KrazyKuch's & Michika's 180Gal Tank Build

[Skimmerking]

that dont make sense when I make salt water and i do a 5 gal change i will check my salt in the main display. If the Salt content is high i will take out of cup only making it 1.5 cups of salt. when its lower i will add a extra cup to the 5 gal change.

[hillegom]

Did your refractometer accicently get bumped? Maybe recalibrate? Just a thought.

[michika]

The display is fine, its the make-up water that has the problem. Calibration shows the refractometer is fine. We're just chalking it up to a one-off experience. We just ended up cutting in RO/DI to bring the salinity down.

[michika]

New bulbs arrived yesterday, and wow what an improvement! Next up will be new T5s.
September 9th, before the new MH bulbs


Today, September 11th, with the new MH bulbs


I had the city in this morning to move our water meter, so that is one more thing I can knock off my to-do list for the basement. We're still waiting on moving the electrical panel, but its slowly coming along.

[michika]

September 24th, 2009








Damage by possibly the Urchin?


Top down






Straight on shot of the birdsnest


Top down


Another top down.

[hillegom]

Nice!
Catherine, what is the name of those anenomes in the eighth pic down, beneath the orange cap? I think I have some of those as well.
Thanks

[Delphinus]

Them's majano's. Lovely aint they? They're worse IMO then aiptasia.

I tried a raccoon butterfly against them and he did a bang up job removing the ones he could get at. Unfortunately he also went after a brain coral and I lost 4 clams under mysterious circumstances during his tenure (but to be fair, I'm not 100% convinced he was responsible, he might not have been).

So anyhow though, if your clam load is minimal and you don't have LPS, you could try one of them..