My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots of pics - Page 86

slief · 03/17/2017, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dave.m

I haven't seen your little box fish in the past few videos. Is he still in there?

Dave.M

I "Exported" that sucker. Caught it nipping at some softies. No sooner did I see that that I reached in and grabbed it. I ended up giving it to Jim who found it a new home.I always loved them. For the most part, I did't have issues with them and corals but the last one was different. That was close to a year ago. I haven't bothered to get another since.

dave.m · 03/18/2017, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by slief

I "Exported" that sucker. Caught it nipping at some softies.

Bummer. Normally I'd agree with you on fish over corals, but I thought that little guy had so much character, I think I would have made an exception over a bunch of softies.

Oh well...

Dave.M

slief · 03/18/2017, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dave.m

Bummer. Normally I'd agree with you on fish over corals, but I thought that little guy had so much character, I think I would have made an exception over a bunch of softies.

Oh well...

Dave.M

Cowfish definitely have character and I'd definitely try my luck with another one. It's hard though since there are so many aggressive feeders in my tank which would make it hard for the cowfish to get enough food. I think that prompts them to turn to corals as a source of food. With around 70 fish in my tank now, there is a lot of competition which inevitably would make it tough for the slow and dare I say dumb cowfish. Kind of a bummer too because I absolutely love them!

saf1 · 03/18/2017, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by slief

dare I say dumb cowfish.

#CowFishMatter

J/k - The previous one you had was always photo bombing your videos. Very cool personality that one had.

silentscream · 04/02/2017, 01:30 PM

Resurrecting an older topic...

Around post 1450 or so, you wet sanded your acrylic tank to remove scratches and coralline algae. Did you not worry about all the acrylic "fines" left behind in the process irritating your livestock? I have a small acrylic tank that has been chewed up by hungry urchins, and looking to use the same process you did since it came out so great.

slief · 04/02/2017, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by silentscream

Resurrecting an older topic...

Around post 1450 or so, you wet sanded your acrylic tank to remove scratches and coralline algae. Did you not worry about all the acrylic "fines" left behind in the process irritating your livestock? I have a small acrylic tank that has been chewed up by hungry urchins, and looking to use the same process you did since it came out so great.

Nope. The plastic or acrylic dust is harmless. Plus, I have really good flow in the tank. The small amount removed for the viewing panes during the process is barely noticeable in the water column and the corals and fish didn't seem to be bothered at all. For coraline, I use metal blade scrapers that are typically used for removing coraline on glass tanks. I removed the coraline before I began the scratch removal process. I would strongly suggest removing coraline before sanding as you are likely to create more scratches trying to remove coraline by sanding it off.

Here is a thread I started some time back that documents the entire scratch removal process and includes pictures and videos showing each step.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2538092

bif24701 · 04/02/2017, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by slief

Nope. The plastic or acrylic dust is harmless. Plus, I have really good flow in the tank. The small amount removed for the viewing panes during the process is barely noticeable in the water column and the corals and fish didn't seem to be bothered at all. For coraline, I use metal blade scrapers that are typically used for removing coraline on glass tanks. I removed the coraline before I began the scratch removal process. I would strongly suggest removing coraline before sanding as you are likely to create more scratches trying to remove coraline by sanding it off.

Here is a thread I started some time back that documents the entire scratch removal process and includes pictures and videos showing each step.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2538092

They probably easily float and get skimmer out quickly.

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Brunzy · 04/02/2017, 04:04 PM

I'm on the boarder of glass and acrylic, as an acrylic owner would you recommend one? My concern is with having kids in the house. Would you recommend staying with glass until they are older or just sand out imperfections later on....

slief · 04/02/2017, 05:41 PM

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I'm on the boarder of glass and acrylic, as an acrylic owner would you recommend one? My concern is with having kids in the house. Would you recommend staying with glass until they are older or just sand out imperfections later on....

Catch 22.. As a kid, I swung a small bat in my bedroom. When it slipped out of my hand, it flew into my 20 gallon tank.. That was all she wrote for that tank. I like the fact that scratches can be removed from acrylic and the longevity of a properly made quality acrylic tank. I've had my current tank for over 24 years now and it's still in absolutely amazing shape. As a big tank owner, I would never own a tank this size in glass. That said, my display fuge, frag tank and another 100 gallon and I have here are glass so it's really dependant on the tank and long term plans as well as cost.

Brunzy · 04/03/2017, 05:35 AM

Well thank you! I'll have to look into an acrylic tank now! Your tank is just beautiful! I love the fact it's been running for 24 years!!

slief · 04/03/2017, 10:34 AM

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Well thank you! I'll have to look into an acrylic tank now! Your tank is just beautiful! I love the fact it's been running for 24 years!!

Thanks! Technically the tank has been up and running at this house non stop since 1997 though I did break it down for 24 hours in order to do some scratch removal and redo the aquascape back around 1999. Prior to that, it was setup at my other house. When I bought my new house in 1997, I broke it down on a Sunday and had it back up and running Tuesday night after moving it to the new house. I reused most of my old live rock too.

slief · 04/14/2017, 10:24 AM

Figured I would do a quick update. The tank is doing great. One of these days I need to take some growth pictures. That said, I had been wanting some Multibar Angelfish for nearly a year. Yesterday I was finally was able to get my hands on a couple. Also picked up a yellow coris wrasse. He's a tiny one. Smaller than I would have preferred. Hopefully it stays out of my overflow. Fortunately I have filter socks to catch it should it decide to take a ride. I spent 8 hours acclimating these fish to my water and finally got them in the system around 12:30am last night. They can in at pretty low salinity which I was expecting. Now I am waiting for the lights to come on in hopes that they come out.

Darthv247 · 04/14/2017, 03:07 PM

nice score!

cFloor · 04/14/2017, 11:26 PM

Beautiful angels! I have a pair living in my frag tank, always been a favorite of mine.

Alfrareef · 04/15/2017, 12:28 PM

Hi Scott.
Amazing angels. I suppose they are reef safe, right?

slief · 04/15/2017, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfrareef

Hi Scott.
Amazing angels. I suppose they are reef safe, right?

They are in the Pygmy Angel family. As with any Pygmy Angel, they can be hit and miss but I've never had an issue with any of my Pygmy Angels and I've got a flame, Bellus, lemon peel and these two.

Alfrareef · 04/16/2017, 05:30 AM

You've never had a Bellus couple?

slief · 04/16/2017, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfrareef

You've never had a Bellus couple?

Unfortunately not. I want to get a male but they are hard to come by and usually pretty expensive. I had kind of forgotten about that one too. I do however need to put that on my wish list again. I could probably go with another female as it would likely change to male but I'd hate to have agreession issues.

albano · 04/16/2017, 03:44 PM

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... I could probably go with another female as it would likely change to male but I'd hate to have agreession issues.

Not sure that Genicanthus Angels are considered Pygmy Angels, but regardless, IME the largest Genicanthus female in a tank with other females will usually turn male..and I've had male Genicanthus Angels revert back to female coloring if a more aggressive 'geni' becomes the dominate male.

Personally, I don't think the male Bellus is anything to be excited about, and not worth the extra cost, but that's my personal opinion .

slief · 04/16/2017, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by albano

Not sure that Genicanthus Angels are considered Pygmy Angels, but regardless, IME the largest Genicanthus female in a tank with other females will usually turn male..and I've had male Genicanthus Angels revert back to female coloring if a more aggressive 'geni' becomes the dominate male.

Personally, I don't think the male Bellus is anything to be excited about, and not worth the extra cost, but that's my personal opinion .

I agree. The male Bellus angles aren't nearly as pretty as the females and their high cost for a pretty boring looking fish is what's kept me from getting one.

Alfrareef · 04/17/2017, 03:37 PM

So... you buy 2 females, wait for 1 to become male and then sell it for the cost of 2 females... :-) then you buy another female....

slief · 04/17/2017, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfrareef

So... you buy 2 females, wait for 1 to become male and then sell it for the cost of 2 females... :-) then you buy another female....

LOL. Yea, if only it were easy to catch one of those in a 500 gallon display with several hundred pounds of live rock. I thought about getting another female but my only corncern was the potential of them fighting though that is unlikely since they are pretty mellow as angels go.

scuzy · 04/17/2017, 06:15 PM

It's indoor fishing would be fun

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ReefKeeper64 · 04/18/2017, 09:30 PM

Tagging along

smatter · 05/19/2017, 09:42 AM

I bought a Kessil A360WE for my REEFER Nano almost solely based on your untiring cheerleading for it. So far I like the light better than other LEDs I have used but the tank is really new so time will tell. I have it dialed way back at 30% color and 30% intensity for a 4 hour peak. It's a 12 hour photoperiod and the light is at 15% intensity 0 color outside the peak time. The red goniopora, hammer, and yellow leather seem happy. I'm scared to turn it up because I'm pretty sure I fried my now deceased bubble tip when I first got the Kessil.

I have to say I'm a little bummed to see that you have added the Mitras. It was great to see such and inspirational all Kessil tank. Don't get me wrong it's still inspirational and the Mitras look awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.

04/02/2017, 01:30 PM	#2130
silentscream Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,136	Resurrecting an older topic... Around post 1450 or so, you wet sanded your acrylic tank to remove scratches and coralline algae. Did you not worry about all the acrylic "fines" left behind in the process irritating your livestock? I have a small acrylic tank that has been chewed up by hungry urchins, and looking to use the same process you did since it came out so great. __________________ Justin

04/14/2017, 10:24 AM	#2137
slief RC Sponsor Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,173	Figured I would do a quick update. The tank is doing great. One of these days I need to take some growth pictures. That said, I had been wanting some Multibar Angelfish for nearly a year. Yesterday I was finally was able to get my hands on a couple. Also picked up a yellow coris wrasse. He's a tiny one. Smaller than I would have preferred. Hopefully it stays out of my overflow. Fortunately I have filter socks to catch it should it decide to take a ride. I spent 8 hours acclimating these fish to my water and finally got them in the system around 12:30am last night. They can in at pretty low salinity which I was expecting. Now I am waiting for the lights to come on in hopes that they come out. __________________ Director Customer Support Royal Exclusiv USA For All Royal Exclusiv & Bubble King questions please refer to our Sponsor forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=745 Current Tank Info: 480G display mixed reef, 90G sump, 90G refugium, 60G display refugium. Check out my build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1783476

04/14/2017, 11:26 PM	#2139
cFloor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,552	Beautiful angels! I have a pair living in my frag tank, always been a favorite of mine. __________________ 250g. SPS tank Instagram: @cfloorsaltwater

04/18/2017, 09:30 PM	#2149
ReefKeeper64 Wanna be a reefkeeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,158	Tagging along __________________ Reef Savvy 110g Tank \| GHL Profilux 4 Controller & Doser \| Royal Exclusiv Skimmer & Dreambox/Sump \| ATI 8x54 Sunpower T5 \| Ozotech Ozone Generator

04/02/2017, 04:04 PM	#2133
Brunzy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 51	I'm on the boarder of glass and acrylic, as an acrylic owner would you recommend one? My concern is with having kids in the house. Would you recommend staying with glass until they are older or just sand out imperfections later on....

04/03/2017, 05:35 AM	#2135
Brunzy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 51	Well thank you! I'll have to look into an acrylic tank now! Your tank is just beautiful! I love the fact it's been running for 24 years!!

04/14/2017, 03:07 PM	#2138
Darthv247 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: South Florida Posts: 115	nice score!

04/15/2017, 12:28 PM	#2140
Alfrareef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Portugal Posts: 405	Hi Scott. Amazing angels. I suppose they are reef safe, right?

04/16/2017, 05:30 AM	#2142
Alfrareef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Portugal Posts: 405	You've never had a Bellus couple?

04/17/2017, 03:37 PM	#2146
Alfrareef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Portugal Posts: 405	So... you buy 2 females, wait for 1 to become male and then sell it for the cost of 2 females... :-) then you buy another female....

04/17/2017, 06:15 PM	#2148
scuzy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 6,499	It's indoor fishing would be fun Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

05/19/2017, 09:42 AM	#2150
smatter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,055	I bought a Kessil A360WE for my REEFER Nano almost solely based on your untiring cheerleading for it. So far I like the light better than other LEDs I have used but the tank is really new so time will tell. I have it dialed way back at 30% color and 30% intensity for a 4 hour peak. It's a 12 hour photoperiod and the light is at 15% intensity 0 color outside the peak time. The red goniopora, hammer, and yellow leather seem happy. I'm scared to turn it up because I'm pretty sure I fried my now deceased bubble tip when I first got the Kessil. I have to say I'm a little bummed to see that you have added the Mitras. It was great to see such and inspirational all Kessil tank. Don't get me wrong it's still inspirational and the Mitras look awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.