Barry's 55 Gallon Reef

[phi delt reefer]

i think blob had one a few years back... ask him for the "optimum settings" - dont be offended if he says "it works best in the garbage"

;D

just kidding - should be okay as in interm skimmer

 

[pulpfiction1]

i think blob had one a few years back... ask him for the \"optimum settings\" - dont be offended if he says \"it works best in the garbage\"

;D

just kidding - should be okay as in interm skimmer

HAHAHAHA

 

[Siderjan]

i think blob had one a few years back... ask him for the \"optimum settings\" - dont be offended if he says \"it works best in the garbage\"

;D

just kidding - should be okay as in interm skimmer

LOL!!  He told me it was the best skimmer to buy!!!  LOL!!  Just kidding!!  He said it'll be ok for my 55 the way it is, but it won't do my 120, which I knew when I bought.  I'm getting new for the 120.  The 55 is going to be a puffer tank so it'll just have one fish & LR in it and should be fine then.

 

[Siderjan]

My order to fight Algae came in yesterday from J&L.

My PhosBan full again and running.

Pictures of my tank this afternoon.

I have plenty of flow in the tank now.  I looked in this morning and my substrate had blown all over the place in the front and back.  Good thing I had set my rocks on the glass then put the substrate in or I'd have rocks all over the place and possibly water all over the floor.

 

[phi delt reefer]

Looking good Barry. Keep up with the water changes and light feedings. Kill those lights if needed. Looks like it's coming together nicely now

 

[Siderjan]

Looking good Barry. Keep up with the water changes and light feedings. Kill those lights if needed. Looks like it's coming together nicely now

Thanks Phi!  The lights only stay on for a half hour every 2 hours for a 10 hour span.  There's only 1 rock that still has a little hair algae left on it.  The few corals left in the tank and the fish are pissed at me, but they'll survive.

 

[parksy]

Great pictures everything looks awesome. Love the pictures of the corals!!!

 

[Siderjan]

Great pictures everything looks awesome. Love the pictures of the corals!!!

Thanks Parksy!  There's only a couple corals in there right now.  Still waiting for 1 rock of hair algae to clear up.

 

[phi delt reefer]

u got an algae eating fish?

 

[Blob-79]

u got an algae eating fish?

I recomend a plecostomus

 

[Siderjan]

u got an algae eating fish?

Yellow & blue tangs.  Snailfin Blenny.  Not sure if a bi-colour will eat it or not.

 

[Siderjan]

I recomend a plecostomus

I'll pick one up tomorrow after work.

 

[Neopimp]

make sure you get the salt water variety..... :-X

 

[phi delt reefer]

lol

 

[Siderjan]

make sure you get the salt water variety..... :-X

Do you know how hard these are to find.  None of the fish stores I called today had any.  Grrrr!!! 

 

[Blob-79]

ya they are pretty rare.

 

[phi delt reefer]

 

[Siderjan]

Good thing I know there's no such thing.  I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.  LOL!!

 

[Siderjan]

I picked up 6 new tubes for my fixture yesterday and installed them. (Thanks Darryl for the config!!)

The pictures shows how I put them in the fixture.  Right box starts at the front of the tank.

Here's my dusk to dawn. Set for 13 hours.

Here's full lighting for 9 hours.

 

[Siderjan]

I cleaned up the glass and moved my substrate back to cover where it blew all over the tank.  After everything cleared up, I moved my corals back to my DT.  I didn't glue anything down since I'm going to be moving them when I finish the 120.

Eagle Eye Zoas.

Large Waving Hand Frag.

Neon Green Candy Cane.

Sun Corals.

Superman Mushrooms.

Red Muchrooms.

Blue Mushrooms.