javisaman Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 September 2008 October 2008 January 2009 April 2009 July 2009 ****CRASH*** no pictures as of yet 3/8/2011 5/19/2011 10/5/2011 Look down a few posts to see livestock/equipment list. Link to comment
clownfish1124 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i see sticky thermometer... don't worry i have one too nice frogspawn Link to comment
masterbuilder Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hey...post up the details...it looks good to me! I see nothing wrong ...other than that sticky thermometer Link to comment
jervismun Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Nothing to be embarrassed about... what's the coral on the right side? An anemone or Australian Whiskers? Link to comment
javisaman Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Tank started September 1 2008 Hardware: ------------------------ -20 gallon Long Tank (display), drilled 1" drain, 2 x 3/4" return -10 gallon (sump/refugium) with cheato -Aquatic Fundamentals 29 Gallon tank stand and canopy -Stealth 150W heater -150W HQI Phoenix. 2x24w ATI T5s for actinic supplementation. LED night lights. -2 x Koralia 1's (one for sump) -1 Vortech MP40 -Oceanrunner 2500 return with flow accelerators -AquaC Remora skimmer with maxijet 1200 -hard pvc plumbing. -chemi-pure elite -Digital Aquatics ReefKeeper 2 -autotopoff.com ATO with 5 gallon res. Livestock (this is where things get little crazy): --------------------- 35 lbs ReefScience Indonesian rock (fully cured) 25 lbs Carib-Sea indo-pacific black sand (a little disappointed with this) Fish 1 B&W ocellaris clown - Lequisha Jr 1 Regular ocellaris - Zuzu 1 Green Mandarin - Mushu (2 years 1 month with me) 1 Blue Spotted Jawfish - Bahamut Zero Inverts 2 trochus snails 2 scarlet/red leg hermits 2 blue leg 4 florida ceriths 3 nerite snails 2 mexican turbo 1 small emerald crab - Shehulk 1 7" Crocea Clam 1 pom-pom crab - Pacman 1 porcelain crab - White Ranger 1 Gold and Brown feather duster. ~30 dwarf cerith 5 Dwarf Planaxis 2 fuzzy chiton Corals: ============= LPS: Frogspawn (green/purple) - 7 heads Green Duncan -7 heads Various Rainbow Acans - 4 types Soft Corals: Blue Purple stripped mushrooms Green Spotted Mushrooms Zoanthids/Palys Better than Bam-Bams Zoas Superman Purple Death Paly Purple Hornets Blue Agave Nuclear Green Mohawk Rainbow Mr. Coral Black Ice Captain America Paly Nightmare Palys Tyree Utter Chaos Palys SPS: Red/Orange Monti Cap ORA Birds of Paradise ORA Red Planet ORA Chips Tyree Sunset Sunset Monti Tyree Pokerstar Rainbow Monti Tyree Pink Lemonade Tyree Setosa Wet Thumb Frags Tiera De Fuego acro Tracy G blue light stag Strawberry Shortcake acro Wet Thumb Frags Cotton Candy Acro Wet Thumb Frags #####en blue acro Wet Thumb Frags Purple Monti Digi Jedi Mind Trick Monti Yellow Millipora Yellow/White deepwater acro Enchinta acro Superman monti tri color acro Pink Monti (I've never seen anything like it!) Purple monti cap with green polyps Yellow Table Acro Macro Algae -------------- Pests: Bryopsis Hair Algae Creeping Red Turf Chaeto invading Display Refugium: Chaeto Red Mangroves Ulva Gracilaria Graveyard (lost live stock over the past few years): 1) Rainbow mushroom – bleach and died 2) Caribbean Blue Zoas – fungus 3) Red/Green Lobo – killed by yumas and infection 4) Nerite Snail – crawled out of tank 5) ORA Roscos – RTN after acclimation 6) Bali Green Slimer – RTN after acclimation 7) Rics – Floated away 8) Turbo Snail – bad acclimation 9) Gonipora – it’s obvious 10) Torch – don’t know… 11) Maze Brain frag – tank crash victim 12) Kryptonite green candy cane – tank crash victim 13) Xenia – too much flow 14) Yumas – tank crash victim 15) Mean Green Zoas – tank crash/fungus 16) Purple Metallic Zoas – fungus 17) Armor of God – fungus 18) Darth Maul Palys – melted away 19) Hawaiian PPE – melted away 20) Aspen PE – melted away 21) Tyree Purple Monster – RTN after tank crash 22) ORA Purpleberry – RTN after tank crash 23) Pink Jade – RTN after tank crash 24) Rose Millepora – RTN after tank crash 25) Pink Acropora – RTN after tank crash 26) Greg Hiller Aqua Delight – Killed by tyree pink lemonade 27) Green Pollicipora – STN 28) Garf Bonsai – RTN 29) Rainbow Monti – STN 30) Blue Tort – RTN 31) Pepper monti – buried under sand 32) Aussie Enchinta acro – RTN 33) Another Aussie Enchinta acro– knocked over by turbo snail, buried by jawfish 34) ORA neon birdsnest – fragged eventually STN 35) Green maxima clam – crash and unstable tank 36) Blue lightning maxima clam– crash and unstable tank 37) Pink Aurora – RTN 38) Superman monti –RTN 39) Frag farmer setosa – RTN 40) Emerald crab – “Hulk”, unstable tank and traces of interceptor 41) Sunk Cleaner shrimp – “Hannibal”, unstable tank and traces of interceptor 42) dozens of dwarf ceriths – interceptor 43) a few ceriths – old age 44) chiton – interceptor 45) four limpets – interceptor 46) Blue Agave Palys – melted 47) Tyree Pink Lemonade acro – STN 48) 15lbs of live rock - too much, cut it down 49) 2 Trochus snails – age 50) 3 scarlet hermits – traces of interceptor/other hermits 51) hitchhiker crabs – sump banishment and interceptor 52) Black and White Maxima clam...this one was a heartbreaker Link to comment
got2envy Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I think it looks great! looks like the corals that you have are easy to keep and hardy, just keep up on the water changes Link to comment
javisaman Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Here are some better pictures of some of the corals: Neon Green Candy Cane: Two Frogspawns Pseudo-macro shot of duncan Link to comment
javisaman Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 Well my fragging experience failed. The mushroom I fragged didn't make it. I don't think the cup I was holding them in offered enough circulation and everything probably just died inside. There was nothing left except for a black mush. Link to comment
Toomin Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Well my fragging experience failed. The mushroom I fragged didn't make it. I don't think the cup I was holding them in offered enough circulation and everything probably just died inside. There was nothing left except for a black mush. bad things do happen. dont be upset. Link to comment
javisaman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 My Lobo was attacked by a Yuma. The tread is here: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=175050 I also killed a few colonies of hydroids. It seems like Aiptasia X is an effective means of getting rid of them. Link to comment
javisaman Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 A few pictures of my clowns trying to host the flowerpot. A mysterious snail. It's been there for 4 weeks and it seems like its an herbivore. The pattern is hard to see but it looks like soldier's camouflage. Link to comment
CoRPS Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I like your tank man, looks nice Link to comment
javisaman Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thanks! Another FTS. There are a few more corals, an emerald crab, and a cleaner shrimp. What the tank looks like from my couch... The tank is actually much brighter than it looks in the pictures (150W HQI 3" off the surface LOL)... On a sad note I also had my first death. One of my smaller nerite snails escaped and I found its dead body behind my tank. I have gutter guard around the edges but it must have crawled over it or something. Eventually I have to think of a better top for my tank especially if I plan on housing an eel. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 hey that unknown snail is a virgin nerite. Link to comment
javisaman Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 One thing I did notice last night is that my rockwork has become significantly looser with time. My emerald crab is actually knocking over some of the smaller pieces and my cerith snails are digging under the rocks. A slight tap and EVERYTHING shifts. I dug some of it into the sandbed and its a bit more stable, but now it has me freaked out a little. I also switched my Ushio 14K with a Phoenix 14K. At first glance the Phoenix (out of the box) looks exactly the same as a 3 month old Ushio. Maybe with a week or two to break-in the Phoenix will show its true colors. Link to comment
javisaman Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 I was going to post pictures with my new Phoenix light, but I realized there isn't much difference between it and the tank with the Ushio. Even if there was my camera wouldn't be able to capture it anyways. Link to comment
javisaman Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Long awaited update: Growth Pics are always fun: "Better than Bam-Bams zoas" - 5 months "Mean Green Zoas" - 5 months "Neon Green Candy Cane" - 4 months "Duncan" - 5 months "ORA Neon Green Birdsnest" - 2 months Some of the new corals: ORA Red Planet: Garf Purple Bonsai: Ultra Rainbow Acan Frag: Thanks for dropping by! Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 NICE!!! Did you get a new camera? Growth looks great! Link to comment
javisaman Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Nope no new camera...I just figure out how to use the one I have properly. Canon A560..not great but good enough for me. Edit: Oh and my lighting is superior. Went from a 150W Ushio 14K to Phoenix 14K w/ 2x24 actinics. Thanks! Link to comment
javisaman Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 New corals: will post pictures soon. Tyree Purple Monster (3/4" frag...too bad growth is gonna be slow as hell) ORA Rosco's (dead) ORA PearlBerry Bali Green Slimer (dead) Tyree Pink Lemonade Tyree Sunset Monti Tyree Rainbow Pokerstar Monti A few of them were freebies...I don't have any more room in the tank now. New Inverts: Limpets Fuzzy Chiton to battle red macro algae outbreak pictures soon. Link to comment
javisaman Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 A couple of things didn't make it, but they were freebies anyhow. Link to comment
javisaman Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 Some crappy pictures with the P [O] S camera. purple monster sunset and rainbow pink lemonade (still hasn't colored up) Link to comment
javisaman Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 I almost bought a canon xs today...it was on sale at dell. Oh well guess I'm stuck with the canon a560. Here are a couple of pics of the hitchhiker crabs I found in my tank. I caught a total of three, there is one more mean one though I haven't been able to catch. I didn't get a picture of the first one I caught. The one still in the display is rather small and it only comes out of night. No picture yet. Link to comment
javisaman Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Darth Maul (my favorite Star Wars character) Tank raised and always open! Link to comment
javisaman Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Feeling sick today so I took a few pictures...using a Canon A570 Link to comment
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