Reburn Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Eh Im pretty happy with my tank the way it's going. Everything is coloring and growing. I guess my resolution is to leave things alone and just let everything mature and grow. Manny, Show off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrEnuf Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Mine is to not jump the gun! I react too quickly sometimes, need to just relax and give it a day or two before adjusting a fan head because I saw a micro buble on a stick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So how many people have kick started their resolutions? So far all I've done is play games on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So far I have successfully resisted buying corals. It's kind of a passive-aggressive thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So how many people have kick started their resolutions? So far all I've done is play games on my phone. Not sure if I have grown my coral any but I am well on my way to becoming a billionaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 I'm emptying my skimmer cup today... so check #1 on the list. I'm also probably buying coral tonight at RCA so I'm breaking #3 already. One step forward, one step back. I guess not terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I did successfully clean up my tank area including wire management, labeling, sweeping, and enclosing the sides. I still need to finish the sides with reclaimed pallet wood so if anyone has any let me know. I also set up my reef angel app to be accessible from anywhere. Boy was that a pain trying to open a port. Turns out I have a router/modem combo that goes to another router so once I figured that out it didn't take too much longer to set up. I can manually look at the parameter log in the app but haven't figured out how to access it via excel. Jim? Turns out my salinity is a bit low so over the course of a couple of days i'll get it back up but everything else looks fine. So all in all I'm doing pretty good. Now my non-reef related resolution was to start running and that didn't happen. Maybe next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Brian what the heck man! You're making the rest of us look bad. Come hang my lights for me. I'm pretty stumped on how to do it. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I plan on switching to bent conduit and BMLs. I have a 48" floating canopy that you can see in my build thread if you want to use and just swing some frags my way. http://makeagif.com/JvU1EV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrEnuf Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Brian, By re-cpaimed pallet wood do you mean rough cut 1X4 pine? I have extra pallets in my yard and more coming and going all the time. I can easily set aside the trash pallets...how many do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Brian, By re-cpaimed pallet wood do you mean rough cut 1X4 pine? I have extra pallets in my yard and more coming and going all the time. I can easily set aside the trash pallets...how many do you need? Thanks, but I have an open top canopy. I could use the ceiling hangers but my wife doesn't want to see 8 wires hanging down. I think my best option is hanging them from a bar that runs across the top of the canopy. The other option I have is to basically make a shelf with holes cut into it for the lights. I haven't used the skill saw in a while, but mostly because i have no skill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/aquatic-life-stand-light-fixture-hanger Something like this for light hanging perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I did successfully clean up my tank area including wire management, labeling, sweeping, and enclosing the sides. I still need to finish the sides with reclaimed pallet wood so if anyone has any let me know. I also set up my reef angel app to be accessible from anywhere. Boy was that a pain trying to open a port. Turns out I have a router/modem combo that goes to another router so once I figured that out it didn't take too much longer to set up. I can manually look at the parameter log in the app but haven't figured out how to access it via excel. Jim? Turns out my salinity is a bit low so over the course of a couple of days i'll get it back up but everything else looks fine. So all in all I'm doing pretty good. Now my non-reef related resolution was to start running and that didn't happen. Maybe next year. I have not tried to load it into excel. I was not aware there was a way to do that with reef angel. I am using Aquatic Log to grab parameters off the reef angel wifi, and I manually record all my feeding and maintenance there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Half the year has gone by so who's still keeping their Tank New Year's Resolution? I can say my reef is thriving although I am still dealing with algae but nothing I can't handle. Keeping Alk between 8-9 and dosing 9mL of vodka daily. Still testing and keeping my log. I haven't had any fish or coral deaths so that's always a plus. I'll try to get some pictures posted either by this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 1. Resist buying corals 2. Remember to service RODI unit on time 3. Update the code libraries on my Reef Angel Ok, here's my update: 1. FAIL 2. PASS 3. PASS Is anyone surprised?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 I thought it would be fun to list our resolutions for the new year regarding our shared hobby. 1) Empty and clean the skimmer cup more often 2) Clean up the rats nest of wires in the stand 3) No more corals! [emoji57] 1) pass +1 (made a skimmate reservoir and got an auto neck cleaner)2) Fail, hadn't even touched it 3) Failed horribly... there's corals everywhere! I even got one today! [emoji17] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 1. Test at least once a month 2. Calibrate ph probe 3. Set up protein skimmer 4. Find goldflake angel that won't nip corals 1. Fail - pretty sure I just learned my lesson 2. Pass - then I sold it 3. Pass - I did last week 4. Extra McFail - didn't realize they cost so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JoseZ Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1. Up size one "last" time...... 1. Pass ??...although it might be sitting there a while, lots of work right now ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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