Episode 80 pt 4,The 500 Gallon Aquarium, LA Fishguys

Published on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by kidsolo

Follow along in the eightieth episode of LA Fishguys as Jim Stime of Aquarium Design in Thousand Oaks CALIF., cleans and does a 100 gallon water change in a 500 gallon saltwater aquarium.

25 Responses

by lafishguy October 25, 2011 at 11:39 am

hey S, surprisingly he did not loose more fish, but keep watching the balance of the show.
by Polybun October 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm

@SteoLAmanda well I mean, define loud. You know… I don’t think it’ll drowned out certain satisfying to hear moans. It might cover up your snide little remarks to him or her though. Might be the best thing you’ve ever done for yourself.
by Polybun October 25, 2011 at 12:57 pm

So, did he have a fish kill from the filter change or not?
by euqrilius October 25, 2011 at 1:43 pm

1:45 I totally hear ur concern, that’s why I choose to NEVER pull out ^_^
Also, where’d ur eyebrows go?
by thefishguy89 October 25, 2011 at 2:17 pm

thats a pretty nice setup hes putting under there i love the fact that its a live system cause although there are a lot of great filters out there that are based off bioballs and all i think anything live is always the best way to go at least if you can like you say treating ich and all will kill all the live rock and all but other then that live is awesome
by JamieT96 October 25, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Hi Jim, have you got any ideas what your doing for episode 100
by lafishguy October 25, 2011 at 3:49 pm

hey S, yes you can but it could be noisy. it all depends on the equipment.
by SteoLAmanda October 25, 2011 at 4:37 pm

hey jim quick question im thinkin bout puttin a 130gallon tank in my bedroom, do you think it wil be too noisey for a bedroom.. by the way love the show
by iQu3sTioNzi October 25, 2011 at 5:02 pm

windshield wipers
by z3r0ko0l1234 October 25, 2011 at 5:57 pm

That’s gonna be an amazing set up once it get established. Great walk through.
by JohnGotti1 October 25, 2011 at 6:20 pm

You seriously need new windshield wipers…
by lafishguy October 25, 2011 at 6:56 pm

LMAO @ N
by Nugburner420 October 25, 2011 at 6:56 pm

holy fu cking shit!! and i thought i spent a lot of time on my 30 gal refugium. can we say mother ship? did this get anyone else horny besides me? ice job dude
by lafishguy October 25, 2011 at 7:45 pm

hey R, there are three of them remaining and they come out morning and night to feed along with the seahorses.
by Redbull357 October 25, 2011 at 8:33 pm

How is the garden eel tank doing? Have the eels lasted a while? I know you said they could be delicate.
by checker1395 October 25, 2011 at 8:45 pm

nice videos
very interesting aquariums
respects from germany
by lafishguy October 25, 2011 at 9:29 pm

hey J, computer hardware.
by jackandaddie October 25, 2011 at 10:13 pm

Hey there, hope you dont mind me asking, but what does Scott do? With a tank this huge I can’t imagine how much of an investment has gone into it. But at the same time, it seems as though if he were a doctor or something of the sort, he wouldn’t have time for a tank of this size.
by CoralMan24 October 25, 2011 at 10:41 pm

thanks is there link or website for the company? thanks for the info
by slief October 25, 2011 at 11:05 pm

@satanrockz1
4 filter socks may be overkill but it reduces the frequency of sock changes. As far as the sump swao, the way I see it is that the new sumps will be easier to maintain with more upside than the original bio ball system. It will also reduce my power bill by eliminating 300 plus watts of full time power draw from pumps that were removed.
by slief October 25, 2011 at 11:27 pm

@briishspy
I plan on adding a scrubber to the sump. There will be a tray that hangs on the wall where the water enters the refugium. A block off plate will allow me to direct the water over the top of the tray instead of under it. I will wait on adding that as well as sand sifters until things are proven to be stable.
by slief October 26, 2011 at 12:18 am

@CoralMan24, I designed the sumps and Kara Kreations in Simi Valley built them for me.
by taedom October 26, 2011 at 1:02 am

omg the cost of that combo sump etc has got to be HUGE!!!
by satanrockz1 October 26, 2011 at 1:32 am

No doubt, u got to keep the customer happy… its nice to see a client that is really into the hobby…one of these days he gonna run into an article on jaubert systems and next u know he’s scraping all filteration… air stones and plemun..lol….. Keep up the good work!!!!! great vids…..
by lafishguy October 26, 2011 at 2:31 am

hey S, while I agree its not my choice what the customer decides to do, even with my comments against it. my biggest concern is the Ick situation.

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