Starting 90g Reef Tank Build... Finally!!!

[NanoGurl]

oh... so I'm "just another thread" to you now???

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by D to the P
I just turned 21 in may, I never felt "old" until I started to realize that there are rookies playing hockey in the NHL that are younger than me. Makes me feel like I missed something! (after all I did play ice hockey since I was nine)

Tell me about it... I played baseball since as early as I can remember and have pictures of me as a baby teetering around after my father on the field at Busch Stadium.

I was being scouted going into my senior year until 10 games in when I tore my labrum on a headfirst slide. After that, the phone magically stopped ringing.

The past 3 mlb drafts have been rough to watch to say the least, as a good majority of my friends are now playing pro ball.

Everything happens for a reason though, and if I was playing pro ball I would have no time for a reef tank

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
Disclaimer
(In case my wife reads this)
I was born in 1949 and the last time I went cruising for chicks was 1969. the last chick I picked up was my wife LOL

Haha... well played capn... well played.

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by NanoGurl
oh... so I'm "just another thread" to you now???

uh oh marc...

[D to the P]

thats why we should of put up the "no girls allowed" sign, see how they get!

Just kidding nanogurl

[Al Bendiksen]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
Disclaimer
(In case my wife reads this)
I was born in 1949 and the last time I went cruising for chicks was 1969. the last chick I picked up was my wife LOL

Well there goes my plans for tonight!

[Al Bendiksen]

Originally posted by D to the P
"That's what I like about high school girls, I keep getting older but they stay the same age."


(of course I mean legal age, I'm not trying to be sick!)

Hhahaha Dazed and Confused! Good movie. And of course it was filmed in AUSTIN, TX BABY!!!

[melev]

Originally posted by NanoGurl
oh... so I'm "just another thread" to you now???

You'll note that you added "just" to my statement, making it sound less valuable. That's your fault, not mine.

[D to the P]

Originally posted by Al Bendiksen
Hhahaha Dazed and Confused! Good movie. And of course it was filmed in AUSTIN, TX BABY!!!

Definitely a classic.

[saltee dood]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
how close is your birthday--mine is today

and my wife said I can go out and buy any fish I want

The one problem with that is we have a common bank account and source of funds

BTW
Born June 22 1989

Been taggin along for a bit, but felt the need to speak up to extend best wishes for a great birthday.


You are so helpful and I have learned tons from either you or the people that answer your queries.

Thanks guys, Ill chime in a few weeks with a dual build thread (46 bowfront and 125), till then, keep on keeping on, many quiet people are learning tons from your threads.

[raen]

Capn........1989???????? WOWZER!!! Happy Bday. From looking at all of the pics of your kiddos, you must have started really early!

[raen]

Ok....read back a coupla pages......1989, too cute. I must say though, I lie about my age on a daily basis, which by the way is 25 yrs old. Just don't ever ask the 3yr old, he rats me out every time!

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by melev
I just posted this in another thread so I'm going to copy-n-paste the contents here:

Chemi-clean: Nothing to worry about, totally safe, used it many many times. I just treated my reef about 10 days ago, leaving it in the system for 5 days while the cyano died off. The entire time my skimmer was off, and I didn't run carbon either.

As always, it works as advertised. Another brand that works is Blue Life's Red Slime Control. It too will get rid of that red stuff, and takes just about the same amount of time. Then I change a bunch of water, fire up the skimmer, run carbon actively in a Phosban Reactor, and empty the collection cup about hourly as the skimmer pulls out all kinds of watery goop. I just replace that water with newly mixed saltwater.

If you want to add an airstone, you can. However, with a sump incorporated, air and water is mixed in the drainpipe and poured into the sump fully oxygenated. The return pump pushes this water back up.

If you have a refugium going and you see cyano in there, turn that light off as well.

Three Days of Darkness method...
It is very weird to walk past a fully dark tank when you know it should be lit. By day 3 you'll really be itching to flip on some switches. Clean your skimmer every day, and by day three you should see even more skimmate as free-floating algae will die and be exported. All cyano should be dead. If you have an SPS reef, please watch the livestock closely as they may not do well with no light for that many days. I've done it with great results (lost a couple of frags), but now will only do it for two days in a row.

Marc, its on one little sps frag and nothing else in the tank.
I appreciate what you posted and what I have read and followed in the past if cyano gets out of hand but in this case isn't it a little over kill for one frag.
Could you dip it in a solution of red slime remover?

T.J. what you have is not red slime bacteria it is a red macroalgae and a bad one. You should remove it all by hand.
I remember someone in the macroaglae forum describing it.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
Ok....read back a coupla pages......1989, too cute. I must say though, I lie about my age on a daily basis, which by the way is 25 yrs old. Just don't ever ask the 3yr old, he rats me out every time!

Wow more support for Nanogurl and Sarah

Thank you Raen
what only read a few pages---that is no initiation into the Tswifty group thread. He have to spend the necessary 2 hours going through the whole thread and then we ask you test questions after

but don't be upset, future members will have to read for three hours if this thread splits again.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by saltee dood
Been taggin along for a bit, but felt the need to speak up to extend best wishes for a great birthday.


You are so helpful and I have learned tons from either you or the people that answer your queries.

Thanks guys, Ill chime in a few weeks with a dual build thread (46 bowfront and 125), till then, keep on keeping on, many quiet people are learning tons from your threads.

Wow unexpected but thankyou very much. I will look forward to your build thread as will others. In the meantime welcome to the TJ hang out thread

To Reef Central

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Tswifty8
Tell me about it... I played baseball since as early as I can remember and have pictures of me as a baby teetering around after my father on the field at Busch Stadium.

I was being scouted going into my senior year until 10 games in when I tore my labrum on a headfirst slide. After that, the phone magically stopped ringing.

The past 3 mlb drafts have been rough to watch to say the least, as a good majority of my friends are now playing pro ball.

Everything happens for a reason though, and if I was playing pro ball I would have no time for a reef tank

sorry to hear that your career ended that way so sudden.
Sounds like your father played the majors??

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by D to the P
thats why we should of put up the "no girls allowed" sign, see how they get!

Just kidding nanogurl

you mean this one--TJ was using it for a lid so his blue tang wouldn't carpet surf

[NanoGurl]

Just Sara I'm done! You guys can have this thread!

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by NanoGurl
Just Sara I'm done! You guys can have this thread!

We were just kidding--the thread wouldn't be the same without your input

[kudora]

i worked on the yard all day(trimed 7 trees, cut the yard, edges, trimed 5 bushes ect) and all you guys do is post

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by kudora
i worked on the yard all day(trimed 7 trees, cut the yard, edges, trimed 5 bushes ect) and all you guys do is post

I cut my lawn, trimmed three bushes, an reshaped one spiral everygreen tree, picked up dog poop, swept out the garage and weeded the backgarden
between posting

I was having a lazy day

[melev]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
Marc, its on one little sps frag and nothing else in the tank.
I appreciate what you posted and what I have read and followed in the past if cyano gets out of hand but in this case isn't it a little over kill for one frag.
Could you dip it in a solution of red slime remover?

T.J. what you have is not red slime bacteria it is a red macroalgae and a bad one. You should remove it all by hand.
I remember someone in the macroaglae forum describing it.

I wouldn't dip the coral. Just turkey baste the red stuff off, or siphon it out.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by melev
I wouldn't dip the coral. Just turkey baste the red stuff off, or siphon it out.

that's a very good idea

someone on the sps forum suggested that sps's got covered with cyano and green algae ect from being exposed to too much direct flow or being too close to power heads
I don't know if I buy that or not?

[melev]

I edited 250 pictures today.

[kudora]

as much as i like posting i try not to be on the computer very much on the weekend since i work with programs and computers for a living.

250 photos, dang, "mad dog" melev is your new name lol