Zippys tank

[reefsandrotts]

Marineland's 120 is single corner and they look great with the black seams.

 

[Zippy69]

Marineland's 120 is single corner and they look great with the black seams.

Was at Brian's today and saw his 120. Would love the depth to play with the rock work and now do accidental frags every time I put my hand in. Will look into it, thanks!

 

[Zippy69]

Marineland's 120 is single corner and they look great with the black seams.

Was at Brian's today and saw his 120. Would love the depth to play with the rock work and now do accidental frags every time I put my hand in. Will look into it, thanks!

 

[Zippy69]

Got some magnets this weekend. I found that super glue does not stick to glass in the long haul. So k&j magnetics had a great selection. I ended up with small plastic 1/4 inch and 3/4 epoxy coated. These magnets are strong! Work fine and if you want to move a frag no big deal....just drag it like a computer mouse!

Here are some pics

 

[jgraz]

Pete, did you coat those epoxy coated magnets in anything. I had the same things and I coated them in about 4-5 layers of plasti dip. I later found that they had started to rust. I ended up dumping them all.

 

[Zippy69]

No I did not coat them, they said it would be able to deal with salt water...I will watch and see. I have plastic coated magnets I can use if needed.

 

[jgraz]

Here's a pic of two of mine after about 3-4 months in the tank.

I ordered 20 epoxy coated magnets that I added 4-5 coats of plasti dip to. All the magnets that made it into my tank were pulled and found rusted. All the one that stayed outside the tank were fine.

Keep a very close eye.

 

[Zippy69]

Thanks John, will do. I also have plastic encased ones that are water proof.If I see any signs I will switch over.

 

[Hawkeye]

Magnets are a great idea. Mind if i ask which ones you got? that website has a ton of them.

 

[kschweer]

Forget what company but one of the frag plug manufacturers makes discs with the magnets inside. Ill see if I can find them.

 

[kschweer]

Found them
http://aquarium.bulkreefsupply.com/reefing/Magnetic-Frag-Plugs

 

[Zippy69]

The magnets look exactly the same as the ones I have. Hope they do not rust, time will tell and in the mean time they add a whole new dimension to the tank!

 

[Zippy69]

Some shots:

 

[Zippy69]

Here is the start 14 months ago:
to this

 

[downbeach]

Looks great Pete. Are you dosing, using a Ca reactor?

 

[redfishbluefish]

Nice progression shot Pete......a before and after.....looks good.

 

[Zippy69]

Looks great Pete. Are you dosing, using a Ca reactor?

Thanks Jim, I am manually dosing with BRS part. About 6 weeks ago I had the most amazing color, even with my ability to keep alk at no greater than 8 while maintaining mag and calcium. So got the motion after seeing other systems to slowly raise it as others seem to keep theirs at 9 or higher. Stupid idea as I have now some dulling of sps color and had a bit of stn at the base of 2 colonies. Now I am doing what I did in the beginning and we will see over he next few weeks as to what happens. Corals have full polyp extension but a bit brown or dull. It's probably time to upgrade with all the corals on top of each other

 

[Zippy69]

Nice progression shot Pete......a before and after.....looks good.

Thanks Paul, it's nice to take pics over time. You forget where you were so when thing may not look their best at least it's better than the beginning

 

[BuGG]

What a difference!! Looks great with all the growth on the tank.

 

[Zippy69]

So I went sock less a few days ago. Only thing I noticed is skimmer pulls out more and I do not have to change the sock every 4 days! Yeah!!!



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