CD_Scapes Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 FTS 3/29/19 FTS 4/7/19 FTS 5/1/19 Tank: Fluval Spec 5 Rolling file cabinet “Sticker wall of fame” Equipment: Light- Wave point 12” 16 watt blue and white LED Heater- 50 W Tetra submersible Filter: Intank aquatics media basket 1st chamber: filter floss 2nd chamber: chemipure elite 3rd chamber: rock rubble Circulation- Stock pump Misc: Refractometer Instant Ocean salt Livestock as of 6/9/2019 Fish: -NONE- ~7 lbs rock 1” Bahaha oolite sand Current Inverts: Orange hitchhiker snail red/white RFA Future Inverts: reef cleaner critters Corals: Green palys GSP Pandora palys Macroalgae: Halimeda opuntia Gracilaria Hayi Future Macroalgae: Ulva soft coralline cactus caulerpa green agardhiella gracilaira FTS 6/1/2019 Tank: Aqueon AGA 10 gallon Equipment: Light- Current USA Ramp Pro (added 4/25/19) Heater- 50 W Tetra submersible Filter: Aqueon Quietflow 30 Misc: Refractometer Instant Ocean salt Livestock as of 5/26/2019 Fish: ORA Sharknose Goby "Bruce" Tailspot Blenny “speckles” Yellowtail damsel “the demon” ORA Occy Clownfish “Omen” ~10 lbs rock 1” sand bed Current Inverts: Nerite snail Nassarius Snail 3 x Cerith Snails Mexican turbo snail "Tank” Astrea Snail Trochus snail Scarlet Hermit Dwarf blue hermit Orange and Black Hermit "Hermies" Emerald Crab Pom Pom crab Peppermint shrimp “Cave” RIP 5/7/2019 Feather dusters 2 green/black mini maxis 1 pink/green mini maxi Future inverts: Skunk cleaner shrimp Red mithrax crab Green and Blue Porcelain Crab Dwarf ceriths Dwarf planaxis Limpets Cowrie Zig Zag periwinkles Corals: seafoam Palyhtoa palythoa mutuki palythoa grandis Brown zoas angular sea whip Purple blade gorg Grubes gorg red mushrooms warty red mushrooms Aussie blue mushrooms green w/blue dot mushrooms cabbage leather Macroalgae: Halimeda opuntia Dictyota sp. Gracilaria Hayi Mermaids fan Red thick branching macro Caulerpa prolifera 7 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 I think I’m going with a pair of Pom poms and a trio of sexies, do sexy shrimp NEED an anemone or would it be fine in a photosynthetic gorg or Xenia? 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, 9darlingcalvi said: I think I’m going with a pair of Pom poms and a trio of sexies, do sexy shrimp NEED an anemone or would it be fine in a photosynthetic gorg or Xenia? Sexy shrimp don’t need anything. They’ll hang out wherever. 🙂 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Perfect! Trio of sexies and a Pom Pom crab....hopefully Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well the mini heater worked for like 2 days and now the tank is back at 70 degrees! Guess I’ll be looking for 2 new heaters as I setup a 5 gallon least killifish tank Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I like the Archea heater offered by Aqua Forest Aquarium. It's slender and small and fits in bitty tanks. I prefer the 25w but they were out of stock last I checked. They do have a 50w version though (not sure if the size is different). It's got an external thermostat for control. Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 I might try to get that, the only problem is I don’t have a card to buy stuff online Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 6 hours ago, 9darlingcalvi said: I might try to get that, the only problem is I don’t have a card to buy stuff online It's been a while since I ordered, but they might take Paypal. If you have a bank account you can connect it to your Paypal for online purchases. Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: It's been a while since I ordered, but they might take Paypal. If you have a bank account you can connect it to your Paypal for online purchases. For real? What the heck! Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 7 hours ago, 9darlingcalvi said: For real? What the heck! Yep! I do think paypal likes 2 different forms of payment connected (I used two bank accounts) but it's a great way to be able to buy things online relatively safely if you don't have a card. I'd rather log into paypal than go find my purse, dig out my wallet, and find my card lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 I don’t know how much longer this tank will be around, might have to take it down 3 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Here’s the current state, lots of microalgae growth even with reduced lighting and minimal feeding 2 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 All things must come to an end, good bye 2.5 Marco tank. It was fun, but I’m starting a new project. A 10 gallon White Cloud Mountain Minnow tank! 2 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Loading... Project resurrection 2/21/19 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 What are your plans for this one @9darlingcalvi? Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: What are your plans for this one @9darlingcalvi? Hopefully a “pest” coral tank or just a tank of leathers and maybe some palys 1 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 42 minutes ago, 9darlingcalvi said: Hopefully a “pest” coral tank or just a tank of leathers and maybe some palys what pests are you thinking? Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, Friendly said: what pests are you thinking? Idk, maybe a crab or a pistol shrimp Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 those aren't pests! aptasia is a pest! Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, Friendly said: those aren't pests! aptasia is a pest! I don’t like the look of aptasia, I do like the other “pest” anemone...Manjano or something like that? Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Going to look for a small end table and some small rock pieces this weekend. Already got a new light, filter and heater Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Processing... Initial setup complete 2 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Well I’ve been with this tank less that 24 hours. I tunred the lights on this morning and noticed a bristle worm (no big deal). I looked at it more and saw the antenna and then I got skeptical, so I took it out and used my macro lens. Sure enough it was a baby bobbit worm! On the first day of the tank I find a baby bobbit worm! What are the chances! Now, do I keep it in the tank because I won’t have fish or do I remove him for good? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Correction, the worm is a dorvilleidae worm. A scavenger that won’t harm much Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 I will never have a reef tank 1 Quote Link to comment
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