And another fish...Emperor angel

[allenho1]

Kirk, you may have covered this in another thread, but what kind of skimmer do you use for the 375? Also, any supplemental filtration, ozone, and/or UV?

 

[NC2WA]

Allen,

I have a H&S model 250 skimmer rated for 700 gallons. It is one of the higher end German made skimmers and is a work horse.

my sump does have a filter chamber where I use filter media; I also use ozone and UV. My UV has been offline for almost 2 months. I plan on reinstalling it on Sunday with the help of a friend. Once the UV is up and running, I'm going to cut back on ozone as notice it does affect sinuses/head.

 

[seakingaquariums]

Just watched another 30 minutes of your tank's live stream ( the link is in NC2WA's signature at the end of his post) ! I love the scribbled and the emperor seems to be fitting in When do you usually feed? would be cool to watch! Great work!

 

[NC2WA]

seaking,

Yeah!!

Glad to get a confirmation that the webcam is working..Have a couple of users saying Java problems and not able to watch.

any who...During the week, I normally feed around 5:30-6pm..you can tell, as the masses are huddled in a group in the right hand corner of the tank..

Were you able to see the 2 facula butterflies and declivis butterfly? I added them to the tank on Sunday.

FWIW, in QT, I have 3 more angels: Red Sea Regal, Red Sea Asfur, and Maldives Annularius (Blue ring). the asfur and blue ring are from DD, but not going to add until I treat prophylactically with copper for 2 wks.

 

[seakingaquariums]

The two faculas are definitely quite active swimming around the tank, but i haven't seen much of the declivis. he might still be adjusting to the new home. He does swim back and forth every once in a while but doesn't like to hang out in the open it seems. Maybe the declivis is just camera shy or just busy looking for more food he does look beautiful when he is on camera though!

 

[NC2WA]

it is normally on the far right hand side of the tank behind the live rock ..the furthest distance from the camera, so might be hard to see it.

 

[seakingaquariums]

i understand the sad face why cant all the fish just know to swim in the middle, in the open and get along all the time I'm sure the declivis butterfly will be a little more bold as it becomes accustom to the surroundings and the other fish. the declivis does run across the tank back and forth occasionally and what's good is i don't notice any bullying . I'm sure it will come out more, just give it a little time

 

[allenho1]

Thanks for the feedback on your skimmer and Ozone/UV useage. I've found that Ozone definitely improved the water color. Hope the UV goes online ok. I know I feel better using it in my system.

 

[allenho1]

Dang, can't view your webcam feed due to some problem with my Java download. Oh well...

 

[NC2WA]

allen,

what is the error you get?

also what version of the browser are you using? there is an issue with IE 8 and 9 that will not allow activex or java to be installed.

 

[allenho1]

I use the new version of Google Chrome. I may have to reinstall java.

 

[NC2WA]

allen,

I have not tested my webcam with Google Chrome. I know people with Internet Explorer and Firefox are OK.

My wife has Chrome and do some testing...

 

[NC2WA]

Allen,

pleasure meeting you....hopefully it was worth while..

I was able to get Chrome to connect to the webcam with no issues...I would try to uninstall and reinstall the version 1.5.0_12 of Java..

 

[allenho1]

Awesome system, Kirk. I really like the way you have set things up to make everything easy to do. And the angels and others in your display tank are just incredible!

 

[NC2WA]

Allen

Thanks..glad you enjoyed your visit