Krish
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Sherman has OCD just like me...That's how
The Sherman Tank (Photo Scrapbook)
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Sherman has OCD just like me...That's how
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
sheesh no wonder the tank looks awesome.
Scooterman
Well-known member
It takes lots of work to keep it that clean, lets see it after you have your BB krish
Sherman
Has Met Willis
Scooterman said:Awesome as usual, how do you ever keep your tank so clean?
http://www.aquariumguys.com/kentproscraper6.html with the metal blade: http://www.aquariumguys.com/kentproscraper5.html
I clean all glass surfaces about once per month, or so. Coralline's cool, but it detracts from seeing the corals.
Everyone else: Yeah, that clam is something special. I feel pretty lucky. What's even better is that the tank it came from will probably be back up, in time. The friend got past the emotional blow of a flood/crash, and realized the mistakes that led to it. He's talking about a super simple setup, as this one was so full of stuff, he couldn't even clean the glass any more. He says he wants a small pile of rocks in the middle, and a single anemone, with a small assortment of a couple other corals... and that's it. While we all tease Krish about his tank, I actually recommended this friend take a look at a super easy (and clean) setup. I think that's the kind of thing he's after.
And if wants the clam back, it's his.
Krish
RF STAFF
Sherman...I was just curious how much extra additives (or whatever you use to supplement calcium etc in your tank) you had to bump up since adding the clam or have you not noticed much difference and kept everything the same??
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
yeah dood what do you do or what are you adding?
i hope you're not adding breast milk in there :shock: .
i hope you're not adding breast milk in there :shock:
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Sherman
Has Met Willis
I'm running a calcium reactor and a kalk reactor handles 100% of the top off. How ironic is it that I just sent you a PM that stated how I haven't added a single thing to the tank since I added the calcium reactor.
I haven't noticed a difference with the clam, but it's only been 2 days. Calcium uptake was already so stinkin' high, as it was. I'm keeping an eye on it, though!
Gaby... gross. Just gross. Go to your room!
I haven't noticed a difference with the clam, but it's only been 2 days. Calcium uptake was already so stinkin' high, as it was. I'm keeping an eye on it, though!
Gaby... gross. Just gross. Go to your room!
Sherman
Has Met Willis
spongebob lover said:i hope you're not adding breast milk in there :shock:
Besides, it makes the skimmer go crazy!
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
ohh so Krish gets all the updates and we don't ... sheeesh and i thought we were friends
.I still don't get where you're hiding the calcium reactor and the kalk one
.LMBO!! :lol: hey i was just making sure dood.
Krish
RF STAFF
Thanks for the info! Right now, my doseages of the 2 part B-Ionic is so minimal seeing I don't have anything in there to soak it up! I guess once I start popping things in there, I may eventually have to go the calcium reactor route, but we'll see. Only so much I can fit into my little cube
ROFL! I can see Gabby now, on a ladder leaning over the tank...Never mind:shock:
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spongebob lover
flea whisperer
hmm not a bad idea
:lol:
Scooterman
Well-known member
Hey Sherman, I have that scraper but now I can't use it on my acrylic down falls of not having glass dood! You find it necessary to keep both reactors to keep your ca up?
down falls of not having glass dood! You find it necessary to keep both reactors to keep your ca up?
Sherman
Has Met Willis
Scooterman, they make a plastic blade, but I don't know if it's for acrylic. Now you get to experience one reason I'll never have an acrylic tank. To make matters worse, more often than not, I actually use an actual utility razer blade to clean coralline more often than the Kent scraper! It works so much faster.
I definitely don't need both reactors. I could nuke the tank with the calcium reactor alone. I use the kalk reactor for pH control and because kalk precipitates phosphates.
I definitely don't need both reactors. I could nuke the tank with the calcium reactor alone. I use the kalk reactor for pH control and because kalk precipitates phosphates.
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
dood do you have a ph monitor thingy for all these?
Sherman
Has Met Willis
I use a digital pH probe in the tank, and another in the calcium reactor drip cup. The drip cup is used specifically for the purpose of being able to monitor the pH of the calcium reactor effluent. The reactor drips into the cup, leaving it about 2-3" deep, so I can set the pH probe into it, then the cup overflows into the tank at the skimmer input. I drip into the skimmer input so that the skimmer's aeration will help drive off some of the CO2 that's accumulated in the water while passing through the calcium reactor.
Slickdonkey
Drink me
I just noticed this thread for the first time; I'm an idiot with cameras so i stay out of the photography forums. All I have to say is... holy #@$! Very nice pictures.
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
wwouu dood that's very kewl .
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Sherman
Has Met Willis
I whipped up another of those animations, so I could see growth. I also started shooting in RAW mode, so the white balance is a little funky on the most recent shot. I'm still learning that one.
Here's March, May (2 months) and August (3 months later) of 2006.
Here's March, May (2 months) and August (3 months later) of 2006.
Krish
RF STAFF
Very cool...You always have great growth
