Show Off your prop System! - Page 7

Funky_Fish14 · #**151** 07/18/2005, 05:10 PM

Sweet setup Chin!

Headonkey, a mag 3 would do in a 20L, for filtration I would add on an aquaclear or similar HOB filter with some foam and carbon or phosphate remover or whatever you want. I'd throw a few pieces of live rock and some cheato under the coral rack/shelf.

I'd probably throw a 175 or 250W 14K over a 20L, assuming your growing a mix of sps/lps/softies.

Chris

headonkey · #**152** 07/18/2005, 08:56 PM

I have an extra Mag 5 lying around so thats why I was going to use it. Maybe I could pick up a used mag 3 for cheap. we're going to use a 175w MH and not sure what color bulb. The HOB with cheato and LR sounds good to me.

sandman12 · #**153** 07/18/2005, 10:01 PM

i would use the mag 5 for sure. The more flow the better.

BrianPlankis · #**154** 07/19/2005, 09:52 AM

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Originally posted by sandman12
i would use the mag 5 for sure. The more flow the better.

I would think a mag5 would work in a 20L, just make sure you disperse the flow a little so you don't have a strong jet of water hitting the corals directly. I did a DIY spraybar with a mag7 and the flow out of each nozzle/hole wasn't hard enough to hurt anything in my 20L.

B.

Funky_Fish14 · #**155** 07/19/2005, 01:31 PM

Im not saying not to use a mag 5, I was just saying a mag 3 would do the trick, I didnt know he had one (a mag 5) laying around.

Chris

headonkey · #**156** 07/19/2005, 03:54 PM

So Mag 5 it is. I think I'll direct the flow at the LR that I'll have under the eggcrate so it doesn't blast the corals. I'll try to draw up something and post it.

Also, where do you guys buy Loc-line and how much $$$?

Funky_Fish14 · #**157** 07/20/2005, 10:27 AM

Im in Canada but LFS has it mind you they are rip-off LFS and its cheaper to order online.

You could divert some of the current to the water surface and some to under the rack and if you divert enough, some at the corals

Chris

concept3 · #**158** 07/20/2005, 06:06 PM

I'm currently holding some Coral colonies for The New Jersey Reef Club, so here are the before pictures, when it was "organized"

AND THE "RIGHT NOW" LOL

concept3 · #**159** 07/20/2005, 06:41 PM

thanks ALTI.

When I go up to visit my parents again, I gotta check your system out. You up and running yet?

samiam2 · #**160** 07/20/2005, 07:42 PM

Concept3 - Did you make your reef plugs ? If so, what did you use to form them ? They look like the fit perfect in the egg crate.

Thanks

concept3 · #**161** 07/20/2005, 08:46 PM

I attempted to make them ( I have part of the DIY reef plug in my 75 gallon tank build thread), but took me too long and was time consuming. I bought these for $20 + shipping for a 100 pack.

I tried to PM you, but it wouldn't let me.

DC321 · #**162** 07/20/2005, 08:59 PM

Where did you buy them concept?

concept3 · #**163** 07/20/2005, 10:07 PM

boston aqua farms

DC321 · #**164** 07/21/2005, 07:21 AM

Thanks.

ellisz · #**165** 07/22/2005, 10:29 PM

I feed my 20L frag tank with a Mag7 from the sump. A 5 would be better though. I have to crank the 7 down a bit.

Funky_Fish14 · #**166** 07/23/2005, 01:16 PM

Wow, yeah that would be alot of flow for a 20! Hehe.

Chris

ellisz · #**167** 07/23/2005, 02:29 PM

I had a T on it to distribute the flow but it dropped the flow really bad. I would like more flow really but it is all the 1" bulkhead can handle apparently. I like to keep the water level in the 20L about 2" from the top.

Funky_Fish14 · #**168** 07/24/2005, 12:10 AM

lots of light flow is great, if thats what you've got, you dont want anything violent.

Chris

Funky_Fish14 · #**169** 08/01/2005, 10:47 PM

Bump

BOKER420 · #**170** 08/02/2005, 04:34 PM

Here's my 50 gallon rubbermaid. Its connected through a wall outlet into the other room where my main tank is. That way I didn't have to buy another skimmer. I've been having this brown hair algae growing on the side walls of the rubbermaid. It doesn't seem to grow on glass. The only place it grows in my display is on the top attached to the silicone bead.

any ideas on how to get rid of it?

tekknoschtev · #**171** 08/02/2005, 07:50 PM

Well, mine is by no means a match for some of your setups - actually some of them are larger than some aquaculture centers I have seen, so hmm....

Anyways, the low down. 40gal tank (36x12x22). Skilter 400 (its better than nothing), two powerheads, magnum 350 canister filter, and Coralife Lunar Aqualight 2x 96W PC w/ moonlights. 20lbs of sand, soon to be 30lbs of live rock.

All of the equipment is from our reef setup that got upgraded to a 150, so we had this just sitting around wasting away, and decided, what the heck, instead of using the fuge on our 150 for propogating corals (mind you, we can only get around 20 frags down there before its going to be too crowded to add some macros and live rock rubble. Its about a 20gal partition of a 55gal sump.

Oh yeah, I also have about 130 of the frag plugs I made. I figured out I can get around 350 of the plugs in here.

Like I said, nothing spectacular. Due to the lighting frags are going to consist of mostly softies (zoas, leathers, xenia, gsp, yellow polyps, etc) and LPS (galaxea, candy cane, and hopefully the new acan colony).

hamburglar · #**172** 08/02/2005, 09:53 PM

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Like I said, nothing spectacular.

tekknoschtev, your setup looks pretty sweet to me. Very simple and effective. You plugs look a lot like mine. I like the simi-random shapes you get with a hand made plug!

tekknoschtev · #**173** 08/02/2005, 10:05 PM

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Originally posted by hamburglar
tekknoschtev, your setup looks pretty sweet to me. Very simple and effective. You plugs look a lot like mine. I like the simi-random shapes you get with a hand made plug!

Thanks. It was more of a comparison to others, but I love it. My mom is jumping for joy, though I fear she is vastly over estimating how much money we can make with this. Personally I'd be happy if we made enough to cover the higher electrical bill with the 150 in operation. Or some sweet corals or fish for it. Trading is always good too.

And yes, I am a big fan of the hand made frag plugs. The little nubs pop off with an old pair of wire cutters or pliers, and they glue easily onto another rock seamlessly melding into the rocks. Very nice. I also put a hole in it with a toothpick while it was drying for toothpicking softies to the rocks. Works like a charm.

hamburglar · #**174** 08/03/2005, 08:45 AM

Good idea with the tooth pick hole. It's about time for me to make up another batch. I think I will try adding that feature.

In the past, I have stuck my thumb into the center of about 1/2 of my wet frag rocks, to make a little pocket for cuttings. That works good when you use fabrics to hold down cuttings.

As my South Down Sand stockpile is running out, I have also switched my mix to include more crushed oyster shell. I get it at a local feed store for about $10 per 50lbs. A little pricy, but it is only 1 mile from my house.

My current mix is 4 parts crushed oyster shell, 1 part South Down Sand, 1 part concrete. I'm still curing for 12 weeks which is probably overkill. The rocks have been very nice and chunky.

daveonbass · #**175** 08/03/2005, 07:43 PM

Alright...you guys all rock....I am finally going to sell some Xenia to the LFS and make a little feeder fish money and was curious how to go about making a larger operation....

But Now all I want to know is if any of you SELL your stuff through the mail and how to contact you to see if I could get some...I really would like to try and start some prop tanks and try to contribute to the industry.

But mainly just popin in to say keep up the good work.