sanchez Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 So I have yet to PM a mod to get this moved to the AIO section... But I did add my first corals! A pink paly frag and a frag of some green/orange mixed zoas. We'll see how they do. Pics will come later, having terrible allergies and I don't feel like doing anything haha. And thanks to iball1804 for the christmas sunfish avatar Link to comment
sanchez Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 So updated crappy pics of my corals! They seem to be doing well, the zoas open up every day and the palys started out with 4/6 polyps closed tight. They were like that at the LFS as well but now they're all opening up. And the red macro I got has bushed up quite nicely, compare these two shots: Link to comment
driftsaru Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 are you only going to stay with macros? Link to comment
sanchez Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Nope, it was just a bonus that I got from reefcleaners when I ordered I posted in your thread! Link to comment
sanchez Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Happy coral updates! Sell me your MP10 Drifty! I just ordered lights for my new 40! Link to comment
sanchez Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Update on tank! I'm starting to get coralline on the epoxy that I used to make the scape, w00t! Look at all the baby polyps :3 And the one cent macro has kind of exploded: Link to comment
driftsaru Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Woo! at least its starting to seed. Link to comment
sanchez Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Sometimes I get the feeling someone's watching me... Link to comment
Ratkiller Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I saw one of these at my lfs. Looks like a good quality all in one desk top set up. Did you up grade anything? Like a bigger pump, or skimmer, or additional light? Link to comment
sanchez Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nope, it's all the stuff that came in the box. I did add the little rotating return nozzle thing though. Link to comment
Ratkiller Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Cool, that's good to know. From your pics it looks like you added a koralia nano right off the bat. Did you need the extra flow? Link to comment
sanchez Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Right, lol. Forgot about that I actually don't use it, it's just sitting in there. No matter where I pointed it it flung up the ultra fine sand that I stupidly bought. Link to comment
sanchez Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Penny macro is takin' off! Also, still have that stringy algae that isn't GHA. Replaced the phosphate sponge, carbon sponge and added some chaeto today. I also added one red leg hermit and two bumble bee snails. Hermit is called Eugene 2.0 Link to comment
sanchez Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Updates! So I started putting a towel over the tank after lights out to keep the stupid fluorescents in the office out. All of my unwanted algae is gone I think the hermit and bumble bees may have helped too, it went away after I added them. So everything is happily growing, and I'm starting to get coralline on the back wall and also in the YGS's little tubey house. The pink palys are up to 16 and the zoas are up to 12! Things are goin well so far for once haha. Link to comment
nickjqz Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I think the hermit and bumble bees may have helped too, it went away after I added them. Do you have bumblebee snails? Link to comment
sanchez Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Do you have bumblebee snails? I do, two of them. Link to comment
nickjqz Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I do, two of them. Well I have some news for you! I just read this last week and was fairly surprised so I took evasive action! Link to comment
sanchez Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 I find that kinda hard to believe, I've never seen them in the sand. I also have Nassarius, which are in fact sand stirrers, but they eat microfauna as well. They're more carnivores than herbivores. I think it only affects the microfauna levels if there's enough snails to clear it out in a rather quick window. There's 10lbs of sand in the tank, don't think 2 bumble bees and 2 nass. will clear it all out before it repopulates. Link to comment
sanchez Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Updates! I'm fighting an algae outbreak at the moment.. but not one that most people come across. Freakin coraline algae is EVERYWHERE! On the glass, on the pump, thermometer, sand, magnet, snails, crabs... everywhere. It's even on some of my macros lmao. Not that it's a bad thing, I guess the tank is doing really well, but man is it annoying to try to get off the glass Hope the YWG doesn't turn pink! Link to comment
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