Isaac Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 It started with my nightly craigslist check for stuff (you know what im saying @Christyef). A post that was only hours old..... pounce I must. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 {reserved for setup picts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 tank in the garage leak testing (we know how the last one went!) after some googling, it appears the tank is a converted fluval M90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 leak test passed. time to go buy some fittings, break down old 29g biocube and get this moved up into my office! anyone got an old apex temp and ph probe they dont need/arent using anymore? might as well hook up my backup apex base and use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 welp, its in place. filled up the DT, waiting on the glue to dry before i cycle through the sump. have the gyre running on low, waiting for it to clear. still messy. meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 ugh, amazon. and you wonder why we dont trust the AI.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 so this tank has 20-25g from the old tank, plus some fresh. CUC expanded, got 2 more fish while i was at it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 finally clearing up.... and sump plumbed... still needs to org the wires. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 So this tank was dry when you got it. The rock-it came dry or came from your cube? I see you said some of the Water was from your cube. I’m asking all of this bc when I set up my 140 I want it to go in the same spot as my current tank. I’d like to break down the 55 and set up the 140 all in one weekend. I wasn’t sure I could set up the new tank and not kill everything. The rock will be live and the sand. But all will be new except what I bring from my old tankSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I probably was redundant, but don’t know if I explained myself right Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 20g old tank water in a drum, net out fish to the drum, 3 rocks from old tank in a bucket w/ leftover water. sand in a 3rd bucket w/ enough water to keep it wet. break down old tank. setup new tank. put in sand put in about half the water (i knew there was a fish hiding in a rock) put in fish put in rocks put rest of the water in top off to the bottom of the overflow put in powerhead plumb the sump in wait an hour or two put the rest of the water in, start up pumps check for leaks like hourly finetune the next day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 checked params today (granted its only been 2 3 days). 0 NH3/4 0 NO2 1-2 NO3 1.026 @78 waaaaiting on a new bloom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 [emoji847]. Thank uSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 so, i ended up w/ MORE fish, and moved a gree BTA that split in my main DT eons ago and was in the back of my frag tank. I wasnt planning on moving the nem over yet, but when you see a clown w/ a split bar... you cant pass it up 0 NH3/4 0 NO2 1-2 NO3 1.026 @78 2x blue damsels 1x bluefin damsels (yellow top, blue fins) 1x white damsel w/ orange-ish top (cant remember real name) 1x ocellaris clown w/ split bar 1x green chromis (who acts like he's in trouble at a corner all the time) 1x cleaner shrimp 1x green BTA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 small update. added chalice last thurs, CUC on saturday, schrooooooms today. nem mooved out of his hidey hole. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 in the sump... i printed a baffle to funnel water through chaeto and some macro... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 the clown finally made a new friend! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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