Matt's 100 gallon Rimless OBD system

[myindoorocean]

A few new pictures with my new camera. It's a point and shoot, Canon SX280HS. Has an underwater setting, that's what I used. I'll play more with it later.

Love this one. Lawnmower Blenny Glass Smooches!

 

[seedlessinseattle]

Very cool tank, Kuddos Matt

 

[myindoorocean]

Very cool tank, Kuddos Matt

Thanks a bunch!

 

[myindoorocean]

Have a new member of the family! Noticed this guy this morning, he's about 1/4" long!

Never had fish breed in my tank before, will he live? Not sure if there are any others, this is the only one I've seen.

 

[user 26995]

AWWWWW so cute!!!

 

[suzannemay]

cool looks great. You baby fishy is so sweet.

 

[myindoorocean]

Got a new camera, here's some shots...

Here's Daddy (or Momma), not sure which one...

FTS

That's it for now!

 

[ak_reefer]

Looks great! Gotta love seeing all the hard work pay off!!

Sent from the great beyond via Tapatalk 2.5!!

 

[myindoorocean]

Looks great! Gotta love seeing all the hard work pay off!!

Thanks! Not a problem getting the fish in the picture! They're front and center whenever I'm in the room!

 

[user 26995]

Those are some great shots!

 

[myindoorocean]

Here's a video of my goby and pistol shrimp

 

[myindoorocean]

Hey! Let's go for a ride!

 

[user 26995]

LOL...Thats so funny!

 

[ksed]

Any pictures of the skimmer working

 

[mfinn]

That picture of the snail with the checker board pattern looks very similar to a known zoanthid eater.
Have any more pictures of it?





After looking at it again,,, probably not.

 

[myindoorocean]

Haven't been contributing much lately, because I've had a pretty bad hair algae problem, but I think I've got it on the run (hopefully) so here's a few new pics.

Full Tank Shot

Green Monti Digitata, Pincushion Urchin, and Green Clown Goby hiding in the Monti

You can still see a little of the algae, but it's getting a lot better!

Spongode

Tomini and friends - including some finger-biting clowns!

Desjardin's Sailfin

Yellow polyps and a random coral I got from Inland Corals

 

[myindoorocean]

Video of the algae problem from a couple of months ago. Yuck!

 

[tike]

WOW that hair algae was crazy!!:jaw::jaw::jaw:

Tell us how you got a handle on it. I am sure some want to know.

 

[myindoorocean]

WOW that hair algae was crazy!!:jaw::jaw::jaw:

Tell us how you got a handle on it. I am sure some want to know.

Yeah horrible, right? Here's what I've done, up to this point. Not done yet, but it's better.

1. Manual removal. I got some 5/8" tubing and pulled and siphoned it as much as possible. I would siphon it back into the sump through a strainer.
2. Less feeding. I'm only feeding once a day, or every other day, for now.
3. Rinsing the food.
4. Dr. Tim's Wasteaway and Refresh. I was dosing with Refresh for a couple of weeks, every other day or so. That got rid of my cyano, and it hasn't returned. I used Wasteaway every other day for a month or more, but recently ran out and haven't reordered it yet. It's bacteria that competes for waste. I think it's made a difference.
5. Added Chaeto and a light in the sump.
6. Added more biopellets in my pellet reactor.
7. Skimming a little wetter.
8. Cut back my lights a couple of hours a day. Plus, if it's really sunny I close the front curtains in the afternoon.
9. Hydrogen peroxide. I've pulled out as many rocks as I easily can and sprayed or squirted with hydrogen peroxide. It kills the hair algae dead! And it doesn't come back on the rocks you treat. I've also been dosing it directly into the tank. I use 1/2 cup a day dumped right into the tank, my total volume is about 150 gallons, minus the rock. I don't really like doing that because it kind of stresses some of the corals (zoas mainly) but I really want to get rid of it. The zoas close up for about an hour or less, then they open up just fine. It shocks the urchin a little too, it falls off the rock that it's on, but recovers immediately.
10. I've bought tons if snails (turbograzers, ceriths, margaritas, astreas, trocus, and nerites). Plus, 2 urchins, 2 tangs (tomini and sailfin) and 3 or 4 emerald crabs. In my opinion, none of these things have helped at all. I don't think snails help at all, and they kind of drive me nuts.

This is what I've done, and I think it's getting much better. I just keep plugging away at it. I think a lot of it is that my tank is fairly new, only about 8 months old right now. Patience is the key I think.

 

[Ichthys]

Yeah horrible, right? Here's what I've done, up to this point. Not done yet, but it's better.

1. Manual removal. I got some 5/8" tubing and pulled and siphoned it as much as possible. I would siphon it back into the sump through a strainer.
2. Less feeding. I'm only feeding once a day, or every other day, for now.
3. Rinsing the food.
4. Dr. Tim's Wasteaway and Refresh. I was dosing with Refresh for a couple of weeks, every other day or so. That got rid of my cyano, and it hasn't returned. I used Wasteaway every other day for a month or more, but recently ran out and haven't reordered it yet. It's bacteria that competes for waste. I think it's made a difference.
5. Added Chaeto and a light in the sump.
6. Added more biopellets in my pellet reactor.
7. Skimming a little wetter.
8. Cut back my lights a couple of hours a day. Plus, if it's really sunny I close the front curtains in the afternoon.
9. Hydrogen peroxide. I've pulled out as many rocks as I easily can and sprayed or squirted with hydrogen peroxide. It kills the hair algae dead! And it doesn't come back on the rocks you treat. I've also been dosing it directly into the tank. I use 1/2 cup a day dumped right into the tank, my total volume is about 150 gallons, minus the rock. I don't really like doing that because it kind of stresses some of the corals (zoas mainly) but I really want to get rid of it. The zoas close up for about an hour or less, then they open up just fine. It shocks the urchin a little too, it falls off the rock that it's on, but recovers immediately.
10. I've bought tons if snails (turbograzers, ceriths, margaritas, astreas, trocus, and nerites). Plus, 2 urchins, 2 tangs (tomini and sailfin) and 3 or 4 emerald crabs. In my opinion, none of these things have helped at all. I don't think snails help at all, and they kind of drive me nuts.

This is what I've done, and I think it's getting much better. I just keep plugging away at it. I think a lot of it is that my tank is fairly new, only about 8 months old right now. Patience is the key I think.

Got rid of my green hair issues with an Orange Shoulder Tang, that guy eats like a beast. I am VERY curious about some of the items you have tried, spent the last hour reading threads at RC on Hydrogen Peroxide, had never heard of using it in our hobby before, dont think I will, but interesting stuff. You say that you got rid of cyano with Dr. Tims Refresh? Another product I had never heard of. Anyone else use this with good results? Cyano seems to be my recurring issue over time, I treat it with Chemiclean and a few weeks to months later it comes back.