F R I G U S R E E F ‘ s 10 GALLON REEF

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Here it is so far... FEEDBACK IS APPRECIATED. Whether it’s coral positioning or aquascape I’d like to hear it!!!
Sorry about the cup it’s holding anemones lol

I found out my pump has a wave mode so I turned it on and it sucked in air and bout blew my tank to smithereens

 

[DiefsReef]

Just ran through the thread.. Congrats on the new tank it looks great! nice to see a fellow Georgian on here.
Have you found ARC yet? AtlantaReefClub has some pretty good people as well, they are local and very willing to help anyone in the hobby. Although maybe i help to much, I've helped move 2 tanks since I joined and I still dont have water in a tank . The real reason I mention them is the trade forum, you could maybe have sold your old thank there.
Anyway, looks fantastic and maybe I'll catch up to you soon!

 

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Just ran through the thread.. Congrats on the new tank it looks great! nice to see a fellow Georgian on here.
Have you found ARC yet? AtlantaReefClub has some pretty good people as well, they are local and very willing to help anyone in the hobby. Although maybe i help to much, I've helped move 2 tanks since I joined and I still dont have water in a tank . The real reason I mention them is the trade forum, you could maybe have sold your old thank there.
Anyway, looks fantastic and maybe I'll catch up to you soon!

I’m so sorry I didn’t reply I didn’t get a notification!!! I’ve heard of ARC but the only reason I haven’t joined is the site was a little bit way confusing for me!!! And yes it is very nice to see a fellow Georgian as I don’t know many Georgian Reefers. But I’ll definitely look into ARC as I’m EAGER to trade and buy... as most are XD

 

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U P D A T E ~ Everything is doing great except for a stylophora... all the skin fell off so the skeleton is just sitting in there now. The new tank is AMAZING and I just got Instant Ocean’s HoldFast in so I’ll be puttying my aquascape!
I’ve got the 80s rock going and am gettin’ in the zone

 

[PeterLL]

Looking super tidy that. That conch is an absolute UNIT

 

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A Q U A S C A P E ~
is complete (just about.) I’ll adjust pieces of rubble later and tomorrow I’ll put corals on the rock work. I just wanna make sure everything is secure before I do. As you can see I tried to follow natural reef formation...

One thing I really like is where the wavemaker hits the reef crest, a little bit of water is forced upward and it creates a little wave on the surface. I’m unsure if you can make it out in the photograph:

But yeah I’m pretty stoked. Also I do NOT think HoldFast is a good aquascape putty... for attaching corals and stuff yes but not for aquascape it’s very soft and takes too long to harden and it doesn’t stick... but yeah. Give me your opinions on the scape!!!
A L S O ~
remember the stylophora; my favorite sps that died? Yeah!!! It’s got ONE single polyp!!! I’m babying it and am hoping it’ll hold through This polyp I don’t remember seeing yesterday... but I prayed since yesterday lol. Maybe I’ll name this colony and call it ‘Lazarus’

 

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I FORGOT TO ADD,
My cleaner shrimp disappeared... idk when. He just bit it and must’ve been eaten already. Also both nems died bc they were in a cup? They were in there they still got light and flow but they bit the dust idk why. The nems are removed but the nitrates from the shrimp are gettin goin so yeah I’m def running a light in the refugium to centralize algae growth.

 

[Casket_Case]

Looking super tidy that. That conch is an absolute UNIT

Thanks! And she eats way less than she looks like she does but I love her

 

[fishguy242]

looking good,love the scape,

 

[Casket_Case]

looking good,love the scape,

Thanks!!! The front side of the reef crest should be filled in with plating Montipora

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Well done @Frigus Reef! Looks so natural! Cheers!

 

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Well done @Frigus Reef! Looks so natural! Cheers!

Thank you!!!

 

[sfin52]

Looks good. Sorry about the losses. Thats always rough.

 

[Casket_Case]

Looks good. Sorry about the losses. Thats always rough.

Nah, it’s completely fine. Losses happen sometimes, it’s all part of the Journey ~

 

[MERKEY]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 

[Erink]

Yeeesir, here’s one:

I’ve been feeding little pieces of shrimp every so often and he honestly isn’t very hungry. You might be able to see some greenish blue in the end of the tentacles

Mine eat a lot! They've grown so big. I love anemones!

 

[sfin52]

 

[Casket_Case]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Thank you!

 

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Thank you!

 

[sfin52]

Merry Christmas