Rich's home tank
- Thread starter Thales
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I want those Rhizo!!!
Thales
Past President
Had a major coral slide the other day and had to rebuild the entire left side of the tank. It made me enjoy reefing more than I have in a long time. The new side looks better and more airy than before... the other side now needs major trimming! I'll try to post some images and vid soon.
That’s great that what could be seen as a disaster instead turned out positive for you! Attitude is half the battle
Thales
Past President
Yeah! I think we get into the mode that our tanks will get 'finished' and then we can be happy with them. But they are never finished and its great to rebuild part of the tank at a time.That’s great that what could be seen as a disaster instead turned out positive for you! Attitude is half the battle
Thales
Past President
Screen shot of vid of the collapse.
Screenshot of rebuilt section.
I don't think the clam is going to make it.
I have a vid of the work, 2 hours, maybe useful in time lapse. Prolly mostly me blocking the camera.
The center of the tank needs a major hacking now. I had a gig on a cruise and now I have the 'rona, so maybe next week.
Screenshot of rebuilt section.
I don't think the clam is going to make it.
I have a vid of the work, 2 hours, maybe useful in time lapse. Prolly mostly me blocking the camera.
The center of the tank needs a major hacking now. I had a gig on a cruise and now I have the 'rona, so maybe next week.
Kensington Reefer
Supporting Member
That’s what you get for rescaling the tank!
Just kidding. Looks great. Excited for the next section of rebuild.
Just kidding. Looks great. Excited for the next section of rebuild.
Woooooooo. Enjoy!
Did you record yourself for the podcast?
Thales
Past President
Apex helps save the day again. Gone for week and got a alert that my alk was dropping. I expected it to drop some because the media level was lowish, but it dropped to 7 from 8.5. Did some trouble shooting on my end, everything looked ok on the camera. Since I knew the media level in the CaRx was low, and when that happens the reactor can have difficulty keeping up on alk production, so I bumped the pH in the reactor down. Next morning, all still dropping. I FaceTime my daughter at home and send her under the house to investigate, and the liter meter feed pump seems to be goofy, so we reset that and it starts up just fine. Later that evening, the alk level is still dropping. Hmmm. I fire up the camera again, and I can see that the co2 is dosing, but I can barely see the levels on the regulator are low, so that’s gotta be it - the co2 tank is out of co2. Call the kid, and she swaps out the tank for a full one and a few days later all seems to be heading back to normal. Usually, I check everything the week before I go, but I still had covid head two weeks ago and thought it better to not mess with stuff. And no way am I messing with anything the day before a trip - except for checking the co2 tank for fullness! Without the Apex and the Trident, I would have had no idea until I got back.
When I got back, I filled the reactor and things started really cooking.
When I got back, I filled the reactor and things started really cooking.
NickRoseSN1985
Supporting Member
You have a great daughter that will crawl under the house to help you with this.
If you've seen his "crawl" space there's not much crawling. I still agree with you though, I have a hard enough time getting my girlfriend just to flip a breaker every once and a while.
NickRoseSN1985
Supporting Member
Yeah I’ve seen the crawl space in the Reef Beef episode and some other videos. It’s very roomy.
Curious: How are your snails?
For me, a large quick Alk drop seems to stun and even kill my snails. Although 8.5 to 7 is not so bad.