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01/19/2016, 03:39 PM | #1 |
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Dria's IM Fusion 40 Tank Thread
IM Fusion 40 with stock stand
Equipment so far: EcoTech Marine Radion XR15w Pro EcoTech Marine VorTech MP10wQD Cobalt Aquatics Neo-Therm 150 Watt Tunze Comline DOC Protein Skimmer 9004 Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155 I'm going with Tampa Bay Saltwater rock and sand. Hoping to get that in next week and finally get this tank wet! Pictures are not terribly exciting yet. Mostly wanted to show the pain in the butt that is the paper on the back of the display: I've been chipping away at it all day but it's a real pain. Here's my single mod so far, putting some LED light strips in the stand that turn on when the door is opened: I still need to tidy up that cord inside but I wanted to wait until I had more plugged in before messing with cable management. Assuming I can get the rest of that paper off today there may be more setup pictures coming later!
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01/19/2016, 06:20 PM | #2 |
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Good start.
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01/19/2016, 08:42 PM | #3 |
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Try contacting IM and see if they have an easy way to remove that film. It looks terribly difficult to remove
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01/19/2016, 10:50 PM | #4 |
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Your supposed to leave that on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Try hot water.
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01/19/2016, 11:35 PM | #5 | |
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I tried hot and cold water both. Magic eraser too. None of that managed to make much of a dent but a plastic algae scrubber has worked pretty well. Only a couple of small spots yet that I'm going to take care of tomorrow.
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01/20/2016, 08:23 AM | #6 |
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Razor blade?
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01/20/2016, 08:32 PM | #7 |
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Finally conquered the evil brown paper and got some of the equipment hooked up.
Tomorrow's task: figure out how to use my RO/DI!
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01/22/2016, 05:10 AM | #8 | |
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http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2512216 Looking forward to following your build. Good luck!
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01/22/2016, 07:15 PM | #9 | |
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I ordered the 30 gallon package (based on the measurements of the display area and a volume calculator it came up just over 30g) which comes with 30lbs sand and 60lbs rock. I think that's probably too much rock but it gives me some flexibility with my aquascape and I can always throw some of the extra in the sump until I get my fuge going. Getting my first delivery tomorrow so there should be some exciting pictures then! The seal between the front and back on mine seems solid. For my leak test I filled only the display not quite up to the overflows and ended up with no water in the sump at all. Looking forward to finally getting this tank wet. I've been making RO water all day and will do my first saltwater mix tonight. Exciting times!
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01/23/2016, 12:53 PM | #10 |
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First mix of salt water was 1.026 right on the nose. Completely by accident because I was guessing at the volume in the container since it wasn't full. I went in after and made a mark so I know for next time how high to fill it and how much salt to add.
I'm having some trouble bringing it up to temperature (hovering around 68) but I think that's because the heater is only a 50W and it's pretty chilly out in the garage. I think the water in the boxes will probably be low too so I'll bring it all up together gently in the tank and that should be fine. Hopefully any critters that are hitchhiking are hardy!
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01/24/2016, 03:42 AM | #11 |
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Tank is wet! Tampa Bay Saltwater rock is everything others have said. Beautiful and fill with life. Hitchhikers so far: a tiny goby of some kind, a little pink urchin, two whelks (removed), a couple of tiny crabs (removed because I thought they were gorillas), and at least one pistol shrimp (heard but not seen). Going to let everything settle tonight and aquascape in the morning. Not very exciting picture of cloudy tank with giant pile of rocks follows:
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01/24/2016, 12:40 PM | #12 |
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World's cutest tiny pink urchin:
He's less than an inch across. Haven't seen the goby yet this morning but I figure he's hiding after yesterday's trauma.
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01/24/2016, 05:46 PM | #13 |
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Moved a few rocks around. Not sure if I'm happy with it yet.
Really like this view from the side though: The teeniest goby:
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01/25/2016, 12:53 PM | #14 |
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Woke up this morning to the sound of falling water. Not as bad as it sounds, only a minor catastrophe. I made the mistake of setting up my ATO right before bed and trusting it to work right. Somehow I guess it was running backwards? Woke up to my return pump running dry and water overflowing in my ATO container.
Half asleep and mildly panicking I somehow managed to fix it with the help of my husband. Still not sure what happened. My salinity is a little low now 1.024 but I figure that's okay because now there's some salt in my ATO container. Still no detectable ammonia but I did find my little urchin dead this morning. Don't know what it was that did him in. Tank shot of the day, microbubbles everywhere:
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01/25/2016, 03:24 PM | #15 | |
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With all that live rock, you may have enough nitrifying bacteria and it is converting all the ammonia already. Yet, only after only a few days, I doubt there would be enough ammonia anyway. |
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All the other inhabitants seem okay despite this morning's adventure. I even saw some barnacles sweeping and a couple of filter feeding worms set up shop in the sand.
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01/26/2016, 12:16 PM | #17 |
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With a small tank load like that, it may also take some time to see nitrates increase as well.
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Goby was dead this morning. Salinity and temperature were a bit wonky yesterday, so I'm thinking that along with the stress of shipment is to blame. Other inhabitants are still looking okay. Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all still undetectable.
Looking clearer finally today! Most of the bubbles are gone.
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Rearranged to make a cool cave in the left front and make a sandy spot in the right front for my eventual hammer garden. I was also making room for the rest of the rock.
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01/27/2016, 12:53 AM | #20 |
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Hmm... two dead critters soo soon. Something doesn't seem right.
Even though I current am not/haven't tried this, (just put up a 20g with a goby and shrimp pair). Have you just thought about doing a fish less cycle. It'd be nice to see your numbers go through the gambit. Did you buy fish online or local? |
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TBS ship in water? How did a Goby become a hitchhiker? That is slightly confusing. If my wife did not fall in love with the shrimp and Goby pair at the LFS, I would have went fish-less cycle too. Now that you have no living critters, it would be a strong consideration just to see the numbers cycle. |
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Well, I do still have living critters in there. LOTS of hitchhikers in TBS rock. Barnacles and worms and some kind of bivalve adhered to the rock. I did see a nudibranch at one point but I'm not sure if it's still alive. The same salinity/temperature swing might have done him in. At least one crab and two pistol shrimp hiding out somewhere. I'm going to put in a trap tonight and see what I catch.
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Interesting story. Thanks for sharing!
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01/27/2016, 03:42 PM | #25 |
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I just got a better look at the crab I have been trying to catch after moving some rock around. I think he's a red mithrax. Score! He is teeny, maybe a little bigger than a dime, and pretty adorable. Not sure I can get a picture as he mostly hides in a crevice in the rock which is why I couldn't tell what he was.
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