Harrisonbored Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 10 gallons of MSG... (Macros, Softies and Gorgs)I've been meaning to start a tank thread for a while now but have just been lazy.The tank is about 6mo. old- started in June. FTS 12/12 10 Gallon MicroReefs tank AquaticLife 4 bulb T5 fixture (ATI-B+,C+,FP,B+) 1 Zoomed 501 canister filter-(floss and Purigen) 1 Zoomed 501 (moded for Chaeto refugium) Koralia Nano 240 MP10 Hydor 25watt heater RKL I started it with 10 lbs. dead rock, some Fiji Pink live sand and some Blue Ochtodes from my other tank.Had a normally small cycle and then added the overpopulation of CUC from John @RCabout this time I noticed a sprig of Dictyota popping up on the rock... I decided to let it be...I set up a ATO with a giant 8 ga. reservoir and then went on a trip for 6 weeks... leaving the tank to dowhat it was going to do.When I returned the tank was teaming with pods. The Blue Ochtodes had tore off and spread, and the Dictyota was now a giant bush taking up a 1/4 of the tank. Ohh and I also had a plague of flatworms.I pulled out half of my rock( anything that had Dictyota on it) and then bought a juvenile 6line to attemptto control my flatworms. The wrasse ate them for a day or 2 but then decided she liked pods better andnever touched them again. Since a 6line was never in my stocking plans I returned her to my LFS.I then began the journey of siphoning the little f@#kers whenever I could...They're still in there, but I've got a pretty good foothold on them now just by siphoning.It stayed like that till about Oct. then I slowly started adding corals and more macros.here's the current stock:MACROS Blue Ochtodes Codium Red Titan Red Gracilaria Dragons Breath Chaeto and Ulva in canister filter SOFTIES 2x Frogspawn Kenya Tree Duncans Misc. Mushrooms Misc. Zoas Green Sinularia Green Spagetti Leather Goniopora GORGS Purple Sea Plumes Yellow Sea Plumes Purple Feather Yellow Feather Angular Sea Whip-purple Black Sea Rod Yellow Saw-Tooth ECO-Gorg Orange Sea Rod Blue Vase Sponge LIVESTOCK Pygmy Cherub Angelfish Hi-Fin Red Banded Goby/Shrimp combo Emerald Crab PomPom Crab (TEMPORARY GUEST) Melanarus Wrasse I'll start throwing tank shots this week but till then here's some quick snaps from my phone... Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Hahah nice thread name Link to comment
BoCoMo Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Looks good! MGS play was very clever! Link to comment
Harrisonbored Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hahah nice thread name Looks good! MGS play was very clever! WIN. Thanks Link to comment
Harrisonbored Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 So after following Patback's Flatworm Farm thread and how he got a Melanarus to rid his tank of those f@#%ers. I was at Vivid and picked one up. Within days the tank was clean, they are truly awesome at removal. Like Pat the plan was to keep her for a few weeks and then return her.... but she's too cute and so Ive decided to set up a 40 column to house her for a few more months (Ive been meaning to set that tank up anyways but have been saving up for a Canon 100mm lense) Priorities change...guess I'll continue to live with my subpar 28-135mm for a while. Here's some (out of focus) shots I tried to grab of her.... she's way to fast for my photo taking skills... Link to comment
Tochtli Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Awesome tank, lovin those gorgs! Link to comment
Harrisonbored Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Awesome tank, lovin those gorgs! Thx. It was cool for about a year, then I moved everything over to a 40 tall peninsula tank with full spectrume par 38's. The polyp extension on the Gorgs under those lights now is crazy...like caterpillars. Anyways thanks for stopping by my never updated thread. I'll retire this now. Link to comment
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