theclearblue Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Here are the specs: 20 long AGA DIY Canopy PFO 250w HQI Mini-Pendant w/ XM 250w 20K DE HQI IceCap 250w Ballast w/ IceCap El Box Computer Cooling Fan run by variable power DC adapter CSL Moonlite LOA 65w Over Fuge (reverse photoperiod) Maxi-Jet 1000 AC 201 PH Visitherm 150w Heater 20 lbs. LS 25 lbs. LR 24" CPR Aquafuge fed by Rio 600 Lees CC Skimmer in Fuge California Reefs Topoff w/ Kalk Oceanic Salt Kent Tech CB Inhabitants: 2 A. Ocellaris Clowns 1 Mandarin Dragonette 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 6 Margarita Snails 3 Astrea Snails 2 Orange Foot Turbos 10 Nassarius Snails 6 Blue Leg Hermits 2 Scarlet Hermits 1 Fighting Conch SPS: Various Acropora spp. Montipora Spp. (Plating Greeen/Purple Rim, Green/ White Rim, Brick Red) Pink Pocillopora Purple Monitpora Digitata LPS/Misc: Wall Hammer (Euphyllia Ancora) Torch Short Tentacle Plate Coral Softies/Polyps: Various Zoos Ricordea Red Mushrooms Green Bullseye Mushrooms Green Protopalythoa Anthelia Fuge: Tank Conditions: Temp: 79 - 80 Salinity: 1.026 SG (DIYReef ATC Refractometer) PH: 8.1 - 8.3 (Pinpoint) Alk: 9 dKH (Salifert) Calcium: 400 (Salifert) Nitrate: Undetectable (Salifert) I evaporate about 1 gallon a day, which is added by the topoff (RO water with kalk), this is mostly due to the fact that I have a fan blowing across the surface to deal with heat from the halide. I add Kent Tech CB as needed to raise Alk or Calcium levels. To be added: Calcium Reactor from myreefcreations.com 2 24" VHO Actinics Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Picked up a small frag of zoos at the LFS today. Link to comment
PeTe PoLyP Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 whoa those zoos are great.....let me know when you have frags available Link to comment
burrito Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 am i the only one who sees a black box instead of zoo for the second pic? Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Thanks petepolyp, I'll let you know when they start to take off. Burrito - is it just a plain black square, or is it a picture of something? kinda weird... (edit: fixed???) Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Picked up some more corals today, I'll post pictures when I can replace the batteries in my camera. Link to comment
Reefer_Buddha Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 didnt know zoos came as a red X Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Here's a picture of a non-branching Hammer I picked up. The hammer was expanded by at least three times before moving it. Anemones - who needs em? Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Here's a picture of one of my false percs in her new host. I spent the better part of two days before I got this coral looking at currents within my tank to limit the area that would be affected by the hammer and torch. Unfortuantely I forgot to take into account how the actual coral would affect the currents, but I'm happy to say they are only capable of touching each other, although the sweepers on the hammer are starting to move toward my zoos. This is the plate coral I picked up, he's as far away from the hammer torch combo as is possible: Here's a free frag of a tri-color acro. I know it's early to have SPS, but it was free, and I know I have the lighting for it. I'll see how it fares. This is a ricordea I picked up at Fins in Columbia (still saving up for a large order from Palmetto Reefs), it's under a ledge so the colors aren't as vibrant as it is under the full glory of 250w 20K Link to comment
lgoins Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 what do you keep your calcium levels at? Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 I'm using Kent Tech CB to keep it around 430, although since I've changed to Oceanic salt this has become significantly easier. Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 Well it's been a little since I updated, got a few frags over the course of the weeks, and went to a frag swap on Saturday. So here ya go... Updated Full Tank Shot: Looking down the right: Left Side: GSPs: Green Protopalythoa: Anthellia Link to comment
Sting Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 How's your Mandarin doing? Any pics of him? Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 Sting - I posted a picture of him in the thread in general discussions when I was in the process of deciding if I would buy him. I'll put it here as well. He's seems to love the brine shrimp I'm feeding him as well as grazing on the live rock all day. I have to turn off all the circulation while I'm feeding him, as he's too slow to chase it down when the current is moving it. I'm still trying to figure out exactly how often and how much to feed him. My pride and joy: Link to comment
Spencerx Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 it was nice meeting you at the meeting, your tank looks great. Just wait for the sps to start to fill in, it will look awesome! Link to comment
DitchPlains Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Nice clear pics, the addition of the Acropora, looks good! I have a Bali Slimer and its doing great in my Nano Cube ( 56 watt lighting total) All my next purchases will be Acro or Montiporra. Anyways good luck I like the hang on back fuge! Link to comment
bamann345 Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 it was also nice to meet you. Hope you can make it back down to upcomming meetings. Link to comment
matt the fiddler Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 those tri color acros are great. i got mine 2 weeks ago, and allready showing good signs of growth. The strain i have is a 17th generation tank propragated or so- makes it realllllly hardy. got mine form jeremy @ premiums home tank... Link to comment
theclearblue Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Got in my Lee's CC skimmer today, after 6 hours I had to empty the collection cup. Mind you I do 25 percent water changes every sunday, so either I tuned it really well with no break-in period, or my tank was disgusting and I didn't even know it. I've got some zoo frags coming in from Rob's Reef tomorrow, I'll post pics once they're settled. Link to comment
gabbeyshell Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 clear blue ur mandarin is the whip!!! sure wish i could luck out and find one that ate brine!!! i'd pick him up in a heartbeat!!! Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I have a 20L with the exact same lighting. It looks great! Time to start saving for the SPS.... Link to comment
theclearblue Posted April 20, 2004 Author Share Posted April 20, 2004 I promised some pictures of those zoanthids I got from Rob's Reef a while ago... so better late than never. There's a third frag, but I can't get a good angle on it to take a picture. Keep in mind this is all under "20K" and I'm not too talented with white balance (20K in quotes because the coralvue looks more like a 10 or 14). Green Eye Zoanthids (Freebie!) Multi-Zoos Behold the polyp extension The Mandarin - Alive, Fat, and Healthy Link to comment
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