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Aqua Splendor
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Thx, let's not forget it's 2020 ;Blackeye
Sleeping Giant
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Hopefully those panda gobys do good, they look cool
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Are they eating now? Looked like they liked the copepods
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Aqua Splendor
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You will see next week
, something unexpected happen, I'm finishing the video at the moment we speak. Btw is there a way to hide your signature (on my side) it's super distractive, I have that feature on nano-reef.com but I don't know about R2R?
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I deleted the signature, I never see it. And you're the third person to say that it's too distracting.You will see next week
Btw is there a way to hide your signature (on my side) it's super distractive, I have that feature on nano-reef.com but I don't know about R2R?
Liking your videos, keep up the great work my fellow Canadian Reefer
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Aqua Splendor
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Lol thank you
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Episode 30
You have no idea how much I hated doing this video.
But, I felt it was my duty to do so and helpfully by sharing my experience it will help others.
This video broke my momentum so much, usually, I have videos in advance but... not anymore, I haven't made any video since 1-2 weeks.
To be clear, I haven't seen my Wheeleri eating directly but I saw some "dust", it went fast during the morning.
I'm not 100% sure it's him/them, I simply highly assume it's him with because of the footage I shared.
I can't see the other, I search but nothing, so I think they are both gone.
That lost really terrifying me, I'm disappointed by myself, I wish I knew about that, even if they didn't seem to eat.
But like the Glass, got some scratch but I keep being transparent.
You have no idea how much I hated doing this video.
But, I felt it was my duty to do so and helpfully by sharing my experience it will help others.
This video broke my momentum so much, usually, I have videos in advance but... not anymore, I haven't made any video since 1-2 weeks.
To be clear, I haven't seen my Wheeleri eating directly but I saw some "dust", it went fast during the morning.
I'm not 100% sure it's him/them, I simply highly assume it's him with because of the footage I shared.
I can't see the other, I search but nothing, so I think they are both gone.
That lost really terrifying me, I'm disappointed by myself, I wish I knew about that, even if they didn't seem to eat.
But like the Glass, got some scratch but I keep being transparent.
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Aqua Splendor
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Episode 31
The rock at the back need to be filled and I thought mushrooms were the best coral to be there since it's very shallow.I might add more along the way, love the variety!
The rock at the back need to be filled and I thought mushrooms were the best coral to be there since it's very shallow.I might add more along the way, love the variety!
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Episode 32
Well, mushrooms is some sort of a drug and addictive, people were right!
I just love so much the color variation, starting to fill up the space, but not all mushrooms get attached easily, so I tried something new, not sure if it will work or not Hmmm.
Well, mushrooms is some sort of a drug and addictive, people were right!
I just love so much the color variation, starting to fill up the space, but not all mushrooms get attached easily, so I tried something new, not sure if it will work or not Hmmm.
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Episode 33
This video summarize a little bit the fun I have with reef aquarium, there's a fine balance of such a small ecosystem making it fun to observe and learning, discovering every day new things along the challenge
This video summarize a little bit the fun I have with reef aquarium, there's a fine balance of such a small ecosystem making it fun to observe and learning, discovering every day new things along the challenge
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Episode 34
So many things is happening with this reef tank, taking care of it, adding 2 new corals, bacterial infection, new hitchhiker, it was a very interesting last few days, very entertaining
So many things is happening with this reef tank, taking care of it, adding 2 new corals, bacterial infection, new hitchhiker, it was a very interesting last few days, very entertaining
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Episode 35
The end of the competition is very near, I'm super late, (probably the latest), so I'm trying to get back and accelerate my vision of this aquarium, I have more to come, and I'm pleased so far.
I do not fear Xenia
The end of the competition is very near, I'm super late, (probably the latest), so I'm trying to get back and accelerate my vision of this aquarium, I have more to come, and I'm pleased so far.
I do not fear Xenia
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Episode 36
Little by little I make some tweak to my scape I this is how I do it
The shots where I take my rock out of the water had to be super synchronized:
- Prepare the dipping for the coral but add the water in the very last seconds
- Prepare the two angle for the camera so you can see a bit, and I can also to my scape without the cam in the way
- Dip the coral and watch for hitchhiker
- Close the coral polyps to avoid tearing the tissue when it's in the air
- Avoid any water on the cam with my hand (use 2 wipes)
- Change the angle/tripod of the cam
- Break the coral by piece for my needs and glue it as fast as I can
- Remove the shells in the sand (my sand is clean in general)
- put back the rock
I was a little stressed to do it with the cam but it turns out to be fine, all this in less than 15minutes.
I don't like to take the rock out of the aquarium but I couldn't make it work with the 5cm space I had, it was too difficult.
There's more coral to come, you can see on the thumbnail and the last shot, it's a very intense moment the last 2 weeks of this competition for me with Youtube and document everything at the same times, but my vision is slowly getting there, piece by piece, keeping the cherry for last.
More to come!
Little by little I make some tweak to my scape I this is how I do it
The shots where I take my rock out of the water had to be super synchronized:
- Prepare the dipping for the coral but add the water in the very last seconds
- Prepare the two angle for the camera so you can see a bit, and I can also to my scape without the cam in the way
- Dip the coral and watch for hitchhiker
- Close the coral polyps to avoid tearing the tissue when it's in the air
- Avoid any water on the cam with my hand (use 2 wipes)
- Change the angle/tripod of the cam
- Break the coral by piece for my needs and glue it as fast as I can
- Remove the shells in the sand (my sand is clean in general)
- put back the rock
I was a little stressed to do it with the cam but it turns out to be fine, all this in less than 15minutes.
I don't like to take the rock out of the aquarium but I couldn't make it work with the 5cm space I had, it was too difficult.
There's more coral to come, you can see on the thumbnail and the last shot, it's a very intense moment the last 2 weeks of this competition for me with Youtube and document everything at the same times, but my vision is slowly getting there, piece by piece, keeping the cherry for last.
More to come!
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Aqua Splendor
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Episode 37
Shaping my aquarium piece by piece, the cyano is very present, the dino seems to have disappeared. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with cyano, I want to give time to the macrobacter7 to work a bit, my biggest concern is about food import. It does not establish yet and I have one more coral that might unbalance this aquarium at this level, so this will be something to check for.
Would love to hear people confirm/unconfirmed if the babies are trochus.
Caulastrea corals are really cool, found new variant. perfect for nano and not very aggressive
It's getting there, working very hard lately with this aquarium the workload of videos.
Shaping my aquarium piece by piece, the cyano is very present, the dino seems to have disappeared. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with cyano, I want to give time to the macrobacter7 to work a bit, my biggest concern is about food import. It does not establish yet and I have one more coral that might unbalance this aquarium at this level, so this will be something to check for.
Would love to hear people confirm/unconfirmed if the babies are trochus.
Caulastrea corals are really cool, found new variant. perfect for nano and not very aggressive
It's getting there, working very hard lately with this aquarium the workload of videos.
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Episode 38
This is my last pack of corals before the end of this contest. It is a risky move since I will try some fresh zoa and see how my sexy shrimps react. I found some beautiful sarcophyton along the way also, very curious how it will look in the future!
This is my last pack of corals before the end of this contest. It is a risky move since I will try some fresh zoa and see how my sexy shrimps react. I found some beautiful sarcophyton along the way also, very curious how it will look in the future!
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Added this little fella yesterday coming from an anemone I bought, came with from another reefer.
My heart broke when I separated this symbiosis but it's for the best (ain't putting anemone in this nano!)
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Episode 39
All my reef career I avoided this coral, NPS Coral are the most prestigious animal you can have in a reef aquarium (in my opinion). Always been scared to not be able to take care of them, but the wait is over, I felt ready enough after reading and watching the experience of others.
Since the very beginning, this was my plan, the open space I left in front of my tank was for him. I waited all this time to make sure my aquarium is mature enough and could handle a heavier feeding.
Coincidentally, I have cyanobacteria, I (was) lacking of phosphate, so I believe this could be a 1 rock 2 bird situation, will see.
For the feeding, I'm using @polyplab since I know my LFS @ragingreef uses this along with other things. I mixed with @faunamarin phytoplankton and @reeffrenzy
I waited some weeks before publishing this video, was hoping to film the bright yellow polyps for this episode but it's taking longer than expected. It's getting there, just not for this video
This is my first baby step into NPS coral world, one day I hope to make a project with them, but I go step by step, slowly but surely
All my reef career I avoided this coral, NPS Coral are the most prestigious animal you can have in a reef aquarium (in my opinion). Always been scared to not be able to take care of them, but the wait is over, I felt ready enough after reading and watching the experience of others.
Since the very beginning, this was my plan, the open space I left in front of my tank was for him. I waited all this time to make sure my aquarium is mature enough and could handle a heavier feeding.
Coincidentally, I have cyanobacteria, I (was) lacking of phosphate, so I believe this could be a 1 rock 2 bird situation, will see.
For the feeding, I'm using @polyplab since I know my LFS @ragingreef uses this along with other things. I mixed with @faunamarin phytoplankton and @reeffrenzy
I waited some weeks before publishing this video, was hoping to film the bright yellow polyps for this episode but it's taking longer than expected. It's getting there, just not for this video
This is my first baby step into NPS coral world, one day I hope to make a project with them, but I go step by step, slowly but surely
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Aqua Splendor
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So here the final pictures before the end of the competition. This has been a very awesome project to do, I have more to come with my final vision, there's a reason why Groot is here .
This nano reef competition series on YouTube has been very, very fun to document. Each* action I took during that time has been recorded, it took time to edit but I think we can appreciate how fun is to watch a reef aquarium growing with its own little challenge here and there.
I learn many things with this adventure and I'm looking forward to the interaction between the corals.
There's as been 67 participants to this competition on nano-reef.com, we are down at 17 for the final voting.
The votes are split into 3 categories: best Theme, best Aquascape, best DIY
Check below for the link, please don't vote for me because you follow me, go read the thread of the participants, its very interesting and there's some kick-butt reef tank in that list!
365 Day All-in-One Nano Reef Challenge FINAL VOTING
The 365 Day All-in-One Nano Reef Challenge has officially come to an end! ✅ WE NEED YOUR VOTES! ✅ Sponsored by CoralVue Hydros Hey everybody! How was your year? How are you holding up? 2020 really threw us some curveballs, didn't it? Who could have imagined there would be a global viral pan...
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