FlowerMama Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Weird, I've seen them move on the rock they're on but never across to another rock even, much less a wall or try to climb out. You have one that's on fire!!!!! Wonder why it's running. Quote Link to comment
gena Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 it is =P. it moved up to the overflow and it's trying to climb out of the tank! Oh, for crying out loud . Quote Link to comment
Muraki Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 How has the growth been with the nanobox on your tank? I am thinking of switching over to the nano box on my SpecV. 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 How has the growth been with the nanobox on your tank? I am thinking of switching over to the nano box on my SpecV. Growth has been great with nanobox light. I highly recommend it for Spec V. Great spread, great coverage. Controller is awesome. I got a frag of clove polyps that went from 4 to 10 polyps in 2 weeks. Zoa frags also grew alot. Acan frag went from 6 heads to 10 heads one night. 1 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 That's fantastic!!! Quote Link to comment
Muraki Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Holy crap! Is the light dimmed at all? If so I would like to know your exact settings so after I order and receive mine from Dave I know exactly the range I should be tuning into. Thanks for the reply! Tank looks awesome by the way. Quote Link to comment
Moolelo Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 If I still had my spec V, this is what I wish I would have done. Bravo, this is gorgeous! 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Holy crap! Is the light dimmed at all? If so I would like to know your exact settings so after I order and receive mine from Dave I know exactly the range I should be tuning into. Thanks for the reply! Tank looks awesome by the way. the light is dimmed alot. since the light is right over the rock, i didn't want to burn whatever is underneath it. i think i posted my settings for this light already on Dave's thread about nanobox settings. i been getting a lot of PMs about nanobox. glad this little tank is driving some business for Dave =P. will have to update with new pics soon when it recovers from the recent crash. 3 Quote Link to comment
Muraki Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 You do have setting posted for a nano box, just the one for your PicO S III. : ) Yea, I have been incredibly excited for the nano box to come in...... soon! Quote Link to comment
ETucc Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 What's your current livestock, aside from the Rock Flower? Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 What's your current livestock, aside from the Rock Flower? Both my tanks crashed so only clove polyps and some zoas left in there. Rock anemone gone, torch gone, frogspawn gone, duncan gone, 10 rics gone, everything gone... But things are looking better and I will restock soon. 3 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Glad you're staying with it. One day here the 3rd quarter of the year I'll be going to visit my sister right over the boarder in Indiana and have family in the south suburbs of Chicago, I'll have to make it down that way and see what the Chicago lfs are like. 1 Quote Link to comment
Muraki Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Sorry to hear about the crash : ( 1 Quote Link to comment
ETucc Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Good luck with the tanks and restocking. This hobby is so frustrating. As a first time reefer who has yet to buy a single coral, I've realized how much is out of your control when you introduce nature (live rock) into your tank. It's just a random shot in the dark, and from what I've read, most hobbyists do not have good luck with this stuff we take out of the ocean. There are so many pests and nuisances, yet also many rewards. Sorry... Just thinking out loud! Glad you're sticking with it. I'd do the same, as I'm about to, having already encountered Bryopsis and probably phosphate issues... 1 Quote Link to comment
treborzelev Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Both my tanks crashed so only clove polyps and some zoas left in there. Rock anemone gone, torch gone, frogspawn gone, duncan gone, 10 rics gone, everything gone... But things are looking better and I will restock soon. Hey what do u think led to both of your tanks crashing? 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 How are things going? -Dave Quote Link to comment
justinmb Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Any pics soon? I'd like to see those cloves on the backwall you were telling me about 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Hey what do u think led to both of your tanks crashing? For my 12 gallons, it was probably multiple issues. I suspect a detritus build up caused a slow decline in the overall water quality. I was battling algae and SPS turning brown. Then I had an infestation of zoa eating nudibranch. I dosed FWE a bunch of times and that probably screwed up the water chemistry even more. I lost a new rock anemone which may have released bad stuff into the water. Then lost my ultra nice lobo. Then I went on vacation and came back to almost all my SPS gone, all LPS pissed up, and zoas all closed up. But after back to back to back large water changes, things are looking great now. For this Spec, it got hit with a big algae bloom while I was gone. Came back to all my rics melting and LPS melting. I did an almost 60% water change which was a big mistake because that caused a huge swing in phosphate and nitrate level. That caused more stuff to die. But now, things are looking better again. Here are some recent pics. Will get a FTS another day. My rice cooker in the background was looking ugly =P. Zoas are opening up again! Lost a couple of frags. https://flic.kr/p/nuoXgd'> Some acans from Saltcritters. https://flic.kr/p/nuoaC8'> https://flic.kr/p/nuoWpy'> Clove polyps on backwall. Sorry the pics are fuzzy for these. Hard to get a good angle. Water refraction makes everything blurry. https://flic.kr/p/nsCbDA'> https://flic.kr/p/ndbjcG'> 3 Quote Link to comment
Kijho Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Man! I love all your little frags! I wish mine looked that good! 2 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 I forgot to mention that I finally gave up on trying to fix the algae bloom with just water change. This morning, I took the entire rock out and scrubbed the crap out of it with some H202. Things look soooo much better now. I missed a few spots so I hope the algae doesn't spread again. 2 Quote Link to comment
NanoClown Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Wow I love the new acan as well as the clove polyps growing on your back wall. I hope to do the same thing in my Spec V with Xenia. and GSP 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Looking awesome as normal! Shoot me a FTS and I will post an update on FB. -Dave 1 Quote Link to comment
justinmb Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Bro your corals look so freakin good! I hope part of that success is the Tide lol. I had no idea cloves branched out like that. Looks awesome. Something to think about. Is it the blue snowflakes or something you want to avoid cause they'll take over the tank? I read that somewhere idk. I'm glad you stuck with it, I was bummed when you said you were throwin in the towel. Great pics 1 Quote Link to comment
BigAl18 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 The cloves are beautiful! I didn't know they branched like that. Wish I could find some near me, I want to do the exact same thing with them on my back wall. 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Cloves grow like weed. I started with just 5 polyps and now they are almost at the water line. I should have placed them lower. There are several kinds of clove polyps. This is my fav with the orange arms. Is it the blue snowflakes or something you want to avoid cause they'll take over the tank? I read that somewhere idk. I'm glad you stuck with it, I was bummed when you said you were throwin in the towel. Great pics Maybe blue snowflakes are Xenia? Many people consider xenia, cloves, and GSP as invasive because they will take of the tank. That's why I don't put them on my main rocks and only on the backwall. And I am really glad I stuck with it too. 3 Quote Link to comment
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