Deb’s Studio 12 Aquarium

[debbeach13]

Good morning

I just pulled the large rock with the 11 frags I got from Steve. I put it in the 20L. After removing the 7 corals I traded in a couple days ago that tank was looking empty to me. I also moved the cleaner shrimp over there. I felt bad that he had no fish to clean. 

[debbeach13]

Morning light shining on the tank as it currently looks. Yesterday I moved the hammer that was in the top of the zoanthid rock down next to the new hammer. The new hammer doesn’t look blue in my tank. That is not a surprise because of the lighting. The stems did seem to show blue at first. Looks like the candy cane is hungry.

[seabass]

I like those sunlit pics.  And look at that nice clean sand.

[debbeach13]

[debbeach13]

[debbeach13]

This tank and I have had some losses. Mostly fish and shrimp. The coral has been a joy. More than once today I thought about getting any still questionable frags placed in here from the 20L back out of this tank. They can't really go on the sand in the 20L, the fish will bury them. A frag rack wouldn't work because all the stems are cut off. Maybe a breeding trap. 

[Staticmoves]

13 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

This tank and I have had some losses. Mostly fish and shrimp. The coral has been a joy. More than once today I thought about getting any still questionable frags placed in here from the 20L back out of this tank. They can't really go on the sand in the 20L, the fish will bury them. A frag rack wouldn't work because all the stems are cut off. Maybe a breeding trap. 

What ever you lose live stock wise, that rock flower would more than appreciate the snack!

things look awesome……😎

[banasophia]

The tank is looking so lovely, Deb. 💛

[boscoT]

inspiring!!! The rock and coral design is amazing.

[debbeach13]

Felix in tank for 48 hours.

 

[Airedale.Reef]

settling in nicely! Your reef is beautiful! 

 

[Crawford_T]

Looks great! I love those sunlit photos from earlier on. 

[debbeach13]

I was hoping for another Yellow Watchman Goby, to replace the one that jumped the first night I had it. That was January 24 or 25th. Unfortunately, the only shrimp gobies were Yashia's at $110.00 each. I just don't have that kind of budget. Settled on a $25.00 fish for now. I will hopefully find a YWG next time.

The tiger pistol shrimp from Jan. is still alive. I see it occasionally and hear it almost every day. 

[spectra]

Prices suck now at the stores.........I have not had a tank in a while now but hit a local shop last week and wow.......... prices are nuts. 

[Kev1n]

You have a lovely nano reef. A wonderful collection of corals.

[debbeach13]

I thought my son was going to faint. He was with me when we picked out our first yellow tang. $25.00 (33 years ago)

Now $1,100.00!

[geekreef_05]

I really like your coral-scaping, if that's a thing. Placement is both artisic and functional. 

 

So zen.

I dig it. 

[ml86743]

On 2/3/2024 at 8:54 AM, debbeach13 said:

Morning light shining on the tank as it currently looks. Yesterday I moved the hammer that was in the top of the zoanthid rock down next to the new hammer. The new hammer doesn’t look blue in my tank. That is not a surprise because of the lighting. The stems did seem to show blue at first. Looks like the candy cane is hungry.

Deb that might be some of the most beautiful coralline I've ever seen.  Is it real???! lol

 

Tank is looking fabulous as usual.  I have always envied your ability to really pull everything out of your corals.

 

What salt are you using out of curiosity?    

[debbeach13]

ml86743 Wow thank you so much.

I have always wondered if my rocks are covered with some crazy form of algae and not actually coralline! It feels very slippery. Now I am using Red Sea Coral Pro Salt. When the tank was set up, I used a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of Instant Ocean Salt and Reef Crystals. I just got tired of mixing the two together, having to store that much salt, plus it did have more residue left in the bucket than any other salt I have used, AND coral Pro can be ready in 2 hours or less.

Note - I never noticed a difference in the corals no matter which salt I was using at the time. 

There are others but here are a few others I have tried. Tropic Marin, Fritz, Dr. Foster and Smith

[ml86743]

5 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

ml86743 Wow thank you so much.

I have always wondered if my rocks are covered with some crazy form of algae and not actually coralline! It feels very slippery. Now I am using Red Sea Coral Pro Salt. When the tank was set up, I used a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of Instant Ocean Salt and Reef Crystals. I just got tired of mixing the two together, having to store that much salt, plus it did have more residue left in the bucket than any other salt I have used, AND coral Pro can be ready in 2 hours or less.

Note - I never noticed a difference in the corals no matter which salt I was using at the time. 

There are others but here are a few others I have tried. Tropic Marin, Fritz, Dr. Foster and Smith

Thank you for the info.  I use RSCP myself, considering making a switch for the new tank.  

 

You're gonna have to start "fragging" whatever that stuff is hah!!

[Crawford_T]

I used Red Sea Coral Pro with my last tank, had good luck with it. This time around I’m just using LFS water which they market as “real Caribbean oceanwater”. I’ll switch to mixing my own here soon. 

[debbeach13]

Happy to report Felix is still with me.

[ml86743]

Felix is looking great!