Project 150 gallon had officially started

[rrtree]

that didnt take long looks good, you do some great work w/ that plastic/

[checkinhawk]

Originally posted by sivert55
Checkinhawk, that's an awesome overflow idea. is the guttergard glued in too?

i glued the eggcrate to the back of the overflow and the gutter guard is just wedged into the fronts of the overflows.

[checkinhawk]

thanks rrtree

[cjgalante]

nice job chris

[The Hawk'ster]

that thing is awsome a job well done

[poknsnok]

awesome skimmer Chris...

[checkinhawk]

thanks guys,im real happy with how it turned out and it is starting to skim better today.i cleaned the cup before work and it has about 1/2" of skimmate in the cup now.

[chrismhaase]

Just give it a week or two and then it will be working like a champ. Especially since the skimmer you had in there was so small.

[jsl6v8]

Hey Chris, is that light rack of yours a custom build or is it something I can run and get at my local Lowes. The way my doors on the canopy are designed I can pull the lights competely out of the canopy, which would make changing them easy and I remember yours being on rails. Also I'm guessing the metal is powder coated stainless or is it something else?

[checkinhawk]

it is just off the shelf 1 1/2" angle aluminum(not coated)and a couple of strips of 1/2" black starboard for the slides.nothing fancy but it works and is cheap.

[checkinhawk]

well folks a few weeks back my achilles tang started showing signs of ich so i desided to QT all my fish and treat them all at once.i also found out that i might very well have some redbugs,as of now im 100% sure i have them because i purchased one of the corals that was part of that nasty thread(you know which one lol).that being said i did buy it knowing it had redbugs(but only after hawkster pointed them out),i purchased it only because i knew that i was nuking my tank with interseptor on saturday(today).now..............i see all this as a good thing........why you may ask?
1- i get to QT all the fish and get them ich free
2- i get to insure that my tank is BUGFREE
3- i get to reaquascape the tank to make 2 islands
4- i learn to QT and treat everything
and last but not least 5- i get a new 120g lookdown saltwater pond in my bedroom lolololololol

so i now have all fish in QT and my display was just nuked with its first dose.

now i have to thank Paul for coming by and helping me catch the fish and putting the liverock back in.
i am very and i mean VERY pleased with the way the rockwork came out and think it will look great once the corals grow out.

left island


right island


center


FTS


and my new lookdown lol

[mrferrit]

man that sucks to hear but a lesson learned better now than when full
i really like your rock work tuns of holes and swim room with good platforms for frags/colonies
im gonna have to come see this someday when its growing out

[mflamb]

Love the rockwork! Good luck with the bugs.

[checkinhawk]

thanks mike.....i think its working cause i already see dead pods floating around.

[TTRex94]

Chris, new aquascaping looks great. Good luck with the bugs. I want a salt water pond in my house...lol

[rogergolf66]

In the house now that is an Idea. I like it.

time to do some researche on that one.

:-)

[checkinhawk]

thanks billy i think it came out nice.and thanks on the bugs,i feel better knowing im treating and wont have any bugssssssssss.the pond is funny but all the fish are getting along good in it and there is plenty of room for the tangs to swim.

[TTRex94]

I want to thank you for being 1 of the good reefers that isnt afraid to admit that they have a pest and that is taking the steps to take care of it.

Has the skimmer broken in yet? Hows it working for you?

[checkinhawk]

no problem billy,i not the kind of guy to pass the bugs along.i will treat it and be clean the skimmer is broke in and skims wonderfully.i get at least 2" of skim every day.

[MikeBrke]

Looks great! I like the BB and the two islands. Once your corals grow in it is going to look awesome.

You know, the red bug thing, it is kinda a blessing in disguise because you can start over and be sure to be pest free. I like that idea.

I do have one question on quarantine tanks. Do you have to drain and clean them after every time you quarantine something? Kinda seems like that would be a pain.

Thanks,

Mike

[checkinhawk]

thanks mike i really love the way the rocks came out,and yes the redbugs are a blessing in desguise as well as the ich.as for the QT question,i dont think you need to clean the tank after every time,just maintain it like a regular tank(but dont qoute me on that).mflamb really is the QT master and would be the best one to answer QT questions.

[mflamb]

Mike,
For SPS, I dip in TMPCC and FWE, then place the coral in the QT tank. When I have all the corals that I want at the time, I treat the QT with interceptor twice. After the interceptor treatment, I do large water changes a couple times a week for a couple weeks, while running carbon. If all looks well, the corals go in the display, and the QT is ready to go again. I keep the biowheels from my emporer in my sump, so the QT can be ready for fish any time it doesn't have coral in it.

[rogergolf66]

Originally posted by mflamb
Mike,
For SPS, I dip in TMPCC and FWE, then place the coral in the QT tank. When I have all the corals that I want at the time, I treat the QT with interceptor twice. After the interceptor treatment, I do large water changes a couple times a week for a couple weeks, while running carbon. If all looks well, the corals go in the display, and the QT is ready to go again. I keep the biowheels from my emporer in my sump, so the QT can be ready for fish any time it doesn't have coral in it.

here is a stupid question. Do you need any bioloagial filtration if you don't have fish in the tank? QT ing corals.

[mflamb]

Originally posted by rogergolf66
here is a stupid question. Do you need any bioloagial filtration if you don't have fish in the tank? QT ing corals.

Not a stupid question at all. I don't use any biological filtration. I use a skimmer, a UV, an emporer with carbon, a heater, and lots of water changes.

[rogergolf66]

we are still talking about the QT tank only righ, but dosn't the emporer have biological filtration it is a bio wheel right?

Thanks for the info