Smotz's 120g Build Thread

[Smotz]

So I found those stupid little starfish eating my Zoas. Looks like there is a harlequin in my future.

 

[Fish Werx]

So I found those stupid little starfish eating my Zoas. Looks like there is a harlequin in my future.

My buddy got a couple harlequin shrimp because he had literally thousands of those things. They jammed on them and have just about gotten every one. And they look cool!

 

[Smotz]

My buddy got a couple harlequin shrimp because he had literally thousands of those things. They jammed on them and have just about gotten every one. And they look cool!

had them before. they do the job and are very interesting..

 

[Fish Werx]

Yes they are. And, he can now keep zoas. So, he's pretty stoked.

 

[Smotz]

ordered more stuff from LA!

CN-77076 SW - Harlequin Shrimp (Africa) - Medium Qty: 1, Price: $39.99 each = $39.99
CN-39001 SW - Red Mangrove Propagule - Without leaves Qty: 2, Price: $9.99 each = $19.98
CN-79370 SW - Kauderns Cardinalfish, Captive-Bred (South Asia) - Small Qty: 2, Price: $16.99 each = $33.98
CN-75715 SW - Blue/Green Reef Chromis (Indonesia) - Small Qty: 4, Price: $4.99 each = $19.96
CN-79687 SW - Mexican Turbo Snail Qty: 8, Price: $1.99 each = $15.92
CN-89294 SW - Super Tongan Nassarius Snail - Large Qty: 7, Price: $2.99 each = $20.93

 

[Smotz]

all fish died in QT despite having drip acclimated.
Good news, the harlequin is taking care of my starfish issue!

 

[Smotz]

Looks like all the starfish are gone. I guess I have to buy the harlequin a chocolate chip??

 

[Smotz]

The 'nem moved to the front - look how awesome!

 

[Smotz]

So all the little starfish are gone. I guess I have to buy a few Chocolate Chips and keep them in the sump and cut off a leg here and there for the Harlequin?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

The 'nem moved to the front - look how awesome!

Nice!!

So all the little starfish are gone. I guess I have to buy a few Chocolate Chips and keep them in the sump and cut off a leg here and there for the Harlequin?

Yep. Probably so.

 

[Smotz]

My return pump failed last week - there was a short. I was walking around wondering where the "burning electric" smell was coming from. Later that night the return pump stopped - my controller started sending me emails! When I unplugged the pump's controller power cable it lit on fire! Needless to say, I removed that pump and trashed it. I put in a small spare Jebao I had which doesn't really supply enough flow to my tank and manifold but a spare is a spare.

The return pump is a crucial piece of equipment. But I would say the controller is even more important!

 

[Smotz]

So now I have 2 distinct RBTA's...just like that!

 

[GatorScott]

Looks awesome!

 

[Smotz]

...having some Water Level Sensor / ATO issues. Dumped 10g of RODI in to my tank dropping the salinity. Must fix / look for a redundancy..

 

[Smotz]

got some zoa's dying and my frogspawn dropped a few heads. Guess it is time to do some testing.

 

[Smotz]

So I am not happy with the growth after about a year of being up. Checked parameters and there is nothing spectacular. Moved the powerheads around which made both BTAs move to opposite ends of the tank.
...Waiting..

 

[Smotz]

So I am not happy with the growth after about a year of being up. Checked parameters and there is nothing spectacular. Moved the powerheads around which made both BTAs move to opposite ends of the tank.
...Waiting..

 

[Smotz]

Bought a clam at Fragtoberfest. It died. :mad:

 

[DLHDesign]

Bought a clam at Fragtoberfest. It died.

Oh man - story of my tank! I'm on my 3rd clam now; tweaking things between each one to see if it helps...

Hang in there!

 

[john.m.cole3]

what do you attribute the loss to?

 

[DLHDesign]

what do you attribute the loss to?

I determined that my losses were due to "clams are jerks"... (read: not really sure; likely stability?)