HarryPotter Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Cheers mate, i think the two tanks would look better if i had a real camera, and knew how to use it haha. Ive got no idea what im going to fill it up with yet, ive got my two clowns ordered and a BTA, apart from that, ill have to wait and see. I found a bargain on a Maxspect razor 160w, so i ordered it even though its going to be 10cm to long for the tank haha, its also my excuse for when i want to upgrade to a larger tank... "ive got the light, so why not" haha Here is my cycle results for the last 20 days cycle.JPG Im not sure if adding clowns and an anemone is the right thing to do if the tank hasn't even properly cycled, no? 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Im not sure if adding clowns and an anemone is the right thing to do if the tank hasn't even properly cycled, no? haha They are all on hold for me, Im not putting anything in there until cycled. Im in no rush to put anything in there, that would be a waste of money if they died, and i dont want to kill anything. Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Cycle has been running for three weeks today, Ammonia is on the way down, NO2&3 are no where to be seen. Could my macro algae be consuming all the NO2&3? 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Yes, they could be. They will use the nitrogen as food. 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Ill be getting a new test kit today hopefully, the api ones are poop i read Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 All my levels are now starting to come down, only getting a little bit of algae on the sand bed, this could be due to the fuge and reverse lighting schedule i have running. at this rate it will have cycled by next week. Also have some sweet little bugs running around in the fuge, not idea if they are good ones or not but i guess ill soon see. Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Four weeks in and this is all the diatoms i have. My macro algae and reverse lighting cycle seems to be doing the trick, the macro is growing very well also. All my levels are pretty good, ready for fish this weekend, no need for a clean up crew yet as there is nothing for them to eat. 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 New light hung, its a beast! 2 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 What is it? A razor? Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yea the Razor 160w, bit over kill but got it at a good price, and i can upgrade the tank later on and not need to change the light. 1 Quote Link to comment
myarmolich Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yea the Razor 160w, bit over kill but got it at a good price, and i can upgrade the tank later on and not need to change the light. welcome to the razor club! 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Thanks mate! Having an issue with it though, i put it on auto which is meant to turn off at 10pm but it doesnt!! Might go back to the presets, most likley user error haha Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 First fish is in, it hides a bit but is eating well and the water levels are stable. 2 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 I might be running out of space..... Fts Have now been using the bubble Magnus auto dose to dose the Red Sea foundations supplements A, B, C at 1ml per day. What do you think of my results compared to last week? Last weeks results. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Much better this week. It would seem everything is working like a well oiled machine. 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Would you say those results are optimal? or shall I just leave it there, and not chase numbers? 1ml per day is going to be cheap in the long run I guess, would only have to replace the supplements yearly haha. The tank is mostly full of zoas, lps and two very easy to keep sps. Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Found that some of my green zoas were disappearing, wasn't to sure what was going on. another local reefer suggested that I dip the zoa as it could be a nudibranch or something along those lines, and he wasnt wrong, i found a zoa eating spider when i dipped all my zoas last night. I have dipped every coral going into my tank so not sure how it got in there, maybe it survived a dip? this time i went with a pretty strong dose of the saechem reef dip. Maybe i should switch to coralRX, which im told is a lot better. Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Nice FTS shot- that spider is nasty looking. Maybe an egg survived the dip? 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Yea I guess anything is possible right. 1 Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Bit of an update, have added a heap of coral and had a small rescape. Moved all of the wiring out of the sump area, has cleaned it up alot, just need to get the white stickies off the door now. Got this light for 17 bucks from Mitre10, added another 6500k 10watt led light so now there are two. The macro was growing ok before but not very fast, maybe this might speed it up. Will need to replace these liquid supplements with the powder version soon, unless the uptake slows down You can see ive put all of the controllers on the side of the tank now and ill need to get rid of some coral soon, just to keep it simple 2 Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Definately removed some corals- looks good and clean! Do you trade them in? Quote Link to comment
dropped Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 haha no trading in, accidentally started a pico, and moved the LPS across to that, going to focus on SPS in this tank. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/366251-7-gallon-qt-turning-into-pico-reef/ 1 Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 haha no trading in, accidentally started a pico, and moved the LPS across to that, going to focus on SPS in this tank. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/366251-7-gallon-qt-turning-into-pico-reef/ Cool, I go check that out too.........sps tank? Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.