Reefkid88 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Thanks, I have looked at Cherry Corals, but I live in Canada, so either shipping is expensive or illegal depending on the type of livestock... Glad you enjoy this thread, why can't you keep SPS? Ohhhh,yeah that'll put a damper or things lol. You know,I don't know. I can keep Birdsnests & Monti's but acro's & milli's RTN literally over night. Meanwhile I've had my ORA birdsnest go from 3 branches to 10 in just 2 months..lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Ohhhh,yeah that'll put a damper or things lol. You know,I don't know. I can keep Birdsnests & Monti's but acro's & milli's RTN literally over night. Meanwhile I've had my ORA birdsnest go from 3 branches to 10 in just 2 months..lol. Hmm could be many things. Generally speaking if your Ca Alk Mg PO4 and NO3 are in check and you have decent lights, things should be fine... RTN overnight seems like either an acclimation thing or your nutrients are way off. In the exact opposite I brought in a frag in this last batch that was freshly cut and started to RTN in the bag on the way home. It has stopped completely and is healing up...overnight. RTNs rarely stop but if you water is good enough almost anything can survive. Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hmm could be many things. Generally speaking if your Ca Alk Mg PO4 and NO3 are in check and you have decent lights, things should be fine... RTN overnight seems like either an acclimation thing or your nutrients are way off. In the exact opposite I brought in a frag in this last batch that was freshly cut and started to RTN in the bag on the way home. It has stopped completely and is healing up...overnight. RTNs rarely stop but if you water is good enough almost anything can survive. Yeah,back then I wasn't testing my water what so ever. That's when I first started getting into reef tanks,almost 6 years ago. So that was the bulk of my problems then. I've learned quite a bit since I started my first tank. I would like to keep primarily all sps in my tank I'm setting up. But having a 10"x10"x11" display may make it a little challenging but we'll see how things go. I plan on using RSCP Salt,and I have the alk,cal and mag and I have the Zeovit nano package along with zeobak and one other bottle of something else I can't remember though. Along with Red Sea foundations tests and SeaChem Basics for trates,rites,amonnia and ph and a phosphate test. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Updated my livestock listing on the first page, thought I would post it here. That SPS frag list is getting LOOOOOONG LIVESTOCKFISH 2x ORA Black Ice Snowflake Clownfish 1x Red Sea Purple TangINVERTS Golden Tahitian Maxima Peppermint Shrimp Emerald Crab 10 Astrea Snails 6x Nassarius Snails 2 Scarlet Leg Hermits 6 Blue Leg Hermits SPS ORA Red Planet Acropora Anthocercis ORA Bellina Acropora Reef Raft Blizzard Reef Raft Wolverine Reef Raft Strawberry Shortcake Reef Raft Pearlberry Reef Raft Avengers Tyree Red Dragon Tyree Pink Lemonade Wicked Sunrise Acro BS Toxic Sarmentosa Blue green Acropora Kimbeensis Neon Green Acropora Aculeus Teal Acropora Carolina Acropora Desalwii Green Tipped Acropora Prostrata Teal Acropora Tenius? Yellow Acropora Tenius? Red and Yellow Tipped Acropora Blue Tipped Acropora Acropora Granulosa Pink Tip Millepora Yellow Millipora Blue Palmer's Millepora Red Millepora Oregon Tort Miyagi Tort Forest Fire Digitata Tyree Seasons Greetings Monti Cap Rainbow Montipora Tubuculosa Green Polyp Scroll (Turbinara) PALYS AND ZOAS Giant Paly Yellow Micro Zoas Monstropolis Zoa. MUSHROOMS Yellow and Green Ricordia Yellow and Blue Ricordia 6 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That list doe !!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
skonig14 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very Nice Tank. Where did you get it from? 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very Nice Tank. Where did you get it from?Thankyou. Miracles Aquariums in Toronto built it. Quote Link to comment
skonig14 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 How thick is your glass because when I got a quote they said that it would be 1/2 inch glass, but mp10 can only handle a max of 3/8 inch and I really don't want to have to buy two mp40s. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 How thick is your glass because when I got a quote they said that it would be 1/2 inch glass, but mp10 can only handle a max of 3/8 inch and I really don't want to have to buy two mp40s. I am fairly certain it is 3/8" but I would have to re-measure. That being said, I have read tons of reports of the MP-10 working fine on 1/2" glass just need to be careful not to bump it as the magnets will not be held as tight. 1 Quote Link to comment
evo_2679 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 As promised: Color held pretty well on transport of these guys but they are a bit brown, things should colour up nicely over the coming weeks. Reef Raft Wolverine Oregon Tort Red Millepora Wicked Sunrise Palmer's Blue Mille Forest Fire Digi Couple other frags showing some colour. Reef Raft Avengers (added one week ago) Reef Raft Pearlberry added (2 weeks ago) WoW !! Now those our Sick Pieces !! 2 Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Aj I know your using the vertex reactor. Is your pump loud? I've noticed mine getting louder last couple days. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 WoW !! Now those our Sick Pieces !! Thankyou! Very happy with most of what I have gotten so far. Its hard to tell how awesome these will look with tiny frags but, chances are if they look dope at 3/4 inch when they grow out things will be rocking. Aj I know your using the vertex reactor. Is your pump loud? I've noticed mine getting louder last couple days. Not at all I can barely tell if it is on most times. 2 Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Time to call vertex I guess 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Time to call vertex I guess Sounds like it... pun intended. In other news, the sun was going down and this looked amazing to me. 7 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 wife just saw those pics. she says to me "why cant you have a tank like that?" 6 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 wife just saw those pics. she says to me "why cant you have a tank like that?" lol. Sorry man. Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Aj just curious. What's your diping procedure look like? I'm getting ready for this weekend. I have some coral rx and revive left from my old Tank. I won't dare say they were bad dips, but I never really like them for sps. I feel like whatever I dipped browned out and always had a long reccovery. I used bayers with much more success. Seems the acros and soft tissue corals do a lot better with it. I just don't know if bayers gets all the critters. So what u using?? Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Aj just curious. What's your diping procedure look like? I'm getting ready for this weekend. I have some coral rx and revive left from my old Tank. I won't dare say they were bad dips, but I never really like them for sps. I feel like whatever I dipped browned out and always had a long reccovery. I used bayers with much more success. Seems the acros and soft tissue corals do a lot better with it. I just don't know if bayers gets all the critters. So what u using?? I drip acclimate the corals either in a floating bag or in a bucket beside the tank. I don't really set up an auto drip, just slowly replace the water with a turkey baster. After this process I dip all corals in Revive @ 1 Capful/liter for 7(ish) minutes. (I usually do half a capful in 500ml for a few frags. Swirl and blast with turkey baster throughout shaking off anything alive. I also try and scrape all nuisance algae off the frag plug as well. After the 7 minutes is up I rinse and swish around in fresh tank water then pop em in the display. They do brown out a little bit but not much, I assume this is usually from stress in general of the whole procedure not necessarily the dip. Usually I have significant PE minutes later if the lights are on. The first 6 photos above are minutes after they were added. 2 Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Updated my livestock listing on the first page, thought I would post it here. That SPS frag list is getting LOOOOOONG LIVESTOCK SPS ORA Red Planet Acropora Anthocercis ORA Bellina Acropora Reef Raft Blizzard Reef Raft Wolverine Reef Raft Strawberry Shortcake Reef Raft Pearlberry Reef Raft Avengers Tyree Red Dragon Tyree Pink Lemonade Wicked Sunrise Acro BS Toxic Sarmentosa Blue green Acropora Kimbeensis Neon Green Acropora Aculeus Teal Acropora Carolina Acropora Desalwii Green Tipped Acropora Prostrata Teal Acropora Tenius? Yellow Acropora Tenius? Red and Yellow Tipped Acropora Blue Tipped Acropora Acropora Granulosa Pink Tip Millepora Yellow Millipora Blue Palmer's Millepora Red Millepora Oregon Tort Miyagi Tort Forest Fire Digitata Tyree Seasons Greetings Monti Cap Rainbow Montipora Tubuculosa Green Polyp Scroll (Turbinara) Can we be friends ? 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Can we be friends ? Ha. There will be frags soon enough! Here are 3 shots of the individual rock structures and how the frags are laid out. It looks really ugly right now with all the plugs and whatnot but they are encrusting quickly and hopefully all that will be gone in a couple months. Left Front Right Front Back Middle 5 Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Gonna look so good when it grows out!....beeauuutifulllll 2 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Gonna look so good when it grows out!....beeauuutifulllll Back Middle Except for that stupid browny blue acro on the top left. The tips get a nice light blue colour but it is not lightening up or colouring at all around the base and it was basically the first piece I added.... I have a wish list of a few other Acros that will fit in nicely here so I may sell off that piece and make room for a couple more if it doesn't lighten up in the next month. Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 I have settled on a 0.1ml x 2 daily ZeoStart3 dosage and have been adding 0.5ml of Pohls Xtra daily for past few days. This seems to be the sweet spot for this system as everything is crystal clear and stabilized. I am going to run Xtra only for about two weeks and see how the corals like it before adding CV to the mix. I have already noticed a more vibrant colouring to the SPS. Over this past week I have noticed a certain crispness to the water that is hard to pinpoint but when its there you know it. Super clear super clean "crisp" water. 2 Quote Link to comment
spazizz Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Tell me more about those yellow zoas... Where did you get them? Do you think they are going to change color at all? Every yellow zoas Ive seen have always changed to a different color. 1 Quote Link to comment
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