FarmerTy Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 I would put extra wheels on it to give you peace of mind. Last thing you want is 1 wheel to pop off and it tilts and crashes.I'll put an antennae on the top like those old remote control cars, that way it'll just flip itself back over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Nothing like wondering why algae was starting to grow in the tank and then realizing you never cranked back up the flow on the GFO reactor two weeks ago when you replaced the media... [emoji53] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Nothing fancy but I hung the light on the frag tank. I just used some electrical conduit, bent it around a tree to get my curve, and then attached it to the stand of the tank. Cost me less than $7 for everything. I'll do some wire management later but just wanted to get it functioning at the moment. I still need to setup an ATO on the tank but that would be pretty straightforward since I have an Apex already hooked up to it. Time for some NBA playoffs after a good days work on the tank. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Very professional looking! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 I have a murderer! I haven't narrowed it down yet but I believe either the cleaner wrasse or the Hawaiian Elegant wrasse has been killing of my fairy wrasses. It's hard to observe while they are tub but I thought it was suspicious that I was losing wrasses one by one and there were physical marks on their bodies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 I think it's the cleaner. I saw him a second ago corner my flame wrasse in a PVC elbow. At first I thought it looked like over aggressive cleaning but he may have been attacking him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCAB Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I've had cleaners kill my fairy wrasses. My money is on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 I've had cleaners kill my fairy wrasses. My money is on him.Thanks for the feedback. I would have never suspected but I've also never had any fairy wrasses in with him for the past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Well, now I'm thinking I didn't kill those other two wrasses by not being able to do a water change last weekend. What a jerk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCAB Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) I wondered if maybe I had these:http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6066 Especially since they seemed to eat everything. Edited April 24, 2016 by JCAB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 I wondered if maybe I had these:http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6066 Especially since they seemed to eat everything. Very interesting! Thanks for the link. You learn something new everyday! I'll have to check the position of this one's mouth on the next transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Got the frag tank cleaned up for the MAAST swap this weekend! Now to fill it up a bit more through the week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I love the little fungia department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 I love the little fungia department.I laid out a rug just for them. [emoji12] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Anemone was calling me out. Said he owned the tank and owned me too. We're doing this buddy... FarmerTy doesn't take insults like that and just lays down. Who you calling spineless now? Your mother/clone is spineless, that's who! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 (edited) get too close to the sun, you get burned! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited April 26, 2016 by Bluemoon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Just a thought but shouldn't you have a guard on that pump just in case it comes loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Just a thought but shouldn't you have a guard on that pump just in case it comes loose?It's war Dan! I hope it gets chopped into pieces so I can mail one piece at a time back to Woods in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasReef Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Just a thought but shouldn't you have a guard on that pump just in case it comes loose?It's war Dan! I hope it gets chopped into pieces so I can mail one piece at a time back to Woods in the mail. Say hello to my little pump! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Ty, as long as each piece lives and becomes another clone I can raise and sell that would be a fine plan.... Save me the effort of having to clone them myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I was more thinking about little nuclear bombs flying around if it gets chopped up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Anemone - 1, FarmerTy - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 So I had bought a large 8 gal container to setup as my ATO for the frag tank yesterday. I did all kinds of wonderful calculations on the dilution of the kalk solution, the amount of evaporation/day, and the daily uptake of alk from the system... felt all smart for calculating I needed to supplement 0.4 dKh/day with a 0.21 gal/day evaporation rate with a pump that could pump 3.5 gph, and mixed a nice little 33% saturated solution of kalk top off water to dose with. I setup the whole system and plug it into the Apex, turn it on to test, then turn it back off... program it to come on for 1 min every 6 hrs... come back in horror about 30 mins later as my pH goes from 8.0 to 8.7 and my alk jump from 8.0 dKh to 10.0 dKh. All that and I forgot to plug the pump I used, the Tom's Aqualifter, to either the 4th or 8th port on the EB8 (for those non-Apex'ers, the 4th and 8th port are used for low voltage devices as they sometimes get stuck in the on position otherwise). So basically on my first test run, I dump about 2 gallons of kalk saturated topoff water into my frag tank. Luckily my corals are battle-hardened and most are ticked but okay. [emoji4] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Battle hardened?! If you consider having to wait in line at the smoothie stand as the worst thing that happened to you that day, then sure, your SPS are battle hardened. Your tank is the most pampered and stable tank, I dunno if battle hardened is the best description [emoji12] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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