eddiet29 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 You think you can take some pics on how it looks on your desk? I want to get a small tank for my cube, but I'm worried about the amount of light flooding, and to see how it "fits" overall with the cube. Link to comment
NappyRoots Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 i can spend a whole day, just looking at the details on your pictures... great tank, great pictures, GREAT CORALS, great fish.... awesomee!! i hope someday mine looks like that =)!! Link to comment
coachfraley Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks for the kind words! Eddiet, I think this tank is a little too big for an office setting. I have a 10g in my office at work, and I think it is a much more appropriate size. If you are worried about light bleed, get a cube with a hood, and that will at least help with some of the light issues. Link to comment
coachfraley Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 I added a media tray that I made myself. Next time I take it out to reload the media, I will take some pictures. Right now I am running a pura pad in it, but I am going to add carbon as well. I am also going to upgrade my light. I currently have a single reflector on my 4x24, but I am going to pick up a used current NE with the individual reflectors.Updated FTS:Rainbow that is doing much better:Montipora Confusa:Random Shot: Link to comment
illuminano Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 BEAUTIFUL tank, i'm taking inspiration from this on my 22g cadlights when it arrives. Link to comment
PIPS Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Beautiful zoa's !!! Whats the pink one called ??? Link to comment
coachfraley Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 BEAUTIFUL tank, i'm taking inspiration from this on my 22g cadlights when it arrives. Thanks! PM me after you set it up, I love watching new tanks develop! Beautiful zoa's !!!Whats the pink one called ??? I'm not sure which ones you are referring to. The ones in post #69 might be sunny delights? They were sold to me as armor of gods, but I don't think that is what they are. In post 80, the orangish ones are bam bam oranges. Anyway, thanks for the compliment! Link to comment
coachfraley Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Upgraded my CNE lights to the newer CNE SLR. The lights have been going for about 2 weeks, and everything seems to be perking up a little. I am also trying to cut down on my feedings. After talking to some fellow reefers, I think I was overdoing it quite a bit. My branching SPS are finally starting to branch a little bit. They really didn't do much until their encrusted base was firmly established. Here are a few pics: FTS: Unknown Favia (started out solid purple) Acan: Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Looks good. Love the wrasse. Link to comment
hondacbr60089 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 butiful tank i have a 30 tall what bulb combo are u using i like the corals Link to comment
coachfraley Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 butiful tank i have a 30 tall what bulb combo are u using i like the corals Thanks! I am using: 2x ATI blue Plus ATI 11,000k (forget the name) kz fiji purple Link to comment
DBTReefer Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Stellar! I'm sure others have said this, but THIS is TOTM material. I love all of the colorful zoa colonies Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I like the unknown Favia. How do you like the bulb combo? Link to comment
hondacbr60089 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=202682 check my 30 out let me know what u think Link to comment
coachfraley Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Stellar! I'm sure others have said this, but THIS is TOTM material. I love all of the colorful zoa colonies Thanks DBT!!! Maybe I'll enter it when my SPS has grown out. I like the unknown Favia. How do you like the bulb combo? That favia started out really plain, but it just keeps changing. Hopefully I will like what it turns into. They still had some of it at my LFS, so I picked up a larger colony (sse pic below). It was only $10, so it was kind of a no brainer. I think this bulb combo is just a little too blue for my taste. I think I might go with the 10,000k next time (instead of the 11,000k). http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=202682 check my 30 out let me know what u think Great looking tank. I love those frilly mushrooms. Those look like the ones that close up on food. If they are, they are by far my favorite mushrooms. I had some back when I had my 12g cubemasters. Here is that colony of the favia I picked up: My daughter's favorite critter, she calls him "big claw". He is almost as big as an electric blue: New acan I picked up (also for $10) Closeup of the longfin fairy wrasse: Thanks for looking in!!! Link to comment
hondacbr60089 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Great looking tank. I love those frilly mushrooms. Those look like the ones that close up on food. If they are, they are by far my favorite mushrooms. I had some back when I had my 12g cubemasters. they do close up and open thier mouth when u feed them they grow like crazy if u want a frag ill give yea 1 or 2 for free let me know Link to comment
coachfraley Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 they do close up and open thier mouth when u feed them they grow like crazy if u want a frag ill give yea 1 or 2 for free let me know Wow, that is a very nice offer, but I really don't have room for shrooms in my tank. Actually, I don't think I have room for anything, except on my frag rack! Forgot to add this picture of my bali tricolor. I started this from a frag about the size of a grain of rice. Link to comment
1337TANKHAX Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I don't think I've posted here before, but I've been through your thread a few times. Your tank is stunning, as are all of your pictures, and as is your taste in coral. I've recently started up my aio from AA also, I just started a new thread, I'd love it if you would check it out! Anyway, nice work on your tank Link to comment
coachfraley Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 I don't think I've posted here before, but I've been through your thread a few times. Your tank is stunning, as are all of your pictures, and as is your taste in coral. I've recently started up my aio from AA also, I just started a new thread, I'd love it if you would check it out! Anyway, nice work on your tank Wow, thanks for the compliment. I posted on your tank thread...great job! Link to comment
1337TANKHAX Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Thanks for checking out my thread! I'll have to get up a picture of my new little flasher wrasse if I can snap a decent picture of him. Link to comment
1337TANKHAX Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I think I have the same type of wrasse as you. Link to comment
coachfraley Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 Well, I got hit with the zoa pox. I am not really sure what caused it, but I made two changes to clean up my water, and my theory is that the zoas didn't like it, and broke out with pox. I added a media tray, and I cut back pretty drastically on my feedings and it has made a big difference in my overall tank cleanliness. I noticed that it has greatly decreased the amount of glass algae I am getting. I was scraping once every 2 or three days, and now I can get by on once a week.I had to remove the colony of purple zoas that everyone seemed to like so much. The other infected colony is the large red-ish colony on the bottom right. That rock that the zoas are on is basically unmovable. I would have to take my whole tank apart to get it out.In other news, I changed my bulb combo to the following (2 blue plus, 1 fiji purple, 1 UVL 10,000k). I was using an ATI 11,000k in the place of the UVL, but I thought it looked too blue.New favia? Got it for $10:Montipora confusa and sunset...getting ready to fight it out:Acan under my current bulb combo:The same acan (the day I picked it up) under my old bulb combo: Link to comment
coachfraley Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Little update...tank is still plugging along. I only lost one colony of zoas to the pox. SPS growth has picked up since changing to the SLR version of the nova extreme. FTS: As always, thanks for looking in! Link to comment
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