Flippers reef 125 gallon

[Brew12]

Okay, killed 6, yes 6 aptasia nems! And 4 majano anemones! Smoked them with good old kalk paste with pumps off for 45 mins. ;Dead

You know what they say, if you see one, there more somewhere. True.
Established systems, if they get in there, will always have one or two lurking in the shadows. Fortunately for me, I'm always hunting and looking close, very close to kill them. Everyday!

You don't always have to be "hands" in the tank, but you should always look at your tank closely each day.

Now, sand! I feel like adding some sand! Sand ho! :)

Someone was feeling a little aggressive this weekend!!!

I let my peppermint shrimp handle the pests for me. They do a great job in the DT now but I can't get them out of the overflow so I know my tank will never been clean of them.

Any wisdom to share on how you rinse your sand? I tried and did a less then stellar job.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Someone was feeling a little aggressive this weekend!!!

I let my peppermint shrimp handle the pests for me. They do a great job in the DT now but I can't get them out of the overflow so I know my tank will never been clean of them.

Any wisdom to share on how you rinse your sand? I tried and did a less then stellar job.

Peppermints and me don't get along! They always attack my LPS for some darn reason. So, no peppermints for me!

Sand, well for larger amounts a bucket and some pantyhose. Stretch the pantyhose over the bucket. Dump some sand on the pantyhose and rinse till the water is clean.

Small amounts, use a large fish net. Same thing.

Let it drip out as much water as you can.

With a tank running, use a 1" or 1 1/2" pvc pipe long enough to reach the bottom of your tank. Using a funnel at the top of the pvc, dump small amounts down the tube. There will be some cloudiness from it, but it should clear quickly.

 

[Brew12]

Peppermints and me don't get along! They always attack my LPS for some darn reason. So, no peppermints for me!

Sand, well for larger amounts a bucket and some pantyhose. Stretch the pantyhose over the bucket. Dump some sand on the pantyhose and rinse till the water is clean.

Small amounts, use a large fish net. Same thing.

Let it drip out as much water as you can.

With a tank running, use a 1" or 1 1/2" pvc pipe long enough to reach the bottom of your tank. Using a funnel at the top of the pvc, dump small amounts down the tube. There will be some cloudiness from it, but it should clear quickly.

I had a feeling you would have a great solution. Would never have thought of pantyhose. I've tried using a kitchen colander and it didn't work well at all. I appreciate the info!

 

[Flippers4pups]

I had a feeling you would have a great solution. Would never have thought of pantyhose. I've tried using a kitchen colander and it didn't work well at all. I appreciate the info!

Your welcome!

Side note: wife will most likely not want to wear the pantyhose afterwards! Just saying! Lol.

 

[Raege]

Say hey! Little late to the party here and have gotten about half way thru. Great thread already taking notes for my some day upgrade. You have some skills with wood and diy for sure. Thanks for sharing looking forward to getting fully caught up. Stay Salty

 

[Flippers4pups]

Say hey! Little late to the party here and have gotten about half way thru. Great thread already taking notes for my some day upgrade. You have some skills with wood and diy for sure. Thanks for sharing looking forward to getting fully caught up. Stay Salty

Thanks for tagging along and thanks for the kind words! :)

 

[Bob Weigant]

Just started checking out your thread. That’s a clean set up

 

[Flippers4pups]

Just started checking out your thread. That’s a clean set up

Thank you!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Staging water for weekend water change. Rinsing more sand to add this weekend.

I really want to, at some point, do a remote frag tank or in sump frag holding area. I have multiple choices.

1. Twenty gallon long fed by my manifold, return by bulkhead and pvc pipe back into the sump. This could be used as a refugium or frag holding tank.

2. Twenty gallon long as a refugium, current refugium becomes the frag holding area.

3. 56 column as frag holding or refugium done as above.

Light, purchase another black box and modify it to my DT boxes or a SB Reeflights basic black box.

Flow, Jebao Rw series pumps. Rw 8's for a twenty long or Rw 15 for a 56 column.

No hurry to do any of this, but it would be nice to have the extra room. Most likely before the end of the year.

 

[Fudsey]

I say go 40B and use it for both ;)

 

[Flippers4pups]

I say go 40B and use it for both ;)

Well I'm trying to utilize what I have.

 

[Fudsey]

Ahhh gotcha ;)

 

[Flippers4pups]

Yard work first today, then a ten gallon water change.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Beautiful day here in Missouri! Welcome change it the weather! Yard work is not so bad when it's this nice! Even fertilized the yard!

Going to vacuum my car and then it's reefing, Donkey Kong style. Heck, I'm going to add more sand to the system!

House is open and a nice breeze flowing through it! Tank should love the PH bump! Great day!

 

[GoVols]

House is open and a nice breeze flowing through it! Tank should love the PH bump! Great day!

I'm with ya!!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Been adding sand......

 

[PanchoG]

It looks very nice, those corals are huge !

 

[NDIrish]

It looks great.

 

[Flippers4pups]

It looks very nice, those corals are huge !

Thanks! They are getting out of control, for sure! Lol

It looks great.

Thank you!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Proof positive I need more acros!

My purple monster acros are taking off.