vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I added 3 bags (still need 1 more) of fine oolite sand this morning to make the DSB plateau. I was going to do it one bag at a time but I decided that @Pinner Reef was right. The die off from just the rock surface compared to all the biological filtration this tank has is probably minimal. I did bring my ammonia badge up from the sump so I can keep an eye on things easier. Surprisingly the tank is not overly cloudy but I also put filter floss in the overflow to catch silt. I will try to take a pic soon. 5 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 This is a terrible video in that there is still fine silt in the water column. It will take a couple days for a biofilm to hold it in place. I just wanted to give anyone who was interested a sneak peek of what it looks like. The ponies seem to love their little corky finger island! I like it too because now I can see my little babies without hunting so hard. 9 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 21 minutes ago, vlangel said: This is a terrible video in that there is still fine silt in the water column. It will take a couple days for a biofilm to hold it in place. I just wanted to give anyone who was interested a sneak peek of what it looks like. The ponies seem to love their little corky finger island! I like it too because now I can see my little babies without hunting so hard. I like it! Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 LOVE IT!!!! I think it makes the tank look more natural with a little sand. Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 That looks great!! Your tank has more flow than I thought it would with seahorses. Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Wow Dawn, it turned out awesome, such a natural look! Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, WV Reefer said: I like it! 1 hour ago, fishfreak0114 said: LOVE IT!!!! I think it makes the tank look more natural with a little sand. 34 minutes ago, SeaFurn said: That looks great!! Your tank has more flow than I thought it would with seahorses. 20 minutes ago, Kellie in CA said: 4 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: Wow Dawn, it turned out awesome, such a natural look! Thanks everyone! I am really loving the natural look too, it is exactly what I was going for. Now hopefull I am not wrong about it trapping debris and increasing a pathogenic bacterial count. SeaFurn, that is why I have so much flow, so excess food stays in suspension. There are areas of very high flow, moderate and slow so the ponies can pick what they want. 4 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Sometimes when it rains 'good things,' it pours! Dave, my husband ordered me some macro algaes off ebay (just because he likes to spoil me) and they came today. I was worried because it was quite cold today and I did not know when they were coming. Anyway, they made it in fine shape and were very well packaged. They are small portions but each one was mounted on a frag plug. I stuck them in the new sand plataeu so they can grow. I also got 2 red finger sponges which look really nice. I am excited. 6 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 In this pic you can see 1 of the red sponges on the right beside the gold gorg. 6 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I thought the overall look needed more green so I brought up some cheato from the sump. 6 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I love this view from the side because of all the depth. 7 Quote Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 It looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Looks amazing! Now the ponies can go to the "beach" if they want! 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 2 hours ago, RIP Sebastian said: It looks great! Thanks Nick. I am probably not done tweaking it but I have the general idea now. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Looks amazing! Now the ponies can go to the "beach" if they want! Thanks Lula. The beach is more like a cliff, ha ha! I need to take a pic from that angle so you can see what I mean. 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 16 hours ago, vlangel said: 17 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Looks amazing! Now the ponies can go to the "beach" if they want! I guess it could be a beach with cliffs and sand dunes! 9 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 My husband thought there was not enough height to the scape on the low end. He felt like something tall was needed. I am not sure, I almost feel like the tank is crowded now. What do you think? I really need to take a pic from the other angle, and/or straight on but the sun is reflecting real bad. 3 Quote Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I like the sand addition. Although I think the husband might be right... Perhaps a photosynthetic gorg or more macros on the right might help balance things out. This is really just me giving you a reason to go coral shopping. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, vlangel said: My husband thought there was not enough height to the scape on the low end. He felt like something tall was needed. I am not sure, I almost feel like the tank is crowded now. What do you think? I really need to take a pic from the other angle, and/or straight on but the sun is reflecting real bad. I wouldn’t say crowded but it feels like “more”. 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Yes, I love minimalist tanks but somehow I keep adding stuff and so I never end up having one! ? A FTS almost straight on. 5 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Pinner Reef said: I like the sand addition. Although I think the husband might be right... Perhaps a photosynthetic gorg or more macros on the right might help balance things out. This is really just me giving you a reason to go coral shopping. I do have a baby sargassum growing up on the plateau and it gets tall. Maybe it will grow into exactly what I need?...or I could just go and buy something now, ha ha! ? 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 I hated the tall dead staghorn so too bad about the lack of height, this is the scape I am going with. 7 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 At least this is a little less crowded. 7 1 Quote Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Stunning, as always! 1 Quote Link to comment
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