Good advice and good memories. I might need to do that for my larger FW tank (eventually). Good remi ders though about how important the water is. Good, better, best.
Good advice and good memories. I might need to do that for my larger FW tank (eventually). Good remi ders though about how important the water is. Good, better, best.
Long time members will remember doug aka “ mr.x “ ,.. he was Frank , harsh, extremely knowledgeable and yet funny too , he always reminded me of judge Judy ,..anyway , he always preached that water changes are your best friend., which is the reason for this post .
Years ago I had a modified 50 gal barrel plumbed to do my weekly pwc’s ,…I would roughly do a 25 -35 gal water change weekly and my water for the most part was beautiful, i could browse all the sps and feel very comfortable knowing that they would grow and flourish in my tank ,… then a few years ago for some reason that I can’t recall except maybe a bout of stupidity I tore out that barrel and replaced it with a cut down 25 gal container ,… well a 15 gal weekly water change for my system just isn’t cutting it ,… not that my present water isn’t good ,it’s just not up to the quality it used to be .
I can hear doug saying something like “Dary ,what the hell were you thinking ? You know better than that ! “
Anyways, for awhile I wanted to redo that mistake and get things back up to snuff,… so off to Dixieline for some pvc fitting etc and the new project was underway ,…after a few adult sodas I wrestled the new modified 50 gal barrel in and got it all plumbed back up and running .
I’m sure over the next few weeks I’ll be back to having that sps water again !!
Thank you mr.x for those haunting words,… you may be gone from the forum but you’re not forgotten !!!
Today was the barrels maiden refill
Going to be doing the full Triton Method that removes the need for water changes on the 75 gallon tank I’m building currently. Pretty excited… relies on a large fuge for PO4 and NO3 control, and a dosing regimen that replaces trace elements. Pretty excited.
I’ll be checking that out ,…. I’m just old school ,… large pwc’s and a few prayers lolLong time members will remember doug aka “ mr.x “ ,.. he was Frank , harsh, extremely knowledgeable and yet funny too , he always reminded me of judge Judy ,..anyway , he always preached that water changes are your best friend., which is the reason for this post .
Years ago I had a modified 50 gal barrel plumbed to do my weekly pwc’s ,…I would roughly do a 25 -35 gal water change weekly and my water for the most part was beautiful, i could browse all the sps and feel very comfortable knowing that they would grow and flourish in my tank ,… then a few years ago for some reason that I can’t recall except maybe a bout of stupidity I tore out that barrel and replaced it with a cut down 25 gal container ,… well a 15 gal weekly water change for my system just isn’t cutting it ,… not that my present water isn’t good ,it’s just not up to the quality it used to be .
I can hear doug saying something like “Dary ,what the hell were you thinking ? You know better than that ! “
Anyways, for awhile I wanted to redo that mistake and get things back up to snuff,… so off to Dixieline for some pvc fitting etc and the new project was underway ,…after a few adult sodas I wrestled the new modified 50 gal barrel in and got it all plumbed back up and running .
I’m sure over the next few weeks I’ll be back to having that sps water again !!
Thank you mr.x for those haunting words,… you may be gone from the forum but you’re not forgotten !!!
Today was the barrels maiden refill
Going to be doing the full Triton Method that removes the need for water changes on the 75 gallon tank I’m building currently. Pretty excited… relies on a large fuge for PO4 and NO3 control, and a dosing regimen that replaces trace elements. Pretty excited.
I’ll be checking that out ,…. I’m just old school ,… large pwc’s and a few prayers lol
Yea I can’t hack the water changes anymore. The Triton Method involved a lot of planning but I finally got everything I need. Large fuge, strong fuge light, 10x display flow, but there is definitely a large overlap… prayers
Well while doing my weekly water change this morning I noticed my ol’ seaside aquatic protein skimmer wasn’t producing the zillion bubbles it usually does ,… , well, long story short I had to pretty much dismantle half the house to get it out and then dismantle the whole thing ,… luckily ,I alway have a gallon of white vinegar on hand cuz my skimmer had more coralline algae encrusted on it than it had clear plexiglass.
After dismantling the whole thing and and scrubbing the crap out of it I finally have it back up and running ,… the air intake hose fitting that connected to the pump was encrusted in a calcium like deposits where it connected to the pump ,..I chiseled that all out and it’s purring like a cat !
Needless to say that was quite the job ! Anyways ,alls well out here and I’m happy to say the powder blue tang thrives !!!View attachment 322636
Wow, never a dull moment!
(Hi Greg!)
Looks great. But so many problems at once! That sort of thing seems usual. If nothing's wrong I feel like something's about to hit the fan somewhere!
Lol …. Isn’t that the truth !! Oh well, I guess it’s just part of the game
My new inkbird controller arrived on schedule and was installed immediately,… it’s settings seemed a little different from the older previous one I had,..but got it fired up in minutes,….and so far it’s been maintaining the tank right at 79 degrees which is nice to see again !
Whoopee , that’s one small battle won,…but I’m sure there’s many more to come .
Good job!
I like the InkBird controllers. The apps can be a bit dodgy and sometimes flat out programmed incorrectly, but for the most part they are solid. Just bought a pair of 300w titanium BRS heaters today to hook up to mine- my 150w Jagers weren’t keeping the tank warm enough.