mseepman's 16" starfire nano

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Bio filtration meaning the Liverock? I know that the Ecorox are going to take a little while to seed...so that's probably it.

Any recommendations for now? I change about 15-20% of the water per week right now.

Yep bio filtration = live rock. Aside from cooking the EcoRox before hand...there's not much to do other than wait it out.

[mseepman]

Well, I've been a little busy with my year end at work lately and so I've been remiss on getting updates for this thread.

Over the last week or so, I've been moving some coral frags over from my main tank to the nano.

Here are some pics:
FTS


Closeups




I've been pretty religious on checking this water and here's my current readings using Salifert kits
Cal: 450
Alk: 7.7
Mag: 1300
PH: 8.1
Temp: 79.5
PO4: .25
Nitrate: <10

The MH/T5HO combo has been putting out some pretty serious heat on me...but my DIY FAN bank has been maintaining things at about 80.5 at their worst.

[Myka]

Lookin good! Are you seeing any coralline growth yet?

[JDigital]

Do you got pics of the DIY fans?

I might have missed the post if you did...

[Myka]

I'm gone for 5 weeks, and there are NO updates to read?!?! I'm a little miffed!!

[mseepman]

Well, Myka pointed out that I had not done any updates on here in waaay too long. So here are few new pics.

Full tank shot...as you can see, we've got Coraline growth and some pest algae too.


Here's my little clown Goby...still doesn't trust me when I get close to the tank.

You can see the pest algae just below his nose and just above him to the left. Not sure what it is yet. Anyone willing to identify?

Here's an Acro I got from Red Coral in Calgary...pretty new so it hasn't colored up yet.


Lastly, here's a little movie of my Goby/shrimp pair hard at work moving sand. It's really cool having these guys.

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[brizzo]

Looking good, I love the silly little face of clown gobies!

I'm no expert, but that looks like the start of bubble algae!