Matthew's 65g Skyward Reef

[Matthew Meyer]

I still have the one extra glass baffle if you need

I would grab it if I were closer to Oakland. Thanks for the offer.

 

[Darkxerox]

I would grab it if I were closer to Oakland. Thanks for the offer.

I'll be at the frag swap Sat if you're going too

 

[Matthew Meyer]

I'll be at the frag swap Sat if you're going too

I cant make it. Thanks though. Where did you get it made? I need to get this fixed asap

 

[Darkxerox]

Got it like 15+ years ago but they were precut glass pieces. I think it was a hardware store originally.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Got it like 15+ years ago but they were precut glass pieces. I think it was a hardware store originally.

I think Lowes sells and cuts glass. Do you think that would be a good place to start?

 

[Darkxerox]

Yeah or like this, a lot of common sizes are here: https://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Glass-Plastic-Sheets-Glass-Sheets/N-5yc1vZaqjn

I made my sump out of one of those old $10 glass sumps and just siliconed in 4 glass baffles (3 in an offset bubble trap formation back when old skimmers used to dump tons of bubbles out).

 

[RandyC]

Yeah or like this, a lot of common sizes are here: https://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Glass-Plastic-Sheets-Glass-Sheets/N-5yc1vZaqjn

I made my sump out of one of those old $10 glass sumps and just siliconed in 4 glass baffles (3 in an offset bubble trap formation back when old skimmers used to dump tons of bubbles out).

Petco is having their 50% off sale. Buy a cheap tank and cut yourself if you don’t mind a putting in a little elbow grease.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Bought this guy yesterday. Seems to be withering away. Flat tentacles, green instead of yellow, retracting into skeleton. Everything else in the tank is thriving. Never had a torch before though. This was a $400 investment.

Salinity 1.024
Nitrates 15
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0

 

[newfly]

Bought this guy yesterday. Seems to be withering away. Flat tentacles, green instead of yellow, retracting into skeleton. Everything else in the tank is thriving. Never had a torch before though. This was a $400 investment.

Salinity 1.024
Nitrates 15
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0

I never had luck with torch, but sps grows well (at least before my battle with cyno/dinos). Can’t really understand why, but I just go with the flow.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Nevermind. They just needed LOW LOW flow. Crisis averted. I was freaking out

 

[RandyC]

Torches actually need some flow. Here’s an example of the flow my torches get.

Although not that common, I have seen some torches take up to 5-7 days to adjust when placed in a new tank.

 

[jhuynh]

high par and high flow for mine as well.

 

[Darkxerox]

high par and high flow for mine as well.

View attachment 40326How much par are they getting?

 

[RandyC]

My par for my torches is between 250-350.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

I put the torches under low par initially. Figured it was the flow, couldn't believe it because the flow is actually not idea. I didnt think tentacles would get flat and receed in response to a low light change.........Maybe that was the issue. Switched tanks to my one with the kessil and very low flow. Boom. Solved almost immediately. Hmmmmm

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Guide me Master Jedi's. I have no idea how to care for this thing apparently. Ill run some experiments on my day off on light and flow.

 

[Srt4eric]

I put the torches under low par initially. Figured it was the flow, couldn't believe it because the flow is actually not idea. I didnt think tentacles would get flat and receed in response to a low light change.........Maybe that was the issue. Switched tanks to my one with the kessil and very low flow. Boom. Solved almost immediately. Hmmmmm

Sometimes they do that when they get stressed or just before they poop.

 

[jhuynh]

How much par are they getting?

same with @RandyC mines about 300 - 400

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Everything looks great. Thanks for the new corals @H2OPlayar