Justind823 Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 9/22/2023 at 6:06 PM, Elizabeth94 said: Very cool system. That clam is lovely. The clownfish with the black lips looks like he is frowning. Thanks! My clowns have always loved the pink and gold palys they live in but the sting turns them into dalmatians. On 9/23/2023 at 7:35 PM, schgr.cube said: Ooooh yeah, this is definitely fantastic! Amazing job, I absolutely love it! Thank you! I'm want to change the return to something else so there isn't a big white PVC elbow sticking out the top. Your build makes me want to be a better man 😅 Not sure what it can be since I don't want to lose the flow randomizer on the end of the loc line. Maybe I'll need to lose it though...🤔 1 Quote Link to comment
schgr.cube Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 15 hours ago, Justind823 said: Thank you! I'm want to change the return to something else so there isn't a big white PVC elbow sticking out the top. Your build makes me want to be a better man 😅 Not sure what it can be since I don't want to lose the flow randomizer on the end of the loc line. Maybe I'll need to lose it though...🤔 You could always try to build some rock around the randomizer, and completely hide it. They sell concrete bits at Home Depot, and although they aren't cheap, they make pretty quick work of rock. Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 9/27/2023 at 7:29 AM, schgr.cube said: You could always try to build some rock around the randomizer, and completely hide it. They sell concrete bits at Home Depot, and although they aren't cheap, they make pretty quick work of rock. Yea I might try something here in a bit, I actually have some masonry bits in the garage, just need to get ambitious and creative! Here's another FTS, still working on the camera work. Pretty sure I just need a better editing program and I forgot about the auto feeder cord 😅 I'm also toying with adding some frosted film on the back or and maybe doing a cheap ADA style lit backing. What do you think? I've seen some tanks where it looks amazing but I've been on the clear back for awhile now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 Buddies out for snack time 2 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 Ended up getting some ADA frosted backing and I'm thinking of building a simple shadowbox to play around with some light. Probably just a white painted box with a bit of RGB light strip inside. Will let you know how it works out! It's funny, I originally built this tank to be a 360° view. That was the concept with the overflow tower anyway but I decided there wasn't a great spot for it and now I'm deviating pretty hard by putting a background in 😅 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 Picked up a cute little toadstool to add to the softie collection. Also, a green banded goby! Love a little goby in a small tank. Never had one of these before, just a tiger and a neon so I'm excited to see it scooting around the tank 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 Pom pom with some fresh coral food 3 Quote Link to comment
schgr.cube Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 I love Pom Pom crabs and Green Banded Gobies! I need both in my tank again. Although I have been debating doing a small group of masked gobies instead of Green Banded this time around... 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 3 hours ago, schgr.cube said: I love Pom Pom crabs and Green Banded Gobies! I need both in my tank again. Although I have been debating doing a small group of masked gobies instead of Green Banded this time around... Yeah! This pom pom has been going strong for awhile now, same one from my previous tank. I always think of masterbuilders tank when I think group of small gobies. I love the look of these trimmas on a black background. A group of masked gobies would look great in your tank. Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 This tank is looking great!! I've followed your TOTM write ups before, love your style! Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/9/2023 at 3:25 PM, ml86743 said: This tank is looking great!! I've followed your TOTM write ups before, love your style! Thanks very much! Got some pics of the goby. It's so tiny I though I ought to get some pics before it disappears without a trace 😅 6 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Phone teaser of the fresh background! Started with frosted cling for the back of the tank. Then I built the shadow box out of foam core and loaded it up the bottom with RGB led strips that have a Bluetooth controller. I love it! It creates a great sunset look and it's super fun to play around with. 1 3 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 That looks great. I also love little gobies in a nano. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Came across a photo of my clowns from 5 years ago, a few months after I bought them in May 2018. They were nice and clean when I got them. In this photo after a few months they are just starting to get their black spots and now they are closer to black clownfish than standard orange! Crazy how it's spread over the years. Their mustaches have come in nicely. Especially the little guy 6 minutes ago, Justind823 said: Came across a photo of my clowns from 5 years ago, a few months after I bought them in May 2018. They were nice and clean when I got them. In this photo after a few months they are just starting to get their black spots and now they are closer to black clownfish than standard orange! Crazy it's spread over the years. They're mustaches have come in nicely. Especially the little guy Pics are a little blurry - they're feeling fast today 2 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 Felt like having a clownfish photo shoot 3 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 Bought a Hanna nitrate checker during the BRS sale recently. Since I'm testing for nitrate and phosphate so often I'd like to make it a little easier. Saw that dinos are trying to come back in my tank and despite killing another bottle of phosphate+ my tank is yet again very low on phosphate! Where it keeps going? I have no idea. It's really the only thing I need to regularly pay attention to at this point. Quote Link to comment
Zuma Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Looking good! Are the clowns hosting a leather coral? Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 12 hours ago, Zuma said: Looking good! Are the clowns hosting a leather coral? Hey there! That's their day job these past few weeks since adding the little leather. At night they sleep in the spread of pink and gold palys to the right. Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 I love the skirts of these 3 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Unfortunately I'm currently battling dinos. This has happened once before when my nutrients plummeted before I realized how much of a loss there is with this tank. Got lazy with dosing and the dinos came back. My strategy has been to get my phosphates way up while feeding often and adding lots of bacteria to outcompete the dinos. This worked for me last time, hopefully it does again! 2 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 20231121_114721.mp4 New and improved sump auto feeder is up and running 🥳🥳🥳 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 I angled the clam hammock down a little bit so I can get a better view through the front glass. Still happy looking down from the top! Despite the steps I'm taking against the dinos that is 2 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Good news! I finally beat back the dinos this week. Bad news, my phosphate and nitrates are jacked 😃 I used a combination of dosing nitrate/phosphate, a 3 day blackout, running only blues on my lights and dosing Dr. Tim's Eco Balance and Microbacter 7 off and on. I got into the habit of dosing N/P everyday and after a few days of neglecting to test they got away from me a bit. Now to bring those back down! Luckily this tank has mostly softies and surprisingly the few LPS I have, haven't shown any signs of real stress. Anyway, here's Mr. Grumpygills 4 Quote Link to comment
Orangutran Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Hey good news with the dinos! This hobby would be so much better if it didn't exist... LOVE the backlight! I have the same idea on my new tank--I used frosted glass spray paint! But no light yet... Which RGB strip are you using? 1 Quote Link to comment
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