danlu_gt Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Replaced the PVC pipe support with a Tonga rock. Apparently, my triggers are aquascapers... They are expressing their creative vision with my clams and frags. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) I wanted to raise my skimmer in my sump so I can plumb the skimmate to a waste bucket. Made an acrylic box and propped it up, and it works great. Unfortunately, one over sight was to let water flow over of the box. This made so much waterfall noise and was driving me crazy. Took the box out last night and drilled 6 holes for 3/4" PVC fittings. Now it's completely silent, yay! Next project, upgrade the algae scrubber. With the 2 hungry triggers, I've been feeding 5-6 times more than pre-triggers days. Nitrate always near zero but now slowly creeping up around 15ppm. Need a larger algae scrubber to handle the larger bioload. This time around I'll make some changes I learn for easier cleaning and quieter operation. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk Edited October 3, 2016 by danlu_gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 FTS Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Tank is looking really sharp and I love those triggers... even if they do eat a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) Yikes, woke up this morning and power is out since 8:30a. Checked with PGE... There's a big outage in Hillsboro. :( I have been debating to get a battery backup for the DC wave pumps but keep putting it off. For now I'm using my car and a power inverter to run for 15min one of the returns every hour or so. [language filter], I should have fill up the gas last night. Hoping PGE get power back soon. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk Edited October 9, 2016 by danlu_gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Yikes, woke up this morning and power is out since 8:30a. Checked with PGE... There's a big outage in Hillsboro. :( I have been debating to get a battery backup for the DC wave pumps but keep putting it off. For now I'm using my car and a power inverter to run for 15min one of the returns every hour or so. [language filter], I should have fill up the gas last night. Hoping PGE get power back soon. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk Dang, that's too bad man. Sorry to hear. Hopefully everything worked out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Dang, that's too bad man. Sorry to hear. Hopefully everything worked out!Everything survived. Power was back on at 1:40p. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Yikes - I missed this but glad to see there was no serious damage done. Always makes me wonder if it would be practical to have a club loaner generator for situations like this. Of course, wouldn't help if a large enough area went out but might safe a reefer or two in case of more localized outages. Edited October 11, 2016 by albertareef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmork Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Wow! Great thread and beautiful tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 O _ O I thought triggers were known coral killers. Those are gorgeous!!! Coral re-arrangers for sure! And they can eat smaller reef fish like french fries. Ask me how I know, so sad! But if you have the right sized fish and don't mind the occasional redecorating, what cool fish! Nice pickup Daniel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Glad it all worked out. Supposed to be storms tonight and a big one Saturday. Fill that gas tank bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Glad it all worked out. Supposed to be storms tonight and a big one Saturday. Fill that gas tank bud! For sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Coral re-arrangers for sure! And they can eat smaller reef fish like french fries. Ask me how I know, so sad! But if you have the right sized fish and don't mind the occasional redecorating, what cool fish! Nice pickup Daniel! They do like to move all my coral frags around. They also not very nimble with strong wave pumps and knocked off a couple of my sps colonies that got in their swimming path. Recently the female trigger hates my cleaning magnet and tongs when I move frags back. She use to just dart by very quickly and now she's biting the magnet cleaner and my tongs. I'm planning to do some re-gluing of larger sps colonies soon. Hopefully, she won't be so bold to bite my hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Finished gluing my DIY algae scrubber 2.0. This time the growth area will be 12"x24" vs the old one of 9"x10". Got some Tang aggression cause the triggers are eating so fast. This will allow me to feed more. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N930A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yikesjason Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Nice build. Nothing beats rimless, but that nagging worry of a split never goes completely away after having one or two myself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboys Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Nice build. Nothing beats rimless, but that nagging worry of a split never goes completely away after having one or two myself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The fear of a split is always there. I have a small rimless and I think about it splitting at least once a day. I am sure your tank 235 will be fine. Mine was a cheap one purchased off the shelf. Edited October 25, 2016 by fishboys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yikesjason Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 And mine were an old 125 on a bad home built stand from Craigslist, the other was an early IM Nuvo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Did some aquascape last night, added a large shelf rock and supports. My Halloween treat to myself. Now, I can get most of my frags off the sand. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Edited November 1, 2016 by danlu_gt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 The new shelf looks awesome! That's going to be amazing when it grows in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 New larger algae scrubber seems to be working well, 12 days in. Experimenting with different grow lights. Tossed some snails to keep the bottom part clean. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 My triggers are such pigs. They morphing themselves into pufferfish. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Lol wow they are morphing! What is their main food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I can honestly say I have never seen round triggers before! I guess you weren't kidding about them being big eaters... Beautiful fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Lol wow they are morphing! What is their main food?Alternate between flakes, home made seafood (shrimp paste with paprika powder, oysters), frozen small krill's from Japanese grocery, pellets. I use to just pinch a large chunk of flakes and hand feed them till I got bitten a few times. Hehe Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 I can honestly say I have never seen round triggers before! I guess you weren't kidding about them being big eaters... Beautiful fish.Thanks, they are beautiful. I tried to put them on a diet but then my tangs didn't get enough and they beat up my tiny purple tang. He lost most of his yellow tang and I wasn't able to catch him to move to frag tank. I ended up board cast feeding flakes. Purple tang healed now but triggers gotten fatter. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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