265 gallon setup

i2ik · #1 01-20-2007, 04:34 PM

Good Stuff!

I love the way you mount your prolifux in your sump! Love the fans you bought for your sump, i will considered the 5 fans version for my tank so i am very happy to know that those fans are quiet! Have you ever seen and heard an Icecap fan? How does it compare?

niloc16 · #2 01-20-2007, 05:25 PM

i have seen the icecap fans, never hear them personally but heard they are quiet as well. i went with this setup initially because it can be controlled by the profilux but after seeing it in use i highly recommend it for efficiency and noise

niloc16 · #3 01-27-2007, 12:18 AM

these are my first ever top down pictures. they are a little underexposed because i'm getting used to my camera. in addition i just found my whipfin wrasse that i lost, he is in my overflow. dont have a clue how to catch him. excuse the algae as well, then tank is still maturing.

niloc16 · #4 01-27-2007, 12:19 AM

mark · #5 01-27-2007, 02:05 AM

got some nice pieces there

niloc16 · #6 01-27-2007, 03:02 AM

thanks mark, i played around more tonight and these are more realistic to the actual color of the pieces. does anyone have a trick to catching a fish in the overflow. i have an open top canopy but it still does not give me a lot of room to dig around in there. i was thinking of syphoning all the water out and sucking him up with the tubing.

and here is a couple new additions acclimating to the lighting

bullit67 · #7 01-27-2007, 04:50 AM

Looks good are you having a problem with algae in your over flow as for chatching a fish in the over flow it is very hard with the deep over flows on these tanks I have been dreading the day it happens to me I picked up some gutter guard mesh to put around the tops of the over flows so fish and snails dont go over I had a wrease that loved to be in the over flow on my 72 bow I would fish him out and the next day he would be right back in there he lived like that for over a year till he died

Delphinus · #8 01-27-2007, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by niloc16

thanks mark, i played around more tonight and these are more realistic to the actual color of the pieces. does anyone have a trick to catching a fish in the overflow. i have an open top canopy but it still does not give me a lot of room to dig around in there. i was thinking of syphoning all the water out and sucking him up with the tubing.

What I've done that's worked well for me in the past with fairy wrasses is actually the opposite of what you're thinking. Turn off the sump return and turn off the overflow drain, and then flood, overfill if you can, the overflow. Wrasse got in on his own, and he came out on his own. I had to wait 15 minutes or so and sometimes entice him out with flake food on the surface ... or show him a net and that would sometimes startle him and he'd jump out.

Another idea maybe is remove the standpipe and let the water drain out, fish and all (be ready to catch him). Maybe have a few buckets on standby to help flush him out once the water's drained in case he doesn't go down the hole. I've never tried this though, I'm just brainstorming some ideas for you.

Or hope he finds his way down into your sump one day. (??)

Best of luck!

Mik_101 · #9 10-07-2007, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by niloc16

thanks mark, i played around more tonight and these are more realistic to the actual color of the pieces. does anyone have a trick to catching a fish in the overflow. i have an open top canopy but it still does not give me a lot of room to dig around in there. i was thinking of syphoning all the water out and sucking him up with the tubing.

What kind of acro is this? I am intrested in 1.