Jerry's 30"x30"x20" (not quite a cube)

McNugget · November 13, 2011

I love your kole tang and the mix of corals!! :thumbsup:

BLUECORAL · November 20, 2011

Nice photo shot!

:goodjob:

jquek · November 21, 2011

I love your kole tang and the mix of corals!!

Nice photo shot!

Thanks!

jquek · December 19, 2011

Some recently taken shots and new additions:

Kole tang now accepting Henry's reef gourmet from water column!

Big mama percula now hosting gornio!

New additon: Lyetail Hawkfish - love the swallowtail when its out swimming and feeding

Some SPS closeup:

straydum · December 20, 2011

great pictures! though the tank seems a little dark, does the led create alot of dark spots via shadows or its just the pictures?

jquek · December 20, 2011

great pictures! though the tank seems a little dark, does the led create alot of dark spots via shadows or its just the pictures?

Hmmm ... can't deny that there may be some shadow areas in the tank but did you mean that the photos look dark? They seem to look ok on my monitors though.

straydum · December 20, 2011

Update:

Finally decided to try with the hood removed (had intended it to be rimless but tank maker made the hood by mistake).

Below is a fts taken today.

i was referring to this fts actually, as you can see the parts under the rocks are almost jet black so i was thinking maybe if the leds created some really sharp shadows.

jquek · December 20, 2011

i was referring to this fts actually, as you can see the parts under the rocks are almost jet black so i was thinking maybe if the leds created some really sharp shadows.

Oh ok. I think this photo was darken. The parts that are jet black have some shading due to the rockworks and coral placements but its not as dark as in this photo.

I am actually not 100% happy with the current lighting setup as its not really sufficient to cover 2.5' by 2.5'.

jquek · December 28, 2011

Short video update (first time posting video) of Lyretail Hawkfish bought from ML's shipment from EcoAquarium PNG. nice and healthy fish.

platiniumgrizzle · January 13, 2012

Although the tank is small but I can say is really nice n simple....

Nice photos taken.....

jquek · January 13, 2012

Although the tank is small but I can say is really nice n simple....

Nice photos taken.....

Thanks bro! Still battling an algae problem at the moment.

zorden · January 26, 2012

great tank. i dont even have time to setup my tank after getting your cr. its still in the storeroom.

jquek · January 26, 2012

Waiting for your comeback, bro!

kelmon · February 13, 2012

Nice setup,

jquek · April 17, 2012

Time for an overdue update. Lots of things had happened in the past two months. Started with an algae (all types of algae but mainly VERY stubborn hair algae) outbreak. In fact, the algae was there since the tank started but I guess I didn't manage to keep the spread under control. Following that, SPS started to STN. I figured it was probably due to the unmanageable nutrients. I thought the fish would be alright, but unfortunately an introduction of a new fish started an ICH outbreak. And I was travelling quite a bit in March so felt rather helpless when I hear that the fishes were slowly succumbing to the parasite and dying. It was a sad time. The ICH wiped out almost all the fish in a couple of weeks and I was left with three survivors. All the SPS were gone (being inexperience with SPS, I wasn't sure how to further prevent them from STN anyway). Surprisingly, most LPS survived the episode. The only thing that grew all this while was a Kenya tree coral that was introduced as a 10 cent coin hitch hiker. It grew to a tree as can be seen in the top left side of the tank below.

Not about to give up, I decided to stop any new fish introduction (its been a month now - still left with 3 fish). Meanwhile, using this opportunity to step up my maintenance - water changes, keeping my sump clean, changing out filter socks more frequently, cleaning up my FRs, etc. And lastly, swapping out the existing live rocks with new ones from CF in batches since those hair algae, which almost completely covered the rocks (in fact, I think they looked nice if it was a planted tank) are not showing any signs of receding despite my constant plucking. A theory is that the algae growth was due to the live rocks leaching out stuff since they were from my old tank that had been neglected for years before I started this tank. Shouldn't have used back those rocks - at least not without boiling them and killing everything.

At last, things are looking up again. I am happy with the new rocks, new scape. Started collecting some frags again. No new fish for now. Water parameters had never been better since I changed the rocks - NO3 = 0; PO4 = 0; Ca = 410; Alk = 9.5. Nevertheless, most important lesson learnt: PATIENCE!

Anyway, here are some current pics of the tank:

Current FTS