Antrias' Venture into Saltwater

[The Grizz]

Looks good, that candy canes in the one pic look happy. Corals need time to acclimate from one light to another. Give things time to get used to the LED's before you do anything.

[Antrias]

I'll give them some time - my anemone is also completely hidden - he jammed himself between rocks. Also go the interior of my stand water proofed. It seemed worked out good actually just taking some clear drying silicone and painted a coat of that on - cant even tell it's there.

Now I'm on a hunt for a good yet cheap protein skimmer to throw underneath and I'm ordering a new nozzle for the return line form the sump: http://www.ebay.com/itm/U-Tube-Direc...item43b4f8e761

My self made PVC one is ugly and can't direct the flow at all.

Sometime in the future (probably sooner than alter) I'll build / find a case for the heatsink to go in so that it looks a bit nicer - and so the dimmers have a spot to go

http://i.imgur.com/ha8lLUE.jpg

as well a case for the PSU to go in so that it's not sitting on my sub woofer and can get proper cooling

http://i.imgur.com/8VfD70l.jpg

As well Thanks Grizz for some input

[chef]

nice tank
I'd move the rocks away from the glass. much easier to clean and you will be happier in the long run.Just sayin'

[Antrias]

That's a good idea. I'll have to rearrange it. I already noticed that in these salt tanks the stuff that crusts on the glass is super hard to get off! I'm going to buy a cleaner / scraper too of some sorts because my sponge doesn't cut it anymore.

[Dearth]

You can use a razor blade to clean the hard algae off the glass but be warned razors disintegrate fast with salt water even cleaning with fresh water

[kien]

That's looking pretty good!

I'm not sure if you intended to include those photos as URL links or not, but another option (in case you didn't already know) is to include those photos inline using the IMG tags. It's the little yellow icon (looks like a mountain with a moon) in the post editor :-) This way your photos can appear without having to click the link, like this.



Again, you may already know all this. I only bring it up because people (ME) are lazy

[Antrias]

I can switch the way I post the photos - I did it the other way because the resolution of the photos is fairly large.

I got my SWC 120 cone skimmer from spit.fire the other day got it setup at 7.5" depth - but all I get is the cup filling with water in about 2 seconds I have the air valve wide open and I'v tried adjusting the flow valve but haven't had any success. Anyone have any tips?

[kien]

Originally Posted by Antrias

I can switch the way I post the photos - I did it the other way because the resolution of the photos is fairly large.

Ya, that would be a good reason to post the photos the way that you were originally doing it :-) Carry on :-)