As you can imagine, I'm itching to move the livestock into the tank and get my living room devoid of old tank stuff. I want the sump out of the way, as well as the crusty Dart pump sticking out in the way. I want the two 100g troughs out of the way, and the Lumenbright pendants up on the light rack. I want the livestock in the tank so I can see my fish and the corals that are still hanging in there. I did a couple of water tests today. First I checked the 400g for Nitrite and Ammonia. Both ...
Let's see your FTS for February!!! Here's mine.
With everything done, it was time to move the bonded rock into the display. I had a sinking feeling it wouldn't hold together, but wanted to will it with Jedi Might to stay strong. Using a large piece of 3/8" thick scrap acrylic, we hoped we could slide parts of the structure onto it and lift this into the tank. Unfortunately, the concrete material didn't hold strong, and as you might imagine at 2 a.m. the expletives were flying. All that hard work on Ryan's part was being undone, mostly because ...
Updated 02-01-2011 at 02:00 AM by melev
With all the plumbing completed on Friday night, Wes and Ryan both offered to come over Saturday evening to help with the rockwork. I've had the majority of the live rock (LR) in a barrel for the past six months, tied into the livestock system via a feed from the manifold. Some yellow sponge has been growing nicely over that time. When it comes to LR, I prefer to never expose it to air more than a few minutes. ...
Of course there's a story to share, but it'll take time to post it up and Jessy is itching to record a podcast.
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