Weetabix7 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 13 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Thanks Weetie! Having only space/money for picos leaves a lot of room for daydreaming lol. Heh, I TOTALLY get that!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 Is my hammer reaching for light, or just finally fully extended? Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 9 hours ago, cvest100 said: Is my hammer reaching for light, or just finally fully extended? Looks happy to me. 2 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 5 hours ago, jack1978 said: Looks happy to me. Yep, agreed . 1 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 8 hours ago, jack1978 said: Looks happy to me. Awesome! 2 hours ago, Weetabix7 said: Yep, agreed . Macros will be here today! 2 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Just now, cvest100 said: Awesome! Macros will be here today! Hooray!!!!!!!! (I will get some Macros tomorrow, hooraaay for me too!!!) 2 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Just now, Weetabix7 said: Hooray!!!!!!!! (I will get some Macros tomorrow, hooraaay for me too!!!) I thought saw something about a super secret surprise! Hooray! I also bought a frag rack that I'm going try something weird with involving the macros... Hope it pans out! Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Macros went in yesterday. Before I did that I did a big 10g WC. Still struggling with my nitrates. Cleaned out the sand bed too. Macros aren't in their final places. Should be getting my rubble today to mount them on. (Thanks again @Lula_Mae!). Have another idea for the frag rack and think this will help me get some height that I've been looking for. Start the photo dump! 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Awesome! What macros did you end up going with? 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 59 minutes ago, cvest100 said: Macros went in yesterday. Before I did that I did a big 10g WC. Still struggling with my nitrates. Cleaned out the sand bed too. Macros aren't in their final places. Should be getting my rubble today to mount them on. (Thanks again @Lula_Mae!). Have another idea for the frag rack and think this will help me get some height that I've been looking for. Start the photo dump! Oooooh, pretty!!! You know Macros like nitrates, right? They like to gobble 'em up. Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Lula_Mae said: Awesome! What macros did you end up going with? I bought the sampler pack and have no idea! Maybe Weetie does? 59 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said: Oooooh, pretty!!! You know Macros like nitrates, right? They like to gobble 'em up. I was hoping it would be like magic and all my problems would disappear over night! ? 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Haha if you can get some close ups might be easier to tell. The big bushy one might be dragon's breath or flame algae or something like that. Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Got my live rock rubble yesterday and think I've got everything where I want it. Wanted some height in the tank so I used the frag rack to support some live rock I moved around. Gave me some really nice places to put corals later on down the road! Sorry for the cloudy pic, still dealing with having to clean the glass every hour!! Might do some testing later today and see where everything's at. 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 11 minutes ago, cvest100 said: Got my live rock rubble yesterday and think I've got everything where I want it. Wanted some height in the tank so I used the frag rack to support some live rock I moved around. Gave me some really nice places to put corals later on down the road! Sorry for the cloudy pic, still dealing with having to clean the glass every hour!! Might do some testing later today and see where everything's at. Nice!! I see Botryocladia, Graciliara Hayi (big bush in front), and Red Graciliara on left I think. I thought I might have seen Dragons Tongue yesterday, but not sure. Can't see enough detail to tell what Macro on right is. 1 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said: Nice!! I see Botryocladia, Graciliara Hayi (big bush in front), and Red Graciliara on left I think. I thought I might have seen Dragons Tongue yesterday, but not sure. Can't see enough detail to tell what Macro on right is. Forgot to post the close ups in the last post! Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 24 minutes ago, cvest100 said: Forgot to post the close ups in the last post! You got a nice selection!! Ok, from top to bottom, here is what you got: Red Graciliara, http://www.live-plants.com/gracilaria.htm Graciliara Hayi, http://www.live-plants.com/redbush.htm Botryocladia, http://www.live-plants.com/redgrape.htm Bryothamnion, http://www.live-plants.com/bryothamnion.htm Dragons Tongue, a variation on this, I think: http://marineplantbook.com/marinebookhalyfloresia.htm 1 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said: You got a nice selection!! Ok, from top to bottom, here is what you got: Red Graciliara, http://www.live-plants.com/gracilaria.htm Graciliara Hayi, http://www.live-plants.com/redbush.htm Botryocladia, http://www.live-plants.com/redgrape.htm Bryothamnion, http://www.live-plants.com/bryothamnion.htm Dragons Tongue, a variation on this, I think: http://marineplantbook.com/marinebookhalyfloresia.htm Thanks Weetie! I wasn't expecting FIVE different species in the sampler. Thought three would be probable. I'm hoping I can move the first one I pictured up on the frag rack to fill in the blank space. It's the "bushiest" of everything I received. Don't want to burn it up with my light though... Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 One more FTS just to show all the flat spots I have now for coral placement! 2 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Still battling this ugliness!! Having to clean the glass every 20 minutes is not fun! Plus it makes the water cloudy... Really need to figure this out. I'm running Chemi-pure blue and purigen in my AC70 with the filter media from inTank. Corals are still opening up fully and fish are still healthy and eating well. (Feeding every other day). My GHA problem seems to be retreating and is now only on one rock and shrinking. Thoughts? Still need to test today and check my nitrates. Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 2 hours ago, cvest100 said: Still battling this ugliness!! Having to clean the glass every 20 minutes is not fun! Plus it makes the water cloudy... Really need to figure this out. I'm running Chemi-pure blue and purigen in my AC70 with the filter media from inTank. Corals are still opening up fully and fish are still healthy and eating well. (Feeding every other day). My GHA problem seems to be retreating and is now only on one rock and shrinking. Thoughts? Still need to test today and check my nitrates. Is it on the glass or in the water? May be some kind of bacterial thing that will run it's course. Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Weetabix7 said: Is it on the glass or in the water? May be some kind of bacterial thing that will run it's course. It's all on the glass. I feel like it's a viscous cycle. I clean the glass and the water is cloudy. If I leave the glass the water is crystal clear....It also only covers the glass where the light touches. It follows weird patterns with the light. Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 We have progress!!! Testing showed I'm finally low on nitrates! Scrubbed off the last of the GHA. ?? Moved a couple things around. Still having to clean the glass off, but it looks like it's not coming back as fast...Time for pics!! 1 Quote Link to comment
cvest100 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 I win.....the undesirables have lost their battle with my macros! GSP was just rolled over by a snail....it got pissed. Everything is still testing well. Going to try and find a few more cheap frags this weekend. Maybe Zoa's, torch...not sure yet. I want to find a fun shrimp too, and my third fish! 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, cvest100 said: I looooove the way Macros suck up nutrients and clean the water. 2 Quote Link to comment
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