Busy weekend, anyway haven't done a water change this week. Two of the Fire gobies seem to have survived the ick outbreak. Water parameters are:
pH - 8.6 Alk - 12 Nitrates - 300 ppm
Was curious just how high the nitrates were so the test sample was diluted with water from a tank that tested 0 (2:1). Two things have surprised me, one is...
Just when I was going to post an entry on the success of moving both tanks with no livestock loss, it struck. We moved the tanks over the 4th of July Weekend to our new home with the help of Sea Clearly (Misti) and Fishworks (John Y.). The fish survived 3-4 days of living in Rubbermaid stock tanks for the breakdown and setup process. Reworked...
Before being able to pick out a tank, we first must decided what is going to live in it. The type of seahorse (or ponies for slang) will dictate the equipment needs. Seahorses range in size from two grains of rice end-to-end to over 1 foot in length! Needless to say, I don't think I will be keeping the 1 footers.
Has been an interesting few days since I made my last update. What I was blaming on the physical aspects of my job and old age turned out to be only partially correct. My physical condition finally got to the point where I could barely walk at work on Monday. Did something I very rarely do and went to the emergency room to get...
A lot has happened. I've been meaning to post something on the tank more than once before, but I always got swept up in something else or distracted or just plain forgot. I'll give you a run down since the last update:
Green zoas got zoa pox. Lost a few, got Furan2 and did the dip as prescribed on Zoaid (though I used a slightly...
chiller got plumbed, refugium chamber has rock algae and light, second sump filled with rubble, main tank now has sand and its first 90lbs of rock, pictures soon to come, been real busy so not too much progress but it is running and as stated when we started, this thing is SILENT in the house. The 28 gallon biocube runs louder than this thing....
I am finally picked up all my equipment... It is interesting how much work is involved with getting all the plumbing and equipment working! Here is the equipment list for my build: - Oceanic 57 Illuminata Tank - Reef Ready - Oceanic Illuminata Tank Lid - Custom Stand from RCA - Dow Blue Foam Board - Current Sundial...
So i have been helping my husband with the tank for several months now. I have begun to take larger interest in which corals we are acquiring and what we want out of our tank. That of course means I have to help learn all about prospective new corals.
So I recently stumbled upon the website with complete information and scientific names and...
I haven't put a blog post up in a while, so here goes...
I'm sure that you are intensely curious about how the LED lights are working out. Otherwise, you'd be off reading LOLcats or something. I'm glad you asked.
Personally, I think the light is great. I guess it's been about two months now. I've worked the lights up to a...
I had the ability to go through my wall and into the garage which has change my reef keeping forever. I refused to be confined to some tiny little space under my tank along with the physical pain of bending over and get in there to do said work. ( I am in this for the long haul) But I at least wanted to show some people what GEN 2 looks like. Im...
A couple of weeks ago I noticed the skimmer pump was making a lot of noise. So during my usual water change I pulled the skimmer out to check out the pump. When I opened up the cover, I noticed a snail shell lying on the outside edge of the impeller. Of course some of the needles along the edge of the impeller where missing. I pulled the shell out...
This thing is probably over-engineered, but if that top tank is full it's 350ish lbs. Better over-engineered than under-engineered.
My time this weekend was somewhat limited due to watching my daughter while the wife was at work...and watching football, but I did get the shelving built.
Well my bubble coral was getting huge! I'm talking the size of a basketball, and in a small 34 gallon aquarium, that is just not cool. I have thought about fragging this coral for some time, but never knew exactly how I might approach it. With all the fleshy part it seems like it would be a bit more work than say breaking a sps coral. I...
The installation of the RO/DI unit is complete. I am efficiently churning out RO/DI water. The setup was ridiculously easy. I was shocked at how easy it was to setup. I was expecting lots of pilled water and leaks. No leaks and hardly any water on the garage floor.
I recently decided to switch to Metal Halide Lamps. I currently have a 72 inch constalation T5 lamp. I am happy with the colors, but the growth is not what I want.
Prof is building me a light box (open top fake canopy)
I had the week off so I got brave and made a light rail to hold the 2-250w MH and 1 400w lamp along with T5...
While waiting for the tank to cycle, I ended up grabbing vwmike's LS from his 29g and adding it to the 1" of reefcleaner's mud giving me about 3" of SB in the refugium. As an extra bonus, and unbeknownst to vwmike, an old frag w/ 3 polyps of orange bam bam zoanthids survived! Thanks vwmike =)
The tank finally finished...
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Busy weekend, anyway haven't done a water change this week. Two of the Fire gobies seem to have survived the ick outbreak. Water parameters are:
Just when I was going to post an entry on the success of moving both tanks with no livestock loss, it struck. We moved the tanks over the 4th of July Weekend to our new home with the help of Sea Clearly (Misti) and Fishworks (John Y.). The fish survived 3-4 days of living in Rubbermaid stock tanks for the breakdown and setup process. Reworked...
Just posting a blog entry to remind me that I changed the MH bulbs on the tank on August 4th, 2010.
29 July 2010
A lot has happened. I've been meaning to post something on the tank more than once before, but I always got swept up in something else or distracted or just plain forgot. I'll give you a run down since the last update:
chiller got plumbed, refugium chamber has rock algae and light, second sump filled with rubble, main tank now has sand and its first 90lbs of rock, pictures soon to come, been real busy so not too much progress but it is running and as stated when we started, this thing is SILENT in the house. The 28 gallon biocube runs louder than this thing....
I am finally picked up all my equipment... It is interesting how much work is involved with getting all the plumbing and equipment working! Here is the equipment list for my build:
So i have been helping my husband with the tank for several months now. I have begun to take larger interest in which corals we are acquiring and what we want out of our tank. That of course means I have to help learn all about prospective new corals.
I haven't put a blog post up in a while, so here goes...
Another crucial reef component, yet I'm still not quite sure which way I want to go. So many options (and price points...
I had the ability to go through my wall and into the garage which has change my reef keeping forever. I refused to be confined to some tiny little space under my tank along with the physical pain of bending over and get in there to do said work. ( I am in this for the long haul) 
A couple of weeks ago I noticed the skimmer pump was making a lot of noise. So during my usual water change I pulled the skimmer out to check out the pump. When I opened up the cover, I noticed a snail shell lying on the outside edge of the impeller. Of course some of the needles along the edge of the impeller where missing. I pulled the shell out...
Well my bubble coral was getting huge! I'm talking the size of a basketball, and in a small 34 gallon aquarium, that is just not cool. I have thought about fragging this coral for some time, but never knew exactly how I might approach it. With all the fleshy part it seems like it would be a bit more work than say breaking a sps coral. I...
The installation of the RO/DI unit is complete. I am efficiently churning out RO/DI water. The setup was ridiculously easy. I was shocked at how easy it was to setup. I was expecting lots of pilled water and leaks. No leaks and hardly any water on the garage floor.
I recently decided to switch to Metal Halide Lamps. 
While waiting for the tank to cycle, I ended up grabbing vwmike's LS from his 29g and adding it to the 1" of reefcleaner's mud giving me about 3" of SB in the refugium. As an extra bonus, and unbeknownst to vwmike, an old frag w/ 3 polyps of orange bam bam zoanthids survived! Thanks vwmike =)
