First marine tank build (New pics/changes Feb 3rd)

Mr.nintendo · #1 10-03-2009, 04:56 AM

Time for an update I figured,

The tank is slowly starting to get bright green/purple all over the rocks which is great. Some small fighting with hair algae in my sand and on the rocks but aquired a few more clean up crew ( a few cowries ) and a peppermint shrimp.

Sadly for reasons I can't figure out the peppermint shrimp only lasted a few days. I may have introduced it to rapidly or it was just older and not really ready for the stress of a new tank. It was rather large and not active from the get-go.
I modified the Protein skimmer so it would work within the sump and adjusted the rocks/ moved the heater so now I have a much cleaner looking tank. I just need to clean the drain hole and modify it when I do a water change here soon so it'll accept more flow. Then hopefully I can increase the water level and keep everything running nicely without the visible water edge.

Added 2 clown fish, seem to be nippy together still they are young... but if it keeps up I'll make my buddy happy with a new fish :P

New Green star

My Xenia pulse like crazy and even srpung a little baby growing behing them. It's near lights off time the little ones is usually pulsing as well

FTS ( Much better wothout the heater visible and protein skimmer removed

Mr.nintendo · #2 10-03-2009, 04:56 AM

Sorry for lacking picture quality, my iPhone is all I have to get shots with

Mr.nintendo · #3 10-05-2009, 03:00 AM

Woke up to a bunch of small aipstasia...

Not sure where they came from but there are a few on most of the rock, wish me luck on the fight lol

BlueAbyss · #4 10-05-2009, 06:06 PM

Ouch, that sucks... well, good luck! I haven't had a problem with anything like that

Mr.nintendo · #5 10-08-2009, 06:32 AM

So now I'm looking for suggestions

With my system, what kinda LPS/ polyps and such would give it some good colour but work with the set-up?

I know nothing really about trace elements and such so I'm learning that stuff slowly, but for the most part I want stuff that's hardy, bright, and wont die easily if I have a few swings. I've been eyeing up some zoo's, some ricordia, Trumpet and chalice. Obviously some within these categories will take some more work then others, but are these my best bet for colour and variety without the need for more equipment?

Mr.nintendo · #6 10-08-2009, 06:33 AM

Oh and with a round of Joes Juice the aipstasia is gone, plenty left if it shows up again but the stuff worked like a charm

Mr.nintendo · #7 10-09-2009, 04:26 AM

added a nice Royal Gramma today and some blue shrooms