gabe3eb Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Subscribed. Looking great. I find these tanks hard to scape, but you pulled it off very well. Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Subscribed. Looking great. I find these tanks hard to scape, but you pulled it off very well. Thanks. I wish I had epoxy'd the rock or made them more permanent structures....moving this is going to be a ##### and I'll probably never get it back to where I like it. Fortunately I'll still be at this apartment for another year. Tank is looking great man! I've been debating back and forth between a Flame Hawk and a Midas Blenny and you've got me leaning back towards the Hawkfish. He's (she I think?) a great fish. Surprised I don't see them that often... Link to comment
matth6761 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Thanks. I wish I had epoxy'd the rock or made them more permanent structures....moving this is going to be a ##### and I'll probably never get it back to where I like it. Fortunately I'll still be at this apartment for another year. I hear ya. I'm moving in a few weeks and out of all the stresses of a new house, I'm dreading moving the tank the most. Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 I hear ya. I'm moving in a few weeks and out of all the stresses of a new house, I'm dreading moving the tank the most. Wow dude. Good luck. I'm glad you got TOTM when you did... If I still lived in Redding, I'd give you a hand. It's always nice having someone who knows reefs help out with the move. Link to comment
yoshii Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Wow great tank! I really like the scape and coral selection Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 Thanks yoshii. My girlfriend thinks your screename is adorable Link to comment
CKphl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Looks great so far! Subscribed. I like the scape. Link to comment
smai-tai Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 WOW! That looks GREAT! Are you only running the AC50? That is your only type of filtration? How often do you do a water change? How often do you change your media in the AC50? Great looking tank. Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Looks great so far! Subscribed. I like the scape. Thanks! How's your reef doing? It's trucking along. Haven't been adding anything new, just waiting for everything to grow in. I'll post some pics of the growth in a sec. WOW! That looks GREAT! Are you only running the AC50? That is your only type of filtration? How often do you do a water change? How often do you change your media in the AC50? Great looking tank. Thanks a lot. Yeah, just the AC50. My water change schedule varies greatly. I try to do a 10 gallon change once every 2 weeks. Sometimes it goes longer and I do a 13 gallon or so change. I run filter floss occasionally, along with 5 tbsp of BRS's bitumonous (sp?) carbon and 6 tbsp of GFO. Btw, thanks for popping in guys and giving me some motivation to start updating my thread For comparison... this was in March of this year. FTS 9-3-2011 Some random shots Lastly, some coral warfare. What should I do here? Let them have it out? I feel like I might lose one of the colonies if this keeps up.. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Tank's looking good. Link to comment
Squared Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 holy chit that brain is amazing! and so are your montis Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Thanks buddy. I've been thinking of swapping out my softies and clam for some SPS colonies. The SPS is growing really well for me while the majority of my softies are barely getting any growth. holy chit that brain is amazing! and so are your montis Thankee. Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Been thinking about adding one more small fish. What do you guys think? Link to comment
TimberC Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Great looking set up man. I dig the fact that you went the natural way with this set up. Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming! Link to comment
Squared Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Been thinking about adding one more small fish. What do you guys think? i think you could, if your Na/phos are at 0 mebeh a shrimp goby pair? but i dunno about that with you big brain on the sandbed, and hawk might eat the shrimp if too small how about a priolepis goby? make use of all the caves you have. or a small wrasse, like a possum or a pink-streaked. ^ would also like the caves Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Hmm. I like that priolepis goby you mentioned. I'm worried the wrasses my jump out the back of my canopy... Link to comment
Squared Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 yeah, that could happen. i had a sixline jump out the back of my canopy and end up in my AC70. it died there. Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Okay...I'm thinking a hector's goby. What say you? Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Hmm. Sounds like a bad idea now....how about a clown goby. How often are those guys nipping coral? Link to comment
Squared Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 im not sure about the clown goby. for some reason i want to say the green one is more coral safe...maybe i read that somewhere a long time ago but im not sure lol. what's that white tube in your tank? Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 You mean in the upper left? Those are the float switches for my ato. I've been wanting to paint them black but it sounds like a pain in the ass. Link to comment
Squared Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 oh. i hear krylon fusion is reef safe? is that what you are talking about? why is it a pain? Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 Yeah. I just dont feel like disassembling the ato and going through the effort of painting/reinstalling. I'm lazy.. Link to comment
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