I received a box of rocks today.

[Sarah24!]

Hello,

First so sorry for the loss, words can’t describe what one goes through when they love a pet as family. I’m really sorry that your children had to go through this. I wish there could have been something I could have done.

Your anemonie looks amazing and I’m glad it’s going well and your tank looks amazing. Your lights make it look amazing.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Hello,

First so sorry for the loss, words can’t describe what one goes through when they love a pet as family. I’m really sorry that your children had to go through this. I wish there could have been something I could have done.

Your anemonie looks amazing and I’m glad it’s going well and your tank looks amazing. Your lights make it look amazing.

I am really happy with these lights. Operating at 20-25% gives me a lot of room to increase intensity. I considered adding diffusion, but so far I do not feel that is needed despite the focusing of the lenses.

 

[NY_Caveman]

If I had a Hammer
(I am to old for Hammer Time ;Vomit)

 

[Brew12]

If I had a Hammer
(I am to old for Hammer Time ;Vomit)

Nice picture!

It Hit Me Like a Hammer.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Nice picture!

It Hit Me Like a Hammer.

Ugh, I could have done Hammer of the Gods. I blew it.

 

[Dj City]

That BTA is amazing! The lighting or the camera make it look like none I've ever seen before.
The Hammer is nice as well.

I bummed to hear you lost your shrimp. I know the girls were not happy at all. It's a learning lesson for them about life. It's a learning lesson for you about reefs.
I'm sure you will replace them at some point.

Your build continues to be a great experience.

 

[Katrina71]

I don't have a nem or trachy. It's official. I'm kicked out of the Reef club.

 

[GoVols]

I don't have a nem or trachy. It's official. I'm kicked out of the Reef club.

Lol!!!

 

[Brew12]

I don't have a nem or trachy. It's official. I'm kicked out of the Reef club.

But you have programmable lights!!!!

 

[Katrina71]

But you have programmable lights!!!!

Yeah, about those...still working on it.

 

[OffTopic]

Hey, I am sorry I must have missed this part, but what lights are you using for the tank?

 

[NY_Caveman]

Hey, I am sorry I must have missed this part, but what lights are you using for the tank?

SB Reef Lights sBox Extreme 16” WiFi

For anyone reading along, the first page of this thread has tons of information about my build, pictures and even a table of contents as it is quite large now.

 

[NY_Caveman]

And, by the way, they offer a “no frills” version of the same light with no timer or WiFi for half the price. I am very happy with the light for the aesthetic I like and for the needs of my tank.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I am thinking about my shrimps’ passing and came across something suggesting that toxins from dinoflagellates have been associated with invertebrate deaths. I had not heard that before. The reason this struck me was this morning I saw two new tiny 1/8” tufts of brown hair in my rockwork. I also saw one 1.5” brown string with one bubble on another rock. It is early in my observation, and I will hopefully have time to get out the microscope tomorrow. Has anyone experienced shrimp deaths while battling dinoflagellates? @GoVols perhaps?

My nutrients are not zero (NO3 at 4 ppm, PO4 at 0.34 ppm), so perhaps I am just getting some Cyanobacteria. Nobody wishes for Cyano, but between that and Dinos, well, you know. My tank is young and I am not panicking. Just collecting data.

I may be jumping the gun and I will hopefully have more data tomorrow when I return home. I will likely start a new thread as well if I find anything. Thanks all.

#dinoflagellates ?

 

[siggy]

I don't have a nem or trachy. It's official. I'm kicked out of the Reef club.

You have all that and more, You just need a larger tank so you can bring them home!

Hey @NY_Caveman LOOKING GOOD! Nice Score on the Nem, its a beut. @Crabs Mcjones I think Katrina was giving you a hint for the next split

 

[NY_Caveman]

I started a thread to try and ID these new growths, but I did not get great pictures. iPhone is not great at this and the red-brown tufts of fur were small and mostly floated away. This algae or whatever it is was hard to get off the rock. Here is the new thread, but I will probably have to try again for better pictures.

Need ID - microscope pics included

 

[Marie7]

“I received a box of rocks today.”



Awesome Anemone and beautiful corals....

Only in reef keeping does this statement bring excitement. Perhaps in the diamond industry as well, but our rocks are equally valuable.


UPDATED 09/04/18

CONTENTS
(post # and subject)

JBJ Rimless 30 Saga
2 Planning
18 Delivered
24 Crack
28 Dimensions

JBJ Rimless 45 Saga
57 Planning
70 Delivered
78 Dimensions
80 Crack

76 Aiptasia Eradication

JBJ Flat Panel 45 (current build)
99 Planning
141 Delivered
191 Setup and Water Fill
236 Live Rock Added
271 CUC Added
310 Cleaner Shrimp Added
316 First Fish Ordered
334 Pink Streaked Wrasse Added
352 Back Filtration Comparment Details
369 IPSF Order with Bonus Coral
377 First LPS Corals and Re-Aquascape
441 ATI ICP-OES Results
444 Trip to Manhattan Aquariums
452 Midas Blenny Added
529 Bubble Tip Anemone Added
547 Second Batch of LPS Corals Added


Current FTS



Back Filtration Compartments

1. Activated carbon, ~3 lbs. live rock
2. Refugium with Chaeto lit outside by 36 Watt Grow LED (~33% currently)
3. Cobalt 150 Watt Heater, Returns, Tunze Osmolator ATO, temperature probe, grounding pole, ATO pump return
4. Tunze 9004 Protein Skimmer
5. Cobalt 150 Watt Heater

Current Fish
Ruby the Pink Streaked Wrasse
(Pseudocheilinops ataenia)


Skyler the Midas Blenny
(Ecsenius midas)



Current Anemone
Princess Leia
Bubble Tip Anemone
(Entacmaea quadricolor)



Current Invertebrates
Pepper the Peppermint Shrimp
(Lysmata wurdemann)



Current Coral
Rainbow Acan
(Acanthastrea lordhowensis)


Alveopora
(Alveopora sp.)


Various Trumpets and Candy Canes
(Caulastrea echinulata, Caulastrea furcata)


Duncan Coral
(Duncanopsammia axifuga)



Hammer Coral
(Euphyllia paraancora)


Palythoa (live rock hitchhiker)
(Palythoa mutuki)


Neon Green Toadstool Leather (freebie coral)
(Sarcophyton sp.)



Current CUC (Clean Up Crew)

• 1 Trochus Snail
• 3 Cerith Snails
• 3 Dwarf Red Legged Hermit Crabs
• Copepods
• Amphipods
• Ministars
• Bristleworms
• Spaghetti Worms
• Whatever else is hiding in the live rock
• Me!

Past Friends (RIP)
Lucy and Ricky the Cleaner Shrimp
(Lysmata amboinensis)


Lucy and Ricky died a few days apart two months into our setup. It was sad and we are still not certain the cause.

We also lost one Trochus Snail and one Dwarf Red Legged Hermit Crab.


Current Rock

• 24.5 lbs. Pacific live rock, House of Fins in CT
• 3 lbs. assorted live rock
• 5 lbs. AquaMaxx Tonga Shelf Rock
• Assorted CaribSea Rubble Rock

Current Tank Equipment

• JBJ 45 Gallon Flat Panel AIO Aquarium
• JBJ Cabinet Stand
• Black King Starboard
• SB Reef Lights SBox Extreme 16" WiFi, 165 Watts
• IceCap 1K Gyre
• 2x Cobalt MJ1200 pumps (295 GPH)
• 2x Stock Accela stock pumps (265 GPH)
• 2x Cobalt Neo-Therm 150 Watt Submersible Heaters
• Cobalt Neo-Therm 25 Watt Submersible Heater
• Ink Bird ITC-308 Temperature Controller
• InTank Media Basket
• InTank Fuge Basket
• LED Grow Light 3-Head Timing Lamp Plant Grow Light 36W (Refugium)
• Tunze Comline DOC Skimmer 9004
• Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155 Auto Top Off
• Vertex Titanium Grounding Pole
• 2x 1/2" VCA Random Flow Generator
• 2x IM Slip-Fit-Drop Adapter 19mm to 1/2" Loc-Line
• ADJ PC-100 Power Center
• Etekcity 10 Pack Extension Cables
• 3x ClearMax 3 Prong Y Splitter Cable

Other Equipment

• American Marine Pinpoint Salinity Monitor
• Hanna Instruments Low Range Phosphate Checker HI713
• Hanna Instruments Ultra Low Range Phosphorus Checker HI736
• Hanna Instruments Calcium Checker
• Hanna Instruments Alkalinity Checker (dKH)
• Red Sea Marine Care Test Kit
• Seneye Reef Monitor
• BRS 4 Stage Value RO/DI System
• LiveAquaria Reef Salt Mix
• Assorted buckets, jugs, tubing, gloves, etc.

Total Cost
$3,265

I feel I have done well here. Between Black Friday sales, used equipment and reward points I have accumulated about $5,200 worth of equipment and life for $3,265, a savings of 37%.

_____

 

[NY_Caveman]

Awesome Anemone and beautiful corals....

Thank you!

 

[Victoria M]

If I had a Hammer
(I am to old for Hammer Time ;Vomit)

Bang!Bang!
maxwell silver hammer
it is such a morbid crazy song but the musician and the morbid creature in each of my sons LOVE this song.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Morning numbers

NH3 = 0 ppm
NO3 = 2 ppm
PO4 = 0.20 ppm
dKH = 9.4
pH = 7.8

PO4 continues lower. Nitrates were down from 4 ppm. Checked before the lights came on when pH usually is lower. Blues up now, whites come on in about an hour.