imisky's 30g custom tank

[JDigital]

Wow.. that Bali Tricolor is GORGEOUS!!!

Really like the Tenius sp. too..

EDIT: What type of bulb are you running again?

[imisky]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Wow.. that Bali Tricolor is GORGEOUS!!!

Really like the Tenius sp. too..

EDIT: What type of bulb are you running again?

wow fast reply! i posted the update like 5 mins ago!

im using 2x 150w phoenix driven by aquamedics M80 HQI ballast as my main light
supplimented by 2x24w T5HO (1 Gman pure actinic, 1 KZ fiji purple)

[Myka]

Love the Bali Tricolor too!

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by imisky

wow fast reply! i posted th update like 5 mins ago!

im using 2x 150w phoenix driven by aquamedics M80 HQI ballast as my main light
supplimented by 2x24w T5HO (1 Gman pure actinic, 1 KZ fiji purple)

What K are the pheonix bulbs? 20K?

[imisky]

they are 14K bulbs driven to a white color with a tint of blue. Although ive seen phoenix bulbs driven on electric ballast to really blue colors near 20K

[imisky]

i think its time for an update to the tank, the tank has been doing well lately i suppose other then the fact that i cracked my DIY calcium reactor and had to buy another one, i went ahead and got a BM reactor, the build quality on BMs surpassed what i had expected from a china product. works well and it keeping my kH at 8. during the period i had my DIY off my kH was dropping at 1.5 degrees per day, 2 part couldnt keep up. and soon it dropped to 4 and stayed there without me knowing.

i also managed to remove all 5 of the domino damsels i had...omg where they hard to catch, i had to fish 3 of them out with a barbless size 2 hook and then drain the water for the last two as they got smart and wouldnt go for the PE mysis on hooks.. but now i only have 2 fish my coral colors are fading a bit, im assuming that this is because i now feed less and the corals are no longer getting enough nutrients so im getting zeo like colors which i dont particularly like, so i think im going to have to restock pretty soon, with either 3 lyre tail anthias or 3 blue eye cardinals....ive had bad luck with cardinals as they never do good in my system for some reason, what do you guys think? what fish would you add.

Heres a few update shots of the corals: you can see what i mean by faded colors like zeo.

skittles granulosa


borealis:


oregon tort:


rainbow millibad pick *blue tips, green polyps, red base*)


pokerstar monti ( you can really see the faded zeo colors from this one)


forest fire digita:


green slimer:


purple tabling acro:

[JDigital]

Your SPS looks awesome... PM when they are ready to frag!

[imisky]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Your SPS looks awesome... PM when they are ready to frag!

haha thanks, i saw your cube tank build on reefcentral it looks good!

im thinking to grab maybe 3-4 blue eye cardinals for this tank and restock it again, 2 fish (red lin anthias and femail fairy wrasse) and a red scooter doesnt provide enough food for the SPS to have the solid colors that i like.

what do you guys think, any fish that will do well in this tank?