Aquabacs' 50 Gallon Azooxanthellae Tank build

[Aquabacs]

Refrigerated Autofeeder 2.0

Just finished replacing a few parts in the frig, eveything glued, and waiting for Monday to test for leaks.

Mike

 

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Swabbie is now set up on my skimmer

Timer on my Profilux 3 set to have it run for 1 minute every 3 hours.

Mike

 

[noelskii]

cool. what exactly is it doing?

 

[Aquabacs]

It is a motorized neck cleaner for your protein skimmer.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

nice!!! is this something i can buy. or is it a diy?
any detail pics?

 

[Aquabacs]

Something you can buy

They are available in different sizes at AvastMarine dot com

Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

Been searching for this beauty for a while and she is here! Holanthias fuscipennis.

Time to thank the people who made this happen...

Rufus Kimura for catching this beautiful anthias at 375 ft off of Oahu

Randy Donowitz who remembered I was looking for the longest for this fish and got the deal rolling

and

Dominick Cirigliano of Diamonds of the Reef who hooked me up and got the fish in for me. Dude you rock!

If you guys are looking for high quality fish you should hit him up.

Mike

 

[NYreefNoob]

boy thats one expensive 50g tank, very nice, one concern though with the bm doser in a fridge with temp and moisture u think it will be a problem

 

[Aquabacs]

If I had the room to go big, I would. Next year I am looking for a house up your way. Need to buy a two family house with plenty of room for a sweet fish room.

Actually there currently not a moisture issue inside the fridge but I monitor it daily when I check the feeds. Steve Weast who originally came up with the idea has had a similar set up going for 18 months without issue, not ruling out it cant happen.

Mike

 

[prattreef]

Anthias looks awesome Mike! Glad it worked out.

 

[NYreefNoob]

what part you looking to move to ?

 

[Aquabacs]

Anthias looks awesome Mike! Glad it worked out.

Thank you very much for you help Randy! Fish is absolutely beautiful.

Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

what part you looking to move to ?

We are considering Cortlandt Manor. I had a few of my friends that I grew up with moved to that area. We haven't ruled out anything yet. I have a family member ill so me & my wife are going to sell our home, buy a two family house and take care of them.


Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sqCpkEW9_Pc

 

[NYreefNoob]

avoid mahopac and putnam valley tax's are crazy and dont get anything for them, u got kids in school ?

 

[Aquabacs]

Cool.

No kids out yet but one in the oven School system is also a deciding factor.

Mike

 

[NYreefNoob]

yeah then no peekskill. my daughter is in 1st grade and i am not overly happy with school system, we have a nice store in cortlandt manor also

 

[Aquabacs]

Sounds good...what store is that?...peekskill does have some of the best mt. biking trails in the US (another hobby).

Mike

 

[Aquabacs]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ftniLQxRXc4

 

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