Doc's first saltwater build

Discussion in 'Tank Pictures' started by huntindoc, Apr 12, 2013.

  1. Lyndya

    Lyndya Blenny

    That's a nice one. I have a red/white one with two heads.
     
  2. Reefmann

    Reefmann Plankton


    Did this one make it and did it multiply?
     
  3. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    It didn't. :( I haven't seen on his website since . All the other ones are doing ok.
     
  4. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    Skimmer upgrade. Skimz Monster SM203 with DC motor.
    This gives you an idea how much bigger it is than my old skimmer.
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    Tight fit in the sump but it fits.

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  5. Shadow1

    Shadow1 RRMAS Supporter

    Takes a little to dial in the Skimz but well worth it. Mine is unbelievably quiet and it runs 2 pumps. It will pull gunk out of fresh salt water I think.....
     
  6. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    Good to hear Shadow. I gave it a vinegar bath last night before setting it up. Got up this morning to it overflowing. Dialed it back and it's started pulling skimate this evening.

    What strategy do you use to adjust yours? I've got the air thumbscrew pretty well backed all the way out, the pump on the next to highest setting and have been adjusting only with the gate valve/micro adjustment.
     
  7. Shadow1

    Shadow1 RRMAS Supporter

    Sounds like you are on the right track I have the air intakes at about 3/4 open, gate about 1/2 mine is older so motors are wide open all the time.

    I would think the motor full speed would create more bubbles but am still old school don't have any DC motors. That is why I don't have the air intake wide open.
     
  8. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    Skimmer is working well and most everything has recovered from the dosing accident a couple of months ago. The Sunny D's seem particularly happy. Will make some more pictures this week.

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  9. roco

    roco Blenny

    Glad to hear your tank has recovered. Love the Sunny D's !!!
     
  10. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    My next fish addition has completed 3 weeks in QT and is doing great. It's a nice Potter's wrasse (Macropharyngodon geoffroyi) from The Fish Tank. I've been a little afraid of trying a leopard much less a difficult leopard but this girl is eating mysis like a champ. So far, so good.

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  11. Lyndya

    Lyndya Blenny

    That's a pretty one. Hope she does well in your tank.
     
  12. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    Trying a little experiment. I've put two 8"x8"x4" Marine Pure ceramic blocks in my sump. I'm trying to supply enough surface area to aid in denitrafication. The 4" thick blocks should have enough anoxic area to help with this. If it works I might stop carbon dosing (already cut way back).

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  13. fattytwobyfour

    fattytwobyfour Grouper

    I'm going to have to follow this, & read up on it. How's the tank doing? Last time I seen it, it was looking awesome.


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  14. Deton8it

    Deton8it President Staff Member

    I have the ball version. I am thinking about putting them in Alyssa's Biocube. She has Bioballs in there now but those are just Nitrate factories
     
  15. fattytwobyfour

    fattytwobyfour Grouper

    (And we are getting random photo attachments appearing again. That's not my tank).


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  16. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    Couple pics of my recent fish additions.

    C. cf. lanceolatus (pintail fairy wrasse), C. jordani (flame wrasse) and a juvie Atlantic blue tang.

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    Corey's purple acro and the birds nest babies that have been cropping up everywhere. Almost getting big enough to frag off.

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  17. huntindoc

    huntindoc RRMAS BOD Membership Director Staff Member

    Copperband BF that I got from Humblefish on Reef2Reef.

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    CB and the Chillipepper monti I got from Greg.

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    Same coral 2/25/14 Montis are the one thing I seem to be able to grow.

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  18. fattytwobyfour

    fattytwobyfour Grouper

    Those fish are beautiful. I've got to look at getting one of those wrasses. And when you start fragging, I'll buy a couple of those from you. I'm hoping that sps will do better in this tank, since it has a sump. The canister filter on my other tank is a nitrate factory.


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  19. Deton8it

    Deton8it President Staff Member

    That purple one is beautiful.
     
  20. whippetguy

    whippetguy Super Moderator

    Beautiful! I added one of those Marine Pure blocks to the sump on my new build as well.
     

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