Reefer 170 Setup for Anemones / Clowns!

[Kinetic]

How's the mag doing now ? staying put? So rare to get a good one that doesn't roam all over..Mine hasn't budged an inch since putting it in the tank a few weeks ago...

It's been about 4 weeks now since the mag moved. When it moves, it's just for a few hours when the lights start to turn off. It wanders around the pedestal and then comes back up. It used to walk once a week, but now it's stayed put for awhile. I'm not too concerned. I'm not growing anything on the sides of the pedestal (no light really), so it can walk around it without killing anything.

First time seeing this, really pretty tank, and really like the simple scape.
I also agree w/ orion, sometimes less is more, I like the open space and I'd just let the nems grow out.

Thanks! Yes, I've always liked the open scape look. Hoping to let everything grow out and have the living things create the aquascape rather than the rock.

 

[hottuna]

I think you and I are facing the same dilemma down the road: bta's will split and take over...eventually we'll need a new tank just for our mags...

 

[Kinetic]

I think you and I are facing the same dilemma down the road: bta's will split and take over...eventually we'll need a new tank just for our mags...

That will definitely be the case. I haven't fed the mag anything (on purpose) to try to keep growth to a minimum. But I also know I will be putting together a much larger system in a couple years. Like this one, it will put the focus on the mag.

A good thing about my BTAs are, they don't seem to really want to split at all. Crossing my fingers they'll just keep growing and not split all over the place =)

 

[davocean]

Given proper conditions a healthy BTA should not split very often.

 

[Kinetic]

Busted out a 60mm f/2.8 macro lens. My Mocha Davincis are looking a lot more like black davincis.

 

[Kinetic]

Latest full tank shot. Recovering from the crazy dino battle:

 

[RottoInspired24]

How's everything going?

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[Kinetic]

Things are great! I decided to stop tinkering with the tank for awhile, just let it settle in to a good rhythm.

Dinos are gone, as long as I keep up the NoPox dosing (using a neptune DOS, doing 3ml a day).

I don't even have chaeto or anything else running. It's purely a skimmer, filter pad in my filter cup, and nopox holding the nutrients in check. It's great.

 

[RottoInspired24]

Things are great! I decided to stop tinkering with the tank for awhile, just let it settle in to a good rhythm.

Dinos are gone, as long as I keep up the NoPox dosing (using a neptune DOS, doing 3ml a day).

I don't even have chaeto or anything else running. It's purely a skimmer, filter pad in my filter cup, and nopox holding the nutrients in check. It's great.

Great to hear. It's so nice when things are going smoothly

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[Kinetic]

Finally, an updated photo! Here's the magnifica in its new spot. It disliked the pedestal position, walked all around the tank, and settled here for almost a month now.

Unfiltered, unedited video. I only edited by putting clips together, otherwise whitebalance etc are all done in camera (turn up the quality):

https://youtu.be/irN4j1JFJHs

 

[Kinetic]

Porcelain crabs are so cool. There's tons of poop floating around these days, so for the almost 1 year birthday of the tank, I decided to also add in this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7rW9Y16VtQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Looks good...I might do something similar in the next 2-4 months

 

[Kinetic]

Looks good...I might do something similar in the next 2-4 months

Thanks! What exactly are you planning?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Thanks! What exactly are you planning?

A 50 gallon cube from SCA...
Thinking softies on the bottom and a Mag on top.

 

[Kinetic]

A 50 gallon cube from SCA...
Thinking softies on the bottom and a Mag on top.

Sounds awesome! Let me know if you start a tank thread, I'll definitely follow along.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Sounds awesome! Let me know if you start a tank thread, I'll definitely follow along.

Will do. Thanks.

 

[Kinetic]

Officially no longer a harem tank. I rehomed my mocha gladiators, and added one premium davinci from Chad Vossen to pair with my very last clown.

Check out the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ3VKRL4JmM&feature=youtu.be

The new davinci is tiny, only about 1". My existing one is closer to 1.5" now. The existing one was welcome with shakes, and now they are sharing the magnifica as you can see in the video.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Officially no longer a harem tank. I rehomed my mocha gladiators, and added one premium davinci from Chad Vossen to pair with my very last clown.

Does the new clown have an underbite or open mouth, or is it just the lighting that's adding a white shade on the mouth of the clown?
I recently brought home wild caught Ocellaris clowns and one of them had swollen lips, and wouldn't close her mouth for two days. She needed QT with antibiotics for 5 days. I used Cipro.

 

[hottuna]

very nice !

 

[Kinetic]

Does the new clown have an underbite or open mouth, or is it just the lighting that's adding a white shade on the mouth of the clown?
I recently brought home wild caught Ocellaris clowns and one of them had swollen lips, and wouldn't close her mouth for two days. She needed QT with antibiotics for 5 days. I used Cipro.

No underbite, but when he was in the bag and breeder box he rubbed his face white =) Hope he recovers from that soon, lol. They are so dumb.

Interesting about the swollen lips. I wonder if it could've been from trying to get out of the shipping container/bag? My clowns will constantly push and rub their faces back and forth on the sides thinking they can get out. They won't stop for days.