My Tanks! Well, My Attempt!

[Rbacchiega]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Was he having troubles keeping it up?

bazinga!

[trinac]

Alright its been awhile! I have been harrassed by Brett to update this! haha

90G is still up and running! Had a bout of unhappiness when my protein skimmer decided to not work for awhile. Its back working again, as of tonight actually! I bought a new impeller for it, but I think it was just a simple matter of the airline being clogged...

I am looking forward to the tank looking pretty again. Still haven't done my aquascaping... lol I will tackle that beast soon!

[trinac]

Had an issue while I was away in Orlando... And then the protein skimmer decided to overflow rather dramatically this morning... The tank is getting shut down. I wish I had more time / money to get everything set up properly - like a sump etc. But, it just isn't going to happen for awhile, so this tank is going to get taken down until I am able to have the time to take care of a tank properly.

So, I have some stuff for sale. Will post later on.

Will sell live rocks / fish first of course.

[fishytime]

Oh no!.....sorry to hear Trina

[lastlight]

Aww that sucks. Best of luck with real life tho and hopefully you're back in the game soon =)

[Coleus]

sorry to hear that as well.

[kien]

Too much fun with those hamster balls I guess.

[trinac]

After moving stuff around to dismantle easier, I had a massive change of heart. I also found a really large and dead mexican turbo snail... which was not helping matters, but seredipitous.

Anyways, this is embarrassing considering the very small amount of elapsed time... but... I change my mind. LOL There is no way I can sell my aquarium. Even though it is a lot of work right now with my schedule, I would miss it too much.

Here's the deal though, I obviously need a better set up. And need some help at it - don't understand sumps etc. So, I'll save my pennies and work towards a "tank upgrade" which is proper and without floods.

I'll be talking to a few of you... who I know have massive aquariums on expensive flooring...

[lastlight]

Game on!

You can't 'come back' without pictures. Even of the dead mexican...anything!

[trinac]

No pickcha's, no pickcha's!!

Algae outbreak central!

Here's the plan of action:
* Get rid of mechanical filtration system! (or put something else in it?? I remember Doug mentioning that its best to put crushed rock in these, and I said that I would clean my filters once per week - that didn't happen)
* Try out a GFO reactor
* Try a mangrove
* Replace water system filters
* Massive water change with rock "hair cut"
* Only frozen food, and less of it.

Wow I suck at this reef thang right now lol

Comments encouraged on my plan!! I feel like I have no idea what I am doing anymore lol Old tank syndrome... complete.

PS. I don't have a sump YET. Going to work with Jay soonish to build a new fancy tank.


If someone does suggest putting rocks in mechanical filtration system rather than the foam pads, please advise on how to break up said rocks.... I've tried using a hammer, and it didn't work out how I had hoped.