The Time Has Come!! 60 gal sps......

[tike]

Okay just finished putting the rock in...not the final aquascaping...that will take a while yet!:lol:

 

[spongebob lover]

very nice dood .... keep it up .

 

[FUBAR]

Hey dude, your tank isn't very level. Just an FYI.

 

[tike]

Hey dude, your tank isn't very level. Just an FYI.

No???.......That's because I'm crooked!:badgrin: :evil:

 

[Krish]

Hey dude, your tank isn't very level. Just an FYI.

It's an optical illusion man...Croocked tank , but level water


Tank looks great Willie!!! Pos some of the final rockwork when you are done eventhough I don't see a need to change anything

 

[tike]

Okay I checked my parameters: ammomia 0, trite 0, trate 10 (did a water change), calcium 420, alk 8, mag 1400. So I moved all the corals into the new tank! Man they were really crowded in the 20 and now it looks like i have nothing in the tank . Time to go coral shopping . Of course I am still fine tuning the skimmer, finckly the etss skimmer is!

Well here are a few shots

 

[tike]

A few coral shots

 

[tike]

...and a couple more!

 

[spongebob lover]

nice shots dood , but yeah you need to do some shopping .... everything is coming out real nice Willie

 

[Krish]

Looks great Willie! Nice and clean

 

[tike]

This is a awesome yuma, it is only the size of a dime. I sold a whole rock of these about a year ago and found this on the back side of rock when I cleaned out the 20 gallon.

 

[tike]

Thanks for the replies all! Everything is going good so far. I still am trying to fine tune the skimmer. I am just getting skimmate the color of light tea and the foam is wetter then I like.......I'll keep working on it!

 

[loohunter]

what kind of skimmer do you have

 

[tike]

I have an etss 500. this one http://www.superskimmer.com/etss_evolution_500.htm
I am running it with a mag 9(came with it)and they say a mag 12 on the web site although I remember when i bought it 9 months ago they reccommended a mag 9 for 90 gallons or less.

any suggestions on how i can fine tune it better??

Thanks
willie

 

[loohunter]

after consulting mark, i put a valve on mine to control the air ( you will get finer bubbles with less air) and i put a high pressure pump on and the difference is night and day. maybe the skimmerwhisperer can elaborate a little more

 

[tike]

Paging Skimmerwhisper!

Okay this what's up. I have an evolution 500 skimmer powered by a Mag 9. My problem is my skimmate is a light tea color (see photo in post above). I have noticed the bubbles in my foam contain a lot of large bubbles. I have added an air valve to the top air intake to regulate air but to no avail . I included some pics that might help.

Thanks!!!

willie

 

[loohunter]

i am guessing a better pump would make all the diff. i had amag 12 on my 750 and upgraded to a pcx 70 and the bubbles are insane

 

[tike]

Hmmmmm.....my skimmer is run in a glass sump so i would have to have a submersible pump. Do you think a Mag 18 would do??

 

[loohunter]

i am no expert, but i think the idea is to have a high pressure pump versus ahigh volume pump. the high pressure will cause more turbulance in the skimmer hence more foam. ...... i think

 

[tike]

Well if that is the case I will have tofigure out a way to add a high pressure pump.