Fleshy's 125g Build

[dgk9723]

Ever thought about using the ev external? I Love them. I plan on running one with its own plumbing.

 

[FLESHY]

Nice pickups Fleshy. Those clowns are sweet, hopefully mine darken up eventually and start looking similar to those.

This usually happens with age...sometimes you will always be left with some orange.

These clowns are young though, and small. The large one is probably a lil shy of 2". The small one is a little more than an inch.

Someday I expect them to be almost completely black and white. The nose might be a little dusky.

Ever thought about using the ev external? I Love them. I plan on running one with its own plumbing.

I have, however there is very little room underneath my tank, and it is in the living room. The sump is also made out of a glass tank, and is running, which makes drilling interesting.

For now I will just have to try and squeeze it into my tank. I dont know how that is going to work yet haha.

 

[dgk9723]

That would be interesting, I plan on doing some drilling when i do get that skimmer for the sump, along with drilling the 75 cause im tired of the hob over flow. Alot of work tho and im being lazy.

 

[nonstophoops]

This usually happens with age...sometimes you will always be left with some orange.

These clowns are young though, and small. The large one is probably a lil shy of 2". The small one is a little more than an inch.

Someday I expect them to be almost completely black and white. The nose might be a little dusky.



I have, however there is very little room underneath my tank, and it is in the living room. The sump is also made out of a glass tank, and is running, which makes drilling interesting.

For now I will just have to try and squeeze it into my tank. I dont know how that is going to work yet haha.

I have been considering drilling my tank. Obviously mine is also setup and running, so it would need to be drained drilled refilled in a short period of time. I do know a couple of people with a good amount of experience drilling tanks. Putting a Calfo type overflow on my tank would make me so happy, so it might be worth the work(or I might just be crazy).

 

[08trdoffroad]

Hey Fleshy,
Now that you have used the MH fixtures from fishneedit.com for a while, what are your thoughts on them. Are they worth it? Would you purchase them again?

 

[Sharon K Hickman]

cool aqurium Flesht

 

[FLESHY]

Hey Fleshy,
Now that you have used the MH fixtures from fishneedit.com for a while, what are your thoughts on them. Are they worth it? Would you purchase them again?

Yes I would. They appear to make a quality fixture, and even though slightly more expensive than the aquatraders one, it also comes with a hanging kit.

In other news, I added my blue hippo tang to the tank. He is getting tail slapped like crazy by the purple, but isnt showing any damage.

He is also slightly larger than the purple, and aggression is dying down.

I need to get my hands on my chevron tang soon I think, and add him as soon as possible.

That being said, the other day I noticed that my CPR overflow had a large ammount of air in the top of the overflow. The small aqualifter pump is working, but doesnt seem to be pulling all the air out.

Is it supposed to have NO air in there? I am kinda freaking out. The pump was very warm to the touch as well, but was not obstructed. I will be keeping an eye on it.

 

[mos90]

definately not supposed to have air in it. cpr overflows tend to have that problem sometimes. you definately dont want to break siphon. personnaly i like the overflows from lifereef, proven to never break siphon and u dont need a pump.

u can clean it out and see if that helps. maybe the pump isnt working properly.

can u turn your return pump up for more flow? that might help also.

 

[FLESHY]

Im Green!

definately not supposed to have air in it. cpr overflows tend to have that problem sometimes. you definately dont want to break siphon. personnaly i like the overflows from lifereef, proven to never break siphon and u dont need a pump.

It is still running even though there is air at the top.

u can clean it out and see if that helps. maybe the pump isnt working properly.

Brand spanking new. Both of them. Took the pump apart to check for any debris...couldnt actually get into the part that does the business without doing some serious dissection, so I just blew through it, and then ran water through it...no issues. Diaphragm is still strong resists reverse flow...completely.

can u turn your return pump up for more flow? that might help also.

I could make the connection from pump to outflow more efficient, but the pump is wide open. Its supposed to be running almost 1200g at that head...and that is what the overflow is rated for.

In other news, I got the aquac ev-400 today to replace the asm.

The bad part - Dustin and my measurements were off...by a lot.

The thing is almost 2 1/2" to tall to fit under my tank. What an irritation.

What I did...(hopefully this works) I cut off the excess from the top of the collection cup and covered it with saran wrap...its about a cm above the place where the bubbles come up.

It is rubber banded down and has a tiny hole punched along one of the sides to let air out.

If this doesnt work then I have to buy a new cup, and seriously consider putting the tank in the unfinished basement and putting through a window for it.

Four inch chevron changling coming in on wednesday, blue tang added last week with only minor bullying from the smaller purple. He gave him a lot of tail slapping, but no visible damage has occurred. Hoping to get away with it again on wednesday.

 

[FLESHY]

Here is the WYSIWYG picture from the site

Pacific Life Aquatics I want to say the name is...review and more pictures to come when this fish gets in!