Living Reefs

Examples of scum balls

sen5241b — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:14:27 GMT

"As U.S. companies shed millions of workers during the recession, the CEOs who laid off the most people brought home pay that was significantly higher than that of their peers, a study released Thursday found."

The story

There's a lot of evil in Big corporations.

haha old but still makes me laugh

Dana42078 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:01:32 GMT

YouTube - MONKEY BALLS

I see you!

Jmck — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:02:05 GMT

YouTube - ???"?? ???!

hehe, watch the cat!

The What Would You Do Game

cthegame — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:08:09 GMT

What would you do if you woke up in bed with the poster above?

Try to be funny and creative. Nothing personal please, this is a game.

If you get ninja'd, your post doesnt count.

Since im the first poster, ill be the first victim...what would you do if you woke up in bed with me? :mrgreen:

Another lighting question

chbix — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:54:51 GMT

Ok so looking at PC bulbs, I found that you can get a white light, an actinic or one that is a 50/50 (one white one actinic on the same bulb)

So originally I was going to do 2 white and 2 actinic in my 4 bulb setup, run on timers, have the actinic come on like an hour before the white, then run both for 8-12 hours, then have the whites shut off and run the actinic again for another hour. From my research this creates the "sunrise" "sunset' effect for the corals.

Should I stick with that or run all 4 50/50?

Love

Dana42078 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:18:09 GMT

Is a bitch, that all i got to say.:frustrat:

G6 or other canister filter setup? More power heads?

chbix — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:05:45 GMT

I just posted in the tank showcase my equipment and some pics but thought I would also post my concern here in the dedicated area.

So I have a Fluval G6, opened today and started reading the directions and see that the G6 needs to be at least 20" below the water line. My thought is to have the G6 pull the water out of the main and will run it through the prefilter carbon and bio material in the G6, the G6 output will go into the intake of my sump/refuge where I will also have my protein skimmer, the next area in the sump will be the refuge with algae live sand and live rock, then into the return area with a pump going back up into the main. Any thoughts on this. FYI the G6 is rated at 265 GPH.

I know someone is gonna say ditch the cansiter filter but its a gift and has to be used.

Second thing. I got a single power head with dual impellers rated at like 1300GPH, there is attachments to adjust the flow of each impeller but should I look at getting anotehr one to place on the other side of the tank?

Thanks guys.

First SW tank, 55 Gallon wtih 29 gallon sump

chbix — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:50:17 GMT

As in a past thread I posted, my wonderful fiance bought me a 55g tank and equipment to set up a saltwater tank.

So far I have a 55g tank, and just bought a 29g tank to make into a sump. She got me a Fluval G6, a Coralife Super Skimmer 125, a power head, some heaters and some other misc stuff.

Today I got my 4x96 watt PC retro kit I won off ebay, its used and I need to shine up the reflectors but got a hell of a deal and they will work cause I want to make a custom hood.

I will also be making a custom stand, since the one that came with my 55g freshwater stand just doesnt feel sturdy and wont have room for the sump.

She got all of this stuff at WAY discounted rates from a store going out of business (ex she got the G6 for $280 when it had a sticker of $590 on it! Told her she should have gotten more and sold them on ebay but when she went back they were gone!)

Now for my problem, I opened the G6 tonight and directions say it needs to be below the water line at least 20". is there anything wrong with me using the G6 to take water from the main tank and pump into my sump/refug then use a pump inside the sump to pump water back into the main? Should I still use an overflow? Any other options for this setup?

My thought is to have the G6 pull water out of the main into the sump, the G6 will run the prefilter, the carbon and biological media, in the sump I plan to run the protein skimmer in the intake area, then into a refuge with some cheato (sp?) live sand and live rock, then into a bubble trap and finally into the return pump area back up to the main.

The G6 is rated at 265GPH, is this enough?

Heres some pics

Next on this list is my RO unit, and some bulbs. Right now I have only 1 power head rated at like 1300GPH. Is this enough or should I look at getting another power head for better control over the flow? For bulbs I am going to use 2 bulbs at 10k and the other 2 will actinic bulbs, set up on individual timers, may also look at a moon light setup.

I am working out the dimensions of the stand and hood and will take pics as that comes together. I am debating on a wood hood or possibly a plastic DIY hood.

Will also be doing the DIY rocks.

OHHH there is so much to do, after opening the skimmer and G6 tonight I wanted to put the thing together but then reality hit and said no no you have to take time and do it right!

Let me know what you think guys.

Bio-diversity

Dakwan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:09:21 GMT

In my tank all the liverock (got an existing setup) i think may have started out as dead rock and then been seeded with just a bacteria booster or a piece of table shrimp or something...

There is no visible life in the tank other than the fish... no algae growing on the rock except for some brown algae i'm assuming is diatoms... probably from high nutrients since i dont have my skimmer going yet.

Now i'd love for my tank to have some beneficial hitch hikers like different pods or worms but i'm also thrilled with the fact that i'm not having to worrying about anything like aiptasia...

Will i eventually get more wanted and unwanted life in the tank just by adding the pieces of rock that coral comes on?

Should i consider myself lucky or unlucky?

Ricordiea ?

Dana42078 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:17:34 GMT

They eat mysis shrimp? Because mine is right now after i fed my sun coral. Ive never seen them do this before.

Ebay sun coral i won for $16.42

Dana42078 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:54:23 GMT

??HElP??

Denita — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:46:59 GMT

Ok I have never had this happen before everything has been going good. My mushroom and star pylops are fine and have been rapidly growing like crazy! My mushroom that ripped has now multplyed in to 3 mushrooms! but now I went and got a recordia and a clown fish and my amonia and nittrates are a little high and now today my recordia has gotten way smaller tonight in the last 10 mins what should I do all my other fish and corals are very pretty is there somehing I can put in the tank to bring the levals back down and what do the recordia eat? the pet store said they just put frozen shrim in there coral tank which I think theres a little more then that..... Please if anyone knows let me know I have to run to the hospitle but I will be back on later tonight.....

Thank you all........

Denita.....

13 hours

RyanG — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:38:28 GMT

THIRTEEN HOURS of straight driving today! 10 hours in the POS 13 letter manure spreader, International work truck and 3 more in my subie getting to and from work. Im spent!

Penguin 200 bio wheel

Dana42078 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:11:47 GMT

Well i thought i needed just a new filter cartrage because my wheel was barely spinning. Turns out the wheel itself has become to dirty to spin properly? So my question is can i rinse it or do i go buy a new one?

Ecoxotic stunner

x19 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:27:11 GMT

I ordered one of these today, and am pretty hopeful it will have a profund impact on the coloring of the tank.

Stunner LED Strips - Modular LED Lighting - Products

Can't wait :-)