My Shallow Cube

[premilove]

Hey RC. I got a sweet deal on a new tank that I couldn't pass up. This has replaced my jbj nanocube.

Tank and stand:
Deep blue professional rimless 30 gallon tank RR 24" x 24" x 12"
Black series 1 stand 24" x 24" x 30"
10 gallon sump

Equipment:
Radion XR-30w
Mp10wES
Reef Octopus BH 50
2 x TLF 150's with Renew and Phos-x-tract
Mag 5

Livestock:
Picasso clown(looking for another)
Red Sea Purple Fridmani
Cleaner Shrimp
Carpet anemone
Snails and hermits

She never leaves her anemone.

It was literally impossible to catch a pic of the Fridmani in the tank. I got him on Saturday he's still shy.

Here he is in a collectors cup type thing.

Corals:
ORA Borealis
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Birds of Paradise
Orange digi

I have no ID on the other pieces. Some pieces didn't like the transfer too much they look a little ****ed.

 

[premilove]

Love this skimmer.

Thanks for looking!

 

[premilove]

Tapatalk format made this impossible to read! Sorry!

 

[91Atrac]

Tapatalk format made this impossible to read! Sorry!

Yea it does that. Made mine the exact same. I had it all separate and now it's a huge jumble!


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[91Atrac]

I like the layout of your tank, well done


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[premilove]

I like the layout of your tank, well done


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Thanks! I'm looking to get more coral this week.

 

[91Atrac]

Any focus on the what your going to keep? Seems like it'll be SPS dominant tho


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[premilove]

Yep just sps. Not a fan of Zoas or acans anymore.

 

[premilove]

 

[premilove]

i just caught my cleaner molting

 

[echopiece]

Looking good!

 

[premilove]

Looking good!

thanks! i might be able to get my hands on a Red Dragon frag tomorrow. hopefully it works out!

 

[premilove]

Well Sandy destroyed my tank, and 99% of all my corals. I lost my cleaner shrimp, Red Sea Fridmondi (which I absolutely adored. much better than the normal purple pseudo. it literally flashes blue and purple all day).

Around day 2 of the blackout, my tank was a good 50 degrees. I warmed up RODI in water bottles and tried to heat up the tank. Right around this time was when I noticed my SPS giving up. My anemone shrunk to the size of a quarter. My clown was barely moving, and the fridmondi was MIA. I had no service in my house. I had to drive 10 miles to get Edge (AT&T Iphone 5). Day 3, I get a call from my GF who lives in a different town telling me she has power. I grabbed whatever I could from my tank, took a spare 10 gal, my radion, mp10, all the Renew and phos-xtract I could find in my house, 2 TLF reactors, and a heater.

When I got to her place, everything looked like crap. I set up the hospital tank and everything went down hill from there. I tried to do whatever I could. I got water from a LFS day 5. I did a 50% wc. Day 6, all the sps was gone. I am hoping that it was not from the water I bought from the LFS, and that there was simply too much die off. Day 8 I did another 50%. This is when the anemone started to look better. Day 10, I get power back at my place. I moved everything back home and started up my display tank. Since then, I have done (on the display) 1 50% WC, 2 25%, and every other day I do a 10% change. I do a 25% WC on the hospital tank about 1-2 times a week, depending on the parameters. I had a huge nitrate spike on both tanks. The parameters have been stable for almost 2 weeks now. I saw some small snails and hermits emerge from the sand a week or so after I got the tank back up and running. I expect to put everything back in the display by next week.

My lfs hooked me up with a sweet deal on a Picasso. He has adjusted just fine to the hospital tank and eats like a pig. I might need to get a larger anemone or keep stuffing this one's mouth. I also purchased 2 harlequin shrimp. Pics to come later tonight.

 

[premilove]

Update: got a new sump, 20"x20"x15", eshopps economy cone skimmer, added some sand to the display. will probably get everything in the tank tonight or tomorrow, depending on when the water clears up.

 

[premilove]

 

[ExFOWLR]

Sorry for your losses and Sandy prob lems . I hope everything works out in th your new tank. I was wondering how you liked the bh50 and why you switched to a different skimmer?

 

[premilove]

Sorry for your losses and Sandy prob lems . I hope everything works out in th your new tank. I was wondering how you liked the bh50 and why you switched to a different skimmer?

thank you! the bh50 wasn't bad at all. i made the switch because i got a great deal on the new skimmer and custom made sump, that i couldn't pass up. i basically traded all my old equipment that was laying around from previous builds. also, the new skimmer will be in handy when/if i decide to upgrade to a 60g cube.

 

[Pix5c]

Very nice

 

[cubalz]

I really like the shape and orientation of that tank. Well done. I can empathasize with your plight, living in Delaware is a challenge as the power grid is weak at best and power goes off quite alot. There is a gas generator coming in my immediate future. Keep up the pictures, I cant wait to see more.

 

[premilove]

Thanks! Some old pics I found..

As of right now...light! I haven't seen light on this tank since before sandy. It felt great.