Turtle's Deep Blue Sea

[sfin52]

Your tank Robin is wanting to make mine smaller

 

[Katrina71]

I really like the new fish!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I'm really enjoying the size too. Maybe if it was a 60 cube.... nah, 35 is good.

We found a spot to stick the galaxia for now. Therein a hole in this rock that looks like it was drilled. The end of this frag plug fits right in the hole and actually doesn't look too bad from the front. Side shots obviously show the plug. Were gonna let it sit there for a few days and make sure its happy, then probably pop it off that plug and glue it to the rock.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Picture time!

 

[Zack K]

I like Tiny Time! He looks so personable! The only question I have is, why so small? I have a 55 now and have a 180 in the plans. Just waiting to find a place to settle down after graduation and turn 18. Which all ironically happens in June... wow.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I like Tiny Time! He looks so personable! The only question I have is, why so small? I have a 55 now and have a 180 in the plans. Just waiting to find a place to settle down after graduation and turn 18. Which all ironically happens in June... wow.

Why so big?
Lol... nah I found this tank used locally for a steal and jumped all over it. Like I said earlier, I kinda wish it was a 60 cube but I'm happy like it is. Smaller water changes, less lights, less filtration... smallish tanks just work for me. I don't need all those tangs, small fish have plenty of character. You might even say they have more.

 

[sfin52]

Yep, Robin you turned me to the smallish fish. They are great. Just as colorful, eye catching and some are very bold.

Why smaller? Less additives, easier water changes and maintenance.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I'd say the galaxia is happy here... it's pretty much perfect flow right there. I'll pull it off the plug tomorrow and glue it down.

 

[Zack K]

Can’t argue with that. Small fish do have a lot of character. I just have a thing with big tanks. That opens up SO many Types of fish when you have a bigger tank. Ultimately I want an 8’x3’x30 and make it a reef then have the rock work come to a cliff with “open ocean”. That opens up opportunities for the open space fish like the Gurnards, and Garden Eels to name a few.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I would like to have a large tank focused around a large moray. Maui is cool as (four letter word) tho, so this one is fine.

 

[sfin52]

I would love to turn my whole basement into a fish tank. Wife poopoos that idea.

 

[najer]

... through the night!
Erm, mine is always like this through the day, serious, they need a 3 - 4 inch coral exclusion zone especially on the lower flow side!

DSC_0002 by sshipuk, on Flickr

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Yea, I've read up on their sweepers... looks like yours has declared war on something close to it. I'm going to try and use the BTA and the galaxea to keep my future zoa garden on that peninsula.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

So uh... I had a hunch. You know how sometimes things just come to you? Well I remembed that stray voltage can cause sudden RTN... so I tested my tank real quick. 43VAC from the tank to ground! Forty Three Volts of Alternating Current! Glad I haven't been shocked. Time to find the source and figure out how to make a grounding rod.

 

[Zack K]

So uh... I had a hunch. You know how sometimes things just come to you? Well I remembed that stray voltage can cause sudden RTN... so I tested my tank real quick. 43VAC from the tank to ground! Forty Three Volts of Alternating Current! Glad I haven't been shocked. Time to find the source and figure out how to make a grounding rod.

43 is a little much. A grounding rod isn’t to hard to make. I have one that had a little metal rod on the end, with (1) wire going from the rod to a three prong plug. But this is a fancy plug. Their is a metal ground BUT the two positive prongs are plastic. Then just plug it in.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I think we found the voltage. Cobalt Neotherm 200W heater.... ordered a ground probe. Probably gonna be getting a new heater too.

 

[Zack K]

I think we found the voltage. Cobalt Neotherm 200W heater.... ordered a ground probe. Probably gonna be getting a new heater too.
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That’s exactly what I have

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Alright, power plant operator and automotive machanic knowledge getting put to use here... if we have voltage in the tank, but no amperage then it's induced voltage from some kind of magnetic interference. So, we checked the amps.

0.01mA to ground. Basically, nothing. Still have 48VAC. Why would we have 48VAC with no current going thru the tank? Because the heater is an electromagnet? It's inducing a voltage on the meter but not passing it thru the tank? I'm an operator, not an electrician. I write tickets on things that are broke and people come fix it. Lol.

 

[Katrina71]

Does your heater have a non-conductive sleeve?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Non conductive sleeve... it's plastic if that's what you are asking. Is a Cobalt Neotherm.