Fowler’s Waterbox 10

[Deputy_Pooh]

I’m wondering if I went a little too extreme and overloaded my tank? So I happened to do a inventory of everything in my tank and I realized I have:

 

3 fish

16 invertebrates 

20 corals

 

all in a 10 gallon tank. It definitely sounds like too much but honestly looking at it, it doesn’t seem that much. As far as corals, all of the pieces are frags and I know I will have a lil coral warfare in my area with the montiporas but other than that, there’s plenty of room for colonies to form. 
 

and with everything I have, my parameters were on point. I know ppl don’t believe in skimmers on such a small tank, but I think it helps with everything I have. And my collection cup is pulling out dark green skimmate. The pic I have is with a orange lens so it doesn’t show it’s true color. 
 

[aclman88]

On 5/28/2022 at 11:14 AM, Deputy_Pooh said:

Well I’ve came to the conclusion that I want to remove my blue spotted goby

Probably a good call since it also seems like it would get too big for the waterbox. Tank usaa chugging right along it seems!

[Riona]

I'm afraid my dozen frags in a 40 is overloaded for coral (but wanting more) and you've got 20 in a 10.  I don't know if this inspires me or makes me feel silly, to be honest 😅

 

If you can keep the parameters in check, and the animals aren't dying/fighting/looking stressed for something like having a tang in there, I'd say that it's fine.  But I'm far from an expert.  

[Deputy_Pooh]

9 minutes ago, Riona said:

I'm afraid my dozen frags in a 40 is overloaded for coral (but wanting more) and you've got 20 in a 10.  I don't know if this inspires me or makes me feel silly, to be honest 😅

 

If you can keep the parameters in check, and the animals aren't dying/fighting/looking stressed for something like having a tang in there, I'd say that it's fine.  But I'm far from an expert.  

I was initially hesitant when I started adding corals, of course ppl are going to say wait when adding stuff due to the maturity of the tank. But it became addictive once I placed my first few corals in and monitored its progress. Once I saw that they were doing successful and my tests were showing numbers in acceptable ranges, that brought comfort in adding a few more here and there. I’m not an expert either, but stability is the key to success. 

[Deputy_Pooh]

My protein skimmer is really exporting some serious gunk. I’m going to test my parameters tomorrow to see where everything is at. 
 

 

[Deputy_Pooh]

Not much to update on with my tank. I’ve encounter the normal stages of diatom that lasted about 3 weeks. Now I’m in the stage of having a lil green algae on the glass and currently has my tank cloudy with a lil green tint to the water. Nothing on the rocks yet thank god, but I’m hoping this stage passes shortly. 
 

Current 2 month FTS

 

 

 

 

[Deputy_Pooh]

3 month update FTS

 

[debbeach13]

You have been shopping. Tank looks awesome.

[Deputy_Pooh]

2 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

You have been shopping. Tank looks awesome.

I couldn’t stay out of the LFS initially. I’ve managed to chill the last month n half. Just observing that corals growth and progression of my tank. 

[Theshallows]

nice colors

[gsechen]

that yellow torch and frogspawn is nice

 

[Micropilot]

Looks awesome. Just got a WB cube 10 and looking for a stand. What brand is yours? Thanks in advance. 

[dawi03]

did you ever make that youtube channel?

 

im starting my wb120 build

 

how did you do your chambers?