michaelrzachmann Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 My BTA has barely moved since placing here where I pretty much wanted her after 2 months. cant ask for much more out of your BTA Seasons greetings from my mini reef tonight Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Wow very nice. Thanks! Appreciate it. I see you just started a tank, good luck Link to comment
HIppieRose Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Thanks! Appreciate it. I see you just started a tank, good luck Yes I did. Thank you I need tons of luck. Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Yes I did. Thank you I need tons of luck. hahaha i hear ya, its all part of the learning process, you can learn a lot on here. Much trial and error....and money Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Yes I did. Thank you I need tons of luck. And good husbandry. Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Everything looks happy and growing! Good job. Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Nice setup! Thanks a lot man, pretty happy with first set up. There are many things i would have done differently but i you live and you learn and that will be utilized in my second tank Everything looks happy and growing! Good job. thanks a lot man Whattup people! havent updated in a whole because of this ugly ass GHA outbreak Everything is about the same besides zoas spreading, monti and birdsnest growing, and the removal of the GSP. The crazyness of the hollidays and lack of funds/water changes caused the GHA outbreak i believe. I manually removed most of the algae on the sandbed today and will try and kill off the rest with water changes. Hopefully posting some clean tank pics soon to show the growth. Dropped my mp10 and it sounds a little noising right now so hopefully its just placed differently and i can figure that back out. Tank already looks leagues better hope to post soon. Happy reefing! Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 If the GHA is stubborn a phosphate remover might help. I've had good luck just manually removing it though so I hope you do as well. Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 If the GHA is stubborn a phosphate remover might help. I've had good luck just manually removing it though so I hope you do as well. im running 6 tablespoons of GFO in a reactor lol so i was assuming it cant be my phosphates? i figured it had to be nitrates even though im running purigen i thought GFO took care of phosphate better than purigen on nitrates? I havent been able to find a really efficient way to keep down nitrates besides water changes which i slacked on lately is there really any? Maybe i should actually start testing for something again besides calclium lol Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 also you think maybe im running my lights too long? i run them from 11 am till 9 pm. My schedule is always crazy and different times with school, work, and interning so i like to be able to see my tank lit up lmao Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yes, that is a pretty long photo phase, especially if they are in a daylight mode that whole time. My reef runs actinic from noon til 9 pm but the daylight mode only runs 2 pm - 7 pm. Link to comment
markalot Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 My old 46 gallon went through this phase, it lasted a month or so, then stopped. I was removing chunks of sand that were filled with algae for a while there. Still not sure why it stopped because if anything I started to feed more heavily. I would like to say heavy feeding allowed me to achieve balance quicker but I really have no idea. Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 after one waterchange, RBTA already looking a lot healthier. Going to do another water change tomorrow and then get back to weekly changes to hopefully get the rest of the GHA to chill out Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Good night from the reef.... The GHA is relatively under control... The RBTA is looking so much better since getting back on top of the water changes. Going to do another water change tomorrow followed with some daytime pics either tomorrow or the day after. Thought the reef looked great tonight so took some pics to show growth which will follow. Picked up a bicolor blenny today, such a cool ass fish, love the behavior of this thing and if he is lookin for some GHA to munch on there certainly is some. Not a fan of having more than 3 fish in this size tank and think of trying to get that wrassehole out somehow and trade him back to the LFS. I am goin to either make a DIY fishtrap or buy because this guy is way too fast and there is way too much live rock (that i am not willing to move with all the coral on in) so i will either try and catch him in the coming days or just leave it at 4 fish i guess. Zoa branch Acro growth Monti Growth Birdsnest growth Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Photo Update: Couldnt get a pic of the sly new bicolor blenny, but here is how things are looking atm with semi-reduced GHA Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 There he is... such a dope fish Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Sorry havent been updating much lately, the tank has not been at its best. After the GHA breakout now i have been battled awful surface skum that comes back the next day after surface skimmer with a water bottle after water changes. My green birdsnest that was growing and looking great started to bleach pretty bad and i think i all about lost it, also the hydnophora that was nice and fat is losing a lot of tissue, finally my monti is still looking okay but not growing anymore and lost some color. Nothing has changed in the tank and paramters seem to be in check so im not really sure why the sudden loses. I finally canned that piece of shit Sera (i think basically same as aqua eruo usa skimmer) because it did absolutley nothing no matter what i did. While i was at the LFS today, the guy told me the only nano skimmers he sold were the aqua c remoras because he claimed those are the only ones that realy do anything and he swears by them. I remember when looking for a new skimmer a while back that one had great reviews but i could not find any nano skimmers that would fit in the back of Sera 16 gallon cube. Fed up i decided to buy it and see if i could Mcgiver this thing onto my tank. After hours of ####ing with my tank and breaking plastic off the hood and back i got it to fit. I hopefully my future review is as good as everyone else's i was told it would probably need to break in for about a week. This thing is noisier than expected will this change? Here are some pics of the mcgivering and the dying birdsnest still got a chance? Not very please with FTS Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Looking for some advice... My tank is now current running about 82-83 degree and its winter. Im guessing it is from the heat of the pumps. I can not get a chiller and I am thinking that 3 water pumps (Return, skimmer, and reactor) along with the mp10 are just too much for a 16 gallon tank. I am thinking about taking the reactor off line and just running a bag of chemipure blue or something in the back chamber. If i can get the new skimmer dialed in along with filter floss and chemi pure blue and weekly water changes should this be enough and worth dropping the temperature maybe a few degrees? Thanks Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 What is your house temperature? Higher temps are worse for corals than lower ones. I wouldn't think you would need a chiller with such a small tank if you can keep the ambient temperature at the right degrees. Keeping the hood on will also lead to increased temperature so if you could get some good ventilation of cool air going in there it may help get the temperature down. Link to comment
GtTap Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Looks like your heat is coming from your lights since the hood traps the warmer air coming off the light. Maybe finding a way to raise the hood off the tank some will help and mounting a small fan to blow on water surface if raising the hood alone don't do the trick. Link to comment
markalot Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Looking for some advice... My tank is now current running about 82-83 degree and its winter. Im guessing it is from the heat of the pumps. I can not get a chiller and I am thinking that 3 water pumps (Return, skimmer, and reactor) along with the mp10 are just too much for a 16 gallon tank. I am thinking about taking the reactor off line and just running a bag of chemipure blue or something in the back chamber. If i can get the new skimmer dialed in along with filter floss and chemi pure blue and weekly water changes should this be enough and worth dropping the temperature maybe a few degrees? Thanks MP 10 does not add any heat, that's the beauty of the motor being outside the tank. Air movement can cool water fast. Try blowing a fan across the top of the aquarium hood and see if it makes any difference, you might be surprised. If it doesn't then you'll have to figure out how to open the top more to allow the heat to escape. Link to comment
michaelrzachmann Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Looks like your heat is coming from your lights since the hood traps the warmer air coming off the light. Maybe finding a way to raise the hood off the tank some will help and mounting a small fan to blow on water surface if raising the hood alone don't do the trick. MP 10 does not add any heat, that's the beauty of the motor being outside the tank. Air movement can cool water fast. Try blowing a fan across the top of the aquarium hood and see if it makes any difference, you might be surprised. If it doesn't then you'll have to figure out how to open the top more to allow the heat to escape. What is your house temperature? Higher temps are worse for corals than lower ones. I wouldn't think you would need a chiller with such a small tank if you can keep the ambient temperature at the right degrees. Keeping the hood on will also lead to increased temperature so if you could get some good ventilation of cool air going in there it may help get the temperature down. My house in the winter is about 68 and that definitely is not going to be any lower than that. My tank has been at 82 a long time with corals growing fine i am just nervous about the summer. I really not want to the hood off or raise it if i can avoid it, noone thinks that it has anything to do with the three pumps running? I was thinking about shutting off the reactor for a couple of hours to see if that drops it and then maybe if it does i can take that off and hopefully if the skimmer skims well i wont need? Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 My house in the winter is about 68 and that definitely is not going to be any lower than that. My tank has been at 82 a long time with corals growing fine i am just nervous about the summer. I really not want to the hood off or raise it if i can avoid it, noone thinks that it has anything to do with the three pumps running? I was thinking about shutting off the reactor for a couple of hours to see if that drops it and then maybe if it does i can take that off and hopefully if the skimmer skims well i wont need? I'm thinking its more because the heat from your lights is being trapped by the hood if you do not have good air circulation going in there. Although the pumps are contributing somewhat I do not think they would be the major factor. If you could just get a 120mm PC fan circulating air into the space between the hood and the water I believe you could lower the water temperature by a few degrees. Evaporation is a powerful way to cool water plus you will be pulling out the heat that is being trapped. Link to comment
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