iball1804 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 The second most boring FTS ever I'm starting to get some algae and diatoms, next month there may be multicellular life. Looks like a nice start. Link to comment
moblues Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Thanks, can't wait to get this rolling. I'm starting to worry a little, there haven't been any craigslist coral ads for a while now. Link to comment
moblues Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 So I got myself a little xmas present...of laziness! Super interesting box: BRS is awesome, no more hauling water home from work! Link to comment
streetsong Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I am jealous of your new RO filter. BRS makes great products. How is it working for you so far? Link to comment
moblues Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 It is awesome so far! I got it just before the weather turned foul here, so I'm not hauling water jugs home from work in the the snow. I think it's going to end up being a tad expensive to use year round though, the DI resin is already changing color after making about 25 gallons. In other tiny town news, I'll probably be adding the first half of my CUC this weekend: 1 astrea snail. The second half will be added after I can catch the little jack*ss... Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Pretty cool you saved that old rock and reused it again. I have a piece of rock in my 40 breeder that was from my 20 gallon high nano reef from more than 15 years ago. Link to comment
moblues Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Yep, our rocks are older than a fair chunk of the people on here. I'm not sure if that makes us vintage, classic, or just old Your 40 is awesome btw, excellent critter/pics! Link to comment
nickjqz Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 the DI resin is already changing color after making about 25 gallons. As long as your TDS is zero then you should be good no matter what the color is. At least that is what I do. Link to comment
moblues Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Here is the algae action shot! I was going to wait until the snail was visible, but he's been hanging out on a patch of GHA in the back and I didn't want to disturb him. Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Tiny town is algae city! Your tank is clearer than mine though, mine got all scratched up with the nano mag. Link to comment
moblues Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 @nickjqz- I live in the land of phosphates and silicates. The mega units at work go through distillation followed by RO then double DI. This gets it down to about .2 ppm, the remainder of which turns into red slime if allowed to fester...Rowa phos is my hero @metrokat- You've discovered my plot to hide the scratches with algae and crappy pics! The scratches on this thing are awful though. I've been using a little bit of filter floss to clean the plastic, hopefully that will keep it from getting worse. In other tiny town news, I should be adding some softies this weekend Link to comment
moblues Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Tiny town update! I've added clove polyps, zoas (no clue, will be the zany zoas henceforth,) palythoas ( light pink and currently closed up pouting,) and an itty bitty leather. Looking for a bit of the short stalk pulsing Xenia, happy to pay shipping. I know this breaks the parameters set out in the beginning, but i doubt I'll be able to get it otherwise. Pics in the morning! Link to comment
moblues Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 CORALS!!! Craigslist Score! 25 bucks and I've got about half of the critters I plan on adding. I'm letting the little guys get settled and then its off the plugs and onto the rocks. The palys are not very happy, they seem to either stretch like crazy when lowered an inch and squish down like they are getting too much light in their current position. Hmph. Mr. snail is slowly catching up with the algae, which is good since I haven't seen oz the emerald crab in my big tank for weeks. Link to comment
pbjelly Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Woo Hoo!!! Congrats on the additions. Are you still running stock everything on this tank? Link to comment
moblues Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 I've added an ecopico led for moonlight and a heater, otherwise it's all stock. The leds were a potential upgrade, but I really don't like the lack of color, so it's just running an actinic strip. That was a bummer since I was considering swapping out my metal halide for a sol at the next bulb change. I suspect that the newer full spectrum units might look better/more "natural" but they are a bit out of my price range atm. Link to comment
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