Hefner's 180 Thread

bioneck47

bioneck47

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Originally Posted by Hefner413
http:///forum/post/2706750
Thanks! me too. I'm glad I went with the striped dogface. Initially I was torn b/w the stars/stripes, pp puffer and the striped dogface. Don't get me wrong, the S&S and PPP are great. But this guy looks really cool and has a ton of personality.
They also don't get as big, and I really like it when they flare their tail and show their nice looking yellow colors in there. Very pretty puffer and good choice. May the one I had R.I.P.
 
hefner413

hefner413

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Originally Posted by Arlene1995
http:///forum/post/2707040
At my LFS, when you walk in, they have a 72 bowfront and in it right now is a Striped Dogface. It comes right over and will follow your finger across the tank when you walk in. (He's probably thinking to himself, "food!")
LOL. If I ever set-up another large predatory tank, I'll have to add on my list a Striped Dogface puffer!

Yeah, that's one of the things I really like too. My son and daughter love to run their hands back and forth and watch him chase them back and forth. And b/c he is so friendly, all the other fish follow right behind him. Funny though, every once in a while he gets spooked and darts away and the others just scatter in all directions.
Originally Posted by bioneck47
http:///forum/post/2707055
They also don't get as big, and I really like it when they flare their tail and show their nice looking yellow colors in there. Very pretty puffer and good choice. May the one I had R.I.P.

:eek:( sorry about yours. You'll just have to get another one!
 
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arlene1995

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Originally Posted by Hefner413
http:///forum/post/2708017
Yeah, that's one of the things I really like too. My son and daughter love to run their hands back and forth and watch him chase them back and forth. And b/c he is so friendly, all the other fish follow right behind him. Funny though, every once in a while he gets spooked and darts away and the others just scatter in all directions.
That is so funny! Mine does the exact same thing! I can go to either end of the tank and he'll follow with everyone trailing behind. He is everyone's favorite fish.
 
hefner413

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Hey peeps. Just found a great way to clean the parabolic reflectors for your lights. CLR!!! My reflectors for my T5's on my 55gal were looking pretty bad. I thought that they were ruined = seemed to have water/salt stains that just would not come out with any cleaner. So I tried CLR, and it took 95% of it all off. They almost look new now!
Oh, and BTW, just got my replacement bulbs for both tanks. $$$!!!! But they look great!
 
nwdyr

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Hey Hef ,
Sorry I haven't been around , just read a few pages and got caught up! sorry for all the trouble you had
but you handled it GREAT
also like all the additions since I have been here. You also have been very busy ,must be like me I cant wait! like a little kid....actually worse
well keep up the good work , I LOVE PUFFERS
 
hefner413

hefner413

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Thanks nwdyr. And yeah, Arlene.. I'll get some pics. I just got done cleaning the tank all around, every corner, etc - since all the rock will be going back in and will make cleaning these areas more difficult. So the tank is a bit cloudy now - but I'll get some pics tomorrow. I want to try to compare with old pics.
And I started upping the salt today! Starting a few days later than I planned... but it's 1.011 now! I'll be raising it 0.002 / 0.003 each day, so it'll be 5 or 6 days until it's back to 1.025. Can't wait! Won't be too long until I start looking for my angels!!! Maybe a month or two?! The tank will be about 6 mos old then, so should be ready for them.
 
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rcreations

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How are you raising the salt? I'm asking because today I need to start doing the same thing for my QT. I have a little Naso Tang that's been in Hypo for about 5 weeks now, and ich free for 4 weeks.
 
justinwwwallin

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i really really like your setup! i would really appreciate if u could like pm me all the details about what size and everying is cuz im doing a 150 gallon soon
 
hefner413

hefner413

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Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2710094
How are you raising the salt? I'm asking because today I need to start doing the same thing for my QT. I have a little Naso Tang that's been in Hypo for about 5 weeks now, and ich free for 4 weeks.
Well... I mixed new saltwater in a 32 gal - mixed new ro/di water with SUPER high salinity. It is about 1.065. I then emptied out about 25-30 gals from the display. I'm then adding the high concentrated saltwater at a very slow rate. I'll probably have to empty off some and then add more again. Some people do large water changes to bring theirs up. I did this with my 55. I figure this is just as safe and requires a lot less work.
Here's a pic. You can see the ro/di feed from the stand and then the return to the 180. I have a koralia #4 in the 32 gal keeping it circulated.
 
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arlene1995

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Cool! Do you know how long it will take to return to normal salinity? Good luck!
 
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rcreations

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You've got quite a setup there. Good luck and keep us posted. Hopefully all the ich will be gone.
 
hefner413

hefner413

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Originally Posted by Arlene1995
http:///forum/post/2710874
Cool! Do you know how long it will take to return to normal salinity? Good luck!
From 1.009 to 1.025 - so 0.016 difference. You are suppose to raise it 0.002-0.003 per day. I'm on track, so it should be about 6 days total.
Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2710882
You've got quite a setup there. Good luck and keep us posted. Hopefully all the ich will be gone.
I'm just glad that 32 gal fit on the dresser!
Siphon is easier than pumping imo. AND man, I hope you're right!!! ALL that ich better be GONE!!
 
hefner413

hefner413

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I HAD A CLOSE CALL YESTERDAY!!! I left for work at 4:30AM. My wife called my cell around 7AM in a panic. She says "There's some loud screaming sound coming from your tank!" I told her to look in the stand and sure enough, my sump had started to overflow! GOOD THING I HAD THOSE WATER ALARMS!!! I had left my ro/di running for mixing the salt - filling up the large garbage can on the dresser (It takes a day to fill). It had somehow just got high enough to start a siphon again and started siphoning into the tank (it was actually only 1/4 full). I told her to take the siphon tube out of the tank and put it all in the garbage can. Luckily only about 15 gal or so went into the tank - so it didn't drop the salinity much - and only a few cups of water had leaked over before she got it stopped! Everybody was fine, except my wife freaking out. She got a couple towels and dried it up. No harm done!!!
If I hadn't got those water alarms, who knows how long it would have taken before the water would have been noticed. I didn't get off work until 7pm - so it could have been a disaster!!!
whew. Close one!
 
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arlene1995

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Dang! That really was close! Now I REALLY need to get those water alarms... Great investment!
 
hefner413

hefner413

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Well peeps! Some updates.
In preparation for re-adding the rock, I wanted to try to make the pvc look more natural. So I got two ~2in length pieces of pvc and drilled holes in them. I then tied down pieces of rock with fishing line. Pretty simple - I put it in the 45deg elbows and now I think it looks much better.
Not bad eh?

 
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