae free maxijet upgrade. Once you get them, look in the maxijet upgrade kit and you will see a magnet, and 2 impellers. Grab the large white impeller and pop it out, turn it upside down and place back into the shaft. This is done to reverse the way the impeller will flow since the Koralia magnets and the maxijet kits upgrades are made to rotate in opposite directions...reversing the impeller assures the pump will start rotating in the right direction. The impeller is set by pressure just make sure you push it all the way in. After this little reversal is done, simply replace the stock koralia impeller...keep the koralia metal shaft! and insert the maxijet kit magnet along with the white impeller you just reversed. Replace the koralia cover and submerge in water at least 3 inches. You will be insane at the amount of flow this produces, I would say around 2000+ gph...I did this with 2 koralia 4's and they have been running for 2 months and stop and start with no problem...just do not use on a timer or wavemaker...absolutely no tools necessary, the impeller pops out with prssure from your fingers, just be careful not to brake any of the blades. This produces equal flow of TUNZE pumps and even vortec at a fraction of the cost...HOWEVER, MAKE SURE YOU USE THE ALGAE FREE maxijet upgrade. Good Luck " http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...1#post13043781 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/29/2008, 10:49 PM	#160
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	What is the clubhouse? Its a build thread started by Twsifty8 which has become a great thread of the everyday problems that a reefer encounters and how they are solved How do you become a member Simply post on the thread The thread has split three times and here is the index page of some of the vast topics discussed http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...=&pagenumber=1 INDEX Canopy Construction http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=4 Calfo Construction http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=4 Sump Construction http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=7 Plumbing Construction http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=7 Plumbing Support http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=10 T5 Lighting Installation http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=28 T5 Lighting Upgrade http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...hreadid=1393985 Overflow Guard http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=34 Linking Phosban & Carbon Reactors http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=9 Heat Issues http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=17 PAR Testing http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=30 How to hard plumb an Eheim http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=12 Seeding Sand http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=9 Silencing Return Pump Vibration http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=16 RO/DI Water Storage http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=23 Reef Safe Paint for PVC http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=31 Surface Flow & Agitation http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=34 Cheato Growth & Maintenance http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=11 Cheato Growth & Maintenance 2 http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=32 Spiders!!! http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=22 Open Brain Coral Issues http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=22 [/B][/QUOTE] Whelks http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=17 Koralia Cleaning http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=18 DIY Frozen Food http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...25&pagenumber=4 Mounting Retrofit Kit http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...25&pagenumber=7 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=18 Dipping Corals http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=13 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=17 Step by Step Mesh Mod http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=15 Anemone Feeding http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=32 RO/DI Setup http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=32 Sump & Skimmer Cleaning http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...5&pagenumber=33 Additional Threads/Links of Interest: Capn's LogBook Whats hot What's interesting capn_hylinur http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1424845 Capn's Refugium Thread capn_hylinur http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1410456 Melevâ€™s Reef melev http://www.melevsreef.com Letâ€™s see those feeding pictures! melev http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...hreadid=1430247 Show off your tangs Kar93 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1341369 Sump Build Questions (a LOT) SteveJakubiec http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1417422 Silent and Failsafe Overflow System BeanAnimal http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...25&pagenumber=1 T5 Q&A Thread The Grim Reefer http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1384575 Possible New Cure for Ick? (Ginger Thread) cratylus http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...threadid=181818 No Lights for 3 Days Every Couple of Months Works Wonders! Aquabucket http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1078532 How to Organize Wires Thread TSwifty8 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1391757 RO/DI Filter Replacement Thread... How do you know when to do it? Tswifty8 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...hreadid=1401689 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/30/2008, 04:28 PM	#161
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	Stomatopods are an ancient group of marine predators that are only distantly related to other more familiar crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthrop...raca/royslist/ __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/30/2008, 04:42 PM	#162
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	Gluing Frags Here's what Tswifty uses. You have to be careful, because most plumbing epoxy contains metal in it. He was unable to find a suitable material at Lowe's, but found this stuff for $2.99 at Home Depot which has worked well. He believes it even states "aquariums" as one of the applications on the label. From the clubhouse thread http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1440944 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/30/2008, 05:34 PM	#163
Gdubb Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 321	Hey capn the post with the index references just link to the same basic page when you click on different ones instead of threads Is it supposed to be that way?

07/30/2008, 06:27 PM	#165
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Thats a great job Capn. Your fingers must be calloused from typing. Good information and all condensed in one thread. Very impressive. When do you have time to teach? __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

07/31/2008, 03:18 PM	#169
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	There goes my head again, I have to start smacking myself. I guess I can get my wife to do it for me.

07/31/2008, 05:45 PM	#171
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	No, it is not a natural occurance except for maybe the flowerpot corals. Something is going on. As you know I lost most of my corals, some ten years old in a week due to zinc orthophosphate. It sounds like you also have something in your water and water changes are probably making it worse because it is in your make up water as it was in mine. I would check your resins, for some reason, sometimes mine don't change color even when they are exhausted. (thats how I got into trouble) I would also run a lot of carbon in a canister in an attempt that carbon will remove what ever is the cause. Carbon will remove metals. I assume the temp is not over 88 or so. Corals are not very forgiving and when they start to go, it's not that easy to turn them around. Good luck, let me know how you make out, but don't keep changing water with the same water you are using until you check the resins. Paul __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

07/31/2008, 06:17 PM	#173
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	DIY Wave Box This is a great thread with an interesting video. Well documented with pics http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1411393 __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/31/2008, 06:53 PM	#174
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Capn, run a load of carbon in there. Maybe your water intake problems (if you had any problems) are fixed but whatever was in your water is still affecting your corals who (I would imagine) absorb unwanted metals into their tissues. The damage is done but maybe you could reverse it with better water. Corals will come back but the dying parts will still die. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971