Hexahedron Heaven - 6.68 ft3 of love - Page 3

mrcyrus · 05/29/2014, 07:16 PM

Just take the forums with a grain of salt. Experts write articles, they dont blab on forums like us lol.

915MANG · 05/29/2014, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrcyrus

Just take the forums with a grain of salt. Experts write articles, they dont blab on forums like us lol.

True

rnmb1988 · 05/31/2014, 08:28 PM

Its been a solid week of High ammonia and I still have no cycle started, that is in addition to using a bottle of Fritz Zyme 9 to help kick start it. I guess I won't use that again!!

mrcyrus · 05/31/2014, 08:31 PM

Honestly I never heard of the stuff.

pnavarro170 · 05/31/2014, 09:13 PM

Yeah wasn't gonna say anything. Don't know what it is either. Should have used Dr tims

mrcyrus · 05/31/2014, 10:16 PM

Just add some saltwater from another tank and throw a chunk of shrimp in there lol

rnmb1988 · 06/05/2014, 09:34 PM

I added 9 gallons of water from my other two tanks last Sunday and as of last night look at my new test readings, I got Cycle!

Monday June 2nd

Wednesday June 4th - can you say CYCLE Baby!!!

So I wanted to aadd some more ammonia not a lot, but enough to give an extra kick to the system.

Might be time to move the three Green Chromis I have this Sunday if everything comes down by then.

915MANG · 06/06/2014, 05:36 AM

Nice Glad it worked out. Im moving 10g into my 34g this weekend.

915MANG · 06/15/2014, 03:17 PM

Hows it going? Do you have fish?

rnmb1988 · 06/16/2014, 07:36 AM

So yesterday was a busy tank day. Lots of "stuff" going on.

I checked the water, Ammonia and Niterite are back to zero, Niterate is up a little but that is to be expected.

I did 9 gallons of water from my other two tanks and 5 gallons of new salt water for a water change, then I started to add life.

Added Two Green Chromis, one of the two nice pieces of gulf live rock from John that has a bunch of life on it, a mushroom, an acan, a rock covered in GSP, a big piece of dragons breath, and huge piece of red grape, also I put a wad of cheato in the sump along with some live rock from the other tanks. Nothing is glued don yet, it’s just in there. I will let that marinade for at least a week.

915MANG · 06/16/2014, 09:13 PM

Looking Real Good!

pnavarro170 · 06/17/2014, 06:37 PM

I like it, where did you get the gsp ?

rnmb1988 · 06/17/2014, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pnavarro170

I like it, where did you get the gsp ?

It is one of the several pieces I have, it is not the one we spoke about.

pnavarro170 · 06/25/2014, 10:29 AM

hehe, well looks awesome, gotta scroll thru test kit pics but still.

rnmb1988 · 06/25/2014, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pnavarro170

hehe, well looks awesome, gotta scroll thru test kit pics but still.

I know, the test kit pics are kind of bla....but if someone new has never seen what a cycle looks like now they have a place they can look!

rnmb1988 · 06/30/2014, 07:17 AM

What a busy weekend!! I finally got the time to move everything from the Cardiff over here to the Hexahedron. At this point I am very very happy with the scape and the size of this tank. Enjoy the pics!!

Front

Right Side

Left Side

Top Down

While I was cleaning out the Cardiff, I stumbled on this little guy. It would seem that I have a maited pair of banggai cardinalfish!

So I went out and got a breeders basket and I will try and grow him out so he can go into my frag tank.

915MANG · 06/30/2014, 05:06 PM

Looking good!

pnavarro170 · 06/30/2014, 06:45 PM

Really nice

mrcyrus · 06/30/2014, 07:39 PM

I wanted to breed them a while back. Get a black long spine urchin. The use it for protection in the wild. The babies will stay in it. Or, you could let me have the little guy for my Ruby nano tank.....

brannock_16 · 06/30/2014, 08:56 PM

Nice tank.

rnmb1988 · 07/02/2014, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pnavarro170

Really nice

Thank you sir, your is looking well also!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrcyrus

I wanted to breed them a while back. Get a black long spine urchin. The use it for protection in the wild. The babies will stay in it. Or, you could let me have the little guy for my Ruby nano tank.....

MrCyrus, Great info on the urchin, I may just do that. Im going to keep this little guy, I kind of feel like he is special because he is even alive, but if my two adults have another clutch or whatever you call them I will hook you up!

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Originally Posted by brannock_16

Nice tank.

Thank you Brannok. What brings you to the El Paso forum? Are you in the area now?

rnmb1988 · 07/10/2014, 08:33 PM

Well Sad news. The young fish lasted three days and it died. Not sure why but I suspect it was the food or lack of it. I was feeding cyclops and reef plankton because I did not have any baby brine shrimp. I will next time.

Everything else is doing well so far.....here are a few new pics!

Zoa corner

mrcyrus · 07/10/2014, 09:37 PM

Did you keep him penned up? He was probably surviving off your reef.

rnmb1988 · 07/11/2014, 12:01 PM

Yes he was pened up in a breeders box. know it was surviving off something, I found it in the drain area of what is the sump on that AIO. What I dont know is if he was in there for a long time or not.
I guess it does not matter at this point. i just have to watch Mom & Dad closer for the next clutch.

rnmb1988 · 07/25/2014, 11:52 AM

This happened.

16 new pieces of coral. I will get some pics up ifI can get some decent ones.

05/31/2014, 08:28 PM	#53
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	Its been a solid week of High ammonia and I still have no cycle started, that is in addition to using a bottle of Fritz Zyme 9 to help kick start it. I guess I won't use that again!! __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag

05/31/2014, 09:13 PM	#55
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	Yeah wasn't gonna say anything. Don't know what it is either. Should have used Dr tims __________________ 150G

06/05/2014, 09:34 PM	#57
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	I added 9 gallons of water from my other two tanks last Sunday and as of last night look at my new test readings, I got Cycle! Monday June 2nd Wednesday June 4th - can you say CYCLE Baby!!! So I wanted to aadd some more ammonia not a lot, but enough to give an extra kick to the system. Might be time to move the three Green Chromis I have this Sunday if everything comes down by then. __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag

06/06/2014, 05:36 AM	#58
915MANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 950	Nice Glad it worked out. Im moving 10g into my 34g this weekend. __________________ Mike O YOUTUBE "915MANG" Current Tank Info: 120 Gal in progress Fish & a few corals 34G Solana

06/15/2014, 03:17 PM	#59
915MANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 950	Hows it going? Do you have fish? __________________ Mike O YOUTUBE "915MANG" Current Tank Info: 120 Gal in progress Fish & a few corals 34G Solana

05/29/2014, 07:16 PM	#51
mrcyrus Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 492	Just take the forums with a grain of salt. Experts write articles, they dont blab on forums like us lol.

05/31/2014, 08:31 PM	#54
mrcyrus Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 492	Honestly I never heard of the stuff.

05/31/2014, 10:16 PM	#56
mrcyrus Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 492	Just add some saltwater from another tank and throw a chunk of shrimp in there lol

06/16/2014, 07:36 AM	#60
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	So yesterday was a busy tank day. Lots of "stuff" going on. I checked the water, Ammonia and Niterite are back to zero, Niterate is up a little but that is to be expected. I did 9 gallons of water from my other two tanks and 5 gallons of new salt water for a water change, then I started to add life. Added Two Green Chromis, one of the two nice pieces of gulf live rock from John that has a bunch of life on it, a mushroom, an acan, a rock covered in GSP, a big piece of dragons breath, and huge piece of red grape, also I put a wad of cheato in the sump along with some live rock from the other tanks. Nothing is glued don yet, it’s just in there. I will let that marinade for at least a week. __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag

06/16/2014, 09:13 PM	#61
915MANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 950	Looking Real Good! __________________ Mike O YOUTUBE "915MANG" Current Tank Info: 120 Gal in progress Fish & a few corals 34G Solana

06/17/2014, 06:37 PM	#62
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	I like it, where did you get the gsp ? __________________ 150G

06/25/2014, 10:29 AM	#64
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	hehe, well looks awesome, gotta scroll thru test kit pics but still. __________________ 150G

06/30/2014, 07:17 AM	#66
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	What a busy weekend!! I finally got the time to move everything from the Cardiff over here to the Hexahedron. At this point I am very very happy with the scape and the size of this tank. Enjoy the pics!! Front Right Side Left Side Top Down While I was cleaning out the Cardiff, I stumbled on this little guy. It would seem that I have a maited pair of banggai cardinalfish! So I went out and got a breeders basket and I will try and grow him out so he can go into my frag tank. __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag

06/30/2014, 05:06 PM	#67
915MANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 950	Looking good! __________________ Mike O YOUTUBE "915MANG" Current Tank Info: 120 Gal in progress Fish & a few corals 34G Solana

06/30/2014, 06:45 PM	#68
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	Really nice __________________ 150G

06/30/2014, 07:39 PM	#69
mrcyrus Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 492	I wanted to breed them a while back. Get a black long spine urchin. The use it for protection in the wild. The babies will stay in it. Or, you could let me have the little guy for my Ruby nano tank.....

06/30/2014, 08:56 PM	#70
brannock_16 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 618	Nice tank. __________________ 120 Gallon LPS Dominant Reef Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon tank, Tek 48 inch 6 bulb T5, Vertex 170 Alpha Protein Skimmer, 2 Vortech MP 40W ES, 1 Vortech MP 10W ES, LPS Dominant reef!

07/10/2014, 08:33 PM	#72
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	Well Sad news. The young fish lasted three days and it died. Not sure why but I suspect it was the food or lack of it. I was feeding cyclops and reef plankton because I did not have any baby brine shrimp. I will next time. Everything else is doing well so far.....here are a few new pics! Zoa corner __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag

07/10/2014, 09:37 PM	#73
mrcyrus Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 492	Did you keep him penned up? He was probably surviving off your reef.

07/11/2014, 12:01 PM	#74
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	Yes he was pened up in a breeders box. know it was surviving off something, I found it in the drain area of what is the sump on that AIO. What I dont know is if he was in there for a long time or not. I guess it does not matter at this point. i just have to watch Mom & Dad closer for the next clutch. __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag

07/25/2014, 11:52 AM	#75
rnmb1988 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Alamogordo Posts: 65	This happened. 16 new pieces of coral. I will get some pics up ifI can get some decent ones. __________________ Hexahedron main display - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2404491 Current Tank Info: Hexahedron 50gal cube & 12 gal shallow frag