Rural Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 started july 4 2014 will update/edit as time allows first full tank shot after cycle after livestock and coral placed: cycle: getting that salinity right: first fts with livestock after cycle, "cloe": first coral addition gsp july 10 2014 had a lot to learn lost this one in the beginning added july 10 2014 radioactive dragon eyes added july 10 2014 along with my first pest you can clearly see at 2 o'clock position. however, at the time i had no clue what it was... first bit of real "live rock" from lfs's recently tore down set up, figured it would be good to seed aquarium. Aug 3 2014 also see the gsp growing, i was/still am proud of it! Aug 3 2014 so we had to get a leather, it was big and had movement. too big. notice the added ricordea on the right. the feather duster in a new set up (yikes). and the orange sponge on feather duster... oh and the gsp's were growing strong! Aug 13 2014 but bella liked it: Sept 5 2014 found my first pest, was harassing our zoas! Sept 11 2014 as you can tell, frontal fts gsp still growing, the leather is now more an after thought. isn't neat how priorities change? first pic with pink zoas. Sept 20 2014 side/long fts noted the anemone that we got to try to host, it failed, it died, it's sad. also see the orange sponge growing on tube worm stalk? Oct 7 2014 orange sponge has the hole shut off, had to manually trim back, and the sponge spread all over the tank. [/url] mid December 2014 top down fts, after some rearranging and about a month or so after adding the new pink goni Dec 21 2014 wicked photo i think. unfortunately the plate does not inflate like that anymore... (figuring out why slowly). clam was a little premature (died 1st week), but it was pretty. do you all know the kinds that have the electric looking/flashing rims? i would like one like that one day... also picked up some and that closes out the 2014 year. lots learned. will continue to edit posts and such. next post will be "2015 - the year of the light!!!" Link to comment
malibumike Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Nice IM tank! That plate coral is stunning. I think a lot of people use photobucket to host their pictures. Once uploaded, you can click on the photo and to the right you'll see Copy IMG link. Once copied, just paste in here. Should have no problem adding them all. Link to comment
Rural Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 "2015 - the year of the light!!!" installed mid december with reeflink setup. totally pleased. Jan 25 2014 fts Link to comment
Rural Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 finally got some good coralline growing... first time to show up on something aside from live rock i have some orange sponge spreading... should i worry? i read some and they seen benign. also i believe they are filtering pretty well. saves me from skimming? new gbt! think i have some cyano, this started after my gobi went M.I.A. i have moved/searched/cleaned for him and not found. guess this was an ongoing thing, he just use to eat it all. gbt has some nice coloration under the blue's. Link to comment
Rural Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Gonipora slowly recovering? phytofeast may be helping too? notice the growth on the inferior portion of the yellow/purplecoral. however the micromussa not doing to hot? keeps on encrusting! is it common for these shrooms to change the colors of the "bumps" in the babies? or is it a maturity thing? still dealing with cyano as well, gonna try chemipure elite here pretty soon, already changed up flow patterns. Link to comment
Rural Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 gonna try these settings to help with cyano problem (decreases photoperiod by 2 hours), already cut feeds back, adjjusted flow and increased gfo. replaced purigen. doing daily 1 gal water changes with RSCP. Link to comment
Rural Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 I MOVED MY TANK! 1mile down the road to a new house. That was some work, for sure. However my wife allowed my to get a new doser and stand/cabinet as you can see now! The corals have been doing amazing since dosing. 1 gallon a day water changes for a month help jump start the process. So here is my current status at a little over 1 year old! IMG_0605 IMG_0603 by tyler parris, on Flickr IMG_0600 by tyler parris, on Flickr IMG_0599 by tyler parris, on Flickr IMG_0598 by tyler parris, on Flickr IMG_0591 by tyler parris, on Flickr There is much room for improvement, but everything appears to be doing well. Also, my ricordia finally started splitting! And, I believe I finally got a mixed reef to growing! Will be adding some peppermint shrimp soon. Had to part out with some corals and fish over the year, as they were of course issues. Still trying to escape "the frag tank look" that my wife teases me about. I'm glad to say that reefing has become a new rewarding hobby to me and all my family and friends! Link to comment
Rural Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 so, had an off day. cleaned and rearranged the tank. i think it looks more colorful and spaced corals out nicely...? what do you think? Also, played with the white balance to get true colors on my photos this time. Check out this growth and polyp extension! At least i think it is good. Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Tanks looking really good- sps are looking happy ? dosers make a huge difference. Like the black sand- makes the colors pop. Link to comment
Matthewdvm Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Looking pretty good! A really nice mixture of corals in this tank. Please keep posting pictures. Link to comment
ajmckay Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Sweet tank, I like the growth shots. I also like the coral diversity in general. Doesn't look like you've had a huge issue with algae either - which is pretty cool. Link to comment
Rural Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Looking pretty good! A really nice mixture of corals in this tank. Please keep posting pictures. thanks, since this is our first tank we wanted a mixed reef. so far everything is doing ok! and yeah, we will keep posting! Sweet tank, I like the growth shots. I also like the coral diversity in general. Doesn't look like you've had a huge issue with algae either - which is pretty cool. the algae has been almost constant but small and manageable issue. for that i'm thankfull. Link to comment
Rural Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 so we got a new clown today. and he just started hosting with instruction from our former! here is a video! so awesome! Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 So healthy! Nice tank Link to comment
Rural Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 so got this new frag a couple days ago at lfs. this is favia correct (orange one)? and the other is a favia on the left? at least thats what they look and act like to me currently...? iphone macro shots without any macro gear... Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Hi, very nice tank. I have seen your thread but this was the first time I looked at it, sorry about that. I will be checking up on it now that I have seen it. I especially like the changes you made after the move. Good job! Link to comment
Rural Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 today's FTS duncan had some issues recently 12h before leaving for 9 days straight, return pump failed and attempting to rig in my backup used for mixing water, the plumbing flanges broke.... had to home improvement store it and get CPVC fitting and vinyl hose to fix. the trick is heating the hose in hot water to make it manageable. got a sicce now, but not as quite as i hoped... even the ecotech powerhead adds more noise than previous on my system... but flow is better. i think this issues sets me back about 2 months on the pink acan though. everything else did fine. p.s. i think you can see my coral stash under there p.s.s. sold some stuff locally, posted the exact coral measurements, had 3 people show up to buy. they ALL said "i swear that tank is bigger in the photos!" and then go on to say that they have never seen less than 50 gal systems work, much less 16gal systems... they bought the corals, said even though they were much smaller than than what they wanted they were very impressed with my tank! Link to comment
Rural Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Merry Christmas!!! Link to comment
Rural Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Night time feeding shots! Great extension. Link to comment
Rural Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 got some macro shots, cheap tube extenders, but ok? need a little more fine tuning though... Link to comment
Rural Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nice pics! thanks, that last shot of the mushroom turned out real good! like so good i may sell it, ha. Link to comment
Newstead Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Gorgeous tank and pics ... I want that mushroom! Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 thanks, that last shot of the mushroom turned out real good! like so good i may sell it, ha. The mushroom or the pic? LOL Link to comment
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