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25 Gallon Lagoon Non-Photo Tank


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  • 2 weeks later...

Wow I've never seen a Plesiops. Looks like they can be pretty aggressive eaters. How is he with fish his own size? Nippy at all?

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It's pretty low. Maybe a gallon a week?

 

I have the osmolator hooked up but not running yet. I need more tubing.

Mine is evaporating 48 oz daily

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Wow I've never seen a Plesiops. Looks like they can be pretty aggressive eaters. How is he with fish his own size? Nippy at all?

Mine is mellow. He got his butt kicked by a black tang in a 180 gallon holding tank. He will eat small ornamental shrimp, birtlewoems, and maybe small fish. He lived with small sixlines in my last tank. This particular species is rare, but a grey species trickles in from PI somewhat commonly. Good luck finding one on a wholeseller list, i got mine on a trip to SDC

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Still have the primes? If so, whats your opinion?

 

Still using primes. They work well, but then again I'm not growing anything particularly light sensitive.

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Here's something else I haven't tried in a long time. Diodogorgia strait from a collector. Let's hope the shorter supply chain minimized its damage in transit.


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I like the Diodogorgia so much I got a second one. Clowns have been very hard on any coral that hosts them... so they get a pot instead. They have been laying eggs very frequently. I need to grab another pot so I can exchange them as they lay eggs.


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They work OK. They're a little tricky to dial in the flow, especially with so little pellets. Luckily its easy to breakdown so you can clean it out often.

 

A little bit more about the tank.

 

- I replaced the stock return with an RLSS DC 2500. I keep it on the lowest setting and its blasting out. It is absolutely silent and has a nice feed mode.

 

- I'm using 50mL of All in One pellets. I'll see how it goes. I'm keeping just soft coral and some rare fish I brought with me from SD. I am dosing 2 drops of Zeobak daily to seed the pellets.

 

- I have a Tunze 6040 for flow.

 

Here are some more pictures:

 

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I have a tv next to my setup....it's impossible to watch anything with a reef there

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What kind of sand do you have in there? Or, did you have it there.

 

Caribsea crushed coral. The blue bag.

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Really pretty tank. I'm still so amazed at how many different types of tanks and setups there are in our Nano community. It really is a very diverse and interesting hobby

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Caribsea crushed coral. The blue bag.

 

Not at all. Carib crushed is big enough to put in a calcium reactor. It just removed it because it collected so much uneaten food. I got tired of vacuuming it. The water chemistry was awful....Nitrates well over 100pm and Phosphates off the charts.

 

Damn I love your gorgs, we need more gorgonian tanks. What's your feeding schedule like?

 

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Feeding is done daily. I mix all these foods in a container, let the powder hydrate and then broadcast feed. I dont always kill the flow. I think these types of animals adapt better to faster flowing food. I do turn off the power heads a few times a week and let the food really soak in. Its good for the dendros. I usually put a little food in to initiate a responce then I pour it all in later. On my days off sometimes I'll feed throughout the day. I do a 10 gallon water change weekly and run KZ Carbon, Phosguard, and polyfitler. I also have AIO Biopellets in a CPR tumbler.

 

I travel and want to have a life outside the tank, I have not fed the corals for up to a week with no issues. I tried putting food on my Libra Doser but it fouled within 24 hours. Mini fridge for auto feeding is in the works once I find one that will fit under that stupid IM stand.

 

Lastly I rarely run my skimmer. Maybe 6-12 hours a day if at all. I will say this though, that IM ghost does pull head and responsive even though I'm always turning it on and off. My $600 KZ Revolution is fussier than this thing.

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Some more pictures during feeding... I apologize for the blurry pictures and dying mangrove lol...

 

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