My JBJ 28gal Nano Build Thread
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ange062
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LOL yeah, little bastids!! :furious:
Not sure if it was a homicide or just taking over vacant a vacant home, but I'm guessing the former...
garetjax
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Tank is looking real good. Very nice frogspawn. The candy cane looks sweet too. Its funny i have both of those two and mine look so differn't then yours.
I lucked out and got a nice Elegance Coral for $25. It looks great and hope it does well ( i read there hit and miss on living)
? on the dosing. Do you think you need to be dosing already. I test my Cal and with the water changes it right or a little high. Also my banded shrimp has molted 3 times already so i would think the iodine is ok. From what i read until you have a real stocked tank the water changes should be good.
Great looking tank and i'm following it too.
Garetjax
I lucked out and got a nice Elegance Coral for $25. It looks great and hope it does well ( i read there hit and miss on living)
? on the dosing. Do you think you need to be dosing already. I test my Cal and with the water changes it right or a little high. Also my banded shrimp has molted 3 times already so i would think the iodine is ok. From what i read until you have a real stocked tank the water changes should be good.
Great looking tank and i'm following it too.
Garetjax
ange062
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I had a weird day today. My LFS tested my water, and was high on phosphate and a spike on nitrite, which both sounded weird to me. I brought my water to the fancy shop, nitrite and phosphate came up clean but ammonia was high. Everybody still seems happy so I am going to bring a water sample in to a 3rd shop tomorrow and do my weekly water change since it's due.
Don't think I have anything to worry about, probably just some bunk tests, or we can hope at least. I haven't added anything that would cause a cycle so I think it's just a fluke.
Don't think I have anything to worry about, probably just some bunk tests, or we can hope at least. I haven't added anything that would cause a cycle so I think it's just a fluke.
ange062
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Ahhh yes, good point. I forgot about the little hitchhiker anemone that came on my LR, that's a possible explanation. Doing a water change this afternoon then bringing in some water to the LFS to test it.
I don't have test kits (silly I know) but have been taking in water 2x a week to the LFS to have it checked.
ange062
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So I've seen a couple of disturbing events in the past few days.
1) A hermit in an astrea shell, which means a homicide most likely took place
2) Caught my CBS nearly grabbing my damsel in a territorial dispute
3) Saw my emerald literally clamping down on a nassarius
I'm beginning to understand why people don't like keeping crabs and CBS. Hopefully this phase passes over and everything calms down, or I may have to start looking at getting the CBS/Emerald back to the LFS...
1) A hermit in an astrea shell, which means a homicide most likely took place
2) Caught my CBS nearly grabbing my damsel in a territorial dispute
3) Saw my emerald literally clamping down on a nassarius
I'm beginning to understand why people don't like keeping crabs and CBS. Hopefully this phase passes over and everything calms down, or I may have to start looking at getting the CBS/Emerald back to the LFS...
I don't think your bioload would require dosing yet. Unless you are testing for it and it's being depleted rapidly, I'd stick to water changes.
ange062
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Did a water change on Sunday, tested water, and everything was back to normal. 0 Ammonia / Nitrite, about 5ppm nitrate. Phosphates were reading just under 1ppm, but hopefully I can keep that in check with the weekly water changes.
I guess the weird spike I saw was either from the dead snail&anemone, or just a fluke in readings at the LFS.
I guess the weird spike I saw was either from the dead snail&anemone, or just a fluke in readings at the LFS.
ange062
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What duration do you guys/gals run your lights? I ran for 4-hrs during the cycle to keep the hitchhiker corals alive (which are spreading like mad now after my mini-cycle!!).
I've been running 8-hrs a day since the cycle finished and I started adding corals.
I have so far:
I've started alternating phytoplankton and zooplankton once a week each. Wondering if I need to up the lighting to 9 or 10-hrs also. Thoughts?
I've been running 8-hrs a day since the cycle finished and I started adding corals.
I have so far:
- 1 small branch candy cane
- 1 large candy cane
- 1 medium frogspawn
- 1 medium GSP
- 2 small/med zoa colonies
- several small to medium shroom colonies
- 1 small tree softie
- various macro algae
I've started alternating phytoplankton and zooplankton once a week each. Wondering if I need to up the lighting to 9 or 10-hrs also. Thoughts?
ange062
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Alright, I just got some new tank pics, going to preface with a full stock list as of today:
Corals:
Tank upgrades:
And the pics:
FTS
- 1 True Percula Clown
- 1 Coral Beauty Angel
- 1 Yellowtail Damsel
- 1 Firefish
- 1 Coral Banded Shrimp
- 1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
- 2 Peppermint Shrimps
- 4 Astrea Snails
- 5 Cerith Snails
- 4 Hermit Crabs
- 1 Emerald Crab
- 3 Nassarius Snails
Corals:
- 2 Candy Canes
- 1 Frogspawn
- 1 Tree Coral
- 1 GSP
- 2 Zoa Colonies
- 3 Mushroom colonies
Tank upgrades:
- Vortech MP10
- InTank Media Basket
- Purigen, Chemipure, and bonded floss in basket
And the pics:
FTS
ange062
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Thanks, really happy with the way it's coming along so far. My LFS got a bunch of tiny mandarins in and he is training them to eat pellet food. If they take, I plan to pick one up next week and be done in the fish department. If that doesn't play out, I am not sure...
I do have a xenia on order, and plan to do a couple more corals before I just let it all grow out. It's an addiction, ya know???
Here is a vid:
john miller
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Wow!, tank has turned out real nice.
ange062
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Thanks John, look forward to seeing your clowns finally make it safe and sound into your display!
garetjax
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Tank looks great.
I run my lights between 6-8 hrs a day on the week days and 8-10 on the weekend.
Also i would stay away from the mandarin fish. They really need a tank thats been going for a while. i've read and chatted with a bunch that say its the 2nd-3rd hardest fish to keep.
Also watch your load. Don't want to add to much to quick. I know its addictive but take it slow. You don't want your bacteria to get overloaded to fast.
Garetjax
I run my lights between 6-8 hrs a day on the week days and 8-10 on the weekend.
Also i would stay away from the mandarin fish. They really need a tank thats been going for a while. i've read and chatted with a bunch that say its the 2nd-3rd hardest fish to keep.
Also watch your load. Don't want to add to much to quick. I know its addictive but take it slow. You don't want your bacteria to get overloaded to fast.
Garetjax
ange062
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I saw the coolest thing last night!! I was walking by the tank just in time to notice a little activity out of the corner of my eye, so I stopped to watch.
I saw my skunk cleaner jumping onto my coral beauty for a cleaning session!! It didn't last long, the angel seemed to get a little scared, but it was a good start. Can't wait to see more of this, it was literally one of the coolest things I have seen happen in my tank yet.
I saw my skunk cleaner jumping onto my coral beauty for a cleaning session!! It didn't last long, the angel seemed to get a little scared, but it was a good start. Can't wait to see more of this, it was literally one of the coolest things I have seen happen in my tank yet.
