John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Hey everyone, New to the group! Been in the reefing hobby for about 2 years now. It’s fun and with ups and downs. 😆 Looking forward on learning more from everyone. I currently have a 10 gallon mixed reef. Aquaclear 50 Powerfilter/chemipure nano Ehiem 100w heater Sb Reef LED For 1 year/ Now Radion xr15w gen4 DIY ato Jebao Sw-2 powerhead And currently dosing small amounts of kalkwasser. With weekly 2 gallon waterchange. PARAMETERS- Ph:8.2-8.3 ALK: 8.2 Calcium: 420-440 Magnesium: 1470 Nitrate: 5-10 Phosphate: .1 Here is some pictures from Before i started. And now. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Looks fantastic! Love bare bottom tanks. Your duncan and lobo are so, so nice! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Welcome! What made you decide to go bare bottom? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Welcome to Nano. Your tank looks great. Love the bare bottom look. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 17 hours ago, Elizabeth94 said: Looks fantastic! Love bare bottom tanks. Your duncan and lobo are so, so nice! Thank you very much! It must be the radions lol. The duncan coral came a long way! 😆 1 Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 17 hours ago, NoOneLikesADryTang said: Welcome! What made you decide to go bare bottom? Thank you! So i had lots of diatom when i had sand. But now after 1 year and some change. Without the sand . I have, no issues with hair algae and bryopsis. And lotsss of flow! 😄 3 hours ago, Clown79 said: Welcome to Nano. Your tank looks great. Love the bare bottom look. Thank you. I appreciate it! I love the BB look as well. Easier to maintain too. 😊 2 Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 18 hours ago, Elizabeth94 said: Looks fantastic! Love bare bottom tanks. Your duncan and lobo are so, so nice! Here is my Darwin clown hosting the duncan. 😂 4 2 Quote Link to comment
Seadragon Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, John Reef said: Here is my Darwin clown hosting the duncan. 😂 Welcome again! 😉 That's a really nice shot and an amazing-looking Duncan! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 50 minutes ago, Seadragon said: Welcome again! 😉 That's a really nice shot and an amazing-looking Duncan! Thank you! I try! 😊 2 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 What is the trick with the duncans? I can't get mine to grow or even open up like that. 3 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Clown79 said: What is the trick with the duncans? I can't get mine to grow or even open up like that. +1 on this 2 Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 21 minutes ago, Clown79 said: What is the trick with the duncans? I can't get mine to grow or even open up like that. Personally in my experience, is lots of random flow and no direct flow. And i also direct feed them frozen foods lol. Also Brightwell coral aminos. 😄 19 minutes ago, Ratvan said: +1 on this 2 2 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 minute ago, John Reef said: Personally in my experience, is lots of random flow and no direct flow. And i also direct feed them frozen foods lol. Also Brightwell coral aminos. 😄 I'll give aminos a read and maybe give it a go. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, John Reef said: Personally in my experience, is lots of random flow and no direct flow. And i also direct feed them frozen foods lol. Also Brightwell coral aminos. 😄 Well damn, I have random flow, no direct and they are fed. It's the only thing not growing mind you my clowns love bugging it. I stopped amino's, it never made a difference besides helping the dino's when I got them. I have a bottle sitting in my fridge wasting away. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Clown79 said: Well damn, I have random flow, no direct and they are fed. It's the only thing not growing mind you my clowns love bugging it. I stopped amino's, it never made a difference besides helping the dino's when I got them. I have a bottle sitting in my fridge wasting away. Well I'm stumped, tried all flows from practically none to rocking the frag and nada. It did great for about 6 months in the Pico started to pop out a new head and then stopped and closed... Maybe I'll try another frag Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Ratvan said: Well I'm stumped, tried all flows from practically none to rocking the frag and nada. It did great for about 6 months in the Pico started to pop out a new head and then stopped and closed... Maybe I'll try another frag Same here. Mine started with 1 head and after 3 yrs it's up to 5 but it's not fully open or growing. I've attempted different locations over months. Here's my purple duncans 3 2 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Just now, Clown79 said: Same here. Mine started with 1 head and after 3 yrs it's up to 4 but it's not fully open or growing. I've attempted different locations over months. I will have had it a year on April 28th. Popped out a baby head in June and froze. First coral so don't want to lose it but it also irritates the living 🤬 out of me 1 Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Ratvan said: I'll give aminos a read and maybe give it a go. Yeah definitely! I do 4-5 drops of broadcast feeding with Brightwell everyday. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ratvan said: I will have had it a year on April 28th. Popped out a baby head in June and froze. First coral so don't want to lose it but it also irritates the living 🤬 out of me I noticed a big difference in growth when I got my nutrients up, stopped overly cleaning, and started phyto dosing. Getting dino's sucked but it changed my methods and I saw a positive change 1 1 Quote Link to comment
karen nation Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Hi and welcome! I love your tank. We have a lot in common. I am now cycling my 10 gallon and I have read its going to be very difficult, with such small amount of water and skimmer. Just cycling has been a challenge..haha. What brand of light do you have? I love it and how it is attached..most people hang them with wires, I dont like that look...love the brackets! My counter is below so to tall for now, but maybe when I upgrade soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
karen nation Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Clown79 said: Same here. Mine started with 1 head and after 3 yrs it's up to 5 but it's not fully open or growing. I've attempted different locations over months. Here's my purple duncans I love duncans! I think they are in my top 3 favorites. I want to get one soon....hopefully I can within the next few months! Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Clown79 said: Well damn, I have random flow, no direct and they are fed. It's the only thing not growing mind you my clowns love bugging it. I stopped amino's, it never made a difference besides helping the dino's when I got them. I have a bottle sitting in my fridge wasting away. Hmm... that’s weird. What’s your nitrates? And is your tank stable at all times? Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Ratvan said: Well I'm stumped, tried all flows from practically none to rocking the frag and nada. It did great for about 6 months in the Pico started to pop out a new head and then stopped and closed... Maybe I'll try another frag It depends... what kind of duncan coral do you have? I know different duncan do require certain care and parameters. Quote Link to comment
John Reef Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Clown79 said: Same here. Mine started with 1 head and after 3 yrs it's up to 5 but it's not fully open or growing. I've attempted different locations over months. Here's my purple duncans Wow! Looks great in purple! It will grow , just time will take care of it. 😊 Here is mine on the top view. Maybe thinking about fragging this 10 headed duncan monster 😆 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, John Reef said: Hmm... that’s weird. What’s your nitrates? And is your tank stable at all times? Ya my tank is stable. Everything else is growing. I've fragged my birdsnest so many times I can't remember. My nitrates usually are 2-5 and phos around 0.1, I run it high Quote Link to comment
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