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reefwars 12-15-2014 07:24 PM

we took a video of the tank enjoy :)


video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7a2...ature=youtu.be

lastlight 12-15-2014 11:11 PM

i'm going to have to swing by for some zoas one of these days so i can see this in person. love the amount of awesome you've crammed in there.

Kellyscoral 12-16-2014 05:28 AM

Wow - your tank is absolutely gorgeous.

Misses.ReefWars 12-16-2014 05:47 PM

thanks guys :mrgreen:

Misses.ReefWars 12-30-2014 04:29 AM

Tank is doing well , we added some more stuff over Xmas mainly inverts but some corals as well :) we still have more inverts to add But we're running out of room the rest of the tank will most likely be filled with zoanthids here and there.

Here is where we roughly are now for tanks inhabitants :)

Current Livestock list for tank

Inverts:

4 x cleaner shrimp
1 x blood shrimp
1 x Pom Pom crab
1 x anemone shrimp
20 x blue leg hermits
1 x emerald crab
6 x feather dusters
1 x Halloween hermit
1 x large sebae anemone
3 x maxima clams
1 x squamosa clam
1 x green and white rock flower anemone
1 x tube anemone
1 x fromia starfish



Corals

Dragon soul welshyllia
Orange setosa
Numerous zoanthids
Neon octospawn
Neon wall hammers x 2
Misc photosynthetic gorgonians
Florida ricordias (est 100)
Orange leptastrea
Misc acros
Aussie Duncan's
None green bubble coral
Warpaint Aussie scoly
Australian ultra lobos
Indo orange lobos
Red mushrooms
Misc chalices
Misc favias
Green and purple blastomussa
4 heads fathead dendro
1 head rhizo
1 multicolor Yuma mushroom
White tipped toadstool
Yellow Fiji leather
Golden scroll coral
Misc acans
Orange cloves
Pulsing Xenia


Fish list

Pair of Trojan Picasso clownfish
Mated trio of adult pajama cardinals
Citron goby
Tailspot blenny

We made a Video last night of the tank and will post it next as well as some new pics in the next little bit:)

Misses.ReefWars 12-30-2014 04:30 AM

Here is a video of the tank that we took last night , this is just off our cell but will have to do :)

Enjoy!!

Video here : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=llvlKZcayzg

lastlight 12-30-2014 05:44 AM

that looks so naturally lit it's awesome. i'd never guess this was a new setup it's got a rich, mature look already.

love the euphyllia pile and the floating scoly.

must also be nice to have the world's most hyperactive cardinal :lol:

Skimmer Juice 12-30-2014 04:05 PM

MMMM floating scollies:hail:

Cody 12-30-2014 05:57 PM

Very cool! I enjoyed catching up on this thread, looks incredible!

reefwars 12-31-2014 12:59 AM

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reefwars 12-31-2014 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 927480)
that looks so naturally lit it's awesome. i'd never guess this was a new setup it's got a rich, mature look already.

love the euphyllia pile and the floating scoly.

must also be nice to have the world's most hyperactive cardinal :lol:

thanks buddy , i could trade some zoas for pics lol stupid cell pics are ruingin it all lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice (Post 927522)
MMMM floating scollies:hail:


mmmmm doughnut!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cody (Post 927538)
Very cool! I enjoyed catching up on this thread, looks incredible!

glad you like it buddy , looks much better in person and was a fun build :) debating on a sps theme tank next hehe ;)

Madreefer 12-31-2014 03:38 AM

Looks pretty cool. Does it smell though?

reefwars 12-31-2014 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madreefer (Post 927659)
Looks pretty cool. Does it smell though?

Thanks man , we get asked that a lot but it doesn't at all I even asked guest to tell me if it did as I figured I slowly got use to it lol
But the verdict is it doesn't :)

One major design flaw on my part though , corals at waters surface look cool but only until your return pump dies while your at work xmas eve , corals were in the air all day we didn't lose anything really but did get me to think about getting the controller hooked up to it.

Madreefer 12-31-2014 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 927662)
Thanks man , we get asked that a lot but it doesn't at all I even asked guest to tell me if it did as I figured I slowly got use to it lol
But the verdict is it doesn't :)

One major design flaw on my part though , corals at waters surface look cool but only until your return pump dies while your at work xmas eve , corals were in the air all day we didn't lose anything really but did get me to think about getting the controller hooked up to it.

Yea but in that really big fish tank the tide goes in and out and corals are subjected to air and that big bright light:lol: they all survive

SeaHorse_Fanatic 12-31-2014 04:01 AM

And I thought my tank was overcrowded. Based on today's pics, I can double my corals and still be okay. Good to know.

Looks totally awesome, btw.

Anthony

reefwars 12-31-2014 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic (Post 927666)
And I thought my tank was overcrowded. Based on today's pics, I can double my corals and still be okay. Good to know.

Looks totally awesome, btw.

Anthony

Thanks Anthony :)

We are trying to group corals based on knowing how they act and grow , for example the scoly and lobos only have feeders on the large polyp and are small at less than an inch , it would take a few years for these pieces to grow into each other and the feeders currently only have access to the bottom or skeleton of the piece above it .

I worry about the bubble as it almost touches the scoly but I only had the bubble fight with it the first day it was in , since then it doesn't see it as a threat most likely because of the angle and flow direction , this will likely change as the bubble grows large and fast though so at any given time the scoly can come off its glue and small tower.

We're going to fill in the gaps tonight with zoanthids and then we want to finish off the stand skirting And doser shelf in the next couple of weeks .

Got some good news last night as I noticed that the pink lemonade acro has covered its base and colors are almost back , this is the first real signs of improvement since dosing too much Alk thinking it was vinegar so I may add back more sps , right now it's only a couple acros and a montipora setosa in there the rest are patiently waiting and healing in the frag tank lol

Also finally got confirmation that our Pom Pom crab is still alive and doing well found it's cave last night Under a chalice and until now she's remained pretty elusive lol even snapped a blurry pic lol

Happy new years everyone!!!


Denny and Ruth :)

Howie 01-16-2015 03:53 AM

Awesome looking tank guys. I can't wait to be able to start stocking ours lol. And thanks for all the help so far Denny and the rest of the guys from concept.

mufflerfist 01-18-2015 01:17 PM

Great job guys.. sooo jealous :)

Misses.ReefWars 01-23-2015 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mufflerfist (Post 931113)
Great job guys.. sooo jealous :)

thanks alot glad you enjoyed , we are going to update here shortly with new pics:mrgreen:

reefwars 01-28-2015 04:58 PM

little late on the update but here goes:)

over the last while we added a bunch more inverts so our list now includes cleaner shrimps(6), anemone crabs(2), anemone shrimp(3) , harlequin serpent star(1) , fromia sea star(1), candy pistol shrimp(1) , blue legged hermits(20) , emerald crabs(1) ,halloween hermit(1) , pom pom crab(1)....plus more im sure im forgetting lol



the problem was though as nice as it is having shrimps running around with no fear of predators they were picking on the clams and just about anything else that moves lol

we dealt with this for a while but the clams were getting worse so......


enter the guard dogs!!!


we added a full grown pair of scott's fairy wrasses


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so now the shrimp are in hiding...caves, ledges etc. not as active but the reef overall appreciates it and these two seem to show no interest in the shrimps and are the show fish of the tank (damn costly lol)



we added a large sebae anemone a while ago but was hit or miss one day it would attach the next it wouldn't , after killing the flow for a few weeks we decided to pull the bugger out so that space is now empty and we are debating on doing an acan garden in that spot or reserving it for something else down the road lol


we haven't added much for corals but a few more zoanthids around the top :)

we are fully stocked for fish atm

3 x full grown pj cardinals
2 x trojan clownfish
1 x citron goby
1 x sailfin blenny
1 x baby kole tang
2 x scotts fairy wrasses



here are some pics of how it sits today , we finally did another water change last night of 5g to freshen things up a bit.

water results have stayed consistent and still no measurable po4 or no3 and this is even with me babysitting 9 fish in my sump, no new gfo as of lately either.


tank is maturing on schedule and without a hitch :)


pics:


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will post some full tank shots here next :)


hope you enjoy!!


ruth and denny:)

reefwars 01-28-2015 05:01 PM

and some full tank shots , a mix of blues and whites :)


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Myka 01-29-2015 01:54 AM

Looks great!

reefwars 01-29-2015 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myka (Post 932653)
Looks great!

Thanks mindy :)

Not bad for a tank that's all dry rock lol we still have plenty of zoanthids to add we're doing that part slowly polyp by polyp but it's getting full :) we are maxed out on fish but do plan on some more inverts (porcelain crabs, some more anemone shrimp etc)

Overall though we have had prctiacally no issues with this tank and everything is getting along fairly well:)

Over the next little while we are going to finish the stands exterior as well I need to make a mesh cover somehow for the guard dogs (big jumpers)

Once this is done I guess we will have to walk away for a year to let it fill in tightly or set up another lol kinda wish We went 36 x 36 or 48 x 48............


Hmmmm I wonder if a larger upgrade would fly so soon lol



Hmmmm...


Hmm..


Hm


I want to lol:mrgreen:

Howie 01-29-2015 02:10 AM

Great looking pics, I am still loving the waterfall idea.

reefwars 01-29-2015 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howie (Post 932658)
Great looking pics, I am still loving the waterfall idea.

Thanks Ian buddy , you guys will have to come check it out In person soon, I've actually been thinking about setting up a tank tours for Calgary maybe have a large group of people go and see calgarys best setups on certain days ....would be cool and I'm sure I know a few nice reefs to nominate (kien!!!)

I could do the zoanthid systems and the waterfall tank in one shot:)

That's another story though lol

Cheers buddy

Denny

Howie 01-29-2015 02:20 AM

Lol we would love to come check it out sometime, pick up some zoas maybe as well. Haha just need a day off sometime.

Misses.ReefWars 02-04-2015 11:42 PM

we took some random top down shots last night with the flow off :)


enjoy!!!

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reefwars 02-28-2015 03:46 AM

Time for a quick update :)



I have recently had both my gfo and carbon reactors clog (no surprise there lol) and we were getting some cyano but with a quick net mod to the tlf it's now almost impossible to clog and cyano disappeared as soon as they were back online.

We have increased our vinegar dose by 10mls a day and so far so good

We Have a mystery on our hands , shrimps are disappearing exoskeleton and all , it's either the pistol shrimp doing it or the Scott's fairy wrasse , theres no visable signs of anything what so ever and the tank is too small to hide ....the missing shrimp are small like sexy shrimp, anemone shrimps and a single small cleaner shrimp. The wrasse I've been watching like a hawk and it doesn't seem like he's interested at all in them but the pistol is elusive and is never seen only heard lol it's one of those two for sure

We added a cool little goby , a flaming prawn goby he's cryptic and isn't out much and about 1/4" to 1/2" in size , he has found the fire shrimp and lives side by side just doesn't come into the light so I have a crappy video I managed to take but does show him as well we took some pics in a white dish before adding him to the tank :)

Still having an issue with all the shrimps in the system picking at the clams , the wrasse works great at night but he's a 9 to 5 fish and night is when play time begins so its Time to find a night time worker :)

Finally lost the large blue maxima clam , after several fresh water dips for pinched mantle he would look ok then not the next week , the shrimps picked him to a stress point when I finally pulled it you can tell when it's time :(

Mot much room for corals anymore but We added some more dendro colonies to the dark area where the clam was sitting as well I've been adding some zoas around top and here and there :)


Wll post an up to date video tomorrow as well some fts pics we took :)

Cheers

Denny and Ruth

WarDog 02-28-2015 06:17 AM

Sorry to hear about the shrimps and clam :cry:

Could you possibly tell me what this mushroom is called?

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reefwars 02-28-2015 01:22 PM

Certainly can buddy , that is a rainbow Yuma that I can't get a picture of to save my life lol

reefwars 03-11-2015 10:49 PM

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reefwars 03-11-2015 10:50 PM

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Skimmer Juice 03-11-2015 10:56 PM

those ricordias are looking very colorful , you two have done a great job on that tank

lastlight 03-11-2015 11:03 PM

agreed i love the ric blanket in there. my own tank is doing quite well yet my two struggling rics have been about the size of a pencil eraser head for months. any thoughts as to why rics aren't doing well for me?

reefwars 03-11-2015 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 940359)
agreed i love the ric blanket in there. my own tank is doing quite well yet my two struggling rics have been about the size of a pencil eraser head for months. any thoughts as to why rics aren't doing well for me?

put them in lower light and lower flow , in strong lighting or strong flow they shrink down to a dime or smaller;) problem is you risk color loss in lower lighting but none the less there's a happy medium:)

Howie 10-07-2015 12:06 AM

How's the tank doing guys?? Miss the updates lol


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