YaBoyLaj Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well, it finally happened, i got a new tank Its a JBJ Nano Cube DX Used that i got for $100 but with everything invested came to roughly 300, not too bad compared to my 30 lol I'm planning on doing a strictly LPS and Gorg tank, no skimmer, but lots of media, may invest in a skimmer in the near future, but dosing and W/C's will be used at first just to try it out. I got some sweet rock pieces and the scape was inspired by Teeny's IM 40, I absolutely love that layout. The main reason i got a small tank is so when i'm off to college in 1.5 yrs, i'll be able to take this guy with me. Equipment: Rio 400 Kent Bio Sponge Regular Black filter sponge Seachem Sea Gel Jaeger Heater JBJ Surface Skimmer IM Spin Stream And the classic floating thermometer Inverts: 6 Redleg Hermit Crabs 4 Astrea Snails 2 Nassarius Snails Blue Coral Banded Shrimp Randall's Pistol Shrimp Sexy Shrimp Rock Flower Anemone Fish: Tangaroa Goby Bimaculatus Blenny Yellow Rose Antenna Goby Corals: 2x Hammers Trumpets Acans Photosynthetic Gorgonian Encrusting Gorgonian Zoanthids Toadstool Leather Green Sinularia Pulse Xenia Blasto Sun Corals Duncan Photosynthetic Sponge Mint Green Pipe Organ 4 Quote Link to comment
jcolletteiii Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Nice! I like the minimal rockwork and the abundant sand. Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Nice! I like the minimal rockwork and the abundant sand. Thanks! I plan on using the open area for larger pieces like meat/scolymia corals Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 So, I'm starting to finally see some red forming on the rocks closest to the lights, yay. Quote Link to comment
Nomoreammo Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 That's a really neat scape. I've not seen rock against walls very often. Take more pics! Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Well, its been quite a while since i updated, tank is running awesome! I've just been pretty busy. I picked up my C.U.C 2 weeks ago and they did a great job, also grabbed my first fish today as well, a small geometric pygmy perchlet, i've kept 2 in the past and this one has been at the store for 3 months and i love him so much, he's got lots of pink on him with a little bit of red, but LOTS of pink haha. The parameters are spot on and i added seachem sea gel 2 days ago and the water has cleared noticeably. Pics tomorrow, the perchlet darts at the first sight of camera or phone, but seems to not mind me lol Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Making some progress with feeding the perchlet, mysis seems to be my best bet ATM! Still not very photogenic... sorry Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Alright so, figured i'd update, i moved the lps and gorg out of my old tank and are thriving in the new 12. I took home a small green tipped hammer an he is doing great aswell, sadly right after my last update my perchlet died, he was too stressed and i jumped the gun on getting him. My new fish is a small neon dottyback who has been happily swimming through his network of rocks for about 20 days now. He eats like a pig and follws me around the tank when i'm walking by or just stares at me while i'm doing homework Hopefully i will add some coral(s) today and will get pics up asap! Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Heres what i have for now, just some random pics, plus the new fishy (his name is crest cuz he reminds me of toothpaste lol) Tangaroa Goby Free macro from work, no idea what it is... but its pretty and growing well Crest Acclimation, that sounds weird haha Coraline coming in on the glass... and drip line photobomb FTS SOON! Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 So the tank is doing great, Acans have puffed up again after a little fit they threw, my water was too clean lol crest got into the back chambers so I spent a good 30 minutes getting him out... there are a ton of tube worms back there, small chambers and I have sausage fingers so I got a few cuts, but it was worth it hopefully I'll add some new corals this week, but I'm really saving for MAX I'm going with the intent for Acans so I guess we'll see how that rolls out Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 ok so ummm.... yeah this is a diary but idc, but anyway tank is thriving and i'm thrilled, the bimaculatus, tangaroa and blue banded stenopus are feeding and doing great! Still no skimmer but weekly 25% w/c's and dosing reef fusion parts one and two are really working wonders. The macro has easily tripled in size, and every other coral is doing really well I added some encrusting green gorg on an island rock and on the back wall and he is starting to open and got his first feeding last night, it's so freakin cool watching gorgs eat haha And here is a small "FTS" video 4 Quote Link to comment
HIppieRose Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Thank you so much for sharing. Really enjoyed that. 1 Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Awesome nano fish bro, did you get those locally? 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I loved the video and I love your fish too. Gobies are the cutest things. That gorg was really cool when you fed it. I have to say it again great video. 1 Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 19 hours ago, Narzyzz_12 said: Awesome nano fish bro, did you get those locally? Yeah since i work at the LFS, i get dibs on the fish when they come in, its a dick move but thats just who i am 20 hours ago, HIppieRose said: Thank you so much for sharing. Really enjoyed that. Thanks, glad you enjoyed! 19 hours ago, vlangel said: I loved the video and I love your fish too. Gobies are the cutest things. That gorg was really cool when you fed it. I have to say it again great video. Thanks! I plan on getting some other species of gobies, this tank is meant to be a haven for small fish/inverts, i plan on adding a masked goby, green banded goby/ies and my absolute dream goby is a pink eyed goby or any species of host goby, but i've never seen them for sale As far as inverts, i have my blue stenopus in here and he is an elusive thing, but he is gorgeous, as soon as they are in stock at KP i'll also add a micro basket star, i feed the gorg almost daily so the basket would be chubby in no time and i just added some encrusting green gorgonian which are the exact same care level at the one i already have so of course i fell in love with them too haha, hopefully i can add some more gorgs soon, plume,ribbon,catcus even though they're pretty hard to find lol 1 Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 I looked back at when i first mounted my red bush macro...its tripled in size Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 I cant find my blenny i hope he's either hiding or in the back... or worse, my blue stenopus may have gotten to him, everything else is doing pretty well tho Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 Oh yeah, and my green tipped hammer sprouted a baby! Pics later Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 found my bimaculatus in the back of the tank grazing on the sponge he's back in the actual TANK lol Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 So, lots have changed, I've been busy with school and all that stuff, just a few more weeks! Tangaroan, bimaculatus and coral banded all going strong! New dudes include sexy shrimp, yellow rose antenna/randalls pistol pair, blasto, RFA, toadstool, sun corals, duncan, sinularia, a few hammer babies and more I'll try to get a FTS up later 1 Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Do you own the ADORABLE frogfish in your icon?! Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Wow I've been off for a while, so here we go. First off, the tank is doing pretty great, heres the list of stock, RFA, Frogspawn, Blue Tip Torch, x2 hammer both of which have shown amazing growth, green sinularia/nepthea idk which one lol, toadstool leather, green polyp leather, kenya tree, acans, blasto, sun coral frag who's fat and happy, trumpets, photosynthetic gorg (corky finger), encrusting gorg, pulse xenia, duncans, photosynthetic purple sponge and some zoas! Fish hasn't changed too much, tangaroan goby, bimaculatus blenny, yellow rose antenna goby and inverts- blue coral banded shrimp, sexy shrimp, randals pistol shrimp and thats it! I've been gone for a while for a few reasons, online chem class, work and my internship, I'll try and get a FTS up ASAP, ik I've said that before, but I mean it this time! On 6/22/2017 at 4:16 PM, samnaz said: Do you own the ADORABLE frogfish in your icon?! I'm so sorry to just be responding to this! No i don't, but I wish i did!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, ThePaontedFrogfish said: Beautiful video! Everything is so peaceful and serene. Quote Link to comment
YaBoyLaj Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 6 hours ago, vlangel said: Beautiful video! Everything is so peaceful and serene. Haha, thanks! Its very rare that something isn't closed due to something walking on/over it but i'm pretty happy how everything is going at the moment! 1 Quote Link to comment
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