gimptastic matt Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hi guys and girls first off this topic is a bit late as i was hoping to document the whole setup anyway it has been 8 weeks since water went in So heres a recap of equipment 2 gallon Dymax IQ3 Extra dymax robot light blue moonlight strip 25w heater ive since added an led light to the first back chamber for growing chaeto this is how it looks atm Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 These are my parameters to date day one of livestock ph 8.4 Nitrite 0 ppm Ammonia 0.25 ppm Nitrate 40 ppm Salinty 1.025 Temp 24.7c / 76.8f Week 4 Ph 8.4 Nitrite 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm Nitrate 25ppm Salinity 1.026 Temp 24.5c week 5 Ph 8.4 Nitrite 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm nitrate 5ppm added chaeto salinity 1.025 Temp 25c week 6 Ph 8.4 Nitrite 0 ppm ammoina 0 ppm nitrate 0 ppm salinity 1.025 Temp 24.7 Week 7 more livestock added Ph 8.2 Nitrite 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm nitrate 0ppm salinity 1.025 Temp 24.6 Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 I first added sum coral gravel then i used a a large colony of zoanthids about 1kg instead of liverock i also added a female sexy shrimp 4 weeks later i added a small gsp colony and got sum sad looking frags from my lfs a purple blue mushroom (which has started to split since) Tiny frag of blastomussa (3 tiny heads) And a tiny xenia stump ( which was not happy in lfs but now is much better bigger) I was doing a 30% water change twice a week but after talking to mark callahan aka "mrsaltwatertank" im changing roughly 280/ 300ml daily i feed the shrimp every otherday to stop her eating the zoas And add 1 drop of concentraited phyto every other day Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Week 8 ph 8.4 Nitrite 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm nitrate 0 ppm salinity 1.025 Temp 24.6c im expecting some more test kits this week calcium water hardness phosphate so expect more parrameters soon a short video pf my tank Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Im thinking of adding some ricordia mushrooms Ive seen a lot about mini maxi anenomes but would like some suggestions as to wether it would be ok for my tank also would the sexy shrimp host it And i would like a couple more sexy shrimps my lfs keeps trying for me too buy a trimma goby of sorts but im unsure about keeping fish in some thing so small Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 i subscribed to your youtube channel (: check out mine? it looks great! Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 I subscribed to yours Nice tank liking the seahorse Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Week 8 parameter update calcium 440ppm phosphate 0.5 ppm kh 14 ( is that a little high ? ) Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Week 9 Ph 8.2 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrate 0 Calcium 440 Phosphate 0.5 Kh 12 Salinity 1.025 Temp 24.5 Does anyone recomend a good shop that i can get a good maxi mini by mail order in the uk also does anyone recommend a good liquid phosphate remover cheers Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Heres an update vid heres a vid of my basic water change system ive also put in a tmc phosphate sponge anyone used them? Link to comment
iball1804 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Nice. Are those all zoas in your first picture? Link to comment
Aqualara Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I think they are That's crazy! Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hi guys thanks for the comments ye there are quite alot of zoas lol Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 It test day wooohoooo lol week 10 parameters ph 8.0 Nitrite 0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrate 0ppm calcium 420ppm phosphate 0.25ppm (a slight drop since adding the phosphate sponge 2 days ago) kh 10 Salinity 1.024 Temp 24.2c my ph was a little low i think it was because i forgot to light my chaeto last nite ? Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Was just wundering the only place i could put the phosphate sponge was at the top of the first chamber above my chaeto will the sponge effect the chaeto? Or am i just thinking too much lol Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Some pics ive taken with my mobile Zoas everywhere !!!! More zoas, gsp and sexy shrimp ( owen wilson ) Evil xenia, gsp and more zoas My water change tank heated and aerated My baby My blue mushies!!! Gsp and owen wilson Link to comment
owlbassboy Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Brilliant mate, great scaping Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Brilliant mate, great scaping Cheers matey ive subscribed to your youtube channel nice tank too Link to comment
owlbassboy Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks mate, tank doesn't look like that now, it cooked and is now an sps zeo cube Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Cool sounds good Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 hi guys can i keep any other shrimp speieces withe the sexy shrimp? i dont know what else there is for a tank this size also on another note im thinking of removing the coral gravel and going bb until a carpet of gsp grows on it Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 also are ther any other corals that would form a mat on the base of the tank i feel the coral gravel is gona be the end of the tank as its always catching crap and stuff then again i might just leave it and keep on turkey basting it lol Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Well ive gone bare bottom for now its still a bit cloudy i think itpl take a while to grow a carpet of gsp Link to comment
gimptastic matt Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 New livestock 1 little male sexy shrimp and an ubercool porcelain crab ill take pics when i can find em Link to comment
iball1804 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I'm lovin those zoas bro! Looks great. Link to comment
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