Niko's Reef Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Looking good brother... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Cool light, just looked them up. Did it come with a wall mount or did you engineer one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Looking good brother... Thanks!! And thanks for helping me look for this tank!! It has been awesome thus far! Cool light, just looked them up. Did it come with a wall mount or did you engineer one? It did not come with a wall mount. It came with cable hangers. So I had to engineer one!! What I did was use some iron pipe and paint it black and hung it perpendicular to the wall and used a 2x4 for bracing it against wall and it allowed me the center it. I though the 2x4 would stick out like a soar thumb but it hasn't, but I plan on painting it the same color was the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well, I am not really good at keeping track or updating this, but now is a good time! Back in May when I transferred all livestock over from old tank, I did one of the most bone headed moves in reef keeping....that is xfering over my GBTA over into a somewhat new tank water set up and to make it worse the GBTA just split so it was not happy. Fast forward to recent days and weeks. It is now doing great and flourishing and gaining color etc and so is the clone!! whew!! That was a close one. It was not looking good for a while with the mouth inverted and looking weird, but now it is happy!! Since then, I have just been running things and maintaining things as best as possible. My PO4 is .02 and nitrates are about 5-10ppm. Calcium is around 440 and Magnesium is about 1360. I have some GHA growing, but the blenny is hanging in there to keep it trimmed. Also, I have like stringy brownish gooy like cyano. Most or all is on the sand bed. I have been able to battle it. But it is not out of control or crazy. RIP, Green Spotted Puffer . He finally took the plunge over the side. I am surprised he made it this far with as much jumping he did all the time, however, while on vaca, he did one time jump out and my brother found him and placed him back in tank and he survived that! My current fish stock is 2 bangii cardinal, 1 clarkii clown, 1 pajama cardinal, 1 lawn mower blenny and the newest addition is a Lyretail Anthia and I just think the streak of blue below the eyes are awesome!! I am slowly adding corals that range from SPS to soft corals. I recently got a few SPS' and LPS' and a Derasa clam. For the most part all of the corals are growing steadily and have great color. Have a few pics to show, but not the best, the blue hue is EVIL! Oh.....lastly my Tunze 3155 controller fell in the sump....apparently for a while and the darn thing fried!!! Fried electronics stink!!! Ugh.....back to the drawing board to replace my ATO fully or just the controller. Until then, back to manual refills by hand!!! Fun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Your system is looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Love that Lyretail! Very nice tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Looking great! Good mix of corals in there! Sent via Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Thanks JimH, CaptainK and JeeperTy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Small update. I added a screen top to a rimless tanks. Not too bad. I used 1/2 square acrylic pieces and glued them together. The process itself took a day because I had 1 square clamp so I let each side cure about 2 hours each. Then later in the weekend I added the BRS clear netting. I wanted to try to be less invasive so incase it didn't work out I did not compromise my work of art! After much pondering I decided to use gorilla clear tape to tape down edges. Then I saw it would not holding to well. For the most part about 3/4 of it was sticking, but one side lost its taping down ability. So I re-taped it using Scotches double side clear tape with like 2lbs holding ability. So basically sandwiched the tape between frame and netting with gorilla tape! I believe this should hold for quite some time. This tape is pretty tacky and sticky! I added a sideways before picture!! Then a few shots with the frame on top! Also a close up! I still need to work on adding a canopy to hide the light...so that is the next project. In the mean time it is just adding coral and a few more fish etc!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Oh.....and 7 fish enter and 0 will leave the thunderdome!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If it were me, I'd take a ride down the plumbing to the sump and jump from there! Can't keep a good fish down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I love the dimensions of that tank! Looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 To become relevant but this tank is coming along nicely!! All corals are coloring up getting big!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Pics or it didn't happen rockstarwiggle. [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Correct Mr. Ty...correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Pics or it didn't happen rockstarwiggle. [emoji6] This is the best picture I could get. All the others turned out crappy?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 here is the best FTS i could get with my celly......there is growth and colour!!! awesomeness!!! I will try with again at a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Got this Orange Setosa from Farmer Ty back in March of 2014. Broke into two pieces that same day so I glued what was left. Then about 10 months later it is about 3 inches in diameter or how it is spreading! The coral has really popped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Looking pretty good bud. You should post the current tank shot with the tank shot from June. You have done amazing in 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 So it really did happen! [emoji6] Thanks for the pics! Now get that video cranking! [emoji38] Looks great in there! That setosa really took off! Maybe you need to hold some of my SPS for 6 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Looking pretty good bud. You should post the current tank shot with the tank shot from June. You have done amazing in 6 months. Thanks. Reburn, I'll do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 So it really did happen! [emoji6] Thanks for the pics! Now get that video cranking! [emoji38] Looks great in there! That setosa really took off! Maybe you need to hold some of my SPS for 6 months? I can hold an Orange Fungia plate for 6 months too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I recall back in august you were just considering starting two part dosing. Could you update us on your regimen? It seems to be working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarwiggle Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 I decided to use the RED SEA Reef Foundation ABC+. At first I dosed to bring my parameters up. The past two months I have started to changed the water out every two weeks of 5 gallons and then dose the off week of about 10 grams of the ABC+. I have not tested nor have I seen any cloudiness or saturation in the water, but that is one of my new years resolution.....to test more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 So not using other Red Sea products: NoPox, Reef Energy, ... ? No other aminos? You are getting good growth and colors with what sounds like pretty low maintenance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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