Bigger Changes (now w/ pics)

[jhale]

Leslie and her new serpent star. I thought it would be much happier in her sand bed than my BB. I had got this from Josh when he took down his tank, Josh remember having a tank :lol:



some of the rocks drying out on the front balcony, I put aside some of the other rock that had no aptasia for a closer look.



Dave/spykes and me

 

[jhale]

I left Dean, Kris, and Leslie in charge of emptying the tank


they did a perfect job


what the h*ll layed all these eggs on the durso stand pipes ?
they looked like clutchs of AEFW but it was hard to say, the only thing in the
bottom of the overflow I could find were some bristle worms

 

[jhale]

the kalk masters

 

[jhale]

fear factor MR style

i offered any coral Kris wanted if he ate just one bristle worm.

he did not go home with any coral sorry Kris



Leslie and Jerry took these guys for the sand bed in their sump.

 

[jhale]

last shot of the night

kasei came over and the party started :lol2:

 

[Pedro]

Glad everything went well. Just make sure you re-inpect everything before you put it back.

Btw, what is the right way of kalking the aips?

 

[jhale]

Glad everything went well. Just make sure you re-inpect everything before you put it back.

Btw, what is the right way of kalking the aips?

I'm using my macro lens to look at everything Pedro

I should clarify the aptasia thing.

I was mixing my kalk totaly wrong. I was making a very watery mix and injecting it into the aptasia. I did this because I had used Joes Juice before and thought that was the way the kalk mix should look.
Dean and Kris showed me your supposed to mix enough kalk with RO water to achieve a toothpaste like consistancy, then this gets fed to the aptasia, and after it eats it you then go back and cover the entire thing with the paste. I was probably just pissing off the aptasia and making them reproduce more, :arg:

 

[jhale]

the aftermath

in order to ensure all the aptasia and AEFW's were purged from the system, we came up with a plan to nuke the entire tank and plumbing in one go, tap water and 3 gallons of distilled white vinigar. this also served the purpose to loosen all the old coraline so cleaning the tank would be easy.

I had to promise Ink the tank would be sparkly new or he was going to make me get a new one

So this is what happens to a 1.5 year old reef tank with NYC tap water and 3 gallons of vinager in 15 hours.







to flush the system I will drain the tank again, duh, and fill the sump with 40 gallons of fresh mixed salt water. I will have a salt bucket in the tank under the return to catch the water coming out of the plumbing. The sump and the tank will just get wiped down with some RO water. :bablefish

 

[herman]

OH DAMN!!!!!:bigeyes2:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

wow jonathan. you made that look so easy. you did have some great help.

how many aptasia where on that clam?

btw you have a very nice home. you sure we live on the same borough?:biglaugh:

 

[Quang]

WOWOOWWWeeee... Man wish I was there.
Sorry J, I was planning to go there but went to the subway out of habit to go home and once I realized it, I was already half way home. Sorry . Anyways, best of luck to you and let me know when I can stop by to check out the war zone.

 

[jhale]

wow jonathan. you made that look so easy. you did have some great help.

how many aptasia where on that clam?

btw you have a very nice home. you sure we live on the same borough?:biglaugh:

thanks for the home props, have you seen some apts in the city?
they make my place look like an outhouse lol.

there must have been 15 or so aptasia on the poor clam, I still have a few small one to take of on him, and his big brother needs some help as well.

Q, :smash: come over tomorrow there is still a bunch to do

 

[jawwad2004]

J,
Man, was that a Mission, and your last "full tank shot," only one word describes it, pristine!
Regardless it was fun hanging out with everyone! If you need me to come by tomorrow give me a call.

By the way, the frags are doing excellent in my tank! (i almost glued my fingers together, lol) Great polyp extension. If you decide to get rid of one of those copperbands, let me know, ill take it.

 

[tomzpc]

Wow, that's some job! Seems a bid extreme to me. Cooking it to rid it of detritus and nutrients is one thing but sterilizing it? At that point why not just go out and buy some cheap dead base rock?

Regardless of my opinion on your method, best of luck returning it to it's once former glory (as evidenced by your pic)!

Tom

 

[ming]

Wow, can't believe thats the same tank I saw from the frag meet.

 

[jhale]

the end game

Silicone Your Boards Down

why do you ask? well I sucked out every last bit of crap on the bottom of the tank, I wanted to see what was under the boards and I did not want the stuff on top to mix with the stuff on the bottom. I pried up the boards with a screw driver and when the first one came up this is what the tank looked like, from bright pink to dark black



I had to put my hand in there to get the boards out I could barely see my hand in the tank right next to the glass.


I had fun scraping the board with a chisel to get the coraline off. funny the vinigar took it off the glass but did nothing at all to the marina board.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Damn J thats nausty!!!! Silicone is needed....guess you wont be restocking til Tuesday :teeth:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

:bigeyes: see i was right about something... :lol2: J that was def. a big contribution or ur problem with nitrates right there... damn that is pretty black...

 

[Pedro]

Ewwww...

 

[Quang]

Yuck!

J can't do Sundays... are u around on weekdays? Tuesday...I'll Pm ya