Turtle's Deep Blue Sea

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 10, 2017

sfin52 said:
1st and 2nd pic looks like some kinda creepy skeleton

The bottom picture appears to be
Australopithecus afarensis.

I'd name the tank Lucy.

najer · Nov 10, 2017

... and seeing as I'm cranky because I just paid $550 on a set of tYres for the car it's grEy not gray! So there!

SashimiTurtle · Nov 10, 2017

najer said:
... and seeing as I'm cranky because I just paid $550 on a set of tYres for the car it's grEy not gray! So there!

Try 1000 quid on tIres for your grAy truck. LT315/75r16...

sfin52 · Nov 10, 2017

Try two teeth extracted. Sounds like some of us have had Monday for a Friday. Good thing Saturday is tomorrow except for @najer it's already Saturday. Cheers Mate.

SashimiTurtle · Nov 11, 2017

Update time!

Tank uglies... Lots and lots of tank uglies. Diatoms have gripped the tank by the genitals and are not letting go. They are everywhere including the water column. We did a 10 gallon water change today with half fresh mixed salt water, and half water from the old 10g refugium that I just shut down. It was crystal clear the whole time it was running, so maybe there's something that can help us out in there.

So, here's a before pic...

Durring...

And, after...

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 11, 2017

Are you running gfo cac?

SashimiTurtle · Nov 11, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
Are you running gfo cac?

I have none in the tank, but I'm thinking of loading up a filter sock with a bag of GFO and ROX in a stocking. I need a reactor, bad. I do have a clump of chaeto in the fuge now. Water has a very brown tinge.

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 11, 2017

The gfo will bond the silicates out of the water. You can use it in bag on the return pump. Same with the Gac. It's worked pretty well for a lot of folks.

I got my first reactor finally after 8 9 years.
Meh.

Has the water got a smell?

SashimiTurtle · Nov 11, 2017

saltyfilmfolks said:
Has the water got a smell?

Yes. It's um, it smells like brown?

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 11, 2017

Clean brown is good. Diatoms gfo
Dirty or sour brown is not great. Organics rotting. Gac.

SashimiTurtle · Nov 11, 2017

Honestly it doesn't have a strong odor. I have to get on top of the tank or in the sump to smell it. Smells like the pukani, so I'm guessing it's just built up dead organics...

How much GFO and GAC do you recommend?

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 11, 2017

I'd bet it's the diatoms then.

Your using it pretty passively , so a couple tablespoons of gfo.

5-6 of the gac.

SashimiTurtle · Nov 11, 2017

I went with 3 tbsp GFO and 6 tbsp GAC on top of the return pump. No corals to upset so let's get aggressive.

saltyfilmfolks · Nov 11, 2017

Just do be aware you still need Po4 in the system for micro fauna and Bactria. Shouldn't be a prob without a reactor though.

SashimiTurtle · Nov 11, 2017

I finally got around to finishing my dosing containers. I have probably less than $5 invested in each one. They are 800ml(weird European water measurements) Voss (weird European water that tastes like dirt) water bottles. They are glass, so we don't have to worry about any chemicals leaching from any plastic. I took a 3/4" hole saw and made the hole for the bulkheads. Next I took a 5/64" drill bit and made a small hole right next to the bulkheads to keep them from getting vacuum locked. Then we took our 1/4" acrylic tube and scored it to length, then snapped off the excess. The whole project took me approximately 5 minutes to complete.