Help.. Just help <<sigh>>

definitionofreal · Dec 20, 2013

Nice to see people pull together to help someone in need. You guys are awesome Sexy Coral!!!

warhorseart · Dec 23, 2013

I'm getting excited. My tank is holding at perfect levels so by next week I will go visit SexyCorals and my son who happens to live a few blocks away from the store. I haven't seen him since I moved. Kids are all gone for Christmas so I kept myself busy today by doing a wc and syphon ing some more algae. Lights have been off for 3 days and algae is going away. I think with a cuc it will be great!

Diesel · Dec 24, 2013

Great news about your tank, show us some pics as things progress.
Sorry about not having the kids for Christmas, I know that feeling but they were always in heart and soul.
Have fun next week picking corals at Mike's place!

warhorseart · Dec 29, 2013

I got a cuc for Christmas plus made a new friend here in San Berdoo who gave me (I think) Red PE?

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three hermits, four snails and this Tiger Conch I have named Jar Jar Binks. He's so cool! I can't wait to get coral in there.

jcollinsks · Dec 29, 2013

Very cool, Glad to hear everything is going better for you, I hope 2014 brings a lot more good things!

ShippD · Dec 29, 2013

This thread started out as a terrible thing for anybody to do to living animals he showed his true colors so in the end you are better without him..

Now you get a fresh start in many ways and oh boy you get to go to SexyCorals and go shopping for freeeeeeeeeeee woot woot kudos SexyCorals for stepping up to the challenge this is a awesome community for sure...Now keep the pics a coming and 2014 will be a amazing year.

warhorseart · Dec 29, 2013

Once I find a job 2014 will be a good fresh start. I also got a 20 ga long glass tank because a certain store is having $1 a ga sale. It will be a long while before I can afford to get everything to put it together but I have it aqua scaped in my head already. For now my 8 ga nano will be wonderful.
Anyone in SoCal need an employee? Lol, I'm getting desperate. I told a girlfriend I'll scrub toilets if need be.

Eienna · Dec 29, 2013

warhorseart said:
Once I find a job 2014 will be a good fresh start. I also got a 20 ga long glass tank because a certain store is having $1 a ga sale. It will be a long while before I can afford to get everything to put it together but I have it aqua scaped in my head already. For now my 8 ga nano will be wonderful.
Anyone in SoCal need an employee? Lol, I'm getting desperate. I told a girlfriend I'll scrub toilets if need be.

You know those tanks are tempered, right?

warhorseart · Dec 29, 2013

Yes I know. I don't plan on doing any drilling for a nano. I plan on doing a HOB filter and converting that to a ref.
It will be awhile though.

Eienna · Dec 29, 2013

Okee. I'm sick of trying to deal with a tempered tank.

warhorseart · Dec 29, 2013

Eienna said:
Okee. I'm sick of trying to deal with a tempered tank.

Did you try drilling? What are the issues that you're having?
Thanks,
S

Eienna · Dec 29, 2013

warhorseart said:
Did you try drilling? What are the issues that you're having?
Thanks,
S

Well, it's pretty much a nonissue now because a Very Nice Person is giving me an acrylic...(!!!!!!)...but I need better mechanical filtration and a protein skimmer, and preferably a fuge, all of which are difficult at best without an overflow/sump setup (thankfully, I have a sump from the last failed tank that I can use.)

I can't even keep macro in the darned thing because my snails keep nomming it. They even did away with a small chunk of halimeda.

warhorseart · Dec 29, 2013

But what were the specific problems with the tempered glass?
My current nano is acrylic and it does scratch pretty easy but luckily I'm pretty good at getting them out. I had a lot of experience with my FW tanks I had over the years (75ga show, 55 ga show and a 30 ga tall. All SeaClear brand)
Thanks for the info.

Diesel · Dec 29, 2013

You can't drill a tempered glass tank, you'll end up with all little pieces of glass...............like millions of it.

Eienna · Dec 30, 2013

Diesel said:
You can't drill a tempered glass tank, you'll end up with all little pieces of glass...............like millions of it.

...exactly.

warhorseart · Dec 31, 2013

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Tank today, I'm so ready to see some color.
On a side note... I got my CUC and I'm getting annoyed at all the poop! Is it the turbo snails or the Tiger Conch? My CUC I had before was very clean. The bottom of my tank looks horrible.

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The only difference is no brittle star, no nassarius snails and no bristle worms this time

warhorseart · Dec 31, 2013

Oh yes, last time I didn't have turbos or a conch

Eienna · Dec 31, 2013

warhorseart said:
Oh yes, last time I didn't have turbos or a conch

It might be the turbos. I have two and when I removed a decoration I was feeding them with (it had a ton of algae on it and they were starving), there was obvious poo around the base. Siphoned it out during a water change.