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From the album: 90G Aquarium
Added these to the tank in November 2007. Picture taken January 08. Not sure who donated them but they're doing fine! -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
Jan 2008. Gratis from Bob. Keeping it on the sandbed to keep from becoming a pest. Nice colorful polyps, white centers. Adds motion to the tank which adds interest. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
From mogurnda ~ late Jan 2008. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
Small mounted "tip" frag received (gratis) from Dave Lin late Jan 08 (around the 20th). No branching yet but a little encrusted on the plug. Somewhat slow grower so far (as of late March). Mounted on a rock midway down in tank and near a yellow ball sponge. As of the end of March 08, it has nearly fully encrusted the top of the frag plug. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
From lanman (Bob). Acquired 1/20/08 (purchase for the Zoas, gratis for the orange monti digitata frag). One of a couple sand-sifting sea cucumbers is seen also in this picture. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
Picture taken Jan 23, 2008. Bali Green Slimer acquired (purchase) from Ghazanfar Ghori on 12/3/07. The Montipora was received (gratis) from Dave (mogurnda) on 1/20/08 when I picked up some Red Gracillara macroalgae from him. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
Received gratis from Andy (Alieu07) at his home on 10/15/07 when I stopped by for a donation of chaeto macroalgae for the sump (that I'd just set up the weekend before). It had broken off his rather large monti in his display. I mounted the frag with superglue to this location and it took a while before it started to grow. This picture was taken three months later (1/23/08) when it had finally begun to encrust and was growing nicely. Some changes that I think helped push the growth rates up include upgrading my skimmer from a CPR BakPak HOB skimmer (undersized for a 90!) and adding a kalk stirrer in December. When this picture was taken, I was seeing visible growth every day. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
10/13/07. The Chromis came from That Pet Place. The yellow tang came from Fins and Feathers in Ashburn after receiving a near-dead yellow tang from TPP (it was barely breathing when I got it and died within an hour of being received). The F&F Tang continues to do well. He will follow me around the tank from end to end whenever I'm around. It's begging, I suppose. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
10/13/2007. Also from That Pet Place. Beautiful fish that loves to swim through tunnels in the display. At night, it sleeps in a small cave at the bottom center of the aquarium. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
10/13/07. Purchased from That Pet Place. Both started out in my setup and were about 1" long to start. Nice to watch. Kids love 'em. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
10/13/2007. I populated my fish livestock from an initial buy from That Pet Place. I bought enough to get free shipping and probably overbought as a consequence. LFS' in the area are rather expensive and this was just the way I chose to start out. Anyway, my stocking plan came from Mike Palletta's marine aquarium book and it included Bangai cardinals. Little did I know that wild-caught bangai's had a very poor survival rate. The three that I bought died within a month - the first two died within 2 weeks. Since I figure that I was overstocked to start, I made no effort to replace them. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
October 16, 2007. From Steve Outlaw. Probably paid around $10 or $20 for this little guy. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
10/16/2007. Pink birdsnest coral frag from Steve Outlaw. Purchased for around $5 or so - it wasn't much to look at, just a little finger of coral with a single fork toward the end. Originally, I mounted this on end. Later on, I mounted it sideways on a plug after I knocked it off this perch while cleaning (or going after a Gorilla crab - I don't remember which). -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
This little guy was part of the original shipment with my TBS rock. It quickly settled into the place where it was placed. Easy to raise. When I first received it, it was probably about 2.5" across. With target feeding, 6 months later, it's easily 6-7 inches across. In February 2008, after I changed the flow in the display (upgraded to Hydor Koralia's), it moved around to the back of the rock where I initially placed it. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
September 2007. This condy came from TBS as an "extra." It was one of three anemones in the package. One didn't make it the first month but the other two are doing well (six months later). This one went through a rough period where it lost about half its tentacles. Not sure why that was but it could have been lack of food or water quality since the aquarium setup was new. Anyway, it recovered with target feeding and is still looking good. Easy to care for. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
Just a few days after receiving my 2nd shipment of TBS' "The Package." The shipment was loaded with extras - goodies and hitchikers (both good and bad). The rock is kind of chunky but there are some pretty nice pieces, too. The main lure for a newbie like me was the "package" deal which included sand, rock with higher order organisms, and a large cleaning crew. If I had it to do over again (and maybe someday I will), I'd probably use multiple sources, both local and shipped since it would allow for better control of what I was putting in the tank. -
From the album: 90G Aquarium
David provided this progeny from his first BTA fragging experience earlier today. It quickly attached, inflated, and is looking pretty happy with its new accomodations -
Flowerseller about to hit 5,000 posts
Origami replied to Highland Reefer's topic in General Discussion
Just preserving a bit of history.... Congrats on the milestone, Chip. -
While at the DMV in Leesburg back in late January or early February, I noticed that they ( the Tractor Supply Company, TSC, next door) had some pretty large (100+ gallon) storage tanks in back. They were very similar, if not identical, to the kind that Dave Lin has for mixing and keeping his saltwater. The container looks to be a heavy duty polyethylene container and it does have a screw on lid. Dave modified his with a bulkhead and some plumbing so he could attach a pump and pump the water out into his tank(s).
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NEW RO/DI with a TDS reading of 41 NEED HELP
Origami replied to Brian13's topic in General Discussion
Are you sure that you're not pulling water from the DI bypass valve? -
Jamal, I bought my Typhoon III last fall and it came with a pressure gauge. I don't recall if the website showed it or now. It might be worth a call to clarify if they still have it on their product. I have good pressure in my house so I can fill a 30-gal brute trash can in probably about a half-day which is more than enough since I typically won't use that much in a week.
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I've done something very wrong with my closed loop it seems.
Origami replied to CHUBAKAH's topic in Do It Yourself
Interesting. The calculations I'd used were for a total change out to 1-1/2 inch (on both sides) which could obviously get more complicated and expensive. Any idea what kind of flow you're getting now? Nice shot, by the way, of your stand. -
I've done something very wrong with my closed loop it seems.
Origami replied to CHUBAKAH's topic in Do It Yourself
Aw, just leave 'em in and see how far they shoot Flow is what you want though. That's why you're installing a closed loop. It's good that you have that ball valve available though to throttle it back some if needed.... Heck, having the headroom at your disposal to increase the flow is probably something desirable on occasion so you can create "storms" when needed to shake things up some. -
I've done something very wrong with my closed loop it seems.
Origami replied to CHUBAKAH's topic in Do It Yourself
Great news and on a small budget, too! -
I've done something very wrong with my closed loop it seems.
Origami replied to CHUBAKAH's topic in Do It Yourself
Just some thoughts. I'm no expert on these matters but maybe something here will prove useful. Rough calculation using Reef Central's head loss calculator on the plumbing both in front of and behind your pump say you're losing on the order of 12.7 (3.9 meters) of head from the plumbing. Now, looking at the pump's performance graph, you see that the manufacturer says you should see about 5 liters/minute of discharge (1.3 gallons per minute). At 231 cubic inches per gallon, that's about 300 cubic inches per minute, or 5 cubic inches per second. Divide that by the total square inches of outflow (4 x 1-inch pipe = 3.14 square inches) and you get a linear flow of 1.6 inches per second out of your outlets (theoretically). Compare that to a Maxijet 1200 (295 gph out of a 1/2" exit at 0' head loss) that moves water linearly at about 96 in/sec and now you have a comparative reference with your 1270 gph pump. Of course, you probably don't want maxijet velocities out of your returns but it's just a convenient reference. Upsizing your plumbing to 1.5 inches, according to RC's head loss calculator drops your head loss to about 2.7 feet (a 10-foot improvement!); with 2 inch plumbing, the drop is less than 1-foot of head pressure. I think Dave's right on the mark with the suggestion to upsize your plumbing. Hope this helps.