Tank Reincarnation

[gemmy]

Any improvement is better than what my tank looks like now. I ordered some more CUC members and some sea lettuce for my fuge. We shall see how it goes.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Neat. I'm glad to hear of some improvements. . Macro is pretty awesome!

 

[slice]

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Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/390282/tank-reincarnation#post_3455984

Do you plan any changes to your rockwork?
Those rock pieces yield many options.
I see Japanese Pagoda shapes and cantilevered ledges.
I see awesomeness waiting to happen...

 

[gemmy]

I'm going to play around with the rocks a bit. I do have an issue with moving the rocks around. My sebae anemone is firmly planted to a lot of the rocks. I also want to play around with attaching some of the green star polyps to the glass, but I'm not sure how I'll like that if I'm successful.

 

[slice]

Your tank has potential out the a$$.
Think different.

 

[kiefers]

Double post...... sorry

 

[kiefers]

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Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/390282/tank-reincarnation#post_3455983
Ugly background tank:

Oh my..... what does Keith see..... an open canvas...... the shelves, caves, drop off.......... oh the possibilities!! I wanna help and play!

 

[gemmy]

My lights they are coming today, but I have work at noon.

 

[gemmy]

I just got the tracking info on my skimmer, salt, heaters and refractometer. They should be here on Friday. I plan on doing a good water change on Saturday and getting the skimmer hooked up. Looks like I'll be keeping UPS and Fed-Ex busy this week.

 

[kiefers]

Sounds like your off to a good start. Christmas in Febuary!

 

[snakeblitz33]

Ever have any problems with your skimmer after a water change? My skimmer overflows every time I do a water change on my tank for some reason. No idea...

 

[kiefers]

no. no problems with the skimmer here.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Hmm. I guess because I don't do that many water changes it must have thrown something off or stirred something up. Who knows. I know now to empty my skimmer cup and turn it off for a day or so after a water change. Oh well, one of those strange tank personality things. lol

 

[gemmy]

I don't have a working skimmer.
My lights did not come.
I had a bad day.
Time for a drink.

 

[kiefers]

Sorry for the bad day Krista. Wanna beer?

 

[kiefers]

sorry for the bad day Krista..... wanna beer?

 

[kiefers]

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/390282/tank-reincarnation/20#post_3456611
Hmm. I guess because I don't do that many water changes it must have thrown something off or stirred something up. Who knows. I know now to empty my skimmer cup and turn it off for a day or so after a water change. Oh well, one of those strange tank personality things. lol
I take my skimmer out monthly and clean the pump and skimmer real good so....... just a part of my monthly cleanning chores. All the pumps and power heads get taken apart and cleaned once a month. Makes for a rather long couple of hours of scrubbing. Then every 4 -6 months, I clean out the sump by suckin all the water out and wipe it down to get some of the bacterial slime of and salt.
*funny.... just as I was typing, my skimmer just started making a grinding noise, just turned it off and will leave off for a couple of hours.

 

[gemmy]

So the stupid place I ordered my lights from put in the wrong shipping address. They left out a letter from my apartment number. They put a # sign instead of the number. What didn't they think I knew my address???? Grrrrrrrrr.

 

[kiefers]

Hmmmmmmm frustrating, I know, been there done that!

 

[gemmy]

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Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/390282/tank-reincarnation/20#post_3456632
Hmmmmmmm frustrating, I know, been there done that!
I'm getting really mad with them. I told them to change the delivery method to the hold at UPS option. They didn't understand that. Who knows when I will get the lights....