New Wife, New Life, and The tank I've always wanted! - Part 1

[Siderjan]

Water conditions as of 11:41pm

GH - 180
KH - 80
pH - 8.5
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 0
Saltity - 26 ppt
Temp - 80F

[Delphinus]

Looks like things are coming together nicely! That spot where you have the screen over the overflow, keep an eye on that, looks like a pretty tight weave and I see that getting clogged pretty easy. If it proves to be a problem down the road you could consider some gutter guard, the holes are more like 1/4" so less prone to clogging (although not immune to clogging).

[Siderjan]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Looks like things are coming together nicely! That spot where you have the screen over the overflow, keep an eye on that, looks like a pretty tight weave and I see that getting clogged pretty easy. If it proves to be a problem down the road you could consider some gutter guard, the holes are more like 1/4" so less prone to clogging (although not immune to clogging).

Thanks Tony. I was wondering what I was going to use, and that was the best I could come up with on short notice. I thought I had everything thought out til I saw the gapping hole.

[cuz]

and the wire ty as well on the screen...no one want to see rust..lol

[Siderjan]

Originally Posted by cuz

and the wire ty as well on the screen...no one want to see rust..lol

Thanks Cuz. I made sure the wire tie was all plastic. The little tab that holds it in place is plastic and not metal. The kid at Canadian Tire was not too impressed when I made him open a few jars so I could find ones that didn't have the metal tab. LOL! They hate me in there!

[Siderjan]

Picked up my livestock today from the babysitter along with a little bit of rubble lr, and some cheato.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLozJ2qRvm0 <- 24 Megs

[Siderjan]

More updates;


New Urchin - Pokie


Lawnmower Blenny - Cashews


3 lbs of rubble for my refugium


I took my lights off the top of the tank and hung them from the ceiling.


Cashews out of the bag


Pokie enjoying his new home


Cashews like to have his picture taken. Popped his head out for this one.


My Sump/Refugium


3 more Astraea Snails


5 Nassarius Snails


$5 frag of some kind. Just wanted one so I bought it


Frag open


Blue Tang my wife bought named Ariel



Ariel and Prince Edward are best of friends


Snicklefritz, my pink urchin, kept moving my frag so I wedged it inbetween 2 rocks until I can get it glued down.

[Siderjan]

WOW! It's been a month since my last update and a lot has happened since then. Christmas Eve I picked up 4 Nerites Snails for my sump. It's looking kinda gross in there.


I also picked up a Blastomussa Wellsi and was given a badly frag'd Zoa for free.



Ariel came down with a nice case of ICH and I had to setup a hospital tank for the fish. It's a 10gal. Only thing I could find cheap. Never thought of a rubber maid container. I did throw a couple of ugly pieces of LR in there that I'll never use again. I was going to put them in my refugium.




Ever since there weren't any fish in the tank I decided it would be a good time to remove everything from the tank and give it a good cleaning and to glue my frags down. Feb 24th will be 8 weeks and I can put the fish back in my DT. All the LR has been removed. Only CUC is still in the tank.


The CUC has all been caught.


The tank has been rescaped. I removed a lot of sponges that were taking over the rocks and also scrapped off the last of the manjos anenomies. I glued down my 3 frags. I also put the CUC back in the tank. I did notice I needed a few more snails, and hermit crabs. I'm waiting on a Emerald crab that seems to be taking forever to come in.








A couple days after I got the tank all cleaned up, I had my first fatality. Ariel died from ICH! It was a sad day as my wife lost a fish, and I literally flushed $80 down the toilet.

R.I.P. Ariel.

More to come in the next post.