Beijo Gaem Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Tank: 29 Gallon Oceanic BioCube Birthdate: November 9th, 2010 LR; LS 15 lbs of Eco Dry Live Rock 15 lbs CaribSea Ocean Direct Caribbean Live Sand Salt D-D H2Ocean Pro+ Lighting 72 Watt Compact Fluorescent (Display) 1 x 36-Watt True Actinic 03 Blue (straight pin) 1 x 36-Watt 10,000K Daylight (straight pin) 3 x 0.75-Watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED 4 x 1-Watt High Intensity LED (Refugium) Water Movement 1 x Marineland MJ 1100 Submersible Utility Pump 175gph - 300gph (Adjustable Flow) 2 x Koralia Nano Powerheads (425gph; 240gph) Refugium Oceanic Protein Skimmer 1 x Marineland 100 Watt Stealth Pro Shatter Proof Heater (Removed as of April 2011) 4 x 1-Watt High Intensity LED Chaetomorpha Chemi-Pure Elite Seachem Purigen Filter Floss Modifications Removed false floors (chambers 1 & 2) Removed small tab between chamber 1 & 2 Removed Bio Balls Installed inTank Media Basket Installed inTank Fuge Basket Supplemental Dosing Instant Ocean Reef Accelerator Seachem Calcium Monitoring API Saltwater Master Test Kit API Reef Master Test Kit Sybon Opticon Series FG100sa Salinity Refractometer Battery Operated Digital Thermometer Corals (Updated March 26, 2011): Acropora [x2] Aquarium fireworm Aussie acan lord [x2] Bubble mushroom coral Button polyps Favia Hammer Ricordea florida [x9] Ricordea yuma [x3] Torch [x2] Xenia polyps Zoanthid colony [x7] Livestock (Updated April 22, 2011): Acro crab False percula Peppermint shrimp Sixline wrasse Wheeler's shrimp goby Yellowtail damsel Clean-Up Crew (Updated April 22, 2011): Cerith snail [x2] Hair worm [x3] Harpacticoid copepods Nassarius snail [x2] Vermited snail [x3] Pests (Updated March 26, 2011): Bubble algae Colonial hydroids Beijo's Favorite Photo (As Of March 27, 2011): Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 lately i've been neglecting this online course i'm taking in favor of reading reef websites and a couple books on corals and marine fish... turns out i have a mid-term this friday. Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I get home from work, and realize that I have about 50 more slides to read for the rest of the chapter (plus I still have to review the last 4 chapters) before doing the mid-term. So I take a deep breath, and power up the laptop - and then my BB starts ringing. "Hello?", "It's Parkview Towers Security - your package has arrived." I live in Toronto, ON (Canada). Here is my order from BulkReefSupply.com (20 lbs dry eco rock, space saver ro system): The rock and the ro system were packaged very well: This is what I got for "20 lbs": And here is the reason I still have 50 slides to read: FTS (front): Right Side Angle: Ok Gotta study for real now. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Onyx! sweet scape man Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Oh yeah and... Ok that's the last one. Seriously. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 mmmmm new plastic smell Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Ok look I had to get them off the ground - it was right in the middle of everything my girl and i kept trippin' over it. and here's the media & fuge basket i got from mediabaskets.com: Link to comment
Guest juliew9855 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Hi ! I've just visited this forum. Happy to get acquainted with you. Thanks. Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 Online Course + BC29 build = 67% on my midterm. Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 still debating the scape... FTS (low view) FTS (right side angle) FTS (low left side angle) FTS (high left side angle) FTS (high view) Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 i decided to change the front part of the scape a bit, the gf suggested to move the scape towards the back corner. i plan to keep the entire glass clean, so i left just enough space for my mag-float to get by without hitting the rock - i think i like this layout better.... (i'm also going to move the powerheads up a little higher.) Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 SHE'S A SCORPIO!!! Ended up taking out the rock and trying a number of different scapes, really liked a few of them - but then failed to duplicate the design each time I moved the rocks into the tank. So I decided to create a final scape with the rocks already in the tank (and the sand as well). I wanted it to look as 'natural' as possible - but at the same time provide an ideal surface to place corals on. I used approximately 15 of the 20 lbs (of eco dry rock) I got from BRS. I used 15lbs of the CaribSea Ocean Direct Caribbean Live Sand. I used distilled water for the initial fill. I have the heater in chamber 1, and the [empty] media & fuge baskets in chamber 2. The sensor for my digital thermometer is in chamber 3 - where I have the MJ 1100 connected to the outflow (via the stock elbow that came with biocube). I forgot to attach the suction cups to the bottom of the pump but it doesn't seem to be a problem. And it's actually a lot quieter than I expected. This is what I ended up with... (Apologies for the semi-decent photos.) Tank Birth Date: November 9, 2010 (photos taken on November 10, 2010) Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Noticed that the emerald crab no longer reaches for the clownfish whenever it swims close to him. The shrimp goby comes out of hiding when the lights go out. The clownfish and the blenny eat frozen brine shrimp and mysis shrimp. The goby also eats some brine shrimp. Noticed small air bubbles in the sand, on rocks, and sometimes on the back wall. Cerith snail laid eggs a few days ago, but it seems like something may have some of them. Diatom bloom has decreased significantly. The emerald crab occasionally picks around the base of the purple ricordea eating any surrounding algae. I've seen it pick at a polyp or two, but he doesn't try to eat/kill it. The acroporas seem to be surviving ok, haven't noticed any additional bleaching. Noticed (what I think is) aiptasia growing on the piece of LR that the smaller acropora came on. The baby crab hitchhiker is still alive and has made his home in the larger acropora. (Looks like an anemone crab that found his way onto the acropora shortly before I picked it up from the LFS. Also saw a very small worm (which I think is a bristle worm) close to the bottom of the rock that the larger acropora is on. (It seemed like it was half pink and half black.) Convict blenny was a hitchhiker too, who got caught in the net in the process of getting the shrimp goby - surprised the guy at the LFS didn't see him as he bagged the fish. Calcium seems to be lower than recommended, consistently measuring 320ppm. I've been doing more frequent water changes of about 5 L every 3 days. Here are some photos taken with my blackberry... Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Here's a short video clip I took a few hours ago... January 24th 2011 Link to comment
c-stone Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I really like this!!! Link to comment
drewbold Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Your tank looks great! It seems to be coming along very nicely I love the rics and colorful zoos, you have some great new additions and it's looking awesome! Keep those pics coming Link to comment
Beijo Gaem Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Here's an amateur video I put together using pictures I took earlier today: Enjoy! Link to comment
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