FijiCube 22.4 gal Ext overflow rimless build

Sod Buster · Feb 20, 2019

I also turned my mp10's into 60's for $30 bucks a piece, lol. My tailspot blenny thought an off powerhead would make a nice cave. With this small of a tank shouldn't hurt flow that much.

Sod Buster · Feb 20, 2019

What it looks like right now. Scape was rotated 180 after the a-bomb went away, that's the concrete remnant in the front. Magneto found a nice cave to chill in.

Sod Buster · Feb 21, 2019

My 1st addition without eyes. A freebie from indo Pacific w/ a brittlestar coralline order. It's a neon green toadstool for sure.

Sod Buster · Feb 21, 2019

Sod Buster · Feb 21, 2019

Those nem protects calmed down the mp 10s enough to get some nice changing current in the tank. It spreads the prop wash out big time. I will leave the pair of 230 gyres in storage for now. I'm still holding a stick w/ a 6" string attached watching the current. It's pretty good for a 22 gallon tank.

Sod Buster · Feb 22, 2019

The little toad has perked up.

Sod Buster · Feb 28, 2019

I did get the varios 2 pump squeezed into the small return chamber. It was a one piece at a time process with big hands. It just fits. The project got delayed a bit because I thought a flow meter might be fun to have on there. A 1" meter showed up and WOW, what am I going to do with this pipe bomb? The fittings they included make it twice the size of the meter and being tight on space, I had to find something for a mod. With a little help from Ebay and Royal Mail U.K., I got a couple push tubing fittings that thread on the meter nicely. The varios pump is nearly silent, on speed 3 it is. The rossmont I started with must be dud, two weeks running and loud still. Cheers for now.

Sod Buster · Feb 28, 2019

Fitting from the U.K. swivel with a rubber seal inside. A real space saver.

Sod Buster · Mar 4, 2019

I'm getting close to my first pod and phyto harvest. Been going 8 days and the pod culture has consumed most of the plankton. I was hoping the phyto would be darker, but first run at it.

Sod Buster · Mar 4, 2019

My freebie toad is happy, but..., I may see some byprosis unfortunately. I guess that will be my 1st harvest and give it a good look and report back.

Sod Buster · Mar 4, 2019

This is what I see right now. I used a razor to cut next to the foot of the toad and then superglued over the 3 roots. It has roots, you can see where I sliced off in the scope. Any ideas? I'll just slice the trunk & throw the shell its mounted on away.

dantimdad · Mar 4, 2019

I would remount it for sure.

No sense in risking it.

Sod Buster · Mar 4, 2019

10-4. I do have flucanzonal in the cupboard, urgh. I've never had byprosis, I know what that word means. Thanks. I'll be looking very close the next few weeks.

Sod Buster · Mar 20, 2019

Not much to report. My 2 year old shrimp, pepper had a rough molt. I left him for a day thinking he was dead. I plucked him out and it flopped around, so cut and pulled the aborted molt off its head and legs. Its alive still, just defective legs, bad. Learning how to keep himself upright. I shoot a baster of reefroids mixed with frenzy into his feeders. Finally after a month of getting this tank wet, I'm seeing some dirty. Away we go.

dantimdad · Mar 20, 2019

Wow. A shrimp EMT.

Sod Buster · Mar 20, 2019

Yeah, if I hadn't had him for years, I'd of dispatched him and threw it to the cat that lives under my deck. I hope it molts again soon so it can walk around and feed itself.

Sod Buster · Mar 25, 2019

I did dispatch the old shrimp and treated the cat. To make myself feel better, I bought some easy coral that I can keep track of. A slimer, bleached birdnest, stag that I chopped the RTN off of, and two millis. Been noticing I need to pay some attention to the tank now, I can see diatoms coming. I'm one of the guys that keeps a "scorched earth policy" in the tank. I like clean and sterile, not algae all over to wait it out. Must be the farmer in me, if I didn't plant it, I don't want it growing. I've only done water changes and a hint of phosphate rx to keep in the groove. Been about a month and a half since wet. Still waiting for my deltec 400 skimmer though. I almost have the patience of Jobe, but being tested on that for sure. All in all, rolling along. Cheers for now.

Sod Buster · Apr 17, 2019

After @Greybeard bragged them up, and a little sale at lowes that ends today, I've joined the pitboss club. I'm burning the China off of it right now. It's pretty oiled up, the must've anticipated a wave to splash the freighter. Maybe some new tank shots this weekend. I did score a couple from the ARC sale. A 2 1/2 hour ride to pick them up this Saturday.

Sod Buster · Apr 17, 2019

My nem protect guard just paid for itself also today. My rainbow rock flower that forever wanders I caught stuck to the pump. Why it can't be happy with the others, idk? I try to keep them in a 1/2" cut down pvc pipe cap. Little fella needs to chill in a bowl & get his foot stuck down for a bit.

Sod Buster · Apr 20, 2019

I took a 2 1/2 hour ride out with my girlfriend today to A Reef Creation in Buffalo NY to pick up a couple sticks from the live sale last week. A Bennett yellow tort, plutonium pikachu, Tony's cookie monster, and a freebie unknown mille. Nice shop and really friendly staff.