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Offline Kenn

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #50 on: July 04, 2010, 20:57:21 »
 :'(

After fighting a battle with Bryopsis and coming out ahead, I had a casualty as a result.

I lost one of my favorite fish today ... my court jester goby  :'(

I completely believe that the  lost was due to the "deforestation" of the Bryopsis crop. IMO these fish NEED hair algae in their diet (foraging). Up untill I started to rid the tank of the hair algae pest, this fish wasn't only surviving...he was flourishing ! FAT and HAPPY.

Sadly due to the fact that I dont plan to have another crop of Bryopsis growing in my tank, I will not get another of these fantastic fish.

Good Bye Jester !! You will be missed.



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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #51 on: July 04, 2010, 22:27:20 »
looken good  ya i cant take good pics at all
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #52 on: July 30, 2010, 17:19:41 »
Just wanted to add a little info to this tanks profile :)

After getting completely frustrated with the BH300f Octopus skimmer on this tank I pulled it and placed a spare Sea Clone 100 on it while I had decided to combat a outbreak of byopisis hair algae by doing a blackout of the tank.

The old skimmer went out to the work bench and got broken down. It stayed in this condition for a little over 6 weeks due to weddings and sadly a death in the family.

After 6 months of declining performance the problems were many...

  • bad \ if any foam production
  • tons of micro-bubbles
  • one of the pumps kept shutting down on me

basically I had a dead weight hanging on my tank and not a skimmer. I also (IMO) believe that it helped contribute to the massive explosion of byopisis hair algae.

So late yesterday evening, I had a DUH moment and went to the Reef Central site and found a few threads on this "hard to get info on skimmer". After spending hours reading every post I could find, here are the threads BTW for anyone else who might be in need of info on these skimmers.

http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?s=d05d854a784b5618bd0e09173b5e9765&t=1325349

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1271452

Feeling better educated no only on this skimmer but skimmers in general I headed to the workbench at 10:00 pm and preceded to clean, do a little mod here and there and replace the air tubing.

Here is a stock pic of this beast:



FYI: it is powered by 2 resun 225 which are known to have heat issues.

I had everything put back together by 1:30am  :laugh: So today I pulled the trusty little Sea Clone (good little un-moded skimmer BTW) and reinstalled the BH300f and after just 2 hours of operation I must say I am STUNED  :o !

I am already getting foam production. It has NEVER done this well  ;D

Upon reading the post on RC I have learned I have a little treasure of a skimmer.

It's only failing ... A inexperienced operator

I...Being a newbie to skimmers, had decided to purchase a high-end-knowledge-is-a-must skimmer, and just expected it to work. And when it didn't. I of course blamed the POS skimmer. When in fact the problem wasn't the skimmer.

It was me.

Lesson Learned...maybe  ;D

Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."   < K >

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #53 on: July 30, 2010, 18:58:20 »
well thats good to hear and glad u got it up and running
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #54 on: July 30, 2010, 19:55:36 »
That is good news Ken! Hope to see some pictures of this in action soon  ^-^

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #55 on: July 30, 2010, 23:31:05 »
So today I pulled the trusty little Sea Clone (good little un-moded skimmer BTW) and reinstalled the BH300f and after just 2 hours of operation I must say I am STUNED  :o !

Whaaaaaaaaaat?????

Seaclone? Good? I think you need to get some sleep...

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2010, 23:58:41 »
Yes, you do have a little treasure of a skimmer there. Want to sell it?
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #57 on: August 02, 2010, 18:20:36 »
Yes, you do have a little treasure of a skimmer there. Want to sell it?

If you would have caught me w week before I did this I would have almost given it to ya!

 as of now, not a chance  ;D

I will post a pic of it functioning tonight.

Thanks for the inquiry though ... almost never hurts to ask  :)
Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."   < K >

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #58 on: August 02, 2010, 20:39:56 »
cool cant wait to see
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #59 on: August 07, 2010, 17:37:56 »
Well ...after much frustration trying to post with a embedded video  :banghead

Here is the link instead to get you an idea on how the skimmer operates



Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."   < K >

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #60 on: August 07, 2010, 19:56:16 »
o that looks like it works great
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #61 on: August 07, 2010, 21:14:00 »
Thanks !

I forgot to mention that this video was taken 22 hours after the skimmer was completely cleaned and vinegar soaked.

So as a "newbie" to complex skimmers... I am very happy so far :)

Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."   < K >

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #62 on: August 07, 2010, 21:34:04 »
u should be    done well
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #63 on: August 09, 2010, 00:18:35 »
Looks like it is performing great, lots of nice small bubbles. Good work Ken

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #64 on: November 10, 2010, 17:27:03 »
As of today I have turned out the lights and drained the water on this build.

This was certainly quite a ride.

I had been out of salt water set-ups for around 10 years. This was my wading pool for trying to see if I was truly ready to get back into this hobby.

In hind sight, I now know that a sump-less system is possible, but a monster to maintain with all the temp swings and parameter fluctuations.

It has been a great learning experience. And I must say it would have been a impossibility for me without all the help and support of W.O.R.C. members and our sponsors.
I have decided to strip the 26g and incorporate it into a combination display/grow out tank with our existing 37g set up.. This adds the benefit of a sump and having a place to grow out some frags of Zoa/paly  as well as LPS/softies.

I do however have a soft spot for this system. It was purchased as a Birthday gift from my family and has gone a long way in lifting my mental spirits.

If you wish to follow my continued attempts of successfully  keeping a salt water aquarium, please join me in the following link:

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Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."   < K >

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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #65 on: November 10, 2010, 18:13:16 »
cool
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #66 on: November 10, 2010, 20:11:23 »
Kenn this is my favorite rockscape of all time. Not sure how you are going to top it but looking forward to what you come up with.


 

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