Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) current equipment: 150w 20" sunpod 14k pheonix bulb vortech mp-10es 40 lbs LR 30 lbs LS 20 gal fuge/macro display chemipure 2 bulb fishneedit fixture Current fish midas blenny neon goby (banished to the fuge for clam nipping) misbar clown Yellow coris wrasse current inverts sexy shrimp blood shrimp coral banded shrimp skunk cleaner shrimp peppermint shrimp golden coral banded shrimp crotia clam deresa clam spiny oyster alpheus armatus astrea, nass, glowing marginella, ceriths, and nerites Hawaiian feather duster blue leg hermits Current corals candy cane radioactive dragons eye zoas eagles eye zoas unidentified zoas ric florida daisy polyp clove polyp pink seriatopora pink montipora capricornis sunset montipora green slimer acropora yellow bottlebrush acropora green cyphastrea orange digi purple polyp montipora xenia GSP ribbon gorgonia branching frogspawn FTS 6/28/11 Edited June 28, 2011 by keydiver Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 5, 2010 nice setup love the clam, how long have u had it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 5, 2010 nice setup love the clam, how long have u had it? I've had it setup for about 8 months give or take Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 7, 2010 man i wish i lived next to an ocean updates of some inverts and macros i collected this weekend while scuba diving. what kind of shrimp is that? not the coral banded but the bluish one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 8, 2010 8 months in, o where art thou coralline algae ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 8, 2010 8 months in, o where art thou coralline algae ??? lol dunno . all my params are great but it just hasnt been growing... just a tiny bit by the bottom overflow intake. Should i use purple up or summin? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 8, 2010 lol dunno . all my params are great but it just hasnt been growing... just a tiny bit by the bottom overflow intake. Should i use purple up or summin? No I think you should invest in more flow in and around the tank. I've noticed the most coralline growth in the highest flow areas (i.e your intake receives the most constant flow) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 8, 2010 yeah that makes sense cause i just got a koralia nano last week, that should improve growth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 8, 2010 yeah that makes sense cause i just got a koralia nano last week, that should improve growth. bring it back and get a vortech mp10, you won't look back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 9, 2010 I have the same problem with my tank, it's been up for @ 7 months and I have very little coralline algae, water params are great and I have a mp10, I guess I need more patience. Love the clam ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 9, 2010 pedersons anenome shrimp, theyre awesome. I can get some for whoever wants i saw a ton of em and supposedly theyre like 20 bucks each can you send me like 3? i love these shrimp however my clowns do NOT when it tries to go into my nem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 9, 2010 Only other thing i can say then is: Chaeto? Purigen? Chemi-Pure elite? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 9, 2010 thanks just got him about a week and a half ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 9, 2010 No I think you should invest in more flow in and around the tank. I've noticed the most coralline growth in the highest flow areas (i.e your intake receives the most constant flow) +1 its amazing how much different the back wall will look with time. If you havent already i also recommend changing your main pump to a RIO 6HF. that will help your flow quite a bit; nice looking tank btw. very clean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 9, 2010 I have the same problem with my tank, it's been up for @ 7 months and I have very little coralline algae, water params are great and I have a mp10, I guess I need more patience. Love the clam ! I've got the same problem. perfect params, but no coraline. I have one rock I bought that has coraline. thats it. my tank has been up since june yet, I am VERY impatient. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 10, 2010 I've had it setup for about 8 months give or take Who you diving with down there? I was just there in March. I also have a friend who is an Instructor in Largo. I teach Scuba up here in NC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 10, 2010 well your clam and macros make up for it, they are schweet looking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 10, 2010 qbical- yeah keep in touch next time im in largo ill try to get you some. Reeferbuddy- I have chemipure and cheato in the back chamber, now that i think about it it prolly is soaking up the nutrients. And thanks for the compliment I dive in the keys with a recreational fishing licence which allows me to collect 25 inverts a day and a gallon bag of macros. Usually I just take my 23' whaler out for day dives, but I also go diving with an instructor and collector named Richard Rydell from time to time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 19, 2010 ok, its time for a long-overdue update. I just finished rescaping my tank so I thought it only appropriate that I take a FTS and pictures of its current inhabitants 12/18/10 FTS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 27, 2010 Nice tank. Your in the Keys too? I have a 14BC and live in the Keys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 27, 2010 im in miami but have a house in the keys, and go diving there every other weekend. And thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) I think it's time for an update. I went to a new fish store last Wednesday, and they had some awesome stuff, so I grabbed a very healthy looking midas blenny for 20 bucks, and an ocellaris misbar for 12 bucks, he's missing a middle stripe on one side and I thought he looked pretty cool. Everything, except for my previous fish, has recovered from the mini-crash caused by the flatworm die-off. I made a custom top that's midas proof out of window framing and bird blocker. I'll try to get pics up asap Edited February 6, 2011 by keydiver Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 6, 2011 how are your temps with that unit so close to the water? mine were brutal had to raise it up like 8" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 6, 2011 temp is actually fine, it never gets above 80, but I do have a 20 gal macro display plumbed into the back, and I assume that being open top helps dispel some heat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) so for some reason, nanoreef isn't letting me upload pictures, it says i have 20 mb loaded before I have even loaded a pic, so I took a vid and put it on youtube. It's iphone quality, but better than nothing. enjoy! Edited February 10, 2011 by keydiver Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
