Bryan's Manta Ray 12

jbb_00 · Dec 23, 2012

Lilmatty5dimes said:
that looks really good. love the bend in the pipe. looks good

Thanks, they are super easy to make and much cheaper than buying the premade ones. I made that for about $3.00 , would have been $33 if I had to buy the pipe bender.

Lilmatty5dimes · Dec 23, 2012

i did teh same thing with my 90g. bought a fixture with no legs and bought some 3/4" emt and bended and painted black and turned out pretty good

alberthiel · Dec 23, 2012

jbb_00 said:
Thanks, they are super easy to make and much cheaper than buying the premade ones. I made that for about $3.00 , would have been $33 if I had to buy the pipe bender.

That's pretty good indeed and it looks good too, and above all it holds the lights in place

alberthiel · Jan 2, 2013

jbb_00 said:
Here are a few pics of the Pico's new NanoBox MonoBox w/ internal USB controller . It isnt hanging yet , but soon will be .
Need to get my camera out and stop using my phone.

I know what you mean, I take a lot of pics with my iPhone too and some come out real well and then others do not at all, and when I zoom in on a life form it has to be fairly close to the phone camera or I cannot get it in sharp focus. Guess I'll have to pull out a camera too soon. Hope you had a Nice 1st day of the Year

alberthiel · Jan 13, 2013

@ jbb-00 Nice set-up ... how is it coming along if I may ask ?

jbb_00 · Jan 14, 2013

alberthiel said:
@ jbb-00 Nice set-up ... how is it coming along if I may ask ?

VERY BAD NEWS :

Pico crashed a few days ago. Lost pretty much everything , even zoas. Not really sure what caused it. I did a water change , and POOF everything was gone in about 2 hours. I used the same salt as what the tank was setup with , same bucket even. I checked all params with the exception of the PH , so that may have been it. But I checked it after the fact and the PH was spot on . Raniford goby and pom pom crab made it , but I lost the green banded goby.

SOOOOO

Tank is back up and running , going to let it just chill for a bit before adding anything. Will probably add some pods, let them populate the tank , stock up on the small beneficial critters. Then get going with the coral / inverts, if I do add fish this time around it will only be if I can get these

Trimma maiandros

OR

Yasha / pistol

Those are all that I will consider.

Thanks to those who have been part of this thread so far , it will be back to being a reef soon.

alberthiel · Jan 14, 2013

jbb_00 said:
VERY BAD NEWS :

Pico crashed a few days ago. Lost pretty much everything , even zoas. Not really sure what caused it. I did a water change , and POOF everything was gone in about 2 hours. I used the same salt as what the tank was setup with , same bucket even. I checked all params with the exception of the PH , so that may have been it. But I checked it after the fact and the PH was spot on . Raniford goby and pom pom crab made it , but I lost the green banded goby.

SOOOOO

Tank is back up and running , going to let it just chill for a bit before adding anything. Will probably add some pods, let them populate the tank , stock up on the small beneficial critters. Then get going with the coral / inverts, if I do add fish this time around it will only be if I can get these
Trimma maiandros
OR
Yasha / pistol
Those are all that I will consider.
Thanks to those who have been part of this thread so far , it will be back to being a reef soon.

Gee sorry to read about the crash ... did you figure out what happened? Just a water change would not have caused that IMO. It must have been something else especially if it happened that fast. Is there anything else you did that may have caused it. Stirred up the substrate too much maybe and caused a big ammonia spike ? If you figure it out do let us know. Thanks and sorry again about your losses.

BTW those are nice choices you are considering!

summitwynds · Jan 14, 2013

So sorry to hear this.

jbb_00 · Jan 14, 2013

alberthiel said:
Gee sorry to read about the crash ... did you figure out what happened? Just a water change would not have caused that IMO. It must have been something else especially if it happened that fast. Is there anything else you did that may have caused it. Stirred up the substrate too much maybe and caused a big ammonia spike ? If you figure it out do let us know. Thanks and sorry again about your losses.

BTW those are nice choices you are considering!

As far as I know, it had to be something in that batch of water. Im not currently dosing anything, so I know it wasnt that. Substrate wasnt disturbed because I slowly pour the water into the #1 chamber of the filtration (only houses a heater in that location) . I really wish I knew what it was, but Im at a loss to the exact cause. I ran carbon in an AC50 for about 3 days after , then once the water cleared up I did another water change and now its just on cruise control. I will continue to monitor for the next week or so before adding anything, but my snails all seem to be ok so far.

alberthiel · Jan 14, 2013

jbb_00 said:
As far as I know, it had to be something in that batch of water. Im not currently dosing anything, so I know it wasnt that. Substrate wasnt disturbed because I slowly pour the water into the #1 chamber of the filtration (only houses a heater in that location) . I really wish I knew what it was, but Im at a loss to the exact cause. I ran carbon in an AC50 for about 3 days after , then once the water cleared up I did another water change and now its just on cruise control. I will continue to monitor for the next week or so before adding anything, but my snails all seem to be ok so far.

Yes very odd indeed. Did some soft coral die and pollute the water with its toxins ... are you missing a soft coral if you had any ? Not sure either what could have caused it otherwise. Very odd indeed

jbb_00 · Jan 14, 2013

alberthiel said:
Yes very odd indeed. Did some soft coral die and pollute the water with its toxins ... are you missing a soft coral if you had any ? Not sure either what could have caused it otherwise. Very odd indeed

The following was in the tank

plating monti cap (red , green, & purple)
ORA green birdsnest
red / green war coral
1 head hammer
fungia plate
14 different zoa/paly

I lost it all . the fungia wasnt a total loss, it is in my 33 right now, and seems to be fighting to make it so we will see.

TulsaTye · Jan 14, 2013

Very sweet acan! Did it survive the crash?

jbb_00 · Jan 14, 2013

TulsaTye said:
Very sweet acan! Did it survive the crash?

Totally forgot about that lil guy. It did survive but is in rough shape, and also in my 33. Im hoping to save it, but if I cant I will be getting another frag of it for sure.

nova65ss · Jan 14, 2013

Bummer man sorry to hear!

alberthiel · Jan 14, 2013

jbb_00 said:
The following was in the tank

plating monti cap (red , green, & purple)
ORA green birdsnest
red / green war coral
1 head hammer
fungia plate
14 different zoa/paly

I lost it all . the fungia wasnt a total loss, it is in my 33 right now, and seems to be fighting to make it so we will see.

Sorry I must have not stated correctly what I was asking ... did one coral die first and that is what caused the total crash ... or maybe you do not know as you may not have been there ... just wondering ... Thanks and again sorry for all your losses

alberthiel · Jan 14, 2013

jbb_00 said:
Totally forgot about that lil guy. It did survive but is in rough shape, and also in my 33. Im hoping to save it, but if I cant I will be getting another frag of it for sure.

Gee at least something positive ... a nice Acan survived ! Good for you ... does it show any polyp recession or necrosis ? Or does it look real health ?

jbb_00 · Jan 14, 2013

alberthiel said:
Sorry I must have not stated correctly what I was asking ... did one coral die first and that is what caused the total crash ... or maybe you do not know as you may not have been there ... just wondering ... Thanks and again sorry for all your losses

My monti plates bleached immediately . then when my fungia started melting away it was all down hill from there. It all happened so fast there was nothing I could do.

The acan is recessed pretty bad , but it has color so that gives me hope. The fungia is mostly skeleton, but the mouth is still there along with some of the tentacles, so I have been offering food . It has taken a few pieces of mysis , but not like it was.

alberthiel · Jan 14, 2013

jbb_00 said:
My monti plates bleached immediately . then when my fungia started melting away it was all down hill from there. It all happened so fast there was nothing I could do.

The acan is recessed pretty bad , but it has color so that gives me hope. The fungia is mostly skeleton, but the mouth is still there along with some of the tentacles, so I have been offering food . It has taken a few pieces of mysis , but not like it was.

So I guess you do not really know what started it unfortunately ... sorry for your losses

jbb_00 · Jan 15, 2013

since I am basically starting over , I have been thinking of changing the filtration setup in the back of the tank. I want to put a Fuge in the back but the current spot seems a bit small.

Here is what I have now :

Here is what I want to do :

Do you see any negatives to this ?

Would you make any improvements ?

nova65ss · Jan 15, 2013

I have the 18 x 18 x 9 Manta ray and kind of by accident turned the first chamber into a fuge. Right now I have a ball of chaeto and some small rocks in there. It is getting light from the main lights and the chaeto seems to be doing really well. I still run my floss carbon and some purigen in the media rack that came with it.