Sac-Town 225

Poriferan · Apr 7, 2013

Backtracked a little today. The manifold that I recycled had a leak in the side of the pipe. I tried a patch, but *** got worse.
Spent the day building a new one. I did, however, pick up the lumber for the canopy.

Poriferan · Apr 13, 2013

Strange looks like I got bleeped.. I guess " the l e a k" is a curse word here :crossedlips:

Anyhow, if anyone is still following here I made a bit of progress on the canopy. Here is todays progress plus a bad edit to show doors on it.

I made it 22" tall, I hope that gives enough room to figure out a way to move the lights if I need to get in it.

Poriferan · Apr 19, 2013

Been a little slow on the build. I have the canopy all cut out and assembled. Put a coat of Kiltz2 and need to get a couple more coats on it. I changed the door pattern to match the stand with 4 doors.

It's almost my birthday so I treated myself to a few fish, Pictures are not too good, I need more skills in the fish photo department. Also a couple coral pics to keep the thread alive during the cycle.

Poriferan · May 2, 2013

The tank cycle has stabilized. The ammonia/nitrites are now 0.

New problem is that the algae growing on the rocks is BRYOPSIS:mad2:

How did this happen? The rock I used has not been wet for 2.5 years. I guess there is a chance it had it before as I never really paid attention to what was growing on it before in the tub. This is not a patch here and there it is growing on the glass and most every rock in the tank. I am torn between trying Kent Mag and just acid washing this stuff and trying again...

Will the soak in bleach/acid wash route even be guaranteed to work?

Scoly · May 3, 2013

I'm thinking I would try the mag, that way you treat the whole system. Would b a bummer to pull all your rock and wash it, only to have it come back in your sand or something?

CoryC · May 3, 2013

it's not bryopsis, it's just new tank algae. will go away as your cycle continues.

Poriferan · May 3, 2013

CoryC said:
it's not bryopsis, it's just new tank algae. will go away as your cycle continues.

I think you are right. I picked up 5 Turbos and 3 Certs today, Picture is blurry but you can see the damage the turbo did after 1 hour. Rock is clean. I never had a turbo that would touch the bryopsis in my other tank.

Put in an order for a much larger CUC that will be here by the middle of next week.

Poriferan · May 7, 2013

Getting close on the canopy. Last coat on the doors is drying.

Poriferan · May 14, 2013

Still waiting on the pulley system for the light rack. Once I get that installed I will be able to concentrate on getting the corals and fish all situated.

I put in a few fish/corals from the quarantine tank today. a couple quick picks right after they went in so they aren't real happy yet.

I hope the tangs make short order of the hair algae that is still betraying the age of the tank.

Poriferan · May 19, 2013

Canopy and light rack installed. :dance:

I added a 250W to the center to make 3 total plus the VHO.

Sadly I broke one of the VHO bulbs so I need replacements to kick up the Actinic and get the full day/night light cycle programmed. :faint2: