Reef Central Online Community

Go Back   Reef Central Online Community > More Forums > Reefkeeping Online Magazine > Tank of the Month
Blogs FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Notices

User Tag List

Reply
Thread Tools
Unread 08/27/2007, 09:26 PM   #151
fishcraze2002
Premium Member
 
fishcraze2002's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 733
Quote:
Originally posted by jtesdall
I dream to one day have a tank as beautiful as yours! WOW! Congratulations!

You mention a nitrate reactor. I know you said you don't need it anymore, but what kind is it and did it work well when you did need it?
The nitrate reactor has a very long 1/5" tube that was rolled into a coil inside the 4" reactor chamber. The long tube helps prevent air to get into it and providing the anaerobic conditions for the nitrate eating bacteria..
It works well. At the early stages of my tank, i have mearsurable nitrate content in the tank water (~1-5ppm), but the outlet from nitrate reactor would have 0ppm nitrate. Nowadays, my tank is mature so both outlet and inlet have 0 ppm NO3.


fishcraze2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08/27/2007, 09:48 PM   #152
fishcraze2002
Premium Member
 
fishcraze2002's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 733
Quote:
Originally posted by NanoCube-boy
The tank is outstandly clean look inside the house. Con graduation being TOTM. Your name sounds like Vietnamese, are you?

Anyways I have some question, it's probably some noob questions, but hey, at least I ask.
What is a close loop?
What do you mean by RTN?

Why did you need to tide the frag tank down?
How do you trim the zoanthids on your tank wall?

I heard you on temp. control. I experience the same thing on my nano, my two fan blew off, but my tank never been running on a heater, they tank constantly at 84s-86s degree.
Answers to your questions:
1/ A close loop: Not sure how to decribe it clearly generally, water from the main display tank flows through a outlet nozzle to the pump (call the closeloop pump) and pump right back to the main tank. So the differential pressure head between the outlet and inlet of your pump is essentially the height difference (or static head) between those two nozzles in your main tank. So the static head is very low (normally less than 2 ft) or even zero if the outlet and inlet nozzles are at the same height) for the closeloop system; hence you get more flow out of the pump.
In contrast, the sump return pump system can be considered as an 'open' loop system since you pump from one reservoir(the sump) to another reservoir (the main display tank). The static head in this case is the diff b/t the sump level and the display tk level - which normally > 4ft; so you get less flow out of the same pump. You can do a search on this forum for 'closeloop' you may find a lot of thread and pics of the closeloop system

2/ RTN = rapid tissue necrosis. = quick dead (or loosing meat) of SPS corals It's a disease - I think

3/ There used to be a center brace for that thin wall frag tank but the center brace broke when i got the tank. So this acrylic tank does not have any brace at all (or rimless), and it was a little bulged out. So I have to tie it up w/ that rachet (sp?)

4/ To trim the zoanthis on the tank wall => just use a razor blade to scrape it off. Or you can buy the blueline rabbit fish like the one I got and it'll eat all those zoos up


fishcraze2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08/29/2007, 06:48 AM   #153
animaldoc1
Registered Member
 
animaldoc1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 18
Quoc, beautiful tank, and I can not think of a more deserving tank for TOTM. Keep up the good work.

Jen


__________________
Jen

Still hoping to make tank diving an olympic sport

Current Tank Info: 175 bowfront reef, 29 g reef
animaldoc1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08/29/2007, 10:49 AM   #154
FroMan
Insane in the Brain
 
FroMan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vernon, CT
Posts: 1,389
Very nice tank. The monti growth upfront is very impressive.


Hypothetical question..... (and I realize that it is vague)

If you had a blank slate to start over, how would you change your setup to improve an aspect or to correct an issue that you have??


FroMan is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08/29/2007, 09:01 PM   #155
fishcraze2002
Premium Member
 
fishcraze2002's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 733
Thanks Jen and Froman for the compliments.


fishcraze2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08/29/2007, 09:10 PM   #156
fishcraze2002
Premium Member
 
fishcraze2002's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 733
Quote:
Originally posted by FroMan
Very nice tank. The monti growth upfront is very impressive.


Hypothetical question..... (and I realize that it is vague)

If you had a blank slate to start over, how would you change your setup to improve an aspect or to correct an issue that you have??
Something I would like to change if I start over:

- I would build an enclosing room around the tank in the garage with a window unit if possible so that I can keep my tank temperature stable all year round. Or I can setup the tank like a friend (Invincible) did: install the main tank inside the house and keep most equipment (chiller, pumps...) and the sump in the garage. The tank would be a rimless with starfire glasses as Invincible's since these tanks are just awesome by themselves already!

- I may change my aquascape a little bit to create some low flow region so I can keep certain LPS like blasto, ricordia, etc.. that don't like high flow.

- I'd incorporate more T5 lighting and keep MH at the minimum (maybe just for shimmer effect only).

Otherr thhan those, I'm sastified w/ my current setup


fishcraze2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08/30/2007, 12:23 AM   #157
gimmito
Registered Member
 
gimmito's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: millbrae,ca
Posts: 851
Quoc, Beautiful tank...I love the various anthias you keep. How did you choose them ? How long did you quarantine them ? In what order did you introduce them ? Have you had any fighting ? What is your feeding schedule for them ? Jim


__________________
450 gallon L-shaped display

Current Tank Info: Working on a 450 display. 34 gal Red Sea Max.
gimmito is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 09/13/2007, 11:22 AM   #158
fishcraze2002
Premium Member
 
fishcraze2002's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 733
Quote:
Originally posted by gimmito
Quoc, Beautiful tank...I love the various anthias you keep. How did you choose them ? How long did you quarantine them ? In what order did you introduce them ? Have you had any fighting ? What is your feeding schedule for them ? Jim
sorry for this late response Two of them (a pair) were ordered from L.A so I didn't get to choose them. The others I got from LFS and picked them based on their appearance only (bright color, no scratch, itches...).
I didn't quarantine them either, just acclimate before putting in the tank. The ones I have are pretty hardy anthias. I bought them at different times as i saw them at LFS or online. No major fighting at all.
Feeding is everyday with frozen brine shrimps/ mysis.. now they also eat dried food!


fishcraze2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 09/20/2007, 04:33 AM   #159
DaMonkey
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 50
Beautiful tank - great work! Tank looks amazing.


DaMonkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 09/24/2007, 10:57 AM   #160
fishcraze2002
Premium Member
 
fishcraze2002's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 733
Quote:
Originally posted by DaMonkey
Beautiful tank - great work! Tank looks amazing.
Thanks for the nice words


fishcraze2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 02/04/2008, 08:04 AM   #161
bluewalk20
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3
heat involved

hi first of all great reef set up you got going and congrats on tank of the month. I live in laredo tx south of you where the temp can get really bad and i have a friend that keeps his dogs in the garage at times or lets them due there thing during the day but he installed some exaust vest in the garage and let me tell you the temp is much better or if you want to spend a little more money build a small room in the garage close it up and placed a window unit to keep the area cool for your tank just some ideas from a reefer from the hot areas of the us.


__________________
8 gal nano reef
125g predator tank
135 gal reef
bluewalk20 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 06/11/2017, 09:21 AM   #162
SPS_77493
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 172
RIP Quoc...fishcraze2002


SPS_77493 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:43 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement.
Reef CentralTM Reef Central, LLC. Copyright ©1999-2022
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.