[gimincorp]

Hi,
I'm into keeping aquariums with out hurting the environment or with minimal damage to it.
So, said that I try to take stuff from PEOPLE, not stores and give stuff back to people - not garbage or toilet!
Since I maintain a blog about the live of my 10 Gallon salt water tank, here I'll post stuff related maintaining a self-sustainable aquarium (with minimum additions from the wild that is).


So about the tank:

• Equipment
  • 10 Gallon tank
  • Coralife canope
    • 10K
    • Actinic
    • Night LEDs x 2
  • Acrilic / plastic cover
  • Digital thermometer
  • 200 Wt submersible heater
  • Fluval 204 filter
    • Biorings
    • Purigen
    • Lots of fiber / Sponge
• Lifestock
  • Live Sand
  • Live Rock
  • Aiptasias (many will have to kill em later)
  • Chaeto
  • Remains of Red Glacilaria
  • Mushrooms (at least three)
  • Kenya Tree Corals (to mid-sized)
  • Baby Yellow Sun Corals (at least two - small)
  • Some OTHER GREEN SPONGY Coral
  • Yellow-tailed Damsel x1
  • Clown fish x1
  • Turbo-snails x6 (Where are they?!)
  • Starfish (1st kind) x2
  • Starfish (Serpent I guess) x3-4

    
    
    

[gimincorp]

Responsible Aquarium Keeping:
So back to RAK - Today I split my colony of three mushrooms into two colonies: a peg with two mushrooms mother, and a cork with another daughter. If daughter does well, she'll be offered at MR DBTC.

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[KathyC]

Sounds interesting..can you post some pics?

You might want to consider reducing the size of that heater from 200w. If it sticks in the on position you'll cook the tank rather quickly.
Is the tank in a very cold location? If not, you might think about replacing it with a 100w heater

[gimincorp]

Quote: Originally Posted by KathyC Sounds interesting..can you post some pics? You might want to consider reducing the size of that heater from 200w. If it sticks in the on position you'll cook the tank rather quickly. Is the tank in a very cold location? If not, you might think about replacing it with a 100w heater

Working on the pics right now!
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/galler...imageuser=4037

[gimincorp]

Quote: Originally Posted by KathyC Sounds interesting..can you post some pics? You might want to consider reducing the size of that heater from 200w. If it sticks in the on position you'll cook the tank rather quickly. Is the tank in a very cold location? If not, you might think about replacing it with a 100w heater

[Pinkheine]

May I ask why you have the biorings in the Fluval?

[gimincorp]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pinkheine May I ask why you have the biorings in the Fluval?

Because they were there when the filter was used as a Fresh-water filter. I guess their function is to provide more surface for bacterial growth and some mechanical filtration.

[Chiefmcfuz]

Yes they were but in a reef tank they become nitrate factories which is bad.

[Chiefmcfuz]

Oh and are you using a protien skimmer?

Kath I use a 200w heater in my 24 but my controller does all the work turning it on and off and covering in case it gets stuck open.

[gimincorp]

Brendan,
I'll check my nitrate levels after waterchange today. I just need to put my mind to it.
Meanwhile here is a phytoplankton factory I'm trying to implement:
1. Taken juice bottle
2. Rinsed it and drilled a hole in the cap of a airline diameter.
3. Drilled another "breathing" hole of a smaller diameter.
4. Put airline through the hole.
5. Put a drinking straw over the airline to prevent bending (I don't have the rigid tubing)
6. Put airstone at the end of airline.
A. Filled bottle with 4 cups of water (Sp. G. 1.019), treated with declorinator
B. Added 15ml of phytoplankton (DT's Premium Reef Blend).
C. Closed the cap, turned the air on and put the bottle on the window.
X. The plan is to keep the bottle on the window during the day (light = 16 hours) and in the closet at night (dark = 8 hours)
We'll see what happens.
Color of the Phytoplankton solution on Ammonia scale:
Day 0: 0 - 0.25