k4ndyk1ng Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Beautiful tank 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Great to see this tank back from the dead. Keep up the great work! -Dave 1 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 5 hours ago, k4ndyk1ng said: Beautiful tank Thank you!! 1 hour ago, DaveFason said: Great to see this tank back from the dead. Keep up the great work! -Dave Thanks Dave! It’s great to have the tank up and running again! 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 14 hours ago, skyscraper2290 said: So was out of town for about a week for Thanksgiving but the tank did good. Had some dirty glass when I got home and had the birdsnest knocked over by a snail probably and it lost some tissue but that was the only bad thing to happen while I was gone. Took some time to get some photos tonight of the tank including a new FTS. I pulled one of the rocks out that was going to be a ricordea rock and am really happy with how it looks now. I don't really plan on adding anything to the tank and just let it start growing out. Also in the FTS you can see the turaki at the bottom that RTN'd as soon as it was being dipped, I decided to leave it in because the clown goby likes to hang out in it. I also have my Duo back over the tank and the coral have already started responding well, thanks @DaveFason!! He worked on the light through 2 hurricanes and kept me updated and was great to work with again. It's so nice having wireless control of the light now, I really like the feature! Captain Americas and Hawaiian People Eaters No name zoas, really liking the coloration these are starting to show, ID welcome! Scrambled Egg's Maryjanes, you can see a wonderful strand of dog hair that probably got in there during my WC Spit Fire Frostbrite's, these are quickly becoming one of my favorites, I wish I could capture how bright these really are! Sonic the Hedgehog Galaxea, originally got this as a single head and now its showing about 5-6 Rock Flower Nem and you can see one of the Sexy Shrimp hanging out on it Pearlberry, really love the color of this one Grafted cap, showing better colors after fading a bit under the temporary light I had Splatter hammer, one of my favorite corals for sure Just carrying over to the new page 3 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Went by my favorite LFS today with no plans on buying anything but couldn’t resist. They had these really interesting colored hammers that I had seen before so bought one with 3 heads. Really unique color and came from the owners personal tank. I am going to need to move one of the other hammers when I mount it on the rock but should be pretty easy to do. New Hammer Hammer garden, you can see all the different colors with the purple way in the back. Sexy shrimp waiting for his photo to be taken on the flower nem 4 Quote Link to comment
dling Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 WOW!!! Super nice tank. I really like your choice of fish. Very colorful. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 12/1/2018 at 8:39 AM, dling said: WOW!!! Super nice tank. I really like your choice of fish. Very colorful. Thanks! My goal was to have a very peaceful tank and there are some awesome nano fish that fit the bill! Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 So this is more for my own documentation than anything else but just wanted to put down my maintenance and feeding schedule. I am closing in on the 3 month mark and am really happy with where the tank is right now. Besides maybe adding a few select corals I am basically in grow mode so will be focused on weekly consistency of maintenance and with that and having the Duo back I think I’ll see good growth soon. The main reason I think I have been able to go so fast is the Red Sea Reef Mature Kit. Great coralline growth and rocks are looking very live and have had stable nitrates between 2-5 with my current routine. Maintenance 2 x 2.5G WC per week (Sunday, Wednesday) Change filter floss during each WC Filter out back chamber during each WC Stir sand during each WC Turkey baste rocks during each WC Dose 1.5ml NoPox after each WC Scrape glass with razor 1 time per week Use magnet glass cleaner 3-4 x per week Feeding (Sunday, Wednesday, Friday) 1/8th cube frozen Pinch of Coral Frenzy Pinch of Flakes 5-8 Pellets Pinch of Algae strips Red Sea Part A+B (2 x per week, after WC) Tank Inhabitants Hifin Goby and Pistol Shrimp Green Clown Goby Firefish Rainford Goby Sexy Shrimp x 3 Halloween hermit Blue legged hermit Red/Blue legged hermit 2 asteria star snails 1 margarita snail 2 small asteria snails 4-5 small nassarius snails 2 large nassarius snails 1-2 cerith snails Coral List Utter chaos zoa Armor of God zoa Green tipped branching hammer Blue ric with green base Red Yuma Green centered acan Scrambled eggs zoas Sunny D zoas Space monster zoas Hawaiian people eater zoas Spit fire zoas Pink hippo zoas Fire and ice zoas White walkers zoas Maryjane zoas Unknown name Zoas Purple tip branching hammer Duncan Blue/red acan Purple acan Red Monti with yellow polyps Purple/brown milli Fall colors acan Sunset Millie Sonic the headgehog galaxia Green rimmed acan Splatter hammer Birds nest Pearl berry acro Frost brite zoas WWC grafted monti cap Red w orange polyps encrusting monti Unknown green/brown acro Captain America zoas RFA Toxic splatter hammer Green acro DC Starry Night acro Rasta zoas Jedi mind trick monti Blue/green indo hammer 2 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Got the last hammer mounted and moved a couple things around yesterday during my WC. Tank was looking really good when I got home from work so took a couple photos to show a new FTS and more of the hammer garden. 5 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 your pics make me want to get a trio of firefish again! 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, ninjamyst said: your pics make me want to get a trio of firefish again! Do it! They are such beautiful and interesting fish! Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Won the October photo of the month contest in a local reef club and I got a $25 credit from a local guy so picked up a nice torch tonight, already looking good! 5 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 nice! which photo won? Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, ninjamyst said: nice! which photo won? It’s back on page 2, it’s the one with the hifin goby and pistol shrimp hanging out next to each other in a burrow entrance! 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Daaaaaang dat torch is noooice !!! 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Reefkid88 said: Daaaaaang dat torch is noooice !!! I know I couldn’t resist! He had a couple really nice ones that weren’t for sale too Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 get a gold torch next =P. $$$$$$$ 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 10/1/2018 at 8:24 PM, skyscraper2290 said: Pistol Shrimp and Hi Fin Goby (Harry and Larry) Great photo and a nice new torch coral! 👌 These two characters will provide endless entertainment! 3 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Christopher Marks said: Great photo and a nice new torch coral! 👌 These two characters will provide endless entertainment! Thanks for pulling that picture up! They are awesome to watch, have like 4-5 burrow holes now! 2 hours ago, ninjamyst said: get a gold torch next =P. $$$$$$$ And a black one haha Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Took a couple top downs today before I did my water change. I'm starting to see some growth on the WWC Graphed Monti that is looking nice, also the clown goby was hanging out for photos too. Just absolutely loving the color of the Pearlberry. Really loving the way the hammers are looking, the one in the top middle I think I need to move again and find a happier spot. You can also see the rock flower nem moved into the middle of all of the hammers. Just love the bright green of the torch and the white tips. Quickly becoming a tank favorite. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Tank is looking really good. That torch looks incredible. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Reefkid88 said: Tank is looking really good. That torch looks incredible. Thanks! Now I want more torches though haha! Tuesday will be the 3 month mark for the tank so I’m really happy with where it’s at. Quote Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Keep meaning to take a bunch of photos for the 3 month mark of the tank but have been waiting for the Duncan, ric, and Yuma to go first. The guy picked them up yesterday so snapped a quick top down before feeding tonight, this is sent straight from my camera to my phone with no editing done and I would say is really close to what I see. You can see above the pearl berry that one of the milli’s I got is starting to color up nicely and is looking very green at the moment. I’m still struggling to find a good place for one of the hammers that you can see is now in the bottom left where the Duncan used to be but still closed up. May need to move it again and keep trying to find a happy spot for it. 5 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Looking great. Love seeing the goby/shrimp pair peaking out. 😄 -Dave Quote Link to comment
shaner014 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Really great work! Excellent updates each time and great pics!! I just started cycling my 20G cube AIO (WaterBox) and am hoping to pick your brain a bit! What settings are you running on the Duo? I have the LPS+ preset loaded up for now, but may adjust the midday levels a bit to lessen the 20k look (add to white and subtract from blue). Also, after consulting @DaveFasonI lowered my fan percentage to %60 to quiet it down a bit. Is the fan loud at all to you at the %80 preset? Mine sounded like a laptop fan when they kick on. Not bad, but certainly a lot louder than the AI Prime I had originally setup. Sorry if I missed it, are you using any lid? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
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