Sunday, October 25, 2009

Black Ladies In Girdles

E la sump è tornata al suo posto.




Yes, with the sump is now back in his seat, ready to make his decisive contribution to the success of the project Asdu.

The sump and all its components in recent days have been thoroughly cleaned with water and hydrochloric acid (muriatic ed in the supermarket), rinsed thoroughly with fresh water and are now back in their place.

Actually only lacks the calcium reactor Korallin C1501 appeal but this was necessary for maintenance heavier. In fact, I had to cut cleanly through the bolts that held the lid of the reactor close to the body as completely rusty from the salt.

Also there was the bitter surprise to find the rotor of the pump (a EHEIM 1048) route. Both the ceramic shaft is the body of the impeller have given lump sum, making me think again that EHIEM pumps are indestructible.

The lack of calcium reactor in this early period of not maturing inficierà in the proper "functioning" of the tank because for quite a few months there will be no need to supplement the calcium in a manner so important because the reduced consumption of the tank.

I also took the opportunity to completely redo the wiring and timers of the pictures taken, more to really care for real need. It 's true that the pictures I used are not watertight, but already an initial inspection showed no signs of internal corrosion.

Instead, what signs they have already shown some time ago was one of two built-in timer Gewiss. At least one year showed no signs of life, with the opportunity I have replaced even though in reality I never served in anything considering that the movement in the tank is ensured by two pumps controlled by their electronic Turbelle Tunze controller.

In the picture the results of this week, order reigns in the sump, but for how long? Do not worry just the aquarium will begin to turn the order will go in my sump and will return to rule the casino!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Trailblazer Oil Light

Un'impegno preciso... Mai più sabbia nelle mie vasche.


Yes, after fifteen days of hard work (absolutely false) Today I removed the tub last rock and now they are all in the dark in the garage waiting for their turn to be called in environment much more suited to them.

doing so I left open in all its muddy bottom of the coral sand that I had put a year and a half after the opening of the tank. The choice of graulometria then fell on a medium-grained thin 2 / 3 mm and I was limited to deposit half a centimeter in the visible part of the fund.

Needless to say, once the optical effect has been amazing. The tank seemed to be really different. The reflection of light that finally vetraccio background disappeared from view. God I believed I had made the right choice!


But my entisiasmo lasted only a few days, or the time that my Frenatus A. discovered how nice it was scratching his belly in the sand. Result ... Much of the fund in a few days had been shot in the rocks from the tail of the evil clown.

We returned to the status word with the initial sand effect vanished in plain sight vetraccio basic plus excellent trash debris from the rocks.

After today I saw how much mud is in the fund have come to the conclusion that "no more sand in my tanks" obviously DSB separately. Do not you believe it?

Look at the pictures ... They do not do horror??

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Aorta Is On Which Side Of Pa?

Smontare un'acquario marino... Mai cosa più noiosa e triste...

After the decision to remove the whole tank and the rock, for ten days in this part are struggling with the hard manual labor.

Piece by piece the rock of the old set-up is dismantled; Yes, piece by piece because at the time of decommissioning is an accurate tip-off under the tap of Turbelle of each rock to remove as much crap in the last two years various vicissitudes (unfortunately not hobbyists) has accumulated on the precious substrates, the base of every saltwater aquarium.

rock after rock, because the weather is unfortunately always the tyrant at the same time not creating too abrupt changes in the remaining rocks present.

The water level goes down and it should not be reintegrated with the usual omosi of fresh water but with water and salt .... It is just like a normal water change, it seems strange to me having to put in the tank of replenishing water and salt!

The rocks are then transferred in large vats platic places in garages, this is because I thought it appropriate to give a decisive boost to the tank elimo first of all the sand, though it added that because of a few millimeters in almost four years has collected a layer of slime that to compete with the most filthy pig.

Second to clean the windows for good, causing the disassembly in a hurry were earlier dell'allestimento in very close contact and for a short time with anything but rocks and seaweed.

During decommissioning, all so our thoughts turn to the basin which until two years ago for me was beautiful and very healthy, and move a rock many times I say to myself, ahh ... Roberto ... Here you recall, there was this huge colony of Seriatopora Hystrix still here or that there was cutting of Acropora Tricolor was sent to me by a friend of Genoa aquarium and I've never seen it grow beyond 2 mm per month. ..

The regrets are many, maybe I could manage the pool differently, avoiding the sale from time to negoziani cannibals good things, but many are also incentives to do better and improve where possible, not so much for the party technique that will remain untouched because I think it is still good, but for all that concerns the care and management of the pool designed especially as a habitat, which in this production will fall back as much as possible to that of a Maldivian reef, but also as a small change management will be inspired by one philosophy berilinese, the simplest , but maybe deep down even the most effective and why not ... economy.

Believe me the memories are many, I do not have the courage to put here a photo of the old tub, but those of you who are curious and really do not want to do but see it was simply enter the keywords on google "aquarium Marine Roberto Tommasini. Your curiosity will be rewarded.