My 72 Bowfront Build Revised Thread

[jsker]

Wow it has been awhile

I have been super busy for the past few months, but I have note this.

I have been looking for Burta (niger trigger fish) for about a week. I notice her missing Tuesday or Wednesday after clean my gyres 11/29. I check everywhere I could think, I even started to think that she went carpet surfing and one of the cats had fresh sushi/sashimi ;Hilarious The big boy(cat/Tux) was most suspect:D He is the quiet type and eats for two.

Anyway the overflow is making all kinds of gurgling noise for the past couple of days, and I have barley been home. So today to my surprise after investigating what is causing the excess noise and looking at adjusting the stand pipe is see Burta. Turned off the flow and I carefully remove the stand pipe and she is still alive to my disbelief. Grabbed her and tossed her back in the tank, and off she went. I bet you she I real hungry and I will enjoy seeing her at about 8 pm for feeding time. Updater before posting, Burta was by the glass want to eat.;Joyful;Jawdrop I just fed the kids.

I am replacing my maxpect fx 130 with maxpect fx 330 that I purchase on black Friday. Got a good deal from Saltwater Aquarium. BRS had the same price for a door buster and I missed it. I purchased two again with the Wifi controller.

I noticed after cleaning my gyre 130's and repositioning one, I only have cayno on one side of the tank. Light bulb goes on:oops:.One the pumps are old and two I need to change my flow pattern

What do you guys think?

have one on top and one down lower?
Have both on top, but alternate with a constant flow?

 

[Fudsey]

Glad you were able to find Burta ! ! !

 

[Gareth elliott]

Sure it didnt run away, cause it really wants to be called Burt Reynolds? ;)
Glad its safe :)

 

[siggy]

Been awhile, Glad your busy and you found your friend. Nice grab on the gyree's

 

[Flippers4pups]

Glad it worked out for you! With the wrasses I have, overflow covers are a must!

 

[NY_Caveman]

Nice save @jsker !!

 

[dbl]

So glad Burta is safe and sound. But I'm sure Tux lies in wait for his first opportunity. :)

 

[jsker]

Glad you were able to find Burta ! ! !

Sure it didnt run away, cause it really wants to be called Burt Reynolds? ;)
Glad its safe :)

Been awhile, Glad your busy and you found your friend. Nice grab on the gyree's

Glad it worked out for you! With the wrasses I have, overflow covers are a must!

Nice save @jsker !!

So glad Burta is safe and sound. But I'm sure Tux lies in wait for his first opportunity. :)

Thank you all. But sad news, she went missing again and I found her in back of the tank.

Yes @Flippers4pups Don I think it is time for a top. I did not have this issue when I had a strong current across the top though. Tomorrow will be install gyre day/do not disturb day ;) ;Jawdrop :D

 

[Flippers4pups]

Thank you all. But sad news, she went missing again and I found her in back of the tank.

Yes @Flippers4pups Don I think it is time for a top. I did not have this issue when I had a strong current across the top though. Tomorrow will be install gyre day/do not disturb day ;) ;Jawdrop :D

:(
I've always advocated for a screen top or canopy because of jumpers.

My canopy becomes a "wrasse aviary" at times as they chase each other or get spooked. They bounce off the canopy and back in the water. Have saved many a fish!

 

[siggy]

Yes @Flippers4pups Don I think it is time for a top.

Bummer about your suicidal fish.

 

[jsker]

:(
I've always advocated for a screen top or canopy because of jumpers.

My canopy becomes a "wrasse aviary" at times as they chase each other or get spooked. They bounce off the canopy and back in the water. Have saved many a fish!

Yes is time to make one. I had a 6 line wrasse for years and has not ever jumped or gets close to the top.

 

[jsker]

Bummer about your suicidal fish.

I was thinking the same. Burt the first trigger passed I think from stress and oxygen deprivation. I think from pulling the air stones after treating for cyano to quickly. Burta on the other hand was a little hyper. I was bummed after the save yesterday, but it was not meant to be.

 

[jsker]

Cleaning up my mess today ;Jawdrop ;Hilarious

Before picture

 

[jsker]

Good evening

Just tested the system, it been since October 19th

I am going to adjust the salinity and the Ca should come up a tad bit and alk will drop a tad bit.
Phosphates are sky high, time to dose Lanthanum to drop the phosphate. It should take about 1.5 weeks of dosing every 3 days. I am going to bring the phosphates down to about a .02 and let the algae die off. Next balance the nitrates and phosphates.

The new gyres are doing wonders with water movement. The old gyres were barely moving the water compared to the new gyres. With the water movement and balancing the nutrients my system hopefully gets back to normal.

There are two things that I can think of that killed off the tank.
1. one the exterminator spraying from out side, but they swear that they use natural pesticides and it will not affect the tank.
2. The county has been spraying for mosquitoes at night. That might be the issue.

Since I vent the skimmer to the outside, the pesticides might be suck in to the skimmer and then the system. I add carbon in the line to filer the air from outside. This has been an on going problem since April 2017. I have tried everything and lost a beautiful coral scape. This is all that I can think of.

I am going to test tomorrow to make sure my number and compare today number the the new number tomorrow.

After cleaning the glass with a Magic Eraser to get the hard stuff off, the glass to pretty clean.

 

[jsker]

Todays numbers

The phosphates have dropped like there supposed to with my dosing formula for lanthanum chloride. Tomorrow I will redose and I should be around .01 were I would like the phosphates to be for now. I need to get the nitrates up and my dose to get the nitrates up and also feed.

I am also going to dose Ca a tad bit and shut down the alk for a couple of days. With the mg running high could be a good thing. This will help with the algae.

 

[jsker]

So the dumper fire continues

wrong picture

I was digging around the sump, removed the media try. And I found a rusting magnate. The magnet has been in the system since I switch out a 300 w heater for a 500 w heater. Let see if there are any improvements in the next week or so.

I have been dosing H2O2 to weaken the cyano and green hair algae. I figure I am going to nuke the system in the next couple of days.

If I have time today I am going to test.

 

[jgvergo]

@jsker , How long was the magnet in there??

Regarding the cyano and GHA, I beat mine through a combination of NOPOX, Vibrant and Chemiclean. Have you tried them?

 

[jsker]

@jsker , How long was the magnet in there??

Regarding the cyano and GHA, I beat mine through a combination of NOPOX, Vibrant and Chemiclean. Have you tried them?

All three I had used in the past.

The magnets have been in there since January 2018. I did not realize they few below the media tray.

I have been frustrated with the system and trying to figure out the demise for sometime now. It has been a tough battle, but I am not a quitter:p

 

[jsker]

I started to build my tank stand during Christmas and new years of 2014. The stand, drawers are out of solid Honduran mahogany, fiddle back maple as well as the sides and face work. The case work is Burch ply. I used 7 nails in the hole project very little glue and a lot of screws. The drawers are dovetailed and drawer fronts are mortice & tendon to match my desk in my home office (my me room) the finish is a FDA approved oil varnish. All door and drawers have Blum soft close. All the drawers are functioning file drawers and drawer. The center of the cabinet meant for storage and now electronics, I did not know I could get all of these neat new toys that I can pull up on my network when I built the cabinet. Here is the pictures of the build and design

I would suggest starting a build thread so that we can all look at your great work. :)

 

[jsker]

Here are the numbers

Mg is really low and alk and phosphates are really high. I will dose the mg to see what the alk dose and also dose lanthanum in two doses and see were I am at.