Enigma's 10 Gallon Reef

[aqure591]

Ya Number 1 rule do not trust anything that comes of the mouths of your LFS staff members lol. I'm not saying all LFS have staff that don't know what they are talking about, but majority of them are clueless.

The best advice as a novice in this hobby is to do your own research and stick to 1 forum (can reef) for advice from members that have been in the hobby for a long time, or members who have been through the same situation before to learn from them. Good Luck with your tanks!

[Enigma]

I'm slowly figuring out who I can trust. I listen closely to what other customers are being told, in addition to what I'm being told. Some of what i hear is disturbing. I think I'll mostly stick to Red Coral in the future, but in the event I venture elsewhere I'll be very cautious.

I'm also on one other forum, but that one is nano specific. Most of the users here seem to have much larger systems.

[aqure591]

Yeah!, Red Coral does know their stuff. That's a reason they are a sponsered member on here.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by Enigma

I've read too many horror stories about Pom Poms going commando and becoming aggressive killers.

The Pom Pom is now in my sump: along with the hermit. It seems like a good place for hitchhikers.

I'm sad to hear he's in the sump there peaceful crabs. People have fish die and discover there Pom pom eating it and automaticly think Omg commando crab when in reality he was just after a fresh meal. Why not give him to someone who would like one instead of a slow sump death

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by Enigma

All of the live rock has been moved to the regugium in the sump. A large piece of dry rock has been added to the display tank. The lighting fixture has been changed on the display tank (20" Coralife with one actinic and one 10,000K).

The only issue is that I can't fill the tank beyond where it is. The overflow needs quite a bit of wiggle room to prime itself. In the event I fill the tank higher it overflows when the overflow box kicks in again. At least the sump gives me another 15 gallons of water, so the effect of a little less water in the display tank is more visual than anything else.

All specs are good, with the exception of nitrate which is still about 0.5.

Hubby is going to build me a stand so I can rig the sump up underneath the tank.

Sry I didn't notice u had a refugium anything that goings in my sump minus sponges dies not much food makes it to my sump maybe you will actually get to see yours I can count on one hand the amount of times iv seen him in a couple months

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by Aquaria

Sry I didn't notice u had a refugium anything that goings in my sump minus sponges dies not much food makes it to my sump maybe you will actually get to see yours I can count on one hand the amount of times iv seen him in a couple months

No worries.

The only reason I still have the Pom Pom is because he was a very craftily hidden hitchhiker, and as a result of his stealthiness he was completely overlooked and not properly acclimated. He was inside the tightly balled up Kenya Tree (which I didn't acclimate, but did dip).

I know that they're quite popular and really appreciated by many. If he survives, I'll pass him on to someone else. I wouldn't want to pass him on just to have him quickly die as a result of my unfortunate, and completely accidental, mistreatment of him.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by Enigma

No worries.

The only reason I still have the Pom Pom is because he was a very craftily hidden hitchhiker, and as a result of his stealthiness he was completely overlooked and not properly acclimated. He was inside the tightly balled up Kenya Tree (which I didn't acclimate, but did dip).

I know that they're quite popular and really appreciated by many. If he survives, I'll pass him on to someone else. I wouldn't want to pass him on just to have him quickly die as a result of my unfortunate, and completely accidental, mistreatment of him.

If he lives u should just keep him there very entertaining and since he's in the refuge what harm can he really do? There not aggresive and he won't go after stuff that wasn't dead or dieing already

[Duker]

Originally Posted by aqure591

to cycle my tank when I started was to use raw shrimp/cocktail shrimp method. this way more humane then dumping chromis or other hardy fish into the tank to help cycle the tank.

YES YES YES, why don't more people do it this way.....And it works so much better!!!!
Yay aqure591

[Enigma]

One Mexican Turbo and four Nass have been moved out of this tank and into my other tank.

EDIT: Oh, and I've switched out my Kent carbon with Seachem carbon and did a 20% water change. And, I fed my blasto some Acan Plus. Holy smokes did they greedily eat it up!

Originally Posted by Aquaria

If he lives u should just keep him there very entertaining and since he's in the refuge what harm can he really do? There not aggresive and he won't go after stuff that wasn't dead or dieing already

It isn't so much about any harm he may do it this point . . . it's more about the fact that I don't particularly enjoy him: and I know there are many who would.

[Snaz]

Your rocks have great shape. Any updates?