ml86743 Posted June 16 Author Share Posted June 16 First post WC with the ESV. Love how it mixes quick and clean. 4 Quote Link to comment
Airedale.Reef Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Looking Good! Glad to hear the new salt mix is working out to your liking! Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 1 hour ago, Airedale.Reef said: Looking Good! Glad to hear the new salt mix is working out to your liking! Thanks! Curious if I will see any differences in the corals, I’ve never switched salts on a tank before. Quote Link to comment
Airedale.Reef Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 If you do see a difference hopefully it is for the better! Should your parameters remain the same, I can't imagine any decline in coral health. I see the pink streaked wrasse in latest photo. Awesome looking fish, and one I am highly considering! Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 23 hours ago, Airedale.Reef said: If you do see a difference hopefully it is for the better! Should your parameters remain the same, I can't imagine any decline in coral health. I see the pink streaked wrasse in latest photo. Awesome looking fish, and one I am highly considering! All the wrasse fun with 0 draw backs! Non aggressive, pretty to look at, and once established he's quite social. 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 My luck has run out with my peppermint shrimp…he had been abusing two of my acans. I will now be spending Sunday trying to catch him Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Not much to update, the acans that were PO’ed looked way better today and I was able to feed them pretty well during my lunch break. I didn’t have any luck catching the shrimp but I also haven’t noticed any more issue with him bothering the acans. Could be coincidental considering he’s about to shed..but I also had a little bit of an alk swing which has ticked off LPS in the past. This last water change I took some extra time to get things right and added some carbon and today most everything is looking good. here’s a pic of the top shelf. TNT anacro and ROAB purple digi have been exploding as of late. looking like the upgrade will get wet somewhere between July 17-22:) 1 Quote Link to comment
notwithit Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Tank looks great! Do you find that your 14 is enough space for your wants/needs or do you wish you would have gone a little bigger considering you dropped from a 40g? Does your coral tend to have some lines where they war at each other? Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 3 hours ago, notwithit said: Tank looks great! Do you find that your 14 is enough space for your wants/needs or do you wish you would have gone a little bigger considering you dropped from a 40g? Does your coral tend to have some lines where they war at each other? 100% wish I went bigger. In the process of upgrading to a 22 long actually. The way I scaped this tank left no room for a nice sandbed and working around the rocks has been a major PITA. The SPS have worked there way around each other for the most part, there’s some fussing of course..but nothing too serious. Honestly, the sps in this tank have done extremely well which is surprising and my first real success keeping stonies. Zoas have given me so much trouble and I still have no clue why..im really excited to get the other tank wet and give a few corals the space they deserve. I have two alevopora that are begging for a display spot of their own. There are two chalices and a pectinia that need a space too. The 40 I had was sweet and I wish I knew then what I know now about reef keeping! Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 3 hours ago, Airedale.Reef said: Always stunning! Appreciate it!! It’s been a minute since I’ve posted it gonna go to your page! wanted to add a couple more pics:) TnT Watermelon Chalice and ROAB Digi (that digi is getting some really nice purple) 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 Um. No progress on the upgrade. I’ve been traveling so much for work I barely have time to keep the 14 in relatively good shape. most stuff is doing well, SPS are growing very well. I keep breaking of some of the digi when I’m cleaning and what not.. Acans are completely smoked from the peppermint shrimp. I’ve tried to catch him without dismantling the tank with no avail… The doors for the new stand are still a work in progress. We’ve got them glued and eventually we’re gonna get around to cutting them so they fit. Then it’ll need to be repainted. I did spray paint the plumbing black. here’s some pics! Hope everyone is well! 4 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Same ol dirty tank checking in here. I finally have a home stretch to get this thing cleaned up, still no new info on the upgrade. I have vermatid snails and asterinas everwhere, literally pest city. Random algae is starting to pop up, I need a CUC refresh. I’ll probably get some smaller snails and some hermits this weekend. i moved the Tropicana anacro and it seems to be doing way better in its current spot l, little less flow and light:) SPS are overtaking the tank and things are overgrown I really need to get a trim in there. Over the last few months I have been more hands off with this thing and pretty much just maintained 1g weekly WC’s and refilling reservoirs. The apex has kept me in touch and for a first time user with this setup, it’s already paid its way in gold. pics below. top down shot and the Tropicana in its new location. 3 Quote Link to comment
notwithit Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Nice pics! That watermelon chalice looks great. Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 5 minutes ago, notwithit said: Nice pics! That watermelon chalice looks great. Thanks! That things been a trooper! It’s growing nicely in that corner..I just really need to address the space and get my upgrade rolling.. 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 Trying to get this thing cleaned up, little bit of hair algae and a bunch of ulva have popped up. Little bit of bubble algae and still have cyano. picked up some chemiclean, not sure if I’ll use it yet. moved some rock work, got some frags off the floor and glued them down. Removed a bunch of the red digi too. There is too many corals that have spread over the rocks, I wanted to break some of the rock work apart but it’s not worth it. I adjusted the flow too. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 12 hours ago, Staticmoves said: Kickin! Haha it’s a little dirt box but it grows corals! trying to get doors finished for the new build still… Quote Link to comment
TheCoffeeReef Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 looking forward to seeing the new build. Reading the old posts about the peppermint shrimp made me chuckle, I've had one for 2 years now, love him but he's occasionally a little asshole to the LPS. Like, doesn't eat them, just steals food from them or occasionally takes some kinda shrimpy rage out on them with a passing stab. They always bounce back. Sexy shrimp are the only ones ive witnessed eat a coral, began trashing my stylo frag. Tip if you do want to try catching the shrimp, they're pretty easy to food train by hand, and will get to know you and your hand- it's how i transported mine from one tank to another. Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 On 9/24/2024 at 2:49 AM, TheCoffeeReef said: looking forward to seeing the new build. Reading the old posts about the peppermint shrimp made me chuckle, I've had one for 2 years now, love him but he's occasionally a little asshole to the LPS. Like, doesn't eat them, just steals food from them or occasionally takes some kinda shrimpy rage out on them with a passing stab. They always bounce back. Sexy shrimp are the only ones ive witnessed eat a coral, began trashing my stylo frag. Tip if you do want to try catching the shrimp, they're pretty easy to food train by hand, and will get to know you and your hand- it's how i transported mine from one tank to another. I like that idea a lot, I pretty much exclusively fed the acans pellets and stuff and I think he picked up on that..he for sure tore them up, I actually got rid of their skeletons last week:( he hasn’t bothered anything else so he’s staying for now I guess.. as far as the upgrade goes..I may shelf the 22 long and just pick up another larger AIO for the time being. I really need more space and there’s still a lot of kinks to work out with the 22. I can’t afford the lighting I want for it right now so I’d almost rather just move everything over to like standard 20 water box or something. that poses another issue..my rocks have so much junk on them (bubble algae, hair algae, maybe a little bit of byropsis, cyano, vermatids).. if i were to set up something new i feel like i would start fresh with some real live rock from Tampa bay saltwater and go from there. I’m not sure what I would do with the corals that have encrusted, maybe spend some time and chisel them off but I’m really sick of all the pests haha. anyway, I did some more work yesterday and moved the scape around a little more. I manually scraped all the bubble algae off outside of the tank with the exception of one patch I had to do with the rock in the tank. I also added my second mp10 to run some water down the back side to hopefully alleviate some of the cyano. my nutrient levels are pretty good. 5 NO3 and .03 PO4. I’ve quit feeding any particle foods and suspended the reef NRG, hoping that would help. So far nothing, I have a feeling the broth from the frozen food is to blame. I want to start rinsing it or switching to pellets for a little bit to see if it helps. the pic is from yesterday, a few of the corals were upset from all of the commotion. The SPS are still crushing it as of late, I need to make frags of the green anacro and the TnT grows every time I look at it! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted Tuesday at 01:32 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 01:32 AM Sps shelf from lunch today. I’m glad I’ve taken some initiative over the past few WC’s..the tank has been more enjoyable to watch 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted 1 minute ago Author Share Posted 1 minute ago Weekly WC pics. The TnT is popping! Quote Link to comment
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