reefkpr Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Yeah I'm going to start doing some more water changes. Instead of one a week, maybe two or three. I'm going to try and siphon out most of the cyano here in a minute once I have some saltwater mixed up to replace what I take out. And I guess I'll cut back my photoperiod to 6 hours for the time being. Regardless, I'm probably going to get a hermit or two. I've never kept them before and I'm curious about them. Thanks for your help! MVP has some very small blue legs. I got a couple for my 3 gallon and they are running around the place like crazy. Just a thought may save you having to ship them! Link to comment
Bill Nye Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Imo hermit crabs are more trouble than their worth. I have one zebra hermit in my tank and he never does anything other than annoy my coral or try to eat my snails. I have at least 10 shells lying around the tank but he prefers to kill snails instead. I feel bad killing the one I have now or otherwise hed be gone. I tried to banish him in my ac 70 but he got back in my tank somehow. Link to comment
Coastie Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I've got a ton.... Next time you are in town I will give you one or two. Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 Imo hermit crabs are more trouble than their worth. I have one zebra hermit in my tank and he never does anything other than annoy my coral or try to eat my snails. I have at least 10 shells lying around the tank but he prefers to kill snails instead. I feel bad killing the one I have now or otherwise hed be gone. I tried to banish him in my ac 70 but he got back in my tank somehow. Hmm... definitely re-thinking the hermit thing now. Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 Just did a water change and oh my god. I can't deal with this stupid Aquaclear HOB filter any more. What a piece of ####. ####ing pump stops if even the slightest bit of sand gets up into it. I'm ordering a Barracuda or some other AIO tank as soon as I can afford to do so. Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 you'd like a barracuda way more!!! and ill bet your sps will love those more water changes Link to comment
Bill Nye Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Just did a water change and oh my god. I can't deal with this stupid Aquaclear HOB filter any more. What a piece of ####. ####ing pump stops if even the slightest bit of sand gets up into it. I'm ordering a Barracuda or some other AIO tank as soon as I can afford to do so. Yep ac filters blow. I cant wait to upgrade this summer. Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Noticed some bleaching of the top left bit of SPS. Not sure if it's because the PAR38 is too close or if it's because I dialed back my photoperiod. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 and youre sure thats bleaching and not growth? bleaching means only skeleton left (in terms of SPS i guess) white tissue next to colored tissue can mean growth Link to comment
Coastie Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I'm thinking the same thing.... from the one I got from mr coral but it looks like it is changing back to green from the brown it was. Also that coral came with a pal... Appears to have a barnacle attached. Link to comment
Mitch619 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Just did a water change and oh my god. I can't deal with this stupid Aquaclear HOB filter any more. What a piece of ####. ####ing pump stops if even the slightest bit of sand gets up into it. I'm ordering a Barracuda or some other AIO tank as soon as I can afford to do so. Buy the Pre-filter. It's only offered as a Fluval Edge accessory though. I had the same problem with mine in my Fluval. Definitely check that out. And I hope you sell your Solana soon, I'd like to see all those sps in something like the barracuda. Link to comment
knoxvegas Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Been following along. Looks nice. I live in Knoxville but I work up in Lex all the time. I'd love to see your tank and talk reef sometime. Link to comment
knoxvegas Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Hey if setting up and running a reef tank is creepy, then yeah we're all creepy. I'd just like to see a PAR38 over a pico in action, looks really nice in the pics. We've got some decent LFS in Knoxville are there any I need to check out in Lex? Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 So if you guys had around $150-200 to spend on a setup, would you go with A: the PicoAquariums.com Barracuda or B: a used 12g Aquapod w/70w Sunpod and stand? Link to comment
bassplaya12 Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 have you had any issues with keeping sps in a pico? I kinda wanna make an sps dominated pico. also in response to your question I guess it depends on what size tank you want. I've been looking at the barracuda, just not sure if I can really afford to keep another tank right now hah Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 Most of the SPS at the moment don't appear to be doing well. I'm still trying to figure out what the problem is... Link to comment
.Newman. Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 its an SPS mystery... I am probably too vague with this, but I do think the problem was the quick stocking. Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 its an SPS mystery...I am probably too vague with this, but I do think the problem was the quick stocking. That's certainly possible. However, I'm inclined to believe that it has something to do with my light. I'm thinking that it is too close to the tank. But with this fixture I can't really raise it up anymore. I think I'm going to remove most of the SPS from the rock and place them on the sandbed. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 could be the light too. I do think its way too intense for a 3 gal (which is why i didnt go with it myself) but these are SPS we're talking about. everyone says the par lamp is a nice choice for SPS because it provides so much intense light Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 I think the problem is the optics. The light isn't spread out enough and is maybe too intense for the SPS that are directly beneath it. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 too much of a spotlight? maybe the par isnt a very good idea for small tanks then...what do you think? Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 too much of a spotlight? maybe the par isnt a very good idea for small tanks then...what do you think? I think that is the case with this particular PAR38 by ecoxotic. The optics are 40 degrees. And from what I understand now that is very narrow. I think I may have to sell this light and get another from either Nanotuners or BoostLED. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 40 is the narrower one. 80 would probably be better. no optics works for my LEDs (there is no need when the light is so close to the water and the tank is so shallow lol) Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 I fiddled with the light fixture a bit and the PAR38 is now about 14" above the water. It was maybe around 10" above it before. We'll see if this makes a difference... Link to comment
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