Just did a water change and thought I would snap some pics. Sorry for hazy water... didn't have much time and only correction I used was "I'm feeling lucky" on Picasa. Goal all this time was to make and keep a KISS tank... and thankfully my tank has really become bullet proof to either my stupidity and/or lack of attention. Equipment: - 4 X 24w HO T5's (2 X Aquablue Specials and 2 X Blue Plus) - AC 110 (HOB Sump) - Tunze 9002 (In HOB Sump) ...
So today I decided to deal with the Cyano that started in my new frag tank that was connected to the system during the summer. I believe the initial outbreak was a combination of: 20 lbs of new sand and the new acrylic frag tank itself. It has been mentioned in a few publications that new plastic parts initially leach a few things like silicates and such into the water column. Anyway the Cyano started there and only moved to the display upon me moving some frags to the display. ...
I haven't really posted here before, in the blogs anyway but I have some time and some pictures so what the heck. As some people already know, I set up my reef in 1971 and so far it is still running. Ug filter and all. So I figured I would post a picture. It is a 100 gallon mixed reef with a few SPS but mostly LPS corals and about 20 fish. All of the rock I either collected myself or built from PVC pipe covered in cement. I recently changed from MH to LED. ...
I've been swamped lately and haven't had much time to spend online with y'all. However, I had to take a picture when my tank turned 300 days old though. On December 6th, the reef reached 10 months old. Over all, it is doing quite well. I watch for warning signs of problems and try to anticipate potential surprises.
Have just started a project for my sons room....Not much time to work on it due to the business, but thought Id shard a few. -57g Oceanic -Faux rock/coral backdrop -Bashsea 30x14x14 Bio-Fuge -Bashsea 6-24 Blu Demon Skimmer -Bashsea Pellet Master Series 1 -Vertex Immuninux LED for fuge -Technical Pro power center -Touch screen fan controller with full speed control, 5 heat alarms and auto mode -Dual Maxxis fuge fans ...The idea is ...
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