thirdchild Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I checked in to see the fresh pics and I finally realized you have 13 fish! Makes me want to shoot for.... 7 haha. Maybe I'll go for 13 fish if I can keep my tank sparkling clean with 7. By the way, realigning my mp10s is keeping the live rock more free of detritus. So it's definitely an improvement. I have them both dialed at about 40-45% or so. Link to comment
MeanGreenEyes Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 This tank is drool worthy...as always... Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The scape on this tank is just captivating, draws your eyes in to all sorts of interesting places, great job! Link to comment
Masamune Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I checked in to see the fresh pics and I finally realized you have 13 fish! Makes me want to shoot for.... 7 haha. Maybe I'll go for 13 fish if I can keep my tank sparkling clean with 7. I was just wondering that as well. How in the heck do you keep 13 fish in a 40b and not be overstocked? I always though you should plan the stocklist based on the maximum size of and adult of the species you want, not it's current size. With a 20l as a sump (like most people on here have) I figure one could have 12 inches of fish (following the old rule of thumb) which more or less amounts to 4 fish that reach 2.5-4 inches when fully grown. Are you stocking based on current size instead of their likely adult size? Don't get me wrong, I think it's awesome that you can do this (and if you have some secret I'd love to know because I'd do this too in a heartbeat) but I can't help but feel like it's a big risk. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I was just wondering that as well. How in the heck do you keep 13 fish in a 40b and not be overstocked? I always though you should plan the stocklist based on the maximum size of and adult of the species you want, not it's current size. With a 20l as a sump (like most people on here have) I figure one could have 12 inches of fish (following the old rule of thumb) which more or less amounts to 4 fish that reach 2.5-4 inches when fully grown. Are you stocking based on current size instead of their likely adult size? Don't get me wrong, I think it's awesome that you can do this (and if you have some secret I'd love to know because I'd do this too in a heartbeat) but I can't help but feel like it's a big risk. That rule actually didn't make sense when it was popular, and it still doesn't make any sense now. As long as you stock slowly to give your biofilter time to catch up and keep up AND have enough room for the fish to feel comfortable, you can put as many in as you want. In an 80g tank I was overstocked a couple times over and had zero issues with aggression, stress, or nutrients. As for David's tank, the Bellus angel really doesn't belong in there (they are active swimmers and need tons of rock to pick at) and the anthias need more room to roam if he's gonna keep more than one (Bartlett's anthias would be a better choice), but other than that, as long as he keeps his biofilter up, he's fine. Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Thanks for all your nice and wondering comments. My fish are really happy and healthy unfortunately I do not have any more Anthias in my tank. I am planning to keep my beautiful Bellus but will upgrade later on when it get older. I am planning to have mostly apogon cardinals fish so most of the old members are moving to a different setup. Thirdchild, Massamune! Benny is correct about adding in the habits very slow as the tank starts to mature more over time. I did had very much a bump the first 4 months when I started this tank. It best to have a good lfs to quarantine all your fish, I have learned the hard way and lost some fish I use to have. Do you think I am overstocked? I keep up with all my water changes every week or 2. I really need to invest in some CUC because I don't have none. My scape is open with a lot of caves and creeks for fish to swim through or for their protecting zone. I love my fish especially watching the angel keeping all the blue streak cardinals in schooling groups at all time. As of now I have about 9 out of 13 in the tank if anyone would like to get an update of my fish list most of all my zoas have moved to the other setup along with all the nems. So there is plenty of space and enormous flow through out the tank to keep everyone happy. Thanks everyone! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 What happened to the anthias? Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I trade them all in for fish credits because they need alot of feeding and mostly because I have notices they did the most pooping. Lol but I did picked up my favorite chalk bass fish that has been at the fish store since day one that my lfs just had open their new store back in June Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 One of the nicest aquascapes I've seen in a tank this size. Well done! Link to comment
thirdchild Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Thanks for all your nice and wondering comments. My fish are really happy and healthy unfortunately I do not have any more Anthias in my tank. I am planning to keep my beautiful Bellus but will upgrade later on when it get older. I am planning to have mostly apogon cardinals fish so most of the old members are moving to a different setup. Thirdchild, Massamune! Benny is correct about adding in the habits very slow as the tank starts to mature more over time. I did had very much a bump the first 4 months when I started this tank. It best to have a good lfs to quarantine all your fish, I have learned the hard way and lost some fish I use to have. Do you think I am overstocked? I keep up with all my water changes every week or 2. I really need to invest in some CUC because I don't have none. My scape is open with a lot of caves and creeks for fish to swim through or for their protecting zone. I love my fish especially watching the angel keeping all the blue streak cardinals in schooling groups at all time. As of now I have about 9 out of 13 in the tank if anyone would like to get an update of my fish list most of all my zoas have moved to the other setup along with all the nems. So there is plenty of space and enormous flow through out the tank to keep everyone happy. Thanks everyone! Oh I wasn't implying that you're overstocked. I figured your magical reef-kungfu skills made it possible to have lots of happy fish, grow coral and keep pest algae at bay. I have a cleanup crew and fewer fish but I still have algae and kill frags! Yes + to jedimasterben and you on the stocking comments. I lost some fish too. So I stock slow and only buy fish from trustworthy LFS and vendors now. The extra bucks for a healthy quarantined fish is worth it. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Dude, I did not know you had an ada mini....This.. How long ago was this? lolol Btw, nice pink bta man Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 In LOVE with your aquarium and photography of it. Subscribing! Link to comment
MasterMind9 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 such a beautiful tank man! 1 Link to comment
neuwave Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Alright bro. I updated my tank thread as promised but now it's your turn. Need more pics of your tank sooner or later. 1 Link to comment
PODPIMP Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 WOW dude!!! I've been out of the loop lately. Your tank looks amazing. The aquascape is perfect. Keep doing whatever you're doing. Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Happy New Year to all my peeps on Nano-Reef! Can't wait to show the new beginnings! Stay tune.. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hey, happy new year's eve!!! But anyways, I didn't know you had an ada 30c!!!! Click here man. Link to comment
parishilton Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Wow, your tank is maturing very nicely. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 One of my favorite mushroom i never posted about. Very very nice! Thanks for sharing this pic. Mushroom-love man! Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 First things first The FTS of January 2013 and is now has made 9 Months and finally start to mature a little more My love for Rics and Yuma Cardinals enjoying the current flow My newest Neon Yellow Frogspawn and Neon Bi-color Green/Purple splash Frogspawn Sunset Monti taken off Happy mates The view point shot Sorry about the late response, have been busy at work and haven't had much time but would like to thanks everyone for the awesome comments so here's some new pictures i have taken over the weekend. llX - yes that was my old ADA 30c and Mr. Aqua 17.4, thanks for checking it out! Neuwave - Hope to not disappointed you! Can't wait to get more goodies soon. Podpimp - thanks for the comments but sadly there is a new scape in the mix for the 2013 Mastermind9 - glad to see you swing by.. Nano sapiens - Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated Jstn - Coming soon parishilton - thanks, So is your tank too! Mr. Microscope - thankyou, there's more to come 1 Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Looks good man!! love that rbta Everything has been in spiked of growth Link to comment
duoc9119 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 That elegance is gorgeous. Great looking tank. Maybe I missed it but approximately what color temp are your lights running at? Looks pretty blue/violet Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Wow David! I can never get enough pics of this tank!!!! Link to comment
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