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Starting to get some brown in the sand. I just got a MAME skimmer for this tank and my 10g and i love them ill have to get some pictures posted. Im also waiting on a part to upgrade my nanobox that Dave said will increase the effeiciency of the fan by 50%!



I have also placed an order for a CUC John will be sending them all shortly :haha:


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Starting to get some brown in the sand. I just got a MAME skimmer for this tank and my 10g and i love them ill have to get some pictures posted. Im also waiting on a part to upgrade my nanobox that Dave said will increase the effeiciency of the fan by 50%!

I have also placed an order for a CUC John will be sending them all shortly :haha:

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Good update :) I'm getting there... slowly. Can't wait to see some life!

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MAME is installed and i love it. I really need to do a water change and clean the sand but that will be later tonight.

 

Im also considering taking some of the sand out and reducing the sand bed a bit. Im afraid that it will just trap way to much detritus so i figured id jump on it before there became to much life in there.

 

24573224099_cb041bfcef.jpg2016-02-10 11.23.34 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

24310290174_e0b8c4f78e.jpg2016-02-10 11.23.55 by drgibby, on Flickr

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MAME is installed and i love it. I really need to do a water change and clean the sand but that will be later tonight.

 

Im also considering taking some of the sand out and reducing the sand bed a bit. Im afraid that it will just trap way to much detritus so i figured id jump on it before there became to much life in there.

 

24573224099_cb041bfcef.jpg2016-02-10 11.23.34 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

24310290174_e0b8c4f78e.jpg2016-02-10 11.23.55 by drgibby, on Flickr

BB the way to go B) but yeah in nano's cleaning up the bottom sucks

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I keep my sand about 1/2" thick. That way there's a place for the snails to live, and I can keep it pretty clean just by squirting it with the turkey baster.

 

That mame looks nice!

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So i have lowered my sand-bed, did a small water change, and received my snails!. They all came so nicely packaged in there own containers. I did what the instructions said and floated them for a while the heating bag in the box was pretty luke warm if that and the paper towels were very cold. After floating the bags i released them all the big ones are just laying around but the little guys are starting to crawl so i have hope that eventually the big ones will come back to life. heres to hoping.

 

Also i Finally got the nano box fan software upgrade to work and it works really well! Thanks Dave for all the help!

 

24334114684_8bdbcbf859.jpg2016-02-11 15.24.38 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

24334100994_22ae542ef9.jpg2016-02-11 15.28.33 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

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So much to post today. Tank was doing well so i went to the LFS and they had a sale on my Firefish so i came home with a pair. My wife has named them Buttercup and Wesley.

24825778339_2e207be113.jpg2016-02-20 17.31.32 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

Wesley is more brave and swims around the tank while Buttercup tends to stay in her cave and only come out when its safe or feeding time.

25100269761_ca1b49d121.jpg2016-02-20 11.26.40 by drgibby, on Flickr25075199192_19b19a2158.jpg2016-02-20 08.18.22 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

I think its fantastic and i really love these fish. They hang out in there cave when they go to sleep or are scared. I also picked up some frags on Sunday and put them in late last night. I probably got more then i should have and i planned on splitting them up between this tank and the 10 but i feel more confident with this one so the majority of them went in here for now. Here we go i picked up Rastas, Armageddon, Fruit loops(which im not sure if they are or not) and my Favorite Midnight Princess Favites

25100250391_34fe0a77ac.jpgcrasta by drgibby, on Flickr

24825809389_91e7734dd4.jpgarma by drgibby, on Flickr

25167149946_9120a0fb0e.jpgloops by drgibby, on Flickr

25075240792_83176bf823.jpgmidnight by drgibby, on Flickr

 

Now The FTS!!

25100244721_2cebc6a7ed.jpgfts 222 by drgibby, on Flickr

we were even lucky to get Wesley in the shot!

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So much to post today. Tank was doing well so i went to the LFS and they had a sale on my Firefish so i came home with a pair. My wife has named them Buttercup and Wesley.

24825778339_2e207be113.jpg2016-02-20 17.31.32 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

Wesley is more brave and swims around the tank while Buttercup tends to stay in her cave and only come out when its safe or feeding time.

25100269761_ca1b49d121.jpg2016-02-20 11.26.40 by drgibby, on Flickr25075199192_19b19a2158.jpg2016-02-20 08.18.22 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

I think its fantastic and i really love these fish. They hang out in there cave when they go to sleep or are scared. I also picked up some frags on Sunday and put them in late last night. I probably got more then i should have and i planned on splitting them up between this tank and the 10 but i feel more confident with this one so the majority of them went in here for now. Here we go i picked up Rastas, Armageddon, Fruit loops(which im not sure if they are or not) and my Favorite midnight princess favia

25100250391_34fe0a77ac.jpgcrasta by drgibby, on Flickr

24825809389_91e7734dd4.jpgarma by drgibby, on Flickr

25167149946_9120a0fb0e.jpgloops by drgibby, on Flickr

25075240792_83176bf823.jpgmidnight by drgibby, on Flickr

 

Now The FTS!!

25100244721_2cebc6a7ed.jpgfts 222 by drgibby, on Flickr

we were even lucky to get Wesley in the shot!

First, how do you tell them apart? Second where's my shout out for being a Badass friend and getting those for you? Third, Midnight Princess Favites ;). Loving this tank. Need to get you a better camera!

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First, how do you tell them apart? Second where's my shout out for being a Badass friend and getting those for you? Third, Midnight Princess Favites ;). Loving this tank. Need to get you a better camera!

I didnt' want to give away my source my bad :ninja: but yes flamingprawn rules and i owe him so much!!! You mean the cell phone doesn't work :tears:

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How often do people feed there fish and corals? I think my fish are pigs!!

I feed my fish once a day and I try to offer different foods to give the widest variety of nutrition possible. Little gobies, anthias and of course my seahorses get fed twice a day. I know that a 4 gallon tank has its own challenges though.

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So how do you feed zoas and faviats? Currently im using a mixture of reef roids and mysis and trying to spot feed but im not really sure it its working.

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So how do you feed zoas and faviats? Currently im using a mixture of reef roids and mysis and trying to spot feed but im not really sure it its working.

 

Mysis is too big for almost any zoanthid. True palythoas (e.g. nuke green, purple death) can take chopped mysis.

 

Generally speaking, target feeding of small particles (roids, coral frenzy, rods food coral blend, ground up pellets) gives good results.

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Mysis is too big for almost any zoanthid. True palythoas (e.g. nuke green, purple death) can take chopped mysis.

 

Generally speaking, target feeding of small particles (roids, coral frenzy, rods food coral blend, ground up pellets) gives good results.

I was thinking mysis would be to big but thought i had seen others do it. Ill leave the mysis out from now on. Thanks for the help. This will prolly also help keep the ammonia down.

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I often spot feed my zoas and palys with spectrum pellets. The .5mm is the perfect size. Just take a straw and drop the pellet inside and hold the straw over the polyp. Works great and my zoas have been very happy with it.

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I often spot feed my zoas and palys with spectrum pellets. The .5mm is the perfect size. Just take a straw and drop the pellet inside and hold the straw over the polyp. Works great and my zoas have been very happy with it.

Wouldn't this irritate the zoa and cause it to close up? or am i reading something wrong

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Wouldn't this irritate the zoa and cause it to close up? or am i reading something wrong

You don't touch the zoa with the straw just hover it 1/4 inch above or so. Then the small pellet drops on and the zoa will grab it.

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Everything seems to be going well. Only one small setback. Wesley the fish either jumped out the small opening in the corner of the tank or was fished out by an annoying cat. I found him on the floor in front of the tank he was already dried out. Sad Sad day. Anywho i have ordered a screen top from smiz and can't wait for it Should look awesome and prevent this from happening again. Ill get pictures up in a couple of days.

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So i had an order from cultivated reef come in last night. They did a wonderful job packing and shipping. There corals are fantastic for the rest of them check out the 10 gallon thread. I put the rainbow ricordia in the 4g and the random starfish hitchhiker in here as well. I had put the devil armor paly in but it looks so similar to the Armageddon tyres that i decided to move it to the 10g and will probably try to remove the polyps from its frag rock and transfer it to another rock. Im nervous for this so any advice will be appreciated. I also changed the rock scape but you'll have to wait for pictures of that.

 

Here are the pictures that i know you all want.

My Favorite Rainbow Ricordia

25079406589_6e38d3396e.jpg2016-03-01 18.53.33 by drgibby, on Flickr

 

random starfish hitchhiker. Any ID on him?

25354081331_686c5127b9.jpg2016-03-01 11.14.27 by drgibby, on Flickr

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