Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Tank Journal

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #641  
Old 03-13-2011, 04:23 AM
Delphinus's Avatar
Delphinus Delphinus is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
Posts: 12,896
Delphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via MSN to Delphinus
Default

Thanks Greg!
__________________
-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
Reply With Quote
  #642  
Old 03-13-2011, 04:39 AM
Lance's Avatar
Lance Lance is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Powell River, B.C.
Posts: 3,572
Lance is on a distinguished road
Default

Coming along nicely Tony, and that Trigger is a beauty. Sorry to hear about the clam though.
__________________
225g reef
Reply With Quote
  #643  
Old 03-13-2011, 05:51 AM
christyf5's Avatar
christyf5 christyf5 is offline
Staff
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 9,175
christyf5 is on a distinguished road
Default

Looking good Tony!! I'm having clam issues as well, this is the third one to go downhill since the start of the year. Frustrating as hell
__________________
Christy's Reef Blog

My 180 Build

Every electronic component is shipped with smoke stored deep inside.... only a real genius can find a way to set it free.
Reply With Quote
  #644  
Old 03-14-2011, 07:11 PM
fishoholic's Avatar
fishoholic fishoholic is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 4,137
fishoholic will become famous soon enough
Default

Lookin good Tony
__________________
One more fish should be ok?, right!!! - Laurie
Reply With Quote
  #645  
Old 03-15-2011, 08:05 AM
Delphinus's Avatar
Delphinus Delphinus is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
Posts: 12,896
Delphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via MSN to Delphinus
Default

So I think another one of the Tunzes is starting to crap out. One of the waveboxes chatters pretty badly lately, I tried cleaning it out but I can't find anything inside the impeller assembly. It will turn for a while but eventually just sort of stutters. It still moves water but like 10% of what it should be pushing.

I might ping Roger Vitko on this but does this sound like a motor drive unit failure? It's one of the old style 6200's. Anyone with a wavebox or a 6200 on its own that I could borrow an impeller from for an afternoon so I can see if it's the impeller? I'd order a new one but if that's not it then that's sort of a waste.
__________________
-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
Reply With Quote
  #646  
Old 03-28-2011, 12:52 AM
Delphinus's Avatar
Delphinus Delphinus is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
Posts: 12,896
Delphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via MSN to Delphinus
Default

Well, got the Tunzes straightened out for now. It turns out that a 6261 which is the wavebox pump, is a 6100 but uses a 6200 propeller and cover. So I swapped out the pump for the one remaining 6100 I had in the tank and now both boxes are operational again. I replaced the 6100 with a 6105 from tinman who was selling two of them on the board recently.

Also I learned something about the waveboxes and it turns out I was doing something wrong with them. The sponge ring is not supposed to go over top of the pump cover (which makes it a prefilter in a way), it's supposed to go over the back of the pump. So fixed that up on the both of them, and wow what a difference when you do things the right way. I get about a 1/2" wave now with one running and almost a full 1" with both running. For now I am leaving both running but I'd be happy enough with just the 1/2".

Amazing the difference in polyp extension having those things running right though.

Some random pictures... I can't seem to get pictures in focus .. EVER But here are some that are not too terrible.

I think this is a green slimer. It was given to me as a much larger piece but started RTN'ing after a day so I fragged the tips off, attached them to the disk, and threw out the bottom part. A solid 2" of decent sized coral I threw out but I wasn't going to risk keeping it if was peeling back like that. Luckily the tips seemed to recover and are growing quickly now. The colour in the picture is off, this is a super bright yellow/green but I dialed the aperture right down so that it wouldn't show up as overexposed in the picture ... I guess I overcompensated but at least you can see the polyps and stuff.


Purple loripes from Snappy:


Two toned Bali piece from a couple weeks ago .. colour settling nicely:


Blasto:


Cali tort starting to take off:


Blue milli from Bluetang - blue for some reason doesn't show up well in the photos but it is a neat piece in person:


Red Planet from Lorenzo, really taking off now and is a real stunner in person:


Also here is a real quick video of the Duncans swaying in the waves. Wasn't sure how to link to it with a preview image so here's just the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoPUEbvqbiw

Thanks for looking

__________________
-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!

Last edited by Delphinus; 03-28-2011 at 01:47 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #647  
Old 03-28-2011, 01:09 AM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default

Holy fish poop them Duncan polyps are shaggy man! Glad you got the waves sorted out you def have some back and forth now. I guess since you're not prefiltering the water the waves are sorta dirty now haha

Got some nice deep purples too which is something I'm really lacking and wanting!
__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.

Last edited by lastlight; 03-28-2011 at 03:32 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #648  
Old 03-28-2011, 01:26 AM
fishytime's Avatar
fishytime fishytime is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: E-town
Posts: 5,390
fishytime will become famous soon enough
Default

sweet RP there Tony and I can sure vouch for how blue Westers millie is....
__________________
260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
Reply With Quote
  #649  
Old 03-28-2011, 01:44 AM
Lance's Avatar
Lance Lance is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Powell River, B.C.
Posts: 3,572
Lance is on a distinguished road
Default

Looking good Tony; and love the Duncans doing the Watusi.
__________________
225g reef
Reply With Quote
  #650  
Old 03-28-2011, 02:20 AM
fishoholic's Avatar
fishoholic fishoholic is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 4,137
fishoholic will become famous soon enough
Default

Love the wave action of the duncans The sps seem to be colouring up nicely too
__________________
One more fish should be ok?, right!!! - Laurie
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:59 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.