Biocube 29 build

[jk_s124]

My powder blue from Elliot gets here tomorrow!

Now that’s exciting! How are your other qt inhabitants doing? Are they aware that they are about to be upstaged by an Elliot quarantined powder blue?

 

[RobB'z Reef]

Now that’s exciting! How are your other qt inhabitants doing? Are they aware that they are about to be upstaged by an Elliot quarantined powder blue?

Lol they are doing well I think. Everyone is eating healthy still. I'm gonna throw the PB in my second quarantine tank by himself

 

[Lowlandreef]

Took a couple pictures today because.......why not

Your SPS looks AMAZING!!

 

[Lazydayz]

Ahhh? Big? Hahahaha....... I don’t know how many heads it is now. It’s getting close to the size of the colony I sold about a year ago. That started as a one head stick frag I had a few years ago. As soon as I stuck it into that spot it exploded. It’s my magic hammer spot

Getting some good growth on it, it is an amazing looking colony!!

 

[jk_s124]

Your SPS looks AMAZING!!

Thanks Adriaen! How’s your tank doing?

 

[Lowlandreef]

Thanks Adriaen! How’s your tank doing?

It's doing quite well actually. My tank got pretty hot during a heatwave so my SPS frag had a tough time. Luckily I was able to cool it down before things got out of hand. From what I've heard it can still recover so I'm hoping that will happen. Everything else in the tank is doing very well, so I'm very happy about that!

 

[jk_s124]

Starting a new 40 breeder build thread

Build Thread - Jake’s 40 Gal. To Freedom (mixed 40 breeder build)

So I’m finally starting a thread about a project I have been slowly (painfully slowly) working on for the past 2 years. My wife and I have twin 9 year olds, so they are the priority to our time and budget. The good thing though, its forced me to move slow and methodical. Saving and scrounging...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[jk_s124]

Slow on the updates here. Have been busy busy busy. Repainted the wall my tank was on. Moved my setup to a new corner.

Took those pictures at 12:30 Friday night after my second coat of primer. I always liked staying up late and painting by myself while knocking back beer or two.
Have been working hard on my new set up (. https://www.reef2reef.com/posts/8048996/bookmark)
Unfortunately I am loosing one of my colonies, and possibly two. My green monti is about dead and one of my setosas is looking very pale as well. I honestly haven’t had time to do much testing lately. When I have my ca and alk all check out okay. I have lost two Astrea snails, a hermit and possibly a nassarius. I’m getting a bit worried something is not right. I need to test nitrate and phosphate again and look over for exposed metal. Hopefully everything is okay. I’m trying not to over react and cause more damage. Everything else looks fantastic. So I’m just trying to keep things stable and look for obvious factors. If I can’t find anything then I’ll just keep plugging along.

 

[RobB'z Reef]

Slow on the updates here. Have been busy busy busy. Repainted the wall my tank was on. Moved my setup to a new corner.

Took those pictures at 12:30 Friday night after my second coat of primer. I always liked staying up late and painting by myself while knocking back beer or two.
Have been working hard on my new set up (. https://www.reef2reef.com/posts/8048996/bookmark)
Unfortunately I am loosing one of my colonies, and possibly two. My green monti is about dead and one of my setosas is looking very pale as well. I honestly haven’t had time to do much testing lately. When I have my ca and alk all check out okay. I have lost two Astrea snails, a hermit and possibly a nassarius. I’m getting a bit worried something is not right. I need to test nitrate and phosphate again and look over for exposed metal. Hopefully everything is okay. I’m trying not to over react and cause more damage. Everything else looks fantastic. So I’m just trying to keep things stable and look for obvious factors. If I can’t find anything then I’ll just keep plugging along.

Based on that thumb it looks like after your second six pack of Spotted Cow

Looking good man! I hope you figure out what's going on and that it's not anything you can't correct. Did those issues crop up after you moved the tank? Keep me posted brotha! What color are you going with?

 

[jk_s124]

Based on that thumb it looks like after your second six pack of Spotted Cow

Looking good man! I hope you figure out what's going on and that it's not anything you can't correct. Did those issues crop up after you moved the tank? Keep me posted brotha! What color are you going with?

Tried to match the grey from the rest of the living room but it is slightly lighter with blue hue. It looks good though. The corals started to look off about a month ago. I stopped dosing vibrant thinking that my nutrients may have bottomed out and that they were starving. Still might be the issue. Again I need to take the time to do some testing. Just hoping it’s not something leeching into the water because that could be tricky to find and fix.

 

[Lazydayz]

Slow on the updates here. Have been busy busy busy. Repainted the wall my tank was on. Moved my setup to a new corner.

Took those pictures at 12:30 Friday night after my second coat of primer. I always liked staying up late and painting by myself while knocking back beer or two.
Have been working hard on my new set up (. https://www.reef2reef.com/posts/8048996/bookmark)
Unfortunately I am loosing one of my colonies, and possibly two. My green monti is about dead and one of my setosas is looking very pale as well. I honestly haven’t had time to do much testing lately. When I have my ca and alk all check out okay. I have lost two Astrea snails, a hermit and possibly a nassarius. I’m getting a bit worried something is not right. I need to test nitrate and phosphate again and look over for exposed metal. Hopefully everything is okay. I’m trying not to over react and cause more damage. Everything else looks fantastic. So I’m just trying to keep things stable and look for obvious factors. If I can’t find anything then I’ll just keep plugging along.

Looks good, I am the same way when it comes to painting!

Sorry to hear that you are losing those beautiful colonies might be dumb question but are you running any carbon? I was changing out my carbon every 2 days when I painted around the tank just in case

 

[jk_s124]

Looks good, I am the same way when it comes to painting!

Sorry to hear that you are losing those beautiful colonies might be dumb question but are you running any carbon? I was changing out my carbon every 2 days when I painted around the tank just in case

Yeah I am running carbon, but thats a good idea on changing the carbon out. Think I’ll do that after work. Thanks!

 

[RobB'z Reef]

Yeah I am running carbon, but thats a good idea on changing the carbon out. Think I’ll do that after work. Thanks!

You mean after you look for that fitting for me right?

 

[jk_s124]

Absolutely! Priorities.

 

[jk_s124]

A couple pictures.

 

[RobB'z Reef]

You're tank is inspiring

 

[jk_s124]

You're tank is inspiring

Thanks bruv! I had to trim a bunch of my sps down last water change. The base of my teal acro in the back left (that’s my marine biology way of saying the teal acro in the back left) is encrusting over the base of my “ Joe the Coral,” also back left but slightly forward with a green tinge. So I had to make a kalkwasser slurry, toothpaste consistency and apply it to the base of the teal acro....which I shall now call, “Mega Teal the Great conqueror of the SPS.” Hopefully this will stop it from devouring the Joe the Coral. Such silly names.

 

[jk_s124]

So long over due update. The biocube is still running. It actually passed its 3 year mark in November and I completely spaced it. Oh well. Have been too busy with my 40 breeder build that this build thread has been neglected. The cube has changed a little. I moved my hammer coral, and chalice to the new tank. I also put my chromis in the new tank as well. I lost a colony of setosa and Jedi mind trick. Not too sure why that was, but sometimes it just happens. Here is an updated pic of the cube. As soon as the breeder gets it’s coraline algae going, it’s sad to say, but this beauty is coming down. All the corals and fish will be moved over of course.

 

[Lazydayz]

Tank looks amazing, sorry to hear about the losses . Hit me up when the 40 is ready and I'll gladly ship you a nice big chunk of Jedi Mindtrick!!

 

[anthonys]

Intake makes a guard for them now if you go to their website or you can order them they’re pretty nice