BelowH2O Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hey everyone, I've been hanging around these forums for around three months now and I finally decided to get off my butt and take some pics of my tank. I inherited this tank from a friend who gave up on freshwater because it was *sigh* "too hard" as I hadn't taken the plunge from fresh to salt yet, I considered this my perfect opportunity. Here is the tank at three months old... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 Shrooms, GSP, Xenia... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 Variety of life... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 Setup: -10 gallon AGA -DIY 60 watt NO canopy (2 actinic, 2 10K) -25 watt submersible heater -Rio 90, and 400 powerheads -Fluval 204, I run this with carbon and sponges, which I clean during water changes -8 lbs fiji liverock -5 lbs Tonga branch liverock -1 bag Carib Sea aragonite Livestock: -Purple Firefish (died) -Six-line Wrasse (died) -2 cleaner shrimp -lots of Astrea snails -a couple blue legged hermits -a couple red reef hermits -Green Striped Mushrooms -Xenia -Green Star Polyps -Orange and Brown Zoanthids -Blue Ricordia -Blue striped mushrooms -Irridescent blue/purple dotted mushroom -Red Blastomussa W. -Purple/red w/lime rings, Blastomussa W. -Devil's Hand -Orange Ricordia Yuma -Various different color zoas -Brown Palythoa Plus the normal assortment of pods, worms, sponges, small feather dusters etc... Additives: I try not to add much, but what has proved successful so far is: -Kent Liquid calcium: I dose this twice a week, 2-4 drops depending on the last time I changed water. -Kent Coral Accel: Seems to make everything look a little more full and healthy. I use this once a week dosing around four drops, I found this dose increases the growth rate, without anything getting out of control. (I don't use this the weeks of my water change) -Kalkwasser: I use this in my top off water which I usually replace when needed. -Mysis Shrimp: I feed the tank once a week with about half a cube...the blastos, ricordia, and cleaner shrimp really love this treat. Link to comment
SoBe Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Looks great! But are you planning on adding more live rock? Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 I have planned to add more live rock, but at the moment I am holding off because I have been buying larger frags and I feel if I add too much rock right now it will give me less options for frag placement. Link to comment
ChloroPhil Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 That's a good looking tank. I'm always excited to see someone use a 10g rather than a minibow or nanocube and you've done a bang up job so far. Please keep us updated. Best, Phil Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 Thanks Phil, I'll try my best to keep you guys up to date. Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 Mushrooms from above... Link to comment
quandary_23 Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 I don't know about adding more lr, it looks fine to once it fills out some. I added alot to my cube, but now I think I have too much and not alot of swimming room for the clown so I will be upgrading tanks soon from a 12 cube to 37 cube. I like it the way it is. Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 Quandry_23, Thanks for the reply. Really the more I think about it the less I feel I need more liverock. I think your right about the tank filling in. Once I put a couple more frags in it should be smooth sailing. I meant to ask...is the 37 gallon your upgrading to a cube? I've been thinking about setting up an oceanic 30 gallon. Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 six-line hunting for dinner around zoo's Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 The epitome of a college student...propagating shrooms in spare jello shot cups! I cut a circle in the lid in order for the fragments to get some flow without blowing away in the current. After a week or so I place all the cuttings on a frag of liverock and rubberband a piece of mesh silk fabric over the rock. I have made one rock so far with three heads and total attachment time was a little over two weeks. Pretty good for my first time I think? Let me know if you have any more questions or suggestions. Here are some pics... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 placed in the substrate... Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 congrats on your shroom propagtion, jello cups were a good idea Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 New Ricordia!!! w/ 6 line wrasse... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Blue ricordia from LFS, Austin Aqua Dome... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Snail trying to burn out... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Green and blue mushroom frag/cuttings, blue/purple ricordia cutting...anyone in central TX with ricordia/zoos/shrooms want to trade, let me know! Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 left view of tank, 3 months 23 days old Link to comment
ELGORDOINAVW Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 tank looks great looks like you need to DIY surface skimmer, great job on propagating your corals- Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 Yeah, the lack of a surface skimmer has been bugging me for a while. I do have my Rio 90 pointed upwards to disturb the surface, but it only helps a small area, somewhere around 5 x 5 inches. One solution I tried was to buy the surface skimmer attachment for my fluval, only to the dismay of it being huge and taking up a big chunk of my tank ( I scrapped that idea). Using the same filtration I have, does anyone have some ideas for a small surface skimmer? I have thought about setting up an overflow to sump, but at the moment its not very cost effective. So, for now I change the water bi-monthly, top-off every few days, and have the powerhead pointed up there (seems to keep the film somewhat in check). ~BH20 Link to comment
3gEclipseGuy Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Hey would love to trade.... would like some of the blue ricordea. Link to comment
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