5.5G AGA AC200 Fuge Pico Journal

[Naked Wookie]

issue with those is once I get 4 of them I probably covered the cost of buying and shipping the MH ballast(let alone the 20w), I will look and see what I can find locally if anything maybe somehow snag a deal..

but looks like I might be running security for a few hockey games so then I will get some cash hopefully enough for the ballasts.

also params this morning where .4 ammonia and .1nitrites .1 nitrates enough colour to not be clear but nothing more for them, so now the waiting game begins

[rocketlily]

I agree with the 50/50 bulbs. I have been using the 20W on my 10 gal nano for the contest and I have had amazing growth and color with them. Nice thing also is there is very little heat, which will be a big bonus for the summer.

[Naked Wookie]

well params are near perfect already which is wicked, already noticed some new coraline growth on a few of the rocks as well.
moved the rocks a tiny bit so stirred the sand a tiny bit.
right now I am just waiting on another reefer to get my information for payment of a 70w MH ballast and I will be rolling with that shortly.

likely going to look at getting the start of my CUC saturday if all goes well.



still undecided on if I should get more rock or not just yet if I do thinking a larger piece to complete the right corner of the tank.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Cool little project.

I may have missed it but how are you going to deal with heat and evaporation with a 70W halide over it? That is going to be quite the challenge if keeping sps since they tend to not tolerate temp. and salinity fluctuations. Just curious

[Naked Wookie]

I am going to see how well the fans I am planning on using work for keeping the MH from boiling my tank.
but my plan is to start softies and see how bad evap/temp is actually sps won't be till summer/next fall unless someone has really cheap frags and I somehow grow money magicall. I havn't had temp issues with 3 23w CFLs sitting not even half an inch from the surface it stays at 79F through the duration so wondering how much worse a MH suspended at 6ish inches off the surface.

and already looking making a ATO unit for the tank being how I figure do it right the first time now, cause I plan on moving this tank back home for the summer and then back here for the following years semesters.

although I am wondering what do other reefers do for christmas break at college? I only ever get 12-14 days off due to my sports and tournaments for break but do people bring it home or just rely on ATOs and timers?

[Naked Wookie]

CORALS WOOP.
went to get a small clean up crew and ended up walking out with corals funny how that works huh.
so for CUC so far I got 5 blue legged hermits and these are tiny tiny little ones not the larger blue legged, and 1 nassarius snail, and 3 brittle stars he tossed in.
so now for some pics.

brittle star hiding already.

GSP thats supposed to grow up the back well yet.

gorilla nips not opened yet, they are peaking out now although.

yay snail.

my small kenya tree and zoa polyp frag.

baby ric

and tiny little guy.

[Naked Wookie]

well not much change yet, getting some algae likely due to the 6500k bulbs but my ballast should be here sometime this week yet, shipped out this morning express post so hopefully gets here quick, just waiting to find out about bulbs and I am all set for 70watss of sun.
that and I held a moment of silence as a brave little blue legged hermit discovered today why one never leaves his shell and wander upto the AC200 intake, apparently AC200 impellers don't leave much to clean up he will be missed.
did a quick water change after I cleaned the parts I could find out of the tank so hopefully that doesn't affect water.

oh also picked up some blue eyes zoas from the reefshoppe last night as well.
so till the blue eyes settle in and pose for the camera these will have to do