Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

We feed our fish some NLS pellets at lunch, and the 'live' food for dinner

I haven't calculated it all, but I'll guess it's about $20-30/year, maybe $40 ?

It's much cheaper than feeding mysis every day

Go to your local grocer and you'll see how cheap it is to buy the seafood, but make sure you get it 'uncooked'

[gregzz4]

OK, I just finished feeding our critters and see how much food they need

I can get away with just one cube per dinner, so my batch of food should last me about 10+ months

And they eat it, so all is good

Best part is I don't have to rinse the food anymore and add garlic/vities
Just warm it up in a cup of tank water and dump it in

This is great as my time is limited right now, so everything that takes less time is a big help

[Coralgurl]

Your tank is looking so good! Amazing the changes that take place over a year!!

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Your tank is looking so good! Amazing the changes that take place over a year!!

Oh come on !
Your tank looks so much better than mine

Thanks for the compliment, but really ...

I've got all kinds of algae, and slow growth, and blah blah blah

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Oh come on !
Your tank looks so much better than mine

Thanks for the compliment, but really ...

I've got all kinds of algae, and slow growth, and blah blah blah

Well then we will agree to disagree then, but thank you for the kind words I've got weird clove things spreading everywhere that's driving me nuts! My coralline algae is all dying too, gone from purple everywhere to almost gone....

Anyway, you've done some great things with your setup that makes the along haul with the tank so much easier!

I like the food idea too. I'm rinsing food every couple of days, need to look into this!

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Well then we will agree to disagree then, but thank you for the kind words I've got weird clove things spreading everywhere that's driving me nuts! My coralline algae is all dying too, gone from purple everywhere to almost gone....

Anyway, you've done some great things with your setup that makes the along haul with the tank so much easier!

I like the food idea too. I'm rinsing food every couple of days, need to look into this!

I've had the clove thingies for the last year, but they come and go
My wife doesn't mind them, and they are mostly not there, so I don't care
I'm surprised to hear about your corraline algae ... are you dosing ALK and Ca ? And are you monitoring/testing them ?

I was pretty tired of the food rinsing thingy too, but had no time 'till now to make my own batches
You'll love it if you ever do it, but how to store the frozen stuff is questionable
I've freezer sealed all my 'other' trays of food with a food saver system, but am not sure what to do with my 'in use' tray ....

I've covered it with tin foil while it was wet so it sticks, and then put it in a ziploc and sucked all the air out, but I'm sure it'll still get freezer burnt

I like the idea of being able to drop a cube into a cup/dish of water to thaw, and then dump it into the tank 'with no rinsing'

My plan is to cut the tinfoil away from a cube as needed, so whatever happens ....

[Coralgurl]

The preserving of the food would be my concern. I double bag mine in freezer bags and that seems to work.

I haven't tested in a while as things had been fine. My temps have been creeping up with the nice weather, thought maybe related, but I know better...

[gregzz4]

Tonight was a total-loss for studying
I opened some paper mail and ended up dealing with some personal crap until 8pm
By then I'd decided it was OK to put some time into modifying the canopy

I've realized some limitations and see I need access doors on the ends, so here's what I have so far ...
Doors are cut, sanded, primed and painted inside
Tomorrow, right before studying, they will get a coat of black on the outside and ends. Then another coat of black after studying before bed



For my home-made food, so far I'm having success using a Foodsaver jar/can lid on a small glass container thingy
Each night I open it briefly to grab a cube and I'm not yet seeing any signs of freezer burn ...



And, because I was growing very tired of dealing with a True Union ball valve to adjust the return flow/overflow level in the DT, I finally (after 6 months) got around to re-doing the plumbing with a Gate Valve that I bought, you guessed it, 6 months ago







The 3rd nem has moved into a spot that I am sure it's not going to like long-term
I'm hoping it doesn't move into any SPS territory anytime soon as I, have I said it before ?, don't have time for extra stuff
Jeez, I almost forgot to add the nem pic
I gotta get some sleep ....

The third nem is the one inside the overhang, underneath and to the right
It used to be between the two others
And, the big one looks like it's going to split again



So much to do, and so little time to sleep
Thanks for looking
I hope to have better updates once I'm caught up with, well, life

[neoh]

oh I've certainly contemplated it, and normally look through the seafood section and brain storm what might be good. Fish need oils and guts for proper health. I was going to go to TNT and get some fish guts and some other gory stuff to make a concoction. I'll definitely follow the recipe, with a couple tweaks.

Thanks for the info!