Jiddy's 220g MASTERPIECE!

[Jiddy]

What is loud the pumps, or the water entering the tank?

The pumps runnin

 

[Kensn]

I have my pumps sitting on cork I bought at a craft store. I think it was 1/4" thick sheets. I used 2-3 layers of cork under the pump to absorb the sound before it was transfered to the wood of the stand. It helps....

 

[Jiddy]

I see what your sayin Ken, but its not really the vibration of the pump on the wood, i will try a mat or somthin to see if it helps

How do you quiet a overflow? Sounds like a waterfall?

And, at my LFS, they run all PC"s and have some brown zoo's, will those color up under better lights or are they really just brown?

-Jidz

 

[Kensn]

I don't remember what you have for an overflow, but the stanpipes make them almost silent. It can raise the level in back part so there is no waterfall. Is the noise coming from the overflow or from the water entering the sump?

 

[Jiddy]

From the overflow, the part that enters the sump is virtually silent because i added a nice jar in there, so it doesnt splash anymore, quite ingenious of me

 

[Kensn]

Ok Jid man, do you know about this contraption. Really makes the overflow silent. See if you can modify the design to fit in your overflow. I don't know what you have for the drain in yours, but you should be able to rig up something...

http://www.dursostandpipes.com/

Come on Jiddy just 3 more posts !!!!

 

[Jiddy]

Of all the postin ive done (nearly 1000) i havent seen that site yet, thanks, hopefully it will work, i have to try somthin. What bout the rest of my questions, lol

 

[clayswim]

First, that rusty algae could be good or bad. If it's hard like coralline it probably is. Coralline algae often starts out a rust color then after several days starts turning whatever color it will end up. This might be green, purple, red or who knows what. If it's soft it's likely some pain in the a** brown algae or diatoms. The last two are common in new tanks.

The brown polyps you saw will stay brown, that's the way nature intended unfortunately. You don't have to worry about that anyway, you're weeks away from corals.

Clayton

 

[Kensn]

And on the cork, its not only vibration it helps, but any sound transferring to the stand. Kinda like a sound dampener.

 

[Jiddy]

I know Clayton about the corals, I wont be rushin that, even thou my levels are where they are for stuff like Xenia's and what not, but ill wait. *rolls eyes* Ill try to shoot a pic of the algae tomorrow, why would it come about all at once if it was nasty brown algae? If it is, what should i do to get rid of it, my snails are MIA in the rockwork, they are devourin the old LR i had, turnin it into beautiuful coralline

 

[Kensn]

Here's some reading for ya...

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/algaecontrol/a/aa091100.htm

 

[Jiddy]

Okay, so will these go away after a while? The only problem i can think of from the article is to much light, i have the 2day/2night timer, but i have 2 light cords and a fan cord, so they arent setup on the timer yet, i need a 3 in 1 plug in to use the lights together. So i just turn them on when i wake up and goto work, sometimes i oversleep, lol.

Should i get some more snails?

Also, in the article it said sometimes this happens when a tank is done being cycled, must mean im done, time to go get corals.

-Jiddy

 

[clayswim]

If it turns out to be diatoms then by all means add snails, they love the stuff. If it's coralline you obviously don't have to do anything about it. Whenever you're talking about algae it often happens all at once like you describe. When there are spores in the water it's hardly ever a small amount. Because your tank isn't balanced like a mature tank you'll have problems like this. Even older tanks that have something major change will usually see at least a small outbreak. Despite what you'll sometimes see online, it actually takes an undetectable amount of phosphates and nitrogen for algae to thrive. High levels will of course raise your chances of outbreak, but low levels won't eliminate them.

Clayton

 

[Jiddy]

Do Mexican Turbo Snails like this stuff?

 

[clayswim]

They love it; in fact I prefer Turbos because of their large size. There's only one problem with them sometimes, and that's the fact that they're often collected in cooler waters and don't adjust well to our warm tanks. The same applies to Margarita snails. I always mix snails. For algae I keep Turbo, Astrea, Trochus and of course the Stomatella snails that come in on live rock. It seems I always end up with several of them. Nerite snails are good diatom eaters too.

Clayton

 

[Jiddy]

I understand this is a late night thread, but i wanted to post some pics while i was at home. For you nonVampires, just ignore, lol!

Here is the "golden" algae i was talkin about

 

[Kensn]

I am no expert by any means Jiddy, but it looks to be diatoms, which would make sense in your new ly cycled tank.

Ken

 

[clayswim]

I agree with Ken, that's definitely some light-loving algae. That wouldn't be coralline. Go ahead and order some snails, you'll need them from now on.

Clayton

 

[Jiddy]

How many and what kinds should i get?

 

[Haole]

OMG! I can’t believe you’ve never seen the durso stand pipe link before!
I could swear that you’ve been hit with every possible link regarding set up plumbing that there is! lol j/k :lol: