vangvace Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 So I still have my old but trusty Via Aqua. Today while at the lfs I noticed they has a $20 nanocube 12 that would fit perfectly under my stand to become a sump so here is the plan... Tank Specs: Display Tank: 18g Via Aqua Fuge: 12g Nanocube Skimmer: AquaC Remora w/ MJ1200 Lighting: 4 bulb T5 setup with PAR38 bulb on the horizon Filtration: 15 lbs. Marco Rock in the display, 15ish lbs in the sump RKL controller Flow: MP10, ????????? return Coral: LPS/zoas. Fish: I am leaning towards Green Banded Gobies, but would like a swimmer as well. That's further down the road though. Right now I am leaning towards the glass-holes nano overflow kit and a 3/4" return drilled into opposite corners of the tank. Though after some more reading I am intrigued as to how big of an overflow box I would need for a Herbie. I would like the MP 10 along the back wall with as little interference as possible. The drain will fall into chamber 1 of the cube, then flow into the main area of the cube. I plan on using eggcrate and nylon mesh to section off a spot for the skimmer, otherwise I plan on it mainly being a fuge. I am going to remove the divider between chambers 2 and 3 for the return. Link to comment
xbwolfx Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 nice tank! but what's with all the dead clams? Link to comment
vangvace Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 The offensive crab and random coral pics from the current tank I'm not sure what this one is... nice tank! but what's with all the dead clams? 1 was a wifey impulse buy. She loves the purdy clams. The other had a mushroom on it, but the mushroom moved. I've lost 1 Clam and one wall hammer. (Brown jelly) Link to comment
xbwolfx Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 I lost my only clam in my AP12. It was only about 2in, my lighting was only 70w sunpod, and I later discovered an infestation of whelks. So it is really kinda hard for me to know whether it was poor husbandry or the clam was doomed. Now that I have 250w HQI and no whelks, I really want to try another clam - but I'll get one that is at least 3" this time. Those zoas (top-down) are sweet , btw. Link to comment
vangvace Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Thanks, I won those zoas and the hammer near the magfloat in my reef clubs monthly raffle. Talk about stretching a dollar. After the holidays I'm planning on fragging it out for trades When the tank was originally setup we kept a Duraso on the sandbed. It did well, but when it was large enough to shoot water out of the tank it was time to go. you have no idea jer. It took me 5 tries to get that bastage out. I even FW dipped the whole rock at one point. When I moved in November I dropped a cube of mysis into the bucket I was using to move the rock. I pulled the rock out and the crab stayed behind. Link to comment
vangvace Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 my rocks have purple spots. What do I do? Link to comment
Lalani Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Ack, how'd I miss this one! Nice tank! Link to comment
dtfleming Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 that last coral looks like an acan echin Link to comment
xbwolfx Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 my rocks have purple spots. What do I do? step away from the purple-up bottle. Link to comment
vangvace Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Ack, how'd I miss this one! Nice tank! ty It was buried 4 pages back in 3 days that last coral looks like an acan echin cool. I'm happy with how it's colored up. It was a light tan when I bought it. Now it's a nice purple w/green highlights and whitish bumps. If I figure out my camera settings. (I've only had it 4 years) I'll take some better pictures of it. Next on the buy list: Peppermint shrimp step away from the purple-up bottle. won't touch the stuff. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 methinks u should give me your ric's for safe keepings.... Link to comment
vangvace Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 nope, but I'm thinking about fragging the pink zoas Link to comment
vangvace Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Just finished ma bucket of IO. I'm going to give Seachem Reef a try next. Link to comment
Lalani Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Experimenting with different salts, eh? Link to comment
vangvace Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 I'm hoping I don't get burned like I did when I tried Oceanic. It wasn't pretty. Link to comment
vangvace Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 bad batch that resulted in a bryopsis outbreak. First pic in the thread is a month after I switched back. The right half of the tank looked like a rainforest Link to comment
vangvace Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 First waterchange with Salifert tonight Link to comment
vangvace Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 nothings changed yet except for a little bit of coralline growth. The next reef club meeting is in two weeks though. I plan on doing some trading then. Link to comment
vangvace Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 I've got multiple floaters. floating bags of new corals that is. Link to comment
vangvace Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 I had a cooling fan incident the other day and now I've switched temporarily to an 80W Current USA fixture due to heat. I hope my acans will be ok Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I've got multiple floaters. floating bags of new corals that is. Pictures or it didnt happen! Link to comment
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