ESHOPPS Mariner 70 Build

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I placed a LiveAquaria order the other day, part showed up today, the other part is set for tomorrow.

What showed up today? I ordered a 100 watt preset heater for one of the small tanks. Instead 2x 200 watt digital "smart" heaters arrived.

 

[Stang67]

I placed a LiveAquaria order the other day, part showed up today, the other part is set for tomorrow.

What showed up today? I ordered a 100 watt preset heater for one of the small tanks. Instead 2x 200 watt digital "smart" heaters arrived.

Yeah so this is why I stopped entering any contests with them as a sponsor. They are not even worth free stuff anymore.

 

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I contacted LiveAquaria the other day about the heater. They responded and asked for a picture of what I received so they can investigate what happened so I sent that over today.

Also, decided to make some water today. It's been a few weeks since I added the Flux so I'm going to do a water change this afternoon or tomorrow.

Next project: finish measuring and finish designing the filter cup divider for a skimmer in the sock section. Also need to print a screen divider to go between the two sump sections (or use egg crate...).

 

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Well that went well...

I decided to siphon out some algae from the tank before doing the water change and the Birdsnest got so heavy it broke the frag plug it's sitting on. I'm not sure why it's refusing to encrust the base at all but the top part of the frag plug snapped off the stem when I barely bumped the Birdsnest.

In other news, I now have ANOTHER large pile of Birdsnest pieces...

 

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Water change done. 10 gallons swapped at 1.026.

Still need to design the sock chamber skimmer divider filter cup thingymabobber.

 

[Goaway]

Do you do any sand cleaning when you do water changes?

 

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Do you do any sand cleaning when you do water changes?

No.

 

[Goaway]

Im just trying to figure out why I can't keep the "easy" birdnest sps alive.... Oh well. I gib up.

 

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Neither can I. No clue why this one works. I also struggle with Zoas but....

 

[Stang67]

Can you help me with the hydros app? I somehow lost the tiles for the wavemakers and now I can't figure out how to turn them off when I want to do stuff in the tank.

 

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Tap and hold down on any of the buttons under outputs and the list will pop up. Click the checkbox on each of them.

 

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I made several different pages also.

Tiles just shows the main tiles I want to see, Main shows everything, Gyre is the different tiles for the WaveEngine and both gyres, Leak and ATO shows the leak rope and the level sensors for the ATO and sump.

pH and temperature graphs are on Main only because they take up so much room (and I have one of each in the DT and Sump).

 

[Stang67]

Tap and hold down on any of the buttons under outputs and the list will pop up. Click the checkbox on each of them.

Dayamn thank you!

 

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I have been getting a little Cyano on the sandbed recently so I bumped my Gyres up 10% each on Thursday. After my water change yesterday and the increased flow since Thursday things are looking a little better I think. I need to take the top rock from the tank out and Hydrogen Peroxide it. There's a spot I need for one of my newer Monti Caps but there's GHA growing in that frag plug hole.

I've got 2 I need to find homes for and I think the bright orange one would be great here? Otherwise the black/purple with green polyps but I think it likes a little lower par.

I also need to clean up the "litter" all over the sand bed. I've got like 50 Birdsnest and Digitata pieces plus 4 or 5 Anacroporas and Setosa pieces.

 

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That also means getting some frag plugs since I think I only have 15 or so left...

 

[tharbin]

I have been getting a little Cyano on the sandbed recently so I bumped my Gyres up 10% each on Thursday. After my water change yesterday and the increased flow since Thursday things are looking a little better I think. I need to take the top rock from the tank out and Hydrogen Peroxide it. There's a spot I need for one of my newer Monti Caps but there's GHA growing in that frag plug hole.

I've got 2 I need to find homes for and I think the bright orange one would be great here? Otherwise the black/purple with green polyps but I think it likes a little lower par.

I also need to clean up the "litter" all over the sand bed. I've got like 50 Birdsnest and Digitata pieces plus 4 or 5 Anacroporas and Setosa pieces.

Great spot. Too bad we aren't closer, I've got a couple dozen frag plugs and nothing to frag.

 

[tharbin]

For some reason it double posted.

 

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I glued 11 Birdsnest frags, 8 Bubblegum Digitata, 1 Red Digitata, and 1 Setosa. I still have 6 or 7 Birdsnest and a pile of Digitata.

 

[tharbin]

I glued 11 Birdsnest frags, 8 Bubblegum Digitata, 1 Red Digitata, and 1 Setosa. I still have 6 or 7 Birdsnest and a pile of Digitata.

Reminds me of an old adage:

'With great growth comes great fragging'