FarmerTy Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 A little bit of a conundrum I'm dealing with currently as I try to decide what's the best route forward. I am on week 2 of the triple-dipper acro pest blowout. I will be dipping all the acros for the 2nd time with Bayer, interceptor, and potassium tomorrow night but this time, I'll be placing all the acros in a 100-gallon tub that will be plumbed into my main system, with a UV plumbed on the effluent end of the tub going back to the sump. The reasoning behind it, to leave the main DT empty of acros so any potential pests that are not on the colonies will die out. The UV on the eflluent end of the tub going back to the sump will be used to kill off any freshly hatched pests that may be water-born, in theory preventing any pests that may reside on the acros in the tub from reinfecting the DT. Again, overkill but why not if I have the equipment. This allows my water parameters to be stable for the acros and at the same time, allow me to run an acro "fallow" period within the DT. The conundrum is this though, with the addition of the powder blue to the DT, it jumpstarted a whole ich festival in my tank. He lived for 3 months in the sump without any ich but once brought into the main population, his susceptibility to ich allowed a gateway for the population to bloom in the DT and now I officially have an ich issue. The main targets seem to be the powder blue, the emperor angel, the flame angel, the tomini tang, and the orange should tang. The rest seem mostly unaffected and hardly show any spots. So, I was thinking to myself, any way I could utilize the setup I have currently for the acro "fallow" period and combine that with a fish "fallow" period? All my brainstorming ideas have resulted in a big, fat "NO". I'd hate to have to run 2 tubs, one for acros and one for fish to be fallow. Plus, going fallow on the DT would mean 72 days of a fishless tank which throws off the January meeting at my place. I might need to postpone until March then so that people actually get to see an actual reef tank when coming over, instead of 2 tubs and a glass box with rocks in it. Any thoughts are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 72 days is a long time to have 2 tubs in your living room but it's gotta be done. The tangs and fish you have are not cheap and you need to keep them happy and health and if that means having your tank fallow then so be it. I actually think that would be an awesome topic for a meeting so you can document and show everyone your different processes. I vote meeting with tubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 If it aint broke, take everything out in two tubs for two months to fix it.-Ty 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 God bless your wife for being so tolerant. Lol if I told my wife I was gonna go ahead and put a couple 100 gallon mini ponds on the floor and for everyone to just walk around them and ignore them, I'd likely come home from work to a couple suitcases on the driveway and changed locks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 72 days is a long time to have 2 tubs in your living room but it's gotta be done. The tangs and fish you have are not cheap and you need to keep them happy and health and if that means having your tank fallow then so be it. I actually think that would be an awesome topic for a meeting so you can document and show everyone your different processes. I vote meeting with tubs. I really don't mind having people over when the tank is like that and if it's a valuable learning tool to see it in action, I'm game for it. The main problem will be space. My front room where the tank is isn't the biggest room. Add a large dining table, a china cabinet, a piano, a giant tank, and now two tubs on the floor will make it that much smaller... which means I'll be only able to let 2 people come to the meeting in January. I'll just throw everyone's names in a hat and pull out the two lucky winners! I think I can make it work and just have everyone hang out in the living room and we can all tour the tank/tubs as part of the demo. If it aint broke, take everything out in two tubs for two months to fix it. -Ty I'll start printing up T-shirts now with that on it for sale at the January meeting! I'll autograph it if you purchase a frag from me that day too! God bless your wife for being so tolerant. Lol if I told my wife I was gonna go ahead and put a couple 100 gallon mini ponds on the floor and for everyone to just walk around them and ignore them, I'd likely come home from work to a couple suitcases on the driveway and changed locks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Luckily there is this minuscule 7' wall that separates the living room from the front dining room/fish room. The wall is my saving grace because if the wife can't see it, she doesn't get too wound up about it. I can't even remember the last time she stepped into that front room other than to find me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Luckily there is this minuscule 7' wall that separates the living room from the front dining room/fish room. The wall is my saving grace because if the wife can't see it, she doesn't get too wound up about it. I can't even remember the last time she stepped into that front room other than to find me. Which is why that's the perfect room to have a big frag tank desk combo. Just remove that pesky dining room table. Just act dumb, be like"honey it's been this way for months don't you remember giving me the go ahead" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 For real! I'd use a frag tank way more than we'd ever use that table. Maybe a frag tank with a glass table topper for the holidays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Nah just put card tables in the kitchen and living. I'm thinking a L shaped desk so you can spin and just roll over and look at your coral. I can even send my guys over to hammer up the slab so we can run return and drains off the main tank. Ballerific. Where is someone with sketchup ability:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambik Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Better yet you can just move the tank to my house......i would even let you maintain it.....[emoji39] Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 The people on this club are the best. Always willing to lend a hand! [emoji12] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Nah just put card tables in the kitchen and living. I'm thinking a L shaped desk so you can spin and just roll over and look at your coral. I can even send my guys over to hammer up the slab so we can run return and drains off the main tank. Ballerific. Where is someone with sketchup ability:) Hey, no stealing my set up! I'm set up so that I can spin and roll around my tank for a 3-sided view! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Genius ideas are always imitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 You want genius? Buy one of these and latch a cable to it while sitting in your chair and let it pull you around the tank as its cleaning! Genius! [emoji41] http://reefbuilders.com/2015/08/03/oceanswipe360-robotic-glass-cleaner-kickstart-fall/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 You want genius? Buy one of these and latch a cable to it while sitting in your chair and let it pull you around the tank as its cleaning! Genius! [emoji41] http://reefbuilders.com/2015/08/03/oceanswipe360-robotic-glass-cleaner-kickstart-fall/ Ummm...I think I'll pass...that seems like a good way to end up in the hospital! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 You want genius? Buy one of these and latch a cable to it while sitting in your chair and let it pull you around the tank as its cleaning! Genius! [emoji41] http://reefbuilders.com/2015/08/03/oceanswipe360-robotic-glass-cleaner-kickstart-fall/ Ummm...I think I'll pass...that seems like a good way to end up in the hospital! Fortune favors the brave Jimbo! [emoji4] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 You want genius? Buy one of these and latch a cable to it while sitting in your chair and let it pull you around the tank as its cleaning! Genius! [emoji41] http://reefbuilders.com/2015/08/03/oceanswipe360-robotic-glass-cleaner-kickstart-fall/ Ummm...I think I'll pass...that seems like a good way to end up in the hospital! Fortune favors the brave Jimbo! [emoji4] I guess I'm not brave like you with all your cirque du soleil acrobatic moves you got going on around your tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Later tonight I'll be diving off the top of my tank into a 100-gallon tub if you want to see it in person. I'll be holding SPS colonies in each hand. The intent is the force of impact of my cannonball into the tub will dislodge any parasites without the use of chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Later tonight I'll be diving off the top of my tank into a 100-gallon tub if you want to see it in person. I'll be holding SPS colonies in each hand. The intent is the force of impact of my cannonball into the tub will dislodge any parasites without the use of chemicals. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 The madness! Dipping station and the acro holding tank that's tied into the DT. I currently have all water going INTO the tub running through the UV first. This will be switched around once I dip all the acros tomorrow. What is interesting is that I found this dead brittlestar in the tub. The only way he could have gotten there is through the UV. I wonder if he got sucked through the pump and got killed at that time and then passed through the UV and into the tub. I highly doubt the UV could kill an animal of that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToHula Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Mad scientist at work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 this stresses me out ty. make it stop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 this stresses me out ty. make it stop. Five letters Victoly... R...E...L..A...X... It worked for Aaron Rodgers so I'm hoping it has the same effect for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Hate to say it Ty, but I think you've gone over the edge. I'm with Victoly on this one! Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 WOW!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 OH..wait...is that a cash register I see sitting there on the table? Looks like Ty is "open for business"!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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