SPS 33 system with NC6 frag/QT and Snowflake - Page 11

unbreakable · 09/01/2008, 10:15 AM

new aquascape

Seriously need a better camera

cherubfish pair · 09/01/2008, 01:05 PM

unbreakable, I can see why your brain coral is your favorite. How many hammer coral colonies is in there? Each one looks a different shade or are some frogspawn?

The lr in the 75 is very gnarled.

unbreakable · 09/01/2008, 01:11 PM

theyre all the same color its just that the camera phone doesnt pick up too well on anything. theyre green tentacles with pinkish tips. they all came from the same color. the colony was taking up too much room so i just fragged them. the brain coral a tan base with green stripes

the candycane started off with 3 heads and the heads just kept splitting, now theyre at 8 heads. they slowed down the splitting since i stopped feeding

the lr in the 75g appear to mostly from SPS skeletons. i actually like it a lot

cherubfish pair · 09/01/2008, 01:20 PM

Is candycane and trumpet coral the same thing?

unbreakable · 09/01/2008, 01:35 PM

yup i believe so. i got that one for free from www.fragglereef.com/zen theyre selling them for 9.99

cherubfish pair · 09/01/2008, 05:51 PM

Those prices at fraggle reef are so good! I can't believe it.

What is the minimum order and S&H?

unbreakable · 09/01/2008, 07:17 PM

Shipping is 34 I think and I don't think there is a minimum not sure though

cherubfish pair · 09/01/2008, 10:02 PM

Just my tank log thought to show.

Rosseau · 09/02/2008, 12:21 PM

How is the logbook arranged inside?

cherubfish pair · 09/02/2008, 09:16 PM

Each page has four major sections of the following:

1. Livestock History
2. Propagation & Breeding
3. Water Quality & Additives
4. General Observation & Equipment Notes

The problem is that you have to be dedicated to entering data or the thing is worthless.

cherubfish pair · 09/02/2008, 09:46 PM

My viper light gets so hot so I decided to drill a hole into the hood through the top to let heat out. I took it apart, drilled a small pilot hole, and then a bigger hole. When I put it back together, the lamp wouldn't fire-up. It fired up on three previous ocausions and juice is now getting to the ballast as the ballast light goes on. I checked the lamp seating twice. Could drilling a hole into it have caused anything?

cherubfish pair · 09/02/2008, 09:49 PM

Could I have caused it to ground out with the hole somehow?

unbreakable · 09/03/2008, 09:20 AM

if you took everything apart before drilling i dont see how it could have happened, but i dont know much about wiring. are you sure everything is put back together properly?

Rosseau · 09/03/2008, 09:36 AM

I can't see the problem.... make sure again, and again, that all connectors on the bulb are touching correctly. I've had this be the problem in the past.

That viper reflector doesn't seem so efficient... I mean, good enough for most applications, but not great. I had never seen them inside before.

cherubfish pair · 09/03/2008, 07:00 PM

Ok there's little pins inside the sockets that I didn't have seated properly. The thing fires up now.

cherubfish pair · 09/03/2008, 09:50 PM

Here it is set up.

s.erel · 09/05/2008, 07:17 AM

You have a good job cherubfi. I read all of your posts. You have brilliant idea. But i have a suggestion for you. Please don't put a tang fishs in your aquarium. I wait your new tank pic.

cherubfish pair · 09/05/2008, 10:25 PM

s.erel, thanks for the comments.

Dug some stuff out of storage. Ground fault circuit interupter (GFCI), Tsunami ATO, and grounding probe.

The hole in the light is dissipating a lot of heat. Next project: paint bottom of tank.

cherubfish pair · 09/06/2008, 08:54 PM

The ammonia test is on the right. As you can see I'm having a terrible ammonia spike. The test on the left is for nitrIte. No problems here yet.

I'm using an ammonia neutralizer to bring down the spike, but only when it's very high. The book I'm reading now suggests to use chemicals instead of w/c, but just during cycling. This is because the various species of bacteria that are populating the filter need these surges to get established properly.

unbreakable · 09/06/2008, 09:48 PM

hm ive never used any chemicals or water changes and thats because ive had ammonia get up to 2.0-4.0 on the chart. i always just let it do its own thing

whats going to be imporant is you running filter pads or maybe even adding live rock rubble along with bio balls so the bacteria will get established. for some reason in my qt i couldnt get bacteria to establish on the bio balls but once i added the live rock rubble the ammonia went down. now im just waiting for my nitrite to go down and ill be done with that qt cycling

are you cycling the 20g too? i recommend doing both at the same time if you can

cherubfish pair · 09/07/2008, 11:37 AM

I am watching the ammonia level and watching the fish for signs of stress. Mostly watching for rapid gilling and swimming at water's surface.

I am running the stock foam block as my bio-filter now. I will not add lr until ready to start switch from fresh to saltwater. I got these fish from a fresh water tank. They are a brackish water fish and can very comfortably enjoy full strength sea water. I will not start the switch until ammonia and nitrite spikes have subsided.

Not starting the 20 now as qt is spacious for a few inverts and corals and don't want to waste power as well.

unbreakable · 09/07/2008, 11:49 AM

Its going to take a while to cycle. Good luck with the mollies. You can just setup the 20 and just have the return pump going. No need for the lights on

cherubfish pair · 09/07/2008, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by unbreakable
Its going to take a while to cycle. Good luck with the mollies. You can just setup the 20 and just have the return pump going. No need for the lights on

Quote:

Originally posted by cherubfish pair
Not starting the 20 now as qt is spacious for a few inverts and corals and don't want to waste power as well.

don't even have rock for the 20

cherubfish pair · 09/07/2008, 10:44 PM

Here's some eggcrate that I want to use to make a fragging rack. It's holes are 1/2" x 1/2". Is this the right size?

cherubfish pair · 09/08/2008, 08:54 PM

Here is a moonlight mod that I'd like to do on my pendants. See page 10 of the thread linked below. I think I could just mount one to the side of one of my pendants. The led covers an area two feet by two feet.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...1#post13307921

09/01/2008, 10:15 AM	#251
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	new aquascape Seriously need a better camera __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/01/2008, 01:05 PM	#252
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	unbreakable, I can see why your brain coral is your favorite. How many hammer coral colonies is in there? Each one looks a different shade or are some frogspawn? The lr in the 75 is very gnarled. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/01/2008, 01:11 PM	#253
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	theyre all the same color its just that the camera phone doesnt pick up too well on anything. theyre green tentacles with pinkish tips. they all came from the same color. the colony was taking up too much room so i just fragged them. the brain coral a tan base with green stripes the candycane started off with 3 heads and the heads just kept splitting, now theyre at 8 heads. they slowed down the splitting since i stopped feeding the lr in the 75g appear to mostly from SPS skeletons. i actually like it a lot __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/01/2008, 01:20 PM	#254
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Is candycane and trumpet coral the same thing? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/01/2008, 01:35 PM	#255
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	yup i believe so. i got that one for free from www.fragglereef.com/zen theyre selling them for 9.99 __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/01/2008, 05:51 PM	#256
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Those prices at fraggle reef are so good! I can't believe it. What is the minimum order and S&H? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/01/2008, 07:17 PM	#257
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	Shipping is 34 I think and I don't think there is a minimum not sure though __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/01/2008, 10:02 PM	#258
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Just my tank log thought to show. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/02/2008, 12:21 PM	#259
Rosseau Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 2,049	How is the logbook arranged inside? __________________ Still fighting entropy.

09/02/2008, 09:16 PM	#260
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Each page has four major sections of the following: 1. Livestock History 2. Propagation & Breeding 3. Water Quality & Additives 4. General Observation & Equipment Notes The problem is that you have to be dedicated to entering data or the thing is worthless. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/02/2008, 09:46 PM	#261
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	My viper light gets so hot so I decided to drill a hole into the hood through the top to let heat out. I took it apart, drilled a small pilot hole, and then a bigger hole. When I put it back together, the lamp wouldn't fire-up. It fired up on three previous ocausions and juice is now getting to the ballast as the ballast light goes on. I checked the lamp seating twice. Could drilling a hole into it have caused anything? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/02/2008, 09:49 PM	#262
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Could I have caused it to ground out with the hole somehow? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/03/2008, 09:20 AM	#263
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	if you took everything apart before drilling i dont see how it could have happened, but i dont know much about wiring. are you sure everything is put back together properly? __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/03/2008, 09:36 AM	#264
Rosseau Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 2,049	I can't see the problem.... make sure again, and again, that all connectors on the bulb are touching correctly. I've had this be the problem in the past. That viper reflector doesn't seem so efficient... I mean, good enough for most applications, but not great. I had never seen them inside before. __________________ Still fighting entropy.

09/03/2008, 07:00 PM	#265
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Ok there's little pins inside the sockets that I didn't have seated properly. The thing fires up 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

09/03/2008, 09:50 PM	#266
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Here it is set up. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/05/2008, 07:17 AM	#267
s.erel Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turkey Posts: 25	You have a good job cherubfi. I read all of your posts. You have brilliant idea. But i have a suggestion for you. Please don't put a tang fishs in your aquarium. I wait your new tank pic. __________________ The World is Yours!!! (like TONY MONTANA) Current Tank Info: 454048

09/05/2008, 10:25 PM	#268
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	s.erel, thanks for the comments. Dug some stuff out of storage. Ground fault circuit interupter (GFCI), Tsunami ATO, and grounding probe. The hole in the light is dissipating a lot of heat. Next project: paint bottom of tank. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/06/2008, 08:54 PM	#269
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	The ammonia test is on the right. As you can see I'm having a terrible ammonia spike. The test on the left is for nitrIte. No problems here yet. I'm using an ammonia neutralizer to bring down the spike, but only when it's very high. The book I'm reading now suggests to use chemicals instead of w/c, but just during cycling. This is because the various species of bacteria that are populating the filter need these surges to get established properly. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/06/2008, 09:48 PM	#270
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	hm ive never used any chemicals or water changes and thats because ive had ammonia get up to 2.0-4.0 on the chart. i always just let it do its own thing whats going to be imporant is you running filter pads or maybe even adding live rock rubble along with bio balls so the bacteria will get established. for some reason in my qt i couldnt get bacteria to establish on the bio balls but once i added the live rock rubble the ammonia went down. now im just waiting for my nitrite to go down and ill be done with that qt cycling are you cycling the 20g too? i recommend doing both at the same time if you can __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/07/2008, 11:37 AM	#271
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	I am watching the ammonia level and watching the fish for signs of stress. Mostly watching for rapid gilling and swimming at water's surface. I am running the stock foam block as my bio-filter now. I will not add lr until ready to start switch from fresh to saltwater. I got these fish from a fresh water tank. They are a brackish water fish and can very comfortably enjoy full strength sea water. I will not start the switch until ammonia and nitrite spikes have subsided. Not starting the 20 now as qt is spacious for a few inverts and corals and don't want to waste power as well. __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/07/2008, 11:49 AM	#272
unbreakable D: Join Date: May 2007 Location: ? Posts: 2,868	Its going to take a while to cycle. Good luck with the mollies. You can just setup the 20 and just have the return pump going. No need for the lights on __________________ INTERNET= Serious Business!

09/07/2008, 10:44 PM	#274
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Here's some eggcrate that I want to use to make a fragging rack. It's holes are 1/2" x 1/2". Is this the right size? __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless

09/08/2008, 08:54 PM	#275
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Here is a moonlight mod that I'd like to do on my pendants. See page 10 of the thread linked below. I think I could just mount one to the side of one of my pendants. The led covers an area two feet by two feet. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...1#post13307921 __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless