Murphs_Reef Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Rock is almost ready. Ammonia is reading zero bit seems to be leeching a bit of phosphate at the moment. Will water change the bucket tomorrow and retest the water on Thursday 👍🏼 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Hair algae ? Hahahaha I don't bloody think so.... It's on the way out!!! Oh yeah and Jimmy hiding under "hammer time" 3 Quote Link to comment
afcajax73 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 glad to see the algae is on the way out.. did you do anything in particular or is it just on it's way out through regular maintenance? Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 7 hours ago, afcajax73 said: glad to see the algae is on the way out.. did you do anything in particular or is it just on it's way out through regular maintenance? I use both Quantum LR nitrate remover and phosphate remover. Fantastic products but very aggressive so need to be careful with the dosage 👍🏼 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Jimmy (yellow coral goby) and Rab (neon goby) just chillin out having a couple of drinks 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Hammer is loving it's new placement with the new rocks in the tank 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefer-begginer Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I would think doing either a fire red/cleaner shrimp could help the tank stay cleaner than a peppermint shrimp Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Reefer-begginer said: I would think doing either a fire red/cleaner shrimp could help the tank stay cleaner than a peppermint shrimp It was just to get rid of the Aiptasia, which it did.. I think I would like to have cleaner shrimp as well at some point 👍🏼 That said I do need more snails as well since upgrading to the 15 gallon ... Quote Link to comment
Reefer-begginer Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 50 minutes ago, Grimes said: It was just to get rid of the Aiptasia, which it did.. I think I would like to have cleaner shrimp as well at some point 👍🏼 That said I do need more snails as well since upgrading to the 15 gallon ... I never had luck with peppermints with aptasia, so I went for the next best thing, raccoon butterfly 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Reefer-begginer said: I never had luck with peppermints with aptasia, so I went for the next best thing, raccoon butterfly Think I just got lucky as a lot of people seem to say that their peppermint didn't work out Quote Link to comment
Reefer-begginer Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Grimes said: Think I just got lucky as a lot of people seem to say that their peppermint didn't work out I mean there's 2 types of peppermint shrimp you can get, and I think most are sold the ones that don't eat/farm aptasia 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Seen my next fish in the LFS today. Will pick up next week: 1 Quote Link to comment
afcajax73 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 lovely! where you buying from? I nipped up to Kidsgrove yesterday, and got that little bit more tempted to buy a Reefer 170. I was talking to one of the lads in there about a Black Friday sale 😄 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, afcajax73 said: lovely! where you buying from? I nipped up to Kidsgrove yesterday, and got that little bit more tempted to buy a Reefer 170. I was talking to one of the lads in there about a Black Friday sale 😄 Oh dear here we go. Went up to a to z near Crewe mate. I need to try the one up in Stockport at some point though supposed to be great 2 Quote Link to comment
afcajax73 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 ah nice.. I've not been to A-Z for a while, last time I went it was fairly bare in the tanks. I've never been to stockport, I did go one over Derby way once though. My lad had a Taekwondo tournament over towards South Normanton.. I was sitting around looking on my phone at shops local and there was one which had won a load of awards for various things fish related. I went and had a look, and whilst what they had looked good, it seemed a bit over priced for me 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 On 9/28/2020 at 11:35 AM, afcajax73 said: ah nice.. I've not been to A-Z for a while, last time I went it was fairly bare in the tanks. Well I'm skint at the moment and it has a lot of RO water so that suits me lol.. Hammer and zoas looking good now 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 Some more action 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Getting used taking pictures under the blue now 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Oh dear And some zoas And you need cuc 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Looking belting can't get a good picture and surprised that it's not hiding to be fair : Can't wait till this fella is settled in: Little bit of purple on his face and eyes: Starting to look like a nano reef now: The acan is beginning to look good after a month and half in the tank....lovely red under the blues at night: 3 Quote Link to comment
afcajax73 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 That’s awesome mate. Have they got much coral wise at A-Z? My tank is looking very green, in terms of corals. I need a bit more colour! 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 32 minutes ago, afcajax73 said: That’s awesome mate. Have they got much coral wise at A-Z? My tank is looking very green, in terms of corals. I need a bit more colour! It's a bit low on stock mate but they have a lot of acan in reds and oranges, and a bunch of different zoas and paly's .. fish wise they have a good amount of most species 1 Quote Link to comment
afcajax73 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I think I need to add a bit more rock In, and change the scape to give me more opportunity for coral placement. im just wary of adding loads of rock too quick 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Yeah I went at is slow. Which is fine but it makes it look like a patch work quilt for ages cause of the mix if mature and new white rock .. 1 Quote Link to comment
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