Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[jonelder68]

No update yet. Don’t see it this am on the remote camera.

Ah so you’re away from home still. Fingers crossed for your little guy.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Ah so you’re away from home still. Fingers crossed for your little guy.

Despite several security cameras, I don’t want to give out my schedule so I will always be vague about when I am away and when I will return. :)

 

[rtparty]

Despite several security cameras, I don’t want to give out my schedule so I will always be vague about when I am away and when I will return. :)

Being a top scientist it makes sense that the terrorists would kidnap you and make you work on crazy chemical formulas for their evil plots

At least that is how the movies and tv shows portray it

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Being a top scientist it makes sense that the terrorists would kidnap you and make you work on crazy chemical formulas for their evil plots

At least that is how the movies and tv shows portray it

That is the main fear. lol

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Whatever happened to the old standby blue and red metallic discosoma mushrooms? They look good in white light, but now everything are these bubbly mushrooms with multiple colors. I had some in an early version of my old tank, such as the purple looking ones above the yellow tang:

 

[Reefer1978]

Whatever happened to the old standby blue and red metallic discosoma mushrooms? They look good in white light, but now everything are these bubbly mushrooms with multiple colors. I had some in an early version of my old tank, such as the purple looking ones above the yellow tang:

They tend to take over tanks so became less popular.

 

[rtparty]

That is the main fear. lol

“Listen here Mr Farley! You will create magic crystals with this sodium bicarbonate or we will post incorrect information in the Chemistry forum under your username! Mwahahaha ”

Okay I’m done got water to test this AM

 

[hart24601]

I always remove frag plugs. Can’t stand them.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Woohoo! The yellow tang is alive! I’ll be checking him out in person in a bit, but I see it swimming around in a corner of the tank. Not sure why it is doing that, but I’m thrilled to see it. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I always remove frag plugs. Can’t stand them.

You then glue the detached drag to a rock?

 

[twentyleagues]

You then glue the detached drag to a rock?

Yup. My "mentor" years ago would use his band saw and cut all the frag plugs off. It didnt matter how encrusted it was to him. He was of the belief that frag plugs harbored a lot of the bad stuff brought into our reefs and he also didnt like the looks of them. I got quite a few really nice sps corals that way. I dont care if I see a frag plug for a bit. You can always peroxide dip the plug too. He would glue the frag to a small piece of rock and epoxy the rock to his existing rock. I will admit his tank was very nice and not seeing the typical frag plug whether encrusted or not made it look more natural for sure.

 

[jonelder68]

Woohoo! The yellow tang is alive! I’ll be checking him out in person in a bit, but I see it swimming around in a corner of the tank. Not sure why it is doing that, but I’m thrilled to see it. :)

Mine I recieved last week from Dr. Reef is a pig/not much algae though and isn’t timid at all. When I approach the tank he’s right there saying “feed me”. Hopefully the chromis aren’t being jerks. That’s what I would suspect though. One chromis is always a jerk in my experience. Why I’ve switching to Anthias. Though they have issues as well. Glad to hear it’s alive though.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I too was expecting the chromis to be bullying it, especially since one is quite large, but as I watch it in person, there’s a more likely explanation…

My wife, who really likes yellow tangs but does not know about them fighting said:

“You know, it looks like it is trying to fight the glass.”

Sure enough, that looks exactly like what it is doing. Fighting its reflection in a corner of the tank where my web cam cannot see it.

It looks perfectly healthy and stopped fighting to eat food I added. I guess maybe it decided the tank was now its territory and no interloping tangs would be allowed. lol

 

[hart24601]

You then glue the detached drag to a rock?

Yep exactly. It’s easy and how I have been doing it since 2012 or so.

One tip, take some glue on your finger and rub the rock, that helps remove the skin of the glue and also make a strong bond to the rock. Then glue the frag on that spot. Learned that from the old timer GARF site.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I put a magazine up against the glass. The choice: Chemical and Engineering News.

He keeps checking it but seems afraid of it for now. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Yep exactly. It’s easy and how I have been doing it since 2012 or so.

One tip, take some glue on your finger and rub the rock, that helps remove the skin of the glue and also make a strong bond to the rock. Then glue the frag on that spot. Learned that from the old timer GARF site.

Thanks!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Lighting

Light intensity raised to 29%. No sign of the dino-type pests in the display. The growth on the glass and some of the rocks appears to be diatoms, as expected. Little pest issue in refugium as well. Those, the UV removal did not (yet) cause a relapse.

 

[Freenow54]

Twice in my current tank I have neglected to rinse my ROX 0.8 before putting the bag in and both times it irritated my corals for days! Almost immediate. When I rinse I see very little dust but I feel like it makes a big difference.

Sorry Hate a crinum's GAC ? And cant spell

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

RO Buddie Update

Finally used enough top off water to need more ro/di. Since I last used it I added an HM TRM-1 TDS monitor on it. Readings:

Tap: 80 ppm
Post ro: 3-4 ppm tds
Post DI: 0 ppm tds

 

[Freenow54]

OK, so frag plus glue layers outside tank, then go underwater and press it into place where I want it?

I'm such a mounting newb. lol

I followed this advice I had my son help me. glue, epoxy glue . Put in place hold for at least a minute. try to use the least amount of epoxy ( I used Tunz ) as possible it is pink and ugly. Be careful of epoxy choice. I don't like to dump on manufacturers and I would tell you but you don't talk privately . My first choice crumbled after a year and is useless. Tunz has yet to prove itself