50g sps tank in austria (pictures!)
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Mykel Obvious
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Hey Burnah,
How do you like the pro color bulb in combination with 1 blue + and 2 aquablue specials? Does it make the tank look pink? white?...
I'm planning on an upgrade to a 6 bulb ATI Powermodule over my 65 gallon (36"x18"24") and I'm planning on running:
FRONT
ULV Super Actinic
ATI Blue +
ULV Aquasun (similar to the Aquablue Special)
ATI Procolor
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue +
I'm going to order an extra Blue + and perhaps a GE 6500K daylight to have some options on colors in case the Procolor turns my tank too pink/red for my liking
Can't wait to see corals in your system! Keep us updated
How do you like the pro color bulb in combination with 1 blue + and 2 aquablue specials? Does it make the tank look pink? white?...
I'm planning on an upgrade to a 6 bulb ATI Powermodule over my 65 gallon (36"x18"24") and I'm planning on running:
FRONT
ULV Super Actinic
ATI Blue +
ULV Aquasun (similar to the Aquablue Special)
ATI Procolor
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue +
I'm going to order an extra Blue + and perhaps a GE 6500K daylight to have some options on colors in case the Procolor turns my tank too pink/red for my liking
Can't wait to see corals in your system! Keep us updated
hey there!
i love the light, it does not look pink, its very white, the pink and blue bulbs just help the colours in my opinion: the fish look better in it, actually i already have corals in there but they are quite bleached so that will have to be justiced later..
the sand looks incredible with that combination, overall you get a very tropical feeling from it like in a shallow sun flooded lagoon!
your future light sounds very good, i already owned an ATI module (the 4 bulb 24w version though) - fine piece of lighting, although it might turn out more blue then mine with the bulbs you chose. i think experimenting with replacing one of the blue ones with a white one on an established tank will be good...
i dont think that a single pink lamp will make your tank look pink, its not that intense! i will try to get pictures with the right white balance as close as possible as to the human eye...
greets
this is the closest i got with my camera and display to the natural look.. sorry for the mess, just introduced a tunze nanostream and its too much for my sand, still have to tune it.
got a better shot of my goby/pistol combo
current stocking list:
2 bw clowns
1 sixline
1 lawnmower blenny (that guy has gotten fat since i got him)
1 hi fin banded goby + pistol
1 diamond watchman goby
different montis and green slimers
greetings
got a better shot of my goby/pistol combo
current stocking list:
2 bw clowns
1 sixline
1 lawnmower blenny (that guy has gotten fat since i got him)
1 hi fin banded goby + pistol
1 diamond watchman goby
different montis and green slimers
greetings
pictures! the diamond watchman goby started to roam around the tank, it eats like a pig!!
i am not sure yet how to deal with the sand being blown away by the nanostream, i might have to downgrade to the 6025. i plan on adding a 6055 in december though for wave creation, i hope that waves do not destroy the sandbed like a constant flow..
i am not sure yet how to deal with the sand being blown away by the nanostream, i might have to downgrade to the 6025. i plan on adding a 6055 in december though for wave creation, i hope that waves do not destroy the sandbed like a constant flow..
update!
my female clown decided to carpetsurf
so the male is alone atm.
will have to look how to deal with that, i might add another clown (orange this time, not black). suggestions welcome
i have added this macroalgae to the display, i want to create somekind of seagrass area in the left of the tank where i have an area without liverock. if anyone can ID this one, i would be very happy
my diamond watchman goby has already made a big mess out of my sandbed, since its introduction my hifinbanded goby has been much more shy and shows up only every now and then. both eat very well, i even watched my sand sifting goby hunt for frozen mysis shrimp. both are quite fat, but not as fat as my lawnmower blenny!
most of my bleached corals are dead, only 6 types of montipora, 2 of them encrusting have survived, and my frogspawn.
and a recent fts:
my female clown decided to carpetsurf
so the male is alone atm.will have to look how to deal with that, i might add another clown (orange this time, not black). suggestions welcome
i have added this macroalgae to the display, i want to create somekind of seagrass area in the left of the tank where i have an area without liverock. if anyone can ID this one, i would be very happy
my diamond watchman goby has already made a big mess out of my sandbed, since its introduction my hifinbanded goby has been much more shy and shows up only every now and then. both eat very well, i even watched my sand sifting goby hunt for frozen mysis shrimp. both are quite fat, but not as fat as my lawnmower blenny!
most of my bleached corals are dead, only 6 types of montipora, 2 of them encrusting have survived, and my frogspawn.
and a recent fts:
barnett8
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13749797#post13749797 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by burnah
. my old hermit, hes about one inch big
I used to have one of those that I found at the beach. Then he was about 1/2 inch. Now he's about 4-5 inches (he killed a conch in my tank for a big enough shell
)The set-up looks great. Sorry to here about the bleaching and clown.
update!
received my sump/fuge tank (60liters thats about 15 gallons) and already installed it. the department in the middle will contain some more LR rubble, macroalgae and frags on a rack.
also took some shots after cleaning the tank yesterday - sorry for some spots on the glass
some more random pics:
some of my fishes
montipora australiensis
received my sump/fuge tank (60liters thats about 15 gallons) and already installed it. the department in the middle will contain some more LR rubble, macroalgae and frags on a rack.
also took some shots after cleaning the tank yesterday - sorry for some spots on the glass
some more random pics:
some of my fishes
montipora australiensis
well the pistol doesnt need any care in my opinion, just a sandbed to bury his burrow under a rock..
i made good experience with the goby, he took frozen food and pellets immediatly, though this may be luck.. i dont feed him anything special, i just have to feed a little more than i might have to so he gets his share cause his radius of movement around his hole is not very big and he is a little anxious, so be sure to feed more and watch that he eats every time!
greets
i made good experience with the goby, he took frozen food and pellets immediatly, though this may be luck.. i dont feed him anything special, i just have to feed a little more than i might have to so he gets his share cause his radius of movement around his hole is not very big and he is a little anxious, so be sure to feed more and watch that he eats every time!
greets
hey there, time for an update!
I started dosing vodka 4 days ago with .2 ml for 3 days and increased the dose to .4 ml today. the skimmer produced some more skimmate but not remarkable more but it smells like ****. the water looks a little clearer.
nitrate and phosphate have been undetectable with salifert from the start, but i do get quite some micro algae growth as i have to clean the glass every week. i guess my nutritients are used up quick.
more updates soon...
I started dosing vodka 4 days ago with .2 ml for 3 days and increased the dose to .4 ml today. the skimmer produced some more skimmate but not remarkable more but it smells like ****. the water looks a little clearer.
nitrate and phosphate have been undetectable with salifert from the start, but i do get quite some micro algae growth as i have to clean the glass every week. i guess my nutritients are used up quick.
more updates soon...
sorry for the lack of updates but i had quite a mess with my tank lately. the last month was not a good one for my tank. i lost almost all fish to jumping, i only saved a perc which has not yet recovered from the effects and is now treated in a seperate hospital tank. i also lost an algae blennie, the diamond watchman goby and 2 black clowns.
what might cause this? ive been thinking alot and came to no clear conclusion. but i have different suspicions, for example the big hermit. he wanders around all the time, without caring where he steps.. i guess he could have scared my fish.
since the jumping percula has an infection, i quit dosing vodka until i transferred him into the hospital tank, but have continued since then.
today i bought a new watchman goby to get my sand stirred up. i also got an eheim liquidoser which is an automated dosing machine, allowing me to dose up to 4ml of vodka every day (in 1ml increments)
greets
what might cause this? ive been thinking alot and came to no clear conclusion. but i have different suspicions, for example the big hermit. he wanders around all the time, without caring where he steps.. i guess he could have scared my fish.
since the jumping percula has an infection, i quit dosing vodka until i transferred him into the hospital tank, but have continued since then.
today i bought a new watchman goby to get my sand stirred up. i also got an eheim liquidoser which is an automated dosing machine, allowing me to dose up to 4ml of vodka every day (in 1ml increments)
greets
i did not update for some time, had been busy studying and getting the tank on track.
i've been dosing vodka +bioclean for 13 months now and am very happy with it. i had a cyano-outbreak this christmas when my skimmer wasnt working for 3 weeks so i stopped the vodka which lead to the cyano. 3 days darkness, daily bioclean/vodka dosing and very wet skimming rid it..
this is the tank at the age of approx. 16 months and its doing great. a few changes since i made my last post: added lots of liverock to the sump, ramped up the vodka dosage, added some sps frags/colonies and a RBTA.
i also invested in a ROWA RO-system and a reefdoser pump for balling which is not yet setup. for now, the vodka dosing is automated (eheim automated fertiliser doser) and balling dosing done by hand.
for fish: i lost one complete stock of fish within the first months of the tank due to jumping and clownfish disease. current stock list:
2 percula clowns
1 lawnmower blenny
1 diamond watchman goby
1 sixline wrasse
1 banggai cardinal
1 lyretail anthias
2 peppermint shrimp
1 pistol shrimp
as for the cardinal and the anthias, they used to be in groups of 3 but the biggest one of them chased the smaller ones and they eventually died of stress. i think i will give the remaining 2 fish away as i guess that my tank does not provide enough space for such a hierarchy. i think about replacing them with a swarm of threadfin cardinals. i also thought about a pygmy angel but thats just dreaming
Future plans:
grow out frags, get some more colonies. I want to create a natural look so i will focus on growing big colonies which will hopefully fill the tank, mostly stags. i hope to get my hands on some colourful stags in a size where they already look good in my tank. the idea is to create a bonsai version of a whole reef including seagrass bed. i like "bonsai look" of my reef which should look like a shrinked version of a real reef once grown out. for this I also need a schooling fish -> threadfin cardinals.
enough said, here come the pictures:
whole setup, open and closed:
additional maintainance stuff:
sump:
RBTA-baby:
left side of the tank:
acro corner, right side of the tank:
lawnmowerblenny, likes to hang out in the caulerpa prolifera "pseudo seagrass"
i've been dosing vodka +bioclean for 13 months now and am very happy with it. i had a cyano-outbreak this christmas when my skimmer wasnt working for 3 weeks so i stopped the vodka which lead to the cyano. 3 days darkness, daily bioclean/vodka dosing and very wet skimming rid it..
this is the tank at the age of approx. 16 months and its doing great. a few changes since i made my last post: added lots of liverock to the sump, ramped up the vodka dosage, added some sps frags/colonies and a RBTA.
i also invested in a ROWA RO-system and a reefdoser pump for balling which is not yet setup. for now, the vodka dosing is automated (eheim automated fertiliser doser) and balling dosing done by hand.
for fish: i lost one complete stock of fish within the first months of the tank due to jumping and clownfish disease. current stock list:
2 percula clowns
1 lawnmower blenny
1 diamond watchman goby
1 sixline wrasse
1 banggai cardinal
1 lyretail anthias
2 peppermint shrimp
1 pistol shrimp
as for the cardinal and the anthias, they used to be in groups of 3 but the biggest one of them chased the smaller ones and they eventually died of stress. i think i will give the remaining 2 fish away as i guess that my tank does not provide enough space for such a hierarchy. i think about replacing them with a swarm of threadfin cardinals. i also thought about a pygmy angel but thats just dreaming
Future plans:
grow out frags, get some more colonies. I want to create a natural look so i will focus on growing big colonies which will hopefully fill the tank, mostly stags. i hope to get my hands on some colourful stags in a size where they already look good in my tank. the idea is to create a bonsai version of a whole reef including seagrass bed. i like "bonsai look" of my reef which should look like a shrinked version of a real reef once grown out. for this I also need a schooling fish -> threadfin cardinals.
enough said, here come the pictures:
whole setup, open and closed:
additional maintainance stuff:
sump:
RBTA-baby:
left side of the tank:
acro corner, right side of the tank:
lawnmowerblenny, likes to hang out in the caulerpa prolifera "pseudo seagrass"
only 10 pictures in one post allowed so here comes the rest:
diamond watchman goby looking out of his burrow in the back of the tank.
lone banggai cardinal, enjoys hovering above seagrass/ between SPS
this millepora was blue when i bought it, then came the cyano/lights out but its regaining its color!
another shot of the RBTA, clowns have been ignoring it so far..
shot from the right over the corals
my clowns, one year in this tank. the small one takes quite a beating from the female.
FTS, please excuse algae on back and sides, the blenny has to eat
comments welcome!
tia martin
diamond watchman goby looking out of his burrow in the back of the tank.
lone banggai cardinal, enjoys hovering above seagrass/ between SPS
this millepora was blue when i bought it, then came the cyano/lights out but its regaining its color!
another shot of the RBTA, clowns have been ignoring it so far..
shot from the right over the corals
my clowns, one year in this tank. the small one takes quite a beating from the female.
FTS, please excuse algae on back and sides, the blenny has to eat
comments welcome!
tia martin
updates:
right side
left side
clowns have not taken anemone yet
female perc
hermits getting big
FTS
my sixline and blenny died in autumn, probably of old age as the blenny was "used" and the wrasse was with me for 3 years. goby died too for no obvious reason. replaced the blenny, so atm i have 2 percs, 1 kauderni and 1 blenny. reaquascaped in december, i finally set up my dosing pump too - dosing balling light and vodka. hope to get at least one more staghorn, dont know why my green slimer (!!) refuses to grow. all other corals grow as you can see on their tips, hope to accelerate the rate though
thanks in advance for comments, greetings martin
right side
left side
clowns have not taken anemone yet
female perc
hermits getting big
FTS
my sixline and blenny died in autumn, probably of old age as the blenny was "used" and the wrasse was with me for 3 years. goby died too for no obvious reason. replaced the blenny, so atm i have 2 percs, 1 kauderni and 1 blenny. reaquascaped in december, i finally set up my dosing pump too - dosing balling light and vodka. hope to get at least one more staghorn, dont know why my green slimer (!!) refuses to grow. all other corals grow as you can see on their tips, hope to accelerate the rate though
thanks in advance for comments, greetings martin
great update!
i moved the tank to my flat in vienna, where i study. before the move i had some cyano problems, which came back after some time. i killed them with antired, and that did the trick. BUT then the dinos came. i guess this was because of the lack of competition, and they conquered the niche of the cyanos.
they killed almost all of my sps except for my green monti digi, which could probably survive a nuclear attac i started dosing microbe-lift special blend and a product called algaron when i could not manage the dinos anymore, after a week they are almost gone and the tank looks like i can show pictures of it again..
DSC02961 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
notice how big my clown girl and the rbta got? they also are hosted now.
DSC02968 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
sleepergoby, took good care of cyano. it really its it, never would have believed this until i saw it with my own eyes.. good to have as a preventive measure in case it comes back. it also sifts the sand all day long, sand is spilled very little.
DSC02964 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
DSC02965 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
my pair has grown together in the almost 2 years ive had them, the male already picks some rock, i guess this is instinct. they have not laid any eggs yet.
plans for the future: get the tank stable, readd some more sps and a frag rack in the sump, where i now keep liverock and macroalgae. more pictures to come as soon as the dinos are completely gone.
greetings, hope you like it
martin
i moved the tank to my flat in vienna, where i study. before the move i had some cyano problems, which came back after some time. i killed them with antired, and that did the trick. BUT then the dinos came. i guess this was because of the lack of competition, and they conquered the niche of the cyanos.
they killed almost all of my sps except for my green monti digi, which could probably survive a nuclear attac
i started dosing microbe-lift special blend and a product called algaron when i could not manage the dinos anymore, after a week they are almost gone and the tank looks like i can show pictures of it again..DSC02961 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
notice how big my clown girl and the rbta got? they also are hosted now.
DSC02968 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
sleepergoby, took good care of cyano. it really its it, never would have believed this until i saw it with my own eyes.. good to have as a preventive measure in case it comes back. it also sifts the sand all day long, sand is spilled very little.
DSC02964 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
DSC02965 by martin.nehrer, on Flickr
my pair has grown together in the almost 2 years ive had them, the male already picks some rock, i guess this is instinct. they have not laid any eggs yet.
plans for the future: get the tank stable, readd some more sps and a frag rack in the sump, where i now keep liverock and macroalgae. more pictures to come as soon as the dinos are completely gone.
greetings, hope you like it
martin
Achilles18
New member
Hey we're about do you live in austria? I'm currently here in canada for work, but planning to go back in austria, vienna end of this year. My wife & daughter lives in austria 45mins away from city of vienna. I live in vienna for almost 6 years & used to have 400 litters of reef tank there before & infact i still have the tank but I ended up shutting down due to lost my job there & financial issue supporting my hobby & family but I'll be back there sometimes end of this year. Hey if you live in Vienna city a few store that I know there actually they're those one amazing store for marine in vienna. I'm not good in deutsch , but pretty sure this is located in margareten gurtel own by mr. knoff korallen tatig, & there's another one in renwhanveg also for sps & soft coral as well good selection fish too. these are closes store to my house before, of what i heard from a friend of mind who still have his tank running a few new store have been running a business there now & as well for SW & fresh. nice tank mein freund alles gute!
supporting my hobby & family but I'll be back there sometimes end of this year. Hey if you live in Vienna city a few store that I know there actually they're those one amazing store for marine in vienna. I'm not good in deutsch , but pretty sure this is located in margareten gurtel own by mr. knoff korallen tatig, & there's another one in renwhanveg also for sps & soft coral as well good selection fish too. these are closes store to my house before, of what i heard from a friend of mind who still have his tank running a few new store have been running a business there now & as well for SW & fresh. nice tank mein freund alles gute!
