NewZealandReefie Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 TANK NOW BROKEN DOWN 17-5-11 Impending doom is no more Latest FTS 14-4-11 RSM 130: Tunze 9002 skimmer. Laser cut media basket from StevieT always running chemipure elite (replaced monthly), Purigen (replaced every two months) and Filter floss (replaced twice a week). Some random heater run by a Weipro heater controller. Hydor Koralia evolution 750 Powerhead down the back of the tank to assist flow. 2 x Stock pumps, one fitted with a rotating deflector. Currently running stock lighting which will be supplemented with two 50white/50blue LED strips as soon as they arrive in NZ. 8 hour light cycle, feeding every second day alternating between flakes and frozen meaty foods. Anemone and corals feed twice a week. Weekly 20% water changes with Red Sea Coral Pro salt. Vodka dosing started 10/12/10 and ceased March 2011. Livestock: Black Ocellaris aka Jaffa. Orange Ocellaris aka Cake. Orchid dottyback aka Slinky. Mandarin Dragonette aka LSD. Hermit crab Calcinus seurat aka Bumble Bee. Dwarf zebra hermit aka Hellboy. Skunk cleaner shrimp aka Consuela. Green, purple tipped bubble anemone (has lost it bubblyness) aka Zim. Bi-colour Blenny aka Oscar the grouch. SPS eating mutha****** got traded for store credit... Yellow clown goby aka Pennywise. RIP little guy. Corals: Pink stylopora Purple-blue/red rhodactis Green/red-brown chalice 57+ eyes Green frogspawn Green, white tipped torch Blue trumpet Green candy cane frag Blue tip staghorn Birds nest Finger leather Devils finger leather Red, green, blue and striped mushrooms Various zoas Fluro GSP Hydnophora Xenia Chilli leather Green bubble Cup Red, green centre blastomussa Palys Golden/green/purple open brain Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Hey, welcome to Nano-Reef, great purchase, it's looking good just empty in the corner of the room. Looking forward to developments. Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Heh thank you! It's got things in it now and all is doing very well but shhhh I've been very slack setting up my tank thread...! Around 6 weeks slack... Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 well there's no going to bed until you've caught up!!! Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 But it's nearly 2am! Ok, ok... With LR about 5 weeks ago then + water, first lot of RO water came from local LFS guy, he was nice enough to loan me containers and have me visit his house on his day off! Yesterday installed my own RO unit. Next pic at the end of 4 week-ish cycle. Went through a heavy bloom, a touch of cyano and then settled into stable algae growth. So far nothing I can't deal with. Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 haha thanks! love both scapes but 2nd does it for me. It's like 2.45pm here so I'm not being fair, you can go get some shut eye now as my needs for now have been fulfilled Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Cheers, managed to get my hands on some nice pieces of rock, they all fit really well together. I felt for me gluing or drilling etc would have adverse affects in future as I'm likely to want to move things as I start adding corals. The rock in front of the cave to the left is now on top of the cave a bit as it was blocking too much flow but that's all I've changed... so far... Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I'm from Newcastle in the North East. I've only ever been to London once, far too busy and too many ppl for me. You're right you'll probably always be moving bits and pieces of rock to try and find perfection. I'm not into gluing or drilling either! Link to comment
kylegeorge Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Where in NZ are you? I lived in Christchurch for awhile. Loved it over there. Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 Where in NZ are you? I lived in Christchurch for awhile. Loved it over there. I live in Wellington... Christchurch is a bit flat for my taste heh! NZ is such a village compared to anywhere else I've travelled. Link to comment
ciedre Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 UPDATE: Old Scape.. Latest Scape.. Free Corals!!!!! Link to comment
ciedre Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 More free coral from our LFS.. Not Free... Link to comment
kylegeorge Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I live in Wellington... Christchurch is a bit flat for my taste heh! NZ is such a village compared to anywhere else I've travelled. yeah, not always a bad thing though. Looks like you off to a good start. I just got a b&w clown myself. Always wanted one. Link to comment
ciedre Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Oscar the Bi-Colour Blenny. Jaffa the tank breed black Ocellaris. Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Ciedre, looking good man the black clown is a beaut! latest scape is awesome, is it stable? Link to comment
ciedre Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Ciedre, looking good man the black clown is a beaut! latest scape is awesome, is it stable? Thanks, the clown is my partners (nzreefie) the scape is holding well but......depends how big our turbo's get lol. Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Man how lucky are you to have a partner that's into reefing!!!! I don't even think my wife has looked at my tank...lol! like I said to NZReefie I love the RSM I'll be keeping an eye on developments. Is it still stock at this stage or you planning to upgrade skimmer or anything? Link to comment
ciedre Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Man how lucky are you to have a partner that's into reefing!!!! I don't even think my wife has looked at my tank...lol! like I said to NZReefie I love the RSM I'll be keeping an eye on developments. Is it still stock at this stage or you planning to upgrade skimmer or anything? lol yup I am lucky, I see so many people on these forums cursing there partners lack of interest in this hobby. Its a shame as its a great thing to share We're currently running the stock skimmer which is doing its job well....its just so f#*@n noisy!!! Skimmers are really expensive in nz, but we will upgrade in 6 months. No bio noodles, just chemipure elite in the chamber of death. We are waiting for funds to get our Hydor koralia plugged into a transformer as it is 115v and nz is 240v Thank you for your enthusiasm and interest Bouch, our tank is a bit manky atm, but it will get there! Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 man, i hate noisy kit! seems every country it's mega expensive apart from th US market! I've got a Koralia Nano 900 it's a nice little powerhead. Catch you later mate. Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 We really couldn't keep the tank if it was just one of us interested... we've spent nearly 3k NZD to get it this far... that's around 3 weeks combined wages for Ciedre (Jo) and I (Lou) hehehe! I wouldn't have been quite so much but as none of our LFS sell/provide RO water we've bought our own unit Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 That's a lotta NZD, but definately worth it!! much better to have your own RO unit anyway in the long run it'll be much more convenient. I just went out to treat myself to my first coral (toadstool leather or finger leather) but lfs shut as it's a bank holiday... never mind will have to wait til Saturday now. Lou & Jo I'm Barry by the way. Link to comment
ciedre Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 That's a lotta NZD, but definately worth it!! much better to have your own RO unit anyway in the long run it'll be much more convenient. I just went out to treat myself to my first coral (toadstool leather or finger leather) but lfs shut as it's a bank holiday... never mind will have to wait til Saturday now. Lou & Jo I'm Barry by the way. Yeah we are broke at the moment lol. Awesome I love leathers our two are doing well and fluoresce under the moonlights . Stupid bank holidays, they're one thing I'm not going to miss being back in NZ. Nice to meet you Barry, its very refreshing to meet someone less..... snobbish on these forums lol! Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Yeah we are broke at the moment lol. Awesome I love leathers our two are doing well and fluoresce under the moonlights . Stupid bank holidays, they're one thing I'm not going to miss being back in NZ. Nice to meet you Barry, its very refreshing to meet someone less..... snobbish on these forums lol! lol......i'm just a humble common Brit, got nothing to be snobbish about mate but thanks! Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 Quick update... Jaffa the clown fish is now looking much better. I decided he was just grumpy and lonely in the QT so I did what everyone tells you not to and threw him back in the main tank. He perked up immediately, ate a hearty dinner, explored his changed surroundings and hung out with Oscar (Blenny). We stopped at one of our LFS on the way home last night and bought a Tunze 9002. So StevieT, we'll be placing an order with you soon! The LFS has also just got in a tiny, beautiful fat mandarin fish... I see it... in my tank, eating my pods... Picked up some great live rock from a friends tank on the weekend, it came with some rather large fireworms, we're debating whether or not to keep them in the long term but for now they can stay, they're doing a great job cleaning up all the detritus nothing else will touch! There are also heaps of tiny bright red feather dusters and LOADS of pods. Also broke us off some frags (again for free, what luck!) a double head of greenish hammer coral (it was being shaded by the main heads so looks a little sad at the moment but we hold out hope!) A great piece of purple/pinky leather that seems to LOVE our tank and some more zoas that had been growing up the front glass of his tank. Will post a new FTS tonight as tank looks a little different now. Link to comment
ciedre Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Quick update... Jaffa the clown fish is now looking much better. I decided he was just grumpy and lonely in the QT so I did what everyone tells you not to and threw him back in the main tank. He perked up immediately, ate a hearty dinner, explored his changed surroundings and hung out with Oscar (Blenny). We stopped at one of our LFS on the way home last night and bought a Tunze 9002. So StevieT, we'll be placing an order with you soon! The LFS has also just got in a tiny, beautiful fat mandarin fish... I see it... in my tank, eating my pods... Picked up some great live rock from a friends tank on the weekend, it came with some rather large fireworms, we're debating whether or not to keep them in the long term but for now they can stay, they're doing a great job cleaning up all the detritus nothing else will touch! There are also heaps of tiny bright red feather dusters and LOADS of pods. Also broke us off some frags (again for free, what luck!) a double head of greenish hammer coral (it was being shaded by the main heads so looks a little sad at the moment but we hold out hope!) A great piece of purple/pinky leather that seems to LOVE our tank and some more zoas that had been growing up the front glass of his tank. Will post a new FTS tonight as tank looks a little different now. Link to comment
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