buxton.nc's IM20

[buxton.nc]

Updated pic of the cabinet area.

 

[Kmore1219]

Tank is a beauty, if only I could get some coralline growing in mine.

 

[buxton.nc]

Thanks, Kmore1219. I wish I knew the secret to making it grow but I don't. ;)

 

[ludnix]

There's some great looking coralline growth in there!

 

[buxton.nc]

Thanks, ludnix! I am very pleased with the growth so far.

 

[Icemam457]

looks really good

 

[buxton.nc]

Thanks Icemam457!

 

[buxton.nc]

I decided to move forward with the Neptune AFS. Unboxing and and basic testing completed this evening. The AFS comes with a 15' Aquabus cable and a mounting bracket. I need to finalize cable run, management and programming. It sits well on the sump area of the IM 20 and does not appear to be unstable or prone to falling in the sump or the tank itself.

I am using Reef Nutrition TDO Chroma Boost food and it is very small. I had to add a small piece of paper to the adjusting arm that controls the food dosing to accommodate the small food granules. I will post a pic of the AFS install once cabling and final placement is set.

 

[Reef Nutrition]

I decided to move forward with the Neptune AFS. Unboxing and and basic testing completed this evening. The AFS comes with a 15' Aquabus cable and a mounting bracket. I need to finalize cable run, management and programming. It sits well on the sump area of the IM 20 and does not appear to be unstable or prone to falling in the sump or the tank itself.

I am using Reef Nutrition TDO Chroma Boost food and it is very small. I had to add a small piece of paper to the adjusting arm that controls the food dosing to accommodate the small food granules. I will post a pic of the AFS install once cabling and final placement is set.

I am very interested to see how this goes for you. What size TDO Chroma-Boost are you using?

-Chad

 

[buxton.nc]

I am using small (C2) granule, 840-1410 size.

 

[buxton.nc]

Tank is still going well. It is about 14 months old now. I picked up some frags this weekend. Here is a pic of some of the frags. My cleaner shrimp photo bombed the frags. :)

 

[Tahoe61]

Nice equipment, cabinet looks awesome.

 

[Dsnakes]

Looking good! That coralline is great :)

 

[buxton.nc]

Updated FTS taken 12Nov 2017

 

[buxton.nc]

Experienced a loss today - my cleaner shrimp (affectionately called "Cleaner") passed away. I had him for about 16 months. I checked my parameters and all is fine.
Temp 77.8
pH 8.61-8.79
salinity 1.025
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0

Al other inhabitants appear to be fine. Will continue to observe and replace my cleaner this weekend if all stays well the rest of the week. I am going to chalk it up as it was just his time to go.

 

[Dsnakes]

Experienced a loss today - my cleaner shrimp (affectionately called "Cleaner") passed away. I had him for about 16 months. I checked my parameters and all is fine.
Temp 77.8
pH 8.61-8.79
salinity 1.025
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0

Al other inhabitants appear to be fine. Will continue to observe and replace my cleaner this weekend if all stays well the rest of the week. I am going to chalk it up as it was just his time to go.

Sorry to hear that. How are your corals filling in?

 

[buxton.nc]

Sorry to hear that. How are your corals filling in?

Great. Still have them on plugs but they are all growing. Planning to take some updated pics this weekend and post 'em up. My mushroom has split/doubled and my zoa plugs are all growing additional polyps. They all look a lot different with 3 months growth.

How's your tank and the OBX doing?

 

[Dsnakes]

Great. Still have them on plugs but they are all growing. Planning to take some updated pics this weekend and post 'em up. My mushroom has split/doubled and my zoa plugs are all growing additional polyps. They all look a lot different with 3 months growth.

How's your tank and the OBX doing?

That's great! My tank is doing well I think. Somehow I've got more corals than I have space for. The OBX is here still, just waiting on that snow they're talking about! Are you in Buxton, or just a favorite place?

 

[buxton.nc]

I'm in Richmond, so it's just a favorite place for us. We visit the OBX a few times a year. We most recently visited for a week in early November and stayed in the Landings at Sugar Creek near the outlets.

 

[buxton.nc]

A couple updated pictures of the tank after completing weekly maintenance.