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lol

Got myself a utility knife...time to separate the baffles!

Got the salt and sand :D (Won a marine aquarium competition at an LFS and used the prize money to get these! SWEET :D)

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I am really really pleased with salinity and hence got it for the new tank :) Haters gonna hate ;)

congrats on the Pisces win! :biggrin:

salt and sand ? timing could not be better for either of those items right now . congrats.

Thank Kien :D I was hoping for the 2nd prize since you entered but I guess you didn't pay much attention ;)

Thanks :D

Got the tank in place:

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Tweaked the plumbing a bit and added support for the PVC

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I had not planned on entering but my wife made me. So I entered to make her happy and completely forgot about it until today. My tank didn't even get 3rd place. Clearly this shows that your tank and the 2nd and 3rd place tanks are much nicer than mine :biggrin:

:lol: U made me laugh!

And you can laugh all the way to the bank (or cash register) since you're the one with the gift certificate, not me :wink:

Oh that's already done. Collected the gift card first thing in the morning and spent it on the salt and sand. Was afraid that your tank might take over with "decision changed; Kien's tank is definitely better than the other three". :P

I dare say that we now have supporting evidence that your tank is better than mine :hail:

Nop. It shows that I could convince more people to vote for me than you did ;) You should make more friends you know ;)

tell me something I don't know..

Do you know how I should acclimate the brittle worms to my new tank???

Drip :-)

I was thinking about that too but not sure for how long I should do it.

Update:

Have started mixing salt. Since I don't have enough powerheads, I am also using the skimmer pump and the return pump. Working great :)

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No This is just proof that the general public does not give a flying f..... About coloured stiks. :twised:

Raied I have some power heads you can have if you need some their at my house though so you'll have to suffer out viewing the bonsai ;p

PMed ;)

Worst part of the hobby :twised:
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Added sand and started running everything (put in some LR too) so that the water gets cleared up within today since I plan for the big day tomorrow :)

A little trick I use when I add substrate which can result in the picture above is use a HOB filter for a couple days. Around the filter media fold over a paper towel and every 30 min - 1 hr change the paper towel out. Works like a charm and been doing it for years. I'd rather get the small fines out of the tank than just let it settle.

^^ Yup an Aquaclear with some fine filter media takes care of that pretty quick. Then you don't have residual crap left in your tank somewhere (skimmer, socks, sand etc.)

Same but diff I just put floss over bubble trap

Kinda the thing I did but with sponge. Since my tank is eurobraced, I can't hang any filter so decided to put some sponges between the bubble traps.

I don't think its mainly because of the sand because last night when I went to bed after mixing the salt, the water was kinda clear but then after waking up in the morning, it was all cloudy. Probably because the temperature went above 80 or something.

actually no, this would not be the worst part of the hobby :-) Just a minor inconvenience compared to many many other worser events that can occur.

edit: specifically an addiction to the Canreefs. (or is that just me?)

Are you referring to your addiction to canreef

Yes.. Sorry, was that not clear in my original post? :redface:

If I was as smart as some of you guys I wouldn't need Canreef but since I am not smrt you and others alike need to stay on here for 24/7 advise

So true, 2 major crashes that the worst part of the hobby, but restarting is kinda fun in getting you to care for your tank again lol

if you mixed the salt water in cold water then heated it up its prob salt residue , going from cold to warm tends to make it encrust or its the calcium in it going from cold to warm, either way a good scrape and some flow it will clear up quickly:)

looking good brothar!!

Tank has cleared up well :) So I am a bit confused about something. I have 30+ pound of LR (cured) sitting in a bucket and I will also be using 20+ lb of LR in my tank. Can I put the new LR in today and then put the old rocks tomorrow? And how long can I keep the corals in a bucket without any issue?

Much better now :) Hoping that it would clear up by the night so that I can do the move tomorrow.

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Oh look a dino rock!!!!!!!!

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Yeah you can add the rock when you like just be sure temp and salinity is good.

A heater and a small power head will allow you lots of time. Just consider how long it takes to ship a coral from South Pacific to Canada. I imagine your transferring the tank in one day?

One mistake I made on a previous transfer was that I put acros on frag rack while I should have taken them out before I system moving rock and sand. The ammonia and H2S killed all my deep waters. :(

Sorry to hear about that :( I will be sucking up some water from 20 gallon, transfer the corals and fishes and then will move the rock since I also have an experience of nitrate spike when I stirred the sand once.

Removed the light from the 20 gallon and turned it on over the 70 gallon. Gives a much better spread :D But I doubt whether these will be enough for the corals. Possibly will add two more T5s ;)

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Y not put the fish and coral in a tote until you get the rock in. That way there's no chance of dropping rock on coral or stress the fish more than needed.

Less clutter to work around too

Yap that's what I am going to do :D

Aquascaped :)

Please rate it :D

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Looks like another contest winning scape! :-)

You are not going to give up that easily huh Kien? ;)