WVNeds's Tanks

[Peace River]

Good news! Congratulations on the macro!

 

[WVNed]

Running a little late today but breakfast is served

 

[WVNed]

Having some problems this morning.

My ORP was down to 168 on the Milwaukee. I shook the probe and it went to 238.
So I took the probe out and stuck it in some vinegar. It was 300 yesterday.
I have another probe here but they are supposed to last more than a few months.
The Poseiden 200 doesnt make enough ozone to kill a 400 gallon system so I am not
that worried about it. I could probably turn it down a bit and go without the controller if I have to. The problem is figuring out which part isn't working, is the tank going bad, the probe dying or the Poseidon plugging up again. The tank looks fine.

When I put the iron supplement in the tank the ORP fell 100 points in 10 minutes
and I am adding it every day so 300 is the new 400. It was around 410 before I dosed the iron.

The magical mystery of ORP. Another fun but somewhat meaningless number to chase.

My temperature was down to 77.8 so I installed another 150 watts of heating permanently so the Inkbird is driving 4 heaters totaling 900 watts now. I attached a power strip to the wall and plugged it into the Inkbird. I probably need to bite the bullet and buy a Ranco and put it on it's own circuit and go to 1200 or so watts.
It is up to 78.5 already. The lights came on and that helps.

The fish room isnt the same temperature as the house. It is off the garage and is usually 10-15 degrees colder than the house. The sump actually heats the room if I remember to keep the door tightly shut.

 

[WVNed]

Some sad news. Fin passed away last night. He had been a member of our household since Jeanna was in 11th grade.

RIP Fin the 3 legged hedgehog.

 

[WVNed]

 

[WVNed]

We will see how this goes. 6 medium Bergia nudibranchs went in.
I have counted 6 so far.

Mommy aiptasia is in the 30 gallon tank. The babies are in the 75. I still dont see any in the 240 so something in there must be eating them.

I added some more macro but it looks really rough. I think it got cooked by the heat pack in the shipment. The bags smelled like parsley soup when I opened them.

One of the anthias got beat up and had a white nose and torn tail but it is healing.

I got the ICP test and need to find my glasses so I can get it fixed and in the mail.

I need to clean my pumps. I hate doing it.

 

[WVNed]

That's not a sump crab. This is a sump crab

He is up to 6 inches, maybe a bit more

I has these bugs in ma tank HELP!!!!!

Sorry about the tremor. I am working on that. 7 tubes of blood, an MRI, some electrodes on my feet. Who knows. I can mix paint real good.

 

[Fudsey]

I'm bad at identifications so I'll tag @KJ as he rocks

 

[WVNed]

Another attempt at humor goes down in flames

 

[KJ]

Amphipod gammarid good CUC.

 

[WVNed]

It appears the iron was necessary. Sadly I have to clean the glass every day or I cant see into the tank.
It's coming up on 2 months since a water change. I have the ICP test ready to go in the mail Monday. 2 of the gorgonians are not happy. The others look really good.
Decisions, decisions.

I got a bunch of macro from Reef Cleaners but it was shipped dry and I think the heat pack cooked a lot of it. Most are still white after several days in the tank.

My RFA spawned again yesterday. I considered getting another but I am not sure what I would do with a bunch of them. I went through this before with Siberian dwarf hamsters. The LFS is gone so I couldn't even trade them.

The Hairy Scary crab was walking around this morning.

I took the gyres out of the 240. They have to be cleaned every 2-3 weeks or the flow just dies. I think it is from junk narrowing the distance between the slats in the impellers.

I am thinking about getting a second MP-40. Then I would have no wires going into the tank. I am making mesh tops for it and that would simplify things. The egg crate has shrunk and is falling into the tank unless you sit it exactly right. Not sure how plastic could shrink but it has.

 

[count krunk]

Plastic shrinks with heat. Those metal halides are what did it in this case.

I enjoy following your thread FYI keep up the posts

 

[WVNed]

I reworked the light hanger again. I am making it more compact so the canopy won't have to be so big.

There is a 2nd MP-40 on the way, and I am replacing the egg crate with mesh tops. No more wires.
Once I get rid of all this glare and have tops that don't fall in the tank I will be happy

 

[WVNed]

I am getting a water change ready. About 20%.
Not doing them is fine as long as you know what you are doing and I will know more once I see the ICP test. I have no idea if the additive package I went with is working, so I have decided to be safe. I want to see if doing a water change makes a difference.

Being on a forum is fine and gives you many things to think about but in the end we are almost all alone with our tanks and have to decide what is best for the animals. I like to try new things but I am feeling I need to retreat a bit.

 

[Katrina71]

Well said.

 

[WVNed]

Time for seaweed.

 

[WVNed]

We have received your water sample at the TRITON-Lab in Germany. Your sample analysis will be uploaded to your TRITON-Lab account within 2-3 working days.

The new tops are done and on the tank. The second MP-40 is in the tank. I am running them in short pulse mode with one pump as a slave in anti-sync.
Now to try again making a canopy.

 

[WVNed]

I got another yellow tang at Petco yesterday. A little tail slapping and he is home and welcome.
He is paper thin but ate the LRS this morning so I expect he will be fine.
Tang aggression is nothing like angelfish that try to kill the new guy for weeks.

 

[WVNed]

There is a snake in the grass

And the blue torpedo eating machine. He needs to go in the big tank.
He slurped up a squid tentacle like a piece of spaghetti.

 

[WVNed]

This guy is growing but he it still won't eat anything but live ghost shrimp.