Miz's 26 Bowfront

[MizTanks]

Finally! I seem to be getting a hold on the diatoms. Coraline is popping up all over the rock. All corals look awesome today :) My angel is doing great also. Not nipping at the corals at all~knock on wood. Now if I can stop my mag350 from blowing bubbles I'll be able to sit quietly and not fret :)
I did add a surface skimmer and wow! What a difference. Within 1 minute the surface was totally clear. I've got it hooked up to the mag350.

[Sir Patrick]

Check the seal/rubber washers on the mag 350 for incorect seating/leaks, in the inside, outside and all hoses.

[MizTanks]

Check the seal/rubber washers on the mag 350 for incorect seating/leaks, in the inside, outside and all hoses.

Gotta wait for LFS to order parts-then I'm gonna change em all out :)

[MizTanks]

Check the seal/rubber washers on the mag 350 for incorect seating/leaks, in the inside, outside and all hoses.

Gotta wait for LFS to order parts-then I'm gonna change em all out :)
Forgot to mention it's filled with carbon :)

[binford4000]

Sounds like things are going great!! Tank shots look great and glad to hear you got the slime issue and diatoms whipped! So you out of room yet? LOL Looks great,keep the great work up!!

[MizTanks]

Thank you Binford :) nope I'm not outta room yet lol

[Sir Patrick]

Heard you had some zoas melt......

Still keeping up on this tank like you were the 8 gallon? If so, with the addition of the fuge and skimmer, I would feed more- like a couple times a day. Might have better luck. I have found polyps do best in very clean tanks that still have lotts of food, readily available.

[MizTanks]

Yeah one of my new frags melted away except for one large polyp-and it's doing great-go figure :)

As for feeding-with the new angel I'm up to 3x a day-def wanna keep her happy :) 2 types of reef nutrition flakes and 1 Rods blend.

Still anal about maintenance-just doing wc's less frequently-bout every 10 days.

[Sir Patrick]

Sounds like a good schedule.

[MizTanks]

I really love this coral :)

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[MizTanks]

6/10
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5/11
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[MizTanks]

Got up this morning to clean glass! No dusting of diatoms. What did I do? No fuge light and no lunar lights. Total blackout. So I've come to the conclusion that my fuge light is running to long 10-12hrs a night, lunars 10. Remedy seems to be lessen fuge lighting to 8hrs to start and lunar's to 8hrs also. This little fuge light not only gets very very hot it also may be to much for my little fuge. 24w mean's 8w per gallon, the fuge is only 3g. I'll be looking for a lesser light fixture.

Aside from all that, my tank is doing great. Had to bring in a bunch of cheato to the lfs. Haven't lost anything but a few zoa polyps :) Fish are doing good also. Still no coral nipping from the angel, guess I got lucky :)

[MizTanks]

I've decided to switch things up a bit. I'm going to remove all cheato from the fuge. Instead I'm going to be running some LR rubble and Tom Weiss phosphate + silicate magnet. It absorbs these 2 and holds em. No purging! If it works as I think it will, I'll continue to use it as a treatment for my makeup water, before adding salt.

After much research and good conversation it's been proven to me that although cheato is a fine algae that will absorb no3 and po4, it doesn't consume it. It can only absorb so much and then it will begin leaching, putting it right back into my tank. Besides it's become a big PITA for me and I would just as soon not use it. Cheato anyone? As far as it controlling ph, IMO that would be hard to prove as ph changes throughout the day.

I'm still dosing 2 part. So far so good. At least that's what my corals are telling me. Looking awesome! Surprisingly enough I'm getting good growth out of all my zoa's. For me, this is a miracle. :)

[MizTanks]

Just tested water parameters=ca 420~kh=9~ph=8.2 and sg=1.025.

Having removed all but a little bunch of cheato it appears that may have been the cause for my diatoms. I didn't cull it enough and guess it expelled the po4 right back into the tank. I removed the cheato 2 days ago and I'm already seeing the diatoms receding. Yahoo!

My Digitfera Acro still refuses to totally color up. It's like half green and half brown. The digitfera show's very little polyp extension whether it be day or night.

The Turaki is more of a purple and wow do her polyps come out when it's totally dark. Against all info I've read about this acro, with it needing low to medium flow. She sure likes to be blowing around, a lot.

My Tonga shrooms have close to doubled their size. My acan has 2 new heads, giving me a total of 6. My little Fungia eats like a pig and I actually got it on video. Way cool to watch. Got 4 heads on my Blasto Merletti, just gotta find a way to get it off the plug and onto the rock. Maxi Mini's are both 3+ inches. That's about it for now :)

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[Sir Patrick]

Lookin great miz!!

[CalmSeasQuest]

I've decided to switch things up a bit. I'm going to remove all cheato from the fuge. Instead I'm going to be running some LR rubble and Tom Weiss phosphate + silicate magnet. It absorbs these 2 and holds em. No purging! If it works as I think it will, I'll continue to use it as a treatment for my makeup water, before adding salt.

After much research and good conversation it's been proven to me that although cheato is a fine algae that will absorb no3 and po4, it doesn't consume it. It can only absorb so much and then it will begin leaching, putting it right back into my tank. Besides it's become a big PITA for me and I would just as soon not use it. Cheato anyone? As far as it controlling ph, IMO that would be hard to prove as ph changes throughout the day.

Where did you read that Cheato leaches Nitrates or Phosphates? The key to Cheato (or any Algea used for nutrient control) is to periodically harvest it, thereby removing all the nuisance nutrients bound within the algae. The only way I'm aware of it leaching anything would be if it were to die and be allowed to decompose in the tank.

The improvements you've seen since removing some of your Chaeto were likely coincidental and not related to the Cheato unless it was dying or was so dense that it was trapping detritus. Personally, if you have Cheato growing, I'd strongly suggest you keep it over any Weiss chemical product. With the Cheato you have PROOF that it works :)

As for the positive pH impact - I can assure you it's real. During photosynthesis, plants (algae) take up CO2 causing an increase in pH. Sufficient photosynthesis occurring on a reverse lighting schedule will help increase pH in support of the diurnal swings. This provides pH support overnight while respiration is occurring within your main tank resulting in the release of CO2 and lowering of pH levels.

[MizTanks]

You said exactly what I meant- Either way it was all my cheatos fault. From now on I won't let it take control of me but me of it-lol
Nobody told me that the cheato leaches. I came up with that one on my own :) pretty good one right-lol. Let's hope no one was listening to me.

Again I get some much need info from you CSQ. I'm so happy you don't charge for it. :)

[MizTanks]

My Tail Spot Blenny isn't doing so good. I think she picked something up from my Angel. About a week after I bought the Angel she was showing signs of ICH. However within a couple of days she was completely clean :shrug:

Now my Blenny is looking not so good. She's got something but it only sort of looks like ICH. She was scraping on the rock, yet she was still eating. Well she hasn't eaten this morning, nor is she moving around much. Actually she's only gone from one spot to another. I'm afraid she's going to die.....

[MizTanks]

I haven't been feeling well of late. Diabetes has reared it's ugliness. Today I felt a little better and so I made my way to the LFS. Totally focused on getting a few items I need for the health of my tank and corals. Lets see...I bought a small package of brine shrimp and.....what the heck is that in my bag....yup a pencil urchin. Talk about an impulse buy or what. I know nothing about them except, one does not belong in my tank. I hate it when I do this. Even though it's happened only twice before, I still hate it. By having to take it back I've added so much more stress on the animal. I just wanted to selfishly make myself feel better......
Yes I'll be taking it back to the LFS, even though that environment is less then where it's at now :(

Tank is doing good.

[Captain]

Tank is looking nice!

[MizTanks]

Angels gotta go!! She's starting to be not very nice. She won't allow my other fish to eat and just today I saw her nip at my acan. Bye bye Angel!!! Live and learn right.......

[2pairs]

Yep, just the nature of angels.
I had to get rid of my flame.

[MizTanks]

Big badness come in small packages~lol

[MizTanks]

Well I'm up and looking but can't find my blenny anywhere~with the amount of bristle worms (again) I have in my tank I doubt I ever will. Up until yesterday she was still eating. I knew she was sick, body covered with something not ich. Like a white film.
R.I.P. MizBlenny :(

[whitetiger61]

sorry to hear about your blenny..your tank is really looking good..keep up the good work

Rick

[Sir Patrick]

White film? Doesnt sound good......sorry to hear about your fish. Both of them actually. Had my fingers crossed on that pygmy angel for ya.

[MizTanks]

Well If I didn't care about my FF eating and hiding, which she does anyways with or without the angel, I'd keep her. She's really not doing any damage to my corals. Just nips at my lil acan, of which I only have one. And when she nips it, it stays closed up for a couple of days.
I'm thinking about just sticking with a bunch of nano fishes. Cardinals~clown gobies even that Chalk bass you mentioned....who knows?

[MizTanks]

Is she pretty or what? Love it!!

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My new Urchin :)

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[Heidi]

That urchin is SWEET, what kind is it? Acanthastrea is looking very happy in it's new home too!

[ReeferRob]

Wow....holy cow you brought it to a whole new level Miz. Tank looks amazing, really happy for you!

[Sir Patrick]

Orange Crush Acan Echinata????


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Nice pick up!!!!! Make sure to give it plenty of room.

[MizTanks]

I've been rearranging furniture for the past 2 days. Now she has most of the sand bed to herself :) maybe one more piece to move;)

[MizTanks]

That urchin is SWEET, what kind is it? Acanthastrea is looking very happy in it's new home too!

Pencil Urchin (Eucidaris)

[MizTanks]

Must be something in the air, it sure isn't the water. First I lost my tail spot blenny. Now my Tangaroa goby is MIA, I'm sure she's dead. Now miz pistol is all alone. I had these two fishes for 3yrs. My very first SW fishes :)

Update: Tangaroa is alive and well!!

[nate_newton]

That's not good. Is there a possibility that theres an unknown predator?

[MizTanks]

I ordered a CC from Reef Cleaners. Bunch of different snails.

Hopefully soon I'll be running an RO/DI and a GFO reactor.

Corals are doing great!! That's it for now :)

[MizTanks]

That's not good. Is there a possibility that theres an unknown predator?

No predator. But the Tangaroa is alive and well!! :)

[MizTanks]

I think my skimmers working now...right?

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[Heidi]

Skimmer looks like its working :) Glad to hear you found the goby!

[Sir Patrick]

I think my skimmers working now...right?

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Working very well! Just imagine all that crud, still in your tank, back when ya didnt have a skimmer. I have been wondering how its workin for ya. Looks like its working great!

[MizTanks]

I think we should all raise our children to keep a saltwater tank-what a great teacher for decision making...and so many other subjects.

[2pairs]

You really know your skimmer is working when you clean the collection cup and it smells like someone pumping a septic tank.
And if you think about it ..... it kinda is!

[Sir Patrick]

Agreed- 100%

[MizTanks]

YouTube - ‪MVI 0516‬‏

[CableGuy]

What kinda shrimp and goby... and what the heck as they doing???

Also, love the back ground music!

[binford4000]

nice video.So did the cops I heard get that guy to leave your goby alone ROFL :oldman:

[MizTanks]

What kinda shrimp and goby... and what the heck as they doing???

Also, love the back ground music!


That is a Tangaroa Goby/Candy Cane Pistol Shrimp. I've had both for almost 2yrs. This goby is the shrimps 2nd fish. The first was a yellow rose prawn goby who jumped to her death via the pump house in my biocube.

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nice video.So did the cops I heard get that guy to leave your goby alone ROFL :oldman:

The goby was harboring a criminal~the shrimp! lol

[MizTanks]

Look at all that growth! :) and it's on a Skwooshy!

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Goooo Turboooo! Eat that nasty turf algae!

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[larryandlaura]

Super cool video. I enjoyed watching it.

[MizTanks]

The fun is in the ending......they're baaaack!!!

YouTube - ‪They're back!!!!‬‏

[Heidi]

HOW IN THE **** DO YOU GET SO MANY OF THOSE NASTY THINGS??!!

Thanks again for the nightmares lol
And great title.... Theerrrreee baaacckkkkk!!!

ECK!
:blackeye:

[nate_newton]

That is quite a few. Mine do that in the daytime when i feed. They hide under the lps and steal there food.

[MizTanks]

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[CableGuy]

Looking great Miz!

And those worms are good... keep the tank clean!

[whitetiger61]

Jamie

Your tank is looking awesome..i would leave the worms in there..very healthy for the tank..nice video..but you do have some big uns in there..

keep up the great work

Rick

[MizTanks]

Thanks CG! Yeah I don't mind the worms. It's just been a standing joke around here with me and my bristle worms. Some people's didn't believe me when I was telling them about the population quantity wise :) I gotta bunch...

[2pairs]

For a newer setup it is coming along good and looks great.

[MizTanks]

Thank you everyone! Jim your right about it coming along great for a newer tank. Hadn't thought of it that way. As I'm writing this I'm looking at the amount of coraline growth on the LR and it's amazing how much of it there is. Funny thing though, there's none on the tank walls at all.

I broke my lil surface skimmer (which was working great) and it's hard looking at the water with that terrible film on it. Wish I knew the cause. No matter how much agitation I add it doesn't go away.

Other then that this tank is doing wonderfully. I keep up on all the parameters. Feed sparingly. Got a great clean up crew. Soon to have an ro/di unit and a gfo reactor. Now I'll just watch her grow....

[CableGuy]

You broke your skimmer... or a "surface skimmer"? I thought you just got a skimmer...?

[MizTanks]

You broke your skimmer... or a "surface skimmer"? I thought you just got a skimmer...?

My surface skimmer-those little cheapy things. They work great but built cheap. Would rather find out the cause....

[binford4000]

My surface skimmer-those little cheapy things. They work great but built cheap. Would rather find out the cause....

is your new tanl drilled ?? Does it have an overflow box? The over flow and dorso or even jost a drain bulkhead after the the overflow skimms the film and top waste which is why these systems do not have the film you are experienceing. Without a method of skimming such as a skim bucket you will still have the film, sorry. But the new tank is looking great!!

[MizTanks]

No not drilled. Heidi gave me a pre-skimmer box but it doesn't have the teeth and I def can't cut it :)

[binford4000]

No not drilled. Heidi gave me a pre-skimmer box but it doesn't have the teeth and I def can't cut it :)

Do you know anyone into wood working?? They should be able to cut it with a good router,roto zip,dremel... just too many tools to name loll

[MizTanks]

My new Purple Duncans. Thanks HappyCoral!!

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My new Highlighter MaxiMini and she only cost me a bag of books! Woot Woot!

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[binford4000]

You can send the skimmer box to me with directions of what ya want and I'll have the guy's in the machine shop take care of it if you want

[MizTanks]

You can send the skimmer box to me with directions of what ya want and I'll have the guy's in the machine shop take care of it if you want

That's a wonderful offer Binford, thank you! I just may do that.

[MizTanks]

Well my little bleached out Maxi Mini has moved off her rock and into a hole :( will she come out?

Haven't seen my firefish in a couple of days now...dumb fish...causes me to much worry...it's like having a teenage run-a-way....

I do believe I've found the answer to keeping my corals happy and thriving...quit changing the water so much. I was doing weekly wc and my zoa's refused to thrive. My acros were lacking in color and polyp expansion was minimal. However since I started dosing 2 part at 7.5ml daily and wc monthly. All my corals are thriving!! All zoa's are producing 1-2 polyps weekly and the polyp expansion and color of my acros have bloomed! Needless to say all my LPS's are doing wonderfully. Can't believe the growth on my HS :)

All is awesome in my tank...oh and I'm getting a new fish...Midas Blenny!

[Sir Patrick]

With the addition of the skimmer- water changes are much less needed, compared to without a skimmer. Feeding more offten is also an added bonus!

[MizTanks]

Gotta love this Favia!
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She's coming out!!!
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Lil Acro Digitfera~growing like a weed~I really like this coral :)
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[steve&mari]

Great pictures Mix tanks looking really nice

Big Steve

[MizTanks]

Just arrived today from HappyCoral~Oulophyllia bennettae

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She sure has grown! 6-7" fully expanded. Tonga Shroom from HappyCoral!
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Just a few happy zoa's from HappyCoral :)
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Random shots :)
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[jimsflies]

Looking great. Like the zoas!

[Sir Patrick]

Very nice choice additions!

[Badfish]

Wow, those are some amazing additions to an already beautiful tank!

[MizTanks]

Thank you very much BadFish, Sir and Jim!

Oulophyllia bennettae Under the lunars...

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[binford4000]

Thank you very much Badfish!

Oulophyllia bennettae Under the lunars...

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looks good,you keep it up you'll be doing a new tank build.That things got to be getting full by now lol[COLOR="Silver"]

[MizTanks]

looks good,you keep it up you'll be doing a new tank build.That things got to be getting full by now lol

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looks good,you keep it up you'll be doing a new tank build.That things got to be getting full by now lol

Actually I have 1 large rock where the top of it is completely empty~lol~but the sand bed is full for sure :) Now it's watch it grow :)

[Flynnstone]

AWESOME !!!!

[MizTanks]

I just like this picture :) Purple Duncan and don't know the name of the zoas.

[MizTanks]

Got my ro/di unit yesterday from Binford4000!! Thank you Binford4000! What a great little unit wouldn't you say :)

[Badfish]

Cool, its so nice having your own RO/DI unit, I wouldn't know what to do with out mine. Now you need to make a mixing station!

[2pairs]

It is just my opinion, but RO/DI is as important as a protein skimmer.

[MizTanks]

It is just my opinion, but RO/DI is as important as a protein skimmer.

I now have both :highfive3:

[MizTanks]

Looking at my tank during lights out and came upon this cool sight...Favia eating a bristleworm...ate it completely!

[CableGuy]

Ha! I wonder how the heck that happened?!

[MizTanks]

Several times I've watched bristle worms go after the pellets I feed my LPS-guess this one just went a bit to far-lol

[MizTanks]

Almost 5 months old!!

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[Sir Patrick]

Looking very nice!!!

[Heidi]

That is turning into a beautiful little reef Miz!! Keep up the good work. Everything looks so happy!:highfive3:

[MizTanks]

Thank you Chris and Heidi :) your compliments mean a lot to me-they really do!

[MizTanks]

I got da shimmers!

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[Heidi]

Pretty! I love a reef tank with the night lights on!!!

[rulost2001]

ahhhhhh the
shimmers

[jimsflies]

Nice...I've been liking my gorgonians a lot these days as well!

[larryandlaura]

Very nice Jamie! This tank keeps getting better and better!

[bluwc]

Very nice, I love the LED shimmer....nothing like it!

[MizTanks]

Thanks peoples :) @Jim: Yes I'm liking the Purple Gorgonian a lot. It is so purpley!!! Great color addition to my tank.

[MizTanks]

Got a new Purple Gorgonian with white polyps. Not sure if they're supposed to be white but still very pretty.

‪My 26g bowfront‬‏ - YouTube

[MizTanks]

Well my new fish arrived at the LFS today...Tail Spot Blenny was DOA :( But the Chalk Bass has made it into my tank and here she is....

[whitetiger61]

your tank is growing so well..im very impressed..nice bass also..keep up the great work..its turning into a real beauty.

Rick

[MizTanks]

So today I'm going to get off my behind and add a piece of extension tubing to my intake pump...lowering it so I can fully utilize the pre-skimmer box...this will enable me to drop the water level some so the pump is pulling water from the surface and therefore clearing up the scum...silly me just hates getting her hands wet and making a mess :)

All is well with my tank. Still waiting on the tap adapter to get here so I can hook up my ro/di unit...first water change coming up with good clean phosphate free water :)

It's way cool seeing my Acros now covering the plugs they came on...great growth....zoa polyps are increasing big time. All is well with my tank :)

[larryandlaura]

Awesome to hear Jamie. I love following your thread. Keep up the good work.

[MizTanks]

My sister got her clown fish...I had to let her...she begged me

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[2FarNorth]

If you get tired of waiting for the tap adapter, most Ace hardwares carry them, probably even home depot... Just look for ice maker fittings... I got a spare one from menards, and another from Ace...

Tanks looking good! Keep it up!

[2pairs]

Good deal, what is a reef tank without a clown or two.

[MizTanks]

Had quit the scare..my lil bass decided to take a trip and with my chair sitting right next to the tank I was able to hear her hit the lights...I looked and didn't see her right away...so I got up and looked behind the tank and there she was on the floor...picked her up and put her back in..so far she's still alive. Tomorrow will tell....

[Heidi]

Hey Jamie! That little clown is adorable! :) Hope the Bassie is ok in the morning.

[larryandlaura]

Sweet looking clown. And good luck with your bass!

[MizTanks]

Yahoo!! The bass is no worse for ware...she's doing great!

[larryandlaura]

Good to hear! Keep us updated.

[Jstadler]

Glad to hear the bass made it, they are such cool fishes.


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[MizTanks]

All is well with my tank :) My clown is doing whatever it is that clowns do, with my Acan Echinata :) New zoa polyps everywheres~hooked up the ro/di unit finally!!! Will go to Lowes to get some sort of water container. Thats about it for now :)

[larryandlaura]

Glad to hear Jamie! Any recent pics?

[MizTanks]

WOW! Had no idea how ro/di units really ran....sloooooow or what! It's gonna kill me to see all the waist water going down the drain. Especially now that I'm no longer keeping any plants. TDS readings are at 3. Today I'll fill up a top off jug..tomorrow a bucket for wc.

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[MizTanks]

Buckets filling.....an filling....an filling.....zzzzzzzzz

[Sir Patrick]

Still filling???

Keep us posted when ya get your "Wish ya could be at the swap care package"!!

[MizTanks]

It took 2hrs15min to fill a 5g bucket-happily I slept through the first 2hrs-lmao!!

You know I'll be showing off my "wish I could be there care package" woooo hoooo!!

[larryandlaura]

Wow that's slow. Im looking into getting a ro /di. I better get a 180gpd! Noticing any differences since the switch in cleaner water?

[MizTanks]

Did my first wc in 2 months, using ro/di today. Cleaned out all (hopefully) the flat worms from the fuge-cute the cheato in half again.

Now alls I gotta do is get the angel out and I'll be happy once again with my tank.

[MizTanks]

Fish traps been in all day-only thing caught was a couple well fed snails lol-maybe tomorrow.....

[MizTanks]

I am so bummed :( woke up this morning and my urchin had knocked my lil blue head hammer off it's rock (yes it was glued) and then to top it off my Oulophyllia bennettae had one sweeper stuck firmly into it. Looks like it may be totally gone. Nothing extended and I just now noticed brown yucky stuff coming out of it.

On another note I'm really loving this MM even though it's white~there is a splattering of color but not real noticeable

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0975.jpg

[Heidi]

It might live Jamie! A snail knocked over my scully on top of a Yuma and the part that totally looked dead grew back over in about two months. Congratulations on the rodi!! This tank is coming right along cause you are such a spoiler ;)
Heidi

[Badfish]

I agree, about a month ago my Sps horn coral fell on top of my hammer and turned half of it to brown goo. So I cleaned off the dead tissue and gave it a Coral Dip, now you would never know it happened. Good luck

[MizTanks]

That's what I did-cleaned off the goo. But as for dipping the only thing I have is CoralRX Pro. Which is for bugs only right?


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[Badfish]

I'm not sure, I use Two Little Fishies Revive Coral Cleaner, but i think CoralRX is kinda the samething. Their site says you can use it for Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN) and Slow Tissue Necrosis (STN).
Rapid and Slow Tissue Necrosis - Treatment of STN|Treatment of RTN - CoralRX (http://www.coralrx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=18)

[MizTanks]

One big Tonga Shroom!
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0978.jpg

6 heads of Blasto Merletti
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0974.jpg

No matter where they are these zoa's love to stretch. I've had them climb the walls even.
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0966.jpg

[larryandlaura]

Awesome pics Jamie. Your tank is really taking off.

[MizTanks]

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0991.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0989.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1001.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0998.jpg

[2pairs]

Looking gooooooood!

[MizTanks]

For all who read this..here's a great big ole DON'T DO for ya's. My salinity was low so what do I do? I take a glass, pour some salt about half way and fill the rest with water. Mix a little, pour into my fuge, add a little more water to glass, mix a little pour into fuge. I do this 3-4 times. All the while thinking that it will all mix slowly in the fuge. NOT!

Yup you guessed it. All the salt just sat in the bottom of my fuge and....killed every pod, bristle worm and hey whaddya know it even killed the flat worms. In stead of my cheato being nice like a brillo it is now nice and stringy, an just last week I had to cut it in half cause it grows soooo fast. UGH!!!

I am now making up some new water. Will drain the fuge of all the lil dead critters :( Anyone got an idea if this may have gone all the way down through the sand bed? Anything else ya'll can think of that I should do? DT parameters are fine believe it or not :)

What a total dumb *** I am!!!

[Badfish]

...

[Badfish]

:duh:

Well you live and learn. At least it sounds like you go it under control before it messed with your DT, do you have a way to isolate your fuge from the rest of your system?

I think if you just change the water and clean out the extra salt you should be fine, keep and eye on the salinity for the next few days though

[binford4000]

I would siphon the dead bugs out after you isolate the dt from the fuge.Rember theirs inportant bactaria in your fuge so I wouldn't recomend draining it completly either.Just add RO tell you get it at the same salinty as your dt. let it sit for awhile and double check it before you reconect it to your dt.There's lots of pods in dt so you'll have pods again soon and your fuge will rcover better if don't remove all the bactaria.As for the cheato dying,it's probably going to rcover as well,it's just alittle fried from the acid of the salt.Make sure you check your PH and alk.You might have to use some buffer to get things at safe level.Good luck

[MizTanks]

Well that was a **** of a job wew! Totally drained my aquafuge. Totally sucked out all the badness. Threw away the chaeto even though it was still really green, the texture was more like string then brillo. That can't be good :)
Going to do some research on what else can go into a fuge besides chaeto and LR rubble. Last night I was thinking about how without the use of chaeto or a place to put a skimmer, this little fuge is not much more then a canister filter. So what to do with it?? Bio-pellets? GFO? LR rubble? Palys, shrooms? Hmmmm?

[MizTanks]

Have you ever seen a zoa so totally orange as this?

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1019.jpg

[Fish Dad]

So this would be a good opportunity to explain the correct way to increase salinity for all us who are still greener then GREEN :shrug:

I would think a water change?

THANKS

[MizTanks]

So this would be a good opportunity to explain the correct way to increase salinity for all us who are still greener then GREEN :shrug:

I would think a water change?

THANKS

What I did was make a gallon (small tank I got) of sw at 1.025 which is were I keep my level in my tank. I'm using the new top off water to raise my salinity gradually. Once I reach my desired level of 1.025 (within a couple 2-3 days) I'll go back to using clean ro/di for top offs.

[MizTanks]

26g bow front salt water tank. - YouTube

[MizTanks]

First day
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0696.jpg

Today
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1002.jpg

Although they look sort of purple in these pics, only due to me not sure how to use the white balance on my camera. These duncans are actually on the pink side. Go figure. Why they're called Purple Duncan is beyond me. Must be they're only purple under MH~which I'm not using.

[larryandlaura]

They still look very nice Jamie! Great addition to your beautiful tank!

[Heidi]

Tank looks great Miz!! The Duncans look super cool no matter what color they are :)

Heidi

[MizTanks]

I'm not saying they don't look nice. Just saying they are not purple! They are a dirty pink and I don't like anything pink. I own nothing pink. So here I am with a pink coral in my tank that I paid good money for. I can either keep looking at it an go UGH or get rid of it. It's frustrating that light makes the color they are sold under and if you don't have those lights then you don't get that color. NO I'm not bashing any one seller here, just stating a fact. Actually to be honest? It's not only frustrating but I'm just freaking sick of it! Nothing I buy is ever going to look like it does in the pictures, just because of this FACT! Nobody ever talks about it. Would be wonderful if someone would do something like...here's what they look like under MH AND T5. But that would be to much like right. Or how bout leaving the photoshop out of the whole equation? No I'm not ignorant about marketing. But there are many sides to a coral, why show just one? There's a market out here for MH corals. Why not one for t5's an CF's? We already see them being sold under LEDs. I could rant all day on this subject....

[larryandlaura]

I'm not saying they don't look nice. Just saying they are not purple! They are a dirty pink and I don't like anything pink. I own nothing pink. So here I am with a pink coral in my tank that I paid good money for. I can either keep looking at it an go UGH or get rid of it. It's frustrating that light makes the color they are sold under and if you don't have those lights then you don't get that color. NO I'm not bashing any one seller here, just stating a fact. Actually to be honest? It's not only frustrating but I'm just freaking sick of it! Nothing I buy is ever going to look like it does in the pictures, just because of this FACT! Nobody ever talks about it. Would be wonderful if someone would do something like...here's what they look like under MH AND T5. But that would be to much like right. Or how bout leaving the photoshop out of the whole equation? No I'm not ignorant about marketing. But there are many sides to a coral, why show just one? There's a market out here for MH corals. Why not one for t5's an CF's? We already see them being sold under LEDs. I could rant all day on this subject....

Very great point Jamie. I feel it will never change though. I have bought so many corals then put them on my tank and the color was bland. And I use T5's blues and purples. People should state what light is used in the picture!

[MizTanks]

Very great point Jamie. I feel it will never change though. I have bought so many corals then put them on my tank and the color was bland. And I use T5's blues and purples. People should state what light is used in the picture!

Bingo!! We have a winner! Thanks Larry for the validation :)

[2pairs]

Not to be the devils advocate, but in some listings I have seen some that list the lighting the pictures were taken in. Unfortunately this is the exception and not the rule.
This is one of the reasons I prefer to buy corals at the swaps and from local reefers. That way you only buy what you like.

[MizTanks]

2pairs if they had a swap within 3hrs from me I'd never buy coral online again unless it was from a private seller. I try to get peoples here at CR to ship! Some do, most wont. My loss :( A few reefers here have gotten a *care* package together for me and will be shipping it soon, (I'm so grateful they don't even know) There is NO where for me to buy corals U.P. here. I could order them from our LFS and believe me I would love to. I really like this store but...by the time he factors in shipping and his profit, an $7.00 fish will cost me $21.00+tax and that's picking up the fish before they put it in a tank. If the fish makes it into the tank before I can pick it up, well the price is another $7.00+tax. My last 2 fish I ordered? One arrived dead and the other looked terrible, very skinny :( I've seen the bags sit in the tanks for hours, yes I mean hours!
As for buying coral. Our LFS uses 2 wholesalers. (remain nameless) By the time they reach U.P. here they are in dire straights. Then if you can get to them before the (reefer employees) get to them you may have a choice of something kind a nice. I have placed orders several times via our LFS and have received 2 out of about 10. Usually the seller didn't have what was on the list or the order never got placed. So the moral here is...I'm totally on a rant today :smash: My jeeps broke down and I've got to much time to spend looking at my tank :doh: wondering what else I can put into it...which only makes the subject worse :stars:

[Heidi]

I am sorry for your frustration Jamie! :( makes me sad. I really don't know what you are going through cause I myself have never bought anything without seeing it first. I do know, not about duncans, but acros and zoas look great once they have had time to acclimate to your tank and lights. Time like months w/o being moved. Zoas change and look good but different in my tank after a couple months, sometimes better them when I bought them. Acros always look best in very low trats/phosp. systems which most stores have but most of us don't.
Photoshop isn't always the problem either. An acro will look awesome and then it gets bagged tagged and shipped and it's going to look ****ed till it gets use to it's new tank. Which if you read more then 0 phosphates on an API test may not ever happen. I am battling phosphates right now and sensitive stuff looks like crap.
Sorry for the frustration friend :(
Heidi

[2pairs]

Hi Jamie,
I do feel your frustration and I hope I didn't add to it.
I think we all wish the coral we buy look as good as the pretty pictures they show.
Don't loose your faith from the pictures you have posted your tank is nothing short of marvelous.

[MizTanks]

No 2pairs you didn't add anything negative to my woes...honesty is always refreshing and welcome in my world. Thank you very much for the compliment...from you this means a lot. :)

[MizTanks]

Oulophyllia bennettae
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1029.jpg

If anyone wants to name these, feel free!
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1033.jpg

My lil fungia
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1023.jpg

Where oh where have all her colors gone? No more green, no more purple. Just orange an blah...
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1039.jpg

[bluwc]

Jamie, the one thing I have noticed as far as losing color under the T5s vs MH is that you still may get the color you desire but it will take a few months for you to get it. Not sure about Duncans but I know I have bought some z's & p's where the color was bland and after a few months, it finally colored up to what the original pic showed it to be.

[bluwc]

So this would be a good opportunity to explain the correct way to increase salinity for all us who are still greener then GREEN :shrug:

I would think a water change?

THANKS

The way you raise your salinity is top off with saltwater. Say you have 1/2g per day evaporation, instead of adding RO water as you normally would, add salt water. This will increase it slowly. You can also do a water change and make that salinity higher than what your tank is. If you're at 1.023 and want it at 1.026, I personally would make my water 1.028-1.030 on a 10% wc. Might take several weeks to do it this way though....which is why the top off is faster/easier imo.

[MizTanks]

The way you raise your salinity is top off with saltwater. Say you have 1/2g per day evaporation, instead of adding RO water as you normally would, add salt water. This will increase it slowly. You can also do a water change and make that salinity higher than what your tank is. If you're at 1.023 and want it at 1.026, I personally would make my water 1.028-1.030 on a 10% wc. Might take several weeks to do it this way though....which is why the top off is faster/easier imo.

Tis exactly how I did it. Thanks bluwc :)

[larryandlaura]

Sweet fungia! Remember me when its time to frag it!

[MizTanks]

Yesterday I ordered some new chaeto and pods from ReefCleaners. I really like these guys. I ordered one of their cleaner packages not to long ago and am very happy with what they chose for my tank.

[larryandlaura]

Didn't you already have chaeto? Let me know how the pods look! Im going to stock my tank with a few hundred soon.

[MizTanks]

My fuge was rocking!!! Until I killed everything in it-via hypersalinity. Was trying to raise the salinity in my DT with a quickness. Another reason reefers and impatience don't mix ;)

[larryandlaura]

Dang sorry to hear. Patience is a key to reefing. We all have learned this the hard way lol.

[MizTanks]

Don't be sorry. I'm not, lesson learned :) just grateful it wasn't the DT.

I'm in a good space with my tank these days. Gotta a few small changes to make which won't cost $$$, this is good. I'll be doing no more shopping. That was stressing me out big time. Def no more trying to keep up with the Jones's. Yup I'm def guilty of that and thankfully I caught it in time. There's a post showing a very beautiful SW tank being filtered with a canister filter. Which got me to thinking just how much I was falling into what everyone else was/is doing. Most of which in no way can I afford to do. Not without comprising my peace of mind. For now I'm just going to enjoy my tank and K.I.S.S. :)

[larryandlaura]

Don't be sorry. I'm not, lesson learned :) just grateful it wasn't the DT.

I'm in a good space with my tank these days. Gotta a few small changes to make which won't cost $$$, this is good. I'll be doing no more shopping. That was stressing me out big time. Def no more trying to keep up with the Jones's. Yup I'm def guilty of that and thankfully I caught it in time. There's a post showing a very beautiful SW tank being filtered with a canister filter. Which got me to thinking just how much I was falling into what everyone else was/is doing. Most of which in no way can I afford to do. Not without comprising my peace of mind. For now I'm just going to enjoy my tank and K.I.S.S. :)

Your tank is stunning Jamie. And your thread is always got somethig going on. KISS is a good method though and idea.

[Chris L]

Nice tank! Crazy cat!

[MizTanks]

Nice tank! Crazy cat!

Thanks Chris~I agree with you on both :) That's evil Racie~she works very hard at owning everything that belongs to me~including me~out of 5 cats my sis owns she's the only one who does this.

[larryandlaura]

Lol great pic!

[MizTanks]

All healed up and doing better then every :) happy happy joy joy!!!
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1034-Copy.jpg

[larryandlaura]

Very colorful pic! Glad all is doing well Jamie.

[2pairs]

I find the stranger our pets are, the more special they are to us.

[rulost2001]

man......im seriously jealous.....nice start

[MizTanks]

man......im seriously jealous.....nice start

Nice start? Not sure I understand hon :) you mean my very first ever most beautiful one you've ever seen Acropora Turaki? If so well then I totally understand your jealousy :) lol

[Sir Patrick]

Looks like your tank is ROCKIN!!!!

Can we get a new full tank shot?

[MizTanks]

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0991.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1027.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0998.jpg

[larryandlaura]

Thanks for the eye candy! That tank is full of corals.

[MizTanks]

Having received the wrong order from ReefCleaners (a bunch of snails) I took them to our LFS for credit. I've been watching this Flame Scallop for at least 4 months. In a 20g with a florescent bulb. That's it, and it's still alive? I did some research back when I was running cf's on my 8g and knew that wasn't good enough for it. But now I have t5ho's. Well come to find out light isn't really a major issue for these little guys. So along with a Peppermint Shrimp I brought it home. To say that after just an hour in my tank, that this is one of the coolest creatures I've had in my tank is an understatement. At first I set it on the SB and for the last hour I've been watching it climb the rocks!! Fully open and I swear it's smiling. It looks so much happier now that it's in my tank :)
At the LFS is was just sitting in a corner of the tank on the SB. I feel like I saved a Scallop today :jester: Taken with a flash as the lunars are running.

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1050-1.jpg
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1049-1.jpg

P.s. Yes I am fully aware about the care these Mollusks need. Yes I am def up for the challenge! Can't do no worse then where it was at.

[Badfish]

Beautiful Flame, a few years ago before I really knew what I was doing with SW I bought an electric flame with the bio-lume, it was awesome in the store but as soon as I put it in my tank it jetted in to behind my rock and I never saw it again :mad:. That's awesome it's out in the open and looking very happy, I'm sure you'll be able to keep it healthy.

[Heidi]

I think he is smiling! My guy still looks the same, happy and healthy. He may find his way to one place and just chill there always, and that is really ok. Mine moved a lot the first couple days now he is settled up agents the glass in the back. Not sure exactly what they eat... No one is... But they are filter feeders, so my theory is they possession themselves where they get the best flow of food and chill there. Good luck Miz! You do have a pretty "blue thumb" :)
Heidi

[MizTanks]

Beautiful Flame, a few years ago before I really knew what I was doing with SW I bought an electric flame with the bio-lume, it was awesome in the store but as soon as I put it in my tank it jetted in to behind my rock and I never saw it again :mad:. That's awesome it's out in the open and looking very happy, I'm sure you'll be able to keep it healthy.

Guess I spoke to soon~got up this a.m. and sure enough it's hidden in the back behind the LR....Yes I'll be moving it to the front...I did not bring her home to a beautiful tank just to hide all day :jester:

[MizTanks]

I think he is smiling! My guy still looks the same, happy and healthy. He may find his way to one place and just chill there always, and that is really ok. Mine moved a lot the first couple days now he is settled up agents the glass in the back. Not sure exactly what they eat... No one is... But they are filter feeders, so my theory is they possession themselves where they get the best flow of food and chill there. Good luck Miz! You do have a pretty "blue thumb" :)
Heidi

Heidi here is a link to my favorite *go to* sight whenever I want/need to research anything SW. Someone does know all about the File Clams (Flame Scallops)

Invertebrate Non-Column: Flame Scallops — Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine (http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/7/inverts)

[MizTanks]

Well I'm waiting on my chaeto/pods so I can reseed my lil fuge soooo-a good friend of my son's wanted to try his hand at a reef tank. It's a 20g long. I gave him 10lbs of dry Pukani, 20lbs of Reef Crystals, a hydrometer and a 50w heater to start him out with. He added 20lbs of live sand and is running a 30" Coralife t5 10k and atenic. Just this past weekend he came to pick up the 20gs of ro/di I made for him and I gave him a very nice size rock 2+yrs old of yellow star polyps, 3 quarter size Superman shrooms, a larger Tonga shroom and a quarter size frag of chalice (can't remember the name of it) never felt better being a reefer!!! Loved giving these things away to him :)

[2pairs]

It is a good feeling when you can help someone new get started.
We need more people like you that are willing to give a little.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[MizTanks]

It is a good feeling when you can help someone new get started.
We need more people like you that are willing to give a little.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thank you 2pairs :) didn't mean to sound like I'm tooting my own horn but just wanted to share the good feelings that came with the act of sharing. It's awesome! He calls me every other day with his parameters, lol.

[binford4000]

Well I'm waiting on my chaeto/pods so I can reseed my lil fuge soooo-a good friend of my son's wanted to try his hand at a reef tank. It's a 20g long. I gave him 10lbs of dry Pukani, 20lbs of Reef Crystals, a hydrometer and a 50w heater to start him out with. He added 20lbs of live sand and is running a 30" Coralife t5 10k and atenic. Just this past weekend he came to pick up the 20gs of ro/di I made for him and I gave him a very nice size rock 2+yrs old of yellow star polyps, 3 quarter size Superman shrooms, a larger Tonga shroom and a quarter size frag of chalice (can't remember the name of it) never felt better being a reefer!!! Loved giving these things away to him :)


Way to go!! Paying it foward is what this reefing thing is really about and besides it makes ya feel good too. :big_grin:

[MizTanks]

Woot woot! Got my pods/chaeto today. Very happy to get my fuge back up and running :)

Just some random pictures of my zoa explosion..they are all going crazy with growth. Actually everything is growing crazy. I had to move my lil Holly Wood stunner as it was growing under some zoa polyps. Moved it up about 6" and to the back. Enjoy the pic's!

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1097.jpg
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[Heidi]

Jamie the tank looks beautiful!! All you zoa look so happy and that stunner has some great growth, woohoo! Glad to hear the fuge is up and rolling again.
Heidi

[larryandlaura]

Wow that tank is full! Tank of the month is coming!

[MizTanks]

The Purple Gorgonian was a little ****ed as I kept having to move her around. She's actually fully polyped and doing quit well.
Thanks for the compliments you guys :)

[MizTanks]

My new Tridacna Crocea Clam 3"
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1112.jpg

Size comparison :)
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1114.jpg

[steve&mari]

Sweet clam tanks looking great:)

Big Steve

Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

[MizTanks]

My heart is sick :( my angel died :shake-head: I did everything right I know I did. I removed the rock from my tank and after that it only took me a couple of minutes to net her. After about 15 minutes in the bag she just died. I've never never had this happen to a fish before. I'm just sick over it..she didn't deserve this to happen to her. I feel terrible....:angelsad: yes I cried...

[jimsflies]

Sorry to hear that Jamie.

Was the bag closed up? Fish can use a lot of oxygen especially if stressed. I've lost a couple fish that way myself.

[MizTanks]

Sorry to hear that Jamie.

Was the bag closed up? Fish can use a lot of oxygen especially if stressed. I've lost a couple fish that way myself.

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Sorry to hear that Jamie.

Was the bag closed up? Fish can use a lot of oxygen especially if stressed. I've lost a couple fish that way myself.

Yes it was closed Jim and now I feel even worse...to think she suffocated and I could have prevented it :shake-head:

[MizTanks]

Having found and read this great article A Close-up Look at Tridacna crocea by James Fatherree - Reefkeeping.com (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-10/jf/index.php) I am going with my first mind and placement with my clam. I've also contacted The Alternative Reef in reference to one of their clam holders :) So for now she is up top on the LR about 8" from the water surface. If she were to fall it'll be a very short one. Just knowing she's getting the proper amount of light, short of MH makes me feel much better about getting her.

[MizTanks]

Well the clam holder is out-I'm told although they're only $2 it would cost them $10 to ship it. WTH? I'm only 1 less customer right.

[jimsflies]

The problem is, someone has to procure packaging, take time to pack it, pay the transactional fees, etc. I can see how selling $2 items could put you out of business if you didn't charge enough to cover the expense of shipping. Where did you look for it? I bet there are several sponsors that carry Alternative Reefs products...just find one that has a few other things you need to make it worthwhile. :)

[MizTanks]

April 2011
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_0792.jpg

September 2011
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j338/NanaReefer/IMG_1146.jpg

[iyachtuxivm]

Looks great :thumbsup: Really like the maxi minis.

[Sir Patrick]

Well the clam holder is out-I'm told although they're only $2 it would cost them $10 to ship it. WTH? I'm only 1 less customer right.
Just add a few other items to the package to make the $10 shipping worth it. Thats what I do. You can probly find a bunch of cheap usable stuff to add to your order, and still maintain the $10 shipping, and get a pretty good package sent for cheap.

One of the tricks of the trade!

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I like the before/after shot too!

[2FarNorth]

Jaime let me know, I can send you some clam holders pretty cheap.... Let me know!

[Badfish]

April 2011
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September 2011
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Thats awesome, what great a tank you have. I love time line shots.

[larryandlaura]

Great tank shots Jamie.

[MizTanks]

Thank you for the compliments everyone :) a lot of the credit for my tanks success goes out to many of you here on CR. Without whom we wouldn't have made it this far. Never once did I feel as if I were doing this alone....thank you my fellow reefers :)

[Manoj's Reef]

Very Nice!!! Love the maxi mini carpets. Awesome coloration

[MizTanks]

Something had to go wrong sooner or later :( MIA 1 Chalk Bass. Last seen last night during feeding. 5 cats, 1 toy poodle= 0 visibility. Man this SUCKS!!!

[Heidi]

Something had to go wrong sooner or later :( MIA 1 Chalk Bass. Last seen last night during feeding. 5 cats, 1 toy poodle= 0 visibility. Man this SUCKS!!!

OH NO :( Hope you find him!!

[Badfish]

Hopefully he shows up soon

[MizTanks]

Update: Found at 7:20pm on the floor behind recliner~4 feet from the tank :( guess now I can stop looking for her to pop out from behind the LR....

[larryandlaura]

Sorry to hear Jamie!

[MizTanks]

Thanks people. Yeah although my tank is doing wonderful I'm not having the best of success with fishes.

[iyachtuxivm]

you need to get a top like the ones jim has. Sorry to hear about your fish. I had a pair of blue flasher wrasses that are living in the basement while I set up the 120.(no top on the 100g rubbermaid) They would eat from my hand they are so tame. They have been down there 2 months, and the other day just out of no where one jumped. I came home to it dried up on the floor. Who knows why they do it. Just gotta lock them in for their own sake. I mean they are eating out of my hand, no fear of the other fish, life is good right?

[MizTanks]

you need to get a top like the ones jim has. Sorry to hear about your fish. I had a pair of blue flasher wrasses that are living in the basement while I set up the 120.(no top on the 100g rubbermaid) They would eat from my hand they are so tame. They have been down there 2 months, and the other day just out of no where one jumped. I came home to it dried up on the floor. Who knows why they do it. Just gotta lock them in for their own sake. I mean they are eating out of my hand, no fear of the other fish, life is good right?

It was totally outta the blue...if any fish was gonna jump I thought for sure it would be the FF. Sorry about your wrasse too. You are right on though Jamie, Life is good! :)

[binford4000]

You can make a lid easily out of egg crate,and it'll keep those jumpers at home where they belong. It cost around five buck at Lowe's and you can cut it with wire cutters.Just food for thought.Sorry for the loss

[MizTanks]

I got some of that stuff!!!!

[Badfish]

Thats not cool, sorry for the loss. With my rimless jumping fish is one of my biggest fears too.

[2pairs]

Sorry about the loss.
That is just one more reason for me to keep my glass top.

[MizTanks]

Had me a bit of a scare last night. Lost power for 7hrs due to major wind storms. Gusts up to 60mph! Joyfully everything in the tank looks just fine. Maybe me stirring the water every hour for 20min had something to do with it lol. Not sure but I figured it couldn't hurt. :silly:

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[MizTanks]

Bought me a new fish today :) Yellowtail Fang Blenny! I love blennys a lot :) Pics to come as soon as I fatten her up a bit. She's what I like to call another rescue from the LFS. Is eating great and seems to love her new home.

[larryandlaura]

Nice picture updates and cool blenny!

[bluwc]

Nice mantle extension on the clams. Is that a mini maxi that's bleaching out?

[MizTanks]

Nice mantle extension on the clams. Is that a mini maxi that's bleaching out?

It's a MM that I bought from our LFS already bleached. She is starting to get some color, just taking some time is all. I think she finally found herself a good spot. Sadly it's almost on top of my zoa island, ugh! Oops sorry it's just the one clam, 2 pic different lighting :)

[MizTanks]

A very happy Yellowtail Fang Blenny :)

[AJ :)]

Great looking fish! I'm jelaous!

[AJ :)]

Err how about envious! :)

[Sir Patrick]

Cool fish!

[MizTanks]

Thanks guys! I'm very happy with her. I really like the Blennys character. Always visible, not scared and busy busy busy :)

[Heidi]

What a super cute fish Miz!! And look at all that purple on those rocks :) :) tank is looking super good! Don't you think blennies have the cutest faces of all fish?! :love3: her!!

Heidi

[MizTanks]

What a super cute fish Miz!! And look at all that purple on those rocks :) :) tank is looking super good! Don't you think blennies have the cutest faces of all fish?! :love3: her!!

Heidi

Thank you very much Ms Heidi :) I know they have the cutest faces lol

[MizTanks]

Well today I decided to remove the skimmer from the fuge. It's been a bigger pita then anything. Didn't realize how much noise it was making until my sis woke me up in a panic this morning, telling me something was wrong with the tank, it's really quiet she says. It is very quiet :) Anyways, I was having to empty it out every other day of liquid. No matter what I did. It was also blowing micro bubbles big time. I also think it was hindering the flow through the fuge. So to compensate for the lack of a skimmer I'll just be upping my wc.

I'm excited to see what affect this has on my pod population in the fuge. I read that a skimmer on a nano tank can be detrimental to them. I can see where this would be so in a smaller fuge like mine. Time will tell.....

P.S. HappyCoral has a new fish list up! Way cool. Because sis got her clown she ordered me a Wetmorella Albofasciata (White Banded Possum Wrasse) I'm so excited. Now I'll have all the fish I've wanted :)

[larryandlaura]

Great wrasse you got! Hope the no skimmer move works out. Keep us posted on the pod count!

[MizTanks]

Well now that you all have scared the crap outta me :embarrassed: about running skimmerless....I started it back up ;)

[larryandlaura]

Well now that you all have scared the crap outta me :embarrassed: about running skimmerless....I started it back up ;)

LOL......that was fast!

[rmalone]

Just get a bigger tank, lady, your already getting cramped in that girly little nano, lol.

[MizTanks]

Hey! No dogging the 26 allowed :smash: lol On a good note, my Clam has finally put her foot down. :thumbsup: The fuge has cleared up with the new lamp, no more red slime :) My tank is doing wonderfully! Everything happy, healthy and growing. My new Blenny is eating like a pig and getting fat. She's eating everything I put in there and then some. Can't wait for the new Possum Wrasse. Hopefully she'll put a dent in the bristle worm population. I know six lines eat em. Once again I just got to many in there for my own comfort. Don't like seeing them crawling on everything, especially my clam :(
On a sad note, my Flame Scallop has passed. I just have to get the nerve up and dig it out of the LR. It's in a pretty tight little spot. I knew she wouldn't last long. Was just trying to give it a chance outside of the LFS...r.i.p. lil scallop :(

[larryandlaura]

Bummer to hear about the scallop! But your tank is doing better.

[MizTanks]

She's starting to color up :) got this bleached out MM a while back from the LFS, it's plight tugged at my reefers strings so I brought it home with a discount :) it's been about 2 months and just look at her :)

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[MizTanks]

Well I guess my clam doesn't like the *clam boat* I made for her~as I sit here writing this she's walking right off the dang thing~Ugh!

[larryandlaura]

Well I guess my clam doesn't like the *clam boat* I made for her~as I sit here writing this she's walking right off the dang thing~Ugh!

Lol to funny!

[MizTanks]

Lol to funny!

lol~discovered she was just turning herself around a little bit~otherwise she's goin with the flow :big_grin:

[MizTanks]

If you look at the thread pic and look at this pic, wow! Look at the growth on the ric and zoa's. Yahoo!!!

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[slapshot]

Looking good!!!!

[2pairs]

Yep, you have had excellent growth. Give it another year and it will be amazing.

[MizTanks]

Best buds :) Tangroa goby/pistol shrimp. Have had both sense 11/2009

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[Sir Patrick]

Nice pic!!!!!

[Badfish]

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I have a yashia goby/ pistol combo too, I love to watching the pistol chase away hermits from their den.
That is awesome that you have had yours for so long, I hope my pair will be as healthly! Nice coral growth by the way Miz

[MizTanks]

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I have a yashia goby/ pistol combo too, I love to watching the pistol chase away hermits from their den.
That is awesome that you have had yours for so long, I hope my pair will be as healthly! Nice coral growth by the way Miz

We got the same pistols! Mine owns the entire left bottom half of the tank :) the other fish don't even go over there lol

[Jstadler]

We got the same pistols! Mine owns the entire left bottom half of the tank :) the other fish don't even go over there lol

My tiger pistol shares it's burrow with my metallic goby and diamond sleeper. It's just a little threesome in there.lol

[MizTanks]

My clown loves to feed my Acan Enchinata :)


http://youtu.be/qSmkGwv1-9A

[WillBattle]

That's awesome haha. Great video! I thought for a sec the clown was gonna grab that worm and feed it to the acan too!

[MizTanks]

That's awesome haha. Great video! I thought for a sec the clown was gonna grab that worm and feed it to the acan too!

That would have been a sight for sure :)

[MizTanks]

My tank is so crystal clear!!! Had a little fun yesterday taking 3D pics of it with my sis Nintendo 3Ds. My fang blenny looks like it was popping off the screen. :propellerhead:

[slapshot]

My tank is so crystal clear!!! Had a little fun yesterday taking 3D pics of it with my sis Nintendo 3Ds. My fang blenny looks like it was popping off the screen. :propellerhead:

Looking great!!!!

[MizTanks]

Once again these Koralias (2x240gph) are giving me grief :( Just can't figure out the best placement for them. If I put one on the back wall I get to much flow on the front SB~which blows the heck outta my fungia and duncan. I've got a dead spot on the left side that's now showing signs of cyno. I'm def not over feeding (1xdaily)

Here's a pic of my tank. Please any suggestions as to where you might put them for best flow. Let me know :)

[larryandlaura]

Wow Jamie you have them where I placed my Koralias. Did you try angling one away from the glass more?