Etmanning's 90g Build

[jmags080307]

Great news!! The leopard wrasse finally has come out of the sand after resting for 24 hours straight. I fed the tank right away and he was eating well!

Video:

Leopard wrasse day 2

Edit: after being out for only an hour or less, the wrasse has already buried itself again. At least I got it to eat while out.

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Beautiful fish!

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[etmanning1]

Beautiful fish!

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Thank you! He has been coming out more each day. From about 1-4 today he was exploring the tank and ate well (I've been feeding whenever he is out)

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[Mrx7899x]

Very cool fish, tank looks really good

 

[etmanning1]

Testing day!

Temp 78.2
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
ALK 8.0
Ca 400
Mag 1300

Took a bunch of photos while I was at it.

Blasto from POTO auction last week, already growing well—>

My clown and a good view of all my SPS—>

Yellow coris wrasse—>

Coral beauty, photo is kinda blurry but it’s the best one I could get of him, he’s quite fast. —>

The new leopard wrasse, still pretty shy but eating well and out from 12:00-5:00 or so every day—>

Another pic with both wrasses—>

Wrasse + Tang party!—>

Kole tang, really has colored up since I got him—>

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[Haus]

Looking great!

 

[etmanning1]

Looking great!

Thanks!

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[etmanning1]

Just woke up to the smell of burning plastic throughout the house, coming from the tank. Just so happens that the power went out and my overflow took a while to start back up, allowing a little bit of water to spill out the front of the DT. this water ran down my stand and completely fried my reefkeeper. Something was seriously on fire, there's smoke and plastic everywhere. Pics to come tomorrow. I'm just glad that the fire never took off because it could have been seriously bad. Fun times.

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[jmags080307]

Just woke up to the smell of burning plastic throughout the house, coming from the tank. Just so happens that the power went out and my overflow took a while to start back up, allowing a little bit of water to spill out the front of the DT. this water ran down my stand and completely fried my reefkeeper. Something was seriously on fire, there's smoke and plastic everywhere. Pics to come tomorrow. I'm just glad that the fire never took off because it could have been seriously bad. Fun times.

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That's some scary stuff!

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[horseplay]

Scary indeed. You probably need to rethink your plumbing. How does it slow to restart? I have not heard of this issue before unless it's blocked.

 

[Mrx7899x]

When I had a hang on the back overflow. I mounted a float switch on the rim of the tank that would shut my return pump off if the water level got to close to the top of the tank.

 

[Trio91]

Just woke up to the smell of burning plastic throughout the house, coming from the tank. Just so happens that the power went out and my overflow took a while to start back up, allowing a little bit of water to spill out the front of the DT. this water ran down my stand and completely fried my reefkeeper. Something was seriously on fire, there's smoke and plastic everywhere. Pics to come tomorrow. I'm just glad that the fire never took off because it could have been seriously bad. Fun times.

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Thank goodness you caught it in time bud.

 

[diana a]

Glad you and your family are okay.

 

[DangerDave]

@etmanning1 I'm glad to hear that this ended safely. It sounds like you have an overflow that runs over the edge of your tank. Some advice from a guy who ran a DIY version of this type of overflow for 10 or more years. Go buy an aqua lifter, drill a hole in the top of the overflow, and plumb it in. Run it 24/7, and replace every couple years. When the power comes on, it will create the siphon quickly and get you overflow running. It’s cheap insurance for an over the top overflow.

If you’re not running this type of overflow, well nevermind then.

Regardless, you need to periodically do a power out simulation to see how the tank will react when the power comes back on....

Dave

 

[etmanning1]

I am indeed running a U-tube siphon type overflow. I've tested before and it has never had trouble starting back up after power was off. I obviously did not see exactly what happened so I'm not sure what caused the water to overflow but I did just order an aqualifter pump just in case. The only issue now is that since the controller is trashed, the tank is running off of power strips and timers until I can save up enough for a replacement :/.

 

[Mrx7899x]

Did the head unit just get wet.

 

[etmanning1]

Did the head unit just get wet.

One of my pc4s got destroyed, the head unit and the other pc4 is alright, I just need more outlets!

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[njtiger24 aquariums]

that sucks man. Good thing you got to it before bigger issues

 

[ecam]

Thank god you were home.

 

[ecam]

This is also the reason I try and keep nothing underneath the tank. Separate cabinet is cheap and safer in my opinion

 

[freshoffthegrill]

Close call.