just did it

i'm interested in how zeovit works for ya. are you gettin the 1 liter/100 gallons reactor? and where from? i saw it at fragfarmers for a hefty price.

burnah, can you post a Good/Large picture of the clown hosting the RBTA? I want to try the picture method on my clowns when I get a RBTA.

Thanks

Also, was your clown WC or CB?

the little mofo went out again... the rbta has moved and now hes not intrested anymore. grml.

i do not yet have zeovit, but i will get it as soon as i get time on my hands cause im working very hard at the moment. i will put it into my 1 gallon eheim canister filter.

Any updates???

That monti is looking great! The color really came back!

I love the uneven sandbed look!

Ur RBTA owns! The colors are so crazy. i have an RBTA taht is like 5 inches and its not as red or bubbly as when i first got it great tank man.

update... i gave the rbta back because the clown didnt like it and it went into a cave at the back of the tank where no one could see it, i guess not even the clown saw it... i got another monti-colony (quite big) which was brown and turned into a deep purple in just 2 days (these ATI-t5s really rock ) the other sps have such good color, i really think about buying lots of small monti colonies because they all get such great color in my tank. i have/had a problem with brown slime (no cyano, more like detritius or sth) and some hairalgae due to overfeeding, but i think when i get my seio 620 which is already ordered, these problems will go away. i also hope that the seio will encourage the sps to have a little bit more growth, although their color is great they do not really grow. i dose calcium and trace elements, so i guess my only problem is the lack of flow, of which i will then have (almost ) enough (62x turnover).

next week ill be on a lookout for possible colorful montis at my lfs and for the delivery of my seio. pics will follow...

Hey Burnah,

Any Pics? Did you get those new montis? It would be cool to do a comparison of before and after zeovit on the growth and color of the sps.

where did all the LR go? just kidding. i love the look, very original.

this is one of my all-time favorite tanks! awesome job!

update:

the slime took over, almost killed my montis, but for sure the sixline. i hate this water!!! will have to re-setup the tank. i put the montis or at least frags and the clown into my old 3g tank, they're getting better... the green slimer is on a rock which has the most slime and it encrusted so much in the time it was in there so i can hardly get it out, but i will try...

i could not catch the ywg and the pistol, so they will get out when i restart the tank.

plans for future setup: BB with starboard, seio 620 (62xturnover w00h00), new sixline (maybe a smaller one)

the ywg and pistol will be in the small 3g tank in which i will put sand so they feel comfortable, also the remaining softies (the zoos already moved towards the botom of the LR, that shows the intensity of the light... ridiculous, ive never seen zoos move because of too much light)

in the 10g i will concentrate on SPS, for the first time only montis until the system is really stable. i work on a topoff too.

i now have a RO/DI system and a refracto meter for the perfect SPS water, not like the distilled-hydrometer-ish thing i had in the past. i also will get a stronger airpump for the skimmer so it will skimm really wet.

when i look at the pics i now see the tank was quite beautiful, because i have the comparison... im too ashamed to post current pics :S

on saturday i will buy the LR and cleanup crew, i have already mixed 10g of saltwater, will post updates then...

got liverock and cleanupcrew today, took out the old rock and sand, put in the starboard, rocks, snails & hermits and the water...

i also bought some sps frags which i put in the 3g frag tank for now... a blue-tipped stag, a red millepora and something that looks like a tort or such... polyps already extended at all 3 frags... the other sps i had are recovering, but under the less intense light they lost their color, now all montis look the same...

i will post pics of the new setup and the new frags (which look absolutely amazing) tomorrow...

greets

made photos of the redone tank and of the new and old frags in the frag tank...

fts when filling the tank with SW


the rock lies on only some points on the starboard, i will most likely have a powerhead blow between the rocks and the board so no crap will accumulate down there...


this is the 3g fragtank which holds all my sps frags until the big tank is ready for stocking. the montis became brown due to the lighting in the small tank...


maybe someone could point me into the direction of what this blue acro could be, even if the pic is crap and ids with pics are impossible

any comments welcome

martin

Hey, looks nice

How many T5's are you useing again?

4x24 watts, 3 10k and one 20k blue one...

i put most of my sps-frags into the tank today...



unknown acropora, any ideas? growth-pattern is bottle-brush-like from what i can tell...


new millepora


i paid about 30 euros per frag, so that would be almost 40 dollars...

comments?

Very awesome!!!!!!! Man i want my 10g to look like yours!

nice to see everything is back in order again. lookin' good!

Nice man, It will look awsome as soon as the SPS grow in

thank you all... i will post more pics soon when polyps are fully expanded etc...

wow! the tank looks even better now! i wouldn't have thought that was possible! what color did you paint the back? what brand?

thanks for the compliment, esper. i painted the back with acrylic artist paint... i mixed blue and white until i got this baby-blue.

Burnah, are you still using Zeo? If so what is schedule? Thanks

I'm back!

sorry for the lack of updates, I started as a paramedic so work took most of my time, the new gf the sparetime..

i did some changes with the tanks, removed a piece of LR and added a bigger one, the acros died due to a nitrate spike, now everything is zero again. added a blood shrimp and some zoos and new montis.

I changed the burned out ATI bulbs in the t5 pendant to aquamedic, BUT:
-the 10k aquamedic bulbs are more yellow, which I do not like. Will get new ATIs.
-the aquamedic actinics are way better than the ATIs so I will keep them..
Also i changed it to 2 actinics and 2 10k from 1 atinic and 3 10k.

I also changed the mounting of the SEIO, I now get more flow directly at the corals, they really like it.

I ditched the plan on ZEO because I would have to run a canister filter and I do not want any external things anymore. the tank now has a ACmini with a small airstone skimmer in it, a maxijet 1000 and a seio pump. Light is a ATI 4x24W T5HO pendant, the tank is BB.

inhabitants:

1 small black occellaris
1 sixline wrasse

1 bloodshrimp
6 hermits
6 snails

7 different types of montipora digitata, more to come
some zoos

sure you want pics:






FTS with actinics only


and FTS with all lights on



plans for the future:
I want to have more different montis, which is quite hard here in austria, but i hope so. I also plan on adding some acros again and more zoos.


hope you like it, whether or not, please post comments on my setup!

thanks in advance,
martin

really nice w/ the new barebottom

why add more frags? - looks like you have a decent stocking now, just let them grow out and fill the tank....

one of my fave 10 gallons!
beautiful background and nice collection of sps frags. Isthe flow enough now? Also is your airstone skimmer adequate for you?

keep it up!

thanks for the compliments, very appreciated!

flow is very good now, even the polyps the seio is not pointing at are moving in the current. the airstone skimmer pulls out one collection cup a day, I like it but I'm thinkin about gettin a remora. only problem with this is that it's not available here in europe so i would have to order it from the us.

update!

well kinda at least. I have too little time to take photos, but at least I can post here... Photos will follow later, maybe even today.

I got another seio 620 and got rid of the Maxijet, got a blue acropora, bottlebrush growthpattern, green hammer color morph and a white/ivory colored montipora. With the white one I have a collection of 11 different montis in this 10g tank, some growin good, and some almost nothing (the bright pink one)

my personal favorite so far is the new green monti, it grows and looks amazing, even more under actinics. fish are doing great, the new fireshrimp too. only the hermits have some kinda civil war at the moment, they kill each other for no reason.

with the new seio the flow is amazing, but in comparison to the videos on RC how the flow on the corals should look like, I would need another 2 seios. water movement is heavy from what I can tell, but the polyps do not move as much as I expected...

sheesh 2 seios in a 10?!

hey burnahs,

I don't know if you already stated before or not.. but i read through your thread, i didn't see you mention anywhere what kind of 10 gallons tank it is. It is not a AGA 10 gallons right? What is is and where did you buy it from.. i really like it.

Thanks.

yep 2 seios, total turnover about 170X with the ac mini but It sounds more than it actually is...

its a standard glass tank from the fish shop, but I dont really like it. planning on having a custom starphire 15g tank made...

how did u figure 170X?
2 seio 620 +ACmini= 1340 gph or 134X turnover for a 10 gal. Is that correct?

sweet tank

sorry wanted to write 140X... thanks for the compliment, cambarr

no sweat burnah, i was just a little confused is all. i must say your tank is a true inspiration for me as i try to set up a 10 gal sps tank. beautiful pics too!.

UPDATE!
hey guys and gals!

here come the promised photos!

first of all, FTS


some corals


corals under actinics


another full tank shot from a different angle...

the red monti to the left and the purple one in the lower left middle are new. my collection now counts 13 montipora species, but more colonies.. For Acros I have a bali slimer and a tort (I guess that it is one...). As it is a mixed reef , I also have some zoos and a hammer coral.

Inverts are:
hermits (decimating each other, not sure how many)
snails (decimated by hermits, not sure how many)
blood shrimp


I hope you like it! please feel free to comment or ask.. thanks in advance!

Martin

awesome! those seios are big , but not as distracting as i thought! looking forward to seeing everything grow out. do u use a refugium or a chiller?

thanks. yeah they are big but not quite in sight when you concentrate ont he corals. I neither use a chiller nor a fuge, only an airstone skimmer in the ACmini and the 2 seios, and of course the lights.

any ideas or other comments?

very nice tank

I love this tank. I'm going with T-5s from now on... point source shimmer my @$$.

Two questions... are you missing the sandbed, and how is the six line doing? Does he seem content with the size of the tank (not exactly sure how to measure fish content-ness but you know what i mean) They're just so active

are you using youre zeo yet???

thanks for all your comments, very appreciated!

I do not miss the sandbed as I have a certain idea of this tank which does not contain a sandbed. The board looks fantastic and does not get dirty (except for corraline but thats ok) and from more than 3 or 4 meters away you couldnt tell if there was a thin layer or a starboard...

The sixline is doing great, eats like a pig and grew half and inch since I got it, is very fat and surfs the seios, quite hard to measure fish happiness like you said but I guess hes doing great. I still have to figure out how to show my clown she should host the hammer...

For ZEOVIT:
I threw the idea of using zeo away because I didnt want the canister filter. would have taken too much place and the plumbing would have been ugly.

Im using some bacteria for now, the manufacturer claims they eat trates, phosphates and carbs and make them skimmable. so i dose them every second week and an bacteria energizer too. They decimated the hairalgae to half in 2 weeks! water is much clearer now and I do not have to clean my glass that often! works quite good. Like zeo without the reactor...

greetings, martin

The tank looks great, nice comeback from the problems! Did you ever figure out what caused the problems? Love the colors and the lights....overall nice job.

How do the fish and hammer handle/take all that flow? I think I have something like 25x turnover and it isn't until I shut it all down that everyone moves about the tank and explores.

the fish like the current, the sixline likes to surf the seios stream...

i situated the hammer on the place with the lowest flow, the clown stays there too but he doesnt host.

thanks for the compliments, i do not know what caused the problems but Ive seen that in some threads over RC too. nothing to do against, I guess the slime was introduced with a piece of LR and the tank could not fight it. It simply has no predators so It could cover everything...

I did some research on the HOB (mini) you have and found one source that says it is capable of 100 to 33 gph of flow (max vs. min). Which end of the spectrum do you have yours set for?

I set it to the highest flow possible...