JoeynGina03

When I set up my 200, I got 200 pounds from Marco Rocks. When I bought you could specify sizes and/or shapes and he would try to pick through and give you what you asked for. Did pretty good about giving me what I asked for. Even gave me some longer flat pieces to make some bridges with. Good stuff and no bad hitchhikers!

I have a 200DD also... love the tank - my stock list used to look almost EXACTLY like yours but lost the powder blue to ick. Loved the midas.. before he jumped... hope you have a good cover on there! I still have yet to do the DIY covers with the screen frames and the netting from BRS... but definately is on the list before I add any more 'jumpers'

A little update: I set the timer on my furnace so that the fan only comes on for 15 minutes every hour. Also opened up the fresh air damper on the furnace little bit more so that it pulls in more fresh air in from outside when the furnace fan kicks on. This has brought down the humidity in the house in two days from 50% to 31%. No more condensation on the windows! Also, this must have raised the oxygen level in the house. I was having a minor ph problem on the tank with it being a little too low. Now 8.3 in the day and 8.15 at its lowest point just before lights on. Maybe I won't have to shell out $$$ for a dehumidifier!

Holy cow! That is why that timer is on thes side of my furnace? Ok....just went and played with that. I think I have it set up now to come on 15 minutes every hour. Also opened up the damper thing on the furnace to allow it to pull in more of the outside air. I wonder if that will help?

It is a new problem that has started with the colder weather, but this is also the first winter since that I have the 200 gallon tank set up.

It has me puzzled a bit. I am having problems with the windows sweating. Live in a newer construction home, so the windows are pretty well insulated (doubled panes with the gas inside). My little weather station also tells me the inside temp and humidity. Just looked at it, 70 degrees inside and 50% relative humidity. Primarily in the winter I heat with a pellet stove. I thought about the idea of running the furnace fan just to circulate the air around the home. Have it running now and will probably leave it on all night and see if that helps. Oh, also, tank is a 200 gallon DD that is in the 'formal' living room. It evaporates exactly 2 gallons a day, everyday whether it is summer or winter. Not an expert by any means, but that doesn't seem like an excessive amount of evaporation. What about you guys with large tanks and enclosed fish rooms? Do you guys have any moisture problems?

Do any of you know what the relative humidity is inside of your homes where your tank resides? How much humidity does the tank add to the air inside your home? With the colder weather, does anyone have problems with the windows in your home 'sweating'? I realize there many factors to this: tank size, evaporation rate, etc.... Just asking to see if others have any excess humidity problems.

I had a TON of those in my tank, although they never got that large. They would go through cycles where you would see hundreds on the glass...would go away for a while then would take off again. Dont have any now. I assume that my six line ate them. I have never seen him do it, but they are all gone now and my six line is extremely fat (and pretty dang mean now...)

Tank looks great! And I love the Mark Twain quote in your signature!

This is the Key Largo rock. This stuff is really light! Almost doubles in weight after it soaks up water

Thanks for all the compliments. I could probably use some more CUC. Only have about 40 assorted snails... 40 assorted hermits and 2 big Zebra turbos now... could use a handful of Mexican Turbos I think. For lighting I am running 2 250W Radiums on Lumitek 250W/400W switchable ballast and have them housed in Lumenmax Elite reflectors. I wasnt sure if the 250W would be enough and that is why I went with the switchable ballasts... If I ever want to upgrade to 400W, then I just get new bulbs and turn the knob ... I like that the 250W dont cause too much heat in the tank. I dont run a chiller, just have a clipon fan on the back of the canopy that is set to come on at 78.5... temp never gets over 79. Also have 2 46.5" VHO actinics and 3 Lunar lights. Everything right now is being controlled by a Aqua Jr controller. Overall this was a pretty big step up from our Biocube! Addicting hobby isnt this??? (nutty)

That is 175# of rock and 160# of sand. I havent had any problems with hair algae in the display although I did find a spot of it about the size of a dime in the overflow. Dont claim to be an expert, but the lime green on the rocks is the start of coraline I believe. At least that is how it started in my Nano. The green color just came about this last week after adding some coraline encrusted stuff from my Nano.

yes - it is up and running... just trying to get more pics up of the process... About 2 days after getting water in it... took awhile for it to clear up.. Here is what it looks like today Now for some of the livestock.. Midas Blenny Ocellaris Blonde Naso Scopas Tang Firefish X2 6 line Also have a powder blue tang and a royal gramma that are being to camera shy right now... Bubble coral Sebae Anemone Rics Coco Worm Zoas Birds Nest Credit for all the photos and rockscaping go to my wife... she has the 'creative' eye in the family.