Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[rishma]

FWIW, my family liked the warm look, around 8000k. :)

About to what color temp do you run normally?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

About to what color temp do you run normally?

It said 6,000 k for all channels equal, which is what I was at.

 

[rishma]

About to what color temp do you run normally?

It said 6,000 k for all channels equal, which is what I was at.

Back in the day I had an SPS tank with a single 400w 6500k iwasaki. I know the look!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Macroalgae

It’s clear that neither the tang nor the foxface are excited by the ulva. I’ll add it as a long lasting macro food for when I’m away, but they prefer nori and nibbling off the rocks, as well as various pellet and flake foods.

They also have eaten some of the gracilaria I put in the display, and I added more this
morning to watch the response over the next day.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Coralline

It continues to slowly expand on various surfaces such as the overflow.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Need More Green and Yellow

Thoughts on best choices for white light? Only things I have that are green or yellow are the coral below and the two small ball sponges. The ulva is a very nice dark green, but it’s only in the tank until the fish eat it. lol

 

[BeanAnimal]

There are numerous varieties of green montipora. Some monti caps are yellow with green polyps....


Yellow porites is also fairly common. Turbinaria yellowish organge...

 

[rtparty]

Green Slimer if you want SPS. Usually very easy, bulletproof, and quick grower. Put it in the background as it grows tall and large but very easy to prune

 

[backbayreef]

Green Slimer if you want SPS. Usually very easy, bulletproof, and quick grower. Put it in the background as it grows tall and large but very easy to prune

Agreed. It's by far my favorite SPS - super easy to care for, faster grower, beautiful growth patterns, and looks great under actinics! I have one mini-colony in every tank. The WWC Yellow Tips is cool as well.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The Bali green slimer does look like a good choice. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for a good one. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

recognizing the flaw without experiencing a disaster is education without tuition!

A few minutes ago, as I’m sitting in a chair next to the tank reading Reef2Reef, I vaguely hear an alarm going off but didn’t register it. Then a warning pops up on my phone: “temperature too high!”

Whattt???

Tank temp probe says 83.5 when it was only 78.3 a few hours ago. Ok, must be a fault? Yes. Turns out when I tossed my wipe up towel into the under tank cabinet, it must have pulled on the cord from the INKBIRD up to one or both temp probes, pulling one out of the water.

Putting it back in, temp is back below 79.

Think I need to zip tie that cord in place to get another cheap learning experience from it. lol

 

[Shirak]

A few minutes ago, as I’m sitting in a chair next to the tank reading Reef2Reef, I vaguely hear an alarm going off but didn’t register it. Then a warning pops up on my phone: “temperature too high!”

Whattt???

Tank temp probe says 83.5 when it was only 78.3 a few hours ago. Ok, must be a fault? Yes. Turns out when I tossed my wipe up towel into the under tank cabinet, it must have pulled on the cord from the INKBIRD up to one or both temp probes, pulling one out of the water.

Putting it back in, temp is back below 79.

Think I need to zip tie that cord in place to get another cheap learning experience from it. lol

I zip tied my temp probe to a piece of rock rubble

 

[BeanAnimal]

I think you need a 3D printer. You can then print needed things like probe holders, overflow guards, various tools, simulated bacon slices (for when real bacon printers become a thing)... Things like like that.

Just don't tell the wife about the simulated bacon slices being practice for the real thing, people tend to look at you differently after that -- even if they know in their heart that they can't wait for them to be real.

 

[twentyleagues]

I think you need a 3D printer. You can then print needed things like probe holders, overflow guards, various tools, simulated bacon slices (for when real bacon printers become a thing)... Things like like that.

Just don't tell the wife about the simulated bacon slices being practice for the real thing, people tend to look at you differently after that -- even if they know in their heart that they can't wait for them to be real.

I have tried turkey bacon-not bacon also Canadian bacon aka ham-not bacon either, not sure I would want to try printed bacon.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I think you need a 3D printer. You can then print needed things like probe holders, overflow guards, various tools, simulated bacon slices (for when real bacon printers become a thing)... Things like like that.

Just don't tell the wife about the simulated bacon slices being practice for the real thing, people tend to look at you differently after that -- even if they know in their heart that they can't wait for them to be real.

lol

I wrote a science fiction book years ago (unpublished) and in musing for a future one, one of the things in it is basically a device that can scan and then reproduce any item atom by atom, even living organisms. In theory, there’s no reason that couldn’t work (an important attribute to me for things I write).

Bacon would be easy to do. In fact, foods are a primary use. It makes living viable in a place where food is hard or impossible to come by. All you need are the atoms. :)

 

[twentyleagues]

lol

I wrote a science fiction book years ago (unpublished) and in musing for a future one, one of the things in it is basically a device that can scan and then reproduce any item atom by atom, even living organisms. In theory, there’s no reason that couldn’t work (an important attribute to me for things I write).

Bacon would be easy to do. In fact, foods are a primary use. It makes living viable in a place where food is hard or impossible to come by. All you need are the atoms. :)

Like the replicators in StarTrek? I like how in newer versions of the shows they go into the processes more like using their waste as a base for the stuff to get replicated. Adds a certain feeling of "truth" to the story.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Like the replicators in StarTrek? I like how in newer versions of the shows they go into the processes more like using their waste as a base for the stuff to get replicated. Adds a certain feeling of "truth" to the story.

Yes, although they do not seem to suggest that living organisms (even people) can be created, and Star Trek seems to rely on less
plausible processes in related devices like the transporter. They way I envision it, a person would not even know if they were a copy or the scanned original.

Anyway, we are getting off track…

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Looks like I’ll be getting a Bali Green Slimer and a PC rainbow that Dong Zou (Acrogarden) offered to give me. He is located not far from me. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Pentacta cucumber

When I first put the TBS rock into the tank, I saw a hitchhiking cucumber that Bean identified as a pentacta:

Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

Tank Prep for Arriving Rock I’m at the airport cargo facility waiting for the rock to arrive, so I thought I’d describe how I prepped the system. With this much rock arriving, I needed to draw down the water level to be sure I did not overflow the system, something I might not recognize...

www.reef2reef.com

I've not seen it since, until today when I was zip tying my temperature sensors in place in the far back right. Up against the overflow, I see it just hanging out. Probably been there all along since it’s a filter feeder and probably like the safety and flow of being up and away from the bottom. Upper left in photo.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Randy - before we get back on track, can you send me your book.

Now we can get back on track.