Journey from FOWLR to Reef!! ^^

[match55]

update for 10/3/2009

caught the bad crab from the rocks, so that rock is back to the tank.
here is a pic ture of the clear water

look at our convict goby creating its new home~ haha I m glad I push that rock all the way to the bottom or else that goby is gone. its still digging~
its making a two way entrance~ hehe so there r two big oiles of sand.
here is one of the doorway XP

aip war will contiune tonight when I come back.

 

[thincat]

went to a store near my school this morning and try to get some metalic green glove, but they ran out of it, so I bought a small cheap glove polyps instead. recently my netrite snails keep climbing all the way up and even out from my tank and dropped on the floor, anyone know the reason?

I think you mean "Clove polyps" and there are two types of Nitite snails, one that stays underwater and are smaller in size and a larger type that tend to climp out of the water at night. I guess to get away from predetors. The larger ones will end up on the floor most of the time and are a waste of money.

 

[match55]

I think you mean "Clove polyps" and there are two types of Nitite snails, one that stays underwater and are smaller in size and a larger type that tend to climp out of the water at night. I guess to get away from predetors. The larger ones will end up on the floor most of the time and are a waste of money.

yea~ my typo XP

hahah I think I got the larger nitite snails, and yea they do away climb all the way up to the top. when I first got them, they do climb out from the tank and end up on the floor, but recently I think they have learned that not to climb out the tank, and so far a week already , no snails on the floor. they worked great for my tank, clean the diatom very nicely.

But incase, I m thinking to get some kind of net to cover the top.
any suggestion guys?

 

[thincat]

I think you may have only the smaller type left.
Here is what I did for my netting, from homeDepot:

 

[match55]

I think you may have only the smaller type left.
Here is what I did for my netting, from homeDepot:

haha no, the one on the floor r still alive, I put them back in the tank~

nice net, I am gonna check that out later.
will have a little more work to do for bow front i guess. XD

oh nice mangroves too haha~I wish my grow faster~haha

 

[Aquarium1]

I think you may have only the smaller type left.
Here is what I did for my netting, from homeDepot:

What kind of netting is it?

 

[match55]

Update for 10/4/2009

this morning was cutting up some of my card boards to cover my DIY stand, so it will look better, and yes, it does looks better than seeing the blocks.

front

without the cover

behind the scene haha, where I do water change and kill the aips XD

and after I have a piece of card board left that fit right for my aquarium background, so I brought my old art tools out and start painting my own background. not done yet, will finish it when I have more time.

made some changes

 

[thincat]

What kind of netting is it?

1/4" nylon netting. I bought a section off someone on the net. Other wise you have to buy 50'.
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[match55]

thx thincat!! gonna make one this weekend XP

 

[Aquarium1]

TC Where'd u get the metal and how did you keep it together?

 

[thincat]

HomeDepot sells the screen building kits and you just cut to length and put in the end inserts and your good to go. Buy the screen tool and spleen to hold the screen in place. I also put Refrigerator insulation on the bottom side of the screen to keep the aluminum off the glass.
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[Aquarium1]

Thanks.

 

[Etunes]

Would the salt not just eat up all that metal/aluminum?

 

[match55]

Would the salt not just eat up all that metal/aluminum?

I guess if there is no splashes, then there won't be much salt get on to the net cover?

 

[thincat]

I wept my netting and frame down at every PWC and it's so cheap to bulild that as soon as it shows, if it shows, I will just make another frame.

 

[Aquarium1]

I wept my netting and frame down at every PWC and it's so cheap to bulild that as soon as it shows, if it shows, I will just make another frame.

Aww you wept, I'm sorry . Lol jk.

 

[match55]

Aww you wept, I'm sorry . Lol jk.

Lmao haha let's focus back on my tank.

 

[thincat]

Aww you wept, I'm sorry . Lol jk.

Early morning plays badly on my typing..."wipe"..hahaha

 

[thincat]

M-55, HomeDepot sells the frame and endpieces. Even comes with instructions.....

 

[thincat]

Here is another shot of the screening tool, spleen and 1/4" netting. Sorry I don't have a shot of the endpieces.