dling Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 After rereading all your post it seems that we have very same setups. I really like my mp 10, I have it set to to reef crest at almost full speed. I did have sugar sand when I got what a mess it made. Now I'm using caribsea special grade. No more sand storms. Have also been think about hanging my lights just to get them off the top of tank.I dont want to go to high and lose intensity or par. You can a poor pic of my tank here at our FTS area its the last one. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...0&start=500 BTW thats a whole bunch of cheato you have there. Nice. Link to comment
splinter492 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 i started with a fist sized clump of cheato a year and some months ago and have been harvesting a lot out but then decided to just let it grow and pull off the top layer every water change and its working out for me. and our tanks do look very similar in the set up! oh i forgot to add that im dosing calcium and alkalinity and its making things color up sooooo much and doing weekly 3-5 gallon WC's makes my livestock look soooo healthy!!! i just realized i never posted a pic of my little anemone crab!! acans-5 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Link to comment
iball1804 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Howdy Jacob A. Harris Link to comment
splinter492 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 whats up iball1804? Link to comment
dling Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I also have been adding the B ionic 2 part on a daily basis plus mag a necessary. I try to keep kh-alk around 8.0 ,ca at 430 and mag at around 1350 . I'm going to try Seachem's reef advantage and reef builder starting tomorrow. I have it left over from when I had a 65g reef. The reef advantage has the mag. already in it so it is truly a 2 part system. They are both power ,just mix with the fresh ro/di and good to go. We'll see how it works. I also do weekly wc's with IO's reef crystals about 3-4gal a week. BTW how long do you leave your sump lights on for? I do the opposite of my main lighting 12hrs on while main whites are off. Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Mine are reverse of my lights as well as soon as blues go off sump goes on and stays on until blues cone back on. I never really thought about how long my sump light is on for lol Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 well i just hung my light fixture!! Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hanging fixture by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr iphone pic of the job!! Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 just placed an order for an ORA Rose Millepora and an ORA Purple Montipora Digitata Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Corals came in today and after a short acclimation I dropped in the millepora and literally in seconds the polyps were out it seemed like the split second it hit the water they started peeking out!!! I've never seen a coral become that used to its environment that fast! And for some reason the "purple" monti looks brown right now... Probably needs to adjust to the lighting Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Well the millepora colored up pretty good but the monti is still brown... In other news should I get a Pom pom crab?!? Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Got a lil pom Pom crab!!!! Things are cute!!! Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Got a lil pom Pom crab!!!! Things are cute!!! Aren't they awesome? Mine got an arm and a leg ripped off somehow and it grew back, then he split his anemone into two again. Amazing. I'm going to try to get another one that has lost its anemones. I hear they share them if one loses theirs. Link to comment
Chyendra Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Nice tank. I've always been a fan of 20g longs. Link to comment
splinter492 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Aren't they awesome? Mine got an arm and a leg ripped off somehow and it grew back, then he split his anemone into two again. Amazing. I'm going to try to get another one that has lost its anemones. I hear they share them if one loses theirs. They are amazing I just fell in love with them at work and had to take one home!!!!!! Nice tank. I've always been a fan of 20g longs. Thanks so much! I love the 20 long I just wish my stand was taller because I have to sit to get a straight on view of it Link to comment
splinter492 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 wow well many things have changed within my tank!! lots of new corals including an ORA red planet! been getting lots of nice corals from work too!! pics to come sometime.... Link to comment
splinter492 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 well i started vitamin C dosing along with reef plus and iv noticed my water clarity seems a LOT better!! I wasn't really expecting that... My corals overall look healthier and happier. Link to comment
splinter492 Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 NEW CORALS!!! DSC_0036 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Meteor shower cyphastrea DSC_0038 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Acanthastrea DSC_0042 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Duncanopsammia DSC_0041 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Acanthastrea DSC_0035 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Blue Cali Tortuosa DSC_0039 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Acanthastrea DSC_0037 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Blastomussa Wellsi DSC_0032 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Acanthastrea DSC_0033 by Jacob A Harris, on Flickr Purple Deaths Link to comment
splinter492 Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 lookin' good Thanks! you need more pics of your tank!!! i wanna see how things are going for you as well!! Link to comment
iball1804 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 whats up iball1804? *Jordan Link to comment
splinter492 Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Tank looks awesome Thanks so much but it's nowhere near what I want it to look like!! I'm going to try tropic Marin bio actif to see what good it can do for my tank! Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Wow, this tank is looking great with those 2 island of corals. Love it! Link to comment
splinter492 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Wow, this tank is looking great with those 2 island of corals. Love it! thanks man! its a lot of work but its worth it, and its no where near where i want it to be! on a side note i started dosing with Tropic Marin Bio-Calcium and so far its awesome! my first dose was 3 days ago and so far i haven't had to dose calcium or alkalinity. Link to comment
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