El Guappo's 72G Bowfront Reef......Many pics Jan 4

ElGuappo · #1 07-11-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenmaster

Looks good. My first tank was a 70g FOWLR... yours looks way better.

I am sure its only because you were limited due to the fact it was a FOWLR...

Thanks for the compliment.. i cant wait til i get i full of fish..

ElGuappo · #2 07-14-2010, 07:29 AM

So lately i have been thinking that my 3 hawaiin flame wrasse 1M 2F) dont fit the pans for my new tank..... thinking i would rather go with more smaller fish....mostley because i think the male would like a longer leash (bigger tank)....if you dont have more than 150 Gallons dont bother asking........
i am not going to post a price but will take offers.... i have a number i am looking for (cheaper than some websites retail) and if this number doesnt come to me than i will hang onto them...

pains me to see them go but i think jack, terri and chrissy could use a bigger place...

Please dont respond here if interested just shoot me a pm..

ElGuappo · #3 07-25-2010, 02:24 AM

Well Kevin at RED CORAL came thru in a huge way for me.... i showed up the other day to grab a few things and he had a brand new nut and bolt for my vortec waiting for me.... Huge Thanks.... much appriciated.

For those who dont know i stripped the nut and bolt while taking it apart to clean it 6 weeks ago.

ElGuappo · #4 08-08-2010, 11:07 PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the joy of new tanks. just spent 2 hours tryiing to get the very small valonia bubbles out of my tank that apparently hitched on some frags from my other tank.... LOVE IT... ALso removed a chunk of live rock as i didnt like the stuff it had growing on it... some red hairy looking algae that was just starting to take over that rock... it also had some small wierd looking things ( Hydroids?) that looked like they could grow to plague proportions.

And thus i plug away... getting good growth on my sps tho so thats a plus..

Greenmaster · #5 08-09-2010, 04:40 AM

I noticed that nobody else is responding... but we are watching...

I'm about to setup and am not looking forward to all the pains that come with a fresh setup but it's all good. Continue to plug along... we are still watching.

ElGuappo · #6 08-09-2010, 07:29 PM

well the last couple days my skimmer has been going crazy....not sure whats going on but it just keeps overflowing.. i have taken it out and cleaned the whole thing and nothing... i thought my exit was pluged but no.... major micro bubbes in there aswell. its a euro reef 130..

any ideas?????

Patrick1 · #7 08-12-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ElGuappo

well the last couple days my skimmer has been going crazy....not sure whats going on but it just keeps overflowing.. i have taken it out and cleaned the whole thing and nothing... i thought my exit was pluged but no.... major micro bubbes in there aswell. its a euro reef 130..

any ideas?????

If that is the sump and skimmer I sold James then I have a trick for you.

I had the same problems. The pump on that skimmer is overkill. I put some blocks under it to raise it out of the water about 6 inches. It helps alot. If I was doing a lot of messing around in the tank I had to back the air and open the water flow wide open for a day. Then slowly open the air up and close the water exit valve.

Also on a side note once you have it running with the air valve fully open. Remove the air valve as it plugs up with gunk for some reason.

Lastly for the mirco bubbles I used a filter sock for a day or so to keep them at bay until the skimmer settled down. In hind sight I would have bought the same size skimmer with the smaller pump. Also despight the builder of that sump telling me I did'nt need baffles I would have installed them.

If you need any other help just P.M me.

Also some photos of the whole tank would be nice