Isaac's Cadlight 70 Gallon Artisan II Build

Isaac Alves · Nov 9, 2016

Not to mention I have the ability to breed Margarita snails for days...

Isaac Alves · Nov 9, 2016

For my cyano issue in the sump:

This weekend I'm going to glue down my red flame macro to rocks do they are fully submerged and stable for more flow. Also, change my lighting period in the refugium.

Isaac Alves · Nov 9, 2016

Another action item: actually run some GFO. Not the seachem PhosGuard, which is running in a reactor currently.

Isaac Alves · Nov 11, 2016

Got a SoCal Golden Galaxy Chalice frag.

Daniel@R2R · Nov 11, 2016

isaacalves said:
Got a SoCal Golden Galaxy Chalice frag.

Purdy!!

Xclusive Reef · Nov 11, 2016

Very nice port and tank man. Thank you! Following

ethridge78 · Nov 11, 2016

Nice pick up

Isaac Alves · Nov 18, 2016

For my own notes: A Guide to the Nine Species of Caulerpa Banned in California.

http://www.cnpssd.org/CaulerpaBrochure.pdf

Isaac Alves · Nov 20, 2016

@reefAPalooza was kinda a bust. I wasn't impressed. It was small. No special pricing. I didn't see anything I didn't know about. And @rodsfood or LRS wasn't even there. I wanted a good frag kit. I have major xenias.

Xenias need fragging.

Isaac Alves · Nov 20, 2016

So... Went to Lowe's, Big Lots and and Michael's and built my kit.

All Stainless Steel:

· scissors
· CRKT Stainless Steel knife
· sharpening stone
· planting tweezers
· Stainless Steel model tools with blade
· Faberware 12"x18" cutting board
·Venom Steel industrial latex gloves (so no stings of tears and it's tight )
· strainer for sand or whatever
· BSI IC-Gel

Isaac Alves · Nov 21, 2016

Ugh... Filter socks cleaning time. Wish my system was big enough for a roll-a-mat.

Turned inside out (Pain in the **s), soak in Bleach and warm water, then squeeze, twist, then wash in washer on sanitary cycle.

revhtree · Nov 22, 2016

isaacalves said:
@reefAPalooza was kinda a bust. I wasn't impressed. It was small. No special pricing. I didn't see anything I didn't know about. And @rodsfood or LRS wasn't even there. I wanted a good frag kit. I have major xenias.

Xenias need fragging.

Did you get a R2R lanyard? LOL!

Isaac Alves · Nov 23, 2016

revhtree said:
Did you get a R2R lanyard? LOL!

No. I would have totally sported one. [emoji1]

Isaac Alves · Nov 23, 2016

Every morning to hopefully keep the tangs healthy, happy and peaceful.

Julian purple sea lettuce, garlic green seaweed, and selcon soak.

Isaac Alves · Nov 24, 2016

First time a couple days away from the reef tank. And I've realized I need more APEX connection switches to monitor all kinds of things.

Isaac Alves · Nov 24, 2016

I set the Eheim feeder properly and using the innovative marine defroster feeder as a feeding ring. The apex will monitor salinity and ph and for fun ORP. I'm glad I got the Smart ATO because of its auto shutoff feature. But realized I need some redundancy just in case so will install some float switches when I get back. Also, I see the value of a nest cam to see the reef and a cheaper one for the sump.

Can Apex pull in two cameras?

Isaac Alves · Nov 25, 2016

Just got back from the holiday-family-get-together and all's well. Only unusual thing is that my bubble tip rainbow anemone, Bubbles, moved to the front of the reef. And the neon frog spawn opened up. Hmmmmmm. The only issue is that I put too many feedings on the Eheim feeder, because I can see the brown diatom party on the sand bed.

These are super low light photos. I'm in acclimation mode with my Hydra Fifty-two HD, since I got some frags from RAP. I also cut my lighting schedule down last week.

Isaac Alves · Dec 3, 2016

Came home last night to my smallest Ocellaris clown completely beat up. Torn fins and what appears to be a bruised mouth.

It was late but I had opened another thread on R2R to get some advice and was asked to take a FTS. So I turned three Hydra to All On.

You can see the little guy in the bottom front right side of the picture.

Here's the link to the other thread:
Please help identify condition of clown
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/Please-help-identify-condition-of-clown.276901/

I've isolated the clown in a breeder box. And my hope to have two pairs of clowns in a 70 gallon is just not working. I will need to remove two clowns from this setup.