Mr. Grinch Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 What are you upgrading to? That tank was truly amazing due to it's stability! Are you still giving away chaeto? And when you dry it can you revitalize it or do you have to ship it wet? Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hey- it's a secret, so shhhh- 39 gallon cadlight. Thanks! Yes, and it's still going. Sadly my cheato got "eaten" by the feather like algae I got (took all the nutrients it was using out) Ask around here though, I am sure someone has extra they are willing to pass on. I wouldn't recommend drying it- it gets brittle, and although I have had some come back, its better to keep it wet- at least moist when shipping. Link to comment
Mr. Grinch Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thanks man looking forward to the upgrade!! Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Well, this tank did NOT get taken down, but moved to my work! I will post pics up soon enough- I will probably loose some snails, and the shrimp died due to a rough move (no hydrometer, couldn't get temps up, had to do it quickly) but everything is settling in well enough. Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Ok, so after a rough move and replacing the sand bed-this is what it looks like after settling out. Everyone is amazed at it ... it barely has anything in it Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Cool to see it has a new start! After my upgrade, I couldn't take my 12g down either Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Yea, I mean it's my first SW tank and all- UPDATE: Went to Red Sand (LFS) and bought: -Firefish -3 Chromis -Skunk Cleaner -Some funky shroom -Some other random frag Pics to come soon from my NEW CAMERA Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Pics to come soon from my NEW CAMERA Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looks great buddy! RBTA from that tank at OG II ?? Nice pics too! Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Thanks- new camera The RBTA and clowns are from a wholesaler Link to comment
smilodon Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Hi ,How does the RBTA doing? I want one at my BC 14. but people say the lights not good enough. Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 The RBTA is doing fantastically, but you must realize I have the nano-tuners 72 watt upgrade (it adds a bulb to the hood). Link to comment
smilodon Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 The RBTA is doing fantastically, but you must realize I have the nano-tuners 72 watt upgrade (it adds a bulb to the hood). How long has the RBTA in your tank so far? I upgrade to 72W already, but I still not sure about keeping a BTA in 12 gallon tank. Link to comment
ultraman Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 What kind of lighting are you using? Is is stock? Hey there, I am a fellow 14 gal chik and have thus far had wonderful success accept with star snails and a couple astreas. Oh yes and I had a manderin that was very thin so I had to move him to my boyfriends 90 gallon. Here are my stats and I love it so far......CUC: - CRABS - 3 scarlet hermits - SNAILS - 1 tronchus - 1 black turbo - 1 red banded tronchus (the best cleaner ever!) - 1 mexican grazer - 2 elephant nose - 3 astrea - 1 red foot - 2 bumble bee - 8 nassarius (sandsifters and very small and cool) - INVERTS - 1 sand sifting star - 1 cleaner shrimp - 1 peppermint shirimp (took care of the few aptasia I had) - 1 yellow sea cucumber CORAL - Tons of different muchrooms - Pink xenias - purple xenias - blue xenias - couple sponges - couple gorgonias - lots of ricordias - various polyp rocks - metallic green star polyp - florescent tip torch - pink hammer FISH - 1 ocellaris clown - 1 randall's goby WATER PARAMS - Nitrites 0 - Amonia 0 - PH 8.1-8.3 - Salinity .022-.023 Everything is doing wonderfully but as I said I lost a couple snails and I couldn't keep the mandarin fed. here's a pic.... Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 smilodon: My BTA did very well for ~8 months, then decided it wanted to hop in the powersweep! ultraman: nanotuners upgrade to 72 watts. So, this tank also current looks terrible! But I've replaced the bulbs, cleaned it up a bit, and it's gonna be back better than ever! Stay tuned. Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 After the heat wave here (and lack of decent A/C at work), the tank was pretty much fried... temps in the 90's for a week. What little coral was left was in poor shape, so: Tank was moved to a new location and set up ONCE again! New paly's: Soft- type? Bivalve of some sort: FTS: Also installed a new circulation fan because the old one died from corrosion. Let me know what you think! Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Pic update: FTS! Think adding a mandarin goby would be pushing it? Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Pic update: Think adding a mandarin goby would be pushing it? They survive only if there are enough pods, in our tanks, not so much. Look into an ORA dealer, they have mandarins that are certified pellet fed/trained from birth. That's what I'm looking into. They can wipeout a tanks worth of pods in months. Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Update: Bought the mandarin goby, had him fed daily (frozen) and he did very well for 3 months. Excellent addition to the tank, and definitely worth the effort. Unfortunately he jumped into the back chamber and was found dead :/ In other news, got a few more pieces of coral, and the tank is thriving. Clowns hosting frogspawn! Link to comment
Gvtv44 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Haha, yup! I'm still going at it- just going through tough/ busy times. Also dabbling in fw stuff. How are you doing? Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Haha, yup! I'm still going at it- just going through tough/ busy times. Also dabbling in fw stuff. How are you doing? Hanging in there. Thanks for asking. Nice to hear from you! It's good to see the old BC14 still going Back at the Discus?? Link to comment
Formula462 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 good luck man! i remember the good ol' days of stock lighting and whatnot. it was still a blast. have fun! Link to comment
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