MasonHoff Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Wanna Post tank up now that it has reached two months! got my setup like i wanted, its going strong and want to keep updated pics once a month! it is a 28g JBJ nano HQI. 20k 150w new MH from South Pacific Sunlight. and the Ugrade kit of two 18w actinic bulbs. 4 blue moonlight leds. Tunze 9002 skimmer. two maxi-jet 1200 upgraded return pumps. custom built 2 stage baffle spounge and poly filter media filter stage. a phosphate nano reactor. Pacific coast 1/13 Hp chiller w/ built in heater and a maxi-jet 900. all is connected to a coralife power center. 33 Lbs of Purple Fiji Live Rock. Crushed Coral. LiveStock: 2 baby tank raised true percs 1 firefish 1 yellow watchman goby 1 tiger pistol shrimp CUC: 6 blue leg hermits 6 snails 1 emrald crab Coral: 3 Japaneese Acans 1 green and maroon 1 red and white 1 blue green and red 1 Large neon green frogspwan 3 heads attached with putty to LR (softball or bigger) 1 gold tipped purple torch 3 heads attached like FS 1 pink zoa colony that is spreading to my LR, than i will sell colony +60 heads 10 poylps of eagle eye 8 poylps of whammins i found 2 eagle eye poylps that ended up in a hole on my LR' must have gotten loose and found a home. itll will a cool looking sight when the grow out! 3 small heads on Green Candy Cane 1 Indo Chalice 1 green birdsnest 1" 1 sour apple birdsbest 2" 1 acropora green bonsai small colony 1 texas stunner acro 1 1/2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 That is some serious purple rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Nice. I have the same tank as well. I am able to keep mine at 79 with a bunch of fans. My skimmer has an external pump which helps a lot. Have been eying a chiller though. It would certainly be nice not to have to worry about the temp. I lost a bunch of coral a few months ago when I forgot to turn the fan back on after a water change. Anyway, rock looks awesome. Good start for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 thanks guys! ill keep the pics coming once a month! i need a better camera though! any suggestions for good reef shots. P.S. im itching o get my acans of thier plugs! just wanna make sure there happy there with the light and flow! but i have seen new heads sprouting out already so i think thier happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 thanks guys! ill keep the pics coming once a month! i need a better camera though! any suggestions for good reef shots. P.S. im itching o get my acans of thier plugs! just wanna make sure there happy there with the light and flow! but i have seen new heads sprouting out already so i think thier happy! P.S. im itching TO get my acans OFF thier plugs! just wanna make sure thier happy with the light and flow! but i have seen new heads sprouting out already so i think ready to be put on my LR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) added two small frags of screaming birdsnest. less than 1/2" and mixed dragon eye whammin w zoa colony on a spuonge! so that it has a round look! oh yeah and took all my other zoas off their plug and attached them to the like rock! will post pics of the new stuff today! Edited May 19, 2011 by MasonHoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 got some pics of new zoas from hydro innovation off plugs and attached to LR! also added reverse superman montipora! and relocated trumpet coral for less light and less flow! (happier coral! ) i am going to get you guys some pic of all the diffrent birdsnest i got! they are bright and growing fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) all zoa that you see 3 polyps or less the ones i just got from hydro! 2 fruit loops 3 orange bam bams 2 blue orgasams 2 dragon eyes and in the mixed colony up top are radioactive dragon eyes, whammin watermelons, and eagle eyes on the right! and the 10 polyps in center are from don duncan. I also sold the zoa pink and brown zoa colony i had in front left of tank. and one of my baby tank raised true perculas Edited June 3, 2011 by MasonHoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Wow, that looks really great! I love the new zoas. What did you use to attach the zoas to the lr after taking them off the plugs? I still need to do that to mine. Sounds like you have an awesome set up going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Well depending on how sensitive they are to fraging. i found that using bone cutters or pincher's to crack the frag plug they came on to fit the shape you need! and i use locktite superglue control gel 10sec they have 5 10, 20 (triangle, spare, but as long as it is not round) so that when Coraline grows over it, you cannot tell it was a plug! just looks like LR! but the green and Orange zoas "dragon eyes" are very sensitive to being fraged! so i was very careful not to get the pincher's or the cut to close to them at all! i hope it doesn't look too much like a plug on my LR! but it also adds a different height to the surrounding zoas. so when they all grow together in ginormous colony! the stronger strain wont over run the weaker strain. (have no idea if it'll work but just over thinking my aqua scape) will continue to post updates of growth in tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 OK! added a Fire Shrimp today! and some updated pics! you can see my sour apple birdsnest spiking out everywhere! and and some crumbles of the reverse superman montipora that i glued to a frag disc to see if could propigate a nice new monti to sell someday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 That looks really great! Love the zoas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) So i had some type of worm that has been putting out a fishing line looking thing that was hurting my zoa's! so i took them off my main LR and attached them to a piece i bought from Shane. i attached all of them to the rock so that one, they dont over run my pretty purple rock. and two, so that if fragging is wanted or needed it will be much easier! just for safe measure cause the zoas wernt looking to good from being stung from worm tentacle. i did hydrogen peroxide and fresh water dip and then glued to my rock! Now they are are very happy and even sprouting new heads. I also added fire shrimp scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp Id also like to mention ive been winning the battle on vermitid snails by using putty over thier prods. and i dosed flatworm exit by 3 times stregth cause i saw 1 adult nudibrach and 2 babys so i knew it would be bad if i didnt take action! which i will repeat once a week for a month to kill nudis cause flatworm exit does not work on eggs. (no adults no eggs no nudis) and i will be using putty to cover the fishing line worm things i was talking about earlier. cause someone told me they could be poked with a prod to break thier shell but, nothing from a saftey pen to a sewing neddle on a rod just wasnt working. any one have any info on these little things! it looks like line let out of rock to float in current to catch food THEN boom its gone. like the thing sensed food or somin. Edited June 21, 2011 by MasonHoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 oh and the firse shimp molted this morning! kinda scraed me for a sec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lamont Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I hate vermitid snails. When I see them I pull the rock out and super glue them. These things are always messing with my corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 i dont wanna mess with my aquascape and disrupte the tank. i have coraline colored aquascape constucion epoxy! its purple and can be used and moled under water for these type of aplications! its worked nicely and super glue has always been a mess! i i have great results with lock tite super glue control gel its 10sec!(they have 5sec 10sec and 20sec) the ten works the best! it gives you ample time to mold it! and dries perfect underwater. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 added a ecoxoctic stunner strip to the back of the tank for my sps. in the new magenta color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 with actinics and LED no MH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) added a helfrichi firefish today! cant want to see him when my MH light goes off! the actinic and magenta color LED's are gonna make him look INSANE! Edited June 29, 2011 by MasonHoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Nice addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+C Lo Slice Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Did you get that Helfrichi from Aquadome? I saw it this weekend and was sooo tempted. That price was unbeatable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Nah i get my live stock from shane at Fishy Buisness when i can!! @JamesL thanks you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) done with a stupid camera phone! way better in person Edited June 30, 2011 by MasonHoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 pistol shrimp and gobie under actinics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Cool that your firefish are already out and about. Sometimes they can be real shy. And I really love the pistol/goby pair. Have been be of my favorite match ups. Once I get rid of the devil damsel fish, I am getting another pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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