Steezy Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hey I just got my first tank yesterday from a buddy of mine. He has been doing it for years now and hooked me up with a 10 gallon rimless setup for 50 cents. Im still not sure about anything on the tank except a few names of some of the corals he gave me but i don't know if they're healthy or if my tank is healthy or anything whatsoever. Let me know if you recognize some stuff and help me out here thanks! Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I saw some birdnest, montipora and bubble tip anemone? And... please provide a better image... very funny on the bottom, what is that thing? Link to comment
TheWAND Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 If he'd been doing it for years now he should've known to at least educate you on what you were buying. How old is the system? If I were you, I would be doing water changes every 1-2 days for a week or so just to get rid of that algae bloom you are getting from moving the tank. Specs of your light would be helpful too. Link to comment
GokesReef Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hopefully he's gonna stick around and help you, otherwise you might be in a bit over your head with some of that stock And some closeups would definitely help Link to comment
Steezy Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 The lights are odysea t5 and one of the 4 bulbs doesnt work. I have 2 Blue and one white one because the other white one doesnt work haha. But im not sure what you mean by the bottom do you mean the tile on the bottom of my tank or the hand carved cricket i got from mexico lol? Hopefully these images can help, i have no idea the worth of any of these or any of the stuff or any of there names sadly haha. Here are some close ups! Link to comment
paneubert Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 iiiiiinteresting use of frag tiles. I guess that makes it easy to grab any corals that end up floating down and attaching to the bottom of the tank. Link to comment
peewee1467 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Come over and grab the bucket of sand and the tyree toadstool. lol the tile is startin to look like shiz oh and i have a few blue+ bulbs and a fiji purple for u to replace the stock bulbs Link to comment
Steezy Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Ya the tile is definitely cool Ill pick hem up when it stops hailing broski Link to comment
peewee1467 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 alright man. the bulbs are gonna make a big difference in ur tank. Link to comment
Daleo Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 1 Bubble tip anemone ** 2 Florida Ricordia 3 Montipora** 4 Some kind of SPS... ** one on the left is an acropora** 5 Eagle eye zoanthid 6 Birdsnest** 7 Acropora** 8 Zoanthids 9 Polyps on the right of the Full Tank Shot (FTS) are clove polyps 10 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Ones the have a (**) at the end are going to die due to bad water chemistry and inadequate lighting. I would punch my friend in the face if they gave me a tank full of doomed coral, no matter how cheap it was. ** Most importantly, get that Bubble Tip Anemone out of that tank!!! If that dies, which it most probably will in a tank like that, it will kill 90% of the coral in that tank that would have made it otherwise. I would go to the library tab and start reading ASAP. Looks like your friend left you in a situation pretty much doomed to fail instead of starting you off on the right foot. Link to comment
peewee1467 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 all the dead SPS corals were caused by LPS corals stinging them not bad water chemistry.. they were completely dead and now coming back to life and the tri color valida acro was bleached out and had no polyp extension due to bleaching of new lights and now there's polyps slowly showing up. the green bubble has been in that tank for like 2 months and looks way better than when it was first purchased so it's fine. just move the coral u have next to the anemone away from it lol Link to comment
ednangel Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 all the dead SPS corals were caused by LPS corals stinging them not bad water chemistry.. they were completely dead and now coming back to life and the tri color valida acro was bleached out and had no polyp extension due to bleaching of new lights and now there's polyps slowly showing up. the green bubble has been in that tank for like 2 months and looks way better than when it was first purchased so it's fine. just move the coral u have next to the anemone away from it lol hey Dan if i only knew you had a green BTA I would have try to get that too. thanks for everything the chalice it's looking awesome... Link to comment
peewee1467 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 hey Dan if i only knew you had a green BTA I would have try to get that too. thanks for everything the chalice it's looking awesome... aw man, i thought i sent you pictures of it. i can probably get you one for only 10 bucks if youd like. i forgot the name of the frag you gave me but it's probably the brightest thing ive seen! im glad u like the chalice. hows the skimmer pullin along? Link to comment
Daleo Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 The lights are odysea t5 and one of the 4 bulbs doesnt work. I have 2 Blue and one white one because the other white one doesnt work haha. Just going by this... The anemone doesn't have enough light, and by the looks of that algae, the tank doesn't quite have the right water chemistry, but if you must... The ati blue+ bulbs will be better PAR than the actinic ones Link to comment
ednangel Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 except for the micro bubbles it's doing wonders. i'm keeping a thread this time to see the progress of my tank. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;#entry3138921 the frag was a green spongodes.. Link to comment
peewee1467 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Just going by this... The anemone doesn't have enough light, and by the looks of that algae, the tank doesn't quite have the right water chemistry, but if you must... The ati blue+ bulbs will be better PAR than the actinic ones its going to have 2 blue+ and 1 aquablue special and if we can fix the fixture a little bit then we will add a fiji purple. the fixture is sitting right ontop of the tank and it'll have plenty of light. if not i have a 150 mh will brand new 20k radium. the algae has been on the glass forever and never scrubbed lol not even after we set the tank up. ammonia nitrates nitrites are at 0 and calcium is at 440. Link to comment
will46r Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Ya the tile is definitely cool Ill pick hem up when it stops hailing broski "Broski" you play Runescape? Link to comment
Steezy Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 "Broski" you play Runescape? ya haha used to back in the day Link to comment
will46r Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 ya haha used to back in the day I still do I'm in EOS. Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 frag tiles is fresh idea and interesting. You might need to take your BTA out if you don't plan to upgrade your lighting. Is time for you to run regular water change and cure your tank Link to comment
Steezy Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Soooo i got some sand from Fiji and aparently cleaning it once through isnt enough.... You have no idea how pissed i am this happened its only been 3 days and i already killed everything!!! Link to comment
paneubert Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Did things die? Just because you have sand clouding the water does not means death. Maybe for the fish.... Link to comment
Steezy Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Did things die? Just because you have sand clouding the water does not means death. Maybe for the fish.... Well i cant tell yet the water is SUPER foggy and i cant even see the corals or fish so i just turned on the power head filter heater and lights just becuase i thought it would help but im pretty sure this is not good for them....im pretty sure the salt level went down alot too :/ Link to comment
paneubert Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Why would the salinity fall? What exactly did you do? If you give us details then maybe we can help save what is left. Link to comment
Steezy Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 siphoned half the SW out so i could remove the tiles cleaned the sand once with my hose the water level rose about 1/4 cuz the sand and the fresh water that came with it then i added the left over SW and put the live rock back in and the corals and the fish and turned everything back Link to comment
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