Angelo99 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 June 2009 FTS May 2009 FTS April 2009 FTS March 2009 FTS Feb 2009 FTS Jan 2009 FTS Dec 2008 FTS Equipment/Setup: Aquapod 24 Outer Orbit 250w mh + 4x 24w HO T5, EVC 20k 20lbs Live Sand 30+lbs Fiji Liverock + baserock Fluval FX 5 for mech/chem filtration Hydor Seltz 450gph pump SCWD 3/4" wavemaker biocube 29 stand -------------------------------------------------- Chamber Configuration: Chamber 1(left) - Hydor Seltz 450gph pump, fluval intake Chamber 2- heater, live rock, cheato + underwater leds -------------------------------------------------- Inverts: 3 electric blue hermits 6 indo red hermits 6 blue leg hermits astrea snails margarita snails nerite snails skunk shrimp red bubble tip anemone Fish: sixline wrasse maroon clown algae blenny Corals: assorted Zoanthids Branching hammers torch Xenia brown/purple acan brain Green Maze Brain Dome 1purple + 1 green goniopora 2 types green star polyps assorted acroporas: green, bali slimer, pink/green birds nest, blue tort, brown/green stag, purple tip, tricolor, pink pocillopora, peach green, valida, sunset montipora-ish, purple montipora, orange monti cap frag, green &purple rim cap, green plain cap, purple cap cube green pagoda frag purple frag chalice red/green frag favia green frogspawn --------------------------------------------------- Parameters/Water Changes 5 Gallon Water changes every other week w/ Instant Ocean Salt flexiflo enteral pump for ato pumping @ 142ml/hr Temperature- 78-80 PH-8.2-8.3 Salinity-1.025 Ca- 400-420 Kh- 7-8 Ammonia-0 Nitrites-0 Nitrates-undetectable, api test kit running fluval carbon, iron based phosphate remover, filter floss + fluval fine filter pad Link to comment
kuianai Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 to Nano-Reef! I can't wait to see pics of your tank. How long has it been set up? Link to comment
Kraylen Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 pffft no pics = no win Link to comment
Angelo99 Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Its been running for 10 weeks. Will take pics tomorrow night and post them within 24 hours thereafter. thanks for looking Link to comment
Lalani Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 pffft no pics = no win Oh yeah, you're a good one to talk! Cool tank, I'll be tagging along. Link to comment
beeker Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 tank looks great man, i too lost an elegance coral, but mine was in perfect condition when i got it from the LFS, Elegance are hard to take care of no matter how much experiecence you have, some elegance are able to live in captivity and some just die for no reason, it's sad but true Link to comment
LuluFoxxx Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 COOL! What is the 9th picture up? Those are neat! I like your tank Link to comment
FPM29 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 WOW, those are 3 HUGE corals you've got on top of all the LR. The open brain and the zoas look great! Link to comment
TheKingInYellow Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Very nice tank! What kind of media are you running in the FX5? Link to comment
halberstram Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I came across this small ugly thing crawling across my live rock under the moon lights one night and could not recover it. It made a fatal flaw by showing up today during daytime so I speared it with an trusty safety pin, after failing to pry it from the live rock with my fingers. It might be the "sexay thang" in slug world, but not by my eyes...and I did not want to keep that in my reef tank. Anyone know what it is exactly? I'll stick with turbos, nassarius, and ceriths any day. Thanks AFAIK, thats a a stomatella, helpful, harmless and cute (IMO). I have a bunch. funny little customers. btw, love the brain coral. So prevalent in real reefs, so rare in our tanks. Link to comment
jjjo Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Oh WOW! you have a very nice tank. aww and i feel bad for that stomatella snail... poor little guy. they do a good job as part of the clean up crew. -dan Link to comment
Jeffry83 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Adding LED lights in the water to lower the nitrate?That is a new one for me.Does that really work?And from the picture it seems there is not much light in the tank?Or are that just the pictures. Link to comment
jereader Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Adding LED lights in the water to lower the nitrate?That is a new one for me.Does that really work?And from the picture it seems there is not much light in the tank?Or are that just the pictures. Adding lights for the chaeto will enable it to grow, and take up more of the trates. Link to comment
Angelo99 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Here's an indo hermit resting in some gsp. I thought it was a pretty cool contrast. I've got my 250w outer orbit, and it's a giant. It kind of looks like an alien ship on my ap24. I also set up an infusion pump to top off my water. So far so good...pics to come soon! and this new light is hot, literally, but my sps love it...Anyone use a diy hanging rack for their light fixture? I'd like to see. Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Wow youre tank looks great, you are getting some serious growth. Link to comment
Falcon_Punch Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Wow youre tank looks great, you are getting some serious growth. +1 And I love that brain! Link to comment
hooligan_78 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Tank looks great! Watch that xenia. Link to comment
hooligan_78 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Tank looks great! Watch that xenia. Link to comment
Angelo99 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 thanks for the comments! The brain is one of my favorites as it was my first piece. That guy can eat a lot of mysis. I think I feed too much (oyster eggs, phyto, cyclops, mysis), hence some red cyano, so I'm trying to find that magic formula...but the good news is my nitrates are the color between 0 and 5, thank you chaeto in the rear compartment! I definitely can see fragging the xenia over and over in the future..and the 2 gsp is starting to get a bit grow happy. Maybe that'll give me a couple dollars trade in to my lfs going forward. gosh I wish I had flat glass in the front though...but I got the tank and a metal halide light for a deal when I started...and I have to take and post the pic of the polyp extension at night...especially the chalice coral, i caught it eating one of my turbinaria polyps. Link to comment
weeber Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Well giev us pics then. Link to comment
Laura6686 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 tank looks great man, i too lost an elegance coral, but mine was in perfect condition when i got it from the LFS, Elegance are hard to take care of no matter how much experiecence you have, some elegance are able to live in captivity and some just die for no reason, it's sad but true Sorry about your elegance coral. I had mine for a long time and my clown fish used to host it. I lost it when I added a angel fish ( I know big mistake). It would pick at it and the stress killed it. I still regret not taking it out when the picking started. :-( Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 yeah, i feel bad about that snail...i kinda just freaked out thinking it was probably something bad and felt compelled to take it out of the tank. i'm hoping he makes it...but he was speared in his tail...one of those if only's it should surrive, i accidentally ripped one in half and it is still alive! Link to comment
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