JR-Tanked150 May 16, 2014 Share May 16, 2014 Nice growth pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 16, 2014 Author Share May 16, 2014 Nice growth pictures. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 May 16, 2014 Share May 16, 2014 Isaac, what was your alk and calcium at when you started dosing. Are you also dosing mag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 16, 2014 Author Share May 16, 2014 Isaac, what was your alk and calcium at when you started dosing. Are you also dosing mag? 4/12/14 Alk- 122 (closer to 6.72, probably 6.80) Calc- 375 5/14/14 Alk- 140 Calc- 430 dosing 22ml a day. Alkalinity kicks in on the hour, and Calcium comes in every half hour. I dose over a 24 hour period. You can follow my juicing story here. I am currently not dosing for Mag, but I am testing. I was around 1250 about 2 weeks ago. I wonder if my water changes will take care of mag for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion May 16, 2014 Share May 16, 2014 If your Magnesium is already at 1250 then water changes will probably not take care of it. Bring it back up to 1300-1400 or so. With your sized tank you might use 1/2 Gallon of BRS Mag mix just to bring it up 100ppm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 16, 2014 Author Share May 16, 2014 If your Magnesium is already at 1250 then water changes will probably not take care of it. Bring it back up to 1300-1400 or so. With your sized tank you might use 1/2 Gallon of BRS Mag mix just to bring it up 100ppm Sounds good, I'll test tonight, I'll probably swing by Quantum anyways and pick some up on the way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallor May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 Thank you! It's getting there. I need to settle down and stop putting things in there. Took some time this weekend to add some swag to my new DIY sump stand: ImageUploadedByTapatalk1399940971.987966.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1399940980.588496.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1399940994.321058.jpg The trim adds class, the handles I'm not crazy about, but they are a cinch getting on and off. Magnets hold it in the back. Great work! You've done quite well with that 20 gallon tank - and you keep making improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallor May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 I've had a blast going through and catching up on your progress. The variety of corals you have is outstanding, and the colors looks spectacular. Just your frag rack alone - wow! Keep up the amazing work, and thanks for sharing all the photos. My tank wants to be like yours when she grows up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 19, 2014 Author Share May 19, 2014 Great work! You've done quite well with that 20 gallon tank - and you keep making improvements. Thank you, sir! The dt is ever hanging it seems as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 recognise several of those corals....looking good is the deepwater you call acro red polyped the one from me??? pretty sure its my purple deepwater but the progression pics do look a bit differnt hmm.. Really liking some of the zoa's you ahve there Great growth on all fronts its amazing what a good water change schedule will do.... Also NICE CLAM.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 19, 2014 Author Share May 19, 2014 recognise several of those corals....looking good is the deepwater you call acro red polyped the one from me??? pretty sure its my purple deep water Correct! Maybe that's why it took so long to settle in, it's in high flow heavy light... Whoops! Really liking some of the zoa's you ahve there I'm working on my collection, I wish they grew like my sps! Great growth on all fronts its amazing what a good water change schedule will do Thank you, sir. A water change schedule has been very beneficial, I agree! I was looking through your builds, Roni's build, Marina's build, and Pauls old build (piper27) and I hope to achieve the growth, selection, and some of the styles I saw! Now I want a bigger tank to house some of my fish wish list! Also NICE CLAM.... I'm just getting started! I'm hoping to have 5 or so on my sand bed by the end of the year! That and scolys instead of sand! Is he kidding?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 20, 2014 Author Share May 20, 2014 I've had a blast going through and catching up on your progress. The variety of corals you have is outstanding, and the colors looks spectacular. Just your frag rack alone - wow! Keep up the amazing work, and thanks for sharing all the photos. My tank wants to be like yours when she grows up Thanks for the kind words! I'm hoping to grow everything out and live the dream! Unfortunately, that's the hard part! It's getting full, and almost feels like my tinkering is over, so I'm of course looking for things that I can change or tinker with. I really need to focus more on my frag tank. I'm starting to consider fish a bit more. Just flipped a coin on if I should sell the foxface or not. He's awesome, but a giant compared to the rest of my fish. He also eats quite a bit of algae, so there's that. He escaped fate this time, lucky the lady thinks he's pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G May 20, 2014 Share May 20, 2014 Tank is really looking amazing man. A+! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 20, 2014 Author Share May 20, 2014 Tank is really looking amazing man. A+! Thanks for tuning in! Stop on by sometime and check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 22, 2014 Author Share May 22, 2014 Check out what a nori feeding looks like in my tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 22, 2014 Author Share May 22, 2014 And a quick shoddy iPhone video from a while back: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan175 May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 Tank looks great. Great color. Fish are going nuts Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 22, 2014 Author Share May 22, 2014 Tank looks great. Great color. Fish are going nuts Thanks for checking it out! Feeding time is always crazy! My yellow and purple are getting better with each other, so that's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 26, 2014 Author Share May 26, 2014 Trying to catch my foxface. He's pretty clever. We are on day 3, he's one of the only fish still wary of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 29, 2014 Author Share May 29, 2014 Well, the box finally worked. A nori burrito filled with Rods and selcon was the secret to my success. The entire catching experience brought about some mild aggression in the tank (lack of feeding, and trust of the box) and I think I've lost my Fathead Anthias. I have also not seen the Exquisite in quite some time. I would like to think it made its way down into my sump, but I've been diligent and looking around, and it's not looking good. More softies out the door, and the reef is starting to look "cleaned up" if you will. I had to move some of my acros that were super close together because they were starting to sting each other, you will notic in the pictures. If I keep up with the growth I'm getting, I expect that I will have to spread them apart again soon. Next build, I will drill my rock for the plugs. Adding T5's next week, have all the equipment on hand, or on order. Going to go with 2x HO AWI coral plus growth bulbs, and do the actinic on the radions. I'm hoping the T5's and reflectors will give me the extra oomph to push my corals even larger. I plan on running two 5' bulbs down the outside of the G3's, inside the hood. Sorry about the blues, snapped a few while I was doing a water change: The brown on the acro on the left is from the underside. I had to flip it around to max the space it was getting moved to. That was a small frag I got from Fazio when I started. It has grown quite a bit in the less than a year, mostly in the past 5 months. I LOVE this clam. So glad I pulled the trigger on it: Honey Plasmas and Eco Gorg from the ERC eco buy. These things are SUPER hearty. From the pickup, to the dip, to the placing in the tank, they never once closed up. I got these from Valeria, I think they were called Kryptonites? I don't know, the color is astounding on them. explosive growth Love these zoas and palys next to each other: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 Very pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuffyGeos May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 Great pics, I bet you are glad you started to dose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 29, 2014 Author Share May 29, 2014 Very pretty! Slowly and surely! Thanks! Great pics, I bet you are glad you started to dose! Pics are OK, happy to dose, did you read about my calc overdose scare? Just tested tonight, looks like back on track for alk, will test, and probably start dosing for calc again in the am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave w May 29, 2014 Share May 29, 2014 You have some beautiful specimens there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 29, 2014 Author Share May 29, 2014 You have some beautiful specimens there. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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