Curren007K
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Wow everything looks incredible. Great lighting!
What are you using for a camera?
What are you using for a camera?
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Fresh Build: The Clean White Stage
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Lost my skunk cleaner shrimp yesterday =/... Not sure what happened, but I tend to lose something whenever I do a major tank swap. Ammonia / Nitrates seem ok. I am running a very small bag of carbon in the sump. I did dip some very algae covered rocks in H202 before reintroducing them to the tank. I know that cleaners shrimp can be a bit sensitive to peroxide... that might have been it. Anyway - bit of a bummer, always hate losing livestock.
https://youtu.be/1Ubt92bhzMk
Quick video update using a gopro. Light level was pretty low - video was shot in the evening as the reef-sun was setting.
Thanks for taking a look
. Video was shot in 4k, but its a bit grainy due to the red filter + high iso. Still learning how to best use the gopro.
Quick video update using a gopro. Light level was pretty low - video was shot in the evening as the reef-sun was setting.
Thanks for taking a look
. Video was shot in 4k, but its a bit grainy due to the red filter + high iso. Still learning how to best use the gopro.
Marshall O
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Tank is looking awesome! How do you keep a wrasse in the tank without it covered? I can barely keep mine in my covered tanks!
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Thanks marshal. I think it all depends on the wrasse and its tank mates. This wrass, when spooked tends to dart behind rock work. Many wrasses will shoot up. If that's their habit then they're sure to leave the tank. This wrasse is also the boss and has very few tank mates. I kept him in an even shallower tank without incident.
That said, nothing is certain; I had a chromis end up as a crispy critter.
Hi Dong - no par 38's here. I'm running 6x 50W custom luxeon boards with 4 channels each. I'm using a ledil diffuser and very large reflector. The led array is smaller than a nickel.
I was lucky to meet another tech savy reefer on RC (theatrus) who helped me fabricate this board. The result is very even light without any of the color separation typical of LEDs.
In the center box I have 2x 24w t5ho and custom reflectors so that it can be mounted high above the tank (ati coral white - deep reflector not pictured)
What are mistakes if not things to repeat again and again 
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Coral has been looking a little pale - took some readings today and noted that nitrates are both bottomed out and phosphates are at ~.08. I am dosing ~15ml of vinegar daily and with vacation had been feeding minimally. I make the comment about repeating past mistakes because I've run into this situation at least twice in the past and typically have a nutrient deficit (nitrate) and some problematic algae (due to phosphate / nitrate ratio). I like to run ~2-4ppm nitrate and .08-.16ppm phosphate.
I dosed 1ppm KNO3 to bring the nitrates up immediately - kept the vinegar at 15ml / D and started a dosing regiment of Amino acids (which will break down into nitrates).
The AA/nutrient mix is:
1 TBSP - Full spectrum AA powder (19 L-type amino acids, water soluble, ratios unknown)
1/2 TBSP - Fulvic Acid
1/2 TBSP - L-Aspartic Acid
2 TBSP Kent's Iron + Manganese
600ml - RO water
10 drops iodine (for preservative effect)
The solution is set to be dosed at 20ml / day. The fulvic acid is a bit of an experiment. I've used it in hydroponic solutios with good success as a method for enhancing solubility / transport of metals/minerals and as a carbon source. The chemical makeup of fulvic acid is typically C135H182O95N5S2. At 1/2 TBSP over the course of 30 days I think it will be a pretty low risk experiment.
Additionally, got married two weeks back (yah!). Went on a 2 week honeymoon and the fish survived under automation. To celebrate, I've added 6 chromis and a yellow eyed kole tang. The tang is doing well and has begun grazing on the bottom of the tank. I have hopes that he takes a liking to hair algae, which I have always had a bit more of than I would like.
...Coral has been looking a little pale - took some readings today and noted that nitrates are both bottomed out and phosphates are at ~.08. I am dosing ~15ml of vinegar daily and with vacation had been feeding minimally. I make the comment about repeating past mistakes because I've run into this situation at least twice in the past and typically have a nutrient deficit (nitrate) and some problematic algae (due to phosphate / nitrate ratio). I like to run ~2-4ppm nitrate and .08-.16ppm phosphate.
I dosed 1ppm KNO3 to bring the nitrates up immediately - kept the vinegar at 15ml / D and started a dosing regiment of Amino acids (which will break down into nitrates).
The AA/nutrient mix is:
1 TBSP - Full spectrum AA powder (19 L-type amino acids, water soluble, ratios unknown)
1/2 TBSP - Fulvic Acid
1/2 TBSP - L-Aspartic Acid
2 TBSP Kent's Iron + Manganese
600ml - RO water
10 drops iodine (for preservative effect)
The solution is set to be dosed at 20ml / day. The fulvic acid is a bit of an experiment. I've used it in hydroponic solutios with good success as a method for enhancing solubility / transport of metals/minerals and as a carbon source. The chemical makeup of fulvic acid is typically C135H182O95N5S2. At 1/2 TBSP over the course of 30 days I think it will be a pretty low risk experiment.
Additionally, got married two weeks back (yah!). Went on a 2 week honeymoon and the fish survived under automation. To celebrate, I've added 6 chromis and a yellow eyed kole tang. The tang is doing well and has begun grazing on the bottom of the tank. I have hopes that he takes a liking to hair algae, which I have always had a bit more of than I would like.
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He's obsessed with the film algae, but I haven't seen him touch the hair. What other additions do you think may have played a part in reducing your hair algae? I am currently using 2 Astrea + 3 Trochus snails, a tail spot blenny, 2 emerald crabs, 2-3 blue legged hermit crabs, and this kole tang.
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Where's the algae, I don't see any algae?!? that looks great!
Me kole too is all over the film on the glass.
The others were - Same snails as you + two of those giant snails. Gads I have a biology degree but I can't keep names of things straight in this hobby... and a lawnmower blenny...and I'm running GFO too. (but I was doing that for a few weeks before the fish/snails)
There are reports on the interwebs saying the kole and lawnmower blenny don't co-exist. That's not been the case for me, they ignore each other completely. But that was some of my reluctance to spell it out. I don't want to be a source of advice that gets some poor fish killed or something
But as far as the hair algae is concerned, I saw the kole grabbing it (not like constantly - it seems to be more active a night). The next day more algaie would be gone. It seemed like it was more responsible than the blenny. I never did see the blenny grab any algae. The blenny is far more sand bed oriented feeder from what I've been seeing.
But things weren't under constant surveillance to to be 100% sure - who knows
Me kole too is all over the film on the glass.
The others were - Same snails as you + two of those giant snails. Gads I have a biology degree but I can't keep names of things straight in this hobby... and a lawnmower blenny...and I'm running GFO too. (but I was doing that for a few weeks before the fish/snails)
There are reports on the interwebs saying the kole and lawnmower blenny don't co-exist. That's not been the case for me, they ignore each other completely. But that was some of my reluctance to spell it out. I don't want to be a source of advice that gets some poor fish killed or something
But as far as the hair algae is concerned, I saw the kole grabbing it (not like constantly - it seems to be more active a night). The next day more algaie would be gone. It seemed like it was more responsible than the blenny. I never did see the blenny grab any algae. The blenny is far more sand bed oriented feeder from what I've been seeing.
But things weren't under constant surveillance to to be 100% sure - who knows
jamesdong009
Anthony
That's a sleek looking tank with some great photos to boot!
Where's the algae, I don't see any algae?!? that looks great!
Me kole too is all over the film on the glass.
The others were - Same snails as you + two of those giant snails. Gads I have a biology degree but I can't keep names of things straight in this hobby... and a lawnmower blenny...and I'm running GFO too. (but I was doing that for a few weeks before the fish/snails)
There are reports on the interwebs saying the kole and lawnmower blenny don't co-exist. That's not been the case for me, they ignore each other completely. But that was some of my reluctance to spell it out. I don't want to be a source of advice that gets some poor fish killed or something
But as far as the hair algae is concerned, I saw the kole grabbing it (not like constantly - it seems to be more active a night). The next day more algaie would be gone. It seemed like it was more responsible than the blenny. I never did see the blenny grab any algae. The blenny is far more sand bed oriented feeder from what I've been seeing.
But things weren't under constant surveillance to to be 100% sure - who knows
Saw him picking at it today - I'm super excited. Has not yet shown any aggression towards my tail spot blenny. The blenny is ~4 years old now and pretty set in his ways... probably just doesn't want to bugger the grumpy old man of the tank.
