CaptainRon

PATIENCE, STABILIZE. That means no changes, no additions, just let things go as they are for a while. And as Der ABT said, click the compulsive switch to OFF!

Andy, is that digi the one I brought you? If so that thing has grown a ton! Everything is looking good.

Come take a look at my Maxspect light Tom. Corals are coloring up nicely under them Your tank is looking great too. Your going to have to prune and trim like made when thing start growing into each other!

Just let the tank STABILZE and don't touch it, other than keeping it stable, for a couple months. PATIENCE and stable parameters will prevent you from killing more fish and corals.

Those blennies are good for going on rock rides. They seem to get in and out of rocks like magick sometimes!

It is! My Kole chases my Coral Beauty all over the tank. Looking good Fishie.

Very cool. I have a pair of Banggais and I'm hoping they mate someday. At this point I'm just hoping they're actually a pair. They've been in the tank for a month or two and haven't killed each other yet, although I did get them very small. Keep posting updates on how they do.

I wouldn't hesitate to recomend the Maxspect Mazarra P Series. I've only had mine a month so far but corals seem to be doing well and coloring up nicely. I'd think a single unit would do the trick for your tank. They also just announced a new fixture coming out later this year (Here).

I'd recomend gettin.g that valve off of you're drain. A partially closed valve can make it too easy for something to get stuck in the line and cause an overflow.

I relocated that siphon break hole in my system. I just stuck a chunk of epoxy puty in the hole to seal it up and then drilled a new hole in the lockline inside the tank. No more steady stream of water shooting inside the overflow.

Jake - how long has the tank been setup?

I've seen them on my Euphyllia as well. Never did anything with it and it'd eventually just go away.

Very nice Dave! I LOVE that Symphyllia.

I see this topic periodically and I just can never determine if I'd keep only fish or corals if I had to pick one. I like both so much. I guess I'm glad I don't have to make that choice.

Yeah... I went to one of those once that was hosted by another club - was kinda neat. All the frags went in a tank, then everyone basically drew numbers to determine the order that they'd select from the frag tank. The downside is of course that there's bound to be things there that no one wants.

Valeria - That's exactly what I was thinking of when I saw your post and all the shapes. If you want a few when I make these shoot me a pm.

Jake, give me a call when you're ready for an rbta. I'll also show you how to cut them up too.

They came out better than I thought they would. These are curing now but I think I'm going to get some portland and make a portland/sand mix and make some more. I'll report how it goes. Thanks for the inspiration Valeria!

I cut out my carpet and installed tile where the tank goes. My carpet was crap anyway so it was no risk for me. I liked the thought of having a tile border around the tank to help with drips. Of course I tend to be less carfeful than most people with stuff like that. Or I'm just naturally messy.

I have some icecube trays that make an icecube in the shape of a ball and made a couple of these half rounds. They're about 2" in diamter and about an inch tall. Just made this out of some old non-sanded grout I had so it might not be good to use in the tank - just wanted to see if the molds would work. These might be nice to use for zoa colonies or something.

I used TBS back before they started the farm concept. Lots and lots of life on the rock. I don't know what kind of rock they're using now in their farm but the old stuff was fine. Between that live rock and the stuff I got from Roozens back then I had plenty of crabs, aptasia and mantis shrimp in my tank, but that just made it fun to catch everything I used to bring the mantis I'd catch down to Marine Scene and watch them get eaten by some big fishes.

I'm not certain what effects Nitrite has on corals, but I believe if you have nitrites, you're still going through something of a cycle. I wouldn't add any fish until nitrites are not detectible.

Great shots. I've been thinking about a macro lens for about 20 years now. Maybe it's getting time to pull the trigger

This.

Looks normal. Just about every tank I've ever setup goes through various algae blooms as it matures. I would think you could start to add clean up crew now if you haven't already - maybe wait until it gets a little more. Either way no rush. Now that algae is starting they should have something to munch on.