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Tank looks very nice. Enjoy reading your thread thanks
However, in many cases the clowns will move the crab out.
(lol)
That's what my clown tries to do... ;Blackeye
And... Your right, I used to buy this species.
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/629/?pcatid=629
Great photos....The Green Goblin Anacropora is showing the most up growth. The bottom is not really encrusting much at all. This all despite being the only SPS frag of the bunch not directly under the 16” LED fixture. To its right is the Twisted Sister which has not done much, but looks fine.
Great photos....
NICE NEW ADDITION on the Anacropora. Something different.
I recently got an Anacropora. Interesting SPS. Great glow in Blue Lights.
Do some googling on Anacropora, since you will learn that IT WILL NEVER ENCRUST. It's like tumbleweeds.
That's what my research taught me. So Good Strong Glue is needed as when it get's bigger, heavier, the GLUE IS ALL YOU GOT to keep it there.
Great looking Tank! I have videos on my build explaining the equipment also.UPDATED 10/21/18
CONTENTS
(post # and subject)
JBJ Rimless 30 Saga
2 The Beginning
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
651 Amphiprion Ocellaris Added
745 SPS Corals Added
832 Darwin Amphiprion Ocellaris Added
Back Filtration Compartments
- Activated carbon, ~3 lbs. live rock
- Refugium with Chaeto lit outside by 36 Watt Grow LED (~67% currently)
- Cobalt 150 Watt Heater, Returns, Tunze Osmolator ATO, temperature probe, grounding pole, ATO pump return
- Tunze 9004 Protein Skimmer
- Cobalt 150 Watt Heater
Current Fish
Ruby the Pink Streaked Wrasse
(Pseudocheilinops ataenia)
Skyler the Midas Blenny
(Ecsenius midas, African)
Nemo the Clownfish
(Amphiprion ocellaris)
Darwin Clownfish
(Amphiprion ocellaris)
Current Anemone
Bubble Tip Anemone
(Entacmaea quadricolor)
Current Invertebrates
Sadly, no shrimp (see below).
Current Coral
Rainbow Acan
(Acanthastrea lordhowensis)
Alveopora
(Alveopora sp.)
Various Trumpets and Candy Canes
(Caulastrea echinulata, Caulastrea furcata)
Duncan Coral
(Duncanopsammia axifuga)
Palythoa (live rock hitchhiker)
(Palythoa mutuki)
Neon Green Toadstool Leather (freebie coral)
(Sarcophyton sp.)
SPS Island
Current CUC (Clean Up Crew)
- 4 Trochus Snails
- 6 Cerith Snails
- 6 Large Turbo Snails
- 3 Dwarf Red Legged Hermit Crabs
- 1 Dwarf Blue Legged Hermit Crab
- Copepods
- Amphipods
- Ministars
- Bristleworms
- Spaghetti Worms
- Sponges
- 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.
Pepper the Peppermint Shrimp
(Lysmata wurdemann)
Then a few weeks later we lost Pepper. Still trying to determine what led to our shrimps' demise.
Hammer Coral
(Euphyllia paraancora)
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
- Jebao DP-2 Doser
- 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%.
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Great photos....
NICE NEW ADDITION on the Anacropora. Something different.
I recently got an Anacropora. Interesting SPS. Great glow in Blue Lights.
Do some googling on Anacropora, since you will learn that IT WILL NEVER ENCRUST. It's like tumbleweeds.
That's what my research taught me. So Good Strong Glue is needed as when it get's bigger, heavier, the GLUE IS ALL YOU GOT to keep it there.
Very interesting, my anacropora is only a 3 inch piece, I glued it in a hole, hopefully it will stay put.
5am vermitid war plan all systems go?