beefytang Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 This is a drag. I have my fingers crossed for you. Ever think about getting back into nanos? =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 A large purple digitata was the first to RTN. The hydno is in a corner by itself. The corals affected are all throughout the tank. I agree about the chemical warfare. I'm trying to decide if I should euthanize corals that are too far gone to prevent them from releasing even more chemicals. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Do you know when you place the hydno in your tank? If I were you......I would pull it out, and do water changes as soon as possible and run carbon. By the way are all your fish doing fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 It has been in there some time. I will replace the carbon. Fish are showing no signs of stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Hey Andrew, We are fighting the same thing. I pulled our hydnophora out of the main display and put in the 29. I also have been running carbon for the last month changeing it out every weekend. We starting to see healing. Lost a purple stag this weekend but the monits and the bird nest is healing! We are now fighting diatoms. Hang in there. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 Thanks dapettit! The water change really seems to have slowed the recession. These pics are the worse of the worst. This issue is very strange in that it is very hit and miss throughout the tank. Most of the others corals are showing no signs of stress and look better than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Same here and I know how fustrating it can be! David- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 Raise your hand if you have turned on your RO unit and then gone to bed forgetting it was on. After doing this 4 or 5 times I decided it was time to do something different! Here is my solution on how I could rig a float switch in the trash can so I could avoid flooding the garage. There are numerous ways of achieving this. The easiest would have been to drill a hole in the side of the trash can, however I also use this can to preform water changes. I needed something that would be removable when I needed it to be. James and I discussed various alternatives such as PVC fixture, but in the end this design ended up working perfectly for me. You can see that the far end is actually not perpendicular like in the diagram, but it turned out that it would not have worked that way. The float switch would have be touching the side wall giving it a higher risk factor for "sticking". Many thanks to Craig Kimble for building this for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Well, my wife and I decided it was time for a change. We are wanting to move into a bigger house and start our family. To get the ball rolling we put the aquarium up for sale here and here. I'm sure you can relate to the stress of moving. Add to that the stress of moving a large tank and trying to coordinate it to all work perfectly, and that is more than we want. Since moving a nano doesn't require a team of people, I decided to purchase a 34g Solana Cube to hold a few sps corals I want to keep. It should arrive at RCA tomorrow 6/6/08. I'm also getting a 1/15 chiller to keep it cool. I will post pics once I get it up and running this weekend. Right now I am trying to decided if I want two Koralia nanos or one Tunze nano steam. I would love some input if you have any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 I picked up a Tunze nano stream 6045 from Aquatek. I may get a Koralia nano too, but what I really want is the new Tunze nano wavebox that is suppose to come out in December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 You should get two more streams plus the wave box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hey everyone. Aquarium arrived as expected. Here is a pic of all the hardware: After what seemed to be several hours with an allen wrench and a screwdriver I got it put together. Will probably start to fill it up with the stuff I'm keeping very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Glad to hear you "got it up"! Who needs viagra when you got a Solana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Can't wait to see it UP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Here's my first attempt at a FTS. My fstop was to high and the motion blurred. Please let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmako Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I love it! looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thanks GM! I was pretty impressed with how the rock work turned out. The RBTA anemone is really the center piece of the aquarium. Wish I had a video camera to show it waving in the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Got some good shots yesterday that I wanted to share. Clam top down: Pink zoo macro: Urchin top down: Urchin macro: Urchin macro 2, same shot. It is still resized a little smaller if you can believe it. Thanks for any feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Very nice. These were taken from the nano right? Very cool I really like the top down of the urchin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I'm just playing around with the blogmedia bbcode tag to test recent updates. I've posted this video before, but your probably want to watch it again because it's so stinking cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Its mega-nano!#@ =D Very cool! (PS please post more pics. 100 should do) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 LOVE the pink zippers. The yuma to the left of your clams is pretty sweet too. Very cherry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 I've got a frag of that yumma for you. Plus you need to see the solana anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I've got a frag of that yumma for you. Plus you need to see the solana anyway. Whoa...really? Let me know whenever you have some free time and I'll visit. I have close to 50 zoa frags...I'll take a shot and see if there are any you would like to have, although sadly, none are as cool as your pink zippers. Thanks, take care, P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Sure, just sent you a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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