debbeach13 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Magic Mushrooms? 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Now I want pizza for breakfast. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: Magic Mushrooms? Definately 4 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: Now I want pizza for breakfast. Wells it's 1430, so late lunch. Mid afternoon snack. Not quite tea time 1 Quote Link to comment
SvenB Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Love the floating scape!! You don't use a filter? Just water change's? 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 33 minutes ago, SvenB said: Love the floating scape!! You don't use a filter? Just water change's? Thank you, nope it is only the pump for flow and live rock for the filtration. Small water changes 5-10% per week to get detritus out 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 So I have slacked off with the testing, now I test a once a week instead of daiily. Have been trying to get Nitrates and Phosphates up slightly to avoid the worst of the nuisance algaes. Happy with the levels at the moment, the few LPS look good Salinity 1.024PH 8Alk 11 DKHNH3 0NO2 0NO3 5PO4 0.2Calcium 410Mag 1310 5 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Even though it is doing a great job alone in the tank my Hermit is losing the battle against hairy algae. I plan on having a word with a fellow Reefer to see if he has any CuC he can send my way. He did say he was after some Macros and I cannot find somewhere suitable for mine If I up flow more the Elegance looks like crap and I worry about it rupturing on the rocks. Colours slowly coming out more as I work up my intensity, need to find a balance that brings the colours out of all three. 7 Quote Link to comment
EfrainChicagoDeepdish Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 That elegance is so pretty. Are you dosing for nitrate and phosphate or just feeding? 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 35 minutes ago, EfrainChicagoDeepdish said: That elegance is so pretty. Are you dosing for nitrate and phosphate or just feeding? Thanks, it was cheaper because of the split colour face. That's the reason I picked this one. One feeding of Frozen BBS a week at the moment, being careful not to 0 out or over feed. I don't have much RODI left so don't want too many water changes 2 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 So today noticed that the Elegance has developed a number of new tentacles, also a few of the tenticles are also splitting So need to wait a week until payday then I can make a purchase of CuC and corals so I hit free shipping. Hopefully can find another sale. 5 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 OK so courtesy of @PjanssenI'm now taking black and whites 6 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Just now, Pjanssen said: I like it! I get what you mean with the contrast a little bit now. Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Your shot isn't too bad. You have some hi lights and shadows. Cold be better, but its because all of our lighting comes from the top. Occasionally I have taken a flashlight and brought light in from the side to get a different effect. I might go play around now. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Here is the shot from my thread. you can see how flat it is in this instance 3 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Pjanssen said: Your shot isn't too bad. You have some hi lights and shadows. Cold be better, but its because all of our lighting comes from the top. Occasionally I have taken a flashlight and brought light in from the side to get a different effect. I might go play around now. I have a plan to keep a fox coral in that far left dark corner, so need to scoot the Elegance up so the Sweeper doesnt touch the edge of the tank, might need a well placed rock as well. I do need to raise the light a smidge to see how much spill I get outside the tank, and the intensity as well is still slowly increasing. I just don't like the blue look but that's what brings the colours out best 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 DO fox corals like shade? How long have you had the elegance? They are beautiful, but I've always been wary of them. I've not seen too me reefers keep them long term 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Pjanssen said: DO fox corals like shade? How long have you had the elegance? They are beautiful, but I've always been wary of them. I've not seen too me reefers keep them long term Indirect lighting is what I have read, the corner is illuminated..... just. It's hard to get a good shot with the beautifully sunny weather at the moment. Maybe in 5 or so hours 1 week today. 🥳 Yeah I took a gamble on it, I think it should do well. I do need a tank upgrade, We've decided on a 36x15x12 tank. Might order the tank in a week, need to see if I do get 100% pay in my bank before I do that though 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 So decided to turn off the pump and take a toothbrush to the furry algae on the top of the rocks. Took about 50% off the larger rock and did a very dirty water change. Took the opportunity to move the Catalaphyllia while it was closed up. The stickiness of the tentacles weird me out 3 2 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, Ratvan said: The stickiness of the tentacles weird me out I think it's pretty cool... RFAs are sticky, but you can't really feel it much under the water. 3 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, kimberbee said: I think it's pretty cool... RFAs are sticky, but you can't really feel it much under the water. My Mrs is taking the piss at the moment. I was happier trying to trim a pea puffers beak then I was having that touch my wrist. I feel unclean 4 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 So decided to place an order for a small clean up crew 5 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Rob Francis Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I like the floating rock mate, there's a nice one on Ultimate reef in the Pico section if you have a look. I was going to try something similar but couldnt work out how to get it how I wanted so went with the semi floating rock that you saw in my thread. Are you going to keep it filterless, do you ever use any chemical/mechanical filtration? Rob 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Rob Francis said: I like the floating rock mate, there's a nice one on Ultimate reef in the Pico section if you have a look. I was going to try something similar but couldnt work out how to get it how I wanted so went with the semi floating rock that you saw in my thread. Are you going to keep it filterless, do you ever use any chemical/mechanical filtration? Rob That's the one where he cut the rock and mounted it on an acrylic table, it's a nice idea also means that his rock is removable as well. Nope, nothing like that just flow and live rock for a filter, I do need a couple of detrivorous snails to work on and in the sandbed but overall so much happier with the simplicity of this set up 1 Quote Link to comment
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