Newbie Indroduction

[project1004]

Hi, everyone ^^

My name is Tae and I am new to this club. ^^
I recently purchased 55gal salt water tank on Craigslist. Moved everything to 46 gal bow front tank I purchased from petsMart three years ago... ( I started off from fresh water and finally moved to salt water tank)
I been getting informations from local reef store, and it's time for me to join this club to share but mainly LEARN...

Thank you all~~~~

Edit: Q&A: As I noted above, my tank is currently in pretty bad shape... It was full of green argae. ( I think old owner was using tap water for top-off??? ) all the coral have diminished ( or retract? ). I bought a sump (used) and a separate refugium (used). I done two water changes in a month. Green argae is almost gone and I am waiting for the posphate reactor to remove the rest of green argae. any suggestions???
also, my engineer goby is swimming around the front glass. (he usely is hiding) is this normal??? Thanks ^^

 

[ralph atl]

Welcome!

from your vague discription, your Gobi should be fine.....

 

[project1004]

mysterybox;627783 wrote: Welcome!

from your vague discription, your Gobi should be fine.....

kewl
another questions: I am waiting for the phosphate reactor i purchased on ebay... is it necessary to have if I have refugium with mineral mud (3") with green microargae with heater... Thanks

 

[ralph atl]

IMHO, yes...I'd ditch the mineral mud, maybe keep the macro algae....they can tend to become nitrate factories themselves...

 

[basscyn]

Welcome!
You might try going lights out for 2 or 3 days to impede the algae growth if its that bad. Ultimately you will have to find the source of the problem. Tap water top offs as you say...would be a big one!

 

[project1004]

Thanks guys ^^

I ended up breaking down the tank and restart~~~ The Tank was in pretty bad

Here is picture from Wednesday. See all the Green algae things o.0'

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Sump and refugium. I will take the mud out...

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Today I broke it down~~~
Adding Some Marcorocks and new sand soon.
also I went and took the base of cabinet out to give more room.
Two brick will be base for the refugium to level up to sump.
RO (waiting for DI from AWI) will be mounted in the back wall.

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Ten gallon tank for two blue damsel and engineer Goby.
I took the sand and rock right out of the tank and put it in.
Not sure if okay but it has skimmer and small hob filter and heater for now.
can I do anything for them in mean time???

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SO, my next step and I am stuck...
Live rocks from old tank(bucket full). I scrubbed it with grill brush but wasnt so good
at cleaning it. I am suppose to put the rocks in Hydrogen peroxide but not sure how to yet... can someone help me with this... how do i dilute??? do
I use straight hydrogen peroxide or mix with water???

Thanks in advance ^^;

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[project1004]

So, I was able to pick up used 70 gallon pre-drilled tank that will fit into the cabinet space I have. So I m going from 46 gallon to 70 gallon. :yay:
the problem I have is broken PVC pipe (shorter one) that was on from set-up. I went and added few pictures.... How can I take it out??? I am having troble. It's not coming off... thanks in advance~~~ ^^;

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[project1004]

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Thanks to airwaterice.com for DI unit...

Edit: I used 28% Hydrogen peroxide (Industrial grade?) instead of 3% ones from kroger.

I soaked in for about 30 hours or so.... works well I think~~~ it bubbled forever... green stuff is mostly gone not comepetely though~~~
But I dont think I be using these rocks...Kekeke
anyways here are pictures~~~

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[ichthyoid]

Make sure to rinse the rock several times in fresh RODI water. Then allow the rock to dry completely. It will then be ready to use again.

 

[sprinklerman500]

Your going to have to change the bulkhead to get that broke pipe out,just replace the bulkhead and install a new pipe.Its more than likley a 1 1/2 inch hole.I just got new bulkheads on ebay for 5.95$ and shipped to my door in 3days.

 

[project1004]

sprinklerman500;631891 wrote: Your going to have to change the bulkhead to get that broke pipe out,just replace the bulkhead and install a new pipe.Its more than likley a 1 1/2 inch hole.I just got new bulkheads on ebay for 5.95$ and shipped to my door in 3days.

Thanks for the info... I am not sure how to take it out... it's glued well and I hate to breke the glass trying to take it out... any suggestions?
thanks

 

[project1004]

project1004;631899 wrote: Thanks for the info... I am not sure how to take it out... it's glued well and I hate to breke the glass trying to take it out... any suggestions?
thanks

I went and sawed it off... both of em...
Tank is clean now...
I will post some more picture once i goet some more things done... :up:

 

[purplegorilla]

There is a plastic black nut. Use a large plier.

 

[project1004]

So, I started taking the paint off and took some pictures. I used blade to scrape the old paint out... my thumbs on fire~~~
Took like twenty minutes~~~

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[project1004]

Few days ago, I caught my cat VEGA playing around... Nextday my two blue damsel and engineer goby died after heater failure... It cooked them to death...100w heater in 10 gallon tank. I set it little hot I think and it was picked at 98 degrees when i came home... Suxed....
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[project1004]

I went to Home Depot and got some piping done... But I couldn't find the one for return line... Home depot didnt have any... lowes didnt have any... Any ideas.btw, the last picture show the return line... it ended there... it came with whitecap and i figure it should be off... no???
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[danielll]

I have been watching this thread here and there, and I am still confused as to why you broke the whole thing down. it appears as if you did all that because of green algae, but am i missing something?

 

[project1004]

I wanted to start it all over... I has been fun so far...
Got much to do... :yes:

 

[project1004]

blakejohn;632114 wrote: What I would do for your return line is this, Remove all the return plumbing that the tank has. Get a new bulk head that is threaded internally at both ends. Run the return pipe up through the overflow and over the top of the overflow.

The way it is now (with the return coming out of the overflow near the bottom) if you have a power failure you will siphon 50 gallons back into your sump or, all over your floor rather.

Thank you so much for the help...
what am i suppose to do with the hole?
Should I gt one of these? (picture for JeffMuse's tank building thread.
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[mustangcaleb]

when you run the return all the way up the overflow, which is def needed like mentioned, why not just glue/silicone a small piece of acrylic or something over that hole in the overflow. glue it to the inside of the overflow and try to hide it as much as possible. also if the overflow is big enough for you to get your hand in there good, a simple glass scraper should be able to get the bulkhead loose from the inside.