LanglandJoshua

Anytime! Sorry I saw this so late!

WOW, That is terrible. I hope you plans to laminate go through! I noticed you said you had a RK. I recently got an APEX gold. I'm in love with it, just a suggestion! If you need an extra hand I might be able to get over there on a Wednesday or Thursday.

I may have someone interested. Sending PM

Wow, I'm sorry to hear the tank has to shrink. Congrats on the house!

I'm just looking for an upgrade. While I've thought of running the mag externally it's not ideal. I still have one of the reeflo darts from the system I bought from you L8 2 Rise. But it's 3600gph, far more than I want or need....I'm wanting to free up some space and maybe get my mag 5 out of my sump. It's currently feeding water to my anemone tank. I'll have to look into those silent pumps. Thanks for the quick feedback guys.

I've got a mag18 currently on my system. It's heating the water noticeably as would be expected for an internal pump. It's also been running for three years now, and I'm sure eventually it will kick the bucket. Hopefully not too soon lol, I know these guys are work horses but I'm not here to push my luck. Well, with some changes I've made on my system it's now possible to use an external pump. I want to try and drop my electrical usage and heat added to the system. So I could use advice on the coolest, most efficient, and quiet pump in a 1000-2000gph range. Ideally built to handle head pressure as I will use gate valves to control the flow. A bleed pipe to run excess water flow to my sump or refugium would be doable. Normally I would just do forum searches and leave it there. But I remember some of you guys had great/terrible experiences with different pumps. Which they where I do not remember. Any advice/ suggestions will surely help! Thanks

Great, can't wait to see the pics! And I'm thinking if we want to talk cycling PM's or a thread in the refugium are the way to go from here. If you want to talk tech that's cool, but I'm sure Sir reefoholic would like his thread focused on that bad bass tank! !-D

I'm picking up my game. Not raced yet, but 50 miles(with terrible wind) in 4.5hours on my steel single speed is a decent start.

Currently a freebie generic steel singlespeed road. I'm looking at getting a Ridley carbon road soon.

I'm a cyclist, and could take you up on that! If you are ever near Vienna. We all need excuses to just go and hang out there!

4 month update, all are still well. I have some short videos of how I have them set up. And a couple photos for anyone interested. I'll edit them, and post tomorrow if I have time. Today I reorganized some corals and rock. In the process I caused a lot of nastiness and waste to be kicked up. Even after adding a filter sock for 45 minutes. Seeing the bottom of the tank was hard. Very murky, I cleaned my skimmer, and did a 5g water change. Still very murky, so I put the clams back in after counting them. Within 20 minutes the water was crystal clear. Those little guys seem to enjoy when I stir up a huge mess! Maybe I've got a new clam feeding technique, or a way to throw my chems way out of wack! Though, at least once a week I set my MP40's to nutrient export mode. I'm wondering if that is helping to feed these little guys. I have a bit of a dirty tank. All LPS, zoas, anemones, and softies. I'm also dosing a couple things weekly/ daily and will post them when I'm more awake tomorrow. gmerek2 - we're coming up to your five-six month timeframe. Fingers crossed that these guys keep up the good work! Waters super clear. Though some green can be seen in a clean white bucket. Trokafella - I was thinking on what you said, I agree. Since there is more than one variable changed, we can't attest which created the improvements. To be honest, I noticed particulates(floating dust, food, and waste) in the tank dropped exponentially. I'm not sure how cheato would or could cause that kind of change. There was also a noted change in the tint of the water when I pull it out for a water change. It's usually a bit green, now it is a far lighter green. Also, I've noticed my cheato is not growing much at all. It could be my small 6W LED light, could be the culture I'm dosing to my tank weekly to combat my cyno algae limiting food supplies. So again, multiple variables. But it's looking far nicer!

I'm with YHSublime, I'll need to know what time you expect to be starting though. Since I may have to work.

I checked about a week ago, they were all fine. Which was surprising. I have fed relatively heavy with reef roids and BRS reef chilli. I don't want to disturb then too much by digging them up. But I've noticed dents in the sand bed. So I believe they are good. Since the sand in my little experimental tupperware container is about three inches deep, I don't expect to see them much.

You have a good point. To be 100% certain the clams should be put in a tank without the cheato. However I would not expect the cheato to have such an immediate effect. Either way, the clams seem to be doing well for now. My tank looks better, and I'm happy! :-)

Absolutely, I'm curious about the water being "too clean" I read on another site(forgot name) that one clam per 50g was a solid rule. So at 200g, and 24 clams I'm blowing that away. Which is why I may just give away half. Or more. As for clarity, I actually had some family tell me they were worried about my water being, "Suddenly too clear". In the short term I can attest this to being great for a quick clean up. But my only worry is about the long term survival of the clams. I doubt temperature will be an issue. Rather I don't believe my system will provide the enough to feed the clams. However they are still poking up out of the sand from time to time!

Well, I have to report my water is crystal clear. After just under a week. I've noticed even the bottom of this Rubbermaid 150g tank is easy to view. Which usually is either tinted green, or a little blurry from particulates. So these little guys are working hard. At the same time I added the clams, I put an egg-crate box in an open area in my sump with a light for a quarter pound of cheato. I'm hoping the combination destroys my cyno algaes food supply. Now that the algae is going planktonic again(periodically breaks up and regrows) this is where hopefully it starts to dwindle.