Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

Hmm, something to add ..
I just fed mysis, 2 kinds of fortified brine, and bloodworms, with garlic and vitamins, all mixed together
They went after it as fast as normal, but they kept eating it ( I will try this mix again tomorrow morning )
Then the lights went out and they kept eating ( as expected with the cards ) but the curious thing is, the clown kept eating too, and everyone ate the brine for the first time
The clown is all over the tank finishing off whatever he can find
15 mins and the clown is still roaming around eating every little thing he can find

Guess I was used to the clown hosting his pump and not roaming

The Bangaii is getting used to us just fine
He/she has already recognised that we are the food machines and comes right to us immediately
Great addition as the wife misses our freshwater angels

[gregzz4]

My Tunze Osmolator is sensitive to voltage changes, and the warning 'beep beep beep' goes off whenever I unplug something on it's circuit
I was going to solve this issue with a surge suppressor, but am now glad I didn't

Last night, I wasn't watching the house temp ... I hear the beeping and go to my office
Office temp was only 79, but the QT was over 81
- I've set the QT lights to turn off if the temp gets to 81
The QT lights were turning on and off. This light cycle caused the ATO to trip, which I heard from another room

Nothing like some more automation, although unplanned, to help me keep my critters safe

Today I bought a 12v power supply and wired it to a spare 120mm 1900RPM 106 CFM computer fan I had
I used some foam for dampening and a mesh screen for dust
I programmed the 12v supply on the PC4 and now the fan keeps the QT cool enough that I won't need a chiller

I'd post a pic, but Photobucket is doing maintenance

[gregzz4]

Installed the new impeller for my SK181 tonight
The restart issue is gone, but I'm not happy with the noise from the pump now
I was able to previously rid myself of the noise with a few re-starts, but now that's not the case
Hopefully it will change over time

I also now find I need to re-adjust the skimmer as the new impeller sits in a different location in the pump ( more forward to the venturi ) and it has changed the adjustment level ( water height wise )

Just a matter of re-tuning and I'm sure I'll be happy
I'm just dammed glad I didn't have to pay big bucks for the impeller upgrade

Ce La Vie, it works

[gregzz4]

The frag meet today @ Bblinks's was awesome
Got to meet many others
Brought home more frags than I thought I would ...

Here's some, but not all
Crappy pics with a Sony WX5 and some PO'd corals in the shots ...











I brought home over a dozen frags, but the camera wouldn't show them all

I glued one Monty to the overflow box, so this should be interesting

Stay posted as they grow

[Nano]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I glued one Monty to the overflow box, so this should be interesting

COPYCAT!!!!!!!!!!

jk I did it cause it seem like a good use of useless space lol.
looks like you got fragged up today bud! Can wait (as I'm sure you can't either) for it to be all full and grown in!

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Nano

COPYCAT!!!!!!!!!!

Can't help it
It's such a great idea

You have to admit, though, that I got some sweet frags

Better pics will come later ...

[gregzz4]

The fan is keeping the QT cool, even when my office hit 81 today



I moved the newest monti today. It's in the corner of the overflow against the glass now. Looks much better - not so much like it's just floating nowhere



Here's some better pics of all my frags

Polyps that came with the second batch of LR



Montis from tang daddy





Couple from Steve Fedyk




And a bunch from g_dawg ( I think - tang daddy brought them ) and Bblinks













Thanks for all the great frags guys

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Nano

COPYCAT!!!!!!!!!!

jk I did it cause it seem like a good use of useless space lol.
looks like you got fragged up today bud! Can wait (as I'm sure you can't either) for it to be all full and grown in!

I did this years ago. I also glued it onto old canister filter return pipes that could hang over the back of the tank so I could move the montis around when they got too big or frag them by taking the plastic tubing out of the tank completely. Very user friendly. Feel free to be a COPYCAT

[gregzz4]

Today's readings are looking good
I didn't expect to see any drastic drops in params with such a small amount of coral, but I'm going to stay on top of it anyway

All but 1 coral have lots of PE
I've been in contact with the seller and am hoping to get an answer as to where this particular coral was most happy in his tank

SG 1.025
Temp 78.9 - 79.3
pH 8.12 @ 5am ( still dark, but ambient morning light )
pH 8.21 @ 11pm ( lights out, moons on 11% )
Mag 1400 - 1450
KH 8.5
Ca 410-420
NO3 trace
PO4 not measureable

I'd like to see my Mag drop a bit, but am happy enough with the Alk and Ca for now
I haven't started dripping Kalk yet as I haven't found a vessel I like, so I have been dosing Alk as needed ( in small doses ), but haven't had to add any yet since the addition of the new corals
Hopefully this week I'll find a nice container of some kind for the Kalk dripping

I bought some live phyto today for the corals and I'll start with feeding 2-3 times/week, although tonight may tell me how much they want
I don't want to feed daily yet as the small corals are still acclimating, and the current algae is semi-under control

With all the LR I've added to the sump, the drain section is staying amazingly clean, but we'll see what happens once I start feeding fish in the DT

The QT dudes are doing well
Today was 2 weeks for the Clown and PJs, with this coming Friday being 2 weeks for the Bangaii
Everyone is eating well, although not all the same food - fussy little kids
I'm looking @ about July 27th before I will add them to the DT, barring any visible signs of infection
This'll put them @ 6 weeks in the QT and then I can start looking for a Tang to munch all the algae that's keeping me busy

Lastly, I defrosted the office beer fridge today
I don't know why I didn't store the frozen food in it until now, after all these years of keeping it in the kitchen fridge
The office beer fridge freezer section is large enough to hold all 17 flats of food I have stock-piled
Plus, besides beer, pop and extra jarred people food, there's plenty of shelving for the new phyto, and somewhere to hold the defrosted dish of food for the QT dudes

I guess that's enough for today
Thanks for following along