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[Ejb]

Hi all, been 8 years since I last was into reefing. I recently had a son and figured he should have some of the joys in seeing a reef tank. I started a biocube 16g and have just completed the cycle. So far with the 16g, I have about 20 lbs of live rock and a inch in a half of live sand, also have a cpr media tumbler in chamber 2 a coralife skimmer in chamber 1 ( I've heard they are not the best but with a tank this small it's going to be mostly about water changes ) and in chamber 3 I replaced the 900 pump with a mj 1200, also have the heater in there as well. For flow I have a vortech mp10, and I removed the hood and got a kessil a80 with the gooseneck and controller. I'm hoping all will go well, I've made many mistakes in the past when I was younger with my 75g and I will be trying to do everything right this time around.

Feels nice to be back in the hobby

 

[Ejb]

I did get a frogspawn and a galaxia for a good deal, put them in today. I'll keep everyone posted as things go forward

 

[ReeferNoob4ever]

Hey there! I too am a returning hobbiest. The major difference I have seen thus far is in equipment technoligy and ease of finding research material on the interwebs.

Overall, it's been a lot better the second go around. I hope it goes well for you too. I'm sure your son will love staring at the tank for many years to come.

Good luck and welcome back!

 

[Ejb]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I do hope he will enjoy it as much as I have in the past. It is odd how much things have changed since when I first started, but I'm happy about the info that's easy to find now.

 

[Timy10110]

Welcome back to the hobby! I
have a IM Nuvo 16 and it's been running for a year now and so far everything's "fine" considering it's quite a disaster for me but still I'm hanging....

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk

 

[Dr RBG]

Don't let you son have too much exposure to the blue lights. I read that it can be harmful. Don,t forget he may look up from a low position and get the full exposure from the lights

Have Fun with the tank

 

[Ejb]

Yeah I have noticed if we are level with the tank he tends to want to look up at the light. My wife and I usually keep him at a distance for now. Next month he will be 1 . So far the tank is doing well, I picked up a pacillopra (spelling not right?) and he had bubble algae all over his base. Was not too happy about that since I was not sure how to handle it. I ended up fragging him before adding him to the tank to keep things safe, I didn't have any glue on hand but used epoxy instead. Don't think it looks the best but in the end no bubble algae so I'll call it a win. I'll post pics soon.

 

[Ejb]

All is looking well, just disappointed I had to frag the sps so soon

 

[Ejb]

figured I would update some pics of the tank. Possibly went a little too crazy with the corals but all are showing great health

 

[J.Rags]

So I am new to the hobby and this forum. If someone could be kind enough to email me explains how to post pics or start a forum I'd be very appreciative.

 

[Ejb]

Son turned 1 the other day so I figure I should update this thread, so far the a80 wasn't cutting it for certain corals I have in the tank so I upgraded to a a360. Been about a week since having it and corals seem to be doing better ( getting color back ). I also bought a tunze osmolator 3155, probably one of the best purchases so far that ive made for the tank considering I work 12 hour shifts. Ill try to get a pic of one of the corals getting his color back. Was pretty excited when I saw it. Oh and I ditched the skimmer, thing didnt do much at all..

 

[Ejb]

Pocillopra is getting its green back, hard to take pictures with the shimmer going on. Sorry if its hard to see

 

[heathlindner25]

Pocillopra is getting its green back, hard to take pictures with the shimmer going on. Sorry if its hard to see

It's not the shimmer, it's out of focus:hmm4:

 

[Ejb]

Disagree, phone has a good camera. Lg v20

 

[heathlindner25]

Pocillopra is getting its green back, hard to take pictures with the shimmer going on. Sorry if its hard to see

This is a good pic?

 

[heathlindner25]

Disagree, phone has a good camera. Lg v20

There's also a lot of conflicting opinions over the quality of this camera :spin3:

 

[Ejb]

Yea yea you win, just ordered a good camera. Not just for the tank but my wife has wanted a nice camera.your post reminded me of that, so I thank you ��

 

[Ejb]

But in the end you see its becoming neon green do you not?

 

[Ejb]

My apologies heathlindner, after re reading I did take it the wrong way

 

[heathlindner25]

Um.....ok.
You were asking people to look at Polyp extension In a out of focus picture ? My comment was out of honesty , nothing more.