Yeah, I wouldn't use the ethanol method with fish in the tank, we wouldn't want them boozin it up 
Oh No... Not Another Nano Startup Thread!
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I suppose one alternative would be to fit a new box around the current one and THEN remove it, so the new overflow would catch anything that was spilled...
Couple of updates!
Added:
1 X Newjet 900 powerhead - 900lph pumping straight onto the live rock!
I've turned the "old" powerhead down about so the tank isn't a whirlpool and have it moving the top half of the water and causing surface agitation while the newer PH is on the rock and lower levels. A rough estimate of the two powerheads and sump pump is 25x water turnover for the tank.
On order:
1 X 2x36W power compact T5 balast
1 X 36W daylight bulb
1 X 36W actinic
This will take me to 4x36W T5 PCs (2 actinic, 2 daylight) which should leave my coral options fairly open.
Under construction:
New hood
Lighting support
New sliding glass lid after 1 half of the old one cracked mysteriously and the other got trodden on
Under surveilance:
2 X Mantis shrimps spotted in the sump, tiny, but need to be moved. Girlfriend flatly refused a manits only tank
Free to a good, none porcelain home!
Relieved about:
I thought the Blue Knuckle had kicked the bucket a couple of days ago, I found some blue stripey legs but it didn't look like a moult and I couldn't spot the crab anywhere. Thankfully a couple of days later I found the crab had managed to get itself stuck in a pieces of rock and was able to remove it with the jaws of life (pliers).
New pics:
The cleanup phase of what shall henceforth be referred to as "The Great Flood of Flat 2"
Blue Knuckle Hermit (back from the dead)
And another shot of the clown fish trying to avoid the camera
Couple of updates!
Added:
1 X Newjet 900 powerhead - 900lph pumping straight onto the live rock!
I've turned the "old" powerhead down about so the tank isn't a whirlpool and have it moving the top half of the water and causing surface agitation while the newer PH is on the rock and lower levels. A rough estimate of the two powerheads and sump pump is 25x water turnover for the tank.
On order:
1 X 2x36W power compact T5 balast
1 X 36W daylight bulb
1 X 36W actinic
This will take me to 4x36W T5 PCs (2 actinic, 2 daylight) which should leave my coral options fairly open.
Under construction:
New hood
Lighting support
New sliding glass lid after 1 half of the old one cracked mysteriously and the other got trodden on
Under surveilance:
2 X Mantis shrimps spotted in the sump, tiny, but need to be moved. Girlfriend flatly refused a manits only tank
Free to a good, none porcelain home!Relieved about:
I thought the Blue Knuckle had kicked the bucket a couple of days ago, I found some blue stripey legs but it didn't look like a moult and I couldn't spot the crab anywhere. Thankfully a couple of days later I found the crab had managed to get itself stuck in a pieces of rock and was able to remove it with the jaws of life (pliers).
New pics:
The cleanup phase of what shall henceforth be referred to as "The Great Flood of Flat 2"
Blue Knuckle Hermit (back from the dead)
And another shot of the clown fish trying to avoid the camera
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Fish Gatherer
Quick update as it's been a while.
Couple of new additions!
Six Line Wrasse:
Very active fish and getting on well with the clown.
Also added a leather toadstool, but don't have a decent pic of that yet and my camera has a flat battery.
Here's a full tank shot:
Couple of new additions!
Six Line Wrasse:
Very active fish and getting on well with the clown.
Also added a leather toadstool, but don't have a decent pic of that yet and my camera has a flat battery.
Here's a full tank shot:
Siamese Fighter05
Fish Herder
Looking good Like the new wrasse.
How much LR do you have in there again?
Keep it up
Like the new wrasse.How much LR do you have in there again?
Keep it up
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Fish Gatherer
13.5kg most in the main tank, but some in one of the chambers in the sump that has a particularly high turnover.
The background is really annoying me at the moment, it just won't stay on no matter how much I try and stick it on. Bloody difficult trying to work behind the tank...
The plan is to empty it at some point any way so I can re-work the overflow.
It never ends!
The background is really annoying me at the moment, it just won't stay on no matter how much I try and stick it on. Bloody difficult trying to work behind the tank...
The plan is to empty it at some point any way so I can re-work the overflow.
It never ends!
I agree, looks awesome . Wish I could find a 6-line locally 
. Wish I could find a 6-line locally
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It's an amazing fish if you can find one, so active, always ni and out of the rock. The clown seems a little perplexed, as though it can't understand why it bothers swimming so much... 
Mr Miagi
Veins are flowing with SW, now going back to FW!
COuld you draw up a sketch of your tank on like MS Paint. Or, where is your overflow? LOL. I see the bulkhead fitting in the middle, on the back wall, but isnt that the return? ??? Im trying to figure out away to do my tank when I get it re done.
Nice aquascape. Wish I had the skill to get a natural flow like that. Looks like your star polyps are taking off too!
Nice aquascape. Wish I had the skill to get a natural flow like that. Looks like your star polyps are taking off too!
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You did say basic...
Hard to see in the photos as it's right behind the bigger of the powerheads.
Still planning to rework it to make room for a durso, but the current dimensions are 4" x 2" x 4".
Hard to see in the photos as it's right behind the bigger of the powerheads.
Still planning to rework it to make room for a durso, but the current dimensions are 4" x 2" x 4".
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Well it's been a while since this was updated!
Since the last post, I have lost the yellow mushroom (just fell of it's stalk with little or no warning months ago) and have added another:
1 x Pocillopora damicornis - Was a bit worried about the lighting, but it's at the top of the tank and while is slightly darker than when I bought it, is doing well.
1 x Capnella - Grows like there is no tomorrow
1 x Euphillia paradivisa - Beautiful
1 x Ricordea
1 x Sarco toadstool, not 100% on the exact species
Am in the final stages of bidding on a sun coral and several ricordea.
Both the original mushrooms and the polyps have multiplied huge amounts, the polyps almost to pest status...
Livestock:
Still have the skunk cleaner shrimp, sixline wrasse and the percula clown, all doing well.
I added a Orange Spotted Goby + Pistol Shrimp combo. The Goby was fine but the shrimp disappeared into the rock work. Then, a few months later, I was doing some major changes to the rock work and had stored it temporartily in a big plastic tub. When I replaced everything in the tank, I found there was a pistol shrimp in the bottom of the tub! It was around half the size of the original one I bought, so I'm somewhat confused what happened... Do pistol shrimps carry fertilised eggs? Could it have grow from an egg on the original rock? Either way it's still in there, as elusive as the original, but very noisey and I regularly hear it clicking shortly after lights out.
I also started to spot multiple brittle stars poking out of the rocks, another hitch hiker from the original rock which took over 6 months to show itself!
I have added an additional 4kg / 9lbs of rock, split between the main tank and the sump, giving me a total of 17kg / 37.5lbs or 1.5lb or rock for every gallong of water in the main tank.
Current upgrade plans: (another night's stay in the big plastic hotel for the fish / coral)
Reworking the overflow to raise the constant level of the main tank. Currently this has to be controlled by a valve in the outlet to the sump which is both fiddly and potentially disasterous. All it needs is some perspex, silicone and new piping, all of which are ordered with a view to getting it done next weekend. This will also give me a chance to move the tank so I can get to the back and paint it, finally removing the crappy plastic backgroup which has refused to stick for about the last 5 months! I've also ordered a new pump (newjet1700) for the sump which should mean I can put more water through it per hour and reduce the output of the power heads in the main tank slightly.
Couple of question:
I'm going to be using the current pump to power a CO2 reactor for the FW tank. My plan is to leave it running in a mild bleach solution to make sure I get rid of any salty nasties. Do you think this will be sufficient?
I'm planning to add one more fish. Obviously something which won't be too big a strain on the bio-load like a bangai cardinal. Any suggestions?
Last but not least a pic I took earlier (camera is out of action, so camera was used )
Since the last post, I have lost the yellow mushroom (just fell of it's stalk with little or no warning months ago) and have added another:
1 x Pocillopora damicornis - Was a bit worried about the lighting, but it's at the top of the tank and while is slightly darker than when I bought it, is doing well.
1 x Capnella - Grows like there is no tomorrow
1 x Euphillia paradivisa - Beautiful
1 x Ricordea
1 x Sarco toadstool, not 100% on the exact species
Am in the final stages of bidding on a sun coral and several ricordea.
Both the original mushrooms and the polyps have multiplied huge amounts, the polyps almost to pest status...
Livestock:
Still have the skunk cleaner shrimp, sixline wrasse and the percula clown, all doing well.
I added a Orange Spotted Goby + Pistol Shrimp combo. The Goby was fine but the shrimp disappeared into the rock work. Then, a few months later, I was doing some major changes to the rock work and had stored it temporartily in a big plastic tub. When I replaced everything in the tank, I found there was a pistol shrimp in the bottom of the tub! It was around half the size of the original one I bought, so I'm somewhat confused what happened... Do pistol shrimps carry fertilised eggs? Could it have grow from an egg on the original rock? Either way it's still in there, as elusive as the original, but very noisey and I regularly hear it clicking shortly after lights out.
I also started to spot multiple brittle stars poking out of the rocks, another hitch hiker from the original rock which took over 6 months to show itself!
I have added an additional 4kg / 9lbs of rock, split between the main tank and the sump, giving me a total of 17kg / 37.5lbs or 1.5lb or rock for every gallong of water in the main tank.
Current upgrade plans: (another night's stay in the big plastic hotel for the fish / coral)
Reworking the overflow to raise the constant level of the main tank. Currently this has to be controlled by a valve in the outlet to the sump which is both fiddly and potentially disasterous. All it needs is some perspex, silicone and new piping, all of which are ordered with a view to getting it done next weekend. This will also give me a chance to move the tank so I can get to the back and paint it, finally removing the crappy plastic backgroup which has refused to stick for about the last 5 months! I've also ordered a new pump (newjet1700) for the sump which should mean I can put more water through it per hour and reduce the output of the power heads in the main tank slightly.
Couple of question:
I'm going to be using the current pump to power a CO2 reactor for the FW tank. My plan is to leave it running in a mild bleach solution to make sure I get rid of any salty nasties. Do you think this will be sufficient?
I'm planning to add one more fish. Obviously something which won't be too big a strain on the bio-load like a bangai cardinal. Any suggestions?
Last but not least a pic I took earlier (camera is out of action, so camera was used
)
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Fish Gatherer
Here's a better tank shot:
and here's one of the Goby and a never before seen feather duster poking out of the sand!:
and here's one of the Goby and a never before seen feather duster poking out of the sand!:
rhysiboy
Fish Addict
awseome tank lovin it
Wow, great lookin tank, W2G
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Added a couple of zoathid frags today
Bought them both from a guy on eBay from zoanthid-exortica (who is a member of these boards), fantastic packaging, very helpful with delivery, much better colours than the normal Fish Shop zoos.
Normal lighting (+attention whore Goby):
Actinics:
Random mushie + grape caulerpa:
Bought them both from a guy on eBay from zoanthid-exortica (who is a member of these boards), fantastic packaging, very helpful with delivery, much better colours than the normal Fish Shop zoos.
Normal lighting (+attention whore Goby):
Actinics:
Random mushie + grape caulerpa:
Siamese Fighter05
Fish Herder
Looking beautiful mate keep up the great work!
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