mitten_reef Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 This tank has fantastic colors! Great photos too! Can we see more of that deep blue gorg from the above post in focus, please ? I wish I can keep some more NPS (currently have orange flower sponge and a mennella gorg), but I don't think my AIO setup will allow the heavy feeding required for them..., not enough room for extra filtration needed. 2 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 10 hours ago, micoastreefing said: This tank has fantastic colors! Great photos too! Can we see more of that deep blue gorg from the above post in focus, please ? I wish I can keep some more NPS (currently have orange flower sponge and a mennella gorg), but I don't think my AIO setup will allow the heavy feeding required for them..., not enough room for extra filtration needed. Thank you. Yea filtration and water changes are key. The skimmer is rated for twice the size of my water volume.. and still may be a bit small. It's actually purple 6 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 15 hours ago, GregEmmitte said: Yay for baby dendros! Is that a pastel pink coco worm at the top center in the video? 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 @Lula_Mae it's actually red and white Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 1 minute ago, GregEmmitte said: @Lula_Mae it's actually red and white Oh wow! It looks pink in the pics lol. Bet it's a stunner! 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 I dig them, mostly because they're hard tubed and easy to mount. The soft ones you have to bury in the sand Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 24 minutes ago, GregEmmitte said: I dig them, mostly because they're hard tubed and easy to mount. The soft ones you have to bury in the sand Or tuck in the rocks, and they'll attach themselves like mine did (including Miracle Max who came back from the dead, sort of). 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Or tuck in the rocks, and they'll attach themselves like mine did (including Miracle Max who came back from the dead, sort of). I had a few launch thier crowns and grow new ones a few weeks later Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 13 hours ago, GregEmmitte said: I had a few launch thier crowns and grow new ones a few weeks later Yeah, this one jumped his tube after the move, started to rebuild in a different spot, then I transferred to the bigger tank and he dropped his crown and after a day or two I couldn't even see his little wormy head...until a few weeks later I noticed his new crown in the back! 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Build a live phytoplankton constant feeder. 4 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 53 minutes ago, GregEmmitte said: Build a live phytoplankton constant feeder. This is cool!! 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Weetabix7 said: This is cool!! Thank you! We'll see how it goes. And of course to be a total nerd I had to use a Fiji bottle lol 2 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Got a few new scleros, sun polyps. Lost the clam ( I moved him and tore his foot, though I felt no resistance. ) I also moved the light back towards the overflow to darken things up a bit. Dropped a ball of chaeto in the overflow and one in the sump. Threw in 4 peppermint shrimp in the refugium in hopes that they'll both eat and reproduce eggs and larvae that will become food for fish and coral. 6 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 New additions in the mail 3 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Update: went off the deep end. Total NPS. I'll have pics tomorrow as I had to move some coral around, and they're not happy with me lol. Meanwhile.. coffee anyone? 1 2 Quote Link to comment
xEL Chupacabrax Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 This tank is just pure awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment
MockandRoll Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Tank looks great. How are the anthias doing? 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 28 minutes ago, MockandRoll said: Tank looks great. How are the anthias doing? The dominant Anthia starved out the other two.. I'll wait until I build a 200G before I get Anthias again. heres an FTS and two videos from right now. whatever isn't open is either still new or pissed off lol. I also moved the kessil back and lower to reduce lighting. 5 Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 18 hours ago, GregEmmitte said: The dominant Anthia starved out the other two.. I'll wait until I build a 200G before I get Anthias again. heres an FTS and two videos from right now. whatever isn't open is either still new or pissed off lol. I also moved the kessil back and lower to reduce lighting. Love this tank.....TOTM yet? 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Thank you! I'm flattered but I don't think I'm there just yet lol Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 19 hours ago, GregEmmitte said: The dominant Anthia starved out the other two.. I'll wait until I build a 200G before I get Anthias again. heres an FTS and two videos from right now. whatever isn't open is either still new or pissed off lol. I also moved the kessil back and lower to reduce lighting. I am always absolutely blown away by the beauty of this tank every time I see it. How did the live phyto doser system work for you? Interested to see how the Peps in the refugium work out. 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Just now, Weetabix7 said: I am always absolutely blown away by the beauty of this tank every time I see it. How did the live phyto doser system work for you? Interested to see how the Peps in the refugium work out. The peps are just being peps. I got the phyto doser working though I have to blow it out sometimes. As the phyto grows it gets clumpy. I'll have to wind up doing the fridge thing. Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 1 minute ago, GregEmmitte said: The peps are just being peps. I got the phyto doser working though I have to blow it out sometimes. As the phyto grows it gets clumpy. I'll have to wind up doing the fridge thing. Did you notice any differences in the tank after you started dosing the live Phyto? Quote Link to comment
Thunder Goose Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Fantastic tank, I just discovered this thread. Following. 1 Quote Link to comment
GregEmmitte Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said: Did you notice any differences in the tank after you started dosing the live Phyto? Not so much.. main difference is the water has a greenish tint to it. My biggest reason for doing it was for the scleronephthyas. I had a small one when I had the biocube full of LPS and whatnot. It withered down and almost died. As soon as I started dosing live phyto it started to perk back up and open polyps. That's why I purchased additional scleros. I also rest easy for my flame scallop. And those little blue/green scallops that you get on zoas colonies, they're living as well. They typically die in cleaner tanks. Nitrates are still 40ppm but nitrites are 0 and I assume phosphate is not an issue. I have growth with macros and I use phosgaurd. Also I see evidence of enough calcium with the dendros and sun corals growing new heads and starting to branch. its really gotten to the point where I only test new salt water before the water change. If I look at the tank and everything looks good I just leave it be. I do however change 12 gallons a week so I know that's helps. the goal is to have success with dendronephthya. But I really think I'm going to wait on that until I build a 200 gallon cube. I'd like a shoal of 10-12 Anthias and also use ozone. If I'm going to use ozone I want that plummed outside the house. Carnations grow in murky water so I think the biggest things to control would be phosphates and ammonia. 4 Quote Link to comment
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