10g progress!

[dime079]

i built this tank based on the ac fuge mod thread of reef_dude(thx a bunch man) finally i can say that i am with out any algae break out of any kind :rollface:

tank has been up since march, so 6 months into the hobby and im loving it. thanks again to everyone that has helped me out thus far. finally i'll leave you w/ some pictures.

thanks again!

 

[sir_dudeguy]

so you just added the fuge w/some chaeto or something in it? and you had a bunch of algae in the main tank and now its gone? That settles it...i gotta get another hob fuge for my 55 lol. I had one on there but the lip thing that it hangs by broke off, so i havent had one for a while. And now i think about it, all my algae started popping up after that happened.

 

[dime079]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8086114#post8086114 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sir_dudeguy
so you just added the fuge w/some chaeto or something in it? and you had a bunch of algae in the main tank and now its gone? That settles it...i gotta get another hob fuge for my 55 lol. I had one on there but the lip thing that it hangs by broke off, so i havent had one for a while. And now i think about it, all my algae started popping up after that happened.

well i beleive the algae problem was caused by the TDS in the RO/DI water at one of my lfs, so i went to the other lfs and the problem dissappeared. but over all i think the fuge is great, i have pods everywhere, and these little spiral things all over the sides of the fuge, whatever those are.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

those spiral things are likely just that filter feeder worm...i wanna call it spirobid worm but i know thats not it...something like that tho i think. Anyways, i know what you're talkin about...the white ones? Just filter feeders. I've got about a million lol.

I too had tons of pods when i had my hob fuge. I still do, but i see less of the copepods (tho that might be cuz of the algae covering the sand right now ) but i see a ton of HUGE amphipods...i'm talkin maybe a third of an inch or more...they were freakin huge for a pod. They scared the crap out of me the first time i saw them. My sixline enjoys chasing them all day tho...or should i say eating them lol.

 

[Radioheed]

have a link for the aquaclear mod?



**EDIT** Nevermind...this is the reason for sticky threads heed

 

[sir_dudeguy]

on mine i didnt do anything to change it really...i just threw in some live sand (about 2 inches?) a few rock rubble pieces, and then a baseball sized clump of chaeto. Worked pretty dang good i guess. I had tons of pods, and like i say, now that mine broke off, i havent seen too many. Oh, and mine was on a 55 btw...it'd be much better on a small tank imo.

 

[dime079]

i would take a 55g but i couldnt afford the equipment to go into it just thought i'd give you guys a livestock list.

royal gramma
false perc.
2 turbos
2 nas.
4 ceriths
green/brown zoos
brown button polyps
green ric shroom
2x kenya trees and....
a green finger leather (that looks brown, but its green when the polyps hide)

 

[dime079]

oops and of course that candy cane up top. speaking of .... anyone know how / how long it takes those to grow another head or whatever?

 

[dime079]

nobody is a candy cane-isseur?

 

[directional]

What type of lighting is on this tank? I want to make a similar 10g reef!

 

[dime079]

its a current usa - orbit fixture
it has 2x40w daylight and actinic, with one white and one blue moon light. got it for 98$ i think.