plantarms Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 How did you prevent any detritus from getting into any part of the sandbed, and no spots of coralline on the glass or down in the sandbed for 24+ mos that's hard to do when i do tank cleanings i take out the coral and put it into a separate bucket. Then take a credit card and scrape the glass down and change the majority of the water Link to comment
plantarms Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Got some new chaeto and sponge filters today and added more sand for the pistol shrimp and goby. Working on a new tank design now that I have those two. Link to comment
plantarms Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 chaeto taking up half the tank, gotta figure out where to put the rest of it #tempfix Link to comment
plantarms Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 frags went downhill after being gone for 2 weeks, had to throw them out. Link to comment
plantarms Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Added a mini jet 606 to the tank to pump which increased the flow to about 160 gph. All the coral is really looking better with the extra flow Link to comment
plantarms Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 here are some current pics and updates of the tank livestock new gsp frag, working on covering the rock duncans doing great with the extra flow my remaining frag of trumpets has started recovering and growing new heads watchman still hiding out back with the pistol shrimp having some issues with my monti cap, started bleaching so i cut off bleached parts and fragged it into four different pieces Link to comment
plantarms Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 some excellent blue fade Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Update for my tank: The orange monti cap bleached completely and I lost it. I replaced it with a new encrusting monti Link to comment
Julian_blnc Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Just want to make sure You have to use a relay on the ATo otherwise the 120V AC current will burn out the switch and cause failure Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Just want to make sure You have to use a relay on the ATo otherwise the 120V AC current will burn out the switch and cause failure Hey, I actually have a relay wired up to the ato at this point, however I had the float switch directly wired into my aqualifter main outlet plug for about 3 years and never had any failure or issues. Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 I made a few changes to my tank this past week, will add pics soon: Raised the LED lighting to be about 12'' off of the water as the SPS was showing issues and this may help reduce the intensity all around, it was previously an inch or two above the waterline. Fragged the neon green trumpets Got some ORA green birdnest acro and dragon soul favia Traded the pistol shrimp and watchman goby for some xenia and hynophora Adding a higher flow pump (271 gph) as well as loc line to get the flow kicked up in the tank Link to comment
northeastern Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 how is the goby/piston combo in a tank that size? I've thought about starting a pico with a goby pistol pair but was worried 3ish gallons was too small for them Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 how is the goby/piston combo in a tank that size? I've thought about starting a pico with a goby pistol pair but was worried 3ish gallons was too small for them Honestly they probably shouldn't be in a tank that small for long, however while I had them (about 8 months) I had no issues other than the pistol shrimp burying or tipping over every single coral I put on the sandbed. I traded them to a friend with a biocube 14 as I've lost a lot of frags due to that shrimp Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Just added orange and green monti cap, as well as some xenia. My tank is currently filled to the brim with coral and i'm out of rock space. Anyone in the Orlando area interested in a frag swap? I've got some neon green trumpet frags? Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Here are some current shots of the tank: Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 All my SPS took a dive. Not sure what went wrong, but it looks like all the tissue was eaten away. Everything else in the tank is doing great Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 What salt do you use? Tropic marin Link to comment
lljdma06 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Tropic marin What do you think happened? L Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 What do you think happened? L Not sure, I think it might have been some sort of pest. Either way I'm staying away from montis for now. I picked up two acan frags, two ricordia, another favia, clove polys, and 30 heads of AOG palys this weekend Link to comment
lljdma06 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Yeah I don't keep any sps in my pico. My nps are hard enough. Link to comment
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