FLIPbmw Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 I haven't updated in a while, just because I was very busy with school work. Since I'm done (and passed hahaha). I have been very busy with my tank. Current List of stuff........... 40G BR All Glass Aquarium 70lb Base (Reefbones, Reef Rock, Tuffa rock, Homemade rock) 15lb live rock (Vanuatu, Premium Figi) Crushed Coral, large grain mix Custom overflow/Refugium (ps. the clear overflow owns ) Rena XP3 Filter AGA 300w Heater Coralife T5 2x21watt Actinic, 10,000k (2 Units). Seaclone Skimmer MJ 1200 Mj 600 timer (15minute intervals) SCWD (soon) 2 Ocellaris, Sixline Wrasse, Cleaner shrimp, Arrow Crab, BLH, Snails... Coral List... Coral Polyp: Beige Eyes Coral Polyp: Brown, Orange Mouth Coral Polyp: Green Button Polyp Coral Polyp: Green Green Mouth Coral Polyp: Green Star Polyp Coral Polyp: Orange Orange Mouth Coral Polyp: Orange, Neon Green Mouth Coral Polyp: Purple & Green Polyp Coral Polyp: Xenia Coral Polyp: Yellow Polyp Gorgonian: Purple Whip Leather: Devil Hand Leather: Sinulaira Leather: Yellow Finger LPS: Branching Meat Coral LPS: Bubble Coral LPS: Candy Cane 36 LPS: Frogspawn LPS: Galaxea LPS: Hammer Coral Mushroom: Green Stripe Mushroom: Gwen Blue Mushroom: Purple Mushroom (True purple) Ricordea: Blue Purple Ricordea: Faint Green & blue Ricordea: Gold Blue Ricordea: Orange Purple Green SPS: Assorted CPR 7 SPS: Digitana & Cap SPS: Humilis SPS: Orange Digitana Montipora SPS: Purple Tri Color SPS: Staghorn Brown SPS: Yellow Acropora Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Last piece of equipment that I'll need for this tank. I picked up a SCWD and a backup power supply. I will only be using it for pumps, so right now I only have a MJ 600 on it (estimated running time is 100hrs). I may add another, but not ATM. That thing cost me 99$ (CDN) as it was on sale 50% off! I had to jump on it since a car battery itsself is almost the same price. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 I hooked up my SCWD today and it's pretty cool, but yea it does cut off a bit of flow (mainly because it is also flowing out the opposite end). My Noma power system is been running on battery power all night and have about 70% power left. I should be able to run my pump for 3 days. Lights is another issue, but they can survive some time with out it and heater is a big issue since it drains a lot of power, but some heat packs wrapped in ziplock bags and placed near the PH should help. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 My lighting schedual (photos) Any comments? Makes me sad I don't get any posts Link to comment
zachxlutz Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Those pictures don't really show anything, the first two look the same, and the last one just looks a little darker. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Take a look at it again. In the photos maybe you can't see a big difference, but when your here you can "feel" the difference. For the morning I have my back lights come on first. Afternoon I have both lights running. For evening I have my fronts lit and the back is black so you can't really see how deep the tank is. I have my lights controlled with a digital timer and each day of the week is different. Mondays the lighting is shorter and starts to peak on thursday-friday with 13hrs then drops back down to meet schedual on monday. Link to comment
fewskillz Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 looking good, I can't wait to get my 40b setup! Link to comment
msn711 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I like the way it's darker in the back of the tank at night than it is during the day. It does give a sun is setting kinda impression. But what's the point of having the light on for more hours on Thursday-Friday than say any other day of the week? Very nice tank too btw. Link to comment
ReefApprentice Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Cus he can.....sheesh. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 I like the way it's darker in the back of the tank at night than it is during the day. It does give a sun is setting kinda impression. But what's the point of having the light on for more hours on Thursday-Friday than say any other day of the week? Very nice tank too btw. No reason for those days. I just wanted 'random' lighting and this was the best I could do with a digi timer. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 I fragged some of my monti caps. They have been growing pretty well under my lighting. My monti digitana is a different story tho. I also frag plugged all of my ricordea because they were getting swept away and lost behind rock. Nothing new, still waiting to get rid of some frags. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 yup yup it's time again. I got some new zoos from trading and got a few new colonies to frag. Photo as of today, but shot before my newest purchase (big zoo rock). Fish/invert added/removed: +Blue yellow tail damsel +Green goby +peppermint shrimp +10 cerith snails -2BLH Corals added: 1 purple white center zoanthus 1 tri color mix (reverse gorilla nips + kiwi stars + purple white star) 1 brownish white star yellow center. Pics to come soon... since my explaination sucks Link to comment
StanD Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Your tank looks sweet. Keep up the good work. Link to comment
henry22 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Tank looks really cool, but I would remove the damsel and the arrow crabs. Arrow crabs grow fast and can get really big and eat fish. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 Tank looks really cool, but I would remove the damsel and the arrow crabs. Arrow crabs grow fast and can get really big and eat fish. yea well everything can get really big, its a matter of time. He won't be getting any bigger, I'm sure of that. Link to comment
irishtexan Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Tank looks nice! When I first saw the rock work I wasnt too sure how it was going to turn out, but it looks really nice! Great job. texx Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Picked up a HQI fixture from a fellow reefer that I trade a lot with. Odyssea 150w HQI 3in1, actinic + moons. 10k bulb running. How it compares with my T5: My 4 bulb NO T5 setup was decent for the price, but I found the color to be too "white" where as I wanted to get the shallow noon time sun reef look which is more yellow. The T5's would light up the whole tank completely which was nice to see all the little detail in the rocks, but now the MH creates shadows where you use to see nice detail. It's because I have been aquascaping with T5's in mind, so shadowing wasn't a concern. The MH ripple effect is breath taking, so is the actinics, although the flurescent greens don't "Pop" as much as they would under T5's. The Moonlight is a cool added feature, but it leaves a lot of 'unkown' when used (blue is too focused on a single spot). I may add more in the future depending If I decide to keep this fixture or buy/trade for 2x MH setup. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re-arranged the rockwork, took out a few lb of baserock. It looks much cleaner now. Added a strawberry conch. I'm having a cyano problem since the beginning of adding the new lighting. I was thinking about RSR, but didn't do it. I did do FWE on my tank, about 2x recommended dosage which took out all my flatworms, but there was too many and even with all the carbon I added and skimming, I lost a few pieces of SPS (although my friend told me FWE + sps isn't a good mix, never read it anywhere). I was able to fix my micro bubble problem with my rena, so now picture should be crytal clear from now on. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Picked up a new toy... 100GPD RO/DI, 5 Stage system. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 My new & first blasto Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted December 9, 2006 Author Share Posted December 9, 2006 I just picked up this colony of Red, Purple eyed zoos. They looked like eagle eyes, not sure. What do you think? Link to comment
andre Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I just picked up this colony of Red, Purple eyed zoos. They looked like eagle eyes, not sure. What do you think? those are nice but they arent eagle eyes. Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 When I get time, I'll upload a bunch of pictures of my corals. Link to comment
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