Cam198 Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Lol the polyp extension on these gorgonians is awesome! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Do you think that some blue reef chromis would be ok in a 40br? Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 here's a bunch of new pics since the last aquascape PICS More Pics Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 lil cloudy still but a great example of marco in the main tank done right! You don't see much marco in dt's Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 lil cloudy still but a great example of marco in the main tank done right! You don't see much marco in dt's Thanks! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 UPDATE : I put some fresh carbon into the sump to help clear the water of some of the phyto. I'll post another vid of the tank tonight. Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Oh shoot I didn't know you were adding phyto...thats why it was so green and now silty cloudy. Let the filter feeders have their breakfast, brunch, lunch, supper, dinner, and midnight snacks! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Oh shoot I didn't know you were adding phyto...thats why it was so green and now silty cloudy. Let the filter feeders have their breakfast, brunch, lunch, supper, dinner, and midnight snacks! Lol don't worry, I'm not wiping out all the phyto just a little bit that way I can see things a little better Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 UPDATE: The phyto has got so thick that I decided to postpone the vid till it clears up a bit. Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 haha its probably reproducing in the tank . Any means of mech filtration that would kill it, because it if so it doesn't seem to be doing it. Those scallops and gong are probably loving it though Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 haha its probably reproducing in the tank . Any means of mech filtration that would kill it, because it if so it doesn't seem to be doing it. Those scallops and gong are probably loving it though I don't understand what your saying Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Any protein skimmer to remove the phyto? If not that could be why there is so much and it seems like its multiplying Link to comment
Marteen Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 You could just run a UV filter for a few hours to help control the phyto population. I'm sure you don't want to kill it all just drive it down a bit. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 I'm gonna ask my boss (i work at a fish store) if I can borrow a UV sterilizer for a few days, I'll probably only run it a few hours a day till I get it under control, then I'll make up a plan of how I'm gonna manage it more accurately so this doesn't happen again. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 UPDATE: The phytoplankton has finally started to clear up and it looks like I'll be able to shoot a new vid of my tank soon Link to comment
spazizz Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 This is gonna be just my opinion, the tank looks awesome, i was doing some thing similar but i couldnt just stick with caribbean corals ha so good job. I think you should add a bunch of sailfin blennies(Emblemaria pandionis) (www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=3718) and different types of mated gobies(green banded, tiger, red masked, trimma?) you could watch them all skip, scoot and dart around ^^ i hate that there is a clown in there though it ruins the awesome biotopeness Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Gorgeous can't wait till it's clearer lol. Link to comment
sammy113 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Cool tank! I live in PR so you know, I'm surrounded by this type of reefs and the beach is like 30 mins from me. This is a small island so you can really visit like 3-4 beaches same day. I vote for the school of blue chromis. At least 3 or 4. I see they run very pricey there but they are local here and very cheap! Like $3 each. You could also get some carpets, rics, sun coral, feather dusters, elkhorn coral and theres a variety of zoas and palys here. Another very nice Caribbean fish is red banded goby, royal gramma, red lip blenny, spanish hog, pigmy angel. Also You see here lots of coral banded shrimp and urchins. I'll be following this one! Nice tank. Very different Link to comment
spazizz Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Cool tank! I live in PR so you know, I'm surrounded by this type of reefs and the beach is like 30 mins from me. This is a small island so you can really visit like 3-4 beaches same day. I vote for the school of blue chromis. At least 3 or 4. I see they run very pricey there but they are local here and very cheap! Like $3 each. You could also get some carpets, rics, sun coral, feather dusters, elkhorn coral and theres a variety of zoas and palys here. Another very nice Caribbean fish is red banded goby, royal gramma, red lip blenny, spanish hog, pigmy angel. Also You see here lots of coral banded shrimp and urchins. I'll be following this one! Nice tank. Very different +1 to everything they just said. Link to comment
Professor Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I am loving this tank! -Prof Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Thanks for all your kind comments UPDATE: The phyto in the water is all gone so the tank is crystal clear. I trimmed up some of the macro algaes and needless to say, it looks awesome! I'll post pics either tonight or tomarrow Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I had some time to snap some pics (sorry bout the blurry and dark pics, it is really clear and bright but my camera isn't that great) if any of you guys have tips for me to tweak my camera with that would be great, my camera is a Canon PowerShot S2 IS Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 yum much cleaner! I like it really clean too Link to comment
Cam198 Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I posted another vid on youtube of my tank, I'll post a link when it finishes uploading Link to comment
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