Max's Red Sea Reefer 170. (A Grand Journey of Discovery, Aggravation, and General Buffoonery).

[Trio91]

So the ACC bash trip today proved very fruitful.

New additions:

Mr. Emerald

A pair of Darwin clowns

Feather duster.

Obligatory FTS

ehhh, ive seen better lol <--j/k

Nah dude, you tank is looking awesome.....those clowns look really good in there and that kessil makes the coral colors look almost pastel....whats your intensity and spectrum?

 

[MaxDamage984]

One day I don't pay attention to my tank and what happens? Yellow polyp colony is knocked over on the sand. Green coral at the top is knocked over all the way to the bottom. Hermit crabs are having a gang fight, poor feather duster is pushed into between the rocks and the emerald crab is running amok.

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[Canadia_eh]

One day I don't pay attention to my tank and what happens? Yellow polyp colony is knocked over on the sand. Green coral at the top is knocked over all the way to the bottom. Hermit crabs are having a gang fight, poor feather duster is pushed into between the rocks and the emerald crab is running amok.

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Did you expect anything different ?

I'm still waiting to come home from work and sit in front of my tank and just relax. 30 seconds in and I'm elbow deep in the tank fixing things haha


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[MaxDamage984]

OK. I'm mad at Red Sea.

Their top off system has now failed me 2nd time in a matter of 2 weeks.

Both times I noticed it wasn't topping off. And both times I'm not sure why. I had to readjust the valve both times.

I'm considering using a different methods.

Thoughts?

....I also think Red Sea should send me something for free because I am mad.


....like a decent ATO


.... or at least a ehhhh six pack or something.

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[njtiger24 aquariums]

that sucks. not sure what ATO they use so it like a float value?

 

[MaxDamage984]

that sucks. not sure what ATO they use so it like a float value?

Yeah it's a float valve. A rather simple design I don't know why it's finicky like that. I'm thinking of ditching that and maybe using smart ato micro.

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[njtiger24 aquariums]

I have a JBJ ATO it has a float switch which gets stuck once in awhile but it seems to be working well other than that.

 

[art13]

i have a tunze ato, hasn't failed me yet.

 

[Russell Bennett]

I have a tunze - does the red sea have an auto shut off feature to prevent overflowing? My tunze got trigger one time and had to un plug and plug it back in.

 

[art13]

Tunze has the second float switch to kill the ato, the top off that comes with the red sea looks just like an RO shut off valve, it's a float that plugs a hole once the water reaches the right height, it's mechanical, not electronic like most of the ato's you buy, the water is gravity fed.

 

[MaxDamage984]

It seems to be working for now again so hopefully stays that way. I am thinking of getting the smart ato micro for vacations

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[MaxDamage984]

New additions.

Got 3 little zoas attached them to a rock and now have a colony forming.

I'm a big fan of zoas.

A purple mystery shroom. (Mystery to me because I don't know what it is important sure everyone else does so please enlighten me)

Also a penis coral which I rubber banded to a frag plug and it seems to be growing and expanding. ( it's actually a Devils hand leather or finger leather I believe. Got it from Steve aka @Canadia_eh thank you sir!)

Not a new addition but he molted and is now twice the size so double the trouble.

Plus he looks guilty in that hole.

Probably because he did dark crab things.

Never trust crabs. #evilsecretcrabsociety

 

[art13]

I've got 2 or three emeralds in my system, no problems with them, they keep the bubble algae population down, i think at least. Neat to watch. Nice Zoa's there, i've been debating on getting more now.

 

[Canadia_eh]

Every tank needs a phallic shaped coral! Enjoy

Zoas are always cool to watch grow. I need some more colorful ones.


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[njtiger24 aquariums]

coming along nicely @MaxDamage984

 

[MaxDamage984]

Damn homies. I came home today and my softies are looking great as usual with exception of the phallic coral because... performance anxiety??

Anyways my hard corals are looking sorry. My acro frag is half bleached from the bottom. I am thinking some chemistry is off. And I am thinking it's probably calcium. Will know for sure tomorrow once I get the test kit but any ideas?

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[Sunny]

Half bleached from bottom is also a sign of pests. Dip that frag and hope you do not see any AEFWs.

Good Luck
Sunny

 

[MaxDamage984]

So I was in the Boston Aquarium this past weekend....

Jellies

Their reef tank

Don't know how they fit that in a tank.

He looked grouchy

This i need at once!

Everyone loves penguins.

And this guy needs serious dental work:

Edit: F $%king goat!!!

This is the picture I meant:

 

[mnat]

Awesome pics, love the jellies. I have some pics from the Baltimore aquarium that I need to repost.

 

[MaxDamage984]

Wow so it has been a while since I have been on the site. Good news is the tank is doing well. I will post updated pictures in a bit. Also have an algae scrubber tale to post and other adventures.


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