disaster999
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the 3 corals i bought were under 20.
clown fish, firefish, 6line goby are dim a dozen.
this is just an experiment tank...just to see if im able to set up a reef tank in hong kong. gonna go bigger once i get everything down =)
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the 3 corals i bought were under 20.
clown fish, firefish, 6line goby are dim a dozen.
this is just an experiment tank...just to see if im able to set up a reef tank in hong kong. gonna go bigger once i get everything down =)
disaster999
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more updates, well, a few dead fish later (forgetting to check the salinity of the water the fish was in, probably died from the shock) and a jumping yellow watchman goby...i think im getting this keeping fish alive thing down pretty good
bought a firegoby and cleaner shimp and they stayed alive for a week in the tank. all eating well.
today went and bought 2 clown fish, a pretty big frag of frogspawn and sun coral to add to the tank. a few hours of adding the suncoral to the tank, i tried feeding it mysis shrimp and the thing ate up every shrimp i fed it. one head had like 4-5 shrimp and its still asking for more! truly amazed at that coral. the clown fish started eating the mysis that were floating around too so that was a good sign
on with the pictures
Sun coral not too long after feeding
bought a firegoby and cleaner shimp and they stayed alive for a week in the tank. all eating well.
today went and bought 2 clown fish, a pretty big frag of frogspawn and sun coral to add to the tank. a few hours of adding the suncoral to the tank, i tried feeding it mysis shrimp and the thing ate up every shrimp i fed it. one head had like 4-5 shrimp and its still asking for more! truly amazed at that coral. the clown fish started eating the mysis that were floating around too so that was a good sign
on with the pictures
Sun coral not too long after feeding
disaster999
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bought more stuff....local reefer selling zoa frags on the CHEAP...picked up 8 different frags for the equivilent of $12.82usd
took some pictures...waited a while for them to open up...it a bit late already and the lights turned off...actinic is still on. ill take some "daytime" pics later today
heres the bunch all lined up on the sandbed
Pink zoa and some other in the background
i THINK its fire and ice..could be alfa and omega...ill get better pictures
last but not least...more suncoral in actinic
took some pictures...waited a while for them to open up...it a bit late already and the lights turned off...actinic is still on. ill take some "daytime" pics later today
heres the bunch all lined up on the sandbed
Pink zoa and some other in the background
i THINK its fire and ice..could be alfa and omega...ill get better pictures
last but not least...more suncoral in actinic
disaster999
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little update, bought 2 true percs
got an air skimmer. want to get the tunze 9002, but the locals all bashed the hell out of it, and its as expensive as my skimmer. the air skimmer was less than 10 with a pump
skimmer started skimming some light tea color skimmate, still need to wait for it to break in and tune a little to get a little darker skim
bought the new maxi jets
gotta say im in love with this pump. build is nice, external or internal, variable flow. using it as a water changer pump and salt mixer.
high end test kits =)
got an air skimmer. want to get the tunze 9002, but the locals all bashed the hell out of it, and its as expensive as my skimmer. the air skimmer was less than 10 with a pump
skimmer started skimming some light tea color skimmate, still need to wait for it to break in and tune a little to get a little darker skim
bought the new maxi jets
gotta say im in love with this pump. build is nice, external or internal, variable flow. using it as a water changer pump and salt mixer.
high end test kits =)
disaster999
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thanks =) gonna probably get a 2-3 more corals to finish the look of the tank and just gonna set it on cruise control.
disaster999
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look what i got
water output is kinda of on the low side tho. it cant evven fill up a 5gal bucket in an hour. is it because my water pressure isnt good enough?
tap water
just started the system up
couple mins later
and that seems to be as low as it gets....probably the cheap freebie TDS meter from a while back isnt as accurate.
water output is kinda of on the low side tho. it cant evven fill up a 5gal bucket in an hour. is it because my water pressure isnt good enough?
tap water
just started the system up
couple mins later
and that seems to be as low as it gets....probably the cheap freebie TDS meter from a while back isnt as accurate.
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
That slow flow is the nature of the beast for an RO/DI. (That means it's working right! :lol
Looking good!
Looking good!
disaster999
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live stock is pretty cheap. but theres lots of problems with them...esp for fish. too many diseases. i had a few clownfish die on me due to ick and fungus disease.
disaster999
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damn thats like twice of what i paid for. for that price, might as well buy the current usa chillers
oceanparadise1
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awsome looking tank bro!
disaster999
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macro shots of corals
disaster999
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i think its very dependent on water pressure...higher pressure, higher the flow
disaster999
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mini update...seems like switching to RO/DI water helped. things seems to be coming back. still have red algae on some places but hopefully those will eventually be totally gone
new additions to the tank
clam...not really sure whats it called tho
anyone know the name of this coral? got the chinese name, not sure whats it called in english
new additions to the tank
clam...not really sure whats it called tho
anyone know the name of this coral? got the chinese name, not sure whats it called in english
