Sirius' Rimless Shallow Mixed Reef

[SubzeroLT]

So sad to hear this. I feel your pain

Better cover all bases - gaps in net, battery backup, potential leaks etc.  Remember to enable the 'heartbeat' feature on your Apex if not already done. 

[nuclear_fibre]

So sad to hear this. I feel your pain
Better cover all bases - gaps in net, battery backup, potential leaks etc.  Remember to enable the 'heartbeat' feature on your Apex if not already done. 

Yes, it’s like my tank is trying to show me issues I have to settle one after the other. Such a coincidence that this happens within 24 hours of u asking me about the security of the netting in the way I run the lines.

Ok I’m gonna try to enable heartbeat on the apex now. Will see when i have the spare cash and time to buy the backup battery.


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[MarCal]

Did you just run the lines of ur cover in only  direction? 

[nuclear_fibre]

Did you just run the lines of ur cover in only  direction? 

Unfortunately yes... I had thought that was sufficient. But I was wrong and had to pay a heavy price for it. Think I’ll stay off fairy wrasses for the time being and just let the roseafascia be the king.




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[MarCal]

5 hours ago, nuclear_fibre said:

 

 

Unfortunately yes... I had thought that was sufficient. But I was wrong and had to pay a heavy price for it. Think I’ll stay off fairy wrasses for the time being and just let the roseafascia be the king.




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U do hv holes pre drilled the other sides? Wld be gd to also run the other direction but think very time consuming to go over n under lines. I was fortunate to hv a netting over given by very generous Iceman. My yellow coris jumped so many times wetting my floor hahahh

[loong mun seng]

It's such a beauty... except for the name

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[nuclear_fibre]

Best thing I found out today was that the SRC app is working again. Thus I’m back! Been neglecting updates as I found it troublesome to post from a web browser

Stay tuned for changes/updates to my reef!


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[Nick Liu]

Best thing I found out today was that the SRC app is working again. Thus I’m back! Been neglecting updates as I found it troublesome to post from a web browser

Stay tuned for changes/updates to my reef!


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Hahaha!!! Never thank me.

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[nuclear_fibre]

U do hv holes pre drilled the other sides? Wld be gd to also run the other direction but think very time consuming to go over n under lines. I was fortunate to hv a netting over given by very generous Iceman. My yellow coris jumped so many times wetting my floor hahahh

Hi Marcal I realised I forgot to reply you on your questions! Yes I have holes pre drilled in the other direction! Actually I have completed running the lines across as of last weekend (I know I took so long!!) so it should be secure now.

Will try and update w a picture soon!


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[nuclear_fibre]

Ok time to catch up on updates on the equipment end for now.

I had to re-position the doser into my sump compartment following the purchase of my apex. Got my carpenter to help modify and install a rack above my sump to do this.

Here’s the intended position.


Carpenter came on the same day of my request and helped me install the rack.


Decided to conceal and arrange the cabling nicely to accommodate the apex and all the equipment. I also bought an additional EB-6 powerbar to run all my gadgets on the Apex.

Here’s a 80% re-wiring completion picture.


When all the job is done:



I bought an IP webcam as well back in July along with the Apex. This way I can now remotely monitor my reef. Just a simple one from Challenger store.




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[nuclear_fibre]

In addition, I started getting excited and ordered additional gadgets. One of the main things from this purchase was the addition of a wave maker to create more flow in my tank.



The magnetic probe rack from Apex was also quite a cool gadget that impressed me.





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[SubzeroLT]

So organised

Battery backup next?

[nuclear_fibre]

So organised
Battery backup next?

Yes sir soon! Soon....


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[nuclear_fibre]

In between these gadget updates, here’s a picture of one of my latest livestock additions. He’s been with me since 4 Aug 18 and is feeding well and healthy since day two!




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[JMW]

1 hour ago, nuclear_fibre said:

Ok time to catch up on updates on the equipment end for now.

I had to re-position the doser into my sump compartment following the purchase of my apex. Got my carpenter to help modify and install a rack above my sump to do this.

Here’s the intended position.


Carpenter came on the same day of my request and helped me install the rack.


Decided to conceal and arrange the cabling nicely to accommodate the apex and all the equipment. I also bought an additional EB-6 powerbar to run all my gadgets on the Apex.

Here’s a 80% re-wiring completion picture.


When all the job is done:



I bought an IP webcam as well back in July along with the Apex. This way I can now remotely monitor my reef. Just a simple one from Challenger store.




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Very nice!! Those cable organizers are so neat man.. also, can share some pictures of the webcam? Is the resolution clear? Been looking for one reliable one which provides clear images 

[MarCal]

1 hour ago, nuclear_fibre said:

 

Hi Marcal I realised I forgot to reply you on your questions! Yes I have holes pre drilled in the other direction! Actually I have completed running the lines across as of last weekend (I know I took so long!!) so it should be secure now.

Will try and update w a picture soon!


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Hahaha...no worries n thanks for reply. It is gd to know that ur livestocks are secured. And it is always interesting to read ur updates.

[nuclear_fibre]

Just took this photo. Decided to buy this Frag station from DE last month and put 10 different zoas on it. They have grown a few polyps now on each frag plug as they only started with between 1-3 polyps initially.

Hopefully I can see a full garden in a few months time and can have a comparison photo.




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[nuclear_fibre]

Been a while since my last update. Here’s another photo of this zoa frag station for comparison.

Photo taken on 19 October.




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[nuclear_fibre]

Also, I’ve added quite a few new equipment on my setup hopefully to improve the overall reef system.

It started with my order and collection of this light set from Giesemann back on 27 August. Anybody knows what it could be?






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[nuclear_fibre]

With the new promotion by Reef Depot, I decided to take the plunge and invest in a few new toys too.

Got them all over the last weekend.





I also decided to change out my 3 marine pure blocks and try out this product from Maxspect. Have read some good reviews about it and I hope I get good results as well!



The Nero5 is also one really cool toy. Plug and play all so easy with My AI app running the Hydra52HDs.




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[nuclear_fibre]

Now on to the topic most reefers are interested in: the livestock.

I’ve had to battle with several issues over the last couple of months which were quite demoralising.

Firstly, on livestock, I lost my Gem Tang about 2 months after I got it. Bought the beauty in the first week of August and it was one day in early October when I realised something was wrong when it wasn’t able to eat properly. The gem tang could not “catch” the food that it was aiming to eat, I realised its stomach looked a little shrunken and by the next day I could not find it anywhere in my tank.

Here’s a remembrance shot. I realised I never really took pictures of him while he was with me and u only get to regret it after they are gone.



I also lost a lineatus fairy wrasse after a month of constant bullying by my powder blue tang. The PBT has slowly but surely established itself as the biggest bully on the block and I also attribute the Gem Tang’s demise to constant harassment by the PBT as well.

On the coral front, I had worse ordeals with acropora. While it is embarrassing for most reefers to admit, and without revealing it yet, I reckon most of you will be able to hazard a guess what happened?


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[Soleh Joe]

Now on to the topic most reefers are interested in: the livestock.

I’ve had to battle with several issues over the last couple of months which were quite demoralising.

Firstly, on livestock, I lost my Gem Tang about 2 months after I got it. Bought the beauty in the first week of August and it was one day in early October when I realised something was wrong when it wasn’t able to eat properly. The gem tang could not “catch” the food that it was aiming to eat, I realised its stomach looked a little shrunken and by the next day I could not find it anywhere in my tank.

Here’s a remembrance shot. I realised I never really took pictures of him while he was with me and u only get to regret it after they are gone.



I also lost a lineatus fairy wrasse after a month of constant bullying by my powder blue tang. The PBT has slowly but surely established itself as the biggest bully on the block and I also attribute the Gem Tang’s demise to constant harassment by the PBT as well.

On the coral front, I had worse ordeals with acropora. While it is embarrassing for most reefers to admit, and without revealing it yet, I reckon most of you will be able to hazard a guess what happened?


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Nothing else more worst to face with is AEFW...??

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[MarCal]

7 hours ago, nuclear_fibre said:

Been a while since my last update. Here’s another photo of this zoa frag station for comparison.

Photo taken on 19 October.




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So good growth.

[SubzeroLT]

23 hours ago, nuclear_fibre said:

Now on to the topic most reefers are interested in: the livestock.

I’ve had to battle with several issues over the last couple of months which were quite demoralising.

Firstly, on livestock, I lost my Gem Tang about 2 months after I got it. Bought the beauty in the first week of August and it was one day in early October when I realised something was wrong when it wasn’t able to eat properly. The gem tang could not “catch” the food that it was aiming to eat, I realised its stomach looked a little shrunken and by the next day I could not find it anywhere in my tank.

Here’s a remembrance shot. I realised I never really took pictures of him while he was with me and u only get to regret it after they are gone.



I also lost a lineatus fairy wrasse after a month of constant bullying by my powder blue tang. The PBT has slowly but surely established itself as the biggest bully on the block and I also attribute the Gem Tang’s demise to constant harassment by the PBT as well.

On the coral front, I had worse ordeals with acropora. While it is embarrassing for most reefers to admit, and without revealing it yet, I reckon most of you will be able to hazard a guess what happened?


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Sad to hear about the fish situation.

I really wonder if there are ways to prevent it. Feed some supplements to boost immunity or provide the necessary pro-biotic bacteria needed?

 

[nuclear_fibre]

Nothing else more worst to face with is AEFW...??

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Yes bro haha u already know... my acropora were all infected with aefw and also another dreaded pest... apparently known as black bugs



These pests decimated my Acro week after week before I decided I had enough and removed all acropora from my tank. Fortunately I had the privilege of being able to hold all the surviving ones in a fellow Reefer friend’s QT and have been doing weekly dips to remove these pests.

The plan is to do this for about 5 weeks or so. The hope is that leaving my tank barren of acro would starve and kill these aefw and black bugs while the weekly dips would also kill any aefw eggs that were not removed and have hatched. Gotta start from scratch and suffer the losses from this weekly stressing.

Stark reminder on the importance of proper quarantine, inspection and dipping whenever introducing new corals into the tank.


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