Zer0 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Pretty cool dude. I also looked back a couple pages and saw the freshwater planted. Very, very nice. Minimalistic and put together really well. Great job dude. Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Pretty cool dude. I also looked back a couple pages and saw the freshwater planted. Very, very nice. Minimalistic and put together really well. Great job dude. Awww.... Shucks Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Now my red monti is a really light pink, not sure what to do to bring back it's color. Still growing like mad though, I'll. Try to do some tests tonight. Does high phosphates do this? Link to comment
Jacob042426 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 This is one of my favorite tanks. Great job shallow! Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 I did some tests, nitrate < 1 Phosphates <1 I find that hard to believe, I'm using the API test kits Link to comment
got2envy Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Sweeeeet! I miss my shallow tank Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Why thankyou. I noticed a lil bubble algea and hair algea, not much though. From what I've read this is means I have high phosphates. This must be why I'm losing some color on my red monti cap, which is now a light pink. Right? How can I tackle this problem. I do a five gallon water change every week. Do I need to up the amount of water changes? Plus I know I need to get more of a clean crew. I barely have one. Maybe an emerald crab too Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 For on the cheap, can I run gfo in a media bag? Link to comment
Degener8 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 yes you could just run GFO in a bag but the key to it working would be getting flow through the media not just ove/around the bag. (over/around will help a little but to be effective slow flow through the media would be best) Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Looks like a DIY reactor is my next tank project Link to comment
GiantBen Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I have API test kist that read 0 nitrate, 0 phosphate, yet I still have bucu cyano. I'm thinking the algae is just consuing the phos so it isn't reading. I'm running a GFO/Carbon reactor too..... Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yeah that's probably what's happening with me too Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Only time will tell but I think, it's lightening because I don't have enough flow, since my power head broke my monti has been losing color now that I think about it, so I through an old power head in but I still know its not enough flow. Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 My kessil is a couple months old, I'm good in that department. Link to comment
GiantBen Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My kessil is a couple months old, I'm good in that department. Could be bleaching it. Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 It hasn't bleached my other sps which are higher in the tank, plus It really doesn't feel like there was enough flow for the monti. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 It hasn't bleached my other sps which are higher in the tank, plus It really doesn't feel like there was enough flow for the monti. It wouldn't matter if the other coral was higher or not. It would matter what amount of par that specific piece was used to. I have my Miami orchid colony at the very top of the tank just fine, but some frags I just got that were under T5s were starting to bleach half way down my scape. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 yeah i think its 24x24x12. is it a deep blue 30 gal mini frag? if so i was thinking about the rimless version of this in the future. Its between this or the mr aqua 33.6 (approx. 24x18x18) or the ada 60h (new version is same as mr aqua 33.6) if i have the money at the time. i love the super shallow though. nice start. what are you thinking to upgrade the lighting to and do you have any livestock plans? Nice tank I have a 20 gallon long at the moment but hopefully next year I will build my custom acrylic 34x34x12 60 gallon shallow rimless reef tank with a20 gallon long sump/refugium. Its all planned out and Im saving up for it. Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Last night... Clam was fine, this morning it had a huge hole in it, I took him out and I'll get some water changes done. Link to comment
Shallow Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm not too happy with my tank right now Link to comment
Rehype Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm not too happy with my tank right now Whats wrong with it? BTW Sorry to hear about the clam.. Link to comment
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