Cam198 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Could you guys recommend me a site that sells encrusting porites? Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 The light is up and running and everything looks great PICS Pic of The Nova Extreme pro 6X39W T5HO Top View of The Light Side view of The Light I'll post some pics of the tank with the light on once I figure out how to get my camera to stop taking dim pics of it Link to comment
Cam198 Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Today I'm going to buy a heater from Foster & Smith and I'll buy a few pounds of LR from Sealifeinc in a week. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Heres some random pics of my tank (the camera doesn't do it justice) Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 I just ordered a CUC and some macro algaes from reefcleaners.org, I can't wait till it comes! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I bought 10 dwarf red tip hermit crabs last thursday 3 days after my diatom cycle started, needless to say the diatoms are all gone A couple of days ago I put the macro algae from my NC12 in the 40BR and that seems to be growing already. I just bought a red tree sponge today for $45 and it seems to be settling in nicely. Tomarrow my ReefCleaners.org order should be coming also. {{{{{{PICS}}}}}} Tree Sponge with lights on Tree Sponge with lights off and flash on the camera FTS with lights off and flash on Another FTS with lights off and flash on Left Side View with lights off and flash on Right Side View with lights off and flash on Sponge Over View with lights on Side View with lights on Sorry for the crappy pics I owe it all to my camera My tank is much brighter than it looks and hopefully someday I'll be able to afford a better camera Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 That looks great, i might have missed it but what are your stocking plans? Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 That looks great, i might have missed it but what are your stocking plans? Thanks , Here are my stocking plans, My fish list consists of my mated pair of ocellaris clowns, a mated pair of yellowhead jawfish, a few bridled gobies, and a mated pair of rusty gobies. My Inverts list (excluding the CUC inverts) consists of 3 flame scallops, ball sponges, yellow frilly sponges, various kinds of bivalves, 1 lettuce sea slug, featherdusters, and 2 sally lightfoot crabs. Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 That sounds like a solid plan, the fish will look very very cool. Be careful with the flame scallops I think they are hard to keep. Good luck I cant wait to see it stocked. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 That sounds like a solid plan, the fish will look very very cool. Be careful with the flame scallops I think they are hard to keep. Good luck I cant wait to see it stocked. Thanks I'll probably skip the flame scallops. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 My Reefcleaners.org shipment came today and unfortunatly all 12 florida cerith snails were dead (and boy did the bag stink!), it was missing the 2 flame algaes I ordered, my shaving brush macroalgae's tube was badly damaged, the snails were packaged in what looked like a Zip-Loc bag, all the bags were packed loosely in the box with news paper, and the macroalgaes looked pale and small. When I told the mailman (I ordered through USPS) what was in the box he said it should have been marked keep in warm storage. So needless to say I probably won't be ordering from ReefCleaners.org in the future. I apologize if I offend anyone with the reports of my shipment and I hope I can make much with what I got , I'll post pics tomorrow. Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Did you contact johhny at reefcleaners? Im sure he will definitely take care of you, I have had nothing but good results from him. Im sure hed be interested in hearing from you. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Did you contact johhny at reefcleaners? Im sure he will definitely take care of you, I have had nothing but good results from him. Im sure hed be interested in hearing from you. I'm Emailing him tonight, I just hope he'll refund me for the crap that died and the crap that didn't come Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Im sure he will man hes a good guy to deal with. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Johnny ended up refunding me $25 so its all goooooooooooooood! Link to comment
RLC Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Great start. Keep those pics coming. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 UPDATE: My tree sponge unfortunately died probably due to the lack of bacteria and microorganisms in the water column. I moved my Gorgonians from my NC12 to the 40B and so far I have seen 1-2 inches of growth. I bought a large rusty gorgonian colony and a large knobby sea rod colony, both of them are doing fantastic. I brought over my Occelaris clown to the 40B, he seems to love all the swimming room and is doing great. I bought 2 large flame scallops, I have observed 1/2'' of growth on their shells. I've been making sure that the water stays nutrient rich for the scallops, gorgs, and macro algaes by adding in phytoplankton, and crushed flake food. I haven't done a waterchange in 2 months so far so good but I think in a week I'll do a water change to replenish the trace elements. I haven't put any filter material in my sump and have relied on the filter feeding inverts, gorgs, deep sandbed, and CUC for the filtration and I have observed superb results. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Link to comment
lyon76 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 lokking good, i feel you on the camera, i just dont know how to use mine tho Link to comment
Cam198 Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Sorry for the delay on the pics, I wasn't thinking and i put some phytoplankton in there so the water's a little cloudy but I will take some pics tomarrow for sure. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Here are the long awaited pics FTS Another FTS Link to comment
Cam198 Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 More Pics I posted a vid of the tank on YouTube and it's processing the upload and it should be done momentarily, so I'll post a link to it once it's finished. Link to comment
AdriftQuasar Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 It's a wonderful tank, but the water seems fairly cloudy. What are you running to keep it clear? Link to comment
Cam198 Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 The Vid finished the upload process LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ee8nv3xoog It's a wonderful tank, but the water seems fairly cloudy. What are you running to keep it clear? It's cloudy cause it has some left over phytoplankton in it, I don't run any filter media of any kind cause the macro algaes, CUC, and Gorgonians filter out everything and because of it they grow much faster. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 youre tank is sooooo coool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i LOVE the reef flat concept, its freekin awesome! keep it up looks great! edit: just watched vid....you NEED a wavemaker (cycletimer is cheaper). if you had a cycletimer or wavemaker, your tank would totally pwn....jmo. Link to comment
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