150 peninsula

salvini55 · September 29, 2010, 03:59:33 AM

I told my girlfriend that moving to a new place brings new SOP's, such as but not limited to; a bigger tank (obvs), situated in my own private man cave only acessible via verbal password ie: "stincky socks" or more likely "Acropora Verweyi"

and a beer fridge. She reluctantly obliged and I broke out in to a victory dance similar to as if i had just won the lotto.

excitment aside, here are the details

162 gallon rimless DT (60x24x26) - 75 gallon sump - 33 gallon sump - 55 gallon QT
Custom stand and floating conopy
Tek 6x58w fixture looking to add a retrofit for 8 - 10 bulbs total with RKL moonlights
SRO 3000INT
GHL 4 pump stand alone doser
RKL3
MP-40w
Reeflow HammerHead closed loop (will need insight on creating an effective system)

The tear down and move will commence in one month

Vincenzo. · September 29, 2010, 07:58:55 AM

gangster kev, this shall be Ill-tings..

Severum · September 29, 2010, 10:51:25 AM

I believe this annoucement calls for a rap of some sort.

holachicka · September 29, 2010, 11:09:04 AM

oh wow - this is great - a new kick butt tank build thread!! Bring on the pics as you work on it!! Lookin' forward to the updates!

omarh · September 29, 2010, 01:01:34 PM

*cough cough* mic check yo.........turntable scratch....ye and you don't stop i got a 187 in the @#$@#$ block yeee and you don't stop you got S to 55 in the house. You fishes mad cause i'm acccing....stunt soo hoood my tank will dominate yours. I build it ground up you bought it renovated!! Hammerhead closed loop dawg watchasayin. Reefkeeper lite got my tank feelin good.... Don't mess with my Tek10 or imma pull out my MAC10!!

how was that??? (borrowed some ideas from Rick Ross lol)

magnosis · September 29, 2010, 01:42:34 PM

I'M LAUGHING OUT SO EFFIN LOUD RIGHT NOW !

I'm really curious to see that peninsula idea take shape ! Keep us posted, yah ?!

salvini55 · September 29, 2010, 05:32:30 PM

hahha

awsome. Im suprised Vince didnt hit it, he just quit it

Hookup · September 29, 2010, 05:38:20 PM

Well geesh there fellas ... Sounds like a mighty fine tab ya got planned there

salvini55 · September 29, 2010, 05:47:09 PM

yep yip, lots of work to do tomorow gotta tear down the 75 and put it all in rubbermaids. Rebuild the stand and canopy, drill the tank set up the plumbing and cook the remaining 50lbs of liverock.

decided what type of overflow ill rock, same steez as Pat rocks in his half moon. Im sure some others use it aswell.

for the closed loop I think I will do two 1.5 inch inputs with flat screens from PVCfitings and four 3/4 inch returns? I need to research more on closed loops to get the most out of my pump

salvini55 · September 29, 2010, 07:54:49 PM

for Vafa/steve

My Mp40 make you duck
got a hammer head causing rukk
you in luck
my trigga' finga stuck
you wish you illa
u just a RO bucket filla
i spent my scrilla
on corals n' fish for rilla
my acropora lovin the flow
allthough they hate the yo-yo
u gotta give em what they need to grow
for sho'

omarh · September 29, 2010, 09:26:10 PM

OUF OUF OUF Salvini's heavy rhymes got your SG sky rocketing

salvini55 · September 30, 2010, 08:43:42 PM

one of my stars turned into a fish!

Vincenzo. · October 01, 2010, 12:06:15 AM

a closed looped system,
got you on a mission,
.
.
on the peninsula, have u fishin'
for ideas, --- but no luck
vince made a leprechaun duck
with out a Swan, -Dive, air bags in the truck
scope, aim, -head, shot the buck.
but it aint hunting season,
got you all for the wrong reason

treason,
treason,
treason,

salvini55 · October 01, 2010, 01:35:47 AM

10 boompaps and one Dj

Vincenzo. · October 01, 2010, 05:43:50 PM

Quote from: Vince. on October 01, 2010, 12:06:15 AM
a closed looped system,
got you on a mission,
.
.
on the peninsula, have u fishin'
for ideas, --- but no luck
vince made a leprechaun duck
with out a Swan, -Dive, air bags in the truck
scope, aim, -head, shot the buck.
but it aint hunting season,
got you all for the wrong reason

treason,
treason,
treason,

^ i do not remember typing this after several cocktails.

salvini55 · October 01, 2010, 06:35:31 PM

sure sure

Ive got my rubbermaids all set up ready to go, so the tank is coming down tonight.

the stand for the 187 at the other place will be built next week and if everything goes as planned water will be in that tank.

On that note, does anyone have drill bits to drill the tank? I need two sizes 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" . Overflows and CL inputs will be 1.5" and all returns will be 3/4".

So Im looking at drilling 9 holes on only one side of the tank on a 24"x30" sheet of glass.

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Hookup · October 02, 2010, 04:43:56 PM

This will be bad ass man!!

.

salvini55 · October 02, 2010, 08:41:14 PM

indeed

. im getting very excited trying to pull everything together at the last minute. i still need some fittings, i am going to try boone plumbing or pvcplus tomorow

salvini55 · October 07, 2010, 11:45:53 PM

got the drilling done.... 9 holes at 20mins a hole, 180 mins of straight drilling is hard work. Anyhow enough crying, big thanks to HomerJ for the drill bits comming through in the clutch

without further procrastination, I give you the Dirty Beast...

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salvini55 · October 08, 2010, 12:15:14 AM

Hopein to get the stand and plumbing done next thursday ish' here is the "planned" acuascape a cliff type reef face with a forrest of zenia shaded by four Tonga branches with SPS "trees" capped with a tube anemone on a hill

will it turn out this way...its fun to dream

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Hookup · October 08, 2010, 09:43:11 AM

that last photo is killer...

Severum · October 08, 2010, 10:22:39 AM

Based on your rendition are you not planning to have any fish in your tank? If you are please include several figure 8 fish drawings. Thank you.

salvini55 · October 08, 2010, 01:32:25 PM

10 4

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Vincenzo. · October 08, 2010, 01:35:52 PM

lmao.

ur a g..

Severum · October 08, 2010, 01:41:48 PM

Amazing! I see 2 schools of chromis, a royal gramma, 2 clownfish, a naso tang, a flame angel and an unidentified one.

salvini55 · October 09, 2010, 02:35:49 AM

Im afraid there has been some false advertising, I measured the tank hieght realising I hadn't yet and its 26" not 30". I guess I just took the guys word for it and never checked for myself... so its actually 162 gallons

which is good news for me because I was worried I would have to upgrade my lighting system which I dont wanna do.

And I can get the SRO 3000int instead of the 5000int and save $100. Cant wait to see that buble blaster in action

Im sure the wife will be happy about that aswell as the savings in salt.

Now I just have to convince her that a sohol tang only costs $40 if you buy an achillies tang for $50

salvini55 · October 23, 2010, 06:36:40 AM

going on no sleep and the apartment looks like a war zone but the reef is down and in rubbermaids. Only a few burrowing snails didnt make the transfer. Rock is cooking but there is alot of tuff algae on it, I think its a variant of bubble algae, so it will take a few weeks to cook. Loading up the stand and taking it to the east end today after some sleep where all the wood is cut to size ready to be put together. Im hopeing to get most if not all the plumbing done on the new tank today but i doubt it will go as planned.

Still have to get the skimmer, I hear its arrived but havent had the time to pick it up yet. Still need some other odds and ends like sand, carbon, GFO, nutrient reducing pellets and TLF reactor. The list prolly goes on but my brain is mush right now

I got some photos and will take more later today and if I have any energy left I will try and post them tonight.

salvini55 · October 23, 2010, 10:07:45 PM

Im at a loss for words right now but im back at square one. Long story short the tank was dropped. The guy that was helping me lift it onto the stand dropped it when his hand got cut on the edge of the glass. On top of that when I left the house i had a parking ticket on my car. Looks like I may end up getting that miracles after all.

On the bright side, the stand is done
some pics

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ordi260 · October 23, 2010, 10:12:26 PM

Oh nooo!!! Bummer

So sorry this happenned...i can't imagine that happenning to me $:-\$

Such a nice start!

Keep up the good work tho!

salvini55 · October 23, 2010, 10:41:47 PM

thats how the cookie crumbles

Hookup · October 23, 2010, 11:51:27 PM

Very sorry man... That is no fun at all! Hop no one was seriously hurt

HomerJ · October 23, 2010, 11:56:34 PM

Noooooooooooooooo! Sorry to hear that... :-( I guess you'll be keeping my drill bits a little bit longer? :-S No rush, really.

Tomorrow is a new day...

salvini55 · October 24, 2010, 12:11:27 AM

Quote from: HomerJ on October 23, 2010, 11:56:34 PM
Noooooooooooooooo! Sorry to hear that... :-( I guess you'll be keeping my drill bits a little bit longer? :-S No rush, really.

Tomorrow is a new day...

haha that is what i was just thinking... Im gonna need to drill another tank if thats fine with you.

The cut wasnt too bad, ugly, but not too deep. It could have been worse. There was only 3 feet left to go in order to get it on the stand, soooooooooo close!

White Lightning · October 24, 2010, 01:34:30 AM

That sucks Kev sorry to hear about the luck. Why did you get a parking ticket?

salvini55 · October 24, 2010, 02:41:54 AM

I parked beside the "no parking past this point" sign

JetJumper · October 24, 2010, 10:27:42 AM

Sorry to hear that.... That was my dreaded thoughts moving my tall cube yesterday as well.

How many panels are not broken? Is it just the backside and bottom broke? Picture is a little hard to make out.
Then again I don't know if you would want to trust the rest of the pieces after having stress like that put on them.

Hope your buddy is okay!

HomerJ · October 24, 2010, 10:50:37 AM

Quote from: salvini55 on October 24, 2010, 12:11:27 AM
haha that is what i was just thinking... Im gonna need to drill another tank if thats fine with you.

Totally. Keep them for as long as you need them.

salvini55 · October 24, 2010, 01:07:19 PM

Quote from: HomerJ on October 24, 2010, 10:50:37 AM
Totally. Keep them for as long as you need them.

you are the man

Quote from: JetJumper on October 24, 2010, 10:27:42 AM
Sorry to hear that.... That was my dreaded thoughts moving my tall cube yesterday as well.

How many panels are not broken? Is it just the backside and bottom broke? Picture is a little hard to make out.
Then again I don't know if you would want to trust the rest of the pieces after having stress like that put on them.

Hope your buddy is okay!

yep just the bottom pane as well as the pane that was drilled. crummy cell phone pic. I dont have the balls to rebuild this tank, Im gonna use the two 5 foot panels to make table tops for a bar in our new home when its built.

Severum · October 25, 2010, 12:19:34 PM

I'm sorry to see that happen. So much work put in so far only have it break like that.Keep your head up!

Saltcreep · October 25, 2010, 04:51:53 PM

Quote from: salvini55 on October 24, 2010, 01:07:19 PM
you are the man

yep just the bottom pane as well as the pane that was drilled. crummy cell phone pic. I dont have the balls to rebuild this tank, Im gonna use the two 5 foot panels to make table tops for a bar in our new home when its built.

Have you considered a plywood bottom and end panel? Lots of info online and esay to drill.

salvini55 · October 25, 2010, 06:26:45 PM

Quote from: Saltcreep on October 25, 2010, 04:51:53 PM
Have you considered a plywood bottom and end panel? Lots of info online and esay to drill.

ah, not my cup of tea. I like a cleaner look. Im considering acrylic now, easy to drill, clearer than regular glass, lighter than glass, stronger bond than glass and I can easily put an external overflow on it to keep the clean look. Dont get me wrong, I LOVE starfire glass tanks but cant swallow the thought of smashing a tank like tank right now.

redbelly · October 25, 2010, 11:22:30 PM

Dont forget that it also scratches WAY easier than glass too.

I have had a couple acrylic tanks and I will never have one again. IMO they take a fair amount more work to clean off the encrusting algae and you cant clean them with a razor blade.
One of my old displays was an acrylic tank that I purchased used. It scratched a bit and because the acrylic was so hard it took 80 hours to buff the tank perfect!
Then one day a customers child tried to help out and clean the glass with the mag float and ran over one of those little snails and made one heck of a mess of the pane of glass....
Needless to say I didnt bother buffing it out.
And besides that, I always found it to be a pain to clean.

salvini55 · October 26, 2010, 02:18:18 AM

thats my worst fear of an acrylic tank $:-\$

salvini55 · October 29, 2010, 09:19:06 AM

Well i bit the bullet and bought a 150 gallon tank from all glass. It's nothing fancy but it will do for now. Our new house is now scheduled for this may again as oppose to next October so this build will only be up for 8 months. So i won't be "filling" the tank with corals just yet, probably only 4 or 5 colonies of sps for now and a bunch of zenia for our kitchen displays.

The tank is scheduled to arrive Thursday

salvini55 · November 14, 2010, 03:55:44 AM

I fought long and hard but now the tank is up and running, still need another rock but otherwise its complete. It actually came close to the rendering in terms of rockwork.

My clam did not make the move, it past last week

I think it may have gotten some air in it while in the rummermaid holding bin... The tank looks sooo empty lol Ive got some crummy cell phone pics ill put up but youll have to wait for the higher megapixle camera

salvini55 · November 14, 2010, 05:09:37 AM

here it is, still need to set up the doser as well. The skimmer stripped the tank in one day!! Lost the foam head tonight.

Hookup · November 14, 2010, 08:20:34 AM

That puts the awe in awesome!

JetJumper · November 14, 2010, 10:22:03 AM

Looking good man!

salvini55 · November 15, 2010, 02:02:49 AM

thanks guys, everything is happy and healthy.

Severum · November 15, 2010, 11:06:09 AM

Nice work.

Hows the closed loop working for ya?

salvini55 · November 15, 2010, 12:37:27 PM

oh she pumps baby

salvini55 · November 18, 2010, 06:12:35 PM

The tank is running very well so far. The new SRO xp3000 is simply mind blasting lol. I have a few more cell phone pics to put up. I got the rockscape done bought the biggest rock I could find and its spectacular! The pics dont do the tank justice, the real camera is still in a box somewhere... I also picked up a tube anemone after seeing JD's last winter I just had to have one

I managed to get a decent pic of it somehow with my phone.

White Lightning · November 19, 2010, 12:03:56 PM

Looking sharp Kev. What do you plan on keeping in there? A bunch of damsels perhaps?

salvini55 · November 19, 2010, 02:41:49 PM

thanks Randy, no the only damsels will be the clowns. snagged a bellus angel today and a chalice frag

White Lightning · November 19, 2010, 06:01:37 PM

Right on! I have to stop reading these tank builds. It's already making me want to upgrade. I'll have to wait for at least six months before I mention that to the boss otherwise she will think I am crazy.

Are you planning on adding more liverock?

JD · November 19, 2010, 07:53:52 PM

Your tank is looking great. I have been thinking about redoing my aquascape with the less is more theme.
Seeing yours makes me think harder...ouch, wait not that hard!!!
Good job.

salvini55 · November 20, 2010, 01:05:36 AM

thanks Jeff, Ive always been a fan of minimalist rockwork. On that note this is prolly it for rocks.

The bellus and tang are bestest of friends, they are inseparable lol. shes a beauty

Vincenzo. · November 20, 2010, 07:58:49 PM

boombap.

Severum · November 21, 2010, 11:37:45 AM

Nice looking fish. If only I had been able to come in and see them.

salvini55 · November 21, 2010, 12:39:28 PM

I know, another time i suppose and i just changed my subtrate to diamonds i could have given you a hndfull to seed your new tank...

salvini55 · December 17, 2010, 06:54:13 PM

tank is growing very well, params are stable (thanks GHL) and coraline is taking off like wildfire. I got four new SPS frags to test out the waters, orange monti digita, pokerstar monti, blue acro and purple pocilopora. After a day in the tank the orange digita has shot up 10 or so new branches from its base!!!! something made it crazy happy. Pokerstar is encrusting slightly and the pocilopora is starting to melt down the sides of its plug. I have 4 new eyes on my chalice frag, 40 new zoa polyps and my open brain has almost completly healed over its algea spots and is eating again!!!! sweet. I also picked up a female lepoard wrasse and two dragonface pipefish they are soooooo cool and look spectacular, already picking at copepods and i just got them today. Im a happy dude

salvini55 · December 17, 2010, 07:13:31 PM

couple crummy cell pics for now

salvini55 · December 18, 2010, 01:55:55 AM

by the looks of things the pipefish may be a pair! fingers crossed

Severum · December 18, 2010, 11:16:03 AM

Thats sweet. I didn't think pipefish would well with fast swimmers but they sound like they're enjoying themselves in your tank!

salvini55 · January 03, 2011, 08:00:11 PM

salvini55 · January 03, 2011, 08:03:12 PM

salvini55 · January 03, 2011, 08:05:50 PM

just a quick photo update, im getting some really good growth, fastest ive personally witnesses in my tanks.

Hookup · January 03, 2011, 08:31:45 PM

Some great looking pieces you have... How about a FTS?

salvini55 · January 03, 2011, 11:00:26 PM

what, the first one wasnt good enough?

Severum · January 04, 2011, 10:00:00 AM

OHHHHHHHHHHH those frags are the shiznit! I can tell you've visted Az.

When then grow out I would very much love to swap with ya!

salvini55 · January 04, 2011, 04:31:45 PM

haha someones gotta keen eye. U must be the B*****d that keeps jaking my gold acro frags

you know im down for tradezies. Im going to want someone to have frags of the corals so that if i lose any during the move i will have a chance to get them back

salvini55 · January 06, 2011, 10:41:58 AM

three days of growth.

Hookup · January 07, 2011, 11:39:13 AM

nice! imagine 300days!!!

RoxyDog · January 07, 2011, 01:57:41 PM

Very nice! I am experiencing big tank envy...

salvini55 · January 08, 2011, 02:12:33 PM

Thanks! Im very proud of this system. I dont have 300 days!!!!!! only 157 untill It gets torn down, so according to my calculations it should be 52 times the size by then LOL

Severum · January 08, 2011, 04:17:02 PM

Quote from: salvini55 on January 08, 2011, 02:12:33 PM
to my calculations it should be 52 times the size by then LOL

If your math is right my blue tang should be the size of a blue whale by now.

JD · January 08, 2011, 04:46:58 PM

And my lobster ready for boiling water...jk

salvini55 · January 08, 2011, 10:04:52 PM

Quote from: Severum on January 08, 2011, 04:17:02 PM
If your math is right my blue tang should be the size of a blue whale by now.

too bad you only upgraded to a 125 gallon

Quote from: JD on January 08, 2011, 04:46:58 PM
And my lobster ready for boiling water...jk

ok my bibs on, waiting for the bell

az · January 10, 2011, 01:43:30 PM

love the rockwork, you could use some yellow, maybe a yellow tang or bartlett anthias.

salvini55 · January 10, 2011, 08:14:17 PM

how about a massive one foot by one foot wild vivid yellow table acro with pink polyps for 29.99?

salvini55 · January 19, 2011, 01:44:46 PM

az · January 19, 2011, 01:52:31 PM

looking good, I have 1 gold polyp acro waiting for you.

salvini55 · January 19, 2011, 01:55:11 PM

Dah Im comming right now!!!!!! why do you do this to me!

az · January 19, 2011, 04:33:18 PM

looking good?

salvini55 · January 19, 2011, 04:43:04 PM

oh ya, the polyps look more green in my tank almost like a garf bonsai

az · January 19, 2011, 04:58:15 PM

so i should have charged you more??

salvini55 · January 19, 2011, 06:22:30 PM

suckker

Hookup · January 19, 2011, 09:27:26 PM

Quote from: salvini55 on January 19, 2011, 06:22:30 PM
suckker

LOL! Sounds like special prices for you next time... Like 2x cost smart ass fee....

salvini55 · January 19, 2011, 09:44:26 PM

LOL

im expecting the egg management fee

Hookup · January 19, 2011, 10:11:06 PM

Quote from: salvini55 on January 19, 2011, 09:44:26 PM
LOL im expecting the egg management fee

Pure awesome... You are a king!

az · January 19, 2011, 11:38:23 PM

or bagging fee haha.

salvini55 · January 20, 2011, 01:30:08 AM

Oh for crying out loud! It was hard enough carrying supplies outta home depo without a bag, but frags and fish!!!! Next time I come to the store im bringing the blue reusable grocery bags.

salvini55 · January 24, 2011, 12:47:33 AM

cruise control is now on

salvini55 · January 24, 2011, 04:37:43 PM

Just wanted to talk a little about using Biopellets.

I am now in week three of using them on my tank. I have 500ml in a TLF 150 on an Ocean Runner 2500. My thoughts are, half the recommended dose for 200 net gallons and high flow through the reactor / controlled output via dosing pump would be the most ideal method. Essentialy making the reactor a closed loop and tap the reactor with a dosing pump. That way you are not limited to the reactors flow controlling the ouput of the effluent. I had an interesting idea the other day, after reading that azoo corals feed on phytoplankton trapped in bacteria film, about dosing the biopellet reactor with a phyto reactor to try and replicate that feeding habbit in the aquarium. I wonder also if adding the "skimmer friendly" food with co-polymers that trigger feeding response would increase the chance of corals eating the bacteria film? Assuming these foods adhear to the bacteria. I know they are working as a food source for sponges since I now have these beautifull yellow filter feeding sponges popping up everywhere. Im still in debate if they are in fact the generic white "cream" ones you typically find in your sump, changing color to yellow or a different sponge all together. I have had nothing but positive results so far. Diatoms have become noticably less visual on the sand bed in particular. I have not done a waterchange in three weeks to allow the bac cultures to settle in, tomorow I plan on changing 30 gallons. My nitrates have been steady at 2.5ppm (sailfert) and PO4 undetectable (Elos) but i dont believe it as the bubble "branch" algae is hloding strong. Id like to hear what everybody thinks about them wether you use them or not.

salvini55 · January 25, 2011, 10:49:37 PM

just wanted to report I've noticed an impressive wave of growth in the last two days. recent addition of biopelets and changing the flow pattern on the mp40 from lagoon to reefcrest are all ive changed. Another positive to enjoy

salvini55 · January 26, 2011, 05:16:21 PM

sadly, one of the dragonface pipe fish has passed away at some point last night...

Also, the ornate lepoard wrasse is picking on the smaller lepoard wrasse so bad that two days in a row now it has made the journey to the first chamber of my sump where i have decided to leave her for now. *sigh*

Severum · January 27, 2011, 10:13:19 AM

Sorry to hear about that. You'd think in a tank so big those two wrasses would get along.

salvini55 · February 02, 2011, 01:42:44 AM

I have great news and bad news to share. The bad news is I somehow managed to introduce red bugs into my tank. I notice them on one of my acros tonight. I promptly removed the coral and dipped it in coralRX. During my examination I believe only one coral had the red bugs on it, I sure hope im right. After treatment there seemed to be about 30-40 red bugs in the tupperware. It took approx 45 mins for all the red bugs to die, some much quicker. There seem to be only a couple left on the acro that are not moving but a second treatment will have to be done tomorow.

The great news wich i am most excited about is that i got to witness AND get a video of my trochus snail spawning together!!!!!!! Im over the moon about this one as these are all captive breed snails from my previous tank producing the third generation of snails. This is the first time in over a year that they have spawned. I have a much better understanding of the spawning process now and why the trochus is so successful at sustaining new populations compared to egg laying snails such as nassarious and cerith. The sheer number of larva in the water column is outstanding compared to the few thousand eggs a nassarious snail lays on the glass. Getting to watch the females release batch after batch of larva or eggs and the males releasing sperm was quite the satisfying sight. Ill upload the vid soon so everyone can watch!!!!

salvini55 · February 02, 2011, 03:18:42 PM

heres the vid, my SD card maxed out just as the male released his sperm. In the vid we start watching the male then move to the female releasing eggs or larva and back to the male releasing sperm. Other snails were releasing sperm but I did not see any others releasing eggs. every speck in the water is an egg. Enjoy

edit; click the image to watch

JetJumper · February 02, 2011, 03:45:34 PM

This is too Pornographic for my eyes!!!!!!!

salvini55 · February 02, 2011, 03:54:52 PM

LOL ya i should make a dislamer:

WARNING: I SAY SPERM LIKE A WIERDO! SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT. PARENTAL SUPERVISION IS SUGGESTED.

Severum · February 02, 2011, 04:29:00 PM

LOL, you were very encouraging with that first guy. He caught on soon enough.

It may also have helped to play some Barry White.

BTW, I still have some snails left from one of your previous snail sessions.

salvini55 · February 02, 2011, 05:24:47 PM

LOL "you can do it!" I dont know why but my snails are frisky

az · February 02, 2011, 07:07:40 PM

NWS!

salvini55 · February 02, 2011, 07:52:29 PM

?

whats NWS?

JetJumper · February 03, 2011, 09:19:15 AM

Quote from: salvini55 on February 02, 2011, 07:52:29 PM
? whats NWS?

I think he meant NSFW

HomerJ · February 03, 2011, 11:51:48 AM

http://www.internetslang.com/NWS.asp

salvini55 · February 03, 2011, 12:56:01 PM

ah thanks for clearing that up for me

salvini55 · February 20, 2011, 05:59:31 PM

Found my aurora goby on the floor this morn!!!!!!!

dang jumping fish

holachicka · February 20, 2011, 06:50:42 PM

Sorry to hear about your fish

Severum · February 20, 2011, 06:54:58 PM

Same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago! Damn fish lasted only 2 days!

I'm putting them in the same category as blue spot jawfish!

az · February 20, 2011, 07:35:35 PM

cover your tank guys all fish can jump, when the auroras are adult size they are strong and can jump high.

at the store we never covered our tanks until a male crosshatch trigger jumped, we cover everything since and no more jumpers.

salvini55 · February 20, 2011, 08:01:42 PM

Im going to have to now. I guess Ill be stopping at lowes on the way home from work tomorow

salvini55 · February 20, 2011, 10:18:38 PM

these are the best shots I could get with my Olympus point and shoot.... enjoy

CanadaReef · February 21, 2011, 01:53:22 AM

Those are very good pics

salvini55 · February 21, 2011, 10:06:51 PM

ya, not too bad for a crumb bum camera

Brent Shaver · February 21, 2011, 10:31:06 PM

Nice shots but have to say the seahorse is my favorite.

laffy · February 22, 2011, 09:50:47 AM

Isn't it a dragon face pipefish?

salvini55 · February 22, 2011, 03:51:45 PM

yes it is! It belons to the seahorse family though

salvini55 · March 17, 2011, 12:38:15 PM

ive spotted two baby trochus last night!!!!!!!!!!

I think I hear Vafa starting his car...

Severum · March 18, 2011, 11:21:43 AM

You've moved so many times I don't know where you live anymore! I'll be driving around aimlessly straining to hear some guy saying sperm like a weirdo!

salvini55 · March 18, 2011, 11:45:13 AM

LOL!!!

salvini55 · August 15, 2011, 02:16:34 PM

I managed to kill everything during the move. I figured a heater would be fine without a controller for 7 hours... Oh how I was wrong

here is the new scape

Cheebs · August 15, 2011, 04:22:53 PM

Nice!!

I'm really sorry to hear about everything you lost though, that was a beautiful tank

dan2x38 · August 15, 2011, 05:38:48 PM

Sorry dude that's terrible! If you want can give ya a couple frags of something or other to get ya up and going: monti digta (sp) might even have a head of green torch could pull out some heads of green neon mushroom if you are into softies at all... & some zoa heads... it's something?

OH I did something similar with a heater but after 1.5 hrs I was back at the new place and decided I better check the temp was souring so I was able to catch it to avert disaster... no skill I was lucky.

Severum · August 15, 2011, 07:46:16 PM

I'm sorry to hear about your tank. I will really miss your trochus snails. And your documentary videos about them.

salvini55 · August 17, 2011, 05:13:47 AM

Thanks phil, vafa I know, its going to be tough for me aswell. when the ones I gave you reproduce, im first on the list.

Dan thank you for your generocity, I will let you keep the corals, maybe hold some kind of contest to win them...

Im going to be very selective of the corals this time around. thanks again though, much appreciated

Hookup · August 17, 2011, 09:21:37 AM

Quote from: salvini55 on August 17, 2011, 05:13:47 AM
Im going to be very selective of the corals this time around. thanks again though, much appreciated

i like this...

space is so very limited... even in relatively large aquariums... it fills up fast...

Severum · August 17, 2011, 10:39:54 AM

Yo Kev, I may still have a couple of your snails in my sump. You're welcome to them. They aren't reproducing in my tank but maybe once back in yours...

salvini55 · August 19, 2011, 02:08:14 AM

you know buddy, I dont think I could pass that up! are you sure? because I will take you up on that when im ready to go

Severum · August 19, 2011, 12:48:18 PM

Yo got it. I saw one in my sump this morning. There may be more.

dan2x38 · August 24, 2011, 10:50:29 PM

Look forward to the updated pictures. I hear ya about coral space. My system is now over 1.5 yrs and I've stopped buying new corals until things fill out more to see where I'm going next with the aquascaping.

Post a link to these snails like to see them?

salvini55 · August 26, 2011, 02:10:15 AM

I am also looking forward to updated pics

other than some modifications to the sump room, not much has changed..

As for the Trochus snails, check out a couple pages back (page 5 i believe) post #98 and there is a vid of them spawning, please disregard the commentary, it gets very lonely in that basement....

salvini55 · August 26, 2011, 02:45:59 AM

Just realised I havent uploaded any sump pics on this forum. These are pics of the room with updated lighting. Its a little messy but still a work in progress

and this guy is doing everything he can to slow me down

This guy isnt helping much either

Looks like im sitting on the floor again...

Cheebs · August 26, 2011, 06:00:45 PM

A little messy? Heck it's cleaner than my display tank room! Very nice setup, and the pups are super cute

dan2x38 · August 26, 2011, 09:40:51 PM

Kev I tired to figure out what your plumbing line in the 2nd photo far left going up the highest is for. It is a 1" line on your closed loop Teeing off - is it a drain? Went through the entire thread again but couldn't wrap my brain around it?

salvini55 · August 27, 2011, 05:07:17 AM

Thanks phil, mainly the table top is messy.

Dan that is a drain line going off the CL for water changes. It takes me 30 seconds to do a WC!!! sweeeet. the pipe wraps around the room to the sink on the otherside. It is 3/4 inch, only two diameters of pipe, 3/4 and 1 1/2. The only thing I want to change is where the ball valve is on that return line. It is under the tee off and i need it above to get max flow for the drain.

Hookup · August 27, 2011, 06:45:08 PM

Very organized and clean... Nice setup..

Great Dogs!

dan2x38 · August 28, 2011, 01:24:50 PM

Yes very clean like the setup. I figured that had to be a drain great idea! can't wait to see the final product this time.

Another question the water drains from the display through the input closed loop closest to that drain line? You stuck off the ball value below that Tee I guess?

salvini55 · August 28, 2011, 07:53:08 PM

Thanks Tim

Dan, the drain is fed by the closed loop input(s). both inputs connect to a common line. I have an idea to resolve my problem. I can unscrew the unions and "flip" the section upside down. The only problem that would create would be the ball valve that controls the output on that line would be facing the tank. Not a big deal though.

Good news, $600 surplus from over-budgeting!!!!! CUC here I come!

salvini55 · August 28, 2011, 08:29:13 PM

Quote from: salvini55 on January 04, 2011, 04:31:45 PM
Im going to want someone to have frags of the corals so that if i lose any during the move i will have a chance to get them back

Just something that caught my eye while going over the thread..... I need to start listening to myself

salvini55 · September 16, 2011, 08:44:49 AM

There is an explosion of bryopsis! Its pretty impressive how fast it can spread. looks like ill be getting a sea hare again, worked well the first time. On the plus side I get to see the flow patterns for coral placement aswell as how the tank will be shaded once corals grow. Ill have to post a pic to show yall how crazy it has gotten!!!

salvini55 · September 17, 2011, 11:22:54 AM

LMAO, its gonna take awile...

JetJumper · September 17, 2011, 03:05:00 PM

eek! that looks like my other tank before I tore it all down!!! Good luck on it!

salvini55 · September 17, 2011, 05:58:19 PM

she'll come around

dan2x38 · September 19, 2011, 01:32:11 PM

what is the cause?

salvini55 · September 19, 2011, 02:02:12 PM

My thoughts were the nutrients from the live sand i used that was prolly not so live anymore (only about 10 cups the rest was new). There must have been some spores or rhizomes/roots (spelling?) from the refugium.

The sea hare I got just kicked the bucket, lived for two days... wierd, he seemed to be in a weak state when i purchased him though.

az · September 21, 2011, 10:33:29 AM

I think you should add some hermits, actually lots of hermits, your old tank had hermits and it looked nice and clean, throw in lots of hermit and pull out as much of the algae you can so they can clean out the base and you will have no algae in 1+ wk. just snails and no hermits as you planned this time may not work perfectly..

salvini55 · September 22, 2011, 02:22:29 PM

hermits cant help my situation, The bryopsis grows way to fast for them to have a chance. some of the strands are 10 inches +. I feel the 8 I have are enough to fulfill the scavenging needs of the tank. I may add some more hermits down the line but not to control algae.

Ive been using a vinyl tube with a razor blade wrapped around it, to syphon and cut. It works but not as I hoped. (too much wasted water compared to algae harvested) Idont want to reuse the water as it will contain bits of algae that will just re-populate the tank. I think i'll just use scizzors while i syphon.

As long as the visit to the vet goes well this afternoon (to get Gunner checked out, he is very sick ATM) I will be going commando on it tonight or tomorrow.

(Insert "KARATE sound" here.) whootah.. I suppose

xiaan · September 22, 2011, 03:08:34 PM

Any Tangs in your tank? I find that my Sail-fin Tang eats the stuff like crazy. I currently have an outbreak in my frag tank and I if I put any frag plug that is covered in algae he mows it down within a hour.

Cheebs · September 22, 2011, 03:15:55 PM

Yeah I'd bet a nice big yellow tang would give this stuff a run for it's money, with a little manual help.

salvini55 · September 22, 2011, 03:27:22 PM

HAHAH you guys see right through me! Yellow tang was the suprise for tomorow! tonight is pay day woot

salvini55 · September 23, 2011, 03:45:40 PM

Ended up getting a sailfin tang from AZ. He has already gotten straight to work so he can stay

here is the updated fish list

Anthias Hookup x 3

Sailfin Tang
bellus angel
longspine cardinals x 8
firefish
royal gramma
rainfords goby

NjOyRiD · September 23, 2011, 04:54:29 PM

did you raise your magnesium to 1800ppm?

salvini55 · September 23, 2011, 06:25:23 PM

Nope, I havent tried the Kent Tech-M treatment yet. Once I start running out of options, I will branch out to new techniques

NjOyRiD · September 23, 2011, 06:39:21 PM

i had the problem too, a big one, mixed of bryopsis and hair algea
heres the proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaTjL6um1U

putting my magnesium to 1800ppm got rid of bryspsis in a week.

then it looked liek this when i was done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW1ckMCH_Fs

JetJumper · September 23, 2011, 07:15:40 PM

Quote from: NjOyRiD on September 23, 2011, 06:39:21 PM
i had the problem too, a big one, mixed of bryopsis and hair algea
heres the proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaTjL6um1U

putting my magnesium to 1800ppm got rid of bryspsis in a week.

then it looked liek this when i was done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW1ckMCH_Fs

LOL.. how come you tried to say its a 400Gallon in the first video

NjOyRiD · September 23, 2011, 07:16:09 PM

thats what I had in total volume before, and then changed one refugium to a equipment tank isntead (smaller tank)

salvini55 · September 23, 2011, 08:19:26 PM

Quote from: NjOyRiD on September 23, 2011, 06:39:21 PM
i had the problem too, a big one, mixed of bryopsis and hair algea

putting my magnesium to 1800ppm got rid of bryspsis in a week.

Did you use Kent Tech-M?

NjOyRiD · September 23, 2011, 08:19:59 PM

yes
and you can only raise 100 ppm per day, its very important

salvini55 · September 23, 2011, 09:11:27 PM

KARATE CHOP

NjOyRiD · September 23, 2011, 09:40:51 PM

geez you are good with photoshop hahahaha

NjOyRiD · September 23, 2011, 09:41:07 PM

what happneend there?

Medym · September 23, 2011, 09:42:57 PM

Quote from: NjOyRiD on September 23, 2011, 09:41:07 PM
what happneend there?

One can only assume ninjas....

salvini55 · September 24, 2011, 02:42:15 AM

building brick by brick bare hand in the trenches. Siphone tube and scizzors = back pains

Trust me you would know if I used photoshop lol! It would look more like this

Severum · September 24, 2011, 04:45:54 AM

Well at least its not a giant xanthid crab killing a poor innocent Sasquatch.

salvini55 · September 24, 2011, 10:49:36 AM

LMFAO. Poor Poor sasquatch

salvini55 · November 04, 2011, 12:06:03 AM

well it looks as though the bryopsis has withstood the kent treatment, bummer. Ive done a bit more research and discovered I have Bryopsis Penata wich according to some others is resistant to the treatment, wish I knew that before dropping ~$100 on Kent products. However I found a couple success storys using hypersalinity and suddenly a light bulb went off! My first tank, a 75 gallon, had the same algae bloom in its infancy. I was a noob then and didnt know the type of algae it was, untill now. I bought a sea hare for that tank and after a couple weeks the algae was %100 gone. I sold that sea hare to a man who e-mailed me the day after he bought it saying "Hey, FYI your salinity is at 1.030" (I use to calibrate my refracto with RODI water) I just put two and two together. It explaines where the bryopsis came from, I use rock from that setup in my current tank, and potentially how to rid the tank of this beast. SO, I have added to my arsenal and went out and picked up new bulbs for my T5, a sea hare, purple sea urchin, foxface rabbit fish (my heart is racing cuz after I put it in my tank, one of his eyes got cloudy and looks like a few ich spots), 10 varrious hermits and 10 trochus snails. The closed loop is now shut down for the sea hare and because last night I lost 2 more longspine cardinals. One to the CL and one got into my sump and sucked into my skimmer ARGH! Im praying that this works as im getting fed up with this vial plague. If this doesnt work its a toss up between starting over or Algae fix ect... Fingers crossed!

salvini55 · November 04, 2011, 12:29:03 AM

It pays to take photos! Just combed over the old pics and found one with the Bryopsis. Confirmed same algae.

Old tank

Current tank

HomerJ · November 04, 2011, 07:49:10 AM

Looks like what I have in my tank too... :-(

Let us know how it goes, I hate that green stuff!

salvini55 · November 07, 2011, 11:15:51 PM

new strainers for the closed loop! ~1000 holes drilled! Im replacing the 2" caps with 4" end caps drilled with larger holes and more overall. Its funny how a wise $5 DIY can save you hundreds of dollars.

HomerJ · November 08, 2011, 07:40:45 AM

How does the strainer attach to the beer can?

salvini55 · November 08, 2011, 08:26:59 AM

I hold the strainer in my right hand and the beer in my left

salvini55 · November 10, 2011, 02:37:18 PM

w00t! 1000'th post is a good one!

I dont want to jump the gun but the hypersalinity seems to have killed off the bryopsis penata and fast i might add. Wish yall could see the smile on my face

az · November 10, 2011, 02:51:34 PM

goooooood, I should prep that straberry shortcake then!

salvini55 · November 10, 2011, 03:15:35 PM

Oh yes!!!^^^^^^

salvini55 · November 11, 2011, 08:29:21 PM

starting to win

salvini55 · November 14, 2011, 07:09:30 PM

a little closer to salvation!

Cheebs · November 14, 2011, 11:10:00 PM

Now that's what I'm talking about Looks awesome so far!

salvini55 · November 15, 2011, 12:59:48 AM

thanks phil I bet the shroom tank is looking pretty good now too!

Cheebs · November 15, 2011, 09:34:10 AM

It is! It's been someone tricky as it seems that every different type of yuma likes specific conditions, so it's tricky finding the right flow, light etc for optimal growth. So far so good though, I'll post an update of my tanks soon

HomerJ · November 15, 2011, 09:36:47 AM

Quote from: salvini55 on November 10, 2011, 02:37:18 PM
I dont want to jump the gun but the hypersalinity seems to have killed off the bryopsis penata and fast i might add. Wish yall could see the smile on my face

What SG did you raise to? Did you have to take anything out of the tank when doing so?

salvini55 · November 15, 2011, 11:49:42 AM

I raised the salinity to 1.028 and the briopsis died in a matter of 3-4 days. Everything did well in the tank, shrimp, crabs, clam, fish and coral all did great. I am back down to 1.025 now because my ATO failed and ~30gallons of RO got pumped into the tank (and on the floor). I siphoned out as much of the dead algae as i could and the Foxface and crabs did the rest.

List of a few species that ate the bryopsis penata;

foxface rabbitfish
yellow tang
rainfords goby
hermit crabs
sea hare
fighting conch (only once algae was dead)
trochus snails (only once algae was dead)

kole18 · November 15, 2011, 01:26:06 PM

I'd never had problem with hair algeas it took me a month half to recycle my tank before adding corals weird as well didn't add any additives all I know just those green slimy algeas spreading so fast all over my LR's I know those causes of phosphate. I've got my powder blue that time anyway ever since I gave up him due that it's seems getting bigger everyday, I've got this tiny at mscape his been my 40g I miss this fish. What I have problem now is red cyano my green stag only 2 branches left still fighting to recover & took off my bio-pellets seems this causes of some acro my tank loosing color back to normal Gfo & as well back to t5 again corals like this light specially my deep water acro

salvini55 · November 21, 2011, 12:51:19 AM

Rybren · November 21, 2011, 11:57:07 AM

Those corals are looking good! The pics aren't so bad either

salvini55 · November 21, 2011, 08:07:40 PM

Thanks Jerry, Its amazing what a cheap point and shoot camera can do these days

kole18 · November 21, 2011, 09:03:56 PM

Those r mscape frag right nice.

salvini55 · November 22, 2011, 04:57:46 AM

the last two are yes

sas · November 22, 2011, 10:30:51 AM

You guys really need to stop posting such nice pics, you're
making it awfully tempting to venture down the salt road.
Good thing I'm broke, otherwise I can see getting into
trouble.

salvini55 · November 22, 2011, 06:20:42 PM

I understand but im afraid that is impossible

Hookup · November 22, 2011, 10:09:39 PM

Friggn nice frags there. Where'd you get them?

salvini55 · November 23, 2011, 03:41:12 PM

SPS are from FT and MS. LPS and clam are from AZ

salvini55 · November 28, 2011, 11:24:13 PM

Medym · November 29, 2011, 09:45:30 AM

Hmmm, looks good, but I see an awesome spot for a little gsp (ahem, not GPS)....

JetJumper · November 29, 2011, 12:20:15 PM

Quote from: Medym on November 29, 2011, 09:45:30 AM
Hmmm, looks good, but I see an awesome spot for a little gps....

GPS on the fish?

You can follow them on twitter then! And Poke them on facebook, and .... ugh! Mind.. exploding!

Medym · November 29, 2011, 01:18:33 PM

Quote from: JetJumper on November 29, 2011, 12:20:15 PM
GPS on the fish? You can follow them on twitter then! And Poke them on facebook, and .... ugh! Mind.. exploding!

Well played sir... well played.

salvini55 · November 29, 2011, 05:05:56 PM

good idea, map the gps location of the fish to see how fast my tang swims for one side to the next in my tank

JetJumper · November 29, 2011, 05:10:31 PM

We could have fish races! Wouldn't that be cool? haha!! Who has the fastest SW fish in Ottawa. You will win a prize

salvini55 · November 29, 2011, 08:04:28 PM

I bet I have the fastest hermit lol. White claw hermits are zipidy quick

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