ridetheducati December 19, 2012 Author December 19, 2012 Did you get a chance to hook up the Water Blaster? What do you think of it so far? I like it, moves a lot of water and is quiet. I am running it internal.
ridetheducati December 20, 2012 Author December 20, 2012 A few pix from today. Tank Front Shot Front Left Front Right Imperator Angel Imperator Angel 6" Blueface Angel 5"
epleeds December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012 Question about your tunze's. What program are you running them on? interval or pulse and what jumpers/percentages. Reason I ask is i just put in the 24v jumpers and am thinking about going back down to the 18's until the tank starts to mature a little bit, plus I have some LPS and such that doesn't like that much flow.
ridetheducati December 20, 2012 Author December 20, 2012 (edited) Question about your tunze's. What program are you running them on? interval or pulse and what jumpers/percentages. Reason I ask is i just put in the 24v jumpers and am thinking about going back down to the 18's until the tank starts to mature a little bit, plus I have some LPS and such that doesn't like that much flow. I am running 100% full throttle. Use the 18v and throttle to 75%. Edited December 20, 2012 by ridetheducati
Sharkey18 December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012 Looks great! Angels are gorgeous. Not worried about coral nipping?
ridetheducati December 20, 2012 Author December 20, 2012 Looks great! Angels are gorgeous. Not worried about coral nipping? Not at all. A few nips here and there is fine, if they decide to sample. The key is keeping them well feed and having some luck.
epleeds December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012 I am running 100% full throttle. Use the 18v and throttle to 75%. are you not running them on a controller?
ridetheducati December 21, 2012 Author December 21, 2012 I thought this was interesting and I thought I would share... A couple weeks ago, I was mixing salt water with my normal mixing pump Mag18. It's a great pump because its dual purpose, heater and water pump. I noticed the water temperature in the 30g mixing container was abnormally high. Normally it would keep the temperature at 78-80 degrees. This time it was 84. I could not remember the last time I dissembled the pump and cleaned the impeller. So, I decided to clean it. As you can see, the impeller is gently worn. :laugh: The plastic sleeve has completely worn away and exposed the metal underneath. The pump is probably 10 years old and I may have replaced the impeller once. All the pump does is mix salt and pump water during water change. I have an Eheim 1262 ready to replace the Mag 18 while I order a new impeller. Now I need to find a heater for my mixing container.
Coral Hind December 29, 2012 December 29, 2012 Nice picture. So when do you think the angels will be going in?
ridetheducati December 29, 2012 Author December 29, 2012 (edited) They will be ready in 3-4 weeks. The Blue face will be ready in 1-2 weeks, but since I am introducing them together he has to wait until the Imperator is ready. Both fish are doing well, Blueface is rated an eight, and the Imperator is rated a seven. Edited December 29, 2012 by ridetheducati
ridetheducati January 1, 2013 Author January 1, 2013 Interesting year end story to tell about the Blue Face Angelfish in quarantine, so bare with me... I was feeding the BF and the BF swam and ate the food as usual with vigor. I walked by the QT several times observing the fish eat and swim about. Stopped to look and watch the BF chase a piece of Nori floating in the tank. The Nori was floating towards the heater that is in the corner of the tank. The BF eats the Nori and the BF violently twitched and floated upside down, eyes fixed, fins out, and no gill movement. I stood there with my jaw hanging open and said, "What just happened". At this point, the BF was stiff as board. I unplugged the heater and reached in the tank with my hand and removed the BF thinking it was dead and placed him in a five gallon bucket with water. I needed to know what happened, so I began to inspect the BF. The fish is floating upside down in the bucket, I see one fin move. I began agitating the water to get water moving across the gills, another fin begins to move. Fish mouth and eyes begin to move. Shortly, the fish has enough strength to swim in a counter clock-wise direction, albeit, upside down. Fifteen minutes later, the fish continues to swim upside down and breathing hard. I continue to agitate the water because I did not have time to find an air pump. The BF begins to swim right side up and in different directions. Stopped agitating the water and started to investigate the QT. Heater must be bad. I promptly removed the heater and replaced with a spare. Added activated carbon to the tank because I had no idea whether something weird is in the water. I plan to do a 20% water change in the next 24 hours. Thirty minutes into the situation, I put the BF back into the QT with the lights out to reduce stress. The fish is swimming around like its a new enclosure, testing each corner. Swimming very strong now. Plan to check on him several times over the next few hours. Need to get ready for the New Year's Party. I did not have a grounding probe on my quarantine tanks. I have one somewhere, need to find them. Wow, what a way to end the year in the reef world.
AlanM January 1, 2013 January 1, 2013 Good grief. What kind of heater? Can you put it in a bucket and check for voltage?
ridetheducati January 1, 2013 Author January 1, 2013 Good grief. What kind of heater? Can you put it in a bucket and check for voltage? A darn Petco heater. I do not have a multi-meter at the moment.
ridetheducati January 1, 2013 Author January 1, 2013 I hope the BlueFace makes it, he seems very irritable. Not sure what kind of internal damage he may have. The war story is only good if the fish survives.
AlanM January 1, 2013 January 1, 2013 A darn Petco heater. I do not have a multi-meter at the moment. Stick your tongue in the bucket or something else sensitive and see if it tingles. 8)
GraffitiSpotCorals January 1, 2013 January 1, 2013 Something else sensetive??? Woah woah, dont do that...
ridetheducati February 7, 2013 Author February 7, 2013 I decided to hang my LED fixtures over the 300g to measure PAR. The reef will require three additional units to provide adequate coverage. A point of reference:
CaptainRon February 7, 2013 February 7, 2013 Thanks for this usefull post Tony. I'm in the process of setting up a 200 DD and was assuming I'd need 4 of these fixtures. This confirms it.
monkiboy February 7, 2013 February 7, 2013 tony, that's an awesome illustration - excellent work and thanks for posting on RC, as well. how did you decide to hang yours?
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