asting Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Tigahboy said: Was gonna work on setting up my ATO but got sucked into this insane acrylic dinosaur project that came with my ATO reservoir. Thanks a lot @This guy is extra salty! Lol. Ha he's sending em out everywhere it seems! I am going to try and build mine today 5 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 hour ago, asting said: Ha he's sending em out everywhere it seems! I am going to try and build mine today I gave up on trying to finish it last night. It's going to require a lot of patience and this reef hobby has already exhausted all of my patience. 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 Love the tiny Hawaiian hermits I got from IPSF. They are super active and agile. Add a lot of life to the pico. Here's one of them hanging out in the palm tree. I need to figure out names for these guys. 11 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 13 hours ago, Tigahboy said: Was gonna work on setting up my ATO but got sucked into this insane acrylic dinosaur project that came with my ATO reservoir. Thanks a lot @This guy is extra salty! Lol. Don’t worry it took me about three hours, maybe i should sell them assembled 😂 you’re welcome 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 4 hours ago, asting said: Ha he's sending em out everywhere it seems! I am going to try and build mine today You and @Tigahboy are the first and only two to have the raptor (so far) 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 My RFA hasn't moved since it found this spot under the palm tree next to the Tiki Lounge. Looks like this might be its home for awhile. 9 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Why would you want it to move lol, that's about as perfect looking as you can hope for. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, Amphrites said: Why would you want it to move lol, that's about as perfect looking as you can hope for. Yeah I'm good with this spot. I mean I can't see it at all from the front, but I'll take the side tank shot. Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Tonight's view. 9 Quote Link to comment
MetaTank Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 49 minutes ago, Tigahboy said: Tonight's view. Definitely coming together nicely! Looks extremely clean, too! Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 6 hours ago, MetaTank said: Definitely coming together nicely! Looks extremely clean, too! Thanks! Hoping to keep the clean look. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 That toadstool looks amazing 😍 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Ratvan said: That toadstool looks amazing 😍 It's pretty nice! And doesn't hurt that it was a freebie. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 The Hawaiian hermits move all around the pico, but their base camp appears to be the Tiki Lounge/palm trees as well. Everyone wants to hang out at the Tiki Lounge. 4 5 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 Getting tucked in under his RFA blanket. The hermits routinely get comfy under the RFA (and it doesn't seem to mind). So precious. 🤗 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 ATO system is all set-up now! I can finally get back to living my life again now that I'm no longer a slave to the manual top-off. What am I going to do with all my free time?! 3 1 Quote Link to comment
748S911 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Ato system is looking great! Your chubby clawed hermits have so much personality, they are awesome. 2 Quote Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I can't tell you how much I am enjoying this build!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 2 hours ago, 748S911 said: Ato system is looking great! Your chubby clawed hermits have so much personality, they are awesome. They really are! And I still have 2 extra as well that nobody wants to buy from me locally, but I think I may just keep them in my janky holding tank until I get my main tank set-up. Also my trochus snail hasn't moved for days, but it's pretty firmly stuck (on the Tiki Lounge of course) whenever I try to pull it off. So not sure what's going on with that guy. Maybe he's SUPER laid back. 2 hours ago, TJ_Burton said: I can't tell you how much I am enjoying this build!!!!! Thanks for stopping by! Happy to hear! I'm a huge fan of your insanely cool purple and orange build. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Welp, zoas aren't doing so hot. Lost a bunch little by little. No pests on them, but they just seem to deteriorate one by one and/or detach from the rock and float off somewhere (saw it happen a couple times). Probably some kind of infection. Did a Coral Revive dip hoping to help with the infection and stop the spreading and I also cut off a lot of dying polyps. May try some other dips (Iodine, Coral Rx, H2O2) if that doesn't work. Sad thing is the one frag that I did not touch is doing fine and it's just the ones that I peeled off from their plugs to get onto my rockwork. So probably my fault. 😢 Also checked some params last night, Nitrates are ZERO and Phosphates are 0.02. May need to feed my corals and inverts a little more. I'm scared of dinos after seeing all the dino posts lately. 1 5 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Positive news is the ATO works really well. Total volume in the reservoir is around 1.5g and I think that might last awhile. I added just 1g and will see how many days that lasts. 4 Quote Link to comment
ef4life Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 34 minutes ago, Tigahboy said: Positive news is the ATO works really well. Total volume in the reservoir is around 1.5g and I think that might last awhile. I added just 1g and will see how many days that lasts. That’s the great thing about picos, 1 gallon should last a while. I lose almost a gallon a day in my 40b. I just bought an ato for it and it’s so nice not filling it up manually anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Just now, ef4life said: That’s the great thing about picos, 1 gallon should last a while. I lose almost a gallon a day in my 40b. I just bought an ato for it and it’s so nice not filling it up manually anymore. Yeah, I had some size constraints based on the space in my tiny stand, so 1.5g was as big as I could go without taking up all the space in there. I'm hoping it will last at least 1 week. I can finally take vacations again. LOL. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 This guy is my favorite of the 2 Hawaiian hermits. He's the most adventurous. Found him just chillin in the dragon's breath above the volcano yesterday. Really need to come up with names for them. 5 Quote Link to comment
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