Electrobes
Montipora type guy
Watch in HD!
Still waiting on music to appear, but oh well.
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My wife left my video camera at her sisters.. so we're stuck with my iPhone for today. :*(
Some changes from last video:
- The 40-50 pound acylic canopy is gone! It has been replaced with.. well.. whatever you call the thing I made. It hides my equipment, in a classy way, and I now have an open top Reef Tank! This change has made my reefing INCREDIBLY better for reasons as feeding, testing, maintenance, and even viewing. I am, truly, in love with my current set up and can't see myself ever going back to a monster canopy.
- The HQI Pendant is now an inch higher, 11 inches. Coral seem perfectly happy with that.
- I got rid of my skimmer.. and have been skimmerless for dang near a month. Replacing it was the AquaClear 110, which houses my heating element, probes (Temp and pH), and a small Hydor pump for the Phosban Reactor.
- The Phosban Reactor has been added and has 1/2 cup of BRS' cheaper GFO changed monthly (More or less).
- A Drs FosterSmith HOB power filter that has a filter cartridge with 1/2 cup carbon (BRS' large particle carbon), changed weekly.
- I removed the automatic feeder, and now feed my aquarium myself. I feed more frequently but the reason for the change was to get the fish more people friendly. Within a week the fish all come out when they see someone and beg for food.
- I started more frequently feeding the tank with Golden Pearls (5-50 + 50-100 micron mix) at night. So far so good, the corals have been responding well to it.
- I started feeding Freeze-dried cyclop-eez during the day, mainly for the fish. As usual, the response of the fish has been gleeful.
- After a month's quarantine, I added a Yellow Clownfish Goby and an unknown damsel (Blue body, black striping on the face). I am happy to report the six-line has allowed the damsel to live without problem, but I have not seen the YCG since it was put in the tank, I fear the worst.
- Vortechs have been on yellow mode for a while, and the tank has absolutely responded very well to the change.
- Added a pH controller, but use it only to monitor the pH. It's been pretty steady between 8.0-8.4
- I fragged my Gorgonian as it was touching my Yellow Toadstool Leather.. a fight it would not win. But in a win-win for us, the fragged piece was re-mounted to the left to help fill in the empty space of that rock, next to the Orange Cap.
- I bought a Chilli Coral and placed it under and behind the large Orange Cap colony. Unfortunately I don't think it's doing well despite my best efforts to feed it (It's not photosynthetic coral). I may have to take it out, but at the moment I am holding out in the hopes it will begin to puff up and feed at night.
Tank Info:
Tank: Aqueon 40BR
Stand and Canopy: The stand is a nice entrance piece of furniture and the canopy(?) is custom made of pine wood, wood filler, screws, and a cool spray paint used for grills (Very good against high heat... 1200F!!).
Light: 250W HQI Hamilton Pendant with 14K Phoenix, being run by an Aqua Medic reef cube ballast. I also use the moonlight LED that is a part of it.
Sand: Reef on the Rocks Aragonite + Caribsea SeaFloor Grade sand (Bigger particles)
Rock: Reef on the Rocks Aragolite
Water Movement: 2 X Vortech MP10 (Yellow mode at about 3/4 power for one and 1/4 for the other)
Filtration: - AquaClear 110 + Phosban Reactor (1/2 cup of BRS' cheaper GFO) - Drs.FosterSmith Bio System Power Filter (1/2 cup of BRS' large particle Carbon)
pH Controller - Used only to monitor pH
ATO: BRS Doser (50ml/min) used in custom set up (7G tub that is hidden). (I use Kalkwasser)
Foods - Freeze-dried Cyclop-Eez, Golden Pearls (5-50 + 50-100 micron mixed together)
Still waiting on music to appear, but oh well.
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My wife left my video camera at her sisters.. so we're stuck with my iPhone for today. :*(
Some changes from last video:
- The 40-50 pound acylic canopy is gone! It has been replaced with.. well.. whatever you call the thing I made. It hides my equipment, in a classy way, and I now have an open top Reef Tank! This change has made my reefing INCREDIBLY better for reasons as feeding, testing, maintenance, and even viewing. I am, truly, in love with my current set up and can't see myself ever going back to a monster canopy.
- The HQI Pendant is now an inch higher, 11 inches. Coral seem perfectly happy with that.
- I got rid of my skimmer.. and have been skimmerless for dang near a month. Replacing it was the AquaClear 110, which houses my heating element, probes (Temp and pH), and a small Hydor pump for the Phosban Reactor.
- The Phosban Reactor has been added and has 1/2 cup of BRS' cheaper GFO changed monthly (More or less).
- A Drs FosterSmith HOB power filter that has a filter cartridge with 1/2 cup carbon (BRS' large particle carbon), changed weekly.
- I removed the automatic feeder, and now feed my aquarium myself. I feed more frequently but the reason for the change was to get the fish more people friendly. Within a week the fish all come out when they see someone and beg for food.
- I started more frequently feeding the tank with Golden Pearls (5-50 + 50-100 micron mix) at night. So far so good, the corals have been responding well to it.
- I started feeding Freeze-dried cyclop-eez during the day, mainly for the fish. As usual, the response of the fish has been gleeful.
- After a month's quarantine, I added a Yellow Clownfish Goby and an unknown damsel (Blue body, black striping on the face). I am happy to report the six-line has allowed the damsel to live without problem, but I have not seen the YCG since it was put in the tank, I fear the worst.
- Vortechs have been on yellow mode for a while, and the tank has absolutely responded very well to the change.
- Added a pH controller, but use it only to monitor the pH. It's been pretty steady between 8.0-8.4
- I fragged my Gorgonian as it was touching my Yellow Toadstool Leather.. a fight it would not win. But in a win-win for us, the fragged piece was re-mounted to the left to help fill in the empty space of that rock, next to the Orange Cap.
- I bought a Chilli Coral and placed it under and behind the large Orange Cap colony. Unfortunately I don't think it's doing well despite my best efforts to feed it (It's not photosynthetic coral). I may have to take it out, but at the moment I am holding out in the hopes it will begin to puff up and feed at night.
Tank Info:
Tank: Aqueon 40BR
Stand and Canopy: The stand is a nice entrance piece of furniture and the canopy(?) is custom made of pine wood, wood filler, screws, and a cool spray paint used for grills (Very good against high heat... 1200F!!).
Light: 250W HQI Hamilton Pendant with 14K Phoenix, being run by an Aqua Medic reef cube ballast. I also use the moonlight LED that is a part of it.
Sand: Reef on the Rocks Aragonite + Caribsea SeaFloor Grade sand (Bigger particles)
Rock: Reef on the Rocks Aragolite
Water Movement: 2 X Vortech MP10 (Yellow mode at about 3/4 power for one and 1/4 for the other)
Filtration: - AquaClear 110 + Phosban Reactor (1/2 cup of BRS' cheaper GFO) - Drs.FosterSmith Bio System Power Filter (1/2 cup of BRS' large particle Carbon)
pH Controller - Used only to monitor pH
ATO: BRS Doser (50ml/min) used in custom set up (7G tub that is hidden). (I use Kalkwasser)
Foods - Freeze-dried Cyclop-Eez, Golden Pearls (5-50 + 50-100 micron mixed together)
