dtum Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Sumary of all activity for the month of January. dtum's JBJ Nanocube diary Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Installed JBJ Stand Saturday, January 7, 2012 Added water Started using Live sand (20 lbs) Installed Eb-Jager Heater 100w Installed Vortech MP10 Powerhead Installed Powerbar with timer Sunday, January 8, 2012 Added live sand Monday, January 9, 2012 Started using Dry Marco Rock (25 lbs) Saturday, January 14, 2012 Adding bacteria Sunday, January 15, 2012 Measured Salinity at 1.026 SG Measured Calcium at 560.0 ppm Measured Alkalinity at 12.0 dKH Measured Phosphate at 0.25 ppm Measured pH at 8.0 pH Measured Nitrite at 0.0 ppm Measured Ammonia at 0.5 ppm Monday, January 16, 2012 Received and tried AquaMaxx HOB-1 Skimmer Measured Temperature at 79.2 F Measured Ammonia at 0.5 ppm Measured Nitrite at 0.0 ppm Installed Aquamaxx HOB-1 Skimmer Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Measured Nitrite at 0.25 ppm Measured Ammonia at 0.5 ppm Measured Temperature at 78.0 F Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Measured Nitrite at 0.25 ppm Measured Ammonia at 0.5 ppm Measured Salinity at 1.023 SG Measured Temperature at 78.6 F Installed Upgraded media basket Friday, January 20, 2012 Measured Temperature at 78.6 F Measured Salinity at 1.0255 SG Measured Ammonia at 0.5 ppm Measured Nitrite at 0.25 ppm Sunday, January 22, 2012 Skimmer has been running for 2 days Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Measured Nitrite at 0.4 ppm Measured Ammonia at 0.0 ppm Measured Salinity at 1.025 SG Measured Temperature at 78.4 F Started using Purigen (100ml) Monday, January 23, 2012 Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Measured Nitrite at 0.0 ppm Measured Ammonia at 0.0 ppm Measured Salinity at 1.026 SG Measured Temperature at 78.5 F Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Ammonia/nitrites are down. Cycle is finished Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Thursday, January 26, 2012 Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Dose ZEOBak 1 drop Friday, January 27, 2012 Replaced the hood with Advanced LED. Installed new media basket with Purigen, Chemi Pure Elite and floss Saturday, January 28, 2012 Transferred everything from my 10g tank (corals, snails and crabs) Measured pH at 7.9 pH Measured Nitrite at 0.0 ppm Measured Nitrate at 0.0 ppm Measured Ammonia at 0.0 ppm Measured Salinity at 1.026 SG Measured Temperature at 79.0 F Changed 5 gal of water Added Orange Ricordea (Ricordea florida) Added Cerith Snail (Cerithium sp) Added Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab (Paguristes cadenati) Added Green Ricordea (Ricordea yuma) Added Brain Coral (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi) Added Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens) Added Hammer Coral (Euphyllia ancora) Added Candy Cane Coral (Caulastrea furcata) Added Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia paradivisa) Added Xenia (Xenia elongata) Added Pom Pom Crab (Lybia sp) Added Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus sp) Added Nassarius Snail (Nassarius sp) Added Duncan Coral (Duncanopsammia axifuga) Sunday, January 29, 2012 Hooked up timers and re-organized cords Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Not happy with the refractometer, today it was 5 points off from the start. Went to the store and talked about it. Frogspawn and torch corals are not doing too well. One side of frogspawn is small. Measured Nitrate at 0.0 ppm Measured Nitrite at 0.0 ppm Measured pH at 7.8 pH Measured Ammonia at 0.0 ppm Measured Salinity at 1.023 SG Measured Temperature at 78.2 F Link to comment
SabraQ Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I have the Intermedaite 28g nano and am waiting on the delivery of a second tank of the upgraded variety. For corals I have: Bubble Hammer Pipe Organ Zoas Richordia Open Brain Neon Green Mushroom Galaxia and a VERY overgrown Kenya Tree This tank was started a month before yours and is waiting for the fish to come back to it after an ich outbreak (expensive lesson). The corals above are growing like crazy and coloring up (zoas and bubble) but I haven't put in anything that requires more intensive lighting than what I have - which is WHY I am getting a second tank . I am letting the coraline algae build up on the back wall and the CUC appreciates it immensely For fish: Purple firefish (tiny baby) Yellow Clown Goby pair of Cinnamon Clowns (small) I plan to add a sixline as well Inverts: 2 emerald crabs I have more shrimp than I would like (coral banded, skunk cleaner, peppermint, and camel), but will split them between the tanks. Mini Conch from reef Cleaners as well as a CUC for a 23gtank 4 blue legged hermits Once I get the new tank, I will start a tank thread for that one, but here is my scape (it is going in a corner so 2 walls will be exposed). I specifically made "steppes" for coral distribution which is something I didn't think about on the first scape. There are lots of caves and caverns throughout for the future fish as well. Sorry, didn't realize this was a tank journal - I clicked a link on the front page ---sooo soooo sorry...damnoob So glad to see someone doing the same tank at around the same timeframe. I look forward to watching your progress. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Dtum, Looks like you've made some nice changes. I noticed in a couple of your pictures that you had some SPS in the sand, you will want to get them out of the sand or it will cause them to STN from the bottom. Get them mounted to a rock ASAP. SabaraQ - Not cool to hijack someone's tank journal with pictures of your own tank. If you want to post pictures of your tank start your own thread and link people to it. Link to comment
dtum Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Here's the latest FTS Brain and Royal Gramma My SPS collection at the top (I still have not attached them permanently) Hammer Coral 1 Hammer Coral 2 Royal Gramma and Clown Things are progressing nicely. I can't wait for the coralline algae to take over. Link to comment
dtum Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Dtum, Looks like you've made some nice changes. I noticed in a couple of your pictures that you had some SPS in the sand, you will want to get them out of the sand or it will cause them to STN from the bottom. Get them mounted to a rock ASAP. Thanks, I've had them in the sand only for a day or so, since then they've been placed all the way up at the top. I still can't summon enough courage to detach them from the plate and onto the rock. Link to comment
dtum Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Here's the latest batch of photos: Newly added fire fish Azure damsel, I was warned that it might get aggressive but it has been very timid. Newly added red starfish next to MP10 and six-line wrasse Hammer coral and clown Royal Gramma and Brain Clown and frogspawn My SPS collection Link to comment
dtum Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 This is where my parameters are at: Link to comment
dtum Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 I bit the bullet and ordered the controller for my tank. Boy am I happy with this purchase. I went with Apex controller, display, 8-outlet bar, temp and pH (lab grade) probe. Things are so much easier now: No need to turn off individual equipment for feeding Easier and more precise control of lighting Now I can actually use all three types of lighting that I had (before it was only two, since my 3rd light did not have a dedicated timer I now know my pH and how it changes throughout the day: 7.85 in the morning to 8.3 in the evening. Turns out my digital thermometer was off by 1 degree F It can email me if something goes wrong The cabinet is now organized nicely I went ahead and mounted everything to the walls, now the cabinet is much better organized and there is more free space. In a close up of my upper shelf you can see that I've colour-coded each wire with coloured tape. I got this idea from another user - Brad Urbanek. Definitely makes things easier to follow and in case of emergency I can ask someone else to trouble shoot with less risk of a mistake. Things are progressing nicely, but I will refrain from buying and more corals for a while and will focus on my water parameters. My alkalinity is extremely low and I just bought Tropic Marin Pro salt which measures at 6.5 dKH. So until I am going to get a hang of my water parameters and ensure consistency I will not risk any more corals. For example, my zoas are not doing well at all, they keep dying off (SPS are doing great). Link to comment
Vesian Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I'm starting to suspect that whenever someone says that a particular marine product is "virtually silent", what they really mean is that you won't have to shout when talking to someone while standing by that product. This thing is noisy, it makes gargling and bubbling sounds. Hey, did the skimmer quiet down at all? I can honestly say that it IS silent on my tank (not a matter of me just learning to ignore the noise) and if it isn't then maybe it's worth looking into sources of the noise/a replacement? Otherwise, I love the tank! We have much of the same equipment so I look forward to see where you take the tank from here :-) Link to comment
dtum Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hey, did the skimmer quiet down at all? I can honestly say that it IS silent on my tank (not a matter of me just learning to ignore the noise) and if it isn't then maybe it's worth looking into sources of the noise/a replacement? Otherwise, I love the tank! We have much of the same equipment so I look forward to see where you take the tank from here :-) Hi, thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately the noise is still there - I am sitting about 10 feet away from it and there's definitely white noise to be heard. I've recently disassembled the whole thing for cleaning but even put back together it still makes the same noise. If I briefly put my finger on the open end of the silencer it disappears, so this seems to be air noise that gets amplified somehow. Yep, kudos on the setup, I am already yearning for something bigger though. It is a fever. Here are a few of my latest shots: Latest FTS I have tried my hand at glueing. Tried both epoxy and glue, I think I prefer glue at this point. Still have a lot to learn. A few additions, here are some red mushrooms A new ricordea and my favourite red star Plus I got two acans, this one is green (toxic) Link to comment
dtum Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 I've been meaning to get to this for quite sometime and now was finally able to pull this off. Behold, I give you an Up-to-date List of Aquarium's Fish and Corals for my JBJ 28 gallon. Not only will you see what my fish and corals look like, but each time I will add a new item this link will reflect it. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 Ouch, I've found this blue-eyed hairy crab hiding inside of the yellow-green acropora and he was doing it exceptionally well. After some research looks like this is a predator and not a very nice crab. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 5 new additions today, they are all frags and one of them was free. Pink Birdsnest Green Yellow Red Zoa Purple Acro Green Zoa Purple Zoa Link to comment
dtum Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Well, the poor crab is out. Corals are happy. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Well, now I am truly and utterly shocked. Everything was fine before the lights went off, I've target fed some of my corals and then went away from the tank for a few minutes. Imagine my surprise when I saw the following picture in my aquariums just 10 minutes later. I don't know what to make of it, never even thought that something like that is possible. Here's the video I took right away: How did it catch the fish? This explains where my Royal Gramma and Clown went, they completely disappeared a week or so ago. I am truly shocked. I felt really bad for the fish but figured that the coral must have stunned her badly, so there was no point of helping her out. As a side note, my starfish lost one leg - it just melted off. Link to comment
28g nano noob Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 oh wow well u have ur self a killer there u gonna get rid of it so u can keep fish again? Link to comment
dtum Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 oh wow well u have ur self a killer there u gonna get rid of it so u can keep fish again? Something like that. I did not think that this could even be possible, how do others keep these brain corals? They should come with a warning label. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Now that I am down to 2 fish (six-line wrasse and firefish goby), I need to pick up at least 2 more. I've had Royal Gramma that I really liked, Clown - great fish and Azure Damselfish that I probably won't pick again. I really like the wrasse, but I guess I can have only one in my cube. Any suggestions for nice additions? I am considering a pair of clowns as an option as well. Looking for something with great personality and easy to look at. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 oh wow well u have ur self a killer there u gonna get rid of it so u can keep fish again? Yep, just sold that coral 20 minutes ago. It did come with a disclaimer, so the guy who bought it from me knew the whole story. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Just added 3 more corals - two hammer corals and one frogspawn (I just can't get enough of those two...) Found one weird hitchhiker that turned out to be a stomatella snail: Took me some time to ID this thing, glad that I did, otherwise it would have ended up in the toilet. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 This video was shot under actinic lighting for a change. Link to comment
dtum Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 And here is the proper .This one is shot with proper lighting, there's some major restructuring to the rock-work, bunch of coral changes as well. Link to comment
orly20 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 My man!!!!!! I just spent about an hour reading your thread!!!! Great job!!!!! I am thinking of setting up an sps cube!!! How is the tank coming along? Link to comment
dtum Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 I've got another update . <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wn6dqbU-1cY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment
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