Comments for Danoreef.com» danoreef.com http://danoreef.com Sign up and Join in, I would love to hear your input. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:10:12 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Sponges Beat Seaweed in Battle for Florida Reefs – ABC News by Danoreef http://danoreef.com/?p=557&cpage=1#comment-192 Danoreef Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:10:12 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?p=557#comment-192 I am behind you 100%. All of my tanks have been filled with my live rock that I make. After about 6 months all the rock starts getting some nice color and start looking like real liverock. I would never use anything else. A coral reef aquarium is a small imitations/duplications of real ocean coral reefs, and if we want to continue to have those georgeous coral reefs to imitate than we have to do everything we can to help protect all the coral reefs on this planet. I am behind you 100%. All of my tanks have been filled with my live rock that I make. After about 6 months all the rock starts getting some nice color and start looking like real liverock. I would never use anything else. A coral reef aquarium is a small imitations/duplications of real ocean coral reefs, and if we want to continue to have those georgeous coral reefs to imitate than we have to do everything we can to help protect all the coral reefs on this planet.

]]> Comment on Sponges Beat Seaweed in Battle for Florida Reefs – ABC News by AquaculturedOnly http://danoreef.com/?p=557&cpage=1#comment-188 AquaculturedOnly Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:03:16 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?p=557#comment-188 Another threat to reefs are aquarists who take specimens...live rock, coral, etc. From the wild. Please support the future of our hobby and only keep aquacultured love rock, inverts and coral! Another threat to reefs are aquarists who take specimens…live rock, coral, etc. From the wild. Please support the future of our hobby and only keep aquacultured love rock, inverts and coral!

]]> Comment on New Pictures 3 Gallon Pico by Danoreef http://danoreef.com/?p=538&cpage=1#comment-185 Danoreef Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:22:28 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?p=538#comment-185 This little tank only cost me 55 buck from fosters and smith shipped. I upgraded the filter and bought a small heater, I only spent about 100 bucks total for the entire set up. So its perfect for a hobbyist on a budget. good luck with your future tank. let me know when you set it up, I would love to see some pics. This little tank only cost me 55 buck from fosters and smith shipped. I upgraded the filter and bought a small heater, I only spent about 100 bucks total for the entire set up.
So its perfect for a hobbyist on a budget. good luck with your future tank.

let me know when you set it up, I would love to see some pics.

]]> Comment on New Pictures 3 Gallon Pico by Patrick Canella http://danoreef.com/?p=538&cpage=1#comment-172 Patrick Canella Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:57:11 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?p=538#comment-172 Awww so sad :(. Sorry about Sharp or #, whatever you prefer :). Beautiful tank, I always see ricordeas and fall in love with them! I don't have any yet though! This might have to change for this poor college reefer ;). Thanks for the inspiration! Awww so sad :( . Sorry about Sharp or #, whatever you prefer :) . Beautiful tank, I always see ricordeas and fall in love with them! I don’t have any yet though! This might have to change for this poor college reefer ;) . Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> Comment on New Pictures 3 Gallon Pico by Dave http://danoreef.com/?p=538&cpage=1#comment-167 Dave Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:37:11 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?p=538#comment-167 Tank looks great! I'm sorry to hear about your cleaner shrimp. I had a 2.5 gallon laying around that I converted in to a small pico tank, thanks for the inspiration. I love the blog keep up the great work. Tank looks great! I’m sorry to hear about your cleaner shrimp. I had a 2.5 gallon laying around that I converted in to a small pico tank, thanks for the inspiration. I love the blog keep up the great work.

]]> Comment on New Tank Cycle and Reef Parameters by danoreef.com « Danoreef.com http://danoreef.com/?page_id=362&cpage=1#comment-92 danoreef.com « Danoreef.com Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:12:24 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?page_id=362#comment-92 [...] set up requires patience and the foresight to set up up your aquarium right the first time. The Nitrogen cycle needs time to complete if you start adding live sock to your aquarium before the cycle has fully [...] [...] set up requires patience and the foresight to set up up your aquarium right the first time. The Nitrogen cycle needs time to complete if you start adding live sock to your aquarium before the cycle has fully [...]

]]> Comment on New Tank Cycle and Reef Parameters by Starting a Coral Reef Aqaurium « Danoreef.com http://danoreef.com/?page_id=362&cpage=1#comment-91 Starting a Coral Reef Aqaurium « Danoreef.com Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:40:04 +0000 http://danoreef.com/?page_id=362#comment-91 [...] Also Check out my article on New Tank Cycle and Reef Parameters [...] [...] Also Check out my article on New Tank Cycle and Reef Parameters [...]

]]> Comment on Contact Me by I am now building a simple but very effective protein skimmer. « Danoreefs' Blog http://danoreef.com/?page_id=16&cpage=1#comment-70 I am now building a simple but very effective protein skimmer. « Danoreefs' Blog Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:48:30 +0000 http://danoreef.com/blog/?page_id=16#comment-70 [...] Contact Me « New Auto Top Off System [...] [...] Contact Me « New Auto Top Off System [...]

]]> Comment on Water Changes by admin http://danoreef.com/?p=184&cpage=1#comment-37 admin Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:42:21 +0000 http://danoreef.com/blog/?p=184#comment-37 Let me know if you do build it. I would love to see it in action. Let me know if you do build it. I would love to see it in action.

]]> Comment on Water Changes by sharkboy http://danoreef.com/?p=184&cpage=1#comment-34 sharkboy Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:49:20 +0000 http://danoreef.com/blog/?p=184#comment-34 One of these days I'm going to set up a water changer for small tanks. It will consist of two plastic bags with lengths of tubing sealed to them (think hydration pack reservoirs or medical drain bags), in a box, and a power head that can attach to either hose. The box will be just big enough to hold one full bag and will close so it supports the bags on all sides. I'll fill one of the bags (using the power head...oh, after pulling out all the air in the bag using lung power first) from my mixing bucket. Then I'll swap the powerhead onto the other hose and drop it into the tank. Put the hose attached to the full bag on the far side of the tank and start the power head. If my theory is correct the water filling the empty bag will push against the full bag, forcing new water into the tank at a 1:1 ratio with the water removed. Once the second bag is full of old tank water the first bag should be empty. I'll be able to do my water changes without significantly reducing the water level in the tank or turning off the filters and other devices. I figure it will cost about $30 for a 2 liter version. You can get bag reservoirs that would work fine for this up to over 100g so it scales fairly well to whatever size a person might want. I don't think I'm going to get back into pico tanks until/unless I build that. I had a 4.5g tank for a long time, years ago, and water changes got to be kinda a stressful drag for everything in the tank. One of these days I’m going to set up a water changer for small tanks.
It will consist of two plastic bags with lengths of tubing sealed to them (think hydration pack reservoirs or medical drain bags), in a box, and a power head that can attach to either hose. The box will be just big enough to hold one full bag and will close so it supports the bags on all sides.

I’ll fill one of the bags (using the power head…oh, after pulling out all the air in the bag using lung power first) from my mixing bucket. Then I’ll swap the powerhead onto the other hose and drop it into the tank. Put the hose attached to the full bag on the far side of the tank and start the power head.

If my theory is correct the water filling the empty bag will push against the full bag, forcing new water into the tank at a 1:1 ratio with the water removed. Once the second bag is full of old tank water the first bag should be empty. I’ll be able to do my water changes without significantly reducing the water level in the tank or turning off the filters and other devices.

I figure it will cost about $30 for a 2 liter version. You can get bag reservoirs that would work fine for this up to over 100g so it scales fairly well to whatever size a person might want.

I don’t think I’m going to get back into pico tanks until/unless I build that. I had a 4.5g tank for a long time, years ago, and water changes got to be kinda a stressful drag for everything in the tank.

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