Clown79 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Very cool rockwork. What powerhead are you using? 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 7 hours ago, Clown79 said: Very cool rockwork. What powerhead are you using? It’s a MJ600. The body is the same for both 400 and 600 so I went with more flow but the suction cup mounting bracket is massive. Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 really cool and unique. Love it. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 9 hours ago, tanacharison said: It’s a MJ600. The body is the same for both 400 and 600 so I went with more flow but the suction cup mounting bracket is massive. My hydor Pico came with this awful suction housing too. There's no way anyone would want that in their tank! I ended up laying the Pico on a rock. Do you have a hydor 240or maybe find one used. 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 On 10/15/2017 at 5:37 PM, Clown79 said: My hydor Pico came with this awful suction housing too. There's no way anyone would want that in their tank! I ended up laying the Pico on a rock. Do you have a hydor 240or maybe find one used. I’m going to play around with it Tuesday and hopefully I find something I like! I keep wanting to go mainly non photosynthetic but also keep telling myself I’m crazy! 1 Quote Link to comment
Rene Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 minute ago, tanacharison said: I’m going to play around with it Tuesday and hopefully I find something I like! I keep wanting to go mainly non photosynthetic but also keep telling myself I’m crazy! Seriously you should try it! I had a NPS 2.5 gallon with sun corals and some of the easier NPS dendros for around two years without problems. I just did regular massive water changes aftwr each feeding and it was all good. The only reason I took it down was a cross country move and a choice between tanks... 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Just now, Rene said: Seriously you should try it! I had a NPS 2.5 gallon with sun corals and some of the easier NPS dendros for around two years without problems. I just did regular massive water changes aftwr each feeding and it was all good. The only reason I took it down was a cross country move and a choice between tanks... That’s exactly what I want to do!!! What did you feed them? I think if i’m going to do something different and challenging I should try corals I don’t already have growing. Quote Link to comment
Rene Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I fed frozen cyclop-eeze (when you could get that), frozen mysis, and some weird powdered food by (I think) Julian Sprung that was called "reef bugs" if I recall. Also a variety pack of frozen marine meaty foods (mussel, silversides, brine) chopped finely and sometimes blended with Selcon. The gorgonians actually did seem to consume the "reef bugs" and the cyclop-eeze but there are far better foods available now. I stopped feeding Selcon because it made an oily mess of everything. But I saw growth on the tubastrea and diodogorgia on this routine. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Taking pictures is going to be hard! 10 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I love how this one is going! You'll be able to grow a nice mix of corals with low light ones on the bottom and high light ones on the top. 2 Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hi! Just a reminder to please pm me your November full tank shot (FTS) along with the link to your build thread by the end of the day on November 30th. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Ordered some corals from the @Legendary Corals sale for the pico! Finally adding something. 4 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I am looking forward to see your tower with coral. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 20 hours ago, tanacharison said: Ordered some corals from the @Legendary Corals sale for the pico! Finally adding something. Me too! Spent way too much lol. Looking forward to it! 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 12 hours ago, vlangel said: I am looking forward to see your tower with coral. Thanks! Your pico is coming along very well. 1 hour ago, Lula_Mae said: Me too! Spent way too much lol. Looking forward to it! Same, I averaged $13 a coral with shipping so it was totally worth it this time! I'm excited to see what you picked up. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 11 hours ago, tanacharison said: Thanks! Your pico is coming along very well. Same, I averaged $13 a coral with shipping so it was totally worth it this time! I'm excited to see what you picked up. Nice! I came out more like $17 but had several pieces in the $20-30 range which drove it up. But I finally got a petroglyph so I'm pretty excited! 2 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Some new additions! Green and Gold Clove Polyps LC Galaxy Favia and War Coral TSG Watermelon Psammacora Blue Eye Leptastrea 6 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 7 hours ago, tanacharison said: Some new additions! Green and Gold Clove Polyps LC Galaxy Favia and War Coral TSG Watermelon Psammacora Blue Eye Leptastrea Your stuff looks great! Mine's all closed up and angry...possibly partly because FedEx did not deliver until after 6 pm... 2 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 That watermelon psammy... 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Nothing to really update just rambling over a cold beer.. no algae yet but only time will tell. I’m running a 6 hour light cycle in the evening and doing my water change with AF Pro Bio in hopes it won’t explode. I’ve also added AF Energy twice a week thinking it’s less likely to gunk up the tank than reef roids. I’ve had to put my 25wt neotherm heater in due to the cold weather. It was not the greatest idea putting the tank next to my door but couch views are excellent. I picked up a rainbow monti frag but I’m not sure if I want to risk it in the tank. I also thought about fragging my utter chaos and adding it in but it’s adapted to such a stronger light I’m afraid it won’t survive. 2 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Tank looks very cool. It's very unique. Love the new corals! 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Clove polyps encrusted and several new heads.. psammy and leptastrea both fluffy and looking to encrust. Also in come algae/diaoms... Mixing up some red sea blue bucket now! 3 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I also have an orange leptatrea and mine seems to be entrusting also. It gets very fluffy. Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Just a friendly reminder that if you haven't already, please pm me your December FTS and a link to your build thread by January 5, 2018. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 December FTS 6 Quote Link to comment
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