205 Gallon tank log. (w/ pics) - Page 2

goda · 04/25/2006, 02:39 PM

btw any one want picts form when we actualy built the room the tank goes in

goda · 04/25/2006, 04:29 PM

ok DR fostersmith just called....
didnt relize they use fedex

anyways rockw ill be here tomorrow!!! YEA!!!! im happy!

right now im waiting for my ballast. shoulda been here 2 hours ago ups sualy dosnt deliver this late

jarhed · 04/26/2006, 08:54 AM

More pics!!!

Hey, where did you get your base rock? From the pic, it appears solid and smooth. Could be the lighting though. How is your lr shipment?

goda · 04/26/2006, 10:49 AM

well just got my lr and im kinda upset... i want to get it intank but i feel sooooooooooo sick right now that i can only stand long enough to put in one piece at a time

anyways. the rock shown in the tank now cost 50 bucks for 45 pounds. its just dead coral rock ... its the same stuf that TBS uses when they set up the aquaculture sites ( they start out dead also remember)
i got it from ... ehhh hmm trying to remember but its hard to find. you have to enter in the item number cause it isnt listed on hte site its only listed in the catalouge. ( petsolutions.com i think. dont quote me on that!)

goda · 04/26/2006, 11:00 AM

off to the doctars i go.. when i come back ill do the LR i guess

billblass_44 · 04/26/2006, 02:50 PM

I noticed a lot of burn marks on your PVC...You know that could lead to pipie failure down the road.......I might want to suggest that you use flex tubing or find someone or buy a heating blanket made to evenly heat up PVC to bend it............This is only my opinion......but I know that electricians use such blankets for the grey PVC I am no expert in PVC but I am sure it will work on the white stuff too

goda · 04/26/2006, 02:56 PM

yeah the burn marks arnt as bad as they look. its only the very surface. i can rub it off with my hand

i tried to keep the flame just farenough away to heat the pipe but not burn it.

anywasy pipes have been like this for over 7 months no probloms.

goda · 04/26/2006, 02:59 PM

anyways 20 bucks on a propane torch or 100 bucks on a fancy extra hot hair dryer or blanket. . i choose to becheep lol ^^ anyways if any one else decides to heat pipe. make sure to use the thick stuff. thin (scdl 80) is to thin to be trusted. especialy when you heat it

goda · 04/26/2006, 03:29 PM

im honored that this thread has been viewed almost 900! times
please post some more feed back so i know what you al thinnk!

today when my lr came the person helped bring it into the house and was asking questions aobut buying fish online ( box said live fish but its really lr)
anyways they seemed impressed by the tank. ( she may have been in the hobby also cause i never had a fedex person ask so many fish questions about online stores)

the lr
[img][/img]

goda · 04/26/2006, 06:26 PM

WOW the live rock isnt quite what i ordered the rere's subsitued my lowquality with medium qualiuty SHOW SIZE ROCK!! this stuff is hugeand so dense i cant break it..
the lil chunk i did break shows that it is SOLID not like most livve rock that is porus..

anyways to big and then the order where i wanted the high quality stuff htey shiped me medium cause htey were out of the high... ill use it anyways but i am kinda upset about the fact they didnt ship what they said... who thinks if i stop payment on them that they will pay for me to return the rock.. cause unless they pay for shipping again they arnt getting it back lol... then again i could be nice and try and get free shipping on my next live order.

gah anyways... back to the tank. i got some picts but am gonna wait a lil to post them so i can trry and take a few more.

i know you think im over reacting but they tried to cover up there mistake when i asked them about it... if i didnt press harder they would of never admited that i didnt get what they ordered.
now that i have ppushed them a bit they seem to be willing to work with me. im a firm beliver that if you make mistake you should do somthing in return to keep the customer.

good news also. got back from the doctor and he says all these probloms should be going away soon ( fainting., dizzyness, nausia, coughing) boy i cant wait.

i hate depending on others and so far iv needing non reefers to help me out with the tank. i wanna get back to just me! lol

goda · 04/27/2006, 07:49 PM

woot.. ballast blew again!

goda · 04/28/2006, 12:52 PM

Live rock is here
not what i wanted but liveaquaria made things right. i definitly recomend them! ( www.liveaquaria.com )
icecap and tunze also are top of the line service

look how dense this stuff is.. its less porus then concreat!

goda · 04/28/2006, 12:54 PM

This is the tank before i added my LR

i will get a pic with LR after it settles down a bit

these are my lights befor the ballast blew

now only 4 bulbs work. till i repair the other ballast

goda · 04/28/2006, 12:57 PM

in the first pict of the ballast you can see a silver piece of metal.( heat sync)
underthat is part q3 and q4 this is what was danmaged when the ballast blew

i intend to still use my dimmer but on a different setting i think

i think i will make it be dawn 6:30 sunrise 6:30 noon start 9
that way the dimmer skiped the 0 - 30 percent dimming

Cutiewitbooty · 04/28/2006, 01:37 PM

cool, u need to post pics with the lights on and the LR in htough

goda · 04/28/2006, 01:45 PM

yeah yeah i know waters cloudy and still havent fixed the other ballast.

radioshack dosnt have the part and so far oline it is 10 bucks each ... cant find cheeper yet

REEFERINDC · 04/28/2006, 02:07 PM

clearer pics of the tank its really hard to see whats atually going on in there.Maybe cut on the flash or some lights or something

goda · 04/28/2006, 02:14 PM

i know
its a digital underwater cam so it dosnt take ver good pics unless its underwater with external flash

once i get the lights up top it should look better.
but the canopy weighs 100 lbs and the tank is like 5 ft tall. no way can i lift it my self lol
wanna come help :P LMAO

goda · 04/28/2006, 03:25 PM

i think my new picts came out better. i opened the flash difuser by 50 percent
enough to see the tank not enough to cause a blinding reflection

goda · 04/29/2006, 06:08 PM

tank water is coudly and skimmer is overflowing . the sump has foam in it from the air mixed in as it falls.
i turned down the skimmer so the bubbles can pop and become sludge in the skimmer cup instead of making so many bubles so fast that it actualy comes out of the air holes in the top.

guess there was a lot of die off on these rocks! lol
i would like to run carbon but dont have any

goda · 04/30/2006, 01:28 PM

tank water is alot cleaer today and that is wierd since there is hardly any skimate (spelling?) in the skimmer and currently all i have going is a settlment area and the skimmer when it comes to filtration

Cutiewitbooty · 04/30/2006, 02:14 PM

be sure to keep track of you prams

goda · 04/30/2006, 06:21 PM

not yet
im gonna either get new probes for my dimmer/computer ( even tho they never worked well)

or get just temp probe for it and then also get a neptune computer thingy with probes

i usualy start testing after about 3 weeks of cycle no point testing till then ( except salinity)
anyways i need new test kits. iv been using that mastertest kit that they sell for ever and am finialy sick of the color charts
im thinking of switching to one that uses clear plastic for charts since those are easier to read... just gotta ask around at what ones best

goda · 05/01/2006, 04:30 PM

ok tested today ( you happy!)

nitrite 0
ph 8.2-8.5
SG 1.023
CA- didnt care to test

Cutiewitbooty · 05/01/2006, 05:08 PM

lol what about nitrates and ammonia?

That will tell you where your cycle is.

04/26/2006, 11:00 AM	#30
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	off to the doctars i go.. when i come back ill do the LR i guess Last edited by goda; 04/26/2006 at 11:54 AM.

04/28/2006, 01:37 PM	#40
Cutiewitbooty Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alaska For 18 Years, Now Cape Coral, Florida Posts: 2,795	cool, u need to post pics with the lights on and the LR in htough __________________ WARNING: Taking my advice may result in personal injury and/or jail time. ~Amber~

04/28/2006, 02:07 PM	#42
REEFERINDC Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington,D.C. Posts: 175	Can you take......... clearer pics of the tank its really hard to see whats atually going on in there.Maybe cut on the flash or some lights or something

04/30/2006, 02:14 PM	#47
Cutiewitbooty Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alaska For 18 Years, Now Cape Coral, Florida Posts: 2,795	be sure to keep track of you prams __________________ WARNING: Taking my advice may result in personal injury and/or jail time. ~Amber~

05/01/2006, 05:08 PM	#50
Cutiewitbooty Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alaska For 18 Years, Now Cape Coral, Florida Posts: 2,795	lol what about nitrates and ammonia? That will tell you where your cycle is. __________________ WARNING: Taking my advice may result in personal injury and/or jail time. ~Amber~

04/25/2006, 02:39 PM	#26
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	btw any one want picts form when we actualy built the room the tank goes in

04/25/2006, 04:29 PM	#27
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	ok DR fostersmith just called.... didnt relize they use fedex anyways rockw ill be here tomorrow!!! YEA!!!! im happy! right now im waiting for my ballast. shoulda been here 2 hours ago ups sualy dosnt deliver this late

04/26/2006, 08:54 AM	#28
jarhed Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,638	More pics!!! Hey, where did you get your base rock? From the pic, it appears solid and smooth. Could be the lighting though. How is your lr shipment?

04/26/2006, 10:49 AM	#29
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	well just got my lr and im kinda upset... i want to get it intank but i feel sooooooooooo sick right now that i can only stand long enough to put in one piece at a time anyways. the rock shown in the tank now cost 50 bucks for 45 pounds. its just dead coral rock ... its the same stuf that TBS uses when they set up the aquaculture sites ( they start out dead also remember) i got it from ... ehhh hmm trying to remember but its hard to find. you have to enter in the item number cause it isnt listed on hte site its only listed in the catalouge. ( petsolutions.com i think. dont quote me on that!)

04/26/2006, 02:50 PM	#31
billblass_44 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 11	I noticed a lot of burn marks on your PVC...You know that could lead to pipie failure down the road.......I might want to suggest that you use flex tubing or find someone or buy a heating blanket made to evenly heat up PVC to bend it............This is only my opinion......but I know that electricians use such blankets for the grey PVC I am no expert in PVC but I am sure it will work on the white stuff too

04/26/2006, 02:56 PM	#32
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	yeah the burn marks arnt as bad as they look. its only the very surface. i can rub it off with my hand i tried to keep the flame just farenough away to heat the pipe but not burn it. anywasy pipes have been like this for over 7 months no probloms.

04/26/2006, 02:59 PM	#33
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	anyways 20 bucks on a propane torch or 100 bucks on a fancy extra hot hair dryer or blanket. . i choose to becheep lol ^^ anyways if any one else decides to heat pipe. make sure to use the thick stuff. thin (scdl 80) is to thin to be trusted. especialy when you heat it

04/26/2006, 03:29 PM	#34
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	im honored that this thread has been viewed almost 900! times please post some more feed back so i know what you al thinnk! today when my lr came the person helped bring it into the house and was asking questions aobut buying fish online ( box said live fish but its really lr) anyways they seemed impressed by the tank. ( she may have been in the hobby also cause i never had a fedex person ask so many fish questions about online stores) the lr [img][/img]

04/26/2006, 06:26 PM	#35
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	WOW the live rock isnt quite what i ordered the rere's subsitued my lowquality with medium qualiuty SHOW SIZE ROCK!! this stuff is hugeand so dense i cant break it.. the lil chunk i did break shows that it is SOLID not like most livve rock that is porus.. anyways to big and then the order where i wanted the high quality stuff htey shiped me medium cause htey were out of the high... ill use it anyways but i am kinda upset about the fact they didnt ship what they said... who thinks if i stop payment on them that they will pay for me to return the rock.. cause unless they pay for shipping again they arnt getting it back lol... then again i could be nice and try and get free shipping on my next live order. gah anyways... back to the tank. i got some picts but am gonna wait a lil to post them so i can trry and take a few more. i know you think im over reacting but they tried to cover up there mistake when i asked them about it... if i didnt press harder they would of never admited that i didnt get what they ordered. now that i have ppushed them a bit they seem to be willing to work with me. im a firm beliver that if you make mistake you should do somthing in return to keep the customer. good news also. got back from the doctor and he says all these probloms should be going away soon ( fainting., dizzyness, nausia, coughing) boy i cant wait. i hate depending on others and so far iv needing non reefers to help me out with the tank. i wanna get back to just me! lol

04/27/2006, 07:49 PM	#36
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	woot.. ballast blew again!

04/28/2006, 12:52 PM	#37
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	Live rock is here not what i wanted but liveaquaria made things right. i definitly recomend them! ( www.liveaquaria.com ) icecap and tunze also are top of the line service look how dense this stuff is.. its less porus then concreat!

04/28/2006, 12:54 PM	#38
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	This is the tank before i added my LR i will get a pic with LR after it settles down a bit these are my lights befor the ballast blew now only 4 bulbs work. till i repair the other ballast

04/28/2006, 12:57 PM	#39
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	in the first pict of the ballast you can see a silver piece of metal.( heat sync) underthat is part q3 and q4 this is what was danmaged when the ballast blew i intend to still use my dimmer but on a different setting i think i think i will make it be dawn 6:30 sunrise 6:30 noon start 9 that way the dimmer skiped the 0 - 30 percent dimming

04/28/2006, 01:45 PM	#41
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	yeah yeah i know waters cloudy and still havent fixed the other ballast. radioshack dosnt have the part and so far oline it is 10 bucks each ... cant find cheeper yet

04/28/2006, 02:14 PM	#43
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	i know its a digital underwater cam so it dosnt take ver good pics unless its underwater with external flash once i get the lights up top it should look better. but the canopy weighs 100 lbs and the tank is like 5 ft tall. no way can i lift it my self lol wanna come help :P LMAO

04/28/2006, 03:25 PM	#44
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	i think my new picts came out better. i opened the flash difuser by 50 percent enough to see the tank not enough to cause a blinding reflection

04/29/2006, 06:08 PM	#45
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	tank water is coudly and skimmer is overflowing . the sump has foam in it from the air mixed in as it falls. i turned down the skimmer so the bubbles can pop and become sludge in the skimmer cup instead of making so many bubles so fast that it actualy comes out of the air holes in the top. guess there was a lot of die off on these rocks! lol i would like to run carbon but dont have any

04/30/2006, 01:28 PM	#46
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	tank water is alot cleaer today and that is wierd since there is hardly any skimate (spelling?) in the skimmer and currently all i have going is a settlment area and the skimmer when it comes to filtration

04/30/2006, 06:21 PM	#48
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	not yet im gonna either get new probes for my dimmer/computer ( even tho they never worked well) or get just temp probe for it and then also get a neptune computer thingy with probes i usualy start testing after about 3 weeks of cycle no point testing till then ( except salinity) anyways i need new test kits. iv been using that mastertest kit that they sell for ever and am finialy sick of the color charts im thinking of switching to one that uses clear plastic for charts since those are easier to read... just gotta ask around at what ones best

05/01/2006, 04:30 PM	#49
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	ok tested today ( you happy!) nitrite 0 ph 8.2-8.5 SG 1.023 CA- didnt care to test