Are snowflake eels considered "Reef Safe?" And other questions.

Cowfish928 · Oct 6, 2016

Just witnessed a dwarf lion go on to frozen for the first time. I'm at my LFS. I'm buying it, for the 29 Bio cube.

@Duke4Life

Duke4Life · Oct 6, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
Just witnessed a dwarf lion go on to frozen for the first time. I'm at my LFS. I'm buying it, for the 29 Bio cube.

@Duke4Life

Pics are always welcome

Duke4Life · Oct 6, 2016

Duke4Life · Oct 7, 2016

Newest project for me is my man cave tanks. Going to do a 40g sitting next to a 20g with a 30g sump underneath. The 40g will be for a pair of golden dwarfs and the 20g for a P. Ciliata. I'll have the 20g up and running with basic equipment first since I have all that.

Cowfish928 · Oct 7, 2016

Wow, a pair of Golden Dwarfs Morays? Aren't those like super expensive? And the 20g you have, its for a mantis shrimp, right?

Also here is my Dwarf Lion. My falco is also in the video. And I tried getting a coral beauty and he got horribly ripped up from my Falco. So I euthanized, he couldn't even swim normally.

@Duke4Life

Duke4Life · Oct 8, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
Wow, a pair of Golden Dwarfs Morays? Aren't those like super expensive? And the 20g you have, its for a mantis shrimp, right?

Also here is my Dwarf Lion. My falco is also in the video. And I tried getting a coral beauty and he got horribly ripped up from my Falco. So I euthanized, he couldn't even swim normally.

@Duke4Life

Yes goldens are a bit expensive but also part of my deal with my wife for giving up cigs. And yes the 20g will be made a mantis tank.

Nice lion but had no idea a falco would/could do that to a bigger fish. Sorry you had 2 do that.

Cowfish928 · Oct 16, 2016

Hey Phillip,

Just got my tank up and running. But I have to fix the tubing coming from the bulkheads from the overflow because they are leaking. Also ordered some MarinePure Biomedia so I can have some bacteria that eats nitrate.

How are the projects/Aquariums going? Hopefully everything isn't hectic for you, because you just moved!

@Duke4Life

Duke4Life · Oct 16, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
Hey Phillip,

Just got my tank up and running. But I have to fix the tubing coming from the bulkheads from the overflow because they are leaking. Also ordered some MarinePure Biomedia so I can have some bacteria that eats nitrate.

How are the projects/Aquariums going? Hopefully everything isn't hectic for you, because you just moved!

@Duke4Life

That's the worst hooking up the plumbing lines and having them leak hope you got that fixed.

The smaller tanks will be 100% operating by the end of today, every time I've gone to do that my wife has had another project/moving furniture for me to do.

Cowfish928 · Oct 18, 2016

Hey, just made a whole bathtub full of RODI water. Took almost 2 days. Also I got the overflow plumbing fixed! Also I ordered a TDS Meter(which I should have bought with the RODI system). I have a pump in the bathtub to make sure the water is not stagnent. I will drill a small hole on the top of the u-tubes in the overflow box, then I will attach an aqua lifter to both of them, so no bubbles will accumulate, so I will never break siphon. Then the water the aqua lifter gets, goes down into the sump. Does that sound ok to do?

@Duke4Life

Duke4Life · Oct 18, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
Hey, just made a whole bathtub full of RODI water. Took almost 2 days. Also I got the overflow plumbing fixed! Also I ordered a TDS Meter(which I should have bought with the RODI system). I have a pump in the bathtub to make sure the water is not stagnent. I will drill a small hole on the top of the u-tubes in the overflow box, then I will attach an aqua lifter to both of them, so no bubbles will accumulate, so I will never break siphon. Then the water the aqua lifter gets, goes down into the sump. Does that sound ok to do?

@Duke4Life

Better ask @reefwiser for the answer to this.
Here's my progress

Cowfish928 · Oct 18, 2016

Woah, I love that room! It seems big. And those chairs look so comfortable. Hahahah. Is that the 20 Gallon that the mantis shrimp will be?

@Duke4Life

Duke4Life · Oct 19, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
Woah, I love that room! It seems big. And those chairs look so comfortable. Hahahah. Is that the 20 Gallon that the mantis shrimp will be?

@Duke4Life

Yes it is

the 10g below it will be hospital/observation for fish going through qt.

Duke4Life · Oct 20, 2016

Need more elbow pieces to finish

Duke4Life · Oct 22, 2016

Switched up and am going with this at the moment, this could change once I add sand.

Cowfish928 · Nov 9, 2016

Hey @Duke4Life

So I have new plans. I set up the 110 Gallon that was going to be my saltwater Aquarium, into a freshwater aquarium. For my fish in my 55 Gallon, as an upgrade. So I bought an acrylic 110 Gallon for saltwater. Now I can drill, which I'm happy about. So I don't have to play the risky game of the overflow box. I'm so excited that I can play it safe now. Do you know how to plumb an aquarium? How low I should put the holes in the back? Or what kind of drill I need to use? This will be my first time plumbing an Aquarium.

Duke4Life · Nov 9, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
Hey @Duke4Life

So I have new plans. I set up the 110 Gallon that was going to be my saltwater Aquarium, into a freshwater aquarium. For my fish in my 55 Gallon, as an upgrade. So I bought an acrylic 110 Gallon for saltwater. Now I can drill, which I'm happy about. So I don't have to play the risky game of the overflow box. I'm so excited that I can play it safe now. Do you know how to plumb an aquarium? How low I should put the holes in the back? Or what kind of drill I need to use? This will be my first time plumbing an Aquarium.

#reefsquad

Humblefish · Nov 9, 2016

Click here: Pipe Dreams: The In’s & Out’s Of Aquarium Plumbing

Duke4Life · Nov 10, 2016

@Cowfish928 luckily there are others here to help in areas I'm not strong/confident in. While I've got a bit of knowledge and experience there are still things I need help with.

Cowfish928 · Nov 17, 2016

@Duke4Life from what I have seen, you are very knowledgeable. What you think is "a bit of knowledge" in my eyes, you have an insane amount of knowledge. You have experience that a lot of people don't have, like projects, and putting things together, and making things work. That's what I want, I want to be like you. So yes, I can ask others on some things, but this project I have been doing, you have been here the whole time, and I feel like a team. Don't get me wrong, everyone else has been a giant help to, like leading me in certain directions, and teaching me things, I just feel like we are together on this project.

And @Humblefish thank you for the link, I learned a lot. Do you have any drilled Aquariums? Or any tips on what I should do?

Duke4Life · Nov 17, 2016

Cowfish928 said:
@Duke4Life from what I have seen, you are very knowledgeable. What you think is "a bit of knowledge" in my eyes, you have an insane amount of knowledge. You have experience that a lot of people don't have, like projects, and putting things together, and making things work. That's what I want, I want to be like you. So yes, I can ask others on some things, but this project I have been doing, you have been here the whole time, and I feel like a team. Don't get me wrong, everyone else has been a giant help to, like leading me in certain directions, and teaching me things, I just feel like we are together on this project.

Very flattered by this!

Find things you're passionate in because these are things you'll have a love like no other for and be good at. And don't be afraid to mess up and when you do learn from it.

I'll be here anytime you need me