El Guappo's 72G Bowfront Reef......Many pics Jan 4

[ElGuappo]

So lately i have been thinking that my 3 hawaiin flame wrasse 1M 2F) dont fit the pans for my new tank..... thinking i would rather go with more smaller fish....mostley because i think the male would like a longer leash (bigger tank)....if you dont have more than 150 Gallons dont bother asking........
i am not going to post a price but will take offers.... i have a number i am looking for (cheaper than some websites retail) and if this number doesnt come to me than i will hang onto them...

pains me to see them go but i think jack, terri and chrissy could use a bigger place...

Please dont respond here if interested just shoot me a pm..

[ElGuappo]

Well Kevin at RED CORAL came thru in a huge way for me.... i showed up the other day to grab a few things and he had a brand new nut and bolt for my vortec waiting for me.... Huge Thanks.... much appriciated.

For those who dont know i stripped the nut and bolt while taking it apart to clean it 6 weeks ago.

[ElGuappo]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the joy of new tanks. just spent 2 hours tryiing to get the very small valonia bubbles out of my tank that apparently hitched on some frags from my other tank.... LOVE IT... ALso removed a chunk of live rock as i didnt like the stuff it had growing on it... some red hairy looking algae that was just starting to take over that rock... it also had some small wierd looking things ( Hydroids?) that looked like they could grow to plague proportions.

And thus i plug away... getting good growth on my sps tho so thats a plus..

[Greenmaster]

I noticed that nobody else is responding... but we are watching... I'm about to setup and am not looking forward to all the pains that come with a fresh setup but it's all good. Continue to plug along... we are still watching.

[ElGuappo]

well the last couple days my skimmer has been going crazy....not sure whats going on but it just keeps overflowing.. i have taken it out and cleaned the whole thing and nothing... i thought my exit was pluged but no.... major micro bubbes in there aswell. its a euro reef 130..

any ideas?????

[Patrick1]

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

well the last couple days my skimmer has been going crazy....not sure whats going on but it just keeps overflowing.. i have taken it out and cleaned the whole thing and nothing... i thought my exit was pluged but no.... major micro bubbes in there aswell. its a euro reef 130..

any ideas?????

If that is the sump and skimmer I sold James then I have a trick for you.

I had the same problems. The pump on that skimmer is overkill. I put some blocks under it to raise it out of the water about 6 inches. It helps alot. If I was doing a lot of messing around in the tank I had to back the air and open the water flow wide open for a day. Then slowly open the air up and close the water exit valve.

Also on a side note once you have it running with the air valve fully open. Remove the air valve as it plugs up with gunk for some reason.

Lastly for the mirco bubbles I used a filter sock for a day or so to keep them at bay until the skimmer settled down. In hind sight I would have bought the same size skimmer with the smaller pump. Also despight the builder of that sump telling me I did'nt need baffles I would have installed them.

If you need any other help just P.M me.

Also some photos of the whole tank would be nice

[ElGuappo]

thanks... i have alread raised the skimmer a bit.... the issue was reef epoxy.. i forgot i was mounting coral that day and the skimmer setted down by the next day..... thanks again..

side not i got all my flame wrasse put in yesterday and they seem to be iking the new home... 2more fish to go and the tank is pretty well fully stocked...

all i need to drop in now is the potters and flameback angels...

[Greenmaster]

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

thanks... i have alread raised the skimmer a bit.... the issue was reef epoxy.. i forgot i was mounting coral that day and the skimmer setted down by the next day..... thanks again..

side not i got all my flame wrasse put in yesterday and they seem to be iking the new home... 2more fish to go and the tank is pretty well fully stocked...

all i need to drop in now is the potters and flameback angels...

You forgot one thing... you need to post pics... a FTS minimum.

[ElGuappo]

ok so i have been without a puter for a while now and i just got a new one so i will post some pics soon as i have a few days off now...

also the stocking is pretty well done ... the tank now holds.

3 hawaiian flame wrasse (2 male)
2 leopard wrasse (both female for now)
2 true perk clowns
1 potters angel
1 african flame back angel
1 pink streaked wrasse
1 purple fire fish.. i almost forgot him as today is the forst time in over a week i have seen him
and 2 cleaner shrimp..

i want more inverts and maybe a couple small fish what do you think?

[ElGuappo]

WOO HOO I THINK MY HAWAIIN FLAME WRASSE ARE SPAWNING.... i had 2 famale and 1 male then a female turned male and is mating with the female.. the other male seems very dosile thus far and there is no fighting amung the males...

i just rescaped last night as i pulled out about 20 lbs of rock adn replaced it due to unknown algae groning on it....