CA2OR Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 well thank you Jadams7. I will let you know shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 if you look at the pics on page 1, is the space in the back for the refugium enough that i could seal the hole for the bulkhead and just use that? Or do i need to use second tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 :eek: you have a mandrin in a 12 gallon(scary) watch it an see if its eating frozen food....if not put in a order for pods pronto or you'll loose him. if you have people around you with established tanks see if you can borrow some live rock(thats established and full of pods) till you get your order of pods. For the magority of mandrins their only going to eat pods and need a large established system.....even then most resposible owners what their pod population cause that tiny fish is a pig and can blow through a pod city in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 okay your hair algae is not a huge problem I had mine for a while...still do if I overfeed and the more bioload the more algae......so if you hate it eithercut your population or become a clean freak. Imho many of the chemicals you can get to rid algae are a waste of money an really not something you want to add to your routein , how old is your tank? do you feed heavy? whats your cleanup crew like? you say your hermits only eat of the sand? what kind are they?......also both the sea hare and lettuce nudi only eat algae so you need to be able to constantly have a source in your tank or they die and then you have spikes in other stuff...the domino affect is overwhelming(sad).you could always grow algae in your fudge but I have no idea if it would be enough to feed one...I have no experience with sea hares....only lettuce nudibranch. I Hope you find a happy medium with your pets ......an you could always just upgrade(laugh). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Are your clowns breeding now? A lawnmower blenny should not pose a problem with the clowns. If they are spawning they are not going to let the blenny get anywhere near the nest. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 do you use rodi water ? if so then you phosphates should be pretty low already, if you dont you might want to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 I pick up my water from Fred Myers, the water machine by the front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 So this is the tank I am moving too compared to the current tank. New pic's to follow shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 So here is the plan for the water flow in filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef-fisher Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Looks llike a good sump. IME, you would want the foam above the carbon. If the carbon is first, it will get plugged when it is filtering out incoming water, and will not be effective. If the water is filtered through foam or floss or whatever, the carbon will last longer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 hmmm.....good point. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Just brought tank up yesterday, here is the pic's that I got from the setup. Return pump and corner adapter for return Corner and Nozzle Return assembled Skimmer rated for 60g Live rock rubble from Rose City After adding sand from Rose City 1 hour after sand was put in and return pump fired up Rock stack around flow pump End of day 1 After running over night LRR section and corner stack around flow pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Tested water today and here are results: PH 8.2 Salt 1.023 Amonia 0.5 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Phosphate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Good start. Glad you got it running. Are you going to add any macro to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 What is Macro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Macro algae. Caulerpas are sometimes used in displays, I like them, some people don't. Chaetomorpha is the best for refugiums, in my opinion. It's all the good algae. There are others like kelp and there are true plants like seagrass. Some take special care, some are just like weeds. Another opinion of mine is that I would rather have a caulerpa problem than any micro algae as a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 thanks for the advice. Picked up some cheato from Dsoz and put into tank last night. We shall see how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Tested water today and here are results PH 8.2 Salt 1.024 Amonia .25 Nitrite .25 Nitrate .25 Phosphate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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