Lance's 225 gal tank

[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

If it makes you feel any better Lance (you know the saying 'misery loves company'?) this is my montipora setosa...or whats left of it

Ouch! What happened?

[marie]

It was a frogspawn attack

When the pumps get shut off the tentacles can travel a long, long way

[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

It was a frogspawn attack

When the pumps get shut off the tentacles can travel a long, long way

Damn Euphyllias got both of our corals!

[Lance]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Sprung a leak in the return line.
I think the vibration of the pump has broken the glue seal around the flex hose where it fits into a true union. I closed the gate valves from the overflow and drained the return section of the sump to allow it to dry out overnight and will fix it tomorrow after work. Any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening again. Should I replace the flex with PVC? Will a glued PVC joint hold up to the vibration better than a glued flex to PVC joint? The pump is a Reeflo Barracuda and vibrates pretty good. Or maybe there is some sort of sealant that I can seal around the glue joint?

[Mrfish55]

I use one of those plumbing boots they use when joining different material (ie: cast to abs etc.) Also helps to cut down on the noise from vibration, Petes has quite a selection in stock, if you need a hand give me a call.

Originally Posted by Lance

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Sprung a leak in the return line.
I think the vibration of the pump has broken the glue seal around the flex hose where it fits into a true union. I closed the gate valves from the overflow and drained the return section of the sump to allow it to dry out overnight and will fix it tomorrow after work. Any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening again. Should I replace the flex with PVC? Will a glued PVC joint hold up to the vibration better than a glued flex to PVC joint? The pump is a Reeflo Barracuda and vibrates pretty good. Or maybe there is some sort of sealant that I can seal around the glue joint?

[Lance]

Leak is fixed!
Now if I can only find a way to fix SPS growth in this tank. It's very confusing. Some SPS have good colour and growth while others are not so good. The weird thing is that some of the corals that are not doing so well are the same species as those that are doing fine. OK, so I move the ones that are struggling to the same spot as those that are thriving. Doesn't help. For example: 2 orange Digi frags that I fragged from the same colony at the same time from my 90 gal. One has grown nearly twice as much as the other and has much better colour. They are in the same area of the tank; same light, same flow. WTH!

[Lance]

My wife bought a new camera (Canon PowerShot SX120 IS) for our Caribbean trip, so I thought I'd take a few random shots of the tank to see if I can work the damn thing. Anybody who owns this camera and can give me a few tips for aquarium pics?

A few of the fishes: