Steensj's Deep Blue 34 Shallow. Shutting Down Tank Due To Work...

[HarryPotter]

Six months or so?

 

 

Went to LFS, got sweet Chalice and Toxic Splatter Hammer..... Also put a Cooper Banded baby in....

 

 

Hell yeah. F*** the reefing police haha

[Steensj2004]

 

Hell yeah. F*** the reefing police haha

[Steensj2004]

CBB!

 

New Chalice:

 

Toxic Green Hammer:

[ReefWeeds]

Looking good, Steens!!!

[Steensj2004]

Looking good, Steens!!!

Thank you Stella! Best part is the CBB eats the heck outta my LFS homemade food, and had been eating it for about 3 weeks now in the store.

 

The yellow Tang has shown some aggression toward the CBB, so he might go away as copper banded are my favorite fish ever. I've waited forever to snag one eating prepare food well.

[ReefWeeds]

Thank you Stella! Best part is the CBB eats the heck outta my LFS homemade food, and had been eating it for about 3 weeks now in the store.

 

The yellow Tang has shown some aggression toward the CBB, so he might go away as copper banded are my favorite fish ever. I've waited forever to snag one eating prepare food well.

That's awesome. The CBB is a really cool fish!

[reefernanoman]

Thank you Stella! Best part is the CBB eats the heck outta my LFS homemade food, and had been eating it for about 3 weeks now in the store.

The yellow Tang has shown some aggression toward the CBB, so he might go away as copper banded are my favorite fish ever. I've waited forever to snag one eating prepare food well.

Yeah, the tang will beat up on him because the have similar shapes. This happened to me too when I had my 75G running a long time ago.

[Steensj2004]

Yeah, the tang will beat up on him because the have similar shapes. This happened to me too when I had my 75G running a long time ago.

I considered that. The tang will go away before the CBB

[Steensj2004]

Pink Lemonade BTA died, rip little guy(even if you were a giant ass dickhead).

[ninjamyst]

Cbb reef safe? I want one

[jedimasterben]

Cbb reef safe? I want one

They aren't usually fully coral safe, though when it comes to butterflyfish, none of them really are.

[Steensj2004]

They aren't usually fully coral safe, though when it comes to butterflyfish, none of them really are.

No issues yet, but it always works until it doesn't. Yellow tang removed. Was beating the crap outta the CBB.

[metrokat]

Sent you a PM yesterday

[Steensj2004]

In case anyone is interested, I have finished my calcium and magnesium test kits from NYOS, and am less than impressed. Half way through my readings were crazy, bought some more salifert to compare. I had to start cleaning the syringes with RO/DI water every test to get accurate results. No idea why, likely some sort of user error. However, I would get the wrong results(when compared to Salifert) when using them right out of the box, and correct results after cleaning the damn things with q-tips and RD/DI water. No idea what happened, don't know if I contaminated them or if I just suck at testing. Salifert always reads true though. As a note, the alkalinity always has been accurate.

[Steensj2004]

Considering starting to culture my own Live Adult Brine. Plan to use 2-liter bottles for hatching, and the following for for growout:

 

-Deep Blue Professional 2.2 Gallon Cube OR Split Betta Tank( torn on this. The split tank would allow me to start 2 cultures a 1.5 weeks apart so I can have a constant culture going. Unsure if the split 1 gallon would be enough space though)

-Danner AP-2 Dual outlet Airpump

-Deep Blue 4" Airstone disk( for growout tank

-Standard Desk Lamp For light

-Feed Spirulina Powder( a million people make it in powder for for cheap. 10.00 gets me enough for a lifetime)

 

I just want to tinker with something I figure I can hatch in a 2 liter setup and transfer into the 2.2 gallon for growout. Suggestions?

 

Edit:I am now thinking one of these three tanks, maybe even the 3 way one? Would allow me 3 cultures. I couldn't Imagine that .5 gallons per culture wouldn't be enough, although I've never done this.

http://www.dtpetsupplies.com/catalog/15-gallon-3-way-betta-tank-black-12x6x6-with-glass-canopy-and-divider-p-69860.html

http://www.dtpetsupplies.com/catalog/1-gallon-2-way-tall-betta-tank-black-8x4x8-wglass-canopy-and-dividers-p-69989.html

[Steensj2004]

Brine shrimp culture up and running, just waiting on sponge filter:

 

Found a small basket to hold carbon, modified that bish!

 

Need to cut a glass top from bubbles causing some salt spray. Currently feeding 5 drops phytofeast 2x daily.

[Steensj2004]

New corals pics. Tough crowd these days around here...

 

 

PE for DAYS!

 

Tip is lightening up, pale pink-ish green hmmmmmm, we shall see what happens!

Fire and Ice Chalice nearly covered the frag rock!

[ReefWeeds]

New corals pics. Tough crowd these days around here...

 

 

PE for DAYS!

 

Tip is lightening up, pale pink-ish green hmmmmmm, we shall see what happens!

Fire and Ice Chalice nearly covered the frag rock!

Nice photos, Steens! Hey, in the photo you posted of your brain in Lawn's thread, is that a mushie in the top left corner of the photo?

[Fnard]

I don't care to comment because my tank is in such piss poor condition and I don't like to look at better tanks. Although, I will watch your brine culture experiment.

[HarryPotter]

Nice fuzzy sticks- lets see a FTS?

[Steensj2004]

Nice fuzzy sticks- lets see a FTS?

Unfortunately, no good camera or pic skills, but here yah goes:

[HarryPotter]

Unfortunately, no good camera or pic skills, but here yah goes:

 

Thats awesome.... T5's? Was this at the most "light" of the day?

[Steensj2004]

 

Thats awesome.... T5's? Was this at the most "light" of the day?

Thanks! Nope, peak is at about 60% blues ,45% whites. Nanobox Hybrid, 2x 24" t5

[Kylebeano]

good looking deep blue! I have a similar tank and just purchased the nyos quantum skimmer, looking forward to dumping heavier loads into my tank

Hows the shrimp culture going?

[ninjamyst]

how's the cbb doing??