lastlight's 34g solana

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

or a shark! some just lay on the bottom...


Glad to see your back josh.

Tank is looking great by the way. love the slope

I never left dude... Just cut back on my posting, been on the forum almost daily.

[kien]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

Glad to see your back josh.

Originally Posted by JDigital

I never left dude... Just cut back on my posting, been on the forum almost daily.

He was actually referring to your back side Josh.. I dunno, maybe he found some racy pictures of you or something ? Or maybe you guys are up to something ? Joshy got back? ..

Nice 'scape Brett, I like the simplicity. Have you thought about maybe just getting some live rock rubble from someone and seeding your rocks like you did last time? I'm sure tonnes of people have some rubble kicking around they could lend you.. I know I do.

[lastlight]

Thx Kien.

Yeah this is live rock...only compared to my last experience with live rock this stuff is pretty inert looking save for maybe 2 or 3 small filtering worms. The rubble is also a great idea to maybe get a few worms or pods in there. Maybe this weekend sometime I can come check the tank out and grab your rubble? We'll have to sort out a trade of sorts =)

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Thx Kien.

Maybe this weekend sometime I can come ... grab your rubble?

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?? I have such a hard time keeping up with the lingo

[lastlight]

Added a fan today and my tank is now a steady 79!



Still haven't put my Radium bulb in...sorta scared to mess with the DE bulb...never had one before and right now I don't think it's hurting anything to run the stock one.

I have an ARMY of 5 hermits, 1 emerald, and 2 astrea snails doing a bangin' job on keeping my rocks clean.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I have an ARMY of 5 hermits, 1 emerald, and 2 astrea snails doing a bangin' job on keeping my rocks clean.

What?! ...... and NO pictures? I want proof that you have life in this tank!

[lastlight]

Alright fine.





This one's a little obscene. Parental discretion advised.



These two...ummm...yeah I have two fish already. Who was calling me patient earlier? Got'em today and for those wondering I never went through a cycle with this rock.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by kien

He was actually referring to your back side Josh.. I dunno, maybe he found some racy pictures of you or something ? Or maybe you guys are up to something ? Joshy got back? ..

Jesus. i leave the site for a week and a half and the one time i get a joke made on me i can't even fight back!... unfair!

Moving on.

Tank is looking good. did you order the tunze collection cup from in-tank? how are you finding the skimmate production?

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

did you order the tunze collection cup from in-tank? how are you finding the skimmate production?

Yes I have the collection cup on there. Here's a pic from page one of the thread.



The skimmate has been really wet...just a light tea colour so far although I'm starting to get some darker brown collecting on the riser tube. The trouble so far is that it's breaking in still I think and now my return pump wouldn't startup after my waterchange. This meant using the stock pump again so the water level changed due to the increased flow which upset the darn thing.

I'm not expecting dark skimmate and from what I've read I'm not going to get that from this skimmer. All I know is that I'll be glad it takes anything at all out. Even when it's light in colour I always think about how I wouldn't want to dump it back in the tank. With time it should pull better as I tune it more.

My 5 gallon water changes every week do far more than any skimmer could but I like the added security.

[Leah]

Fantastic photos Brett! But next time can you give the Emerald a chance to shave her legs first.