10 gal NANO build thread

[tigerslacrosse4]

so turns out that the "white spots" that i was freeking out about was olny sand my brother pointed it out and i moved the rock and it all came right off... im a mess lol

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

i fixed the salinity and got RODI water so that i can top off all this week im ready to go now getting an RODI unit next weekend from my aunt

 

[Cheetos]

I think we need a picture update with the new rock!

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

indeed however this computer that im on is my moms work computer and they have it set up so i cant use the camera to upload the pics i will get to it probably tomorow during school it will be up ASAP.

 

[reeferpj]

so turns out that the "white spots" that i was freeking out about was olny sand my brother pointed it out and i moved the rock and it all came right off... im a mess lol

thats to funny

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

thanks jp lol i thought my salinity at 1.030 was going to kill the rock for sure...

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

startin to look like a reef ay????

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

so the first coral is in the tank. the coral is a green gonipora (spelling) and from what i understand they dont do to well in captivity. my aunt had it in her tank after getting it from someone who thought that their light wasnt enough and in turn my aunt didnt think she had enough light. she gave it to me in hopes of it coming back under that 70 watt halide i have it has lost several polyups since i put it in the tank and the ones that are there are starting to look healthy anyone have any tips on keeping these???

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

found a starfish in the tank alive and well coraline is growin on my glass as well things are lookin up but diatoms are blooming still

 

[coralcor]

gonnies need to be fed.....

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

yeah the green ones wont take food frank180reef has gonies and he said that the green ones are impossable to keep.

gonnies need to be fed.....

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

more pics

pics of recent events the stars name is fredrick. does this look like red slime to anyone or does it look more like diatoms?

 

[reeferpj]

fredrick will soon be fredricks...

 

[JasonandRay]

just more diatoms

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

thats a relief im going to cut the lighting back to nothing to see if they die back.

 

[jayman10134]

try some cheato in your hob filter with a little desk lamp over it. i just set up a tank with a fuge and i had very little diatoms, just on the glass a little bit. i can bring some down tomorrow if you want and bring it over around 2 or so when you get out of school.

 

[Cheetos]

Diatoms it is!

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

well here it goes gonna use a aquaclear 70 for the refugium this will be a fun DIY mod im gonna have to take pics of this =D oh yeah and update the light was cut back to nothing today and a significant die off was present the whole white skeleton in the middle was a light tan today when i got home opposed to a dark brown when i had the lights on

 

[tigerslacrosse4]

shrooms incoming tonight compliments of Jbishop.

 

[jbishop]

shrooms incoming tonight compliments of Jbishop.

maybe even a little more