coralcrazy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 dude very sick tank..looks like i am heading to home depot for some of that stuff Link to comment
Ann Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Eeek! A 17hr power cut, that's the stuff of reefkeeping nightmares. Does that happen a lot? I guess that a generator is absolutely essential for you (and your tanks!) I think that the algae is Lobophora, I've had it before and it's never been a big deal for me but I have read that it has been quite troublesome for others. I really do like this mix of polyps, did you put those together yourself? Best regards Ann Link to comment
melbourne Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 Coralcrazy, Thanks - I'm going to do another tank with foam + agrocrete when I have some free time. Ann, lucky I had the generator otherwise I'm sure I would have had major issues in my tanks. The collection of polyps I did myself, manually arranged. Earlier in the week I put in a small mexican turbo to work on the some of the macro, in the morning when I checked the tank, a few monti frags had been knocked off the wall and the polyps were all over the place I haven't had time to redo them but I plan to. The power outtages seem to be getting worse - we've seen progressively worse winters but I've only lived in this area for around 4 years - still hoping to move back west to SoCal and the nice weather Thanks for the macro ID - the brown stuff on the rock although not very attractive is not nearly as invasive as some macro I've seen. Did a water change this week and changed out the Marineland carbon I had been using with SeaGel - wanted to give it a try since it was on sale. Sorry for the bad tank pics, not everything is out since I did the water change, but I have a small window to take pics on Friday before the lights go out. Nothing new added except for the temporary weed wacker turbo. FTS Feb 03 Corner Feb 03 Orange Monti which I mounted slightly under mat - mat has recovered and growing again Tiny Anthelia frag growth pic, starting to fill out more Pink Pom Pom Xenia growth pic (slow grower even under halides) Pic of mat growth Tinyreef noticed before, sorry for the blurry picture but the mat has spanned a small gap and colonized another piece of rock - hard to see in pic but look between cap and kenya Link to comment
melbourne Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 Cabbage growth pic Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 your tank has the best growth of all the contestants so far IMO! tank looks really good! anyway is it possible i see a better pic of your FW planted 30g. ????? Link to comment
Casabubu Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Looking excellent as usual. That cabage coral intrigues me. It looks like its doing great. Link to comment
melbourne Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Thanks - I haven't had time to do much to my tanks this month. No water changes - my FW planted has really suffered due to lack of attention. The 2.5g has been doing ok considering. Updated pics of growth. FTS - taken tonight FTS - corner GSP mat growth is finally going up instead of down Polyps are not out but it makes it easier to see the growth up. Few new dusters have appeared - they seem to like the fact I haven't done any water changes this month. Orange M.Digi showing some growth Orange Cap has colored up nicely / more of a pink than orange in this tank One of the wall digi growth - colors have maintained in this tank which is nice More digi growth shots Wall of digi's - all exhibiting growth and retaining color well. More pics Green mushroom on ground has spread out a bit Critter from my other tanks fuge I threw in since Cerith is not enough of an algae crew Tiny Candy Cane frag has done well despite its location in the tank notice the split heads and tiny head growing in compared to when it was added. Pics from when it was added Polyp growth Link to comment
Ann Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Well this tank still appears to be flourishing despite having had no attention recently. Best regards Ann Link to comment
melbourne Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Thanks, I've been able to defeat the algae problem I was having. I replaced my RO/DI membranes / filters and replaced the resin - back at 0 TDS again on the meter. I added in 3 small blue leg hermits, and a temporary astrae which made short work of algae. The astrae knocked loose a few of my monti's. Also having corralline growth appearing on the glass now, so at least it started - a few months later than most folks but at least it started Was able to snap a few shots before the lights turned off - here they are. Gorgonian is also showing growth although at a slower pace - if you look back at the older shots you will see it is now growing a new branch on the lower left side FTS 3-15-06 Corner 3-15-06 Side Spotted mushroom is reproducing again- you can see baby behind parent in this pic Mushroom under HOB output pipe is doing well and grown Green ric starting to split Side shot of monti mountain with various softies mixed in Lem has shown some decent growth from a tiny tiny frag I added Toadstool has done well in this tank - here is a side shot of it Link to comment
melbourne Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 More pics Close up of monti mountain Close up of polyp extension on violet / white monti Candy Cane is doing well Good old cabbage as a tank center piece - who would have thought Link to comment
tinyreef Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 i love the spotted shroom and cabbage. very nice! i thought of your tank recently when i saw a thread on using the foam for a large tank (RC?). things seem to be settling in very well. :thumbsup: Link to comment
Ann Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Wonderful piccies, everything looks so fit and healthy. I love the look of the cabbage coral, funny but I've never given that species a second glance before now in a shop. Any sign of coralline growth on the foam yet? Best regards Ann Link to comment
melbourne Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Tinyreef, Ann - thanks. No signs of coralline growth on the foam. From what I've read it takes much longer for coralline to establish on the foam unless you have a thick coating of rubble or sand which I don't I certainly learned from this experiment how to make it better next time around. Link to comment
melbourne Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 FTS 04-05-06 Corner 04-05-06 [Livestock] Florida Tan Gorgonian Pink Pom Pom Xenia (Red Sea) Elongata Xenia (Silver Branch) Pink Anthelia Green Star Polyp (Long) (Briareum) Pink Star Polyp (Long) (Briareum) Brown Zoanthus (ultra rare ) Orange Zoanthus Red Zoanthus Tan Zoanthus Green Zoanthus Green Eye Zoanthus Orange Center Zoanthus Green Center Palythoa Tan Cabbage Coral (Sinularia dura) Green Ricordea Yuma Yellow Polyp (Colony zoanthus) Brown Kenya Tree (Capnella) Cream Toadstool (Sarcophyton) Cream Montipora Digitata Purple Montipora Digitata Brown Montipora Digitata Green/Blue Candy Cane (Caulastrea furcata) Blue Striped Mushroom Purple Dot Mushroom Green/Tan Mushroom (Rhodactis) Misc featherdusters 1 Cerith Snail 2 Blue Leg Hermits 1 Unknown Snail / Limpet [Equipment] 2.5 AGA glass tank Tetratec PF150 Filter Tetratec Heating Capsule Current USA 18w 50/50 retrofit Hogs Hood Canopy/Base Corallife Digital Thermometer DIY ATO (currently removed) The mats on the left are were not open when I took the FTS today, I may take another later this week if I have time. Not that I have much of a chance. I'm hoping that people will see that small tanks are viable and quite enjoyable and can be low maintenance. For folks interesting in starting a small tank and keep costs low - I found the foam worked quite well, I would use a thicker layer of rubble/sand next time. For corals I would join a local reef club, almost all my corals are frags from my larger tanks and are common corals so they should be easy to get. I'm pretty happy with the way the Tetratec filter performed in this application, its just about right for a 2.5g and the surge provides sufficient flow to keep everyone happy. This has been a fun little project FTS History from contest start to today 10-20-06 11-13-06 11-24-06 11-27-05 12-20-05 01-01-06 01-06-06 01-10-06 01-20-06 01-27-06 02-03-06 02-26-06 03-15-06 04-05-06 Corner Shots 11-27-05 12-20-05 01-01-06 01-10-06 01-20-06 01-27-06 02-26-06 03-15-06 04-05-06 Misc. Shots 01-20-06 01-27-06 02-03-06 02-26-06 03-15-06 03-15-06 04-05-06 04-05-06 04-05-06 04-05-06 04-05-06 Algae Clean Up Crew taken 04-05-06 Smaller Hermit sitting on Xenia Larger Hermit on sandbed looking for food Cerith Snail cleaning glass Ric 11-27-05 12-20-05 1-10-06 03-15-06 Toadstool 12-20-05 01-10-06 03-15-06 04-05-06 Yellow Polyps 11-27-05 01-10-06 01-27-06 03-15-06 Cabbage 01-01-06 01-10-06 01-20-06 02-03-06 03-15-06 04-05-06 Cream Digi 01-01-06 01-10-06 ?? 03-15-06 04-05-06 Various M.Digi Green 01-01-06 01-10-06 ?? 01-20-06 01-27-06 02-26-06 04-05-06 01-20-06 01-27-06 M.Digi Purple 01-01-06 01-27-06 02-26-06 04-05-06 Various Wall M.Digi 01-27-06 04-05-06 Lemnalia 01-10-06 01-27-06 03-15-06 04-05-06 Purple Dot Mushroom look for baby mushroom in later pictures 01-10-06 01-26-06 03-15-06 04-15-06 Candy Cane 1-10-06 02-03-06 03-15-06 Orange Cap 01-20-06 01-27-06 02-03-06 02-26-06 Orange Digi 01-20-06 02-03-06 02-26-06 Remounted after snail knocked it loose - mounted in different position 04-05-06 Link to comment
ethan29nano Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 did you use great stuff to do the background , and did you coat it with anything? Link to comment
Ann Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Wow, what a great set of pictures, some good growth there too. I hope that you'll be keeping this tank on so that we can still see how it progresses in the future. Best of luck when the voting starts. Best regards Ann Link to comment
sandlot13 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 man, unbelievable pictures!!! great documentary!!! this is one of my favorite tanks for sure. I really wish the coraline would have taken on theback wall... oh wells.... do you plan on keeping this setup for a while to see if it takes to coraline, or are you going to tear it down? awesome work!!!! Link to comment
melbourne Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thanks - I plan on keeping the tank its almost no maintenance which is what I love about nano/pico tanks. I'm going to add my ATO back in now so I don't have to top off every day. It took a long time for the corralline to establish, curious to see how long it will take for the back wall to get covered. I'm almost positive if I had a thicker layer of sand/rubble I would have faster results for the wall. If there is another contest I may try another foam entry but improved Oh and the wall is standard Great Stuff foam with a thin layer of southdown playsand. I sculpted the foam before it cured and then put the sand on. Link to comment
ninjafish Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 melbourne, This is the first time I've check out your tank and I've got to say that is looks awesome! You did a great job on the back wall and the corals are beautiful. Cheers, - Chad Link to comment
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