captianshellnutt Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Tank Started in late October 2008 Equipment 20H 2 Koralia One powerheads Heater Sunpod 24" with stock bulb Marineland Canister filter Livestock 25lbs Fiji liverock 20lbs of Livesand Inverts 4 Astrea Snails 4 Nerite Snails 1 Peppermint Shrip (Nebuchadnezzar) 1 Emerald Crab (Hezekiah) Corals Green button zoa frag Sunrise horizon zoa frag Finger Leather Kenya Tree Pale Green Pallys Green Star Polyps Ricordia Yuma (green and purple) Fish Six line wrasse False Perc Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 Three weeks into tanks exsistence I have added a clean up crew to deal with the exploding green hair alge outbreak. Water parameters Temp: 78 PH 8.2 Amonia: 0 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 0 Salinity/SG: 34 10.024 I scrubbed the live rock with a toothbrush and added the CUC along with an 8 gal water change seem to be working Link to comment
adolfo425 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Looking good any more pictures? Adolfo Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Looking good any more pictures? Adolfo Picks coming later tonight, I am waiting for the emerald crab to come out of hiding Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Here is what the alge looked like Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 And here are some updated pics after the scrub down and water change Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Here are some more pics And here are some more pics And one more pic Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Weekly water change and tests done Temp 78 PH: 8.6 Salinity/S.G.: 32 1.024 Amonia: 0 Nitrites:0 Nitrates:0 All is well. I hope to begin adding a coral or a fish in December after a month of stability. First Coral ideas: Zoa Frag, Ricordia, Possible fish: Clown fish, Clown Goby, Six line. Maybe a Flame angel? What do you all think? Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Trying out a new way to post pics lets see if it works It didn't work, lets try again Yeah!!!!!! it worked, here are some more pics Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 I think I have developed my fish list. The following fish will be added to my tank First: Yellow Clown Goby Second: Single clown vs Pair of Clowns (still undecided) Third: Six line Wrasse Fourth: Possibly a Flame Angel? Is this too much for a 20H? Should I leave out the flame angel?, What about a pirate ship? Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Anybody out there? Link to comment
Falcon_Punch Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Looking good man! I would hold of on the angel. Maybe too small of a tank. The other fish should be fine. Get some surface agitation going! Point one of the powerheads towards the surface to get some wave/rippling action to help gunk from floating on the surface. Oh,I've been thinking of adding a pirate ship but i cant find one that looks good. If you do find a good one go for it! Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Where in VA are you? As for surface agitation I am going to get a HOB refugium, in the meantime, I will take your advice and get some movement up top with the power heads I have read that the flame angels nip at softies, so I am thinking that I am not going to add it. I don't know though, they are realy cool Link to comment
Falcon_Punch Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I'm in the NOVA area. Ya,they are cool! Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 I have heard there are some nice LFS in NOVA. Stragely enough, Roanoke has a realy good LFS. One might thing Christiansburg with VT there, but they have just a couple of stores with very little. Anyway thanks, for the feedback Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Updated FTS with new pirate ship and some sort of Swynephish Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 New pics I have added a peppermint shrip and a zoa frag!!! Link to comment
RedMan25xl Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 your doing well...I bet that peppermint would be better dipped in chocolate Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 mmmmmmmmmmmm......chocolate Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Zoa Frags before and after Shortly after LFS rescue After Two weeks of TLC in the Wonderland And that frag originaly came from this... Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Here are some new pics with new fish! A false perc named Mephebesheth! http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq249/c...tt/DSC03862.jpg Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Tank has been up for seven months and doing well, will add pics later Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 New pics are here All right, I remember how to post pics, here come some more! Here are more pics! Oh, the yuma... Link to comment
latteslave Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Looks nice - love the Yuma. How much flow do you have in there? The six line looks tiny compared to the perc. Link to comment
AdriftQuasar Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Looks like you are off to a great start. Be sure to keep that GSP in check so it doesn't overgrow your tank. Link to comment
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