Dramad1 Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 Keep waiting. Lmao. It looks so good in my tank. Dont know when but when I do ill hit you up. Link to comment
srpntmage Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Tank looks incredible. Di you ever get the cpr bakpak2 you were looking at? Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Tank looks incredible. Di you ever get the cpr bakpak2 you were looking at?thank you, seems like every month that goes by, my tank in my eyes looks more and more awesome. It is way more stable now and I have been dosing ca and alk, so those levels remain consistant between wc. I believe this is what is allowing my corals to pop and explode with growth, as well as the zeo products I dose. This tank will remain up and running once the bigger tank is set up. The other two will be taken down unfortunately. No I didnt even try the cpr skimmer. It is sitting in my storage shed still. To lazy to dig it out. I messed around with the 115 skimmer and it seems to be pulling a consistant amount of crude out weekly now. So I opted to leave it be for now. If I start noticing issues with the tank, I may dig it out. Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 drama how did you get rid of your flat worms? Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 flat worm exit. I had only a small amount, I think I caught them before they got out of control. I would suck them up when doing wc's, then dip and re dip my corals in revive. Used fwe and then would siphon out as many as I could find. Havent seen any for a while now. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Few pics after wc. Im currently battling aptasia with a mini majano wand and week to week slowly losing the battle. Wants some berghia nudis to deal with the issue. cell pics after some cs. First up acan, developing a rainbow center and yellow rings on the outside Some blastos (5 heads now) shroom in the back with some zoas Trying to get a shot of the new growth on the slimer here... Sweet shot of my nest, rp and joe the coral... Tips of my gold torch with duncan and acans in the back.... Shroom (ironman I think) and bowerbanki hanging around.. Grn milli, setosa and unknown in between the two, grn base with drk purple polyps.... Wider side view.. Tanks doing okay minus the aptasia, about a year old now..... Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Looking good drama. Nice tank. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thanks. Just finished up a 5g wc. Battling aptasia again right now. Just combating it with a majano wand, currently looking for some berghia nudis to deal with them once and for all. Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Damm should have asked me there's a dude selling them at rap hit up someone who's at rap to grab you some Link to comment
DaveFason Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Looking great! Who says LEDs can't grow SPS Keep up the great work. -Dave Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Looking great! Who says LEDs can't grow SPS Keep up the great work. -Dave Thanks Dave, the duo is working great and the corals are loving it. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Just did a wc and blew all the rocks off, everything is pissed of right now. I had some coral warfare going between the nest and rp as well as my grn milli shading part of my slimer so I made a few frags. Tanks doing okay but still battling lil baby aptasia, I really need to get some berghia nudi's. Top down pics. You can see the rp has doubled in size, coral not bleached-all new growth. Pics are with tank half way drained and corals out of water, no light, flash only on phone. Link to comment
wildbill79 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Your tank looks really good man! That Setosa is awesome! Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Thanks. I believe the tank is just over a year old. The setosa is always being accidentally fragged, fast grower but very brittle. Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Thanks. Just finished up a 5g wc. Battling aptasia again right now. Just combating it with a majano wand, currently looking for some berghia nudis to deal with them once and for all. Did you win your battle with aptisia? My peppermint shrimp almost ate all of them, but since I have been feeding the little badstard, he lives right next to the last aptisia left in my tank. Go figure. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Still battling the lil ones every week with the majano wand. I tried a few pep shrimps and my cleaner shrimp killed them with in a half hour. I was going to order a half dozen berghia nudi's but they were 90$. With all the money I'm throwing at my other build, they will have to wait and I will continue my battle using the wand for now. I swear every week I spend a few hours killing as many as I can find only to see I have missed a half dozen or so an hour or so later and then I just leave them and they pop off in the tank again. So far the only corals to be affected by them is my blastos, ( a few latched on its base and were irritating a single head out of 5) killed them. Also a single new baby head on one of my mini acan colonies was being stung by a baby 4 pack. I killed 2 for sure but the other 2, I cant get the right angle with the wand to get them. Boiling water if they continue to sting the baby acan. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Update: I decided to gift myself some Berghia nudis. I figured I was losing the battle and needed some help. They arrived 10 min ago and I have began the acclimation process. I'm hoping to eliminate the tank once and for all. Once tank is free and clear, Berghia's will go up on the local forum. Swapped cells twice in the last 5 days so photo bucket is acting weird, hope to resolve prior post pics soon Bit excited, pics of arrival: Well I'm having issues a with photo bucket and my new phone. I will try again later Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Arrival, box a Lil wet Heating pad still warm Wetter, got me worried at this point Bagged and packed in plastic container, Carefully opened bag so not to smash nudis, all seem alive and well, hard to get a count The start of acclimation process, apron 4 drops per few seconds. 45 mind and I will feed my tank then lights out and introduce Berghia's carefully into tank using pipette Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 And a better pic Link to comment
cindyp Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 good luck, DRAMA!!! it's non stop soap opera with these tanks, isn't it? ha! i just picked up a feather duster that i love from AW on xmas eve (best self gift ever!) and did a fts today after a through scrub yesterday with wc. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thx's cindy, no joke on the non stop soap opera. I feel like I have battled just about everything with this bc. But I will not give up and I will continue to tuff things out in hopes for a wonderful reef. Nice pick up on the duster, should be an awesome addition to your tank. I plan heading to aw maybe tomorrow for a new fish addition for my cad tank. Problem is I have a very mean clown that hates anything I put in there. So I'm looking for something a Lil more aggressive to chill him out.... going to have to talk with them about my options Link to comment
cindyp Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thx's cindy, no joke on the non stop soap opera. I feel like I have battled just about everything with this bc. But I will not give up and I will continue to tuff things out in hopes for a wonderful reef. Nice pick up on the duster, should be an awesome addition to your tank. I plan heading to aw maybe tomorrow for a new fish addition for my cad tank. Problem is I have a very mean clown that hates anything I put in there. So I'm looking for something a Lil more aggressive to chill him out.... going to have to talk with them about my options since my tank is so small, i am very limited on choice as far as size but also, non aggressive fishies. i've even steered clear of clowns! good luck!! new fishie is always fun. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Update, Slowly winning the aptasia battle. The Berghia's seem to be eradicating them but alot slower than I was expecting. I have been helping them along by zapping the larger ones with my Maja no wand. Since introducing the Berghia's to the tank, I have only spotted one and I really had to search a while for him, they only become active at night. I am worried my tanaka's wrasse may try and pick them off. He used to murder my dwarf certh's all the time. Every night I try searching around for them. Even though I fail to spot them, I am seeing a reduction in numbers on specific rocks that were becoming over grown with aiptasia. Good sign cause I can not wait to have finally won this battle. Here is a random non sense pic of my tank and stand, lights out for now and tank is awaiting the zeozym you see in the container on the top of the tank. I have to shake that container every 30mins for 6-8 hours before pouring into the tank , this is why I want to pick up a magnetic stirrer, gonna have to wait a while longer as I picked up some cool new gadgets for my new build...,I love gadgets! Link to comment
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