kudoras 84 gallon thread

[kudora]

its going to feel like christmas next week, i have my dj strips comming, misc salt water stuff), return pump, plumbing, glass bit and a box o' crap lol

[kudora]

just got the shipping info on the box o' crap, 7.5 pounds!!!!

[ackerman]

Sweet 7 1/2 pounds of crap. Hope u get somethin good.

[kudora]

The funny part about both tanks is that i have 6 fish between them, 2 tangs, clown goby, firefish, P.cardinal, and a algae blenny.

i have seen a 3.5" copperbanded for about a month at a LFS, finally decided to pick him up, since i was buying out of that tank i picked up his buddy the sunburst anthias. They will go in the 30 gallon for now and will both migrate to the 40, after i break down the 5 footer i will add the tangs and the copperbanded at the same time when i set it back up.

[kudora]

camera pic of the new anthias, will pick up batteries for the camera tomorrow. i only turned on the light to get a quick shot, after wards i noticed i had spilled some water during acclimation on the glass

[kudora]

woke up this morning to a cloudy tank, my mag 3 had slipped off the remora pro, in short it moved a bunch of sand. i had 6 gallon of 2 day old salt water left over from my water change on the 30 gallon so i used it for the 84 gallon kinda helped. It fell right above the kole tangs sleeping area but he was hiding on the other side of the tank(thought he jumped).

will update again after i go home for lunch in a couple of hours



The copperbanded and the sunburst ate last night. the sunburst tried jumping out of the bag several times during acclimation last night. i made a top for the 30 gallon out of egg crate last night just in case.

[HumanIMDB]

D'oh! Hopefully it will clear quickly.

[kudora]

ordered some black acrylic for both tanks so i can use TJs method of hiding the overflow with the bean animal method.
i think i have just about everything, the only thing needed is a new skimmer. i have a msx 200 in my cart at marine solutions but i have been looking for a deal on a skimmer the same size, maybe a rs 180 or octo extreame, i would even consider a msx 160 if it was at the right price.

[kudora]

just checked on the tank, everything looks good except one of my mushrooms(the green one that doesnt grow or split).

fed the 30 gallon some mysis, copperband liked it, anthias didnt.

[kudora]

here is a quick pick of the copperbanded



the CBB likes mysis and the anthias goes crazy over frozen cyclops

[ackerman]

Thats a nice looking CBB. U ever need to get rid of it for any reason let me know lol.

[kudora]

i watched him eat and pick at everything for 20 min strait, i am hoping for the best and will be building my new setup around him. the anthias is so funny darting around everywere its like a fat overgrown firefish.

[Tswifty]

Nice additions! Glad to hear they are both eating as well.

[kudora]

looks like the CBB is a little picky about the mysis, it only eats about half of what i offer. going to try hikari brand tomorrow. so far i have been able to feed 4 times a day, small feedings tho. my skimmer on that tank has never pulled much, after 2 days of all those feedings its finally getting a good amount of skim head on it lol

[kudora]

i know what this thread is lacking.....photos!!!!

random pic, found this floating around, could have been a silver side i had fed the bubble coral


pic of the rainbow prostata
edit: this photo does not do it justice, is a deep red with green growth.)


if you noticed the porties around the prostata here is a close up of it
around a year ago


close up of it now(more then this its over taking the rock slowly)

[Tswifty]

WHERE'S THE BOX O' CRAP!

[kudora]

lol its comming on friday, i did get my 2 dj strips, savko, flex pvc, gl*******s, and fosters and smith order today, all thats left is the box o crap, the rest of my f&s order(how did the 50 pound box of salt beat the 2 pound box with the rest of my order by 4 days?) and my usplastics order(black acrylic).

[kudora]

more pics

since your here TJ, my Birds of Paradise(pic came out too light)


2 pics of the left side(notice the red and orange sponges that are new editions) i couldnt decide which one i liked best so here are both of them





right side

[kudora]

i should mentioned the red sponge is attached to somekind of oyster if had to take a guess, it finally found a spot it likes but its only 1/2" away from the glass

[kudora]

using the bean animal method for my 40 breeder:
so i have not been able to find a 1" pvc sanitary tee, since i got the 1" trueunion ball valve i am just going to use a 1.5" sanitary tee and place adapters to 1". i dont see a problem with it, what about anyone else.

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by kudora
more pics

since your here TJ, my Birds of Paradise(pic came out too light)

Nice, looks like it's holding the green base and stubby polyps for you.... have you gotten good growth out of it?

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by kudora
using the bean animal method for my 40 breeder:
so i have not been able to find a 1" pvc sanitary tee, since i got the 1" trueunion ball valve i am just going to use a 1.5" sanitary tee and place adapters to 1". i dont see a problem with it, what about anyone else.

I would just use a normal 1" tee.

[Taqpol]

Originally posted by Tswifty
I would just use a normal 1" tee.

+1

Bushings are annoying to work with and if you're going to reduce the flow at the ball valve might as well reduce it at the bulkhead as well. I'm sure you'll get plenty of flow.

[kudora]

Originally posted by Taqpol
+1

Bushings are annoying to work with and if you're going to reduce the flow at the ball valve might as well reduce it at the bulkhead as well. I'm sure you'll get plenty of flow.

everything will be 1"except the sanitary tee, i know that it would provide a good amount of resistance tho if i went with regular tee but i am willing to try it out.

edit: thx for the input guys

[kudora]

Originally posted by Tswifty
Nice, looks like it's holding the green base and stubby polyps for you.... have you gotten good growth out of it?

here is the first pic of it around the 1st of feb, i left it at the bottom of the tank untill last month, i think i would have had better growth if i had moved it up sooner.