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03/24/2011, 09:30 PM | #51 |
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In the first intake basket, is that purigen or chemicure?
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03/24/2011, 09:42 PM | #52 |
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And a couple more pics of my new livestock. Put in a True Perc Clown this week that looked so good I thought it might have been an ORA, just couldn't pass it up. Also got a nice 4-head Frogspawn from my Trusty LFS for $40, it was fully open about an hour after acclimation and placement.
Sorry for the slightly foggy / dusty pics, I took them just after a new scape to rearrange the corals. The Perc hosted to my big shroom already, which the shroom isn't too happy with as it's always closing up. Right FTS, had to epoxy the zoa frag into place in preparation for the MP10! Frogspawn FTS FTS Left
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03/24/2011, 09:44 PM | #53 |
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Bonded floss in first chamber, Purigen in 2nd, and Chemi-pure Elite in the bottom.
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03/24/2011, 09:55 PM | #54 |
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Planning to order strontium, calcium, and iodine to start dosing. Also getting some zooplankton and phytoplankton for the corals. At the same time I will be getting an AquaC Remora HOB Skimmer with a RIO800 pump. Next week should be good!
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03/25/2011, 07:21 AM | #55 | |
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03/25/2011, 08:22 AM | #56 |
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Ruh roh, it's noisy?? I have heard it quiets down quite well after break-in and is quieter then the stock fans in the hood. If it's loud that may be a show stopper for me due to the tank location.
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03/25/2011, 10:07 AM | #57 | |
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This type of HOB uses an overflow return, so you'll get the ambiant noise of the water falling back into the tank, plus the noise of the water being pumped out and run through the spray injection system.
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03/25/2011, 10:18 AM | #58 | |
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It's really more the internal skimmer noise that is concerning to me, the stock 2-fans on the CFQ test my patience already
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03/25/2011, 11:31 AM | #59 |
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me too, I did the Nanotuners fan upgrade to the silentX, well worth the cash (they keep things cooler too)
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After our multiple-thread discussion, I plan to now order the AquaMaxx HOB-1 and that NanoTuners fan kit, plus all the supplements I had planned on.
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Well, I had my first two casualties today. There were a couple flower anemone's that came on my GSP rock, and one of them appears to have been blown out of it's hole by the MP10 and was in the skimmer grate. Also, one of my hermits has a shiny new Astrea shell...
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03/25/2011, 10:53 PM | #62 |
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Them hermits like changin shells
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03/26/2011, 11:57 AM | #63 |
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LOL yeah, little bastids!!
Not sure if it was a homicide or just taking over vacant a vacant home, but I'm guessing the former...
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03/26/2011, 05:35 PM | #64 |
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Tank is looking real good. Very nice frogspawn. The candy cane looks sweet too. Its funny i have both of those two and mine look so differn't then yours.
I lucked out and got a nice Elegance Coral for $25. It looks great and hope it does well ( i read there hit and miss on living) ? on the dosing. Do you think you need to be dosing already. I test my Cal and with the water changes it right or a little high. Also my banded shrimp has molted 3 times already so i would think the iodine is ok. From what i read until you have a real stocked tank the water changes should be good. Great looking tank and i'm following it too. Garetjax |
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I had a weird day today. My LFS tested my water, and was high on phosphate and a spike on nitrite, which both sounded weird to me. I brought my water to the fancy shop, nitrite and phosphate came up clean but ammonia was high. Everybody still seems happy so I am going to bring a water sample in to a 3rd shop tomorrow and do my weekly water change since it's due.
Don't think I have anything to worry about, probably just some bunk tests, or we can hope at least. I haven't added anything that would cause a cycle so I think it's just a fluke.
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03/27/2011, 09:22 AM | #66 |
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Yes the test might be a fluke. But i thought i read you lost an anemone and a snail. That might be why your ammonia might be high. I would do the water change and retest the water. Are you testing the water or just the LFS?
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I don't have test kits (silly I know) but have been taking in water 2x a week to the LFS to have it checked.
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So I've seen a couple of disturbing events in the past few days.
1) A hermit in an astrea shell, which means a homicide most likely took place 2) Caught my CBS nearly grabbing my damsel in a territorial dispute 3) Saw my emerald literally clamping down on a nassarius I'm beginning to understand why people don't like keeping crabs and CBS. Hopefully this phase passes over and everything calms down, or I may have to start looking at getting the CBS/Emerald back to the LFS...
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Did a water change on Sunday, tested water, and everything was back to normal. 0 Ammonia / Nitrite, about 5ppm nitrate. Phosphates were reading just under 1ppm, but hopefully I can keep that in check with the weekly water changes.
I guess the weird spike I saw was either from the dead snail&anemone, or just a fluke in readings at the LFS.
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Glad to see them back to normal.
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What duration do you guys/gals run your lights? I ran for 4-hrs during the cycle to keep the hitchhiker corals alive (which are spreading like mad now after my mini-cycle!!).
I've been running 8-hrs a day since the cycle finished and I started adding corals. I have so far:
I've started alternating phytoplankton and zooplankton once a week each. Wondering if I need to up the lighting to 9 or 10-hrs also. Thoughts?
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Alright, I just got some new tank pics, going to preface with a full stock list as of today:
Corals:
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And the pics: FTS
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Nice pics! Are you going to add anymore fish?
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Thanks, really happy with the way it's coming along so far. My LFS got a bunch of tiny mandarins in and he is training them to eat pellet food. If they take, I plan to pick one up next week and be done in the fish department. If that doesn't play out, I am not sure...
I do have a xenia on order, and plan to do a couple more corals before I just let it all grow out. It's an addiction, ya know??? Here is a vid:
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