320 gallons of Serenity, Sea Monsters & Sanctuary - Page 5

mvsjrs · 03/19/2017, 12:21 PM

ljosh, thanks for the compliment. I feel there is a little too much. But since it came from a FOWLR setup it would tend in that direction. I am trying to straddle the line of looking nice without corals but leaving enough 3D depth to add them and grow.

Cleaning, yes, there is enough space. I have to use one of the oblong "MagFloat" because the curved glass is not well cleaned by a wider version. It is also hard because the glass is relatively thick and I would prefer a stronger magnet. If anything changes down the road, I can relocate the pieces be drilling new holes in the polypropylene.

__________________
Jason

Single system called Pandora Too of three tanks:
• Pandemonium: 92gal corner Softies/FOWLR on fish overload (office)
• Coral Country: 150Xgal LPS (&SPS?) (family room)
• Sanctuary: 120gal REFUGIUM (50% chaeto/50% all dark bacterial LR) (fish/man cave)
• Filtration: 90gal sump, 60gal settling tank?, DSB?

• Serenity: FW105gal Discus (MBr...mood fish...)

"Physics is a b!tch. She's always right no matter how sure you were about your plumbing design." Me, standing in a puddle of water...

"You cannot allow [yourself] to avoid the brutal facts. If [you] start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad." General "Mad Dog” Mattis.

mvsjrs · 03/19/2017, 07:34 PM

mvsjrs · 03/20/2017, 05:56 PM

Now it’s time to start thinking about keeping the eels in the tank and not carpet surfing. There are six (6) ventilation holes in the canopy and large rectangular cut outs for the plumbing to go over the edge. I found a good size plastic gutter guard material and covered the ventilation holes. Pretty straight forward.

The cut outs are another matter. I fashioned some aluminum u-channel and potted the gutter guard in with epoxy. I then shaped some cut outs for the pipes without cutting the aluminum under the potting. That should be enough to discourage the eels.

These elaborate cutting schemes were needed to fill gaps between tight fitting pipes.

mvsjrs · 04/16/2017, 07:44 PM

Sandra Suzanne Sullivan, 72, of Morrow, OH, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, April 5, 2017. God Bless the mother who bought & admired my first goldfish! I only wish she could have seen where this build would ended. Her magnificent photograph of fish has been lost to us.

mvsjrs · 04/16/2017, 07:46 PM

The LR filter is currently running on the ASM and is currently doing all the skimming. I get a thick paste daily because I am running am not wet skimming yet. I just want to clear what the LR sheds. The settling tank does a decent job of getting some of this material too but the flow velocity is very high.

aaronwitt · 04/17/2017, 10:39 AM

This is a really nice looking build!

mvsjrs · 06/19/2017, 08:01 PM

I started this thread using Photobucket but since it was my first thread I did not know the downside of using Photobucket. If anyone knows if and how I can go back and change the pictures in the thread to be within RC, please let me know. Photobucket has choked its site with adds to make it impossible to use without paying the ad-free upgrade. No sour grapes, but clearly their value proposition has changed to squeeze revenue and I will need to change my methods.

mvsjrs · 02/20/2018, 04:56 AM

reef cuber · 02/20/2018, 08:46 AM

Can't wait! Since Photo bucket changed, none of your photos from previous posts are showing up.

Bent · 02/20/2018, 10:16 AM

Yeah photobucket ruins another great thread.

mvsjrs · 03/02/2018, 09:44 PM

Now I still see the photographs. Is that just me because they are in my browser history? And the rest of people are seeing nothing?

ramseynb · 03/02/2018, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mvsjrs

Now I still see the photographs. Is that just me because they are in my browser history? And the rest of people are seeing nothing?

I see barfbucket stock images. No reef tank pictures.

Imgur is waaaayyy better!

Reefin' Dude · 03/03/2018, 06:51 AM

i am guessing you can see the images because you have an upgraded PukeBucket account and the rest of us do not.

which is the problem. PukeBucket is trying to get everyone to upgrade their accounts to see pictures hosted in others accounts.

G~

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:23 PM

So how do I get it to look really nice with photos rather than thumbnails? If I am putting the effort in I want something quality for the site.

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:30 PM

First arrivals: Zebie and Flake.

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:30 PM

Fish Cave mascots slowly forming a bonded pair: "ORA® Captive-Bred Lightning Maroon Clownfish (Select) (Premnas biaculeatus)"

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:32 PM

Darkness arrives: ORA® Captive-Bred Midnight Clownfish (Select Pair)

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:33 PM

Zebie one year grown:

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:33 PM

Another bit of bad luck: fusion of my lower L3-L4-L5: Two cages, two rods, six screws. Enough with this nonsense.

Pre:

Post:

mvsjrs · 03/21/2018, 06:38 PM

Since I have been recuperating and pressing ahead with the project, I am going to add material by content and as I remember it.

mvsjrs · 03/29/2018, 06:14 PM

The return plumbing from the sump is across the top.

I wanted to emulate beananimal's so I used the 3/4" in the Reef Ready overflow as the siphon. The 1" drain is used as the overflow.

And the hole drilled to the left is a 1" emergency since I could drill through the side walls.

Joe0813 · 03/29/2018, 06:39 PM

that back surgery looks like such a fun time

mvsjrs · 03/30/2018, 04:04 PM

Thanks Joe0813. Currently 16 weeks plus expectation on recovery. Bruins! Baby! Bruins!

Overall, I have a confession to make, I have been working on the tank and need to bring everyone up to speed than rather than blog. I will try to take it in chunks. First, the tank is fully stocked with fish.

I bought a baby tang and put it into quarantine. Well, it went ballistic, smashing off every way and canopy in a 20gal. I finally decided he was going to die if I did not given him a more natural environment so I put him in the 92. He looked fine until he started rubbing his sides.

I had had these weird white spots on the glass and rocks everywhere (these were later suggested to be snail eggs) so I immediately assumed ick (even though the white spots were there before the fish, huh?). I threw the tank into hyposalinity mode at 1.008 and have been there about 2 weeks with no signs of a single trophont ever other than "snail eggs". I am thinking I got really jumpy and just jumped the gun at a jumpy fish.

mvsjrs · 03/30/2018, 05:24 PM

mvsjrs · 03/30/2018, 07:13 PM

And then the real deal. Family wedding in Heaven...Paradise...Hawai'i.

Full size:

Junior alone and with a size comparison:

Tree vipers:

03/19/2017, 12:21 PM	#101
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	ljosh, thanks for the compliment. I feel there is a little too much. But since it came from a FOWLR setup it would tend in that direction. I am trying to straddle the line of looking nice without corals but leaving enough 3D depth to add them and grow. Cleaning, yes, there is enough space. I have to use one of the oblong "MagFloat" because the curved glass is not well cleaned by a wider version. It is also hard because the glass is relatively thick and I would prefer a stronger magnet. If anything changes down the road, I can relocate the pieces be drilling new holes in the polypropylene. __________________ Jason Single system called Pandora Too of three tanks: • Pandemonium: 92gal corner Softies/FOWLR on fish overload (office) • Coral Country: 150Xgal LPS (&SPS?) (family room) • Sanctuary: 120gal REFUGIUM (50% chaeto/50% all dark bacterial LR) (fish/man cave) • Filtration: 90gal sump, 60gal settling tank?, DSB? • Serenity: FW105gal Discus (MBr...mood fish...) "Physics is a b!tch. She's always right no matter how sure you were about your plumbing design." Me, standing in a puddle of water... "You cannot allow [yourself] to avoid the brutal facts. If [you] start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad." General "Mad Dog” Mattis. Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 04:13 PM.

03/19/2017, 07:34 PM	#102
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 04:15 PM.

03/20/2017, 05:56 PM	#103
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Now it’s time to start thinking about keeping the eels in the tank and not carpet surfing. There are six (6) ventilation holes in the canopy and large rectangular cut outs for the plumbing to go over the edge. I found a good size plastic gutter guard material and covered the ventilation holes. Pretty straight forward. The cut outs are another matter. I fashioned some aluminum u-channel and potted the gutter guard in with epoxy. I then shaped some cut outs for the pipes without cutting the aluminum under the potting. That should be enough to discourage the eels. These elaborate cutting schemes were needed to fill gaps between tight fitting pipes. Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 04:59 PM.

04/16/2017, 07:44 PM	#104
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Sandra Suzanne Sullivan, 72, of Morrow, OH, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, April 5, 2017. God Bless the mother who bought & admired my first goldfish! I only wish she could have seen where this build would ended. Her magnificent photograph of fish has been lost to us. Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 05:01 PM.

02/20/2018, 04:56 AM	#108
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	I have returned!! Update forthcoming.

04/16/2017, 07:46 PM	#105
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	The LR filter is currently running on the ASM and is currently doing all the skimming. I get a thick paste daily because I am running am not wet skimming yet. I just want to clear what the LR sheds. The settling tank does a decent job of getting some of this material too but the flow velocity is very high.

04/17/2017, 10:39 AM	#106
aaronwitt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 62	This is a really nice looking build!

02/20/2018, 08:46 AM	#109
reef cuber Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 100	Can't wait! Since Photo bucket changed, none of your photos from previous posts are showing up.

02/20/2018, 10:16 AM	#110
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	Yeah photobucket ruins another great thread. __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

03/02/2018, 09:44 PM	#111
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Now I still see the photographs. Is that just me because they are in my browser history? And the rest of people are seeing nothing?

03/03/2018, 06:51 AM	#113
Reefin' Dude Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 739	i am guessing you can see the images because you have an upgraded PukeBucket account and the rest of us do not. which is the problem. PukeBucket is trying to get everyone to upgrade their accounts to see pictures hosted in others accounts. G~ __________________ Friends don't let friends use refugiums. Current Tank Info: Not dead yet.

03/21/2018, 06:23 PM	#114
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	So how do I get it to look really nice with photos rather than thumbnails? If I am putting the effort in I want something quality for the site.

03/21/2018, 06:30 PM	#115
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	First arrivals: Zebie and Flake. Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 05:33 PM.

03/21/2018, 06:30 PM	#116
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Fish Cave mascots slowly forming a bonded pair: "ORA® Captive-Bred Lightning Maroon Clownfish (Select) (Premnas biaculeatus)" Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 05:38 PM.

03/21/2018, 06:32 PM	#117
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Darkness arrives: ORA® Captive-Bred Midnight Clownfish (Select Pair) Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 05:39 PM.

03/21/2018, 06:33 PM	#118
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Zebie one year grown: Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 05:36 PM.

03/21/2018, 06:33 PM	#119
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Another bit of bad luck: fusion of my lower L3-L4-L5: Two cages, two rods, six screws. Enough with this nonsense. Pre: Post: Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/29/2018 at 05:54 PM.

03/29/2018, 06:14 PM	#121
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	The return plumbing from the sump is across the top. I wanted to emulate beananimal's so I used the 3/4" in the Reef Ready overflow as the siphon. The 1" drain is used as the overflow. And the hole drilled to the left is a 1" emergency since I could drill through the side walls. Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/30/2018 at 03:51 PM.

03/29/2018, 06:39 PM	#122
Joe0813 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Boston strong Posts: 2,766	that back surgery looks like such a fun time __________________ Joe and Jenny Current Tank Info: 180 reef

03/30/2018, 04:04 PM	#123
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	Thanks Joe0813. Currently 16 weeks plus expectation on recovery. Bruins! Baby! Bruins! Overall, I have a confession to make, I have been working on the tank and need to bring everyone up to speed than rather than blog. I will try to take it in chunks. First, the tank is fully stocked with fish. I bought a baby tang and put it into quarantine. Well, it went ballistic, smashing off every way and canopy in a 20gal. I finally decided he was going to die if I did not given him a more natural environment so I put him in the 92. He looked fine until he started rubbing his sides. I had had these weird white spots on the glass and rocks everywhere (these were later suggested to be snail eggs) so I immediately assumed ick (even though the white spots were there before the fish, huh?). I threw the tank into hyposalinity mode at 1.008 and have been there about 2 weeks with no signs of a single trophont ever other than "snail eggs". I am thinking I got really jumpy and just jumped the gun at a jumpy fish. Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/30/2018 at 05:19 PM.

03/30/2018, 05:24 PM	#124
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162

03/30/2018, 07:13 PM	#125
mvsjrs Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 162	And then the real deal. Family wedding in Heaven...Paradise...Hawai'i. Full size: Junior alone and with a size comparison: Tree vipers: Last edited by mvsjrs; 03/30/2018 at 07:22 PM.