Lula_Mae Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Looks good! Hope the black sand doesn't give you any trouble with algae lol. Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 I hope not either, if it does. It'll slowly get vacuumed out Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I missed the forced upgrade, looks good! Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 On 6/1/2018 at 3:02 AM, Lula_Mae said: Looks good! Hope the black sand doesn't give you any trouble with algae lol. On 6/1/2018 at 12:06 PM, JBM said: I hope not either, if it does. It'll slowly get vacuumed out I had algae issues in a tank with black sand but I don’t think it was the sands fault. 2 Quote Link to comment
TheRope Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Tanks looking fantastic!! Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 2 hours ago, TheRope said: Tanks looking fantastic!! tanks alot 😀, New box is only a month old, but things are going well. I'm due for a water change, So, a 3 gallon w/c is on the books for right now. I did get 3 new frags at the lfs today, but sadly my ifail camera is on the fritz and wont focus. It seems as tho the pseudochromis and clown are best buddies. They are seen swimming with each other constantly, well. Until the pseudo notices i'm watching. Then it threatens me (swims right up to the glass and fans both its fins out).. It still wont eat pellets, but eats mysis willingly. Will have to try some clam and squid Cleaner shrimp eats everything, has even been seen noshing on the sand, which is odd to me 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 It saddens me to report that the cleaner shrimp has passed during a molt. Water parameters check out only thing that's slightly out of range is nitrate, which is currently at 5ppm. Going to do a 3 gallon water change today. Check parameters tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 Photo dump of some new additions 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Ooooo nice! Sorry about the cleaner shrimp. It's weird how they do just fine and then suddenly can't make it through a molt. I had the same thing happen with my first one in the 40g. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/3/2018 at 2:45 PM, 1891Bro said: I had algae issues in a tank with black sand but I don’t think it was the sands fault. Black sand can be magnetic. Be careful with your algae scraper. Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Sancho said: Black sand can be magnetic. Be careful with your algae scraper. That too. But I still thing the algae was my fault and not the ferrous ness of the black sand. Quote Link to comment
Lorekeeper Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Love the way this tank is turning out! Sorry to hear about the shrimp, though. 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 I have been keeping a eye on the sand. It does seem to have a wee bit of algae growth. Not sure if that's bc black sand, or bc lack of maintenance. I have been debating adding in some more live rock in the center area, to slow more frag placement 1 Quote Link to comment
Lorekeeper Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I think a few chunks of LR in the center would look pretty great. Fill in the scape a bit more! 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Im sorry for going ghost for almost a month. Life has a funny way of re prioritizing your needs and wants. The tank is still chugging along. It is very over due for a water change. And I now have some GHA to battle (it's on the rocks, not the sand) Im quiet sure it's from wifie leaving the kitchen window shade wide open and my loving minions (kids) over feeding. Water change this week, and pictures promised... Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Looking forward to seeing how things are looking. Are you seeing any growth with that light? Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 On 7/3/2018 at 1:36 PM, debbeach13 said: Looking forward to seeing how things are looking. Are you seeing any growth with that light? Im sure there has been growth, unfortunately I have not seen it. Maybe that's because I look at the tank everyday. Ive gotten the GHA under control, while it's not gone. It's most certainly receding. it's a slow and steady battle which I am ever slowly winning Clown is still extremely skiddish, and is not a open swimmer. Meaning it likes to hide most of the time, either in the upper trim or next to the power head. It eats just fine, just not a camera ham. Oh, and a side note, I finally ditched the less then stellar iphone 6 plus for the more favorable samasung galaxy s9 plus. Much better pictures are being accumulated and will be dumped eventually 1 Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Night time on my little reef Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Another night shot. Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 I moved some of the corals around. And chucked in a few pieces of very old dead rock to change the aqua scape up a bit. Going to finally build a closed loop for this. Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Woke up this morning, and immediately entered panic mode. My anemone disappeared. It showed up a few hours later. Of course in true anemone fashion, facing the wrong way. Le sigh Quote Link to comment
JBM Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Still on the move Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.