Derbird

Backup please

I thought it was time to share what I've been working on for the last couple months.

My Redsea 170 has been a fun tank, but I've had some bad luck and was needing a reboot... nah.  Upgrade 

I spoke with Jeff at Cuttlefish and got a brand new Redsea 350 😎.

I've been slowly piecing it together but today I picked up the lights and got confirmation it was cycled.  I'm going to move my clown and royal garama over plus my corals of course.

Equipment so far:

Redsea reefer 350

2x Niro 5 WaveMaker

2x Redsea led 90's

Redsea 300 Skimmer (from old tank)

Upgraded locking return nozzle with random flow generators

I must say I love how it's coming together (I swear it looks better in real life, led's suck for pictures)

Thanks everyone, I have a few leads now 😃

I am upgrading my redsea 170 to a redsea 350  

I have been asked to look in to getting a mat of some kind to go under the tank.   I am worried about it compressing and messing with the tank so it would have to be fairly solid.  The tank will be on the lower level with a concrete slab floor with laminate tile.

What are other people using, or is this just a bad idea

Thank you in advance 

Thomas 

I am a supporting member!

You have an artist's touch 

Please be patient here.  Even if your TDS is low you don't know what's in it.  Could be things like copper, arsenic, lead, ect.

I made this mistake on my first tank (TDS were around 20) and came to truly regret it.

Thank you Sir Jeff.  Can't wait to see it grow 😎

I love the True Facts videos 🙃

I would love a frag if one is available 

Very cool, thanks for sharing 

Grandma bought me this beautiful Tounge coral from Cuttlefish 😎

It's so nice when family is involved in your hobby 

After my heater disaster I need advice on how to move forward.

All fish are gone as well as most inverts.  SPS is also gone

Some LPS and softies are still alive but angry.

I have a little 5 gallon to use as a rescue tank but can I just throw the surviving corals and inverts in there with no bio filter?

Also can I save my main system from whatever the heater released or do I have to start over.

Tonight my heart is broken.  I bought a larger heater a while back to get ready for cooler weather.

Come home today to a cold tank with angry corals.  Freaking out I reach in to see what's up and zap.  The heater has exploded in the sump.  Large water change and some clean up done.

So far I have lost my cleaner shrimp and my clown I have had for over ten years is gasping on the sand.  I have seen no sign of my royal gramma.  Corals and inverts are not looking great.

I don't even know what to think right now....

1 hour ago, IntoTheMystic said:

Two degrees per 24 hours is usually a safe rate. I use that rate for fish and have never had a problem.

Thank you 

Hello all, 

I had a scary moment last night.  Some of my SPS and LPS corals didn't look all that happy.  I did some tests and my parameters we normal so I figured a water change would be best.

I put my hand in the tank and the water was cold.... 71 degrees cold

I checked my 75 watt heater and the light was on but it is barely warm.

After work I'm going to get 2 50 watt heaters to replace it.

My question is how much time should I take to raise the temperature?  I know I shouldn't just raise it to 79 😃

Thank you for your time 

Very interesting, I'm surprised there isn't more detritus build up after a year.  Thank you for sharing 

The ones ment for human consumption will usually have a small amount of oils from the manufacturing process, even if they are 100% seaweed.  I used to use them whe I ran out of the "fish" stuff.  The Skimmer would do some overtime but I never saw any ill effects

25 minutes ago, Deuce00 said:

Looking great. What is everybody using to vacuum detritus out of the sump? 

I have a bucket head from home depot.  A little shop vac that attaches to a bucket.  It's about $26. 

You have some amazing equipment under that beast 😃

I'm probably weird but I enjoy maintenance day.  It's very gratifying to see it all clean and running smoothly.

Next new toy, I splurged on marine depot's memorial day sale and got a Tunze 3155 ATO .  They really mean economy shipping for their free shipping.  Now to decide what to use for water storage 

I also see the first of the surviving limpets showing up on the glass.  I'm going to have to be more careful with my magfloat.

Off topic, but did you happen to see if they are doing the $1 per gallon sale?

Congratulations on the trigger

We are the harshest judges of our own systems.  Your tank is looking great. 

And your already keeping Acros which can be quite challenging.

 Beautiful livestock, you always have something exciting to show.

A 7" sailfin will stress out pretty fast in a 20" tank.  I would try to rehome as fast as you possibly can.  Maybe take it to a LFS?