jedimasterben Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Yeah, its very strange how videos always seem to come out better! Off to a good start! Link to comment
cowabunga-reefer Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The tank is looking really nice so far. Good luck with the damsels. I'm actually having a problem with mine right now. I have a 4 stripe(my first fish), three blue, and a talbot. The blues and the talbot are super aggressive. They have killed a couple other fish I've had in the tank..a maroon clown and just yesterday a purple dottyback Link to comment
Travis Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 The tank is looking really nice so far. Good luck with the damsels. I'm actually having a problem with mine right now. I have a 4 stripe(my first fish), three blue, and a talbot. The blues and the talbot are super aggressive. They have killed a couple other fish I've had in the tank..a maroon clown and just yesterday a purple dottyback Yep that's why this will be a damsel only tank. Link to comment
uwdanno Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Are Ocellate Damsels too aggressive to house with other Damsels? They have a ton of color on them Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The tank is looking really nice so far. Good luck with the damsels. I'm actually having a problem with mine right now. I have a 4 stripe(my first fish), three blue, and a talbot. The blues and the talbot are super aggressive. They have killed a couple other fish I've had in the tank..a maroon clown and just yesterday a purple dottybackYes, that is what happens when you try and mix Dascyllus, Pomacentrus, and Chrysiptera damsels. Are Ocellate Damsels too aggressive to house with other Damsels? They have a ton of color on themThat's the only thing I'm worried about with them. They are a Pomacentrus species, which generally sticks them into the "more often aggressive than not" category. Probably not as nasty as any Dascyllus damsel, but if you happen to win the fish lottery you can get one that is a giant dickbag. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Our cat, Cali, loves to watch the damsels swim around. I'm constantly having to clean off her nose prints from the glass. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Can some one read this... Feeling color blind today lol. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Can some one read this... Feeling color blind today lol. I am not familiar with that test kit but if nitrates are 10-20 I would look into more water changes Link to comment
Travis Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Yeh I agree with you Harry. Making water now. Obviously the tank isn't ready for coral if it can't complete the processing of no3 into nitrogen gas. But 10-20 is a heck of a lot better than when I started 160+ A few more months and it'll be there. I've been doing 5 gallon water changes every Saturday and testing before I do them. I think I'm low enough now that I can start dosing Nopox. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Can anyone tell that I enjoy testing? Lol Link to comment
Travis Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 I <3 my Milwaukee! Link to comment
Travis Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Small victories this morning I started dosing Red Sea no3 po4 X 1 week ago today. I tested last Saturday, Wednesday, and today. no3 last Saturday was at 40ppm. Today it is at 15ppm po4 started at 0.20ppm. Today it is 0.00ppm To note, after the first test last Saturday, I did a 10% water change. Doing another today. Link to comment
Rehype Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Wow looks awesome man....love what youve done so far. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Can anyone tell that I enjoy testing? Lol Man thats badass! Your organization is awesome and I LOVE your stand. I want it! haha Link to comment
Travis Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Wow looks awesome man....love what youve done so far. Man thats badass! Your organization is awesome and I LOVE your stand. I want it! haha Thanks peeps Link to comment
Travis Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Making progress. Po4 0.00 on Hanna. I <3 NOPOX Link to comment
Travis Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well I put a wish list together. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Nice. When are planning on ordering? I would give the tank much more time under normal conditions (with light!) before trying acros Link to comment
Travis Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Nice. When are planning on ordering? I would give the tank much more time under normal conditions (with light!) before trying acros No time soon lol. And not all at once. I'm going to start with montiporas and work my way up to acropora over some time. Link to comment
Travis Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Ok so I wanted to see what stopping dosing nopox would do. Before stopping 3 days ago my no3 was ~7ppm (Red Sea) and my po4 was 0ppm (Hanna Low Range). Today I ran the tests again and the results are no3 ~15ppm and po4 0ppm Here is my history of tests since starting nopox, including today's results. What can I conclude? Nopox works? But. When po4 is undetectable, no3 can no longer be lowered via nopox. I have a large enough container to mix up 1/3 of my system volume. Going to give that a shot to lower the nitrates to an acceptable level. Once that is achieved, I will once again begin to dose nopox to maintain the no3 levels as it has proven to be able to do so. Link to comment
Travis Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Arriving Wednesday. Picked these up from the WWC live sale over on R2R. Grizzly Adams Acropora WWC Moonshine Acropora WWC Killer Bee Acropora WWC Radioactive Slimer Acropora Orange Psammocora Tubbs Stellata Montipora Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I've missed the start of this build, nice work. How are you liking the hydorfill? The WWC pieces look like a good start. They're hardy, and the acro frag would be a good test. NoPox needs both nitrates and phosphates to work to reduce both. You figured that out already. A way to increase phosphates is feeding more (but gradually) or dosing Neophos from Brightwell. Moar pictures of the kitty please Link to comment
bmac16 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Awesome build man! Nice score on the live sale too! Link to comment
Travis Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 I've missed the start of this build, nice work. How are you liking the hydorfill? The WWC pieces look like a good start. They're hardy, and the acro frag would be a good test. NoPox needs both nitrates and phosphates to work to reduce both. You figured that out already. A way to increase phosphates is feeding more (but gradually) or dosing Neophos from Brightwell. Moar pictures of the kitty please You mean this kitty? No complaints with the Hydrofill. Both the sensors and the pump do what they are supposed to do. Link to comment
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