+Bmwaaron Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Hello all, I'm going to start this thread today... Here are some pictures of the beginning This was the Tank June 3 2006 This is the Sump kinda empty at this time Right side view of the Sump with Ehiem 1262 Return pump Closet under the stairs were the Sump is located and the light ballast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 I made a Refugium out of a 50 gallon Acrylic tank. The bottom is supposed to be a Cryptic zone This is just a picture of the Fuge as I was working on it Another view of the fuge This is the water supply system I set up. Its on a float switch that is feed by my RO/DI unit, I made the white stand out of egg crate to prevent the Auto top of system from taking to much water all at once, I can also manually switch the RO/DI supply line off so that it only has access to about 5 gallons of water and can not flood my house when I'm not home. This is a picture of the refugium almost ready for water, Notice the chiller on the right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 This is where I add water to my Reef, July 9 2006 And now for some rock!!! I got the rock from Brian of KFA. He helped me with some of the plumbing and allot of questions My first coral came with the rock.. A little piece of Xenia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 a couple days after water was added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Ok between Mid July and August 06 my tank looked like this. I had added a couple Clowns, a Sixline Wrasse, allot of crabs and Snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 This is my first SPS, its a Green and Pink Milli from Brian This was my second coral I received from Mike Hummel This is a Incredible Hulk Acro that came from Rommel The last 4 corals I got from MACNA in September 06 I got this one also from Rommel, Not sure what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Here are some comparisons of Corals from September to Now This is my Hulk Acro then and now, I would say its easily tripled in size This is a Red Milli, The picture does not do it justice These 2 corals are next to each other And a Full tank shot then and now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Just thought since I was in the picture posting mood I would add this one, You can see the Superman Monti on the bottom left corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Well I came home today and found my clown fish now have white lips from fighting all day, I was told they do this to establish dominance. I cant believe how rough they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 Well all is going well still, I have a Black crab that is eating SPS if I ever get ahold of him... I tested water tonight Ph 8.2 Alk 7.9 PO4 0 Mg 1350 CA 410 Temp 79.8 I also got a new effluent valve for my CA reactor tonight, It should help keep things more stable since I wont have to constantly play with the amount of water coming out of the effluent chamber. I am also trying ZeoMag in my CA reactor, I had to bring my MG up from 1100 recently and don't want to have to do it again so hopefully this will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Ran test today Ammonia 0 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 P04 0 Mg 1380 Dlk 9.2 CA 410 PH 8.2 I am going to start feeding my Corals eveyother morning. I think I may have low nutrients causing the SPS to be more Neon in color then I would like. I have read and been told that they may need more food to darken a bit in color. I have 8 fish and feed them one cube once a day. They go through it so fast that none of it is getting into the tank to other things like the coral. I will feed at AM before lights on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I feed twice a day with no ill consequences. Anthony Calfo said the best SPS food is fish poop. Of course you have to skim well and do water changes often if feeding heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 I feed twice a day with no ill consequences. Anthony Calfo said the best SPS food is fish poop. Of course you have to skim well and do water changes often if feeding heavy. But dont you make your own food? I am using 1 cube at feeding time and I alternate what type of food I feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I use both. I feed a cube of mini mysis first and my own mix later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ok so I built my Refugium with a cryptic zone, I have only seen a few sponges take up the area but what I did notice tonight is it is a pod haven!!! I Have thousands of Copepods swimming around down there. I made a mistake of putting a few blue leg crabs in the fuge when I got it and I think they were eating the pods but now that the crabs are all dead in that area I can see so many pods. Hopefully the rest of the refugium will look like that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Sounds great! It is fun to watch those guys swim around. Have you seen any baby mysis shrimp. Those are crazy because they look just like bigger shrimp and you didn't put them in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Sounds great! It is fun to watch those guys swim around. Have you seen any baby mysis shrimp. Those are crazy because they look just like bigger shrimp and you didn't put them in the tank. I dont think I have seen any Mysis but I do have a ton of Amphipods. I will contiue looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 Got some new pictures today, Remember I'm a horrible photographer Tested some stuff also CA 400 Alk 10.1 dkh Mg 1280 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Sweet tank! I like the variety of color. When those corals grow out it is going to be stunning. BTW you have much better luck of getting the fish in focus then I do. They always seem to blur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yea I also had a hard time with the color since my tank has 2 diffrent bulbs on it at the moment. I have a Reeflux 12k on the left side and a Phoenix 14k on the right side. I am going back to the Phoenix 14k after trying the Reeflux 10k's for a few months. The Phoenix is the Best bulb I have seen IMO. I get way better blues with the Phoenix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted June 23, 2007 Author Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hey can anyone ID any of these Zoanthids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 While I am not a big proponent of the zoa naming, I will give a shot... the reds in the first picture look like fire and ice, and the second picture maybe eagle eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Nice looking zoa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Not sure on names, but i want some of the second pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Not sure on names, but i want some of the second pic! I can hook you up with some of those NP... When you come by we can frag them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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