fishfreak0114 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Nice biocube! I love the angel in there, and your scape is really nice. I'm following.Thanks Angeles! Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 MY NANOBOX RETRO ARRIVED TODAY!!!!! I don't know when I'll get around to installing it, hopefully pretty soon. 2 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 FTS The Duncan has grown lots of new baby heads 3 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 The lights! 2 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Everything looks great! That new light is going to really make the colors on those corals stand out, though 2 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Looks like fun! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks . I'm super nervous to install it because I'm worried I'll mess up my hood or something. What should I start the light at? I don't want to bleach anything but I really have no clue how powerful these lights are. Quote Link to comment
aque0us Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Which LED kit did you get? I can't comment on the settings but the hood is pretty easy to take off, I installed some true lumen LEDs on mine last year, the whole hood comes off after removing these pins back there, and make sure to use a lot of aquarium glue to water seal any holes you drill. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Which LED kit did you get? I can't comment on the settings but the hood is pretty easy to take off, I installed some true lumen LEDs on mine last year, the whole hood comes off after removing these pins back there, and make sure to use a lot of aquarium glue to water seal any holes you drill. . I went with the nanobox retro after a LOT of reading. I'm happy to know that the hood comes off easily . My mom is the one who picked up the box from the post office and when she opened it she couldn't figure out where the lights were! She thought they were just dots of glue and the actual lights were missing 1 Quote Link to comment
Idaho ken Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Man after looking at that pic of wires and boards, I don't know if I want to go that route lol! YOu'll have to keep us updated on how the install goes and how she looks when done! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Big update with lots of pics! I finally got the lobo to eat some bloodworms The final FTS with the stock lights Stripping the hood was the easy part. I probably spent a good 6 hours on this install because i know nothing about this kind of stuff so it was a slow learning process. It was pretty easy considering how hard I thought it would be, I had a couple small hitches like getting screws that were too long to attach the heat sink and such, but all the equipment works great! Ignore the feet lol photobucket wouldn't let me crop I used tin snips and a power drill to hack up the reflector. It's not beautiful but it works. The installation thread for this thing said something about hooking the stock fans up too, but I couldn't figure that out so they are just sitting in there doing nothing. Will it be ok without them? The new fan is so quiet that I don't even notice it...my mom still complains though. Splash guard in place and looking sleek I set the lights pretty low to start, but do these setting look ok? Is the fact that the color temp is all over the place throughout the day bad for the coral? I just liked how they looked no matter what it was set at so I wanted to have it vary throughout the day if possible, 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 ITS THE TANKS FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Rduboid1117 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 How are you liking your nanobox retro? I have the same lights and I love mine. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 How are you liking your nanobox retro? I have the same lights and I love mine.Well I just installed it yesterday but I love the difference in color. All the corals pop more (the chalice the most) and there is really great shimmer. I love the bluefish app too, it makes it so easy to adjust the color. I haven't played around with every feature of the app yet, but I will soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
blkhwkz Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 To hook the stock fans up you have to splice the wires to connect them to the fan with the nanobox. I did it on mine, not to hard. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 To hook the stock fans up you have to splice the wires to connect them to the fan with the nanobox. I did it on mine, not to hard.. Thanks! i wasn't sure so I didn't want to cut anything that I couldn't uncut. Quote Link to comment
Rduboid1117 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Well I just installed it yesterday but I love the difference in color. All the corals pop more (the chalice the most) and there is really great shimmer. I love the bluefish app too, it makes it so easy to adjust the color. I haven't played around with every feature of the app yet, but I will soon. I like the bluefish too. My favorite feature is the photo mode. It turns the blues way down so that pictures turn out pretty decent. Have you noticed any aggression with your flame angel in a smaller tank? 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 I like the bluefish too. My favorite feature is the photo mode. It turns the blues way down so that pictures turn out pretty decent. Have you noticed any aggression with your flame angel in a smaller tank?I'm looking forward to testing out the photo mode . So far the flame hasn't shown any aggression whatsoever to the other fish or me. She does nip new corals once or twice to see what they are but other than that she is great. She also sometimes nips something if I have slacked off feeding seaweed. Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 I broke out the Olympus a couple days ago for some underwater shots...ok, a lot of underwater shots These are only the ones that are clear. This is still stock lights. If some pics look weirdly colourful its because I used the pop art setting of my camera for a while. P2010002_zpsv48b3mzw by orb1915, on Flickr P2010003_zpszh8hg6sr by orb1915, on Flickr P2010004_zpsdwawyfe3 by orb1915, on Flickr P2010005_zpssy09xvyw by orb1915, on Flickr P2010006_zpsprepnpsc by orb1915, on Flickr P2010007_zpsmfp6bkpe by orb1915, on Flickr P2010008_zpsdl4oniwd by orb1915, on Flickr P2010010_zpsbty7i9xr by orb1915, on Flickr P2010011_zpss4vjeori by orb1915, on Flickr P2010012_zps262efjss by orb1915, on Flickr P2010015_zpsie41ploz by orb1915, on Flickr P2010017_zpsbtwkr41j by orb1915, on Flickr P2010022_zpsfjewioum by orb1915, on Flickr P2010024_zpscyakms8d by orb1915, on Flickr P2010028_zpsc5giown0 by orb1915, on Flickr P2010033_zpsdfaec6u8 by orb1915, on Flickr P2010037_zpsxdmwl8rg by orb1915, on Flickr P2010040_zpsxsi9mv8a by orb1915, on Flickr P2010055_zpslkch4jge by orb1915, on Flickr P2010064_zpsubyqwz6h by orb1915, on Flickr P2010081_zpsqe0pymtr by orb1915, on Flickr P2010085_zpsf2j8vqdl by orb1915, on Flickr P2010087_zps5nhamumc by orb1915, on Flickr P2010092_zpsbatosgkv by orb1915, on Flickr P2010094_zpsw1mr8hqm by orb1915, on Flickr P2010095_zpswiftezd9 by orb1915, on Flickr P2010106_zpsfsx0df1w by orb1915, on Flickr P2010107_zpsfe0vprmo by orb1915, on Flickr P2010108_zpsk2arkzxu by orb1915, on Flickr P2010109_zpswomeaoqz by orb1915, on Flickr P2010116_zpsnumxbk6b by orb1915, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Those are some cool pics! I think the first one of the duncans is my favorite - it almost looks like they're moving in the current. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rduboid1117 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Awesome pictures! I really like your speckled hammer. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 I just noticed more baby dwarf cerith snails yesterday so I guess that the population is going to get a little boost, I have around 150 that I can see fairly easy. I'm sure there are more out of sight. I like seeing all the different sizes cause I can kind of judge how often I'm getting more. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Ok so I've been having some issues with RTN. On Monday I got home, looked in the tank and the first thing I noticed was that the bottom half of the small pinkish birdsnest was bare skeleton. So I took it out, cut off the tips that weren't touched in hopes of saving soemthing and put the mini frag back in the tank. It is REALLY tiny, three little nubs about 3mm long each. They still seem to be ok today. So yesterday morning I got up and looked in the tank, everything seemed to be happy, but then I looked at the neon green birdsnest. The backside was fleshless about an inch up from the bottom. At least on this one I caught it earlier. I broke it into three frags so that I could get all of it easily and on this one I glued over the skeleton and a small rim of flesh. I dipped all the frags and placed them on the sand bed with the other one. Should I put them back at the top of the tank or leave them on the sand for a few days? They are also doing ok today. Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 The frags still seem ok tonight. Everything else is looking great. Is there a certain amount of time before I'm "in the clear"? 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Well, SPS like stability more than anything else, so if they seem OK now, they should stay OK as long as nothing changes. But that's the infuriating and challenging thing about SPS, just as you think you've got it figured out, something happens and you get STN again. 1 Quote Link to comment
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