110g Mixed Reef V2 - Page 63

fishytime · #**621** 09-27-2009, 03:42 PM

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

The tank seems to be coming back slightly from its case of the hiccups....I didnt loose any more lps and the sps that browned are showing signs of getting their color back.

Between the die-off and my regal tang, it is becoming apparent that lps and my tank do not mix well.....I will likely be selling a couple more lps pieces before either my regal takes them out or I loose them for some other reason....so keep your eyes on the buy/sell forums lps lovers.... another reason I need to move a couple pieces is I am picking up two more clams from Lawrence (still shocked and bummed that you are getting out bud) tonight and have literally nowhere to put them

fishytime · #**622** 09-27-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by michika

Some props to Doug's "plain" brown birdsnest.

Way back when after my tank crashed on Thanksgiving, Doug being the awesome guy he is gave me this tiny frag of what he called plain brown birdsnest. So way back at the end of December I added this frag to my system.

This is what it looks like today. So Doug, man do you make nice "plain" brown frags.

Whatever it is that you're doing, please keep it up!

Wow Catherine its really taken off and looks killer in your tank.....thanks for the props.

fishytime · #**623** 10-01-2009, 03:59 AM

well....Im happy with the tank again.....I didnt loose any more lps, other than the ones I already posted and things that browned out are showings signs of coloring up again.

My two tri-colors that looked like crap three weeks ago,starting to come around

And due to an unfortunate incident where exposure to saltwater apparently corroded Lawrence's (Pazil) brain and he decided to go back to cichlids, I was able to score these two clams and a nice frag of A. Prostrata

(I am just messin witcha bye)

Lance · #**624** 10-01-2009, 04:07 AM

Good to see things turning around for you

Delphinus · #**625** 10-01-2009, 07:14 AM

Haha, I seem to remember SOMEONE saying "boy what's with all the clams." Those are some nice scores! What's the count now?

fishytime · #**626** 10-01-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Haha, I seem to remember SOMEONE saying "boy what's with all the clams." Those are some nice scores! What's the count now?

That brings the count up to ....eleven......my gorsh....Im a clamaddict

....somebody help me...

lastlight · #**627** 10-01-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

well....Im happy with the tank again.....

Well I can sleep at night again. Kidding glad to hear things are rockin' again. That prostrata looks killer! Sign me up for some scraps =)

lorenz0 · #**628** 10-01-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

That brings the count up to ....eleven......my gorsh....Im a clamaddict

....somebody help me...

oh dear god. you do have a serious case of the "clap"

kien · #**629** 10-01-2009, 04:33 PM

I am eagerly awaiting your clam tank add-on build thread. You've provisioned your new sump for that too right??? Hehe

fishytime · #**630** 10-01-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Well I can sleep at night again. Kidding glad to hear things are rockin' again. That prostrata looks killer! Sign me up for some scraps =)

Apparently its a big deal for me to be happy with the tank.....my g/f noticed the direct effect the tank seems to have on my general mood....probably why she is temporarily droppin the NNTC she imposed upon me and allowing my little add-on....

On that note I might as well make it official and post it here.....I am gonna attempt to plumb in a small 25g seahorse tank to the main system. I say attempt because after talking with a few peeps about it and doing a bit of reading its gonna be a challenge because my display routinely hits the low 80s in the summer and this is too warm for most horses. I thought about fans and possibly an ice probe. That would probably be a waste of money as I doubt that anything I do on the small tank will counter-act the 140g of 82* water in the rest of the system. So for now the plan is to keep trying to think of a way to get the g/f her ponies, but Im almost sure that I will end up taking the add-on tank in a different direction....like yasha/pistol

or maybe dwarf fuzzy

.....oh ya....the seahorses*focuses on the task at hand*......Ok, so with the systems current volume of 130g and considering I am what some may say slightly heavily stocked, my euro-reef 135 is having a hard time keeping up with the systems skimming needs as it is.....so an upgrade would have to happen before any increase in volume or bio-load can happen.....after carefully taking all the measurements(I thought), I started to weigh my options readily available through the store....deltec, vertex, oddysea, tunze, hydor, and BK....a couple of them both fit into the skimmer section and under the display height wise, so after an agonizing .005 of a second I decided on the BK mini 200

....then after telling Kevin what I want, I was sitting staring at the tank one evening and it dawns on me.......28" between the bottom of the sump and the display above it, minus the 20" tall sump = 8".......footprint of the BK200 is 12"x12".......duh BK no go into sump.....so I now have a custom sump on the way that should be ready hopefully by next week....I told the g/f that it wouldnt cost that much to add a small tank to the system....she believed me