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[thetedinator]

Ted - That's not a barnacle Blenny - That's a eviota or trimma goby from Bali



Dave B

Thanks for the correction Dave. I think it's Eviota sp.

Post more. Your tank is Awesomeness.

Thanks.

This must be the coolest most reliable back up battery option, very nice! How much power do they put out?

Each battery holds 13.5kW hours.

 

[CoralNerd]

Nice little Goby where did you get it?

 

[thetedinator]

Nice little Goby where did you get it?

Eric,

I got that Goby a couple of years ago. I think I picked it from U C but it might have been L A.

Ted

 

[thetedinator]

Urchin with Claws

Urchin with Claws

Halloween Urchins pick up debris to camouflage themselves. Noticed this urchin now had claws. I guess I have a predatory crab I need to find and get rid of...

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[Joe Kelley]

Great photo Ted!

 

[thetedinator]

Thanks Joe!

 

[dodgerblew]

Halloween Urchins pick up debris to camouflage themselves. Noticed this urchin now had claws. I guess I have a predatory crab I need to find and get rid of...

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Yep, you do

 

[thetedinator]

Couple of Pictures From Today

Couple of Pictures From Today

This is the 3G Tort I got from Chefzilla.

This is a Bali Maricultured torquoise stylophora I picked up from UC back in 2016.

 

[thetedinator]

Update from tonight

Update from tonight

I thought I would post some pictures and a short video, all from today. I am slowly removing 'weeds' from my system. Over the weekend, I removed an overgrown green Birdsnest as well as a boat load of Clavularia and Xenia. Doing this opened up the channels in the rock work on that side of the tank. I had let the 'weeds' get so out of hand, I forgot how I had aqua-scaped that area.

FTS


Right side


Left side


A one minute video after putting some food into the tank.
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[BeanMachine]

Halloween Urchins pick up debris to camouflage themselves. Noticed this urchin now had claws. I guess I have a predatory crab I need to find and get rid of...

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Thats cool! Nice photos.

How many yellow tangs do you have?

 

[thetedinator]

Thats cool! Nice photos.

How many yellow tangs do you have?

Thanks.

5 yellow tangs. They are getting close to 5". They were about 3" when I picked them up.

 

[ycnibrc]

A short video. System is 2 years old this weekend.

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How is the gold flake behave? That will be my next fish

 

[thetedinator]

How is the gold flake behave? That will be my next fish

Goldflake Angels are one of my favorite fishes. I don't name fish but I made an exception for this one. I named him Buddy and he is a model citizen. I have always had good luck with GF Angels. It might be because I get them when they are small (Buddy was less than 2 inches).

I also have 3 Biota captive bred Coral Beauties and they are well behaved also.

 

[BeanMachine]

Thanks.

5 yellow tangs. They are getting close to 5". They were about 3" when I picked them up.

I'd like to get 3 for my 300. Looks great.

 

[thetedinator]

I'd like to get 3 for my 300. Looks great.

 

[thetedinator]

Top Down Macro Photographs

Top Down Macro Photographs

Some top down macro photographs from yesterday. Corals seem to be doing ok. Shot under Radions set at 14k and white balance corrected in camera.

Blue and Green Ricordia yuma


JF Flame


JF Frankies Kryptonite


ORA Laura's Purple Polyp


3G Tort


ORA Jedi Mind Trick


Miyagi Tort


ORA Ice Tort

 

[thetedinator]

An Update

An Update

I decided to get off of my lazy @$$ and put some light under my tank. I had been getting by with a flashlight when I needed more light. I upgraded my Apex to the 2016 version and have several EB 832's so I decide to use a 1Link port to power the light. So...

I picked up a 12v-24v LED Light Bar from Amazon. Did some soldering, mounting and wiring and now I have light under my tank at the flip of a switch.

I had an on/off toggle switch waiting to be useful. Here is the switch temporarily mounted on wood (ghetto I know but temporary, I am waiting on a project box). The wood is mounted to my 8020 T-Slot stand.

I already had a DC24 to Bare Wire cable (from another experiment that did not work out) so I wired that up the the light bar and mounted it to a piece of wood.

Next, I mounted the light bar under the tank. The second piece of wood is attached to a side panel for rigidity.

Here is the light bar turned on.

Finally, here is the sump light up.

I like this so much that I ordered another LED light bar to install on the right side of the tank. That shop light in the last photo is now gone. I used that to check some of the wiring as well as my Apex code.

 

[ycnibrc]

Looking bright and clear

 

[pandimus]

Your using g-3 radions right? Any t-5 suppliments?

 

[thetedinator]

Looking bright and clear

Thanks!

Your using g-3 radions right? Any t-5 suppliments?

Nope. I am very happy with the Radions.