12_egg_omelette Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Lights: AI Nano with controller Dawn: 7am 30 min ramp WH: 0 B: 10 RY: 10 Morning: 9am 60 min ramp WH: 10 B:15 RY: 15 Noon: 12pm 120 min ramp (2pm-3pm peak) WH: 10 B: 25 RY: 25 Evening: 6pm 60 min ramp WH: 10 B: 20 RY: 20 Dusk: 8pm 30 min ramp WH: 0 B: 10 RY: 10 Night: 10 pm 5 min ramp lunar lights on WH: 0 B: 4 RY: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Newest addition to the tank a maxi mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Should have a couple new additions shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToHula Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Those are some nice lookin' zoas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm really hoping they are fast growers. I'm also trying to track down some Aqua vitro salanity. I've been using nsw but want to make a change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 You should go with Red Sea Coral Pro Salt. It has elevated parameters that target accelerated growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 After a gracious invite from manny I had my water checked with his far superia testing kit then my API test strip. Nitrate was 4 ppm Phosphate was 0 I've been running filter floss, chemi pure elite and purigen. The plan is going to be to remove the chemi pure and see how that effects the system. Followed by easing the phosphate to 0.3 ppm via phosphate dosing. If this is sufficient then the purigen will stay. My thinking is that the chemipure binds phosphate. While the Purigen is for removal of organic compounds before they turn into Ammonia/nitrite/nitrate. forgot to mention the chemipure is going to be replaced with some carbon that manny tossed my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I hope you mean 0.03 ppm of phosphate and honestly, I wouldn't dose it to that level, I'd just feed your tank more. If everything looks good, I wouldn't chase nutrient levels... you could end up crashing your tank. Okay, enough of the cautions! Sounds like you have it covered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 I have a lot of stuff that's close up lately, my frogspawn hasn't been happy for over a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 I always love hearing advice though. Ty, are you suggesting just feeding more in general and not taking any of the media out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I don't think I'm qualified enough to make a true assessment on your tank, as I left the nano world 6 years ago. It seems like Manny and Bpb have been very helpful to you regarding specific advice for your system. I am in unfamiliar territory when it comes to medias such as chemipure or purigen. I just always throw caution out there with unnaturally raising or lowering any nutrients. I know I experimented with raising phosphates and nitrates in my own system and posted my results and the additives I used to achieve those results but I just caution others to do the same. I was doing it purely for the experimental curiosity and knew there were unknown risks involved. I was in no way condoning others to risk their tanks in the same manner so I just like to caution before doing so as we have no idea the side effects of dosing straight phosphate to a system. I will say that from the pictures, your tank looks normal and happy. Is the frogspawn the only unhappy resident? Are you getting any nuisance algae growth? What is your water change regiment? How often do you change your media? Is your sponge rinsed every 3-5 days? I always said it was 10x harder for me to run my old nanocube 12 gallon for the 5 years that I ran it than it is to run my 215 gallon. The smaller water volume is much less forgiving of missed water changes or inaccurate dosing. Kudos to all the nano sized tanks for their owner's diligent husbandry practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Oh, if I had to take a wild guess, I'd guess your corals are reacting negatively to too much light or your tank is still new enough that you're getting mini-cycles with the livestock additions and the occasional increase in ammonia/nitrite before it gets processed to nitrate may be ticking things off. Just to emphasize, these are wild guesses. [emoji16] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thanks Ty, the frog spawn is unhappy along with some SPS. I did increase my lights by 5% about a week ago and saw a lot of bleaching pretty fast. I lost a birds nest and monti cap. I just lowered the lights again though and it's hard to see if anything has bounced back. My zoa and my richordias seem to be thriving through. The media purigen is about a month old and the chemipure maybe 2 weeks. The filter floss is changed every other day. With about 1-2 litters changed every 3-4 day with a 1.5 - 2 gallon water change once a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Well, your husbandry practices seem on par so I'd just keep an eye on the lighting intensity and your corals reaction to it. Out of curiosity, how long has the system been up now? And what is your current stocking list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Royal Gramma 1.5 inch 2 Clown O ~ .5 inch 1 yellow clown goby ~ .5 1 maxi mini The coral list has stayed the same. Still waiting on that order but I'll probabaly ask manny to hold onto that coral until things stablizie in my tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Great. Was just curious of your bioload. Seems about average and not overly stocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yeah to be honest I would like to upgrade to a bio cube 29. But it depends on if I've moving for a post doc or not. Don't want to set it up to break it down 3 months later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Update coming tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Still coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Here comes the update, about three weeks ago I finally moved from nsw to Aqua vitro salanity. I love it, it's so nice to not have to hope water is in stock and I'm saving a lot too. I also made a switch in the heather that I got from pet I. I'm not using a cobalt neotherm 75 watt heater. I also changed the lighting to what AI suggested but have it dimmed 30% and things seem very happy corals are not bleaching nor reaching. I did pick up some awesome coral additions. Sun Coral Pink nebula zoa ASD mystic Zoa Gold torch coal Electric blue crab Porcelain crab Acans Open brain frag Blue sponge Baby blue candy canes Maroon candy canes Red digitia Green Ric Black and gold shroom (Mia, floated away somewhere in the tank) Golden Leptastrea I've also started feeding cyclopeeze, oyster feast, and started using Aqua Fuel. Omega soul favia Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Also got a small frag of this unknown coral Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Nice additions! The last coral is a tubinaria, a pagoda cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks Ty, I got it for free because it was in rough shape and it appears to be thriving now. The polyp extension was almost non existant when I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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