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09/08/2007, 11:55 PM
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My 18g Gyre Setup...
I bought this tank to use as a sump, but didn't fit under the stand the way I liked it, so after making some modifications and some stuff that was laying around, a tank was put together the 1st week in July. Here it is about 3 months later and through the algae outbreaks and it is settling in nicely. Now pondering on upgrading the lights and added some corals. Here is what is invested:
18g tank with NO flourescent lightstrip sheet of eggcrate sheet of plexiglass can of black spray paint Timer Powerstrip SEIO 620 Penguin powerhead with sponge filter 50W heater 20lbs of live sand piece of lava rock one free damsel from LFS one mexican Turbo Snail one Dwarf blue legged Hermit Crab So less than $100 for a pretty stable setup so far. This is a closed system, no hang on the back items, it sits in my bedroom with absolutely 0 noise coming from it. Here is how the tank looks as of tonight  Any thought or ideas on what to do with it? |
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09/09/2007, 12:01 AM
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add a lot more rock
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09/09/2007, 12:04 AM
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not quiet the old bow front huh?
70w sunpod would do nice on there. |
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09/09/2007, 11:24 AM
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Yeah, I got a shot behind the scenes, and I planned on added corals like gorgonia's that grow will grow tall, so adding more rock will just get in the way. The intial plan was no rock and using it as a anemone/clown tank. The sunpod is on my list, just letting the tank do its thing before I get too involved with it. The Sunpod would cost more than the entire setup. Here is that pic:
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09/09/2007, 01:40 PM
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go with the low light and non photosynthetic Gorgonian and you'd have a pretty sweet setup as is.
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09/09/2007, 07:22 PM
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That sounds good to me, I think I will go with a red and yellow combo of (Diodogorgia nodulifera)? I have no clue on where to buy them. My LFS's are a joke.
Also what type of damsel is that? He was given to me and I tried to get him out once to no avail. I also tried finding what he was, but still not totally sure... Basically he is a blue devil with the yellow. Any ideas? Last edited by Kiel'thalin; 09/09/2007 at 07:55 PM. |
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09/09/2007, 08:02 PM
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it's a yellow tailed blue damsel, (Chromis xanthurus) and an aggressive fish (less aggressive of damsels though) so keep that in mind if you want to add other fish, you might want to get rid of it before you get a tank full of corals
 Live Aquaria and etropicals both have Diodogorgia nodulifera most of the time. |
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09/09/2007, 08:30 PM
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Actually I believe it to be a Caerulean Damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus), he looks nothing like a (Chromis xanthurus). He has a lot more yellow on the belly and face that a basic yellow tail damsel.
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#10
09/09/2007, 08:46 PM
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Have you considered seahorses? There are a couple tanks that size in my area that house them and I hope to (someday) set up my 29 gallon for some...
As far as I know they would go well with the gorgonians too...
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09/09/2007, 09:00 PM
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Just trying to help. The world is too tightly wound to go around looking for enemies. Can't we all just get along? ***walking away muttering to myself wondering who said that many, many years ago... tv show I think...
I do want to ask what Gyre means? I haven't come across that yet...
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09/09/2007, 09:09 PM
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A neat and different setup, though I'm not convinced it's completely necessary
Maybe think about getting another seio, and putting them on timers 6 hours apart to simulate tidal flow.Gyres are discussed in this artice: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/1/aafeature
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09/10/2007, 12:33 AM
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Actually there is a lot of waterflow in the tank. There is no way it could be a seahorse tank. I had some cheato to populate the micro organism levels, only to find the cheato stuck on the left side of the tank. The fish usually only swims in one direction, so I only see his right side most of the time. Any food in the water column swiftly gets swept away behind the eggcrate. The feeding is done by floating pellets and flakes with the occassional frozen to minimize nutrient buildup. The gyre effect works quite well, there is a pretty strong random flow that is generated right after the rock. I am thinking stagetical placed rocks will generate all kinds of random flow in the tank, so there is really no need to reverse the flow. There might be some tendancy for the corals to grow in the direction of the flow, but probably not as much as you think. It is just something to mess around with, thanks for sharing you thoughts...
Last edited by Kiel'thalin; 09/10/2007 at 12:42 AM. |
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09/10/2007, 09:48 PM
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Another thought... the egg crate would stand out less if you painted the left and right sides of the back of the tank (you can leave the middle unpainted if you still want the view into it).
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09/11/2007, 03:09 PM
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09/11/2007, 03:19 PM
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09/11/2007, 03:22 PM
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If things get out of hand readers can report posts to moderators and people can be warned or kicked completely off this site so a little bit of maturity is a requirement here to avoid being "moved on". One person's sense of humor can be completely different than another's so what you may think is funny can actually hurt someone very much. I've already had my words interpreted in a way I did not mean on this website in the past few days so would like to suggest others consider carefully how they word things. I at least was able to correct myself before getting messaged by a mod...
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09/11/2007, 03:26 PM
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i dont think anyone is angry or being mean to anyone on this thread. the OP's tanks is pretty empty and he mentioned he was thinking of doing different combinations and some of us gave helpful suggestions. nice tank for curing rock, seamonkeys, etc. We are all just trying to guide our fellow reefing brother.
but back to the thread. OP kindly explain what you mean by gyre if you could and the benefits of it. i'm sure many of us are wondering the same. |
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#24
09/11/2007, 03:32 PM
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the tank would be useless in both hatching or rearing brine shrimp, the comments were/are intended as being smartassed plain and simple.
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09/11/2007, 03:36 PM
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