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[twan]

Following up on my Kuiteri variety of Leopard Wrasse.

Day 1 he went into the sand.
Day 2 he was out for foraging on pods & then I was able to feed him frozen brine. Total time out and about was approximately 5hours.
Day 3-12 no sightings at all.

edit: i purchased and have more dry sand to wash and add but I am holding off at the moment to see if he is even still alive

 

[twan]

Pump
1 vortech mp10 started making a loud humming noise, called ecotech, replacement due in 2 business days under warranty.

Leather
Yellow fiji leather came with a single brown spot that began melting away. I removed the necrotic tissue with a scalpel easily since it was right on an edge. New SW rinse then back in the tank into a higher flow area to monitor. Polyps barely come out on the rest of the piece, I think they are poor shippers and take a long time to acclimate. Will monitor.

Sand
Have new dry sand that I have to rinse and add to the tank for the Kuiteri variety of Leopard Wrasse. But he has not shown his face in 10 days and I presume him for dead.
Unsure if I will still add the sand.

Lighting and Water Flow
Last week I changed my lighting timers.
I now realize I should change my WMX profiles that the Vortechs run on to match the lighting to simulate a more natural reef.
Calm, low and even through the night on constant.
Reefcrest in the morning.
Some Tidal and Nutrient at peak sun.
Some Lagoon for the later afternoon through sunset.
I will post my final settings here next week.

Pics
Will take this weekend.

 

[twan]

Want to test my cam? 99.57.236.39:8002
Use fish for both username and password.

 

[twan]

6/22/12 Images
AI Manual - 60w 80b 70rb
Duncan relocated.
Fiji Leather recovering.

6/22/12 Images
AI Manual - 60w 80b 70rb
Duncan relocated.
Fiji Leather recovering.

 

[kenconnect]

Tank looking great.. Keep up the good work

 

[TRUKINGNY]

looking good cant wait to see this one grown out

 

[twan]

Thanks for the compliments. At the moment I am having a diatom outbreak in a few areas. Maybe new tank syndrom maybe partially my fault.

You can see it along the sand bed edge in the above pics. It is in a few more areas now. I have been heavy with the feeding due to the Yasha Haze still not venturing far from its burrow. That and I was without 1 of my 2 power heads for 2 days.

I should have it under control soon though.

 

[fishman1069]

The tank looks amazing dude!

 

[twan]

Simultaneous but unrelated? WTF?!?!

In the same 24hr period where my yellow fiji leather went from stressed to open and recovering like this:

My Torch losses 1 head completely and the other 2 heads on the same branch are in the process of coming off the skeleton:

They are not close to each other, all else is fine in the tank..........no idea.

Should I cut that torch off so it doesnt continue to disentegrate?

 

[twan]

Removed the decaying heads (3 of 7), rest of the Torch seems OK.

 

[twan]

Torch
OK I removed the decaying heads (3 of 7), rest of the Torch seems fine.
There was an emerald crab in the vacinity. *The larger of my 3.

Carbon
I do not run any carbon in the system at the moment.
I do not run any chemical filtration now that I think of it.
SKimmer and a filter sock is all.
What should I be running? *Purigen?

Leather
While it is a Yellow Fiji Leather it is currently tan and adjusting to lighting.
The leather did "slough" at one time, 4 days ago.
That area was cut away outside of the tank. *It was about the size of a nickle.
Since then the leather has recovered and just needs to color up.

Water change
Performing a large one tomorrow (Wednesday).

RODI
Is now putting out 1 TDS water. *Did a filter and resin change yesterday to get it back to 0.
I am not sure exactly when it went from 0 to 1 TDS as I do not have an inline TDS meter.
My meter is hand held.
It was in the last 2 weeks though I know that.
This maybe the cause of my diatom outbreak since the last water change might have been with 1 TDS water.
This may also be the culprit of the torch.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Dis u try flushing the rodi system..

 

[twan]

Space is limited, no way do I have room for a dual reactor.
I will find a place to mount this on the inside of my stand & if not rest it right in the sump.
I ordered an extra canister and pads to allow fast changes.
I hope the dialed back MJ1200 (I will only have 1ft of head) will not be too noisy.
Crummy thing is my apex is 100% full so this will be on a non-controllable outlet.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Get another apex outlet bar

 

[twan]

Get another apex outlet bar

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Tonyscoots84]

So spend it u already spent a sh$tload already wats a few more bucks lol

 

[twan]

Tonyscoots84 you are right!
Ill get another EB8 eventually,

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i no i think the same as you $$$$$$ but i come to a change and just say F IT if you need it you need it . tank looks great BTW keep up the good work twan.

 

[twan]

2 questions.

#1 Can I sit the reactor in 9 inches of water directly in the sump if I do not have the height to mount it to the inside of the stand?

#2 So with the Carbon Reactor and the MJ1200 where would I pull water from in my sump and where would I send it back out of the reactor.

Sump picture for reference.

Chamber 1: Sump inlet with felt filter sock plus skimmer.
Chamber 2: Chaeto in holder. 2 heaters.
Chamber 3: Return Pump, Temp and PH Probe, ATO.

I do not want to tap into my existing sch80 plumbing.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

pull from where the drain is and place the out line near the return pump