busy busy on my 55 gallon - Page 10

Wiskey · 05-10-2007, 02:49 PM

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so here we go....
the HUGE mess that comes with this hobby from time to time

Your not kidding! You should see my living room right now,.. it looks like a plumbing store blew up!

Looks great so far Amy,

but I think you need a little more water

Whiskey

YLChik · 05-10-2007, 02:50 PM

The skimmer MOD
I did this for 2 reasons
1. to get rid of the waterfall sound
2. to make the skimmer more effeciant

supplies 3/4 pvc, T, cap, and "connector piece thingy" - slip /slip

take the connector piece thingy - possibly called a coupler attach to the "out" of your skimmer. attach a length of pvc that will carry the skimmed water away from the skimmer pump. ( ideally you would have it run over a baffle and dropinto another section of the sump, but my 20 long wouldn't fit remember

attach the pvc to a T use a short piece of pvc adn cap it for a stand pipe to reduce noise and place your 3rd piece of pvc dinto the water.

Done

a close up

dmjedli · 05-10-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Wiskey

Your not kidding! You should see my living room right now,.. it looks like a plumbing store blew up!

Looks great so far Amy,

but I think you need a little more water

Whiskey

I can't help but think "Thanks Worf".

Mom will get that... It's funny to me.

ScruffyRubicon · 05-10-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by YLChik

ok everything is back together and it is pic time.....
so here we go....
the HUGE mess that comes with this hobby from time to time

new sand bed milkshake ( last night)

new sand bed this am

I know what you mean about the mess.

Love the new sand!

YLChik · 05-10-2007, 02:57 PM

and the overflow/drain and return plumbing.....
ok so i have this HOB ( hang on back) overflow box that I had to set up with the help of several trters - thanks guys!
sooooo
I needed to put a one inch bulkhead at teh bottom of the box
and plumb it from that

dmjedli drilled out the old pvc and a bigger hole in the box - way to go son!
after that I was able to stick pvc into the drain and make a tiny stand pipe that works eh ok ... welllll it's better then the toilet flushing sound, now it's a gurggle... ideas welcome here!

any who the bottom pipe dumps directly into the sump behind the tank

Here is what it looks like with out the U tube - U tube is VERY imporant in making this work, but yeah no pic of that yet.

overflow box that goes on outisde of tank

full length shot

tiny pipe stand

internal box hooked up to external box ( no u tube) but cheto in the overflow box

and the return plumbing - it's run by a Mag 3

so yeah it's all back together now!

YLChik · 05-10-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Wiskey

Looks great so far Amy,

but I think you need a little more water

Whiskey

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Originally Posted by dmjedli

I can't help but think "Thanks Worf".

Mom will get that... It's funny to me.

LOL long time since i have heard that one

and yes there is more water in the tank.. it's almost tooo full now

YLChik · 05-10-2007, 03:06 PM

pics of tank after alll that!

crvz · 05-10-2007, 03:12 PM

Looks great, thanks for sharing! What are the livestock plans for this one? Just let everything grow, or are you still adding stuff to it?

Wiskey · 05-10-2007, 03:15 PM

Looks great Amy! Don't be too shocked if you get some extra diatoms for a bit after switching the sand out

In a month I'm willing to put money on the fact that your Nitrate will be 5 or less,... if you can leave it alone

Whiskey

Dimples · 05-10-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Wiskey

Ya,.. it might say "Whiskey's running around the block with them" at one point

Whiskey

What? You're coming to visit soon. That's cool.....I know its soon because Amy is anxious to get the lights installed and I think you'd rather run the lights around the block with just the lights and not the canopy too.

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Originally Posted by YLChik

ok everything is back together and it is pic time.....
so here we go....
the HUGE mess that comes with this hobby from time to time

You want dinner at your house tonight and you have that HUGE MESS! Sorry, but the grandchild will be at my house along with dinner. Hey, does the huge mess upstairs mean that your scrapbook room is getting cleared out?

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Originally Posted by Wiskey

Looks great Amy! Don't be too shocked if you get some extra diatoms for a bit after switching the sand out

In a month I'm willing to put money on the fact that your Nitrate will be 5 or less,... if you can leave it alone

Whiskey

Whiskey, do you not know Amy? I think that tank wil be lucky to get through the weekend without being tampered with.

dmjedli · 05-10-2007, 03:25 PM

I like the new sand. it looks cleaner.. but that probably has nothing to do with keeping fish alive, I just think it pretty.

Jess-- I take it Anna's sleeping now?

YLChik · 05-10-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by crvz

Looks great, thanks for sharing! What are the livestock plans for this one? Just let everything grow, or are you still adding stuff to it?

livestock:
since this is the family tank submissions were taken into consideration a list compiled and votes take. ( I just happen to have overriding veto power)

Here is what is in the tank
1 * yellow tang
1 * 6 line wrasse
1 * blue green chromis - trading him in

ONE of these guys - vote is still out
midas blenny
twin spot blenny

hi fin goby
green and yellow clown goby

black cap bassalet
Clown fish - most likely a false perc... ( I miss my clown)

that would be 8 fish most very small

Wiskey · 05-10-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimples

What? You're coming to visit soon. That's cool.....I know its soon because Amy is anxious to get the lights installed and I think you'd rather run the lights around the block with just the lights and not the canopy too.

I wish! I don't think my car would make it at this point anyway, certinally not without a distributer ignition advance

I think that was a joke from one of the stuge threads,.. Amy was changing her sig with every step the lights made and I asked "If I come over grab the lights and go running around the block with them will you be forced to stick at your computer indenifantly changing your sig?"

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Whiskey, do you not know Amy? I think that tank wil be lucky to get through the weekend without being tampered with.

Ya,.. I know Amy,.. but I'm hoping if I keep saying that she needs to leave it alone it'll sink in

Secretly though,.. I used to have the same problem,.. That's how messing with a tank too much got coined as "Whiskeyizing it",.. But I've recovered and the coral have never been happier.

Whiskey

Whiskey

YLChik · 05-10-2007, 03:41 PM

Ya,.. I know Amy,.. but I'm hoping if I keep saying that she needs to leave it alone it'll sink in

Secretly though,.. I used to have the same problem,.. That's how messing with a tank too much got coined as "Whiskeyizing it",.. But I've recovered and the coral have never been happier.

Whiskey

HHHHEEEEEYYYYY I have gotten SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better since the start, i can go DAYS without fiddling. heck i hadn't changed the rock work in MONTHS - now the 29... well... it's still young adn i am experimenting with rock formation and flow

Wiskey · 05-10-2007, 03:47 PM

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HHHHEEEEEYYYYY I have gotten SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better since the start, i can go DAYS without fiddling. heck i hadn't changed the rock work in MONTHS - now the 29... well... it's still young adn i am experimenting with rock formation and flow

That's right,.. you have gotten allot better

Now if we could just get you to go months without fiddling

Aside from feeding and water changes of course. Oh,.. and maybe now that your lights don't have switches you will get a timer for them

Whiskey