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Got a couple of new corals. I had to move a couple. I got my temperature regulated. I added a fuge light.
Pics please 
Hey Dood!
I read your post and like Tudizzle was guilted into at least replying to you
We're still around, don't worry - just busy. It's kinda cool to be considered part of the "old crew" 
I won't be posting any pics of mine real soon. battling a giant army of algae and bacterias but i think i've got the right stuff going now to combat it.
Your tank looks great! You've got some hUUUUUUGe pieces in there! haha i have a sunpod on mine and I LOVE it !
I read your post and like Tudizzle was guilted into at least replying to you
We're still around, don't worry - just busy. It's kinda cool to be considered part of the "old crew" I won't be posting any pics of mine real soon. battling a giant army of algae and bacterias but i think i've got the right stuff going now to combat it.
Your tank looks great! You've got some hUUUUUUGe pieces in there! haha i have a sunpod on mine and I LOVE it !
QUOTE (The_Yellow_Pony @ Jun 21 2009, 01:50 PM) 
Pics please
Maybe tomorrow. I have to clean the glass tonight.QUOTE (Cali-girl @ Jun 21 2009, 11:46 PM)
Hey Dood!
I read your post and like Tudizzle was guilted into at least replying to you We're still around, don't worry - just busy. It's kinda cool to be considered part of the "old crew"
I won't be posting any pics of mine real soon. battling a giant army of algae and bacterias but i think i've got the right stuff going now to combat it.
Your tank looks great! You've got some hUUUUUUGe pieces in there! haha i have a sunpod on mine and I LOVE it !
Some of the coral are getting big!!! You should have seen it before the zoa pox. I had a superior zoa mix going. A well live and learn. Now I dip all corals. ALL of them.I read your post and like Tudizzle was guilted into at least replying to you
We're still around, don't worry - just busy. It's kinda cool to be considered part of the "old crew" I won't be posting any pics of mine real soon. battling a giant army of algae and bacterias but i think i've got the right stuff going now to combat it.
Your tank looks great! You've got some hUUUUUUGe pieces in there! haha i have a sunpod on mine and I LOVE it !
Maybe pictures later. I moved all my loose zoa/paly frags and glued them to 2 bigger rocks. ZOA garden in the 'cube!
I did some testing last week and my Nitrates were around 80ppm. So needless to say I have been doing water changes at the rate of 5 gallons every other day for the last 8 days. I will do another one tonight and test tomorrow.
Being gone for weeks at a time on business is tough on the tank. The fiance can only do so much. She really has no clue about the tank. She just follows my instructions. No water changes. Water from the RO unit. A little food everyday. So I have some adjustments to make to the instructions.
I finally got my temperature nailed down. It took a while to get the fan/heater right. The old heater was a 150w and it couldn't keep up with the tank when the fan came on. But without the fan the tank would get up to 85. I took a 400w heater that I had in my old 120g fresh and added it. This heater is DEAD NUTS on spot. Now the temp never varies more than 1/2 a degree. SWEET!
I took and old clamp on light that I used for a basking light for my old Iguana, RIP, and I used my Nimble Nano glass cleaner to hang it off the tank. I put in a 5000k florescent screw in bulb and pointed it towards the area that has no corals and is for the most part just barren. That is my make shift 'fuge right now. I just have the 'fuge light on for 12hrs a day. It's ugly as hell but right now the whole tank looks like sh!t. Well the inside is cool. Damn science experiment.
I can't wait to get my new tank. 48x 20x24h. Starfire front. Triple 150w MH and T5 combo lights. No powerheads. Home made rock scape with concrete and loads of patience. The over flow will be boxes on the top in each corner. The rock will be molded and formed to make a rock wall that will look awesome. It will have overhangs where the over flow boxes are. The sump will have a 'fuge, skimmer, media tray, and filter floss. I'm going to custom build it too. The stand will be 40" tall and the cabinet on the top will be 12" tall. I will use kalkwasser in the top off system that will automatically filled by a feed from my RO that is under the sink in the kitchen. More on that much later.
I did some testing last week and my Nitrates were around 80ppm. So needless to say I have been doing water changes at the rate of 5 gallons every other day for the last 8 days. I will do another one tonight and test tomorrow.
Being gone for weeks at a time on business is tough on the tank. The fiance can only do so much. She really has no clue about the tank. She just follows my instructions. No water changes. Water from the RO unit. A little food everyday. So I have some adjustments to make to the instructions.
I finally got my temperature nailed down. It took a while to get the fan/heater right. The old heater was a 150w and it couldn't keep up with the tank when the fan came on. But without the fan the tank would get up to 85. I took a 400w heater that I had in my old 120g fresh and added it. This heater is DEAD NUTS on spot. Now the temp never varies more than 1/2 a degree. SWEET!
I took and old clamp on light that I used for a basking light for my old Iguana, RIP, and I used my Nimble Nano glass cleaner to hang it off the tank. I put in a 5000k florescent screw in bulb and pointed it towards the area that has no corals and is for the most part just barren. That is my make shift 'fuge right now. I just have the 'fuge light on for 12hrs a day. It's ugly as hell but right now the whole tank looks like sh!t. Well the inside is cool. Damn science experiment.
I can't wait to get my new tank. 48x 20x24h. Starfire front. Triple 150w MH and T5 combo lights. No powerheads. Home made rock scape with concrete and loads of patience. The over flow will be boxes on the top in each corner. The rock will be molded and formed to make a rock wall that will look awesome. It will have overhangs where the over flow boxes are. The sump will have a 'fuge, skimmer, media tray, and filter floss. I'm going to custom build it too. The stand will be 40" tall and the cabinet on the top will be 12" tall. I will use kalkwasser in the top off system that will automatically filled by a feed from my RO that is under the sink in the kitchen. More on that much later.
Awesome video Dooderino! Beautiful tank!
Very nice Vid!
My True Percula Clownfish, Romeo and Juliet, are beginning to do the spawning dance!!! 
I saw them both cleaning a very smooth part of the underside of the frogspawn they host. I took a peak and it looks like they have done an AMAZING job at cleaning the coral's skeleton. I can't even tell you how cool this is. 
I have had Romeo since 12-07 and he was just a wee tike at 1".
This is Romeo when Juliet came into the picture a few months later.
This Juliet soon after I got her.
Here is the first picture of Romeo and Juliet together. Juliet is in the front.
This is a picture of Romeo cleaning the spawning site. Juliet stays out from and guards the love shack.
Here is a quick, crappy video.
I was just thinking I should go get those two a tile.
I saw them both cleaning a very smooth part of the underside of the frogspawn they host. I took a peak and it looks like they have done an AMAZING job at cleaning the coral's skeleton. I can't even tell you how cool this is. I have had Romeo since 12-07 and he was just a wee tike at 1".This is Romeo when Juliet came into the picture a few months later.
This Juliet soon after I got her.
Here is the first picture of Romeo and Juliet together. Juliet is in the front.
This is a picture of Romeo cleaning the spawning site. Juliet stays out from and guards the love shack.
Here is a quick, crappy video.
I was just thinking I should go get those two a tile.
They are back at it today! I will post pics If I see any eggs!!!
Crazy activity tonight!!!
QUOTE (Dooderino @ Jun 25 2009, 08:20 PM)
Crazy activity tonight!!!
I assume you're still speaking of the clownfish?
QUOTE (Cali-girl @ Jun 26 2009, 12:20 PM)
I assume you're still speaking of the clownfish?
That was funny
QUOTE (Cali-girl @ Jun 26 2009, 09:20 AM)
I assume you're still speaking of the clownfish?
Umm, sure? LOLZ
This thread lost half a page... what gives?
I just ordered a new Macro lens for my Nikon. Damn lens is about as much money as I have in the whole camera so far. I bought a nice camera for general use. I'm tired of the limitations of my PAS Sony Compact. It has done well and does Marco pretty good but it takes a steady hand, magnifying glass and loads of shots.
So far the new D5000 will do just as well on the Marco setting as my old PAS. So I am now on a photography kick and I'm actually thinking about taking a class down at the local community college. I'm tired of using the AUTO setting and I want to learn about FR, AP, WB, and all that other photo jargon. Maybe in a few weeks I will have some more pictures for you all! Till then TTYL, I'm off on a business trip.
So far the new D5000 will do just as well on the Marco setting as my old PAS. So I am now on a photography kick and I'm actually thinking about taking a class down at the local community college. I'm tired of using the AUTO setting and I want to learn about FR, AP, WB, and all that other photo jargon. Maybe in a few weeks I will have some more pictures for you all! Till then TTYL, I'm off on a business trip.
New to the forums here. Just starting out my BC29, have a pair of false percs in my tank and looking to add maybe one or two more fish. I see you have a royal gramma and a 6 line wrasse. Just wondering how they all get along in your tank.
Tank looks awesome btw.
- Josh
Tank looks awesome btw.
- Josh
QUOTE (umdivx @ Jul 14 2009, 11:09 AM)
New to the forums here. Just starting out my BC29, have a pair of false percs in my tank and looking to add maybe one or two more fish. I see you have a royal gramma and a 6 line wrasse. Just wondering how they all get along in your tank.
Tank looks awesome btw.
- Josh
Everybody gets along fine. Any time I have a new addition the Gramma is a bit mean but after a day of 2 it settles down.Tank looks awesome btw.
- Josh
I'm on my way home tonight! I can wait to see how the tanks is doing after being gone 2 weeks!
After 3 weeks of business trips I have returned to a flourishing tank! Looks like I might have a good routine going. I'm going to do 2 five gallon water changes and then I'm off on another trip. Maybe this next month will be as good as the last one. Big money, finally. Pictures will not come for another month or so but it should be worth it when it's time!
I can't wait! Been a huge fan since I started reefing and your tank is what inspired me to get a Biocube 29
PICTURES!!! In no particular order. I have not got my Macro lens yet. Damn expensive sucker. I took in a male Anthius (sp?) Either that or god only knows what. I moved my Elegance coral to the sand. I think it was too close to the light. I also moved my favia to a bit more shady of a spot. I have a bunch of "rescue" frags that are doing well. Some better than others but they were free so what the hey.
I have been playing with my new DSLR and all these pictures were taken with the WB set as high as it would go. The ISO was 1000. The shutter was about 1/60 and the f stop was about 9. I still have a lot to learn but I'm getting better.
I have been playing with my new DSLR and all these pictures were taken with the WB set as high as it would go. The ISO was 1000. The shutter was about 1/60 and the f stop was about 9. I still have a lot to learn but I'm getting better.
sick tank man....glad to see the dude abides... he peed on my rug man
the tank looks absolutely stunning.
Great tank. What lighting are you running?
Hey man, theres a beverage here...Nice looking tank!
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what fish is that!
Very nice, can't believe the growth.
QUOTE (TheStar @ Aug 18 2009, 11:58 AM)
Very nice, can't believe the growth.
+1 It is amazing the amount of growth you have attained.
Thank you all for the kind words. The really cool thing about reef keeping is the diversity. Everyone gets to start with a blank canvas. It really is a joy to read about other's comments regarding our little slice of oceanic serenity.
A couple words about growth. For me it's three things. Food, light, and water quality.
Food- I feed my tank quite a bit but because of the feeding schedule I was able to build up my tank's bio load handling capacity over time. Using some old food trays (the ones your frozen food comes in) I mix my own cubes. Cyclopeez, mysis, spirlina(sp?) brine, Rod's Coral Food, oyster eggs, and garlic.
One cube a day.
5ml of live phytoplanktin 2-3 times a week.
5ml Seachem Reef Plus once a week.
5ml Elements Fuel once a week.
5ml Brightwell Microchrom once a week.
Since I just added a new fish I needed a new food. Brightwell's Microvore. 5 drops a day for 2 weeks then I will double it.
Light- I have a 150w Sunpod with a 14k Phoenix bulb. 9 hours a day. I use 6 Cree LEDs to add some blue and work with my full light cycle. 12 hours a day. The stock white LEDs are on 14 hours a day and the stock blue LEDs are on for 18 hours a day. 6 hours of complete darkness.
It took a bit to get the corals used to the intensity of the MH. Some corals are still struggling a bit but I'm sorting it out.
Water quality- water changes when I get the time or a chance. I skim heavily 24 hours a day. I add Seachem Trace every week. I use Brightwell's 2 part twice a week. One drop of iodine a week. I also have some macro algae that has 12 hours of direct 4k daylight CF. I use filter floss and Chemi-Pure Elite. I have loads of aptasia in my back chambers but I have a pair of peppermints that have taken care of the few I had in the display. I have snails, hermit crabs, shrimp, a brittle star, emerald crab, a couple Nass. Snails and tons of tiny hitchhikers. All this certainly helps.
I might have gone a little overboard with my schedule but for those willing to read it might give some people the chance to see how this guy does it. Oh yea, it's been a few months since I checked all my parameters but I did test the SG and it was 25. My temps hold strong at 80-80.4
Just another day at work for me. Can't wait to get home.
Sent via blackberry.
A couple words about growth. For me it's three things. Food, light, and water quality.
Food- I feed my tank quite a bit but because of the feeding schedule I was able to build up my tank's bio load handling capacity over time. Using some old food trays (the ones your frozen food comes in) I mix my own cubes. Cyclopeez, mysis, spirlina(sp?) brine, Rod's Coral Food, oyster eggs, and garlic.
One cube a day.
5ml of live phytoplanktin 2-3 times a week.
5ml Seachem Reef Plus once a week.
5ml Elements Fuel once a week.
5ml Brightwell Microchrom once a week.
Since I just added a new fish I needed a new food. Brightwell's Microvore. 5 drops a day for 2 weeks then I will double it.
Light- I have a 150w Sunpod with a 14k Phoenix bulb. 9 hours a day. I use 6 Cree LEDs to add some blue and work with my full light cycle. 12 hours a day. The stock white LEDs are on 14 hours a day and the stock blue LEDs are on for 18 hours a day. 6 hours of complete darkness.
It took a bit to get the corals used to the intensity of the MH. Some corals are still struggling a bit but I'm sorting it out.
Water quality- water changes when I get the time or a chance. I skim heavily 24 hours a day. I add Seachem Trace every week. I use Brightwell's 2 part twice a week. One drop of iodine a week. I also have some macro algae that has 12 hours of direct 4k daylight CF. I use filter floss and Chemi-Pure Elite. I have loads of aptasia in my back chambers but I have a pair of peppermints that have taken care of the few I had in the display. I have snails, hermit crabs, shrimp, a brittle star, emerald crab, a couple Nass. Snails and tons of tiny hitchhikers. All this certainly helps.
I might have gone a little overboard with my schedule but for those willing to read it might give some people the chance to see how this guy does it. Oh yea, it's been a few months since I checked all my parameters but I did test the SG and it was 25. My temps hold strong at 80-80.4
Just another day at work for me. Can't wait to get home.
Sent via blackberry.
This Thursday will mark my tanks 2 year birthday. Pics to come.
Congrats on the upcoming two year birthday thats a great accomplishment. My big question is did the clowns spawn?
They have not. I did just add a ceramic pot last week though. At least now they have a bedroom.
Happy Birthday to my BC29. I will post some pictures tomorrow if I get a chance.
I almost have a line on a nice 125 gallon reef set-up. Maybe in a couple months I can move my overgrown 29 into that. Spread things out a bit.
I almost have a line on a nice 125 gallon reef set-up. Maybe in a couple months I can move my overgrown 29 into that. Spread things out a bit.
Hey Dood! long time since I have had a look here and I am amazed. Your tank has grown in so much. Well done my friend!!!
thats some feeding and dosing schedule, i'm surprised you don't give them some white russian every once in a while.lol
Upgrade!!
Sorry I have not posted pictures. I have been super busy. Getting married in a week. Thanks for the compliments. Maybe picking up a 125 or a 145 this weekend. YIPPIE!
QUOTE (Curly Joe Reefer @ Oct 23 2009, 06:26 AM)
thats some feeding and dosing schedule, i'm surprised you don't give them some white russian every once in a while.lol
You would think these fish are starving. Everytime I walk near the tank the clowns are in your face. Some time I sit about 12 feet away from the tank so I can watch the clowns natural behavior.QUOTE (Dooderino @ Oct 24 2009, 11:15 AM)
Sorry I have not posted pictures. I have been super busy. Getting married in a week. Thanks for the compliments. Maybe picking up a 125 or a 145 this weekend. YIPPIE!
Double congrats!!
Tank + wife = score!
I'm still waiting on the pics though
I finally found some time to go through the 200 pictures I took last Thursday. I'm sure do like taking pictures but it sure is hard to get a good shot. Even with a tripod and the pumps off. Especially when you have clownfish that act like dogs around a dinner table.
I love the zoas. Great colors.
Thanks. I got a good mix and the frags were about $15 ea. Zoas love to grow.
I'm going to pic up the new tank tomorrow. Can't wait!!!
Well I'm headed up to Phoenix tomorrow to pick up a new tank. I will be closing the chapter on the ol BC29 by the end of the year.
So what did I buy? I got a 125g Starfire front. Cherry stained Oak stand and canopy. The stand is tall, which is great for viewing. The whole thing is over 6 feet tall. I will be running 2- 250 watt MH Illuminarc lights with 4 x 64 watt PCs for actinics and a 150 watt HQI over the center. I will be stealing the Cree LEDs out of my sunpod as well as the moon lights. The sump will be swapped out. It had a 29 gallon now. I'm going to build my own and include space for a dump box, 'fuge, media rack, skimmer, and filter.
I'm going to start the tank with dead rock and let it cycle with a few cycled rocks till 2010. Then I will start to transfer the live stock. Black sand, and a VERY unique aqua scape. Blue wall with a slightly foamed back.
Anyway I will take loads of pictures. I can't wait to start the project.
So what did I buy? I got a 125g Starfire front. Cherry stained Oak stand and canopy. The stand is tall, which is great for viewing. The whole thing is over 6 feet tall. I will be running 2- 250 watt MH Illuminarc lights with 4 x 64 watt PCs for actinics and a 150 watt HQI over the center. I will be stealing the Cree LEDs out of my sunpod as well as the moon lights. The sump will be swapped out. It had a 29 gallon now. I'm going to build my own and include space for a dump box, 'fuge, media rack, skimmer, and filter.
I'm going to start the tank with dead rock and let it cycle with a few cycled rocks till 2010. Then I will start to transfer the live stock. Black sand, and a VERY unique aqua scape. Blue wall with a slightly foamed back.
Anyway I will take loads of pictures. I can't wait to start the project.
That's quite the upgrade . Can't wait to see some progress pictures, Best of luck!!
. Can't wait to see some progress pictures, Best of luck!!
I got the new tank. I don't have any pictures but I'm still working on piecing it all together right now. Here is a link to the thread.
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;#entry2516211
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;#entry2516211
Well the BC29 is no more. Thanks AIO forum for all your help.
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