New 24g Aquapod Starting Up

What is funny about this whole thing, is that for some reason I am almost in a hurry to make something beautiful, or place the corals in the right spots, or re-arrange things for the perfect look.

I took a step back and looked at what I have so far, which is not bad and not perfect, just a little bit of something that is starting to evolve into... well.... who really knows what. I don't want to move the corals, they are happy and doing well, and one thing I do know over my years is that sometimes you move a coral to that perfect placement spot you want it and then it just dies or melts. I think I am just going to leave things be and let them come into there own. I will pull the misc frags I put on the bottom once they attach and encrust and move them up a little, but that's about it for them. I will place a couple new corals over the next couple months and maybe move the powerhead a little, but I think I will just let it be and become what ever it becomes!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6833858#post6833858 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rjwilson37
My Eel comes out a lot, pretty much the whole evening before, during and after feeding. Sometimes the nitrates get up there a little, in the 10 to 15 range, but I just do a 5g water change and they come right down. This system has only been running for 3 weeks, so I can't really say there is a nitrate problem yet, I need to give the LR a chance to start working.
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Really...... doesnt he eat those fish????
 
The Eel doesn't really bother anyone, he is use to having fish swimming around the tank with him. I think those fish are a little to fast for him anyway, even if he did want to eat them.
 
Ok... It's treat time... I was gone all week and came back to great tanks, my wife did a wonderful job of taking care of everyone... What a great wife I have.

I did a water change, the salinity is 1.024, the PH is 8.2 now which is good, and my nitrates are at 5ppm. I turned the living room ceiling fan on and the temp in the tank is now down to 81 during the day... excellent!

Here are some pictures of a tank doing very well, minus a little bit of cyano which I am hoping the flow redirection and time will help take care of. If not, I will try something else.

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Oh.... I got a Maroon Clown since they are aggresive for my aggresive Nano. He will come out when he get's bigger, not sure when that will be yet.
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The Zoanthids that came from my 90g, after being munched on by Dori are all doing great and recovering nicely, even the Red Brain I moved in here is doing very well.

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OMG RJ, absolutly beautiful. That Clown is awesome, but man it's gonna get big and mean! It might pick on our littl eeel!!!!


Awesome Job!
 
I think its time for some Joes Juice.. or temporarily put the eel in one of those critter keepers (and then put a large rock on top of it and sink it into tank...)and get a pepermint shrimp to eat all that Aptasia..... its got to go.. lol.. or if u like aptasia for some weird reason.. keep it
 
It is a curly cue type of aptasia, which can look pretty cool for an anemone being in the tank, I am undecided what to do about it just yet.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6881551#post6881551 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AEALOVESHERGIRLS
OMG RJ, absolutly beautiful. That Clown is awesome, but man it's gonna get big and mean! It might pick on our littl eeel!!!!


Awesome Job!
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Thanks Amanda. If you look at the Eel, he is liking hiding out in the zoa's.... he is like... who is that new mean little guy... I'm afraid!:eek1: ;)

The Maroon clown in his picture is like... I am not taking crap from anyone!:cool:
 
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Nice additions RJ ! Love the Clown too. It has the broken bands, I think that makes them look unique. I have one in the 85 that has them like that too. TooCute:) What did you attach your Monti cap with?
 
I like it when you can get a clown that has the broken bands, this was a Petco fish, sometimes there stuff is good and sometimes not. They had a nice batch of fish in right now and you can't beat the price. It is funny at Petco when they ask you the question, you do know that this is a saltwater fish and you should have an established saltwater aquarium to house it. ( I somtimes want to just say, I have big saltwater fish bowl I setup with 2 airstones and a couple pieces of LR, that's good... right. )

I attached the cap's a few different ways, the one is attached with a rubberband, some are wedged in and some are superglued.
 
Well... Not much is happening right now, I added some GSP's to the upper right, I will hopefully take some pictures and post them tonight.
 
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