SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 18, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2014 Was trying an experiment to trap my goby using the mineral water bottle method. Placed some mysis shrimp in the bottle. Didn't feed it for a couple of days. It'll just sit in front of the bottle every day (very often just before the small opening) but simply refuse to go in. On the other hand, the scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp would simply crawl in, have some food, then crawl out again. Experiment ended after a week. The battle with brown algae continues. My sea cucumber does a nice job but its really slow though. Water parameters : Ammonia : 0 Nitrate : Currently ~ 0. Was ~2ppm before adding additional bio pellets about 4 days back Phosphate : 0.03 Ca : 440 Mg : 1320 KH : 9.3 Potassium : 410 Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted December 18, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 18, 2014 Bro, give the bio pallets a month, the cynao should disappear by then. Dosing bacteria helps too. Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member redsuns Posted December 18, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 18, 2014 Very nice, I just wish I had half of your diy skills and I would be good. Did you "open" up a hole round the back of your cabinet or it was like that from the start? Knowing freshwater setup usually has small holes at the back for just the canister tubes. Quote Tank Size: 3.5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ftSump: 3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft”Return Pump: Eheim 1264Chiller Pump: H2Ocean Flow Pump 3000Skimmer: Vertex Alpha 200Wavemakers: 2 X Maxspect Gyre 130; 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP10WES, 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP40WES, 1x Jebao RW15Filtration: Schuran Multifilter 100 (Rowa Phos), Two Little Fishies Phosban 150 Fluidised Reactor (Vertex Rox 0.8 Carbon), Enductor Fluidized Reactor- FR45 (NP Biopellets & All In One Biopellets) with Eden 140 Pump, Santa Monica Hogx1 Algae Turf Scrubber, CheatoCalcium Reactor: Skimz CM152 with needle valve and Maxijet 600 feed Pump (CaribSea ARM Extra Coarse ,KZ Coral Gravel, Two Little Fishies Reborn, Grotech Magnesium Pro)Dosing: Bubble Magnus Dosing Pump BM-T01 + 2 x 4 Head Expansion Accessory BM-T02Bio Media: Marine Pure, Bacteria King, Eheim Substrat Pro, Eheim Substrat, Seachem DeNitrate, PowerHouse Hard, Polyplab Biosphere, Seachem PurigenChiller: JBJ Arctica Titanium Aquarium Chiller (1/3 Hp - DBE-150)Lighting: ATI Powermodule 6 x 39 Watt T5. Solite 4 x 39 Watt T5 (Only 2 used) (Blue+ Blue+ Coral+ Purple+ Coral+ AB Special) (Blue+ Purple+)Auto Top Up system: Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155 Auto Top OffMonitoring: 2 x Milwaukee MC 122 PH Controller (Calcium Reactor & PH Monitoring)Substrate: CaribSea Aragamax Select Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 18, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2014 Bro, give the bio pallets a month, the cynao should disappear by then. Dosing bacteria helps too. Noted. I'm dosing a couple of drops daily at the moment. The cynao really bugs me. Waiting it out. Very nice, I just wish I had half of your diy skills and I would be good. Did you "open" up a hole round the back of your cabinet or it was like that from the start? Knowing freshwater setup usually has small holes at the back for just the canister tubes. I asked the cabinet maker to make the back panel as open as possible back then. Just a center structure for support & to screw things on. Next DIY is a netting to prevent fishes from jumping out. Still thinking of concepts. Hopefully nothing too ugly. Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member redsuns Posted December 18, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 18, 2014 Noted. I'm dosing a couple of drops daily at the moment. The cynao really bugs me. Waiting it out. I asked the cabinet maker to make the back panel as open as possible back then. Just a center structure for support & to screw things on. Next DIY is a netting to prevent fishes from jumping out. Still thinking of concepts. Hopefully nothing too ugly. I used this netting as a cover. Can get from home fix/ self fix, etc. There are different sizes too. Quote Tank Size: 3.5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ftSump: 3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft”Return Pump: Eheim 1264Chiller Pump: H2Ocean Flow Pump 3000Skimmer: Vertex Alpha 200Wavemakers: 2 X Maxspect Gyre 130; 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP10WES, 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP40WES, 1x Jebao RW15Filtration: Schuran Multifilter 100 (Rowa Phos), Two Little Fishies Phosban 150 Fluidised Reactor (Vertex Rox 0.8 Carbon), Enductor Fluidized Reactor- FR45 (NP Biopellets & All In One Biopellets) with Eden 140 Pump, Santa Monica Hogx1 Algae Turf Scrubber, CheatoCalcium Reactor: Skimz CM152 with needle valve and Maxijet 600 feed Pump (CaribSea ARM Extra Coarse ,KZ Coral Gravel, Two Little Fishies Reborn, Grotech Magnesium Pro)Dosing: Bubble Magnus Dosing Pump BM-T01 + 2 x 4 Head Expansion Accessory BM-T02Bio Media: Marine Pure, Bacteria King, Eheim Substrat Pro, Eheim Substrat, Seachem DeNitrate, PowerHouse Hard, Polyplab Biosphere, Seachem PurigenChiller: JBJ Arctica Titanium Aquarium Chiller (1/3 Hp - DBE-150)Lighting: ATI Powermodule 6 x 39 Watt T5. Solite 4 x 39 Watt T5 (Only 2 used) (Blue+ Blue+ Coral+ Purple+ Coral+ AB Special) (Blue+ Purple+)Auto Top Up system: Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155 Auto Top OffMonitoring: 2 x Milwaukee MC 122 PH Controller (Calcium Reactor & PH Monitoring)Substrate: CaribSea Aragamax Select Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 On 12/8/2014 at 11:10 AM, SubzeroLT said: Bubble coral : I've tried a more shaded area & lower flow but the bubbles continued to look deflated. The thing that helped was more food (thanks Admiraltian for the tip). Fed it a market prawn over the course of a week & it seems to remain inflated all the time now. It does seem like excessive food though. Good to know that ur bubble doing well now. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 19, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2014 Spent the past hour testing concepts of a simple mesh cover. Got an egg crate & DIY a 'mesh' using some spare fishing line. Think i'll need to use thicker fishing line & to run another set of string in the perpendicular direction. Current 'mesh' won't hold back a small jumping fish (eg. Goby) And honestly, quite ugly having a screen on top of the tank. Haiz.... Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 19, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2014 I used this netting as a cover. Can get from home fix/ self fix, etc. There are different sizes too. Thanks for the tip. I might need to go for this if my DIY doesn't work. Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member redsuns Posted December 19, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 19, 2014 http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/video/view/diy-screen-top-instructions/ Maybe you can do something like this? I wanted too but again, wasn't too confident of my diy skills so I took the easy way out. Quote Tank Size: 3.5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ftSump: 3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft”Return Pump: Eheim 1264Chiller Pump: H2Ocean Flow Pump 3000Skimmer: Vertex Alpha 200Wavemakers: 2 X Maxspect Gyre 130; 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP10WES, 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP40WES, 1x Jebao RW15Filtration: Schuran Multifilter 100 (Rowa Phos), Two Little Fishies Phosban 150 Fluidised Reactor (Vertex Rox 0.8 Carbon), Enductor Fluidized Reactor- FR45 (NP Biopellets & All In One Biopellets) with Eden 140 Pump, Santa Monica Hogx1 Algae Turf Scrubber, CheatoCalcium Reactor: Skimz CM152 with needle valve and Maxijet 600 feed Pump (CaribSea ARM Extra Coarse ,KZ Coral Gravel, Two Little Fishies Reborn, Grotech Magnesium Pro)Dosing: Bubble Magnus Dosing Pump BM-T01 + 2 x 4 Head Expansion Accessory BM-T02Bio Media: Marine Pure, Bacteria King, Eheim Substrat Pro, Eheim Substrat, Seachem DeNitrate, PowerHouse Hard, Polyplab Biosphere, Seachem PurigenChiller: JBJ Arctica Titanium Aquarium Chiller (1/3 Hp - DBE-150)Lighting: ATI Powermodule 6 x 39 Watt T5. Solite 4 x 39 Watt T5 (Only 2 used) (Blue+ Blue+ Coral+ Purple+ Coral+ AB Special) (Blue+ Purple+)Auto Top Up system: Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155 Auto Top OffMonitoring: 2 x Milwaukee MC 122 PH Controller (Calcium Reactor & PH Monitoring)Substrate: CaribSea Aragamax Select Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 28, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2014 Am still figuring out options to prevent fishes from jumping out. In particular, i'm using a Skimz overflow box & the minimum water height from the top edge of the tank is just 2cm. High chance of fishes going over the glass edge when they swim up along the glass panel. I increased dose of Micro Bacter & Bio Fuel & turned on the UV filter to run 12 hours a day. Brown algae disappeared almost entirely in 3 days. I had some hair algae growing on the PVC pipe in the refugium (located about 3 inches from the light). That disappeared too. Some new additions : Inspired by Andtsg's pink short polyp goniopora, I found one at GO : Several new Zoa Got this from a fellow reefer clearing some corals the other day. There were many reefers there the other day but no one could recall its name...anyone can help here? It opens up to palm size. GSP from fellow reefer. Attached itself to another rock in 2 days. Shots of other corals : Minimum fishes in the display tank at the moment. New additions still in quarantine & getting them accustomed to pellet food. Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchris Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I increased dose of Micro Bacter & Bio Fuel & turned on the UV filter to run 12 hours a day. Brown algae disappeared almost entirely in 3 days. I had some hair algae growing on the PVC pipe in the refugium (located about 3 inches from the light). That disappeared too. Nice corals. I dose Micro Bacter too but my brown algae is still there :-( Quote Zoas Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 28, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2014 Nice corals. I dose Micro Bacter too but my brown algae is still there :-( Thanks. Maybe you can try adding Bio Fuel as well. It was suggested by Ken (Madpetz). Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 On 12/28/2014 at 9:03 AM, SubzeroLT said: Am still figuring out options to prevent fishes from jumping out. In particular, i'm using a Skimz overflow box & the minimum water height from the top edge of the tank is just 2cm. High chance of fishes going over the glass edge when they swim up along the glass panel. I increased dose of Micro Bacter & Bio Fuel & turned on the UV filter to run 12 hours a day. Brown algae disappeared almost entirely in 3 days. I had some hair algae growing on the PVC pipe in the refugium (located about 3 inches from the light). That disappeared too. Some new additions : Inspired by Andtsg's pink short polyp goniopora, I found one at GO : Several new Zoa Got this from a fellow reefer clearing some corals the other day. There were many reefers there the other day but no one could recall its name...anyone can help here? It opens up to palm size. GSP from fellow reefer. Attached itself to another rock in 2 days. Shots of other corals : Minimum fishes in the display tank at the moment. New additions still in quarantine & getting them accustomed to pellet food. That pink Palm size coral is a cynarina. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted December 28, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yo bro, i just thinking of tennis racket string as tank cover... Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 29, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2014 That pink Palm size coral is a cynarina. Thanks very much... Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 29, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2014 Re-did the mesh over the aquarium using thin fishing line (0.18mm thick). $5 for this reel. They had thicker fishing line (line tennis string) but that would be unnecessary. Spent an hour running a square mesh + diagonal around the egg crate. This will suffice for now...functional. Peace of mind that fishes won't jump out. And most importantly to keep them safe from accidental suicide. Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Evolutionz Posted December 29, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 29, 2014 wow really nice DIY Mesh! If only there's a way to use better material other than egg crates! Quote EvolutionZ's Floating Reef: (Decommed) EvolutionZ's 4ft shallow Mixed Reef Build : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Mike Tan Posted December 31, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 31, 2014 Great idea for Display Tank cover! Quote White Reef White Reef pt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 31, 2014 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2014 wow really nice DIY Mesh! If only there's a way to use better material other than egg crates! Great idea for Display Tank cover! Thanks. Its quite ugly but at least it works with minimum light blocked. Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kenyee Posted December 31, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 31, 2014 Imho the tank cover is very nicely done..salutes bro..the egg crate can use black colour 1 for better look yea.. Quote @ 291213 Updated video: Kenyee FOWLR http://m.youtube.com/my_videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted January 4, 2015 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2015 Some updates & photos.... A seemingly peaceful blue eye anthias. But it whacked & killed a fellow blue eye anthias & chromis. Leaves the rest alone though. Purple Firefish from Coral Farm. Hides in odd places but comes out quite often. Ricordia swallowing a piece of bait fish. Should have torn off a smaller piece before feeding. Yuma Long tentacle plate coral (Heliofungia actiniformis). Green body. Blue tentacles. Pink tip. My fav coral at the moment. Branching golden hammer (euphyllia paraancora) Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hermit Posted January 11, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 11, 2015 Nice tank and very infomatic tank setting up thread.....keep up the good work bro. Thomas yip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted February 15, 2015 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2015 Some recent photos to share : Harlequin shrimp Sea slug feeding on blue sponge. Seeking advice : I started getting this on my glass after I started feeding/dosing phytoplakton. What's this? Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted February 15, 2015 Author SRC Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2015 Scarlet reef hermit crab Zoa section Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchris Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Wah lovely photos! Quote Zoas Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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