70g DIY Peninsula 40x20x20"

sikorskys · Jun 9, 2018

Moved my clowns to a bucket with chloroquine phosphate. Hope they will be fine.

It's hard to find Seachem Ammonia Alert badge in Ukraine, so I may not be able to check for ammonia. On the other hand, chloroquine phosphate cost me just two dollars at the first pharmacy on the way home

sikorskys · Jun 9, 2018

By the way, my serpent starfish lost 1-2"of all tentacles this night.

I'm really curious what might be behind it. I have one banggai and two pajama cardinals, two glue-green chromises, azure damsel and red fire shrimp.

sikorskys · Jun 21, 2018

Finally, my pumps have arrived

It took a month to deliver them directly from Germany (to Ukraine).

By the way, I was really impressed by the price difference between Germany and US. This stuff costs you twice as much at BRS ;Sorry Nothing wrong for sure, just a fact. On the other hand, Apex and EcoTech prices are sky-high here in Europe

sikorskys · Jun 24, 2018

Freed up some space for a sump that comes in tomorrow.

I will add small doors to hide this cable hell some day.

sikorskys · Jun 29, 2018

So, I've got my custom made sump shipped. It's acrylic, 20x20x12" with huge fuge chamber in front.

And this is easily one of the WORST tanks I've ever seen

The "quality" of this thing is so frustrating, I doubt it can hold water long term

Dimensions are off and it's glued like this:

Bottom panel is scratched:

There are air gaps inside seams, side to side:

Bubbles everywhere, there is literally no a seam without bubbles:

What's the hell is that??

It's so bad, just a piece of crap

Total disappointment.

sikorskys · Jun 29, 2018

@melev check this out please. Is it save to use this ^^? It's not leaking right now, but those air gaps and bubbles...

NY_Caveman · Jun 29, 2018

sikorskys said:
So, I've got my custom made sump shipped. It's acrylic, 20x20x12" with huge fuge chamber in front.

And this is easily one of the WORST tanks I've ever seen

The "quality" of this thing is so frustrating, I doubt it can hold water long term

Dimensions are off and it's glued like this:

Bottom panel is scratched:

There are air gaps inside seams, side to side:

Bubbles everywhere, there is literally no a seam without bubbles:

What's the hell is that??

It's so bad, just a piece of crap Total disappointment.

Ugh. Nothing worse than that. One issue, sure, but really? The whole thing is in question. Sorry to see.

sikorskys · Jun 30, 2018

Custom made removable overflow weir fits nicely.

sikorskys · Jul 1, 2018

Doing plumbing like a PRO

;Facepalm

Bayareareefer18 · Jul 1, 2018

sikorskys said:
Doing plumbing like a PRO ;Facepalm

Lol happens. Nothing a coupling won't fix...

sikorskys · Jul 1, 2018

Bayareareefer18 said:
Lol happens. Nothing a coupling won't fix...

Yeah, I will fix it tomorrow

So funny, I realized I've messed up a second after I glued it

sikorskys · Jul 9, 2018

My sump is finally filled with water.

I was running a tank seven weeks without WCs and filtration. Nitrates should be sky-high, but I don't care much since I have no corals.

Fuge section is filled with rock rubble, Seachem Matrix, Eheim SUBSTRAT pro and some ceramic rings. No specific reason, just put everything I had

Still no skimmer, I hope chaeto will do the job for now.

sikorskys · Jul 10, 2018

Seeding sump with amphipods culture from my pico.

leahfiish · Jul 10, 2018

Following, love the aquascape

sikorskys · Jul 11, 2018

leahfiish said:
Following, love the aquascape

Thank you

sikorskys · Jul 11, 2018

Bought myself new nitrate test kit yesterday to see how my reef is doing after two months w/o filtration

Not so well as I had hoped, it looks like 50ppm to me

Just out of curiosity, I've compared results against my old, expired since 2015 test kit of the same vendor. The difference is quite impressive, old one looks much closer to 25ppm. That's probably the reason, why those test kits have expiration dates on them

P.S. By the way, Salifert sucks. It's impossible for me to read the value lower than 10.

sikorskys · Jul 12, 2018

Seeding coralina algae into sump. There are two reasons I'm seeding sump and not display.

Firstly, my sump still has much more suitable lighting. And secondly, I don't trust my blue tuxedo urchin

Chances are, I won't be able to grow coralina in display any time soon.

sikorskys · Jul 13, 2018

Current FTS.

Tank is doing well, given the circumstances (sky-high nitrates and zero water changes). There are few patches of green algae my tuxedo urchin is happy to devour. And every well-lit spot is covered with cyano

Cyano doesn't bother me, because it's normal. I know why it's here and how to get rid of it if needed, so I just let it be for now. Actually, I even like it (to a degree), looks so natural

All fishes look fine, no signs of ich. My fire shrimp never leaves its cave, serpent star looks decent (still has to regenerate its legs).

I'm happy