BRN Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Id wait about 2 weeks after the cycles end to get fish regardless. Also water bottle traps work well, though if its a mantis shrimp you might need some luck... they are incredibly smart. take it slowish and i think you'll do great! good luck! Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Id wait about 2 weeks after the cycles end to get fish regardless. Also water bottle traps work well, though if its a mantis shrimp you might need some luck... they are incredibly smart. take it slowish and i think you'll do great! good luck! Yeah I think that shrimp catch will be an interesting challenge. Thank you. Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Week end update: Got my Clean Up Crew completed with : - 2 Nassarius snails, - 1 massive Astrea snail (will probably return it)- 4 turbo snails- 2 peppermint shrimps Went to a new local fish shop and bought my first livestock: So I have new friends and corals: first Zoas: They opened very quickly : I'm still trying to figure out my camera setting to take relevant pictures, but I'm happy to share anyway. The Zoas opened quick, good sign for a healthy environment. Cheers. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Very nice additions. Those are very pretty frags; they look very clean and are already matted. Impressive fish store! Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 And because I thought that was just awesome: Link to comment
BRN Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Nice clowns!!!! Yea that snail is HUGE! I made the same mistake with a turbo snail, luckily i had a friend with a 40 gallon refug. So hes still chilling out there. Those frags are really nice i love the green zoas. Awesome update, keep up the good work ! Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Time for the big update of the tank. It almost feels like a restart of it. Old set up: Battling some cyano I've received almost all my new system to complete the upgrade of the tank: The ATU3 pro for top ups: And of course, the main part, my Marine Pac 3: Unpacking and setting up: I've used my Marine Pure spheres from my initial set up in the second level of the MP3 as this product is too good to pass All put together: Now putting everything in the tank: I'm missing picture of the ATU 3 install yet and the final update when I'll get my Bluefish controller system. Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Some shot of the tank post install. Got cloudy water initially, sorry for the pictures with my new corals: New Corals: I'll get better picture soon when my water will be back clear and my diatom bloom gone Link to comment
BRN Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Nice stuff, which mode did you set the mp10? Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Nice stuff, which mode did you set the mp10? I'm using the reef-crest on lvl 4-5 Link to comment
Neill.w Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Looking good! If that outlet hose is a bit short let me know, I can send you another! Cheers, Link to comment
Bunster Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Marine pure spheres are good. How's the skimmer working out? Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Marine pure spheres are good. How's the skimmer working out? I agree. The skimmer is stil a work in progress. Breaking the pump until I can get a stable flow is the tricky bit for now. I'm fighting some diatom and my cyan is back a bit . So hopefully I'll get the benefit of it soon :0 Link to comment
BRN Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Hey do you take your sun coral out of the tank to feed it? Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Hey do you take your sun coral out of the tank to feed it? I can target feed it with a long coral feeder "turkey baster". I need the controller to regulate the light tho, it doesn't like the bright white right now, even under the rocks. Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Few extra shot of the system running: Sorry for the loud sound there. Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 A few shot of the corals today: Still fighting with some cyano and algae Link to comment
BRN Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Maybe some of your cyano and algae is coming from excess nutrients when you feed your sun coral, my buddy just had issues with that recently. Not cyano, but i guess its the same concept? Anyway, he puts his in separate containers to feed them now, and his algae problems have receded. Link to comment
mpad Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Nice video. You have a very similar setup to what I gonna get. I decided to go for a tetra whisper as airpump, and a rw4 cause I can't afford the mp10 right now. The refloat ATO looks nice. does it come with those hooks? Did you see it in action? The fan noise is killing. I was really shocked when I tested my mp3. But it will be all better with a controller. According to Neill the fan is not really temperature controlled but uses the pwm signal from the controller. That's OK, but real temp control would be nicer. I spent the last 15 years with passive cooling of PC Hardware, so I am a bit critical about fan noises. Eventually I will do some fan controller mod, just to control the fan individually from the light setting. Just a simple potentiometer to dial or sth. Link to comment
Indiana Reefin Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Wow amazing tank!! Your tank looks so clean. The snail smoking is actually breeding. Snails breed all time in my tanks. Kinda anooying because your skimmer can act haywire. I am going to be setting up a Spec V, but I wish I had this style aquarium due to the fact you don't have any space to put equipment in the overflow area. The only skimmer I could fit in the overflow section is a name skimmer, but they are hard to come by anymore Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Nice video. You have a very similar setup to what I gonna get. I decided to go for a tetra whisper as airpump, and a rw4 cause I can't afford the mp10 right now. The refloat ATO looks nice. does it come with those hooks? Did you see it in action? The fan noise is killing. I was really shocked when I tested my mp3. But it will be all better with a controller. According to Neill the fan is not really temperature controlled but uses the pwm signal from the controller. That's OK, but real temp control would be nicer. I spent the last 15 years with passive cooling of PC Hardware, so I am a bit critical about fan noises. Eventually I will do some fan controller mod, just to control the fan individually from the light setting. Just a simple potentiometer to dial or sth. Thank you. The Reefloat ATO come with the little head to drip the water back in the sump (well it drips back in my sump in my setting, but could be set for back in the tank. Works all the same). I'm working at getting a way to adapt the pipe at the moment as it's too big to fit on the back of the MP3, inside the tank column. You can buy the hook on eBay, great stuff. The fan noise is well explained by Neil that designed the system to be run with a controller. Your light settings will then define the fan speed. Quote from Neil: "Yes the fan on the main heatsink will run at full speed when not used with the lighting controller - it is required to do so to keep both the tank and light cool when the light is running at 100% It is really mean to be used with the bluefish though and when you set it in at the usual intensity of say 80% the fan will only make a little noise. At night running just the blues it makes no noise at all. " So I'm excited to test it soon (still waiting for my Bluefish) Wow amazing tank!! Your tank looks so clean. The snail smoking is actually breeding. Snails breed all time in my tanks. Kinda anooying because your skimmer can act haywire. I am going to be setting up a Spec V, but I wish I had this style aquarium due to the fact you don't have any space to put equipment in the overflow area. The only skimmer I could fit in the overflow section is a name skimmer, but they are hard to come by anymore Thank you. This snail is my only turbo that lives on the rocks the all time... doesn't like the glass. The mame skimmer is such a clean design. I'm working on the running of it still and it will take a little while to get it right. It gets some nice yellowy dirty stuff daily tho. Maybe some of your cyano and algae is coming from excess nutrients when you feed your sun coral, my buddy just had issues with that recently. Not cyano, but i guess its the same concept? Anyway, he puts his in separate containers to feed them now, and his algae problems have receded. It's definitely an excess of nutrients from my over feeding and also my lag of flow for quite some times. I believe the new lighting accelerate the growth too. I've been scooping the main patch of cyano during my water change but I can already see it coming back. I've cut my feeding a lot, and I don't feed the sun coral more than a couple of times a week at the moment. I keep your friend's idea in mind tho. But as you know, taking stuff out and back in with this tank, is a bit of a challenge Link to comment
BRN Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Thank you. The Reefloat ATO come with the little head to drip the water back in the sump (well it drips back in my sump in my setting, but could be set for back in the tank. Works all the same). I'm working at getting a way to adapt the pipe at the moment as it's too big to fit on the back of the MP3, inside the tank column. You can buy the hook on eBay, great stuff. The fan noise is well explained by Neil that designed the system to be run with a controller. Your light settings will then define the fan speed. Quote from Neil: "Yes the fan on the main heatsink will run at full speed when not used with the lighting controller - it is required to do so to keep both the tank and light cool when the light is running at 100% It is really mean to be used with the bluefish though and when you set it in at the usual intensity of say 80% the fan will only make a little noise. At night running just the blues it makes no noise at all. " So I'm excited to test it soon (still waiting for my Bluefish) Thank you. This snail is my only turbo that lives on the rocks the all time... doesn't like the glass. The mame skimmer is such a clean design. I'm working on the running of it still and it will take a little while to get it right. It gets some nice yellowy dirty stuff daily tho. It's definitely an excess of nutrients from my over feeding and also my lag of flow for quite some times. I believe the new lighting accelerate the growth too. I've been scooping the main patch of cyano during my water change but I can already see it coming back. I've cut my feeding a lot, and I don't feed the sun coral more than a couple of times a week at the moment. I keep your friend's idea in mind tho. But as you know, taking stuff out and back in with this tank, is a bit of a challenge Ya thats why i was surprised to see the sun coral, haha. You got this! Link to comment
Metatrone-oz Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Maybe some of your cyano and algae is coming from excess nutrients when you feed your sun coral, my buddy just had issues with that recently. Not cyano, but i guess its the same concept? Anyway, he puts his in separate containers to feed them now, and his algae problems have receded. What's your take on this : Usually these guys are spot on. Link to comment
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