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Did you see anything on the exterior of the fish that died that could suggest a disease or parasite? Has anything died and gone missing in your tank? What have you been adding to the water? Have you been using filtered water for your top off?
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Haha yes, well you know that playing reef sounds for your fish is all the rage these days. But I do also enjoy listening to music while I perform mind numbing tasks like cleaning the skimmer, glass, changing filter socks, and testing the water.
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I got the AC unit functioning today. And good timing too since it’s supposed to be on the warmer side this week.
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I moved one of my blue gigs over to "Anemone Island" last night, and it was a rough transition. I wonder if there is a natural substance in the world stickier than the tentacles of a gigantea anemone.... 🤣
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Thanks for coming by and checking it out!
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Testing out anemone island tonight...
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Thanks guys, it’s a lot of open canvas to work with. Looking forward to starting over from scratch essentially. Endless possibilities
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It's going to need a poop load of coral to cover all that bare rock......
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I changed it again, it looked to symmetrical. The pile on the left will be anemone island
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$35. Works great, just have no use for it.
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120 gal with custom steel stand - 600
Gig 'em @ NDstructible replied to Gig 'em @ NDstructible 's topic in Complete Systems
Bump, and including the T5s with a set of brand new bulbs and a Royal Exclusive Bubble King 200 skimmer with ~2 year old Red Dragon pump. I would estimate all of this equipment purchased brand new cost me at least $2,700. -
I have random SPS available for sale. Mostly a bunch of different montis and some stags. $20 for montis and most acro frags
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Worked on the aquascape today. Thoughts? Suggestions? Criticism? I also place the new AC unit up on the wall to see how it looked. I think it’s a good spot for it.
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I found a little baby cardinal hanging out in my blue gig this afternoon. Hopefully the little guy survives!
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SOLD Reef Octopus Calcium Reactor
Gig 'em @ NDstructible replied to Gig 'em @ NDstructible 's topic in Hardware
Yup, it's sold. Sorry for the delay in updating -
12,000 BTU mini split system has been ordered and is on its way. This thing is much more powerful than the space requires, but considering I don't know how hot this room will get in the summer being in the garage, I think it's better to be conservative in my estimates and over prepare. It just means the unit won't have to run as much as a 9,000 BTU system, but if the 9,000 BTU system couldn't keep up with demands, that would have been a very expensive regret.
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I have officially moved out of my 120 gal reef tank and into the 260, and now I need to find this tank a good new home. All equipment is well for over $2,700, letting it go for a steal at $600. Comes with a custom steel stand primed and powder coated hot rod red. Includes the sump, return pump with all the plumbing, Bubble King skimmer with newly (~2 yr) replaced Red Dragon pump, T5 lighting and never used replacement T5 bulbs. The tank has a hood, drawers underneath, and siding made out of ash with rare earth magnets to keep them on the stand.
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Yes I intend to reuse most of the old rock. The older rock was riddled with GHA, probably laden with nutrients that would leach out, and could possibly be harboring pathogenic microbes that have caused me so many headaches the past year. I thought it best to cook it all and start anew. The frag tanks had a decent amount of cycled rock that’s about 1.5 years old. The frag tank is now seeding the main DT rock. I have some new dry rock from BRS and the old rock from the original DT will fill in the remaining aquascape for the new tank once it’s ready to go in.
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I shut down the old tank today, dipped all the corals in Amoxicillin, then iodine, then witch hazel to eliminate any potential bacterial pathogens that could have been causing my coral issues. After dipping the corals, I threw all the rock into muriatic acid baths and then hit them with a power washer. It’s pretty crazy how a little acid and a power washer can make rock look brand new! Then I rinsed all the sand until the water was running clear and spread it out the dry. Later I’ll sift through and pick out all the shells and dead branches. I’m going to let the rock sit in fresh water for a little while and then throw them in the new display. All the fish are now in the frag tanks now, hopefully they can be patient until the DT is ready.
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The Maroon Lagoon V2.0
Gig 'em @ NDstructible replied to Gig 'em @ NDstructible 's topic in Tank Builds
Today is the day the Maroon Lagoon V2.0 gets shut down. It’s been a nice run, that past year has more or less been a disappointment with the mysterious slow slow coral STN, but I’ll be dipping all the corals throughly before transferring them to the new tank. Thank you maroon lagoon V2.0, and God’s speed! -
Oh yes, that's why I said I would need a condensate pump. They sell them for roughly $100 and they just pump the condensate out of the collection pan and through a hose to the outside. I have 1/4" tubing running through the wall right now and the RO waste line runs through the wall and out the garage door where it drains into the yard. I suppose the easiest solution is to open up the wall and feed the condensate line with the RO waste water line and have two 1/4" lines draining freshwater into the yard. That or just settle for the pump and just dump it on the side of the house.
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No exterior wall. The closest exterior wall is either the wall of the front porch (no), the garage door (big ol LOLZ), or the other side of the garage where the existing AC compressor is. The other side of the garage makes the most sense. It's on the side of the house, and I just need a line that can reach.... roughly 15'?
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Yeah the thought crossed my mind, but I would definitely need to exhaust outside where I can dump the heat and it won't just build up somewhere else in the house. Either a portable and vent it up through the attic and through the roof, or a mini split wall mount with a precipitate pump to pump water up and through the attic to an exterior wall.
