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well i guess its time for a quick update. so the tank has been at my parents hourse since moving into my current residence. The owner of the house would not allow the tank and was not willing to let me install the RO at the hour and said rent would go up and for what i am getting for how much it costs, it was not worth it and my parents were more than willing to take the tank off my hands. So after deciding i am giving the tank to my day for his birthday which is coming up. but i still get to get into the tank to steal frags for the new tank which is soon since i will be moving again...
well here are a few pictures. it has been running skimmerless for the past 2 months which i have to figure out if it needs to be replaced or not. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/DSCN6637.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/DSCN6641.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/DSCN6645.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/DSCN6657.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/DSCN6647.jpg |
Do you have any updated pics?? Looks like a sweet tank!
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I will shoot some shots on sunday. replacing the ATO and doing a water change while i am at my parents
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Those zoas are looking amazing Laurier, almost makes me want to take my skimmer off line :lol:.
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LOL oh i am scared when I buy a new skimmer, I have been looking at the SWC Xtreme 120 Cone. I am sure the SPS would love it.
But this tank has been through alot in the past 3 months, lost 1 colony, 3 frags and to top it off Flat worms. grrr but there is some nice aussie stuff in there and the digi's are going nuts. switching from reefersbest to H2Ocean was the best thing i have done for this tank |
holy crap Laurier.....the growth is.......impressive
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Is this the so-called Red Planet you guys are always talking about?
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/DSCN6923.jpg Holy moly. WANT! |
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that it is, when I set up a tank in my apartment 1/2-2/3 of that colony is getting chopped.... my parents can have the base lol Thanks doug, noticed a massive increase in the tanks quality after switching to H2Ocean salt on this tank. After being on Kz reefers best since 09 and than switching in july my growth has increased and my colors are amazing. |
First time I have seen your thread! I don't know how I missed it! I really like the dimensions of this tank. Your growth is really good too!
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Your tank seems to be growing out very nicly, Now all I need to do is somehow convince you to ship some frags my way :mrgreen:
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Thanks. I was suprised with how much growth I got when the system was skimmerless
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Well to be honest, ha ha, I barely change the water on this tank, keep up with dosing. When I posted about the differences I was keeping up with my one week water changes and I have been meaning to do one but with the tank across its a headack. Right now this is what happens every week for maintenance: 1 cap potassium 4 caps Calcium 3 caps magnesium Change out the carbon ever 2 months Kill any aiptasia I think the last time I changed the water was back in July or August. The colors in the coral are amazing, growth is the fastest it has ever been. Oh and I added a new skimmer. Picked up the Bubble Magus NAC5. Seems to be working great. But I do need to start fragging. My A.Convexa is a giant and I keep hitting tips off of it while cleaning the glass. Funny story, there are now little convexa's growing in certain spots were the tips landed. |
couple of christmas shots with the new camera
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Looking awesome Laurier. It looks to be a well balance tank and I'm all for low maintenance!
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Looking sweet! You definitely have that
Tank dialed in. Just sit back and take pretty pictures :) |
thanks guys, really suprised with the outcome in the past months of the tank. In all honesty I thought the system would have browned out. heading over there on sunday to get a waterchange ready for sunday
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WOW NICE COLORS DUDE! When you say a cap full of this and that is it store bought in liquid form? Or bulk flake mixed with a certain amount of water. Do tell I need to know, I hate water changes and finally figured out how to set up a ATO directly from my whole house RO.
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Incredible growth..... a few post's down you said the only thing you dose is potassium, calcium and mag? nothing for alk and no water changes?
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Nice full look to the tank already with some sweet colonies.
How often do you change out the socks on the tank? It's not clear in the pic how they are plumbed in. |
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thanks man, still debating about cutting them down for the cube |
This tank looks awesome Larry! :mrgreen:
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Forgot to reply lol. The socks I was referring to were the Xmas stockings in your pic :)
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So I have an update about this tank....
IT'S MOVING HOME! My parents have decided to sell their house and now I have to move it by sunday. LOL my mom wanted me to move it tonight, Last time it took me 6 hours and it was only a 15min drive. So I have a busy sunday. Now for the horror story about this tank... Its been running skimmerless for the past month and a bit. In that time nutrients have spiked massively. With me away from the tank alot, it is in dire need of some love. So moving it home may be a good thing. Also the tank is being over run by aiptasia, I went over there this past weekend and found some flat worms (the evil red ones). On top of this, all the bulbs need to be replaced. Its looking like this will be a $500 kick in the balls unless I rip it down and sell it. |
Yikes! Sorry to hear :( That is an expensive kick in the gonads..
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It's not all that bad, money is just a bit tight for another month. Sold my GSX-R last night so that relieved alot of stress.
Just wish I had time to build a better stand, and a new sump. But the wicked witch of the west wants it out of her house asap. Its a long story with her, she's not in my good books right now cause she wants to put my dog down (was informed about that as well). So I might take my dog (he has gained artritis in his hips), he is still very active. |
well that sorta solves your whole tank dilemma thing you've been going through......so its gonna be a midnight move into your condo?:wink:
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Oh no its going to be a midday move so I am risking having someone from my condo board knocking on my door lol
But I have alot planned for the tank, I thought about selling it but it solves all of my "problems." I am basically going to bring it over and slap it together since I don't have the time to properly do what I want to. First thing is a new sump... funny thing is what I want is the same as the sump I built for the cube, if I knew this was going to happen I would have kept that one. Next will be skinning the stand. During this time period I will be spending alot of time on this tank cleaning it up and giving it some much needed TLC. |
Well Just finishing up with the move, its been a long stressful 12 hours.
Lost alot of my sps. salvaged some frags of zoa's... its been a bad move and it didn't go as planned. Also lost my royal gamma and my potters, both were my favorite fish. This week will be stressful, fingers crossed that everyone makes it through the night. I'm out of salt, bulbs need to be changed, I need to clean up the wiring, hook up the ATO, add rock. Worst time for RC to be closed, dropped into a few other LFS but they didn't have what I was looking for. On the bright side I did have a laugh... it really shows where I live now HA http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...0/IMG_0175.jpg |
Sorry to hear the move did not go well at all. Hopefully it's able to run for a longer period in one spot and you can regain stability.
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Thanks man, but its not moving unless someone complains and I am forced to sell it. I just received the condo "bylaws" and it doesn't state anything about the size of the tank, only says that having a fish tank is ok.
Tomorrow I am calling my insurance company to see what coverage I can get on this tank (fingers crossed nothing happens) |
Big thanks to Fishytime!!!
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Ouch, sorry to hear about the move. :(
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quick update, this is what I have left from the transfer. The milli's I tried to salvage RTN'd today and I still have my fingers crossed on most of my other sps. The red planet has some spots that are missing flesh but it looks like it will pull through.
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how to make a grown man cry. I have lost all of the corals I wanted to keep, nothing is going in this tank until it stabilizes
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ouch. Sorry to hear and see man. I hate moving sps corals. They don't like moving i think
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Dude that sucks man, that is why I got rid of all my SPS and now keep lps and softies. I couldn't deal with loosing sps because i walked by the tank or went away.
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Thanks man, its been a painful move. Thing just keep getting worse and worse, yesterday I came home to massive amounts of film algae being produced (had to clean it 4 hours after I previously cleaned it). Today the tank is getting a massive water change, but still nothing has settled in yet.
Also unplugged my heaters to see what type of heat I am producing in the tank. Last night the tank was sitting at 85 degree's and the heater was on! So I may look into either a chiller or a ac unit for my apartment for the summer. Personally I prefer the ac unit since it benifits the tank and myself |
Damn, sucks to see that buddy.. :cry:
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