Recent content by scmountain

Some pics on the way out... Ripping out the faux wall Shout out to one of my favorites. Clarence... when I bought him his "core" was gumball sized with spines close to baseball size. Now he is just shy of 12" with spines! I will have to do a separate post for Frank-The-Tank (Zebra Turbo...

I appreciate the offer, but I am going scorched earth on this one. Anything alive is getting sold or rehomed.

I raised the salinity for the last 9 months. This helped kill the remaining nems, but I only have 1 coral that made it through this (Leptastrea of all things...). I lowered back to normal to help move the fish. I have to rehome all the live stock, not ideal but I cant break down this tank...

Still the dumbest idea I had.... It would have taken the same amount of time to put a full-sized door into it.

Holy wow… My wife and I just went through this entire thread and relived all of the highs and lows. What a journey we’ve been on: from the highs of watching gigantic RBTAs dancing in the current, to the lows of scooping out masses of those same now-dead RBTAs, all because one stupid baby...

Having only had my three giant(18"+) RBTAs spawn... it was AWFUL Looked like I replaced my water with milk! Massive water changes, carbon, more water changes... I am sure if I were prepared for it, it wouldn't have been as bad, but I don't want to do that again. After the fact and params...

I hope you continue to grow "Lemke" frags! I like that you're moving the tank upstairs!

and to think I have been throwing my mixed away..grr didnt even think of doing this!

Syn, those filters look like they can be printed.... are you making your own yet?

I wish I would never have used 100% PVC for my plumbing. yes, it looks much better, but it is a PITA to clean years down the road. Also, I messed up my manifold so all things co through the return pump twice.

The plumbing looks great! I had 2 tanks off of one sump but like others posted, ball valves on both the return and drain to control flow

Hope you ended up getting this taken care of?

Plus one to the pressure issues and doing an Analysis before you build. No need to sacrifice precious PSI on a filter that isn't pulling out exactly what YOU need.

If the bloom is out of control, RENT a sea hare! By far the best way to remove the algae, while you get your params/(skimmer, fuge, etc) in control. Please note that I said rent, being a herbivore once the algae is gone they will starve very quickly. One could be large enough that when they do...

Start a build thread!!! Sounds like you need the Kessil 500x Tuna blue. Compact, easily covers the 2' x 2' x 2', can program it to be automated (cant remember if you need the controller on this newer model or not) here is an EXTREMELY comprehensive video that should answer any questions you...