Gravity Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Picked up a few things at the LFS yesterday. Got two corals a zoanthid and acan, four nassarius snails, five cerith snails and the wife picked out a black ice clownfish. Overnight I lost one nassarius snail to the same hermit crab that claimed my scarlet hermits shell. Despite getting a few empty shells for the tank. Hermit now referred to as Jack “The Ripper” for his forceful acquisition of shells. Clownfish and one cerith have been placed on the QT tank. Cerith was cleaned of bubble algae and placed in QT for observation. Interesting part about the clownfish, one side middle stripe looks like North America and was purchased on Columbus weekend. 😄 2 1 Quote Link to comment
billygoat Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 What a beautiful fish! Love that weird pattern too. 😉 How's everything else in the tank looking? 1 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, billygoat said: What a beautiful fish! Love that weird pattern too. 😉 How's everything else in the tank looking? Thanks, just hoping I can successfully pair this time. Wife insists on calling the gladiator clownfish Pennywise. 😔 Everything is looking good. Duncans continue to grow and small heads are starting to color up. Acans are always puffy and looking for food. Toadstool is always open and polyps (tentacles, mouths...? what ever the proper term is...) appear to be getting longer. Zoas are open most of the time but haven’t seen much growth. Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Here is a look at the new corals. Purple Monster Zoanthid Purple and Pink Acan Quote Link to comment
colinadam Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Those are two sweet corals! Really jealous of that Acan 😃 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, colinadam said: Those are two sweet corals! Really jealous of that Acan 😃 There are more frags of it at Blueline. 😉 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 New Clownfish has been officially named 3 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Jacks latest victim. 😓 10/13/2019 and his trophy... 10/15/2019 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Thought I would post my RODI/Saltwater station. It’s nothing fancy but it works. Used a garden hose splitter to tee off my wash machine cold water faucet connected to the hose adaptor the system came with. Mounted my 6 Stage BRS RODI system to an old tank stand. Water is collected in a cheap 20 gallon garbage can from Walmart, recycle #5 polypropylene. Drilled a hole for the float valve. Installed an submersible old pump with some vinyl and cut two holes in the lid. One for the hose to come out of and one to place the end of the hose into. For saltwater I use a 5 gallon bucket with a cheap $10 heater and Hydor Koralia. The 20 gal RODI storage usually needs refilled once a month and I mix salt every week or two. 2 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 And here is the setup at work for cleaning lab equipment. Used the bathroom sink to feed the 7 stage BRS system with the adaptor in the box. Didn’t cause any issues sine there was the main sink on the other side of the wall. Line runs through the wall, just drilled a small hole on both sides then hid them with light switch covers. The line goes into the storage tank with a float valve. For storage a 12 gallon polypropylene container with a 1/2” bulk head, 3x close nipple adaptors, ball valve, 2x elbows, barb adaptor and vinyl tubing. The storage tank gravity flows to the sink. 1 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Got a good picture of the dynamic duo. Rightfully named Timon and Pumbaa. 5 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 Looks like one of the acan heads is splitting. 2 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Finally got a decent photo. Happy acans right after a meal. 5 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 A couple new things this week. First is a cobalt battery backup air pump (far left) setup to operate during power loss in the first chamber. Then I have a small breeder box setup for Columbus (black ice clownfish). Plan on moving him next week. Hope this can dissipate the aggression during pairing. 2 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 Yesterday I added a small stand to my ATO and began Kalkwasser dosing. Starting off at a small dose (approximately 1/6 tsp, 2g/gal) estimated to be about 0.3 dkh for my 0.75 gal weekly evaporation. This should help slowly increase my alkalinity as I have been loosing 0.2 dkh per week. 3 Quote Link to comment
Ocean_dreamer89 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Following along. Your tank is looking great and I love your RODI setups! My husband would kill me if i started to turn a bathroom into a “lab look” 😂😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 On 11/7/2019 at 8:16 PM, Ocean_dreamer89 said: Following along. Your tank is looking great and I love your RODI setups! My husband would kill me if i started to turn a bathroom into a “lab look” 😂😂 Thanks, for watching. I can imagine it being more difficult to setup an RODI system in a bathroom. Could probably hide it under the sink if your willing to sacrifice the space 😅. Otherwise some people have a smaller unit they setup for making water then box up when done but that’s to much work for me. Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Big day today! Columbus (black ice clown) joined the main display. However, he will be hanging out in a breeder box to insure no aggression between the clownfish. On another note I traded in my least favorite corals including the blue-green/yellow zoanthid and the wwc swamp thing favia. I was then able to pickup two new acans and another duncan. FTS 11/9/2019 5 Quote Link to comment
billygoat Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Love those Acans. They look very hungry! Do you think you'll be getting even more in the future? I've seen some really gorgeous tanks that are dominated by Acans and similar LPS corals. Great idea with the breeder box too. I love that last picture of the two clowns looking at each other through the acrylic! 😊 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 12 hours ago, billygoat said: Love those Acans. They look very hungry! Do you think you'll be getting even more in the future? I've seen some really gorgeous tanks that are dominated by Acans and similar LPS corals. Great idea with the breeder box too. I love that last picture of the two clowns looking at each other through the acrylic! 😊 Yeah, hopefully! I do love the acans they are colorful and have movement when open. They also really seem to like my tank. Reefbuilders has some nano tank videos that have awesome acan gardens. I read somewhere that a small breeder box could help dissipate some of the initial aggression. I really hope I can get them paired but kinda nervous after my first failed attempt. Quote Link to comment
colinadam Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Looking great, I am liking the Duncans, they are looking happy! 1 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 So... Columbus made it out of the breeder box this morning. The hole on the top was just large enough for him to slip through. As expected the gladiator clown took no time to start harassing Columbus. Thankfully I was able to capture Columbus quickly and put him back in the box with more rocks covering the top hole. Looks like he has some minimal damage on both pectoral fins. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
colinadam Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 That's a bummer! I have the same combo, Gladiator and Black Ice and they get along great. Here's hoping your Gladiator stops living up to his name! 3 Quote Link to comment
Gravity Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Here is a look at the new corals from yesterday. Orange/Blue and Green/Purple acans. The orange one is still looking rough but the green one seems happy. Here is a Purple/Blue duncan. 2 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 That green and purple acan is gorgeous 1 Quote Link to comment
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