Turtle's Deep Blue Sea

Scurvy · May 11, 2018

Robin Haselden said:
So far I haven't seen him bash into my acans, which are on the sand now since the change to Hawaiian. I'm not sure how well his eyes work... Maybe he can see them, maybe I just have them in a spot he doesn't go.

That Acan is dang happy!

SashimiTurtle · May 11, 2018

Scurvy said:
Thanks Fudsey but 120 is about as small as I'd want to consider with the next build. It would need to absorb at least 2 of the tanks I have now if not 3 to keep my gal from tossing me on the street

I know what you mean. I have 3 tanks up right now... 35 cube, 40b and the 10g experiment tank. The 40b will be shut down soon. I'm not going to be able to keep that snowflake with Maui or my wrasse and I can't swing another tank just for a snowflake. That would be something if let a $20 eel eat a $200 eel plus expensive wrasse. I'm not 100% that anything bad will happen, but I'm not taking chances either.

Luckily, nobody is there to complain.

Scurvy · May 11, 2018

Yep and the maintenance is never ending. My plan was to consolodate four into two but I lost my mind somewhere along the way and started buying fish like mad! Now unless I upgrade into a 120+ I'm kind of forced into keeping at least 3 running or offloading a bunch of fish that i love.

SashimiTurtle · May 11, 2018

Scurvy said:
Yep and the maintenance is never ending. My plan was to consolodate four into two but I lost my mind somewhere along the way and started buying fish like mad! Now unless I upgrade into a 120+ I'm kind of forced into keeping at least 3 running or offloading a bunch of fish that i love.

I'll take that attenuatus off your hands.

SashimiTurtle · May 11, 2018

Tomini tang coming in the divers den tonight, I have two auctions I'm watching on facebook and I'm eating dinner with the family at my parents... ugh, busy Friday.

Maggie321 · May 11, 2018

sfin52 said:
Are you sure you have a sand bed? I don’t see sand but loads of amazing corals

It's all about perspective.[emoji6]

Scurvy · May 12, 2018

So that 120 has reappeared for sale after a fall through. Message sent to seller and I now sit giddy with excitement as I wait for a reply.....

sfin52 · May 12, 2018

;Nailbiting

Scurvy · May 12, 2018

Missed it twice :mad: He had dropped it another 100 too. Just wasnt meant to be.

http://bostonreefers.org/forums/ind...re-tank-with-center-overflow-48x24x24.160913/

SashimiTurtle · May 12, 2018

Scurvy said:
Missed it twice :mad: He had dropped it another 100 too. Just wasnt meant to be.

http://bostonreefers.org/forums/ind...re-tank-with-center-overflow-48x24x24.160913/

Ah that sucks... Hopefully you'll find something soon. I'm at a stand still on my build waiting on more supplies to come in... There is that issue with the loc line I need to mess with before we get too far into it tho.

Scurvy · May 12, 2018

Weird in that i wasnt really looking but just too good a deal to pass on. I got my hopes up but I can certainly wait for another to pop.

Do you know what you need for the return setup?

SashimiTurtle · May 12, 2018

Scurvy said:
Do you know what you need for the return setup?

Yea, I'll get some measurements tonight to mod the T on top of the return stand pipe. The way it's set up is the T reaches out to both sides of the overflow box, and the Loc Line goes thru the box and threads in, leaving the hex portion on the outside. I'm going to change it up to 3/4" so I'll need to expand the holes in the overflow box and change out some PVC reducers from 1"-1/2" to 1"-3/4". I'll post some pictures over there tonight when I get home.

sfin52 · May 12, 2018

Trip to lfs wife rolled eyes and sighed. My new toy. It’s not the fanciest light on the market but it grows my corals.

SashimiTurtle · May 12, 2018

So, I just thought of something. Y'all recon that live rock has a bunch of metals in it now from the sand? I think I might just skip reusing it now that I think about it more...

SashimiTurtle · May 12, 2018

sfin52 said:
Trip to lfs wife rolled eyes and sighed. My new toy. It’s not the fanciest light on the market but it grows my corals.

25000K, thats gonna be BLUE.

sfin52 · May 12, 2018

I don’t know it’s possible rock absorbs all kinds of stuff.

sfin52 · May 12, 2018

SashimiTurtle · May 12, 2018

Cyan and blue 100%, purple 75, pink 50 white 25

Scurvy · May 12, 2018

60lbs of Tropic Eden arrived today. I think I’m gonna roll the dice with the same rock. Maybe run some poly filter and GFO for a month and send off a sample to Triton before trying any SPS.

I’d like to think it’ll come out of the rock into the water column where it can be removed once the source is gone but I don’t have any actual knowledge to base that on.

SashimiTurtle · May 12, 2018

Scurvy said:
60lbs of Tropic Eden arrived today. I think I’m gonna roll the dice with the same rock. Maybe run some poly filter and GFO for a month and send off a sample to Triton before trying any SPS.

I’d like to think it’ll come out of the rock into the water column where it can be removed once the source is gone but I don’t have any actual knowledge to base that on.

I'm still considering selling it live and buying more branch later for that corner. I do have a sponge filter plate that goes on top of the filter sock. I could stick some polyfilter in there.