Lula_Mae Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Tank is gorgeous! Congratulations on getting married! 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 So things went well with my tank while I was away on my honeymoon. No deaths. Although I had noticed more of the LPS losing some heads so I decided to get rid of my last peppermint shrimp and do a bunch of tests.... ( I actually saw my peppermint shrimp eating my LPS) the Red Sea Test Kit is tedious but accurate.... here are a couple of pics I added a tailspot blenny, two barnacle blennies and four different Monti Frags 4 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, dferrari13 said: So things went well with my tank while I was away on my honeymoon. No deaths. Although I had noticed more of the LPS losing some heads so I decided to get rid of my last peppermint shrimp and do a bunch of tests.... ( I actually saw my peppermint shrimp eating my LPS) the Red Sea Test Kit is tedious but accurate.... here are a couple of pics I added a tailspot blenny, two barnacle blennies and four different Monti Frags Yeah, peppermint shrimp can be buttheads lol. The only time I ever had them, they ate my aiptasia and then started ripping zoa skirts off. They died shortly thereafter but otherwise would've found themselves on the way to the store pronto. 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 More pics... 4 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Updated my hydor koralia nano power head from the 240 gph to the 425 gph version....more flow for the monti frags that i picked up 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 So I've been testing very carefully lately cause I've introduced some montipora into the tank Ca 450 Mg 1200 Salinity 1.025 Kh 7.0 Phosphates and nitrates near 0 I'm using Aquvitro eight.four to increase the alkalinity....ive been adding it slowly but I don't really see the alk levels raising??? Any thoughts?? Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Also I've read keeping nitrates and phosphates that low is not good? How would you raise them? Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Snorkeling in mexico on my honeymoon...absolutely beautiful First time swimming with a squid 1 2 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Under Kessil a160.... 100% color 100% intensity 2 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'm up to about 35 different species of coral in this little tank!...wow! 2 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Week 2 and my sps corals are doing well (granted they are fairly easy to grow montis but still) 2 Quote Link to comment
Tuffryu Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Looks good. I'll have to try soft corals someday. How are you keeping the left side (where the green mushrooms are) of the glass scraped clean? or do you just leave it? Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Thanks! I get in there the best I can...but once the algae gets really bad (proly after a year) Ill move the rock and scrape. Quote Link to comment
gone_PHiSHin Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 looking great. i've been following this tank for a while, good to see it still going strong after a move. are the royal gramma and the clown the only two inhabitants? if i recall they've been in there a while together...they obviously get along i'm assuming? 1 Quote Link to comment
Wirewiggler Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Drew love your Nano, sold my 80 gal and down to the Fusion 10 nano, mine is starting to look promising after a year. Having trouple keeping tube worms and some SPS what is your feeding regiment? One of the reasons I love my tanks is I can't get in any scuba diving so the tank is my backup. Thanks Bill 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 11/1/2017 at 11:29 PM, gone_PHiSHin said: looking great. i've been following this tank for a while, good to see it still going strong after a move. are the royal gramma and the clown the only two inhabitants? if i recall they've been in there a while together...they obviously get along i'm assuming? Hey...thanks so much.....ive had the gramma and clown together since the beginning...they seem to go very well together....proly cause I introduced them to the tank together....but now I have added a tail spot blenny and two very small barnacle bennies Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 11/1/2017 at 11:33 PM, Wirewiggler said: Drew love your Nano, sold my 80 gal and down to the Fusion 10 nano, mine is starting to look promising after a year. Having trouple keeping tube worms and some SPS what is your feeding regiment? One of the reasons I love my tanks is I can't get in any scuba diving so the tank is my backup. Thanks Bill Hey bill....thanks for the compliment... I feed omega one pellets everyday for my fish....then I feed different frozen foods once or twice a month....and I also feed Aquvitro fuel twice a week (half a cap)....i also dose small amounts of aquavitros "ions" for Mg...."eight four" for Kh....and "calcification" for Ca....inorder to keep SPScorals....testing/small dosing is very important....i use the red sea test kit Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Before and after picture 4 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 On 11/5/2017 at 6:51 PM, dferrari13 said: Before and after picture These before and after comparisons are always my favorite You've really got it jam-packed with happy coral! 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 12:26 PM, Christopher Marks said: These before and after comparisons are always my favorite You've really got it jam-packed with happy coral! Thanks so much...love to hear people's thoughts...the tank is almost 3 years old! Wow...time flies! 1 Quote Link to comment
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