Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread

JohnL · 03/25/2006, 11:23 AM

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chrisd4421 · 03/25/2006, 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by bheron
Lord Helmet. We meet for the first time, for the last time.

We've gone plaid!!

LOL

Stile2 · 03/25/2006, 11:31 AM

Wow! Split Again!!

Keith

Airman · 03/25/2006, 11:34 AM

I was concerned when saw there was only two replies. Marc the split guru.

melev · 03/25/2006, 01:58 PM

Now look what you guys did! I think I better get started on that Table of Contents soon.

Lunchbucket · 03/25/2006, 02:08 PM

geeze....this will never end. glad i'm pretty caught up. i'd hate to start from the 1st post

Lunchbucket

melev · 03/25/2006, 02:11 PM

Contrary to Evan's continued accusations, I think my tank is being underfed. Last night, I was looking at my Neon Candycane and at least one head was lost in the past couple of days. It has always looked very happy and inflated. The two different hammers look fine, and the softies seem inflated. SPS are tougher. I have one Pavona that turned brown while the other is perfectly fine. I have three different pieces of Scripps acropora that are located at different points at the top of the rockwork, and one is perfect, one is almost perfect, and one has number of tips with algae coverage.

It would be nice to look in the tank and see every single piece happy one day.

Since Ca and Alk were a little high when I tested recently, I've reduced the effluent rate of the Calcium Reactor. It was a good steady flow and now it is dripping to let the tank absorb and lower these numbers for a few days.

barleychown · 03/25/2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by Lunchbucket
geeze....this will never end. glad i'm pretty caught up. i'd hate to start from the 1st post

Lunchbucket

It hurts. Trust me!

I'm here now, though!

Marc, is the phyto in the huge jar still doing well for you?

Sarah

melev · 03/25/2006, 02:58 PM

Yes it is. I'll go take a new picture.

melev · 03/25/2006, 03:09 PM

Here's the phyto, 17 days later.

The candy cane with the lost polyp.

This piece is still gorgeous.

A happy Pavona

An unhappy Pavona - but I've seen it do this a couple of times and bounce back later.

Spiffyguy · 03/25/2006, 03:16 PM

Marc is the phyto off the recipie on your website that was updated january of 2005?

melev · 03/25/2006, 03:35 PM

Yes, that is correct.

Micki · 03/25/2006, 10:29 PM

Marc, how long will you let the gallon jug of phyto grow?

Micki · 03/25/2006, 10:29 PM

Marc, how long will you let the gallon jug of phyto go?

Micki · 03/25/2006, 10:29 PM

Marc, how long will you let the gallon jug of phyto grow?

Stile2 · 03/25/2006, 10:32 PM

Back to the three posts I see.

No wonder this thread just split again.

Micki · 03/25/2006, 10:32 PM

Dang, how does that happen???

NexDog · 03/25/2006, 10:48 PM

It's a Micki special.

melev · 03/25/2006, 10:53 PM

I thought my thread was broke. Glad to see it was just Micki again.

The beauty of this recipe is that I can just let it bubble quietly forever, topping off with more water, or split it now. With the other recipe that crashed all the time, I'd have to split at 5 to 7 days.

melev · 03/25/2006, 10:54 PM

My new salt is literally on its way to my door as I type this. Our club did a group buy for OceanPure, by TAAM in California. The person that was supposed to receive the shipment went to work, so the truck is rerouted to my door. It won't be convenient to the club members, but it sure makes my life easy.

Micki · 03/25/2006, 11:22 PM

I couldn't let your new split go without my special additive!

Now if I could just figure out how I did that!

Micki · 03/25/2006, 11:25 PM

Marc, when you grow phyto, are you supposed to top off every day or are you talking specfically about the gallon jug and going on for long periods of time?

Spiffyguy · 03/25/2006, 11:32 PM

Marc that phyto looks pretty concentrated. I was thinking about starting a small batch of rmy 24 gallon. Since your's doesn't have the crash potential it may be good for a small batch. Maybe 2 liter or even a liter. Normally I do a capful of DTs twice a week. Since this is concentrate it seems to work good for me. What do you think the ratio of a strong batch of your moonshine would yeild?

richfavinger · 03/25/2006, 11:34 PM

Melev,
Could you post your phyto links? New recipe? Or is it on your site? I might want to try this some day. But don't really know how, I don't really have a free, warm place to let something gurgle away.

Rich

melev · 03/26/2006, 01:05 AM

Rich - The phytoplankton page is in the Food category of the Hidden Treasure page. Or type Phytoplankton in the search engine on the front page of my site.

Spiffyguy - It isn't concentrated, although it is nice and dark green. I really can't compare home grown to DT's Live Phtyoplankton. If you have a microscope handy, you can compare a drop of each to get an idea of how many cells you are getting, to do some math. If you dose a tsp of DT's, you probably need to dose two tablespoons of home grown.

Micki - I top it off if it has been bubbling for 3 or 4 weeks. Like right now, the jug is 3 weeks old, and is down about 1". Adding more water will get the salinity back to 1.019 again.

03/25/2006, 11:31 AM	#3
Stile2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yucaipa, California (some little town you've never heard of) Posts: 1,624	Wow! Split Again!! Keith __________________ If you have a college degree, you can be sure of one thing. You have a college degree! Superman owns Chuck Norris Pajamas!! Current Tank Info: 77 Gallon Custom peninsula 3 sides viewable, DIY Steel Stand, OM Squirt, 2 x 250 w MH, 2 x 95 w VHO, DIY Skimmer

03/25/2006, 11:34 AM	#4
Airman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 643	I was concerned when saw there was only two replies. Marc the split guru. __________________ What is man, that thou art mindful of him?...:) Current Tank Info: 55 Gal, DSB, protein skimmer, UV light, Sump/Refugium

03/25/2006, 02:08 PM	#6
Lunchbucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 12,924	geeze....this will never end. glad i'm pretty caught up. i'd hate to start from the 1st post Lunchbucket __________________ Trying to lose weight by walking is like trying to bake a cake w/ a cigarette lighter - Lunchbucket - "Nancy-Boy Extraordinaire" - maxxII- Current Tank Info: 58gal Oceanic RR, 2x400w MH (20k XM and 10k XM), Deltec PF601 Ca Rx, Deltec AP701 skimmer, mag950 return, iwaki 55rlt w/ an Oceansmotions 4-way unit, Tunze 7300 and 6000 each w/ controller, fluidized po4 rx

03/25/2006, 03:16 PM	#11
Spiffyguy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: St Charles, Mo Posts: 1,633	Marc is the phyto off the recipie on your website that was updated january of 2005? __________________ Spiffyguy Ain't life spiffy!! Click the little red house to see my fish tank. "The cheese stands alone." Current Tank Info: 55 with in tank sump and TBS rock, Aquactinics TX5, Remora HOB oh my. 10 gallon AGA with custom overflow and Aquaclear HOB, Black sand rubble zone.

03/25/2006, 10:29 PM	#13
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,163	Marc, how long will you let the gallon jug of phyto grow? __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.

03/25/2006, 11:23 AM	#1
JohnL RC Staff Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 14,431	This thread was automatically split due to performance issues. You can find the rest of the thread here: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...96#post7038196

03/25/2006, 01:58 PM	#5
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Now look what you guys did! I think I better get started on that Table of Contents soon.

03/25/2006, 02:11 PM	#7
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Contrary to Evan's continued accusations, I think my tank is being underfed. Last night, I was looking at my Neon Candycane and at least one head was lost in the past couple of days. It has always looked very happy and inflated. The two different hammers look fine, and the softies seem inflated. SPS are tougher. I have one Pavona that turned brown while the other is perfectly fine. I have three different pieces of Scripps acropora that are located at different points at the top of the rockwork, and one is perfect, one is almost perfect, and one has number of tips with algae coverage. It would be nice to look in the tank and see every single piece happy one day. Since Ca and Alk were a little high when I tested recently, I've reduced the effluent rate of the Calcium Reactor. It was a good steady flow and now it is dripping to let the tank absorb and lower these numbers for a few days.

03/25/2006, 02:58 PM	#9
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Yes it is. I'll go take a new picture.

03/25/2006, 03:09 PM	#10
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Here's the phyto, 17 days later. The candy cane with the lost polyp. This piece is still gorgeous. A happy Pavona An unhappy Pavona - but I've seen it do this a couple of times and bounce back later.

03/25/2006, 03:35 PM	#12
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Yes, that is correct.

03/25/2006, 10:32 PM	#16
Stile2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yucaipa, California (some little town you've never heard of) Posts: 1,624	Back to the three posts I see. No wonder this thread just split again. __________________ If you have a college degree, you can be sure of one thing. You have a college degree! Superman owns Chuck Norris Pajamas!! Current Tank Info: 77 Gallon Custom peninsula 3 sides viewable, DIY Steel Stand, OM Squirt, 2 x 250 w MH, 2 x 95 w VHO, DIY Skimmer

03/25/2006, 10:32 PM	#17
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,163	Dang, how does that happen??? __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.

03/25/2006, 10:48 PM	#18
NexDog Snail Killer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kyushu, Japan Posts: 4,804	It's a Micki special. __________________ Laurence Flynn 340g In-Wall Envision Tank and 150g Sump. Current Tank Info: Deltec 902, PFO hood with 3x400w Radium 20k and 4x96w PC's. Hammerhead closed loop - and 2 x Tunze 6105 (and Vortech still sucks).

03/25/2006, 10:53 PM	#19
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	I thought my thread was broke. Glad to see it was just Micki again. The beauty of this recipe is that I can just let it bubble quietly forever, topping off with more water, or split it now. With the other recipe that crashed all the time, I'd have to split at 5 to 7 days.

03/25/2006, 10:54 PM	#20
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	My new salt is literally on its way to my door as I type this. Our club did a group buy for OceanPure, by TAAM in California. The person that was supposed to receive the shipment went to work, so the truck is rerouted to my door. It won't be convenient to the club members, but it sure makes my life easy.

03/25/2006, 11:22 PM	#21
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,163	I couldn't let your new split go without my special additive! Now if I could just figure out how I did that! __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.

03/25/2006, 11:25 PM	#22
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,163	Marc, when you grow phyto, are you supposed to top off every day or are you talking specfically about the gallon jug and going on for long periods of time? __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.

03/25/2006, 11:32 PM	#23
Spiffyguy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: St Charles, Mo Posts: 1,633	Marc that phyto looks pretty concentrated. I was thinking about starting a small batch of rmy 24 gallon. Since your's doesn't have the crash potential it may be good for a small batch. Maybe 2 liter or even a liter. Normally I do a capful of DTs twice a week. Since this is concentrate it seems to work good for me. What do you think the ratio of a strong batch of your moonshine would yeild? __________________ Spiffyguy Ain't life spiffy!! Click the little red house to see my fish tank. "The cheese stands alone." Current Tank Info: 55 with in tank sump and TBS rock, Aquactinics TX5, Remora HOB oh my. 10 gallon AGA with custom overflow and Aquaclear HOB, Black sand rubble zone.

03/25/2006, 11:34 PM	#24
richfavinger Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pottstown, PA Posts: 866	Melev, Could you post your phyto links? New recipe? Or is it on your site? I might want to try this some day. But don't really know how, I don't really have a free, warm place to let something gurgle away. Rich __________________ Rich Current Tank Info: DSA 135g (48x24x27) Starphire, Elite Aquatics M2 Sump, Reef Octopus Diablo DCS200-INT, GEO 612 Calcium Reactor + AP Carbon Doser, 2x Radion Pro Gen2, 2x VorTech MP40

03/26/2006, 01:05 AM	#25
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Rich - The phytoplankton page is in the Food category of the Hidden Treasure page. Or type Phytoplankton in the search engine on the front page of my site. Spiffyguy - It isn't concentrated, although it is nice and dark green. I really can't compare home grown to DT's Live Phtyoplankton. If you have a microscope handy, you can compare a drop of each to get an idea of how many cells you are getting, to do some math. If you dose a tsp of DT's, you probably need to dose two tablespoons of home grown. Micki - I top it off if it has been bubbling for 3 or 4 weeks. Like right now, the jug is 3 weeks old, and is down about 1". Adding more water will get the salinity back to 1.019 again.