No wait .. kinky plumbing in a bathroom would still be a bad thing. I have no idea why I thought that comment would be funny. It's clearly not, and anyone who suggests otherwise has their mind on other things. Not me. Nope, nosiree, not me.

So my kinky plumbing is all up and working tonight. Transferred over all of the corals and one anemone tonight. Things look happy so far. Messed around with the skimmer abit as I had to create a riser stand for it. And that is enough for one night. Need to do some fine tuning and transfer the fish - perhaps tomorrow... No time for pics tonight.:wink:

Wow...you must be runnin on new tank adrenalin...you go Girly...so whats left at your Ma's, just the fish?

Dude new tank adrenaline! Good call that is exactly what it is. All-nighters aren't even hard when you're on that. I was on that for a LONG time.

JUST the fish! Hopefully tomorrow!:biggrin:

Fine tuned the skimmer abit and finally got it producing foam. Having some pretty nasty microbubbles in the display??? Hoping the need to work their way out as the system settles in?? Air in the lines??? Anyway, other than that, everything is running well. Corals all look pretty good. They are just tossed in at the bottom to acclimate them to MH lights so no real neat organization yet. Still some nasty green hair algae growing! Turbos are eating it ...slowly. May need to rent a seahare in abit!:wink:

Few pics of the sump and tank with coral in.
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...Coralin007.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...Coralin008.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...Coralin010.jpg

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...Coralin004.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...Coralin011.jpg

Wow, that GSP is big! Looks great so far Carmen! Good luck on the fish transfer tomorrow..

Well, fish transfer done...and it wasn't quite as smooth as the first move.:cry: Lost my Flame angel!!:sad: Not sure exactly what happened but a rock may have actually fallen on her. However...while all of the other fish either looked not happy or barely alive, most are swimming abit. Dori is looking mighty stressed but is checking things out somewhat. Royal Gramma is fine, since I moved her in her "home" so she is comfy already. Copperband looked dead but is actually swimming now. Haven't seen the mandarin, cleaner wrasse or the goby. Clowns aren't even fazed! Just protecting their nem - which is looking quite unhappy so far. Shrimp pair are alive but one didn't look so good in the bin so not sure if he will pull through.
Fingers crossed for a positive end to a very stressful move for my fishies!:neutral::sad:
Super Stressed......and heading to bed....

*crosses fingers and hopes for good news in the morning*

+1 to that.. And I'll swing by tomorrow with that pH probe. I was pretty busy tonight.

Awwww, sorry to hear. Hopefully the rest do OK. Good luck!

Oh, no Carmen...I hope they settle down and are happier in the morning.

Thanks guys.

Things look better this morning. Turned the lights on early because I was so anxious to see if everyone was alive. Dori and copperband are out swimming and look great! Dori seems to love the huge swimming area! Shrimp pair made it and look good. Seen Goby but he's hiding. Cleaner Wrasse showed up and is loving the space! Haven't seen mandarin yet. RBTA is not too happy but should recover fine. PHEW!!!!:wink:

That is Great!:biggrin:

Who is this WOOHOO!!

:thumb:

Good to hear your fish are doing better !!!!:biggrin:
And the tank looks great ....

Little update...
Fish and corals are doing super! Added an incredible blasto and a super pink Strawberry Crab (my 3 yr old daughter named "Pinkalicious")- both early Christmas presents from a Friend!:wink:
And...would you believe I hooked up my aquacontroller by myself! I had attempted twice before and had pretty much come to the conclusion that I would NEVER hook this thing up (unless I convinced Doug to come over and do it for me!:wink:) Was too complex for me!!:redface: But I had to wait for my Mom today at the hospital while she had some minor surgery so I took it with me and found a seat near a plug in and programmed it while I waited! No distractions, no kids! WHOHOOOOO!

Skimmer is skimming fantastic and green hair algae bloom has ceased followed now by some diatoms. Still have insane microbubbles...not too sure if there is anything I can do with that.

My Mom actually took down the 72G and cleaned it out on Saturday (Mom's Rock!)! So I am cleaning up the remaining pumps and skimmer and the 72G is no more!:neutral:

Couple pics...
skimmer at work!
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090002.jpg
Copper always trying to get in the pic!
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090029.jpg
my new blasto - just can't get a clear shot.
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090006.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090033.jpg
Couple tank shots...
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090015.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090019.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090034.jpg

Glad to hear everything is doing well now. Sorry to hear about your flame angel :(

What!....no comments about me pushing her buttons???:lol:....Looks as though everything is doing really well.....but your tank looks like it needs a little something purple and yellow:wink:.....your Ma does rock!! (mine rocks too:mrgreen:)....

Ya...where are all the comments....??? Everyone's out Christmas shopping!:smile:

You know exactly what I have in mind Doug!:smile:..purple and yellow I mean!:wink:

Glad everyone has settled in and doing well. As for comments, Fishytime brought over his probe, does he provide this service to anyone else, he he! :biggrin:

Well, you know that your probe does need to be calibrated in a couple different solutions every once in a while....which solution are you, Leah?....are you a 7 or a 10?....any plans on coming to cowtown?:wink:

Wow, you guys!:lol:

Huh, can't believe anyone anymore, I was told it was just one and one only :redface:

:lol: I'll bet your a 10:biggrin:


Carmen, do you have the AC out where you can see it (probably not, with the little ones huh)? I found knowing and seeing what my ph was all the time was a little unnerving...whatcha got it programed to do?

Hey Doug,
I have it temporarily laying on the floor in a mess of wires! :lol::redface: Actually the kids know the tank is SUPER OFF LIMITS! :wink:
It's working but not all neat and tidy quite yet! I don't have the ph monitor set-up yet, have to get the recalibrating liquid for the probe yet. Still sorta playing around with it. Trying to figure out a light schedule that I am happy with. I am finding the temp swing kinda excessive so I am not 100% sure that the heater part is working??? Swing from 25.5 to 27.7???
Going to hook up a fan to run when the halides are on and heat creeps up, already programmed it in just haven't had time to set it up. Nothing too complex programmed in but it's a start.

Wasn't it ME that brought over the probe?!?

As for the temp swing, that is odd. I had MH on my shallow cube (which you would think would fluctuate easily) with the controller keeping track of temp, and the controller kept the tank between 26.0 - 26.5C. Never needed a fan to keep temps in check.

Being that your tank is in the basement, MUCH larger water volume, external return pump.. etc etc (see where I'm going with this? :wink: ) What do you have the actual heater set at?

Ya, Josh it was you who brought the probe:wink:!

Ya I am going to get a second tonight to go over my program again and take a good look at the heater and such. So yours was set 26-26.5 then on the controller?
Doug too what is your heat program set to?
I think I had mine set to 26.0 to 26.5 as well? So I shouldn't see so much of a swing then right? Right now my temp is at 27.0. And lights only came on at 11:30am.

Caught a pic of my new strawberry crab!
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r...mmer090026.jpg

Carmen that guy is so cool

Hey nice score with the pic...with 144 gallons of water he may be a rare sight...I spotted my pom pom for the first time in months.... hopefully "pinkilicious"stays in the open more....very cool little critter for sure....

to answer your question....my temp setup is a little complicated....desired temp is centered around 77F...with lots of, if temp hits 80F then fan comes on....if temp hit 84F then lights turn off etc, etc...

Actually luckily we have spotted Pinkalicious most days! Very cool crab indeed!

Doug does your tank temp remain fairly close to desired temp with the exception of summer etc. I have the settings as well with fan coming on when temp hits26.7 and MH going off when ....etc but it just seems to swing a heck of alot from 25.5 to 27.1 yesterday and this am. Trying a different heater today.

My temp does swing a few degrees too.....you basically have a few hundred watts of heat on top of your tank now, so you will get temperature swings when the lights are on....kinda unavoidable unless you run a chiller.

Now that I think about it... As soon as you plugged in the controller it should have been running my original program that I setup.. I got a fan at home if you want it...

Yup, I figured out the program Josh but I altered it somewhat. Just thought the temp would be more constant.

So!.......any updates on this thing???:wink:

Soon...Workin on it but I've been kinda busy.