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11/04/2018, 09:07 PM | #26 |
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FTS Update for 11/4
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11/04/2018, 09:41 PM | #27 |
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I loved the fish room tour! All of your tanks look fantastic! Nicely done.
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12/24/2018, 06:13 PM | #29 |
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Action shot of my weekly maintenance protocol in mid December.
And some top down shots just to show a different angle: Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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12/29/2018, 10:24 AM | #30 |
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Great setup - really like keeping both planted and reef and yours both visible but separate rooms.
I think I see a seahorse in there? Has it lasted? How long have you had? Is the hawkfish showing any aggression to other fish or the blood fire shrimps? |
12/31/2018, 04:23 PM | #31 |
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Thanks!! The seahorse lasted about 6-mo, feeding was the main issue as despite doing daily spot feeding of frozen mysis / brine (which he would eat aggressively) overall there was just too much competition for food and normally food would get stolen before he could suck it up. He slowly dwindled away despite my best efforts.
The hawkfish is very peaceful, never bothers any fish or shrimp. It is a picky eater, however, and I never see it eat pellet food only frozen. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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01/21/2019, 10:35 PM | #32 |
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FTS Update 1/21
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03/08/2019, 11:33 PM | #33 |
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Well March 7 was a year and a month since this tank got wet, and it's still chugging along. It's really been uneventful since last May. I do a large water change every other month or so and otherwise just clean the glass, change out GFO media, and swap filter socks. I did add a carbon reactor as well, and reorganized some equipment in the cabinet, but no livestock additions.
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03/09/2019, 08:33 PM | #34 |
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Wow great tanks...love the planted. So you obviously clean the back glass often, but do you also clean the overflow? How do you do that without scratching it?
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03/09/2019, 09:34 PM | #35 | |
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The planted small planted tanks have gone through some iterations but the big one is still the original concept. Betta tank (UNS 5N): New UNS 45S that replaced the old 3N: And finally the big one, UNS 90P: https://youtu.be/OzW_MaHqwsc Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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03/09/2019, 10:11 PM | #36 |
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Wow, I love it that you have so many tanks AND they all look so beautiful and well kept! How do you find time for maintenance??
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I'd say over the course of an average week it's maybe 2-3hrs of maintenance. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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03/11/2019, 01:35 AM | #38 |
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2 to 3 hrs of maintenance isn't bad at all. Just read your whole thread and realized that you had/have angels in there. Have you noticed them bothering any coral? Im guessing they are not as likely to pick on coral in a softy dominated tank.
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03/13/2019, 11:31 AM | #39 |
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Ah ha. Looks who's back! You might remember me from the nano forum days. I used a lot from your tank build for my nano at the time. Glad to see that you're back!
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03/17/2019, 07:37 PM | #41 |
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Updated your of "the gallery", not so rushed this time.
https://youtu.be/fZU6DKNDARI Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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04/21/2019, 05:33 PM | #43 |
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Finally got around to a water change, it's been about 3mo since the last. The tank has really just been chugging along effortlessly. I have been toying with the idea of adding on the MP10's I have sitting in my "fish closet" and even possibly adding some new corals. But I kind of like the homeostasis that has been achieved at the moment, it's just working with very little interference from me other than feedings.
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07/19/2019, 11:27 PM | #44 |
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Well, it's been another 3mo and just did another water change. I'm really liking this quarterly interval! Nothing has changed in the tank, it's just chugging along.
I've been spending most of my time experimenting with my planted tanks. The original dichotomy concept for these tanks is always evolving Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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07/28/2019, 07:18 AM | #45 |
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Video walk through of the main systems:
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