Reef Spotlight - July 2010 - "Aquabacs"

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Awesome! I may have to do this, I had been thinking about it but had never pushed past it being a thought.

Actually we have been talking about the system on another forum and ther might be a slight change in the future to it. Matt Wandell (Steinhart Aquarium) recommended putting a 1/2" venturi valve in replacement of the tee's. The dosing pump lines would feed into the venturi's air line port.

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This way if the lines of the dosing pump failed, the water from the aquarium would not empty out into the refrigerator and the floor. The line would then only suck air.

Mike
 

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That is awesome. I've been interested in nonphotosynths for a while. This is a new role model tank for me:).
 

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Thank you all for the continued positive comments on my system.

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Refrigerated Autofeeder 2.0

Just finished replacing a few parts in the frig, eveything glued, and waiting for Monday to test for leaks.

Mike
 

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Swabbie is now set up on my skimmer

Timer on my Profilux 3 set to have it run for 1 minute every 3 hours.

Also my refrigerated feeding system was mentioned on GBD
...Thanks Eric!

Mike
 

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Such an amazing tank! Congrats on TOTM. I really like tanks that go out of the norm, and you have done an amazing job with this tank.
 

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Been searching for this beauty for a while and she is here! Holanthias fuscipennis.

Time to thank the people who made this happen...

Rufus Kimura for catching this beautiful anthias at 375 ft off of Oahu

Randy Donowitz from Manhattan Reefs who remembered I was looking for the longest for this fish and got the deal rolling

and

Dominick Cirigliano of Diamonds of the Reef who hooked me up and got the fish in for me. Dude you rock!

If you guys are looking for high quality fish you should hit him up.

Mike
 

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Took a quick video of my Holanthias fuscipennis hanging out in back and munching on some mysis.

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Love the vids!!
 

Looking for the spotlight: Do your fish notice the lighting in your reef tank?

  • My fish seem to regularly respond to the lighting in my reef tank.

    Votes: 62 74.7%
  • My fish seem to occasionally respond to the lighting in my tank.

    Votes: 10 12.0%
  • My fish seem to rarely respond to the lighting in my tank.

    Votes: 6 7.2%
  • My fish seem to never respond to the lighting in my tank.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I don’t pay enough attention to my fish to notice if they respond to the lighting.

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • I don’t have any fish in my tank.

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Other.

    Votes: 1 1.2%
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