Christy's 180 build

[Chowder]

Tank looks great Christy. On the PJ's what Lance said. I have 6 in my tank right now. They all seem to school or all be spread throughout the tank . I have had them for 3 years now . Two sets of 3 in two different tanks. I have had all of together in one tank since febuary. I have not seen much aggression between them. Every so often there will be a little jockying in positoin in the pack . I have never been able to tell the females from males. I did find out two weeks ago that I have atleast one male. I noticed one had a mouth full of eggs and was hanging out alone on the opposite side of the tank. Two days later I wa sworking on the tank and he released them. Was really cool to see.


Chris

[christyf5]

Oh, good to know! Thanks Lance and Chris

[Zoaelite]

Even browned out the tank is looking amazingly healthy Christy! What sort of coral is right above your lemonade? What ever it is that's some fantastic growth and color on it!

I have always wanted a PB but I have been to scared to try and my tank is a little full, grats on getting him to eat I hope he grows nice and big in your tank.

[christyf5]

Thats a pink pocilipora above the pink lemonade. I almost lost that one in 2008 but managed to resurrect it from a few tiny bits that survived. It grows like crazy and is in need of fragging as its crowding out a few other corals.

[christyf5]

So today I thought I'd check out my RODI TDS to see if everything was ok, its been awhile and I'm always amazed that its still only like 2 even though I think I haven't replaced the RO filter since about 2006/2007. Sure enough its still 2. Thought for fun I'd check my waterchange bucket that is currently filling with fresh water. Interesting, TDS is 35. Hmm, check my auto-topoff reservoir, TDS is 40. Nice. I wonder if thats why my tank looks like ass lately? Guess I'll have to clean both out thoroughly.

[PoonTang]

Christy, you should be getting about 2 after your membrane and 0 after your DI. Do you have a online dual tester? Let me know and I can bring mine up next time and we'll check it out.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Christy, you should be getting about 2 after your membrane and 0 after your DI. Do you have a online dual tester? Let me know and I can bring mine up next time and we'll check it out.

Its never been zero but that doesn't matter to me. 2 is close enough. I've never tested it after my membrane, just where it comes out after the DI.

[PoonTang]

Also watch your temperature as it makes a huge difference to the TDS if you get it over about 76 deg. I know you use a fawcett to supply the filter like I do and i have seen it if you have it too high. I guess the heat must expand the pores in the membrane.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Also watch your temperature as it makes a huge difference to the TDS if you get it over about 76 deg. I know you use a fawcett to supply the filter like I do and i have seen it if you have it too high. I guess the heat must expand the pores in the membrane.

Interesting. I'll try to keep it a bit cooler. I did notice it was quite warm today but I think that was because I was running the washing machine at the same time (hogging all the cold water).

[Hawkaholic]

[quote=christyf5;541764]iPBT has also started eating mysis (YAY!!) so I may finally have the opportunity to clear the ick that has plagued him since about a week after introducing him to the tank. His ick isnt' really all that bad,



Just wondering how the Powder Blue is doing. Ive had mine for about 6-8 months now and hes had ick pretty much since day one. Hes healthy...eats anything...just has those darn white spots...lol. Enjoyed reading your thread btw as I am now addicted to build threads...lol. You have a great lookin tank!!