ALNN Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 I got the royal blue x2 with a neutral white. They hVe 2 white 1 blue ones?? Link to comment
ALNN Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 well to start everything off happy canada day everyone! I had a great weekend so far. Went to kingston for the weekend to go fishing and cottage and got back yesterday night. Came back and the tank was doing good so i was happy about that But a great reward that brighten up my whole day was this morning. Like everyday i go downstairs to turn off my "fuge" light that i have on for the cheato when the main light is off. So going downstairs (half asleep) i just flicked the light off and suddenly i see a white tube like thing flash by. After getting a good look it was my YASHA GOBY! its not dead!! :D so now if i go downstairs slowly and quietly i can see if from a distance floating around and i believe eatting isopods and copepods lol. But whenever he can see me he goes back into hiding so i'll try and feed the tank with mysis shirmp tomorrow and see if he'll atleast head go to pick up some food. This is the best picture i can get from 2 feet away He is now currently living under my Yuma Garden (...only have 2 ric yumas tho )http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130701_201645_zps8be50d75.jpg.html'> Link to comment
ALNN Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Well this is going to be my last update before heading out to the airport at 10 tonight. HONG KONG baby!! Did a bigger water change this time around and cleaned the glass and everything. Parameter are looking great and everything seems to be doing great. My magicians and sunny d zoa has already grew new heads and my monti cap is also expanding. My Xenia crawled up the rock it was on and is also forming a new branch i believe.also found these little things on the glass. read that they show up in new tanks and disappear along the way so im not to worried about it.http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130703_204314_zpsdda35c3e.jpg.html'>Also did a little quick fix scared that my snails will knock over the plugs in the sand so i have them on the wall now http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130707_191915_zps7a824fca.jpg.html'>Also got a hammer coral a few weeks back, but didnt get enough time to post. Coral was picked up at Reef Aquarium and looks great under the new led. (first in tank shot) Now it looks like a pillow fully expanded http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130614_201906_zpsb16eae46.jpg.html'>FTShttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130707_191843_zpsa7d1caed.jpg.html'> Link to comment
ALNN Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Well finally an update on the tank! Just got back from Hong Kong for a week and already busy with work. The tank went a bit down hill as i was away but i got someone to help me top of the tank and do simply water changes at least.Came home and was glad to see the tank in one piece and not overgrown with algea, since thats what happened to my fresh water tank last time i went to HK. Ended up losing some Pink Zoas and my Cherry people eaters they fell over and where in the sand. Damn you snails! Also put in a now pump for more flow and the new pump is crazy! i believe its 153g/h. WHAT A DIFFERENCE from the stock pump! thinking about getting another one .http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130625_212136_zpsd8b3bc66.jpg.html'>Also my Devils armor zoa looked really weird when i came back. not sure if it was the water chem or that the light was to much. but i relocated it and now more flows hits it. It was splitting out this stringy brown stuff and looked ....hmm..weird LOL. did some research and some said its poop.Picture from when i got backhttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130808_194451_zps0e96ca12.jpg.html'>the stringy stuffhttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_153003_zps769cef0c.jpg.html'>But now it looks fine so im happy about that As for everything else i was glad that everything grew! The monti cap looks totally difference and now i have 3 poly on my sunny delights and 5 on my magician paly which i started with 1. My random zoa i got from lucky aquarium also got an extra head and my digitata is starting to form over the plug. My Xenia climbed up to the peak of it's rock and my Yasha goby is now out all the time!! whenever i hears me comes down from the stairs i see it come out of its cave and waits to be fed. i can even hand feed him now! Now im thinking about getting some Sexy shirmps and pom pom crabs. They are next on the list! and if i can and not pushing it a yellow clown goby now for some pictures a rare top downhttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_154601_zps5aa8f65e.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152926_zps08812963.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152850_zps3c1c0c31.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152838_zpsb57197a6.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152758_zps2431fab6.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152742_zps836e01ba.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152733_zps3897da14.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130814_152701_zpsbf7ede33.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130808_194745_zpsca301a1f.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130815_181808_zpsfce20569.jpg.html'>FTS soon! Link to comment
ALNN Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 So this week i had a bit more free time to myself and what better to do then to go visit MJC! got a few piece of coral for a great price and they are looking great now.Checked everything in the tank and things seems to be normal. Temperature has be a bit up and down cause the tank is in a cooler area in the house but seems to stable out now at 78-79FTalked to thmh and TypeZero and got some better understanding of coral and also great tips! thanks guys.so what i got was2 new zoas/paly-red people cherry eaters-Mjc sriracha paly i believe... LOLRic Mushroom Sympodiumand of course some Dendros! :DThe day they went in (tuesday)Today just now!FTS Link to comment
andi.rahl Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'm so jealous of your sympodium. that's one of my favorites <3 Link to comment
ALNN Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Yep! They pop under blue a lot! Link to comment
ALNN Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 so i found out that the dendro can reach alot farther then it seems so i had to move some of the coral on the glass a bithttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130825_210959_zps76bdfe8f.jpg.html'>Also went to Big Als last week and got myself some inverts-4 sexy shirmps-2 pompom carbs-1 candy cane pistal shirmpgood new they all went into the tank after temp and drip accumlated and was doing great. Sexy shirmps were a bit picky with food and tend to bother alot of the zoa but that seems to be better now. Bad new is that i only seem to see 3 sexys about and dancing and guessing the 4th is mia. One of the pom pom last its pom pom after being in the tank for 2 days and died on the 4th which i found weird since he was the one eatting alot of mysis shrimp and shirmp pellets. found him one morning with only 1/2 its legs left and will holding a pompom As for the pistal shirmp, it went straight into the goby's cave and they are living happily. now its just digging everywhere but it hasnt bothered the coral so thats good. cant get a good picture of him tho http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130825_192904_zpsb03b0c7a.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130825_192706_zps665bb4ac.jpg.html'> Link to comment
andi.rahl Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I need the sexies. they have some at the store near me for 9.99 each. Link to comment
ALNN Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 yah they are the same prices here too 10$ each Link to comment
ALNN Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 so today i found something a bit weird with the tank. my xenia looks weak and a few of my zoa are not open and my hammer coral seem half opened. i quickly test everything and as for pho, ph, cal, and dkh seems fine. i think my ph went up a bit from 8.0-8.2. But the thing is, if my testing kits are correct (they are new and expire 2017) i have 0 ammonia and nitrite and nitrate...did my cycle tank just went back to nothing????...:confused:i also found this on my hammer coral and i think i also might know why the hammer is 1/2 open. my pistal shirmp made a new home on the back of the tank and have dug alot of sand up from under the rocks. Sand might have been hitting the hammer coral so it might be irritated. i'll be moving him to a new spot to see if it does better. im still adjusting my light to get the right levels a bit every week slowly to get my zoa to stay matted down more as they seem like they are reaching for light, maybe this is causing an upset for the coral in the tank.so this is what is on my hammer...can someone tell me what it is and if its bad?http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/20130903_213925_zpsbbd84010.jpg.html'>as you can see i think my hammer coral's "flesh" the white membrane that would be on the stalk is retreating upwards..what would be the cause of this?..i believe this happened withing these 2 days as everything seems okay before that and no noticeable change. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 it's just a pineapple sponge. if you think its bothering the coral then just razor blade it off at the base. it'll float around and probably get jammed into rock work (best) or will be eaten by your filter, probably killing the sponge. it's just a harmless HH, but in that spot it may be an irritant. Link to comment
ALNN Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 i know i havent posted in a LONG LONG time Lol everything has been super busy with work, vacations, and birthday! i'll try and get back on top of the game asap! Link to comment
lnglostsurfer Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Whoa, kind of forgot about this tank. Looking good though, glad you're getting some growth out of things! Link to comment
andi.rahl Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 i know i havent posted in a LONG LONG time Lol everything has been super busy with work, vacations, and birthday! i'll try and get back on top of the game asap! hurry hurry, I want to see more pics! It's been a while I haven't posted any pics lately because I am battling gha my mom forgot to change my filter media - even though I had it all set out for her, and that's what I came back to (I was gone for a month.) Link to comment
beprimeaux Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Wow this tank has come along quite nicely! Congratulations! Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 so a quick update on the tank. truth be told i had to neglect the tank for around a month and it has went a bit downhill due to a few reasons. my father had stroke,a bleed in the brain, and i have been staying with him in the hospital night and day and normally just go home for dinner and shower. I still do weekly water changes and i get my girlfriend to top off the tank. In one of these days i found out that my niece played around with the dimmer on the tank and bleached a few coral that ended up not making it. Also found that my yasha jumped out of the tank and was all dry beside it. Currently i still have:Sunny D's zoaDevils armor zoaMagicians paly (shrink almost 1/2 the size and hasnt seen them open in 2-3 week)red people cherry eaters (hasnt seen them open for maybe 2-3weeks)Mjc sriracha paly (looks like its trying to recover *pinched open)Ric Mushroom x 2Sympodium DendrosMonti cap Monti digitataGspXenia ( doesnt look like it can recover)hammer coralAs for Livestock1 Pom pom carb has been carrying eggs every week3 sexy shirmps1 pistal candy cane shrimp1 porcelain carb In the times i have back home to rest i have got another driver for the 3ups so that i could split the NW&UV with the RBs.i have the whites on around 15-20% and the blues around 40%. Also thought about going full spectrum,by switching the middle 3up with a OCW. (can someone fill me in y full spectrum is all the craz right now) As some coral has been dying some seems to be doing okay. All the Rics looks good and are opened up wide. my Sunny D now has 4 heads and the digitata has almost covered the plug. My devils armors are looking a bit better and one head is still bleached. dendros are opened almost every night and gets some mysis shrimp from the girlfriend. The Sympodium also keep to be doing okay after the bleach and its almost open fully now. my hammer coral has got back into its structure and has yet to come back out. i moved it to another spot this week and seems like its giving me hope it might make it. moved the gsp to a more flow area to get longer polyp extension and then there is everything else that seems like its dying......:< . Might be getting the smallest clown fish i can find and a torch coral with it or a tail spot blenny. not sure yet. still thinking about a yasha again. i'll try and get a FTS soon and see if i can keep posted in these hard times. here are some pictuers of the corals atm. Any tips or things i can do to help the coral recover? dips? or doses? SunnyD's looking pretty healthy. with the devils armor beside it with 1 bleached head. and the red cherry people eaters forever closed.http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131130_195759_resized_zps72332909.jpg.html'> Monti digitatahttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131130_195650_resized_zps2d210813.jpg.html'>GSP and Carbhttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131130_195702_resized_zpsdd89a53d.jpg.html'>Xenia after bleachhttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131130_200313_resized_zpsf1832e34.jpg.html'>Hammer after bleachedhttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131130_200323_resized_zps89b70471.jpg.html'> Growth is Slow and i dunno if its because of the light or not enough nutrient in the water. Also im thinking about getting a Hydor Koralia Nano 240 on the other side of the tank so it has some random slow cause i cant seem to find the right size loc-line that fits the stock loc-line. Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Had a bit more time today so did a full tank clean up. found out that i have like...ALOT of pineapple sponges in the filter chamber lol. Also i found my first gen SLR to use to take some pictures of the tank as my phone is having trouble capturing the colours of the tank cause if the LED's purple hint.Hope you enjoy these better photos FTShttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0024_zps8bdb2151.jpg.html'>Never before seen back view! http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0039_zps4d83fa44.jpg.html'>Carb and gsphttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0028_zpse65f1998.jpg.html'>My Small ric "garden"http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0029_zps05257d73.jpg.html'>love my dendros!http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0048_zpsfe7ad6e2.jpg.html'>Some angel shotshttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0035_zps12ce48f2.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0055_zps5bd93fd9.jpg.html'> Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 just a small update. pick up this little fellow for a bit more bio-load also thinking of getting 2 baby cleaner shirmps also but would that be to much inverts? let me know please!it was labled A.C black ocellaris clowns (i pick this one thats a bit more orange in person) Had him temp accumulated and Dripped for 1.5hrs cause the water it came in was at 1.018-1.020sg so i slowly brought it up to 1.025sg. after i got him into the tank he was curious and seems like it was picking stuff off the glass so i feed him some pellets and he got right on that! glad he already eatting. Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 So tonight i had some time and headed over to a local forum member's place, (Dave) to pick up some monti caps. i gotta say these caps are soooo colourful and the green one is unreal! Thanks dave for showing me your tank and hooking me up with some awesome pieces!I had a hard time with gluing them onto rubble and had to play around with it for awhile. this was all i could manage and since i dont want to fuss around with it anymore i'll leave it like this for now.Purple and Green Monti Caphttp://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0122_zpsd9df8a5f.jpg.html'>Also got a picture of all my sexy lol http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0121_zps25a90519.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0123_zpseffe0a09.jpg.html'> Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 so the green monti cap is doing pretty good but the purple looks a bit roughed up...probably cause i was pretty rough with it in the gluing process..:< i got it off the plug but the glue also came off it, so i had to kind of push down on it a bit...bad idea... i hope it heals up and bounce right back. no polyp extensions on the purple one tho so im waiting for that.http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131210_195944_resized_zpsea846f9a.jpg.html'>Also I never use filter floss before but i can see why so many people use it now LOL. i put this floss in around 3-4days ago...Eeekkk. after cleaning it, its back in the tank for more filtering. Im thinking about using purigen too so i'll try and get that set up this weekend http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131211_204633_resized_zps8c9dc825.jpg.html'> Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 After heading to the umbra sale today i went to visit Dan at Canada Reefs. i've got to day that place is awesome! like a lego store for a kid :> i couldnt help it and got 3 pieces from him...shouldve spent less at umbra LOL-an OJ skirt zoa. (anyone know the name?)-red Flower pot coral (Goniopora)-red/dark purple mushroom (??not sure that species)http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0689_zps09d4fb79.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0696_zps47a2fb97.jpg.html'>http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0698_zps498016e7.jpg.html'>The flower pot coral has yet to open fully since the sexy shrimp is jumping all over it.Also found out..well my GF found it to my surprise and i still have no idea how, is that my Sexy shrimp is carrying eggs! :D Link to comment
Gramophone Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Tank is looking good! I really like the scape, and those new ricordeas are gorgeous! after cleaning it, its back in the tank for more filtering. I would advise you not to do this. It is best to replace your filter floss with a new piece every time. Just some friendly advice Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Oo really? okay i;ll do that! lol my first time using floss Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 here is a little surprise! im pretty sure this tank is maxed out for livestock. but this yellow clown goby is the same size as my clown fish lol.a fish my girlfriend bought and accumulated when i wasnt home. surprised the heck outta me. she does like yellow. he/she likes to sit under the monti caps and i see it "peck" the rocks around it, maybe its eatting pods?http://s210.photobucket.com/user/aL-n/media/IMG_0140_zps0aeb0655.jpg.html'> Link to comment
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