NYC Red Sea Reefer Nano
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I was thinking, man, that sounds familiar. And they're in Astoria too! No way! Then I realized who it was :wavehand:
WTyson
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NYC Red Sea Reefer Nano
Everything seems to be settling in nicely, and I'm currently undergoing a pod explosion. The filefish are amazing, so inquisitive and full of personality. They do like to hang out near the vortech, which is weird. I'm loving the Nanobox duo and the color it is putting out.
There are a few different types of "weird" algae that are growing .... Hopefully they are not too invasive.
Everything seems to be settling in nicely, and I'm currently undergoing a pod explosion. The filefish are amazing, so inquisitive and full of personality. They do like to hang out near the vortech, which is weird. I'm loving the Nanobox duo and the color it is putting out.
There are a few different types of "weird" algae that are growing .... Hopefully they are not too invasive.
ReefinChicago
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Very nice!
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Very nice!
WTyson
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I actually ended up finding him later that night, he is doing well.
With regard to the Nanobox vs Radion debate, all o can say is that my new Nanobox renders colors much better than my old Gen2 Radion. With regard to power, I would say they are about the same. I can't really speak to the newer versions of Radion.
WTyson
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Pre-water change labs 8/27/16:
Red Sea ph test: 8.1
BRS lab grade PH probe: 7.74 (i think i need to re-calibrate it)
Red Sea Nitrate: 10ppm (up from 5 three days ago)
Phosphate: 0.00 (low range hannah checker, "green one")
Red Sea Alk: 8.5 dKH (down from 10 three days ago)
Calcium: 459 (Hannah checker)
All Red Sea tests were done with the "marine care test kit."
I have stopped my Alk/Ca dosing to trend usage, and I increased my NOPOX to 5ml/day from 4ml/day due to my increasing nitrate. Three days ago i put 3 tsp of BWA Extraxphos in a media bag in my sump, so this may be the reason for the 0.00 phosphate, or it could be the high growth rate of the endogenous macro algae on the KPA live rock.
My green slimer and birdsnest have good polyp extension but have browned somewhat. I have yet to catch the "evil" gorilla crab as my waspfish continues to go into the bottle trap almost imeadiately after i place it in the tank and subsequently "freaks out." I need to construct a trap in a way that will make it so that only the crab can get in. The pair of radial filefish continue to be the "star" of the tank as they continually cruise the rocks and glass hunting for pods, which have had a population explosion over the past few days.
I plan to order a female barbital waspfish after I get back from vacation labor day weekend, assuming there is one on DD.
I also plan to place a KP Aquatics order at the same time, which will include: Pike Blenny, 3-4 different types of gorgonian (my www.live-plants.com gorgonian order mortality rate is almost 100%), emerald crab, 5 scarlet reef hermits, 1 hairy chiton, 1 red brittle star, micro basket star, 2-3 differs types of ricordia florida, and possible a juvenile jawfish (assuming my artfully acrylic screen top comes in).
The endogenous "curly-cue" anemone has continued to grow, but from my research, they do not seem to breed readily in captivity, so for now I'm going to leave it alone. I did find a couple of pests on the frags i got from a fellow reefer (bryopsis, aptasia, bubble algae, vermatid snails), i removed most of them manually, but ill have to watch for spread....... it kinda ****es me off as I marginally overpaid for them (they were shipped to me so i didn't see them first).
My skimmer is still working wonderfully, pulling 75-100 ml of dark nasty skimmate per day.
Red Sea ph test: 8.1
BRS lab grade PH probe: 7.74 (i think i need to re-calibrate it)
Red Sea Nitrate: 10ppm (up from 5 three days ago)
Phosphate: 0.00 (low range hannah checker, "green one")
Red Sea Alk: 8.5 dKH (down from 10 three days ago)
Calcium: 459 (Hannah checker)
All Red Sea tests were done with the "marine care test kit."
I have stopped my Alk/Ca dosing to trend usage, and I increased my NOPOX to 5ml/day from 4ml/day due to my increasing nitrate. Three days ago i put 3 tsp of BWA Extraxphos in a media bag in my sump, so this may be the reason for the 0.00 phosphate, or it could be the high growth rate of the endogenous macro algae on the KPA live rock.
My green slimer and birdsnest have good polyp extension but have browned somewhat. I have yet to catch the "evil" gorilla crab as my waspfish continues to go into the bottle trap almost imeadiately after i place it in the tank and subsequently "freaks out." I need to construct a trap in a way that will make it so that only the crab can get in. The pair of radial filefish continue to be the "star" of the tank as they continually cruise the rocks and glass hunting for pods, which have had a population explosion over the past few days.
I plan to order a female barbital waspfish after I get back from vacation labor day weekend, assuming there is one on DD.
I also plan to place a KP Aquatics order at the same time, which will include: Pike Blenny, 3-4 different types of gorgonian (my www.live-plants.com gorgonian order mortality rate is almost 100%), emerald crab, 5 scarlet reef hermits, 1 hairy chiton, 1 red brittle star, micro basket star, 2-3 differs types of ricordia florida, and possible a juvenile jawfish (assuming my artfully acrylic screen top comes in).
The endogenous "curly-cue" anemone has continued to grow, but from my research, they do not seem to breed readily in captivity, so for now I'm going to leave it alone. I did find a couple of pests on the frags i got from a fellow reefer (bryopsis, aptasia, bubble algae, vermatid snails), i removed most of them manually, but ill have to watch for spread....... it kinda ****es me off as I marginally overpaid for them (they were shipped to me so i didn't see them first).
My skimmer is still working wonderfully, pulling 75-100 ml of dark nasty skimmate per day.
WTyson
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WTyson
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NYC Red Sea Reefer Nano
Well my skimmer pump is starting to crap out, it is barely producing any bubbles now. I emailed coralvue to see if they can send a replacement.
I'm also having some trouble getting my Waspfish to eat frozen, I have tried frozen brine and frozen mysis, but he doesn't seem too interested in either. He did eat some frozen brine when I first put him in the tank. He has become much more adventurous now though and does not his all the time like he used to.
These are some photos I took last night, does he look thin? Sick?
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Well my skimmer pump is starting to crap out, it is barely producing any bubbles now. I emailed coralvue to see if they can send a replacement.
I'm also having some trouble getting my Waspfish to eat frozen, I have tried frozen brine and frozen mysis, but he doesn't seem too interested in either. He did eat some frozen brine when I first put him in the tank. He has become much more adventurous now though and does not his all the time like he used to.
These are some photos I took last night, does he look thin? Sick?
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WTyson
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I got my new top off container installed, I have it feeding into the existing top off reservoir right now, however I eventually plan to turn the stock one into a refugium. The vase can hold about 5 -6 gallons. When I get back in town I plan on finding a way to hide the tubing coming out of it.
WTyson
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Here are some pics with my new IPhone 7, I must say this camera is way better at taking pictures under LED light. The images have had no manipulation.
Pictures were taken a few hours after my lights turn off, so most things are retracted
The last picture is of this random thing growing on one of my rocks, any idea what it is?
Pictures were taken a few hours after my lights turn off, so most things are retracted
The last picture is of this random thing growing on one of my rocks, any idea what it is?
I have the ws-1 and like it so far but with that sale I might jump on the co-1.
WTyson
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NYC Red Sea Reefer Nano
Same here, my only worry is that it will be too big and therefore will not skim well
What size tank do you have?
Same here, my only worry is that it will be too big and therefore will not skim well
What size tank do you have?
