emu1sive Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Happy Sunday ya'll! There's a bunch of live sales going on today and what better way to keep me from dropping more money than I have then to upgrade my 10Gal nano to a 20 Long?! Well...ok still expensive >.< So far my upgrade has cost $30 20L tank from petsmart $130 for this new Fluval Sea Marine & Reef LED 2.0 Aquarium Light. No idea if i'll even like it, not many reviews out. Supposedly I can control it with an app through wifi which I totally dig. If it doesn't work out, that's what return policies are for $15 on 10 Gallons of FRAKIN saltwater. I am planning on an RODI system soon if anyone has any suggestions/help/I dunno what I'm frikkin doing) $12 Moonies Burgers for a break You can skip this next part and go to the pictures if you wish. This is to remind me how much of a PITA this was and for future reference if I do this again so I know where I can improve. 1: Scooted the old tank out of the spot it was in and placed the new tank. 2: Put in the extra sand in from when I started the 10 gal a few mos ago. 3: Put in 5 gallons of saltwater. 4: Placed a heater in to get the temp to match the old tank. Realize the 50W heater was doing a poop job, stole a 150W heater from my discus tank, and all was well (probably will replace w/ a 100W) put in the WP10 to get the water moving so there's not cold/hot spots. 5: Removed old tank water to new tank to the point where the top of live rock was exposed, moved the rock into the new tank, moved water, moved rock, moved water until all the rocks were in the new tank and always submerged. Why all this? Because I only had 1 jug for saltwater because I am a dork. 6: Put all mushrooms, zoa bits, and frags in a couple glasses and in the new tank for placement later 7: Realize that the one rock with Aiptasia on it is where your new RBTA decided it wanted to live. Pull rock out. Attack aiptasia with kitchen shears, dip and shake off inected area with saltwater, freak out that you killed the rbta cause you've never seen a nem out of water before, place in new tank. 8: Water is so cloudy you don't even worry about aquascaping. 9: Move snails over. 10: Catch Thor (clown). He plays dead in net and won't swim out for 5 seconds. Freak out. He gets up and swims happily away. Catch Firestar (clown) put in new tank. 11: Move HOB fuge. Remind me to NOT turn this on unless the water level is high enough *smh* WAY too much flow. Sand everywhere. At this point I realized that the old tank STINKS like dead ocean. I leave to get a refill of saltwater, grab a burger, take a break, and rant about my adventure! I took a picture of the giant mess I have made because even when you grow up it is fun to be messy I say that now but I have to clean it up later... Pic 1= Giant mess I made Pic 2= Everything in the new tank Pic 3= the 10 Gal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Awesomeness! I'm digging the scape on the new tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Gotta love when it's all cloudy and you just can't wait to see it! Gotta like a 100% size improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Small update! PICTURES! I have not aquascaped as of yet. Unfortunately the corals look not too happy I'm about to check params if anyone doesn't mind sticking around to see what's up and maybe offer advice. I included the giant wall to show my progress in cleaning up the giant mess I made Edit: Found what's wrong. The temp was too high (((((( Heater off and we'll go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yay you can see in now. The corals will be unhappy just because they were moved around. I wouldn't worry just yet, but checking the params is probably good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yeah the params read on level with where they should be. The temp is on its way back down Think I should aquascape it tonight and do all the coral stressing now or wait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 My opinion is it's better to make them mad once and get it over than keep upsetting them moving them around a bunch. I'd do it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Alright ya'll. Just got done moving the rocks around how i might want them. Critiques are most welcome! I am trying to replicate a small slice of a natural reef with lots of negative space. Totally took a hammer to one of the pieces of live rock. BEST EXPERIENCE EVER! Please ignore the mass of corals at the bottom. Circled is the actual rock work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I think you did great with the 5/3 ratio or in this case, 3/5. It looks like there's room to clean behind the rocks which is nice and will prevent it from getting all nasty along the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Loved waking up to the cloudiness gone down. Everything in the sanded will be attached to the rocks tonight. Totally made sure the magfloat will have enough room so that I can keep all the glass clean. I'm a bit OCD about the glass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Very nice! Looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 This is a layout of where I think I will place everything tonight. Please let me know if you have any feedback on placement being too high or low for a coral's light preferences. In addition, I have an hob aq 70 on the back and a wp10 for flow and am not sure where to put them! Also, I will be putting the new lighting on (fluval sea marine and reef 2.0) on tonight. It is a bit more powerful than the marine orbit I have currently. Should I wait to mount the higher up corals closer to the light and leave them on the sandbed to avoid bleaching? Yours noobly, Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I think the plan works well for placement as you have the higher light loving corals up top and the lower light loving corals down low. It's nice that you gave GSP it's own corner too! If you are switching the lights, I would heed your own advice and just leave everything on the sand and let them acclimate before moving anything permanently to the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 After the move I lost all my birdsnest pieces. The largest one is hanging in there, the rest bleached out completely sorry Ty that included the gorgeous teal frags you gave me. Not sure if it was lighting, water chem, or what. Honestly everything was pretty PO'd after the move but are looking good now I am having trouble with Alk being low according to API. Boooo. Gonna try dosing but I think I want a more accurate test before doing so. Was looking to upgrade the lighting but thinking about it now since everything is doing well I think I will leave it be for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Those screaming green birdsnest frags are really screaming now! Sorry, twisted sense of humor. I'll hook you up with more once your system stabilizes some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Wooooo!! Just got back from picking up a couple things from Ty! Got a green fungia plate, and a purple..purple...something *facepalm* im tired lol. Plate just started wavin it's tentacles bout. PARTY IN THE TANK! Just FYI, when he says, "cupcake," sized he means the BIG cupcake size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 No pics? BOO! I want to see the tank party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Purple stylophora... but I could just be making that name up. [emoji39] Fungia party at Liz's! [emoji322] [emoji322] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Can our orange Ty fungia come to the party? He's all happy waving his tentacles around too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Lololol fo sho! I'll get the glow sticks for those of us that don't produce zooanthanwhaysit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 FUNGIA PARTAY! OOntz oontz oontz! <--Rave music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'll bring my red fungia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Who's down for a FTS before C4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 A little bit of before and after. 2 months apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 One more thing...PHOTO DUMP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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