William Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 the camera on my IPhone X works pretty well 3 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 A new full tank shot and a close up of my newest addition All were taken with an IPhone X using the aquarium app, and are almost identically to what I see with my eye. 3 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 I’m also using the mixed reef preset on my Nanobox 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Also, does anyone know what type of anemone this is? I thought it was a baby RFA and have been feeding it, but now I’m not so sure ... Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 also, I'm back (for a while, I tend to come and go), and have some updates on the aquarium: The red firefish and radial filefish are dead (eaten by the curlicue anemone, which I am trying to kill, and have been somewhat successful). I found a tiny zebra lionfish at my Lfs ~1" that I bought today, as well as a strawberry conch, $10 giant acro colony (in the wrong bin and I went at a slow time) and two blasto frags. certain corals in my tank have done very well (gorgonian, Duncan, leather, blue/green acro, birds nest, lepestrea) while others, have not. The winners and losers are very random and have not really made much sense. I have started doing water changes again as well (After 4 months). I would routinely test the water and it was always fine, but I stated to notice some unhappy coral. Future stocking plans: leopard puffer or mimic saddle puffer (filefish) or pair of radial filefish coral beauty or flame angelfish Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 hour ago, William said: also, I'm back (for a while, I tend to come and go), and have some updates on the aquarium: The red firefight and radial filefish are dead (eaten by the curlicue anemone, which I am trying to kill, and have been somewhat successful). I found a tiny zebra lionfish at my bfs ~1" that I bought today, as well as a strawberry conch, $10 giant across colony (in the wrong bin and I went at a slow time) and two blasto frags. certain corals in my tank have done very well (gorgonian, Duncan, leather, blue/green acro, birds nest, lepestrea) while others, have not. The winners and losers are very random and have not really made much sense. I have started doing water changes again as well (After 4 months). I would routinely test the water and it was always fine, but I stated to notice some unhappy coral. Future stocking plans: leopard puffer or mimic saddle puffer (filefish) or pair of radial filefish coral beauty or flame angelfish The mimic saddle puffers are awesome! One of my favorites. Tank looks awesome! Didn't you have a pair of waspfish? Still have them? Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 I have one, one of them died last summer during a heat wave (I was out of town and the tank got up to 88 degrees, I plan to buy a chiller for this summer). Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Tank is really looking great. How are you liking the new preset? -Dave 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 50 minutes ago, DaveFason said: Tank is really looking great. How are you liking the new preset? -Dave Thanks! And i absolutely love it 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Wow. Love this tank! Wonderful scape and corals. 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 I think I’m going to try to clean up my sump and ancillary equipment this weekend and redo my dosing apparatus... I’ll post pics of the final result. Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 While this may not seem like much, it was a 5 hour undertaking..... organized all the cords and redid all of my Dosing lines (used arterial line pressure tubing), and recalibrated my Doser. Tomorrow I’m going to actually clean it.... 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Here is a reference photo from over a year ago..... it looked much worse before I organized it today 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Ended up picking up a flame angel from a fellow NYC reefer, will post pics when I get home from work tmro. Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Also, I’m pretty sure my red snapping shrimp killed my Blood red cleaner shrimp and possibly my firefish.. Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 I decided to automate more of my dosing, so now I have my acropower (3ml/day) and phols extra(2m/day) on the doser. hopefully this will make my corals happier. I plan to capture my snapping shrimp, and would be happy to give it to anyone in the NYC area. New pics of the Flame angel and red shroom I got from a fellow NYC reefer, as well as the $5 blasto frag I got from a LFS: photos shot on an iPhone X using the aquarium app. the nanobox is on the mixed reef mode with the pumps on. 2 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 The flame angel is a beautiful fish and looks great in your lush tank. Hopefully its not a picker. Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Any idea what this snail is? I just saw it today (tank has been up for 18 months) Quote Link to comment
flatlandreefer Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 13 hours ago, William said: Any idea what this snail is? I just saw it today (tank has been up for 18 months) Looks like a nassarious too me. It is surprising to see it on the glass though if that is what it is, they usually stick to the sand bed. Quote Link to comment
William Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, flatlandreefer said: Looks like a nassarious too me. It is surprising to see it on the glass though if that is what it is, they usually stick to the sand bed. It pretty much only stays on the glass Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 You've built a beautiful system @William! How is your new flame angelfish doing? Quote Link to comment
William Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: You've built a beautiful system @William! How is your new flame angelfish doing? Thanks! And he/she is doing great 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 The tank is doing well, my dwarf lion was found dead this am ... (in the big RFA) .... but he has not eaten well from the start my calcium was low, 380, when I checked it today, so I will have to increase my calcium dosing. I am seeing really great results with dosing acropower daily as well as brightwell aminos daily. Pics arw are with the aquarium camera app with different amounts of white balance Quote Link to comment
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