Red Sea Reefer 170 build thread - Page 4

4Runner2003 · 02/12/2017, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by smatter

You evaporate 1.5g a day? The air must be bone dry in your house. If you are going to bother hooking up an ATO I'd just eliminate the included mechanical ATO. A Tunze or whatever you decide to use has multiple fail-safes that would be negated.

I would go with the Tunze as well. I just got my Reefer 170 up today and moved the corals and fish from by JBJ nano. I didn't use the included ATO and going to put the Tunze on the Reefer.

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f3honda4me · 02/12/2017, 10:26 PM

I'm doing a DIY ATO using the new Neptune apex and float switches. I'd have to find a larger container that could fit in the cabinet.

Yes our house is dry in winter. Our whole home humidifier kicked the bucket and haven't had the desire to replace it.

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 07:07 AM

My TBS part 2 has arrived! On my way to the airport in a bit to go pick it up.

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 12:28 PM

Part 2 is installed. Huge massive post with a billion pics incoming. Holy moly this was a lot of stuff, and lots of things to tell you!

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 12:31 PM

So, after cramming two boxes into the trunk of my M3, and one more box into the back seat, we finally made it home from the airport. My packages were actually shipped yesterday around noon and arrived in milwaukee at 9pm last night. I picked them up at about 9am this morning.

Where am I going to put all this live rock!!

Here are all the inverts and sponges and everything sitting in bags in a tub of ready made saltwater, getting temp acclimated.

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 12:31 PM

Only one casualty - the peppermint shrimp was DOA.

Everything else survived, and then some oh man!

More pics coming shortly!

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 01:18 PM

Here all of the rockscaping is done. I managed to cram it all in there, make areas for coral and other goodies, as well as put my two clowns into the display tank!

I have one LPS favia I picked up and placed on the rock. Pincushion urchin friend!

Here is a skunk shrimp I picked up at the local store.

Sea cucumbers!!

Hermits galore. Only a few didn't make it.

Ok I don't even know what this is, but holy crap it's awesome.

I believe this is a decorator crab?

Big serpent star!

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 01:18 PM

Some crazy looking crab, not sure what it is.

Two rock anemones! Very pretty, one high one low.

Awesome something or another, no idea what it's called.

I think this is a gorgonian? Using up all of my JB waterweld today!

So many sponges!

The decorator found a new home!

This was an incredible experience. Thanks so much to Rich at Tampa Bay Saltwater. I will be using him again for my 180g in the future. This is the only way to start a tank! So much life, so many cool creatures and things. And such wonderful colors!

I'll be having my wife do some pro shots soon with her DSLR.

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 01:20 PM

Full tank shot.

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 01:32 PM

Larger FTS.

Also looks like about 3/4 of the snails died.

Most of them haven't moved in the 3 hours I put them into the tank. I'll have to get more.

Some crazy stuff as I was putting rock in the tank. One rock had a HUGE porcelain crab the size of my palm on it. I didn't see it and it jumped off the rock and into the water as I was about to put the rock in. It scared me! lol. And 2 seconds later, his friend the pistol shrimp jumped off too. I'm sure there are several more pistol shrimp in the tank now. And it was pretty hilarious at first as the new ones joined the old ones. It sounds like a gang fight breaking out haha.

liverock · 02/13/2017, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by f3honda4me

Larger FTS.

Also looks like about 3/4 of the snails died.

Most of them haven't moved in the 3 hours I put them into the tank. I'll have to get more.

Some crazy stuff as I was putting rock in the tank. One rock had a HUGE porcelain crab the size of my palm on it. I didn't see it and it jumped off the rock and into the water as I was about to put the rock in. It scared me! lol. And 2 seconds later, his friend the pistol shrimp jumped off too. I'm sure there are several more pistol shrimp in the tank now. And it was pretty hilarious at first as the new ones joined the old ones. It sounds like a gang fight breaking out haha.

Snails do that after shipping...they will be crawling by tomorrow...cukes do that also......patience ...lol....

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 02:19 PM

So, you're saying they are lazy bums?

The cukes are already crawling around all over, working through the sand! Sorry I am a patient person, I just forgot that snails can go dormant during shipping.

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 02:49 PM

My wife fully approves. She said this tank far exceeds the previous tanks I've done. She said it was money well spent and she loves the tank. Wifey stamp of approval = all good things.

liverock · 02/13/2017, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by f3honda4me

My wife fully approves. She said this tank far exceeds the previous tanks I've done. She said it was money well spent and she loves the tank. Wifey stamp of approval = all good things.

LOL....usually the cukes are the lazy ones....turn the snails upright...gives them a head start!

You did a really good job with that tank, grasshopper!

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 04:02 PM

Had to banish this guy to the sump, he was eating the crap out of the gorgonian haha. Caught him red handed

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 04:04 PM

The blue leg hermits are going crazy on the algae that had been growing. They are awesome! They cleared up almost half of a rock already haha!

liverock · 02/13/2017, 04:10 PM

He is not eating it...he is decorating himself....natural propagation.....free him!

liverock · 02/13/2017, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by f3honda4me

The blue leg hermits are going crazy on the algae that had been growing. They are awesome! They cleared up almost half of a rock already haha!

That is why they are in the Package!

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by liverock

He is not eating it...he is decorating himself....natural propagation.....free him!

Are you sure? He was ripping the polyps out with his claws and then putting them into his mouth.

Twoface14 · 02/13/2017, 05:23 PM

Btw the reddish looking think with tentacles you weren't sure what it was looks like a flame scallop

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Twoface14

Btw the reddish looking think with tentacles you weren't sure what it was looks like a flame scallop

Thanks! I see that it is recommended to feed them. Looks like I should get some reef chili or reef roids for it. I know they tend to have a shorter life expectancy in captivity as well but I'll enjoy him while he's here.

liverock · 02/13/2017, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by f3honda4me

Are you sure? He was ripping the polyps out with his claws and then putting them into his mouth.

Yup...he uses his mouth to apply the glue...then sticks them on his back...gorgs are like weeds....you will be fragging it soon...consider the coolness factor of a natural propagator in your tank...he will also do the same with sponges...natures natural camo! See the tunicates growing on him already...is how they got there... Feed your tank some raw shrimp...everything likes that...

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by liverock

Yup...he uses his mouth to apply the glue...then sticks them on his back...gorgs are like weeds....you will be fragging it soon...consider the coolness factor of a natural propagator in your tank...he will also do the same with sponges...natures natural camo! See the tunicates growing on him already...is how they got there... Feed your tank some raw shrimp...everything likes that...

Ah ok that makes sense then why he was putting them to his mnouth. What kind of crab is it anyways, it's crazy looking!

Also, the pistols are going wild at each other - my tank sometimes sounds like Chicago on a friday night

liverock · 02/13/2017, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by f3honda4me

Ah ok that makes sense then why he was putting them to his mnouth. What kind of crab is it anyways, it's crazy looking!

Also, the pistols are going wild at each other - my tank sometimes sounds like Chicago on a friday night

He is a grown up version of the other decorator crab you have...they morph ...like a caterpillar...

The pistols are like 1/4 inch big...you will never see them....

f3honda4me · 02/13/2017, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by liverock

He is a grown up version of the other decorator crab you have...they morph ...like a caterpillar...

The pistols are like 1/4 inch big...you will never see them....

Oh so it's a kind of decorator crab! He's trying to be fashionable.

02/13/2017, 04:10 PM	#92
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	He is not eating it...he is decorating himself....natural propagation.....free him! __________________ Rock-On! Madelyn & Jocelyn www.tbsaltwater.com Find us on Instagram tbs_liverockrocks Current Tank Info: mixed reef

02/12/2017, 10:26 PM	#77
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	I'm doing a DIY ATO using the new Neptune apex and float switches. I'd have to find a larger container that could fit in the cabinet. Yes our house is dry in winter. Our whole home humidifier kicked the bucket and haven't had the desire to replace it.

02/13/2017, 07:07 AM	#78
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	My TBS part 2 has arrived! On my way to the airport in a bit to go pick it up.

02/13/2017, 12:28 PM	#79
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Part 2 is installed. Huge massive post with a billion pics incoming. Holy moly this was a lot of stuff, and lots of things to tell you!

02/13/2017, 12:31 PM	#80
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	So, after cramming two boxes into the trunk of my M3, and one more box into the back seat, we finally made it home from the airport. My packages were actually shipped yesterday around noon and arrived in milwaukee at 9pm last night. I picked them up at about 9am this morning. Where am I going to put all this live rock!! Here are all the inverts and sponges and everything sitting in bags in a tub of ready made saltwater, getting temp acclimated.

02/13/2017, 01:18 PM	#82
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Here all of the rockscaping is done. I managed to cram it all in there, make areas for coral and other goodies, as well as put my two clowns into the display tank! I have one LPS favia I picked up and placed on the rock. Pincushion urchin friend! Here is a skunk shrimp I picked up at the local store. Sea cucumbers!! Hermits galore. Only a few didn't make it. Ok I don't even know what this is, but holy crap it's awesome. I believe this is a decorator crab? Big serpent star!

02/13/2017, 01:20 PM	#84
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Full tank shot.

02/13/2017, 01:32 PM	#85
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Larger FTS. Also looks like about 3/4 of the snails died. Most of them haven't moved in the 3 hours I put them into the tank. I'll have to get more. Some crazy stuff as I was putting rock in the tank. One rock had a HUGE porcelain crab the size of my palm on it. I didn't see it and it jumped off the rock and into the water as I was about to put the rock in. It scared me! lol. And 2 seconds later, his friend the pistol shrimp jumped off too. I'm sure there are several more pistol shrimp in the tank now. And it was pretty hilarious at first as the new ones joined the old ones. It sounds like a gang fight breaking out haha.

02/13/2017, 02:19 PM	#87
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	So, you're saying they are lazy bums? The cukes are already crawling around all over, working through the sand! Sorry I am a patient person, I just forgot that snails can go dormant during shipping.

02/13/2017, 02:49 PM	#88
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	My wife fully approves. She said this tank far exceeds the previous tanks I've done. She said it was money well spent and she loves the tank. Wifey stamp of approval = all good things.

02/13/2017, 04:02 PM	#90
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Had to banish this guy to the sump, he was eating the crap out of the gorgonian haha. Caught him red handed

02/13/2017, 04:04 PM	#91
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	The blue leg hermits are going crazy on the algae that had been growing. They are awesome! They cleared up almost half of a rock already haha!

02/13/2017, 05:23 PM	#95
Twoface14 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Eastern ky Posts: 119	Btw the reddish looking think with tentacles you weren't sure what it was looks like a flame scallop