Aheinz's 57 varieties of Fraggalicious (Fianlly alive after a year!)

OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
not from the new tank but a pic I was sent from my current tank

IMG-20191110-WA0029.jpg


Luckily for the old tank I was able to find a local person who took everything before I moved they went to a good home.


Now I start my new journey with the new tank
 
OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Algae barns nitrotcycle and fritz turbo start 900, got me to 0 ammonia in 5 days, nitrates are about 20 to 25 ppm. Going to do a small water change before fish are added to drop it a bit more and looking at doing a small amount of a macro algae to dial in my refugium lighting times plus start a copepod habitat in the sump. Also need to build a stubby skimmer stand to lift my skimmer about an inch for it to be in the sweet spot
 
OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
First fish and coral are in! The pictures are a day after they were introduced. The duncan opened up within a few hors of being acclimated and added (even after a dip) the clowns acclimated and are doing wonderful, in the future hoping they find either a coral, or when I feel its safe to add an anemone they will host the anenome. They mostly stick together but aren't afraid to wander a bit from each other.
20201209_142534.jpg


20201208_174456.jpg
 
OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
20201216_174508.jpg


All three in the same pic and the duncan has opened up and looks bigger everyday
 
OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
@homer1475
20201217_135832.jpg
20201217_135837.jpg
20201217_135835.jpg



This diffuser works wonderfully on my lights, and thank you for getting them for me. Its a big difference in the hard disco effect, and how much bleed against the wall and such.
 

homer1475

Figuring out the hobby one coral at a time.
View Badges
Joined
Apr 24, 2018
Messages
11,817
Reaction score
18,848
Location
Way upstate NY
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
@homer1475
20201217_135832.jpg
20201217_135837.jpg
20201217_135835.jpg



This diffuser works wonderfully on my lights, and thank you for getting them for me. Its a big difference in the hard disco effect, and how much bleed against the wall and such.
Those do look pretty cool. And the disco ball effect is what drove me back to T5's.
 
OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Newest additions, a sour apple birdsnest, and a long nose hawk!

Light currently on a 50% start intensity with a 21 day acclimation ramp

20201229_153801.jpg
 
OP
OP
Aheinz

Aheinz

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
405
Reaction score
642
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Sorry about being horrid at updating, lost some corals and some I thought I lost have come back primarily my idaho grape Monti. My forest fire Monti has come back as well, I sadly lost two fish I tried to add to my longnose, my mistake totally forgot that they are territorial, so needing to get a trap to catch the bugger and time him out in the sump when I add new fish.

A couple of pics
20210813_171000.jpg
20210813_170949.jpg
 

Looking back to your reefing roots: Did you start with Instant Ocean salt?

  • I started with Instant Ocean salt.

    Votes: 44 72.1%
  • I did not start with Instant Ocean salt, but I have used it at some point.

    Votes: 7 11.5%
  • I did not start with Instant Ocean salt and have not used it.

    Votes: 8 13.1%
  • Other.

    Votes: 2 3.3%
Back
Top