mseepman's 16" starfire nano - Page 9

Okguy · #81 09-17-2008, 03:55 PM

Mark, I've got some scrap acrylic if you need some to build your probe holder.

Cheers,

Kevin

mseepman · #82 09-17-2008, 04:05 PM

Thanks Kevin,

I went to IPP in Kelowna and got a "pile" of acrylic for $10. They have pre-wrapped piles available in all kinds of thicknesses and it was a great deal. I also got the right stuff for putting it together and the right jigsaw blade for cutting it.

Pier Pressure · #83 09-17-2008, 05:19 PM

If you are worried about the hermits starving due to lack of algae, just throw in a small wafer so that they have something to chew on. Algae wafers are pretty cheap at the petstores. Nice tank, by the way.

mseepman · #84 09-17-2008, 05:51 PM

Thanks...I ended up putting in a coral that wasn't doing great in my main tank and it has a little algae on it's plug...so their feasting on it.

Wish I knew exactly what the "brown" algae that's forming on everything was and if there was a need to do something about it.

mseepman · #85 09-20-2008, 04:32 AM

So today, the local LFS brought in some really nice specimens for nanos so I couldn't help myself and got my first fish for the tank...a yellow clown goby. It's only about 3/4 of an inch long. I will post pictures tomorrow but after the initial fright, he seems happy.

fishytime · #86 09-20-2008, 02:42 PM

Yes pics please. Clown gobies is sooo cute.

mseepman · #87 09-23-2008, 12:00 AM

So today I added the Pistol Shrimp / goby pair that I had sitting at the LFS for the last 45 days. Needless to say, it was quite the job catching them in the display tank at the store.

Here's a short video of my pistol making himself a new home:

http://s485.photobucket.com/albums/r...stolShrimp.flv

Glad I put the rock in first and then the sand so I shouldn't be having any cave-ins.

Everyone else seems pretty happy in the tank. Here's the new little Clown Goby I added last week:

I am having a pretty good time with this little nano already.

mseepman · #88 09-25-2008, 10:17 PM

So I added my firs corals to the nano today. Been checking all the Params and they seem fine.

Heres a little too close FTS:

And here are the different frags:

I didn't get the picture but within 15 minutes we had decent polyp extension on the frags already, so that's a good sign.

I know that they look a little worn, but I got these from another local reefer and they had a bit of a rough intro to my main tank.

If anyone could tell me the type of algae on frag#3 that would be great. It's not regular hair algae because there was a little of that on a rock and my hermits cleaned it up within one day...while they won't touch this stuff at all.

Okguy · #89 09-25-2008, 10:31 PM

Hey Mark, I have no idea what the algae is but if you don't want to have it spread I'd take it off your nice clean rocks ASAP. Especially if the algae eaters won't eat it. I'd hate to see you have to battle any algae on your rocks like I have too...

mseepman · #90 09-26-2008, 12:08 AM

Yeah...I was hoping that with new water...and phosguard I would just see it shrivel and die....but that hasn't happened. I should probably use the new Phos that I got from BRS in this tank but I was hoping to use up the crappy Seachem stuff I still had left.