TahoeReefer Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I have just about the same set-up. Probably about 9 months. I started with the live sand, waited a week or two and added 16lbs of nano live rock (Drs F&S). I felt I didn't have enough LR so ordered more off a trusted eBay site. I let the live rock mature in my tank for like 6 weeks before I added anything. Unfortunately, I ended taking quite a bit out because I thought it was just too much for my pumps to handle. Everything is stock. I removed the ceramic rings and bio(nano) balls. I added a power head (just like you) have though. When the skimmer is on, I make sure the water going into the slots behind it is about halfway. If there is too much water in the tank the level is too high and you will notice it isn't taking the crud off the top so well. I do have some not-so-good algae, but my water is healthy and fish, corals and inverts are all good. Also, the clear plastic cover tends to get dusty inside. At least mine did. Consider removing it and cleaning the inside on occasion. Link to comment
tsunami35 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Also, the clear plastic cover tends to get dusty inside. At least mine did. Consider removing it and cleaning the inside on occasion. Yeah that happens, also when the water level is high the water tends to touch the light cover too, not too big of a deal though.. Link to comment
latteslave Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Like the tank! Nice setup and rock work... Looks like eveything is doing well - did you get the bubble algae under control? I might have missed it somewhere in the start, but what setup do you have for filtration in the back chambers? Link to comment
tsunami35 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Bubble algae is only in a few spots, hopefully it wont spread, i pull it out when possible. Chamber 1 is floss and lots of carbon, chamber 2 is chaeto lit from behind, 3 is pump heater purigen and more carbon. new shrimp, this guy is friendly, sits on your hand when cleaning One smaller zoa frag is completely gone, another isnt doing well, not sure what happened there. Everything else happy though and finally getting coraline. Link to comment
latteslave Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Awesome - yeah those cleaner shrimp are friendly... Mine - a little too friendly - likes to "clean" my hand, feels like he's ripping out hairs everytime. Link to comment
outcastjra Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I like your tread! It has tons of pictures and updates! Could you tell me more about your underwater camera? I might need to get one. It's looking real good... Keep us posted. Thanks Link to comment
Mechano Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 nice setup, looking great and like the rock work...try putting the zoas a little higher in the tank(the sick ones) and see what happens. Link to comment
tsunami35 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Its this camera: http://www.plemix.com/camera-olympus-850sw-camera Although I havnt been using it in the tank lately, i found out that if you use it in saltwater and dont rinse it in freshwater really well afterwards you can mess up the lense, had to send it in to get fixed, so ive been kinda paranoid to do it again. Good camera for the price though. One of the zoa frags is totally gone, but ill try moving the other one up when I do my water change today. Thanks for the replies! Link to comment
tsunami35 Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Some new pics, got a few new corals including candy cane, a new shroom rock, and gsp of a different strain. Coraline is coming in but its mostly of the green type. Link to comment
nanospoof Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 tank is looking good. Looks like that GSP is really starting to take off. Link to comment
tsunami35 Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 tank is looking good. Looks like that GSP is really starting to take off. Thanks, yeah its already getting too close to my new Candy Cane, I should have placed it farther away Link to comment
drew11588 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 haha i was just reading through this from the beginnig and thought i would say you may want to move the gsp so they dont go too crazy. but then just saw the last couple pics... its definately gives the tank good motion and its a nice color, but you may want to keep that rock somehow isolated from other rocks to keep it from spreading further. what you may also want to try to do is trade that big rock to someone with a big tank but i like your tank so far. i have the same one Link to comment
tsunami35 Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 haha i was just reading through this from the beginnig and thought i would say you may want to move the gsp so they dont go too crazy. but then just saw the last couple pics... its definately gives the tank good motion and its a nice color, but you may want to keep that rock somehow isolated from other rocks to keep it from spreading further. what you may also want to try to do is trade that big rock to someone with a big tank but i like your tank so far. i have the same one Yea the gsp is crazy but it looks so nice.. im gonna have to move the tank in a few months and ill try to get control of it then Link to comment
Dills Reef Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Your making it look easy man! Link to comment
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