I may have revealed my tendencies with some earlier posts but yeah, I love to tinker around with stuff.
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Oh, here's another one. Not for entries.
10 gallon IM Nuvo 10 AIO. Started with 100% TBS premium rock and TBS sand. Chamber 1 is caddy with floss, carbon/purigen and that's really it. Middle chamber nothing. Return chamber return pump and that void space under Chambers 1 and 2 that you can't get to for anything. Tank has included lid.
About a month or two in, I shine a light in the return pump section and find... a gorilla crab. How in the world did that get there!?
At this point I was still freaked out by hitchhikers and wanted that gorilla crab gone. Couldn't catch it. And it had that entire crawl space under Chambers 1 and 2 to hide. Impossible.
Fast forward about 5 months. Gorilla crab is still king of the return chamber. Lots of pineapple sponges growing down there and presumably other detritus flowing through. Not only still alive, but growing!
One lackadaisical day, King Kong Crab was scaling the return pump pipe to the top. Seeing this, I snuck over with tongs and nabbed his highness by the leg, yanked him out of the chamber and into a tupper with tank water. Asked around on the local forum if anyone wanted him. No takers. Didn't have the heart to slay the king, so back to his return pump kingdom.
Fast forward another month. Crab is once again tempting fate at the top of the return pump pipe. Nab him again. This time, a local reefer says his daughter loved the picture of the crab and wanted it as a sump buddy. To which I happily passed the king on to his new kingdom.
Edit: picture of His Highness:
During my planning and researching stages, I did a lot of researching and watching setups of how other reefers use their controllers to do things such as automating tasks and monitoring their aquarium. Then there also the technical side of why this happened or why this failed. That part worries me and is what makes me feel this hobby will be challenging.
mww00ds
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It's hard to pick just one or two surprises. Currently I'm really excited because a pair of my RFAs just reproduced! Only managed to see the tiny guy, because he's neon green on the black sand bed, just before I was about to do a water change. I was able to use a turkey baster (not the used for Thanksgiving lol) and suck him up and put him in a small breeder box in the tank to stay safe. Even better cause I just got a free magnifier for BRS's giveaways I can use to keep an eye on him. Wins over here
mww00ds
7500 Club Member
Dude I love seeing these guys in my tanks. I know others say they get out of hand to pest amounts. But so far they've never been a problem for me.Some people would disagree about it being "cool" but the other day I looked in my tank and saw the first Asterina starfish in this tank. Ok, so nothing new there, pretty much everyone ends up with them eventually, right? The cool part was the wiR of this guy! He was over an inch across.
Here he is hanging out on some homemade Aragocrete rock.
mww00ds
7500 Club Member
I know when I first started out with my first nano 13.5 tank, I was using a lot of outdated information i had learned from my father growing up in the 90's. It wasn't till I found R2R was I able to actually get a tank running successfully. I made a lot of mistakes but with the help from fellow members. I've been able to resolve them. There's still a lot of the advanced techniques and technologies to learn about. But I'm excited to get the chance to learn and use.
tbrown
Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
In my old 75 they were around but never a problem. I've seen tanks get overrun with them and that I can understand.
OU812Reefing
Active Member
Official entry I would replace the top I have on my Proclear ProStar 60
Avast Marine and Top Lids are teaming up to bring you an awesome and fun giveaway with a bit of a different spin!! Welcome to the "Tank Talk with Top Lids & Avast Marine Giveaway!!" Both Avast Marine and Top Lids have established themselves with a reputation for quality and innovation that leads to epic excellence! We're proud to have both of these great companies as sponsors of our community, and super excited about seeing them come together for this event!
Now, I said this giveaway has a bit of a different spin to it, and here's what I mean... One of the things we love about having a community like Reef2Reef is that we can come together over our passion for all things marine and celebrate the wonderful parts of the reef hobby, we enjoy showing off tanks, talking through complications, finding solutions, and celebrating progress toward those thriving beautiful reef aquariums, and we do all of that together in community! Well, in this event, you guys are going to get to talk through all of these different aspects of the hobby with the guys behind these 2 awesome brands.
Each day, you will be given a discussion prompt (or sometimes maybe more than one), and your response to that prompt is your entry to the giveaway! It really is that simple! Engaging in conversation about reefing topics with @Avast Justin and @Top_Lids is how you participate and WIN in this contest!!
The grand prize for this giveaway is a Plank Autofeeder and a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months) from Avast Marine and a custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids w/ Food Regulator!
Also, in addition to that grand prize, the great folks at Avast Marine and Top Lids have said that they will be monitoring the giveaway with the plan to award bonus prizes to people they see who are completely engaged with the contest and the ongoing conversations in here! So keep your participation up, and you could win cool bonus prizes!
Ready to get started? Here ya go!
HOW TO ENTER
OFFICIAL ENTRY (Required): Make a post in this thread telling us about your tank and how you would use this prize if you win!
DAILY ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES: Here's how to get additional entries each day... Each day, one (or both) of the contest sponsors will post a discussion prompt. You get an entry to the contest by interacting with that prompt! (If there are multiple prompts, then multiple entries are possible for that day). Also, be sure to make ONE post in THIS thread for each entry. (Combined entries in a single post only counts as one entry.)
The goal is to keep the conversation going, learn and enjoy community, and win great prizes!!
BONUS ENTRY FOR R2R SUPPORTING & PARTNER MEMBERS: This is an entry option that is only available if you are a Reef2Reef Supporting or Partner Member. If you are a supporting/partner member please make a post in this thread stating that you are a R2R supporter/partner. Our partner member drive is currently open! Get more info HERE!!
THE PRIZE
- 1 Plank Autofeeder from Avast Marine + a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months)
- 1 completely custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids (max size of 72" x 26") + 1 Food Regulator with your choice of color
THE DRAWING
Entries will be accepted through December 22, 2023. We will choose the winner via a random number generator. The winner will be announced by Avast Marine and Top Lids in a special live stream on December 23rd. So be sure to join in for that drawing! (We will also tage the winner in this thread.)
Thanks again to Avast Marine and Top Lids for this awesome giveaway!
#r2rgiveaway
GuppyHJD
Valuable Member
No worries. I was not happy about the deer either. Nor driving back to Florida with only one headlight.laughing at the the wife part... not that you hit a deer
GuppyHJD
Valuable Member
The "puzzle" is the part that probably interests me as much as the beautiful fish and corals. Being retired, you won't see me spending hundreds of dollars on the WWC corals or any of the fish in Andrew Sandler's tank, so I have done more DIY. Researched and built my stand. Used an arduino and six Kamore pumps to create a doser that updates an online database. Phone app in process. I have another arduino for temp, leak detection, waterlevels, PH, etc.
I am currently trying to figure out the Moonshiners and ReefBlueprint systems for element dosing.
If I could only figure out how to have a queen angelfish in my tank of corals. I raised a french angelfish in my last tank from 1.5" to 12" and it would be fun to do again.
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I have this really cool sponge that is growing in my tank. It was just on a frag. Now i see it in little areas all around my rock. Its like pepto pink!
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I love things super technical, i however loose attention of said technical thing.
I usually break it down into small bits so i can "come and go"
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Avast Marine and Top Lids are teaming up to bring you an awesome and fun giveaway with a bit of a different spin!! Welcome to the "Tank Talk with Top Lids & Avast Marine Giveaway!!" Both Avast Marine and Top Lids have established themselves with a reputation for quality and innovation that leads to epic excellence! We're proud to have both of these great companies as sponsors of our community, and super excited about seeing them come together for this event!
Now, I said this giveaway has a bit of a different spin to it, and here's what I mean... One of the things we love about having a community like Reef2Reef is that we can come together over our passion for all things marine and celebrate the wonderful parts of the reef hobby, we enjoy showing off tanks, talking through complications, finding solutions, and celebrating progress toward those thriving beautiful reef aquariums, and we do all of that together in community! Well, in this event, you guys are going to get to talk through all of these different aspects of the hobby with the guys behind these 2 awesome brands.
Each day, you will be given a discussion prompt (or sometimes maybe more than one), and your response to that prompt is your entry to the giveaway! It really is that simple! Engaging in conversation about reefing topics with @Avast Justin and @Top_Lids is how you participate and WIN in this contest!!
The grand prize for this giveaway is a Plank Autofeeder and a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months) from Avast Marine and a custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids w/ Food Regulator!
Also, in addition to that grand prize, the great folks at Avast Marine and Top Lids have said that they will be monitoring the giveaway with the plan to award bonus prizes to people they see who are completely engaged with the contest and the ongoing conversations in here! So keep your participation up, and you could win cool bonus prizes!
Ready to get started? Here ya go!
HOW TO ENTER
OFFICIAL ENTRY (Required): Make a post in this thread telling us about your tank and how you would use this prize if you win!
DAILY ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES: Here's how to get additional entries each day... Each day, one (or both) of the contest sponsors will post a discussion prompt. You get an entry to the contest by interacting with that prompt! (If there are multiple prompts, then multiple entries are possible for that day). Also, be sure to make ONE post in THIS thread for each entry. (Combined entries in a single post only counts as one entry.)
The goal is to keep the conversation going, learn and enjoy community, and win great prizes!!
BONUS ENTRY FOR R2R SUPPORTING & PARTNER MEMBERS: This is an entry option that is only available if you are a Reef2Reef Supporting or Partner Member. If you are a supporting/partner member please make a post in this thread stating that you are a R2R supporter/partner. Our partner member drive is currently open! Get more info HERE!!
THE PRIZE
- 1 Plank Autofeeder from Avast Marine + a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months)
- 1 completely custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids (max size of 72" x 26") + 1 Food Regulator with your choice of color
THE DRAWING
Entries will be accepted through December 22, 2023. We will choose the winner via a random number generator. The winner will be announced by Avast Marine and Top Lids in a special live stream on December 23rd. So be sure to join in for that drawing! (We will also tage the winner in this thread.)
Thanks again to Avast Marine and Top Lids for this awesome giveaway!
#r2rgiveaway
OFFICIAL ENTRY: I have a 20 gallon waterbox aio currently with an old mesh lid. My cat loves to sit on the tank and has stretched the mesh and keeps getting water all over himself and all over the apartment, im also a new mom of a newborn and dealing with my cat jumping on my aquarium is stressing me out. I would love a custom lid with a catproof eva cover from toplids, and an autofeeder would be so useful so if case i forget to feed my fish cause my newborn is being fussy. Winning this giveaway would solve all my problems haha
Avast Marine and Top Lids are teaming up to bring you an awesome and fun giveaway with a bit of a different spin!! Welcome to the "Tank Talk with Top Lids & Avast Marine Giveaway!!" Both Avast Marine and Top Lids have established themselves with a reputation for quality and innovation that leads to epic excellence! We're proud to have both of these great companies as sponsors of our community, and super excited about seeing them come together for this event!
Now, I said this giveaway has a bit of a different spin to it, and here's what I mean... One of the things we love about having a community like Reef2Reef is that we can come together over our passion for all things marine and celebrate the wonderful parts of the reef hobby, we enjoy showing off tanks, talking through complications, finding solutions, and celebrating progress toward those thriving beautiful reef aquariums, and we do all of that together in community! Well, in this event, you guys are going to get to talk through all of these different aspects of the hobby with the guys behind these 2 awesome brands.
Each day, you will be given a discussion prompt (or sometimes maybe more than one), and your response to that prompt is your entry to the giveaway! It really is that simple! Engaging in conversation about reefing topics with @Avast Justin and @Top_Lids is how you participate and WIN in this contest!!
The grand prize for this giveaway is a Plank Autofeeder and a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months) from Avast Marine and a custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids w/ Food Regulator!
Also, in addition to that grand prize, the great folks at Avast Marine and Top Lids have said that they will be monitoring the giveaway with the plan to award bonus prizes to people they see who are completely engaged with the contest and the ongoing conversations in here! So keep your participation up, and you could win cool bonus prizes!
Ready to get started? Here ya go!
HOW TO ENTER
OFFICIAL ENTRY (Required): Make a post in this thread telling us about your tank and how you would use this prize if you win!
DAILY ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES: Here's how to get additional entries each day... Each day, one (or both) of the contest sponsors will post a discussion prompt. You get an entry to the contest by interacting with that prompt! (If there are multiple prompts, then multiple entries are possible for that day). Also, be sure to make ONE post in THIS thread for each entry. (Combined entries in a single post only counts as one entry.)
The goal is to keep the conversation going, learn and enjoy community, and win great prizes!!
BONUS ENTRY FOR R2R SUPPORTING & PARTNER MEMBERS: This is an entry option that is only available if you are a Reef2Reef Supporting or Partner Member. If you are a supporting/partner member please make a post in this thread stating that you are a R2R supporter/partner. Our partner member drive is currently open! Get more info HERE!!
THE PRIZE
- 1 Plank Autofeeder from Avast Marine + a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months)
- 1 completely custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids (max size of 72" x 26") + 1 Food Regulator with your choice of color
THE DRAWING
Entries will be accepted through December 22, 2023. We will choose the winner via a random number generator. The winner will be announced by Avast Marine and Top Lids in a special live stream on December 23rd. So be sure to join in for that drawing! (We will also tage the winner in this thread.)
Thanks again to Avast Marine and Top Lids for this awesome giveaway!
#r2rgiveaway
Nate Chalk
7500 Club Member
Biggest surprise... Uhh... It hasn't leaked yet.
Lol
I honestly never thought I'd keep acros... Tbh
Nate Chalk
7500 Club Member
I currently have a lot automated. Top off, bin top off, kh guardian, lights, pumps, dosers.
It makes life easier but also needs intervention and adjusting
Nate Chalk
7500 Club Member
Diy kits?? For lids?
SpyC
Valuable Member
I went head first into hard plumbing my recent tank. I've plumbs lfs tanks and only soft plumbed my personal tanks. Left the lfs with hard plumb. The accuracy was not as necessary for those systems. I had nothing but issues with leaking because some parts were just slightly too long or short. After an unknown flood for a week, I tossed that idea and went right back to soft plumbing. it is either too technical or I am just incapable of the required tolerances for hard plumbing into bulkheads on a sump.
I don't think this is something that should be feared, but you definitely need to go in with a good amount of prep, patience. And some trial runs
