ohaverd

hmm, very interesting, be sure to let us know how it goes.

ya thats what I figured, thanks

Has anyone ever thought of using a dehumidifier that drains back into the ATO resevoir? That might take care of the moister problem, but I don't know the quality of water that comes out of the "dehumidifying" process; if its something you want back in your tank... I use one in my basement that drains into the deep sink, I run it for 4 hours a day during the peak ours of my lighting. It has definately decreased the moisture caused by the tank, but it is also pulling water out of the tank a little faster than normally. RO/DI filters are cheaper than warped floor boards I say...

this was very close to my experience there a few months ago.

Well are any of our tanks really "finished" lol

This thread is an awesome read, cant wait to see it finished.

I used a gallon on my 110.

do what I do... pay a neighborhood kid to wreck his shoulders and back. Kids are dumb, they'll do it on the cheap lol

I can be the back up plan.

haha I'll to try that

Welcome!

nice, thanks for the advice.

I took my fish out of my DT for 8 weeks to get rid of ich. After 8 weeks my DT was completely overrun with bubble algae. My guess is that my 5" foxface was keeping it in check before. However, he didnt go back into my main display because he had a problem with pruning my colt coral (which is now turned into about 20 colt corals thanks to him). I put 2 emerald crabs in and they immediately started eating the bubble algae. Its only been a week, but they have gotten about half of the tank done so far. This is on a 110 deep dimension.

I'm kind of a wienie about germs so I rinse my hands with water, and slap on some latex gloves. Not only does this allow me to keep my hands from getting stinky softy coral juice on them, it also allows me to use the ol (snap glove on)"bend over!" joke to my wife, which in turns gets me a disapproving head shake and an "your an idiot" remark.

I'm on it!

I couldnt access the site earlier, but it was fixed after like 10 minutes. This using IE in a federal building.

So I think I am ready to try some chalice', chalice's, chali'? you know the pretty colored corals? I've been doing a little research on them, that they like indirect lighting, and not too much flow... And they have weird names like "purple frog butt", and "pink erkle twisty"... Ok I made those names up but you get my point. Questions for you expert chalice keepers, whats a good hardy chalice to start out with under 250w of T5, or a d120 LED in my frag tank?

but I am not like most reefers, I like to use things like popcorn buckets, and kool aid pitchers, you know... basically any household item that would annoy the heck out of my wife :P

Any advice on ways to transport the water? 5-10 gals is pretty heavy...

whew... this thread isnt as perv as I initially thought... But what does that say about me that I clicked on it anyways? hmm

ya I made the first post at around the end of week 3...

Weeks 5 and 6: Where the heck did that fish go? Week 5 was more of the same, just doing water changes and making sure the fish looked happy and healthy. Finally, when week 6 came around it was time to start going back up to 1.025. I did about .20 to .30 increases a day for 4 days, and got the salinity up to 1.022ish. From there, at the end of week 6 I drip acclimated them as if they were new fish to the DT. All of the fish made the move without a hitch, except one… For some reason, I seem to have lost a Chromis. I know that I netted him, and (attempted) to drop him into the DT, but I haven’t seen him since. He could have bolted strait into the waiting arms of crab or something, or I guess it is possible that I missed and dropped him into an overflow, which in turn would eventually turn him into skimmer paste. Or maybe I should check my net when I get home… There might be a dried carcass just waiting there for me. All the other fish seem to be doing well after a few days in their big tanks. I’ll keep you informed on whether or not this whole (how did my wife put it?) Hyposa-what-idy? Worked or not. Below are my lessons learned: Hypo-salinity is not for the ADHD inflicted Do not stick all of your live stock into a container that is too small for them, like I did… It makes you have to do WAY too much maintenance to keep the toxins out of the water. Research fish that have a special diet like wrasses who eat pods, or fish that require zooplankton before hand, see if there is a history of them not doing well in hypo. An alternate QT may be better for them like the tank swapping method. Be prepared for low PH, the low salinity makes it hard to maintain a high PH. Have baking soda (bake it on a cookie sheet at 350 for 30 minutes) ready to go. Make sure you have a refractometer, the swing arm hydrometer and float hydros are garbage.

Hopefully the next thing will be DA's new salinity probe... slow son of a guns.

yes and sadly their "answer" to ick is to throw a UV sterilizer in the tank as if that will do any good...

At the Petco in Woodbridge. 159.99 each. Both are nipping at the rocks, but have ick unfortunately. Someone please save them! I'm broke...