Hey Gang,
My name is Jon Taylor. My father has had this tank since 84'. It was extremly high tech back in the day. His LFS taught him a lot of neat tricks back in the day but my Father has not upraded his unit sense.
(I dont know the exact equipment we have but I will try and tell yall.) We have an 84 gallon gravel bottom, undrwater gravel system, two filters with power heads, four lights and one is use for coral. And thats it.
We can not fit a skimmer underneath our tank, and we have and eel so we dont want one on top. Also, every thing is closed off with glass and I think thats how he wants it. We tried a multi - 3 stage unit and it began to leak and he lost 300$ on and upgrade I thought was legit.
During commercial breaks he loves to look at those fish and that one of the few times he and I really communicate. I'm not asking for Dr. Phil but if anyone could help us continue using his old tank I would appreciete it. Our fish usaully live around 1 1/2 months but I was hoping I could do something to the unit to help pro-long the life.
I change the water once every 3 weeks. 18 1/2 gal of r/o water. I clean the under water filters and above power head filters. All I know is that he just tilts his head and smiles when I am working on the fish tank. He is a little confused now but when we talk about his tank that he customized; well that's about all I am living for too.
Most questions I wont be able to answer regarding the details of the tank. I have the water tested and it is fine. There is way too much green and very unattractive. I may over feed the fish but make up my regular r/o changes. The live rock is about 5 years old but I recently put it into a garbage can for weeks with air but w/o light.
Well, I am kinda feeling bad I wrote this but if you were in my shoes you would do anything to put a smile on your love ones feet.
Once again, Im sorry and dont feel bad if you dont have the answers,
Thanks,
Jon T.
My name is Jon Taylor. My father has had this tank since 84'. It was extremly high tech back in the day. His LFS taught him a lot of neat tricks back in the day but my Father has not upraded his unit sense.
(I dont know the exact equipment we have but I will try and tell yall.) We have an 84 gallon gravel bottom, undrwater gravel system, two filters with power heads, four lights and one is use for coral. And thats it.
We can not fit a skimmer underneath our tank, and we have and eel so we dont want one on top. Also, every thing is closed off with glass and I think thats how he wants it. We tried a multi - 3 stage unit and it began to leak and he lost 300$ on and upgrade I thought was legit.
During commercial breaks he loves to look at those fish and that one of the few times he and I really communicate. I'm not asking for Dr. Phil but if anyone could help us continue using his old tank I would appreciete it. Our fish usaully live around 1 1/2 months but I was hoping I could do something to the unit to help pro-long the life.
I change the water once every 3 weeks. 18 1/2 gal of r/o water. I clean the under water filters and above power head filters. All I know is that he just tilts his head and smiles when I am working on the fish tank. He is a little confused now but when we talk about his tank that he customized; well that's about all I am living for too.
Most questions I wont be able to answer regarding the details of the tank. I have the water tested and it is fine. There is way too much green and very unattractive. I may over feed the fish but make up my regular r/o changes. The live rock is about 5 years old but I recently put it into a garbage can for weeks with air but w/o light.
Well, I am kinda feeling bad I wrote this but if you were in my shoes you would do anything to put a smile on your love ones feet.
Once again, Im sorry and dont feel bad if you dont have the answers,
Thanks,
Jon T.