+brian.srock Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 I'll snap a couple FTS pics tonight but just wanted to get this update out and see if you guys had any opinions. I'm pretty sure my long nose decorator crab pulled half of my RBTAs tentacles out. Has anyone heard of this happening? I'm sure my RBTA will recover but I wonder if I should banish the crab. He's done a splendid job tackling my algae bloom I had but if he's going to go around now destroying stuff then I don't want him. I also think I lost torch. Not to him though and not to brown slime or anything else. It just receeded one day and never came back out. I'm keeping an eye on it but it's been more than a week now. Everything else in the tank is doing awesome. I need to buy some magnets so I can put some monti caps on my back wall and still hook up my ATO to my kalk reactor but it's been a busy month and I haven't had time to run to the store for tubing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I don't know about the crab, I just wanted to say thanks for posting an update! I've been wondering how your tank was coming along. Don't forget to post pics later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 FTS Psuedochromie that I usually never see made an appearance since I was snapping pics. Here's the crab caught red handed feasting on my RBTA. He'll be in the for sale section soon. He's great with algae but I guess when there is none he finds something else to munch on. Sorry for the poor quality. I grabbed my iphone and flashlight when I saw him last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko's Reef Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Really digging the setup Brian. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Really digging the setup Brian. Great job. agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Things are looking really good! Bummer about the crab, have you noticed it picking on anything else? I'm glad you found the culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 The anenome looks like all his tentacles have been removed or he just got them all retracted but he's still kicking. He's on the other side of my tank by the base of my tonga structure and he's attached so given that some people's RBTA have gone through power heads and survived I'm sure mine will make a full recovery. I did make a big mistake which luckily hasn't turned into a mistake. I banished my crab to my sump and completely forgot thats where my yellow banded brittle sea star is but luckily both are still kicking. I went to lowes on my way home and picked up a 2ft piece of reinforced tubing for my sump which turned into an all night project since I had to drain 10 gallons of water then had a leak due to a loose bulkhead. I had a piece of clear tubing that kept kinking and I even used a heat gun and tried to bend the kinks out of it but I started getting a lot of micro bubbles in my tank. Although I wanted to replace the piece of tubing that wasn't the culprit. It turned out a snail got lodged in my 90 degree elbow inside the tank and caused a major block. Where can I get some sort of snail guard grate to go over a 3/4 bulkhead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I have a 3/4" screen filter I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Took the camera out to take some updated pics. I'm going to start feeding my tank daily and I added a bottle of Agramight to my kalk reactor to battle the swings I've been having with my alk/cal dropping thanks to Tim. FTS My RBTA that's recovering after getting all it's tentacles taken out. Sea Apple that KimP traded me for my long nose decorator crab. Diamond Spotted Goby that I got at a strip club Pink birdsnest Toadstool and RBTA I got from Bio Anyone have any other color toadstools? In 2 weeks or so I plan to pick up some acros for my tonga branch side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have some green toadstool I can frag for you. About a 2x2 piece. I still owe you so no charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Your tank is really coming along! Will the aragamight be added slowly over time this way vs adding it directly to the tank all at once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 I added the whole container to my kalk reactor and expected to wake up this morning with a snowstorm in my tank but it was actually crystal clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Tank took great, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share Posted June 24, 2013 Spoke too soon. Came home tonight and I can barely make out anything but the sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Ok it's not too bad. When the ATO kicks on and with the lights off you can't see anything at night but by the morning it already starts clearing itself up. I tested my alk last night and I was at 4.1 which is awesome because I was having problems with my alk dropping drastically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 4.1?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 4.1 Meq/L or 11.5dkH. for the longest time it would hover at 3.1 since everytime I put in .5 which is the max daily per BRS it would just drop back down the next day. If I did .5 in the am and .5 in the pm then I could get it to keep the extra .5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Oh ok. ! I think low mg can cause your ALK not to be able to stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 My mag has always been around the 1320 - 1360 range but that's what I thought as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I'm really happy to see you're getting good results from it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Quick update since I've been slacking. Per the advise of Tim I increased my feeding to a cube daily. I thought this would increase my phosphates but everything is doing great. I threw the acans I had in my LOST pico tank on the ledge but I'm not sure if that'll be their permanent home. I just recently glued the caps to the back wall and I may of lost my green cap that I got from Ty due to my stupid GFCI issues I have. My brother is going to swing by in August to put it on it's own breaker. I also picked up a couple Battery Backups from my work but there must be some back feed on the line since it'll still trip it even if the batter is the only thing plugged in. I have it plugged into my theater server for the last couple of days now with no issues so it's something with the wiring. Does anyone have any mushrooms available for cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I'm sure I could find you some loose ones right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Let me know what you can find. The plan that I hatched up is to attach them to the underside of my shelf and have them grow upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I can see like 10 loose ones. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thanks to Juiceman I added a couple of mushrooms upside down on my ledge. I have a spotlight LED on the top side of the ledge so hopefully the shrooms grown and multiply upside down and won't creep up to the top side from the brightness. and here's an updated FTS and a brief vid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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