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My first ever livestock online order!

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I've never ordered online in the past just because I like to see what I'm getting first and shipping is usually really expensive.  

Diver's Den alleviated all of that with their WYSIWYG and free shipping for orders > $99!  

I couldn't be anymore happy with my order!  They send it UPS which actually sends you an Uber like map of the delivery truck.  

 

Heat pack! and Gas-X!

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quadruple bagged!

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have always wanted one of these guys after seeing it on the cover of a marine depot catalog years back

 

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while the fish arrived in what seems to be perfect health, i can't really comment on the bubble coral.  we shall see

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Your goby looks like a different species than what LA has listed on the bag. Is it what you were expecting?  Maybe that is a stress coloration?  It is pretty but I've just never seen them look like that before

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18 hours ago, Tamberav said:

Fish looks great! The bubble coral looks fleshy too, just closed.

The fish acclimated nicely.  The bubble coral still has not opened up fully but it's getting there!

 

16 hours ago, Indiana Reefin said:

Beautiful!! I love that blenny! 

Yea..he's awesome!  Every tank needs at least 1 blenny.  

 

1 hour ago, Rene said:

Your goby looks like a different species than what LA has listed on the bag. Is it what you were expecting?  Maybe that is a stress coloration?  It is pretty but I've just never seen them look like that before

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The pictures above actually show 2 separate bags.  In total, I ordered a pair of green banded gobies, 1 blue-dashed blenny, and 1 bubble coral.

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1 hour ago, reefrook said:

The fish acclimated nicely.  The bubble coral still has not opened up fully but it's getting there!

 

Yea..he's awesome!  Every tank needs at least 1 blenny.  

 

The pictures above actually show 2 separate bags.  In total, I ordered a pair of green banded gobies, 1 blue-dashed blenny, and 1 bubble coral.

Oooh!  That explains it!

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Been dosing 2 part for the past 6 days.  I'm aiming for a schedule that keeps my alk steady.

I started with 8 mL of both parts daily spread out in 8 doses.

(tested with Hanna)

2/28 PM 7.514 dkh

3/1   AM 7.616 dkh

         PM 7.952 dkh

3/2   AM 8.064 dkh

         PM 8.176 dkh

3/3   AM 8.456 dkh

 

Surprisingly, I'm in pretty good shape.  Although the levels increase, it increases only by a little and does it steadily.  I cut it back to 7mL spread out in 7 doses.  Hopefully that's the magic number.

 

In other news, with his recent visit to the big city, the staghorn traded his SUV for an easy to park mini coop.

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the bubble coral from Diver's Den is settling in nicely

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the blenny is up to something...per usual

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and the rainford is just minding his own

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On 3/3/2018 at 12:37 PM, reefrook said:

Been dosing 2 part for the past 6 days.  I'm aiming for a schedule that keeps my alk steady.

I started with 8 mL of both parts daily spread out in 8 doses.

(tested with Hanna)

2/28 PM 7.514 dkh

3/1   AM 7.616 dkh

         PM 7.952 dkh

3/2   AM 8.064 dkh

         PM 8.176 dkh

3/3   AM 8.456 dkh

 

Surprisingly, I'm in pretty good shape.  Although the levels increase, it increases only by a little and does it steadily.  I cut it back to 7mL spread out in 7 doses.  Hopefully that's the magic number.

 

In other news, with his recent visit to the big city, the staghorn traded his SUV for an easy to park mini coop.

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the bubble coral from Diver's Den is settling in nicely

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the blenny is up to something...per usual

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and the rainford is just minding his own

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Looks great! May I ask about your Hanna results? My dkh only reads in .1 increments. Which one are you using to get such fine tuned results?  

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1 hour ago, JcSH2o said:

Looks great! May I ask about your Hanna results? My dkh only reads in .1 increments. Which one are you using to get such fine tuned results?  

And just now I found out that there is a Hanna Alk Checker that gives readings in dkh....doh!!!

The one I have gives readings in PPM.  So I take that reading and multiply it by .056 to convert it to dkh.  

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Christopher Marks

Somehow I missed your return @reefrook, welcome back!

 

Great system you've built, I like the side overflow and return. How is the random flow return nozzle working out?

 

Any more shots of that little clownfish? There's something pleasing about those unusual markings.

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On 3/6/2018 at 8:59 AM, Christopher Marks said:

Somehow I missed your return @reefrook, welcome back!

 

Great system you've built, I like the side overflow and return. How is the random flow return nozzle working out?

 

Any more shots of that little clownfish? There's something pleasing about those unusual markings.

@Christopher Marks, the nozzle worked great...provided what seemed to be random flow.  The only problem was that my tank is too shallow.  With the high return rate, sand was getting pushed around.  I took it off and now just have a straight stream right under the surface.  The randomness comes from the opposing flow out of the MP10 that's on reef crest mode.

 

here's some more pics of the little guy.  he's a mouth breather... i dont know if its injury or if he was just born that way but his mouth is always open.

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4 days ago I changed my 2-part dosing from 8 mL/day to 7mL/day and I think I have it dialed in.  Might be too early to tell, but the Alk looks to be stable!

2/28 PM 7.514 

3/1   AM 7.616 

         PM 7.952 

3/2   AM 8.064 

         PM 8.176 

3/3   AM 8.456 (dialed it down to 7mL)

         PM 8.624 

3/4   AM 8.624 

         PM 8.792 

         PM 8.568 (after a 15% water change)

3/5   AM 8.4      

         PM 8.624 (calcium at 420)

3/6   AM 8.568 

         PM 8.568

3/7   AM 8.4

         PM 8.512 (calcium at 410)

 

I'll keep monitoring the alk levels daily for another week or so.  If it holds steady, I can cut back on the testing.

 

one other change i made was with my lighting schedule.  I downloaded a schedule from battlecoral... his schedule had good reviews and with a name like that, he has to be trusted!

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My corals were doing fine at first but maybe a week ago, they didn't quite have the same PE.  I started thinking that the almost 14 hour schedule was just too much light.  So last night I switched it up to the AB+ schedule and run it for 12 hours.  

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Came home today and my stylo was in full form!  First time in a week.  I have a par meter coming in but until then I think I'll go with this light schedule.

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Christopher Marks
3 hours ago, reefrook said:

After taking his talents to a smaller shell, the king is back. Funny little critter. 

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Haha this is incredible! You'll have to get a video clip of him dragging that beast around! ?

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I loved the 2 green banded gobies so much, I made them a trio.  They're so interesting to watch...scootin out of rocks, darting into hiding places... Especially great for nano tanks because of their tiny size.  They make little nooks and crevices into a whole world.

Here's a pic of the trio (minus 1)!

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also added a Tomini to my liveaquaria delivery.

Here's him getting the intros out the way through the looking glass

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Woke up this morning finding these 2 critters... 

Turns out to be zoanthid eating nudibranches.  I did notice that most of my zoa's were closed the past 2 weeks. i thought i was because of my host hungry clowns.

I'll try a Bayer dip this weekend.

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the bayer dip killed 3 of em...

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i noticed some white circles on my pink zippers which i thought a week ago were new polyps forming...but they're actually nudi eggs!!!! 

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They're encased in this sort of gel so it was impossible to remove with tweezers.  What did the trick were q-tips.  Hopefully I got most of those little bastards..but I'll keep a look out.  I've read they can be rather difficult to get rid of because they could be anywhere in the tank looking for more zoas.

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some new stuff

 

some sort of purple acro

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birdsnest

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various zoas/palys (rastas, sunny d's, scrambled eggs, pink zippers, orange somethings....)

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FTS

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mystersyster

Awesome!! That is the coolest blenny I have ever seen. Your tank looks like a mini oasis in the middle of the ocean. Super cool. 

 

Edit: You inspired me to buy the same blenny on divers den today! Lol

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Not much to update...haven't added new coral.  Growth has been real good though and seems like the tank is getting more and more stable.  I had a cyano outbreak a month ago which I battled with frequent water changes.  What really did the trick was some chemipure blue.  Good stuff!

 

2 months ago...

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Today....

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Also..my green banded gobies have been gettin' freaky...

 

Sadly had 2 fish go due to my stubbornness of not wanting to get a screen top.  The blue dashed blenny and watchman goby....   

I'll have to give in and get a top before getting any more fish

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haven't updated in a while du to a battle with bryopsis....which led to cyano.....which led to dinos....

used everything from frequent water changes to reef flux...to chemiclean....to vibrant

i eventually just stopped water changes for 2 months. I then took out all my rocks and brushed them clean.  vacuumed 50% of my sand bed. and reduced my light cycle to 4.5 hours.

i also took out some live rock and separated the ones i had in there.  i figured if i minimized the nooks and crannys, the algae will have less places to get caught in and grow.

it's only been 3 days but my tank is looking cleaner than ever.  fingers crossed!

 

 

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On 11/13/2018 at 5:28 PM, Snazxy said:

Glad to see that it’s going well!

 

Thanks @Snazxy.  Things took a turn for the worse as of late.  My birdsnest started bleaching pretty bad which I eventually lost. The stylo had some STN going on around the base and was not giving full polyp extension.  My torch lost a couple heads.  I also noticed that parts of my sand bed were rock hard.  I checked the params and my calcium was sky high (>600) and my alk was around 5.5.  Turns out that the head that doses the alk crapped out.  🤦‍♂️   You get what you pay for, right? ( Jebao DP-4 Dosing Pump).  

I replaced the head and have been slowly trying to get the alk back up.  It's not where I want it yet but so far so good.  While the birdsnest was a casualty, the stylo is recovering.

 

Right now I'm just dosing more of the alk of my b-ionic 2 part.  Not sure if this is the best route to get my alk back up.  Perhaps baking soda if this doesn't work.

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