Reef Central Online Community

Go Back   Reef Central Online Community > General Interest Forums > Tank Journals & Builds
Blogs FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Notices

User Tag List

Reply
Thread Tools
Unread 05/05/2017, 08:35 PM   #51
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Need to work on the focus a bit more apparently...


__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 05/16/2017, 09:47 PM   #52
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Blue Cali Tort



Baby Bubblegum Monti




__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 10/31/2018, 07:01 PM   #53
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Well, in case anyone's interested this tank is still running. A lot has changed since my last update. Most of the acros I added I've lost, but this tank is finally stable enough that the remaining acros are actively growing.

I sold the giant monti cap last week and bought new T5HO bulbs and have switched back to that fixture.

The ATS has been offline for a couple months now and there has been some diatoms and cyano, but nothing serious.

If anyone has specific questions ask away!




__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11/03/2018, 01:49 PM   #54
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
A few pictures. They aren't the greatest (I only have a cell phone) but I'm throwing them in here for journal purposes.

Bonsai (the better colored of the two):


Bubblegum Monti is growing like crazy:


I thought I lost both Biohazards, but this chunk survived:


I believe these are both Paletta Tri-Color:




I have two PC Rainbow (the other is below the Bubblegum Monti):


Gatorade Birdsnest:


And the large Green Birdsnest that's also growing like crazy:



__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11/15/2018, 07:55 PM   #55
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Well, I did some rearranging yesterday. It's slightly less cloudy today. One of the main goals was to isolate the encrusting corals.

Overall I like the layout, but maybe not so much the arrangement, if that makes sense. The circulation is greatly improved and the fish seem to like it better.

And now some pictures!



Center of the scape (the clowns are still driving me crazy throwing sand everywhere!):



Isolated Superman Monti:



Right side (the only side you can walk past):



And the left island:




__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11/16/2018, 08:07 AM   #56
JamesHolt
Registered Member
 
JamesHolt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Milton,NC
Posts: 1,104
Blog Entries: 3
Cool Deal,looks nice


__________________
John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."

Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies
JamesHolt is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11/16/2018, 08:53 AM   #57
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Thanks! Something about it still doesn't quite look right to me so I'll probably tweak it a little more but overall I think it was a good change.

As of last night the clowns seem to have claimed the right island as theirs, banishing the damsels to the left one. The angel is just swimming all over the place and checking out all the little nooks and crannies. The cardinals don't really seem to know what to think. They just kinda slowly wander and lash out at the damsels when they get too close.

I was very hesitant to move the clowns over to this tank but I think it has added some balance. The angel seems to have been put in its place and has calmed down a lot. The female clown is the only clown showing any aggression, and it's only to chase things away when they get close to her. The damsels and cardinals just stick to themselves.


__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11/18/2018, 08:10 PM   #58
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Some Zoas:

I don't know the name of these ones.



I believe these are Watermelon.



Radioactive Dragon Eye.



Sunny D and another I don't know.



Acans aren't Zoas, but these were completely gone and are coming back nicely.




__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11/18/2018, 08:36 PM   #59
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Hmm. Focus with the camera on the phone is tricky. I'll have to work on that.


__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04/08/2019, 06:10 PM   #60
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
An update: Same equipment, just moved some rocks around. Removed the ATS because I was going crazy trying to keep my skimmer algae-free. Algae is growing again though, so I may have to figure out how to integrate it back in.

Still working on picture taking. Here are a few attempts:




















__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04/14/2019, 04:12 PM   #61
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535
Put on my creative thinking hat and figured out how to re-install the ATS. It's not pretty, but will make using it much more tolerable if it works.



The whole aquarium setup:



__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 04/14/2019, 07:37 PM   #62
Darth_Tater
Registered Member
 
Darth_Tater's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 535



__________________
It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.
Darth_Tater is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement.
Reef CentralTM Reef Central, LLC. Copyright ©1999-2022
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.