gulfsurfer101 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Trying out a different image hosting app! <a href="http://imgur.com/lA4K43S"><imgs Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Picked up a few sps boogers for next to nothing yesterday at a local swap. Some of my old school sps favorites! Rainbow monti! Pokerstar! Tubb's mystic blue! Random shroom colony! Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 I also moved recently and added a few pounds of dry rock to make up for all the stuff I got rid of. I redid the scape keeping most of my rock off the sanbed to give me better flow throughout the entire tank and I get less dead spots behind the rockwork. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Here's the current fts after only running for the last two days. Good thing this tank had been established a very long time before I moved it that the biological bioload was quickly handled allowing me to instantly set this tank up without any hiccups. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Just enjoying a nice walk outdoors! Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 https://youtu.be/ts8VxJZS2d4 Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Today I fed my first batch of live rotifers along with some home brewed phytoplankton. Things seem to have taken well to live food being presented to them. I plan on getting my culture population up in a 5g bucket of rot's and a couple large bottles of phyto to keep them going and harvest 20-30% daily for feeding. I'll offer any remaining batches for trade. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 A lil sunday project, another successful mission! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Jesus rollerblading christ, that scrubber is WAY too big lol. You only need a 4"x4" area for every 'cube' of food that you feed each day. Making it larger than that actually makes it grow less than what you need. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 I can always cut off from the bottom. What would your suggest. I still may plumb another 40br into this system also though. But that won't be till maybe another year down the line. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 So I think my rotifers are multiplying nicely. I started with a 250ml vial of live rotifers and now I'm culturing in a 5g 1/4 of the way full that ive been adding freshly mixed sw with a lower salinity along with phytoplankton everyday. I've been doing this instead of harvesting to build up the population and to get at least a 4g culture going from where I can start a regimen to follow everyday such as how much to harvest, how much water do I need weekly and how much phyto do I have to keep in hand to keep my culture going strong. So far all I've been able to identify is about 20-30 in about 1" of water in a 16oz bottle. I'm not sure if that is weak or not. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Tank looks great! Are you feeding baby fish with those rotifers? Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Not yet, just feeding the tank, my anemones, & coral. Not sure if the fish eat them but my sgt major seems to go full retard when I throw them in. I kinda hate that fish and was banished to sump in my last set up but he over grew it. My gf doesn't want me to get rid of it cause we raised her from a post larval state along with four others. She killed the others and claimed dominancy but earned her spot in the fuge. I plan on doing a macro tank possibly, where she can reside leaving me more space to stock up my 75 with better options. I'm also looking into culturing pods for my dragonets as soon as I get a strong phyto culture going. I don't want to take on too much at once and have any of my systems that rely on one another crash. Slow and easy, not trying to win the race, just running the marathon! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I can always cut off from the bottom. What would your suggest. I still may plumb another 40br into this system also though. But that won't be till maybe another year down the line. How much is the most you plan on feeding the tank? Sizing is only based on nutrient import. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I plan on dumping nutrients into this thing by the truck load. That's one of the reasons I went big, and I'm only lighting one side atm. I might add a second one if I feel the need to. I'm actually feeding live rotifers daily and phytoplankton along with them with some golden pearls 5-50 microns. I want to be able to export anything I toss in that my skimmer is not able to pull out. I'm also running a deep sand bed in my fuge section of my sump. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thought I had posted this here. I came across the most strangest creature when I was collecting water to fill my tank after my most recent move! It was pretty cool. Octopus caught in the gulf of mexico!: Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 My scrubber is starting to do stuff! Randoms Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 I have no idea how to make thumbnail pics, lol. If anyone cares to help me that would be cool. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thought I had posted this here. I came across the most strangest creature when I was collecting water to fill my tank after my most recent move! It was pretty cool. Octopus caught in the gulf of mexico!: Cool! I've caught a few in a nearby Harbor Seal reserve! My scrubber is starting to do stuff! Randoms Tank looks really nice! Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thanks, it's getting there. I'm loving the way all my coral is starting to color up. I'm thinking feeding live foods everyday is what's doing it. What kind of cephlapods did you find. I'd freak out if I found a pacific giant. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Thanks, it's getting there. I'm loving the way all my coral is starting to color up. I'm thinking feeding live foods everyday is what's doing it. What kind of cephlapods did you find. I'd freak out if I found a pacific giant. Nah, those guys aren't in the shallows, these were similar to the ones you found, relatively small. Link to comment
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