220 Gallons of Eye Candy

[themcnertney]

Got the plumbing done, fingers crossed, no leaks. But then again I’m a terrible plumber. Most the electrical is organized. I plan to fill tomorrow night.

 

[klimfish]

Got the plumbing done, fingers crossed, no leaks. But then again I’m a terrible plumber. Most the electrical is organized. I plan to fill tomorrow night.

Good luck! Plumbing my tank was painstaking, but worth the tedious work because now I know I'm G2G.

What kind of drain are you running?

Take your time filling, pay attention to any water that may gather around a bulkhead, etc, much easier to empty a 1/4 full tank and adjust a bulkhead than a full one!

 

[SkiCatTX]

Today’s been a roller coaster of a ride. Woke up to find all my fish dead. All the large fish that is. I think lack of oxygen is the problem. I had thought I had the power heads pointed at to top to break the water but I don’t think it was the enough. The emergency situation called for removing all the coral and surviving fish. They are in totes that were setup couple days ago. Called a crew and we moved the tank downstairs. Got the lights hung and will do the plumbing next couple days.

what a day.

Omg that totally sucks! So sorry, hope the rest of the move goes better.

 

[themcnertney]

What do you suppose I do with a hole in the wall?

 

[SkiCatTX]

What do you suppose I do with a hole in the wall?

Giant in-wall TV!?

 

[klimfish]

I vote convert it to a temporary bar.

 

[themcnertney]

I vote convert it to a temporary bar.

Keep the opening in the wall?
This thought crossed my mind. Some bar stools with a little counter top would be cool

 

[themcnertney]

I didnt have enough water to get the tank filled up last night. Should be good tonight. I ran a test through my sump to my DT and both returns leaked at the bulkheads. I am assuming the same will be for the drains. So that is something I will have to work out. UGH the worst.

 

[themcnertney]

Have leaks on my returns at the bulk heads. One major one minor. Drains are great. Having some micro bubble issues. But it’s full and running.

 

[themcnertney]

Leaks are repaired.

 

[SeaDweller]

Leaks are repaired.

What did you do?

 

[themcnertney]

So I might have triggered a bacteria bloom.
Any advice?

 

[themcnertney]

What did you do?

To fix the minor leak that was at the threads from the transition of pvc to barb for plastic tube, I used Teflon tape.

The major leak was at the bulkhead. We found the glass at the top of the hole where the gasket sits had a good size chip. I don’t know how I didn’t notice this previously or what I did to solve it. Anyway, I doubled up the gasket on the bulkhead. The allowed the gasket to conform to the chip and seal it properly.

 

[themcnertney]

 

[SeaDweller]

So I might have triggered a bacteria bloom.
Any advice?

Leave things be.

 

[themcnertney]

Bitter sweet.

 

[themcnertney]

 

[themcnertney]

The struggle is real as of lately. I remain positive and patient that it will turn around soon.

You can read my issues and maybe provide some feedback here...

Relocated tank

My remaining fish that survived the move are doing okay, but I cant get them to feed and they are very skidish. My coral have been struggling. I have had most of my anemones literally melt away. The remaining surviving nems look terrible. Ive had a quite a few mushrooms melt as well. My other...

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[themcnertney]

 

[themcnertney]

Current livestock after the unfortunate relocation to the basement:

• (2) B&W Ocellaris clownfish
• (1) Banggai Cardinalfish
• (1) Blue/Green Chromis
• (1) Black Longspined Urchin
• (1) Purple Firefish
• (3) Red Bubble Tipped Anemone, very small and very bleached.
• (?) Orange/Green Mushroom
• (?) Frogspawn

I can't wait to get this back on track and start adding more livestock. I am not sure what I have in mind for fish. As for coral, I'm going sps...