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Got a brine shrimp hatchery dish last week. First batch of brine shrimp was a success (yeah, I know, it's not that difficult). lol.
Fed two or three cups so far; think I'll get one more today before it's time to clean it out and get ready for the next batch.
Mandarin is still doing well.
Picked up a couple of new Nems today from a fellow Boston Reefers member. A NY Funburst and a Speckled BTA. Hoping they stay in the area where I introduced them, but we all know how that goes.
Fed two or three cups so far; think I'll get one more today before it's time to clean it out and get ready for the next batch.
Mandarin is still doing well.
Picked up a couple of new Nems today from a fellow Boston Reefers member. A NY Funburst and a Speckled BTA. Hoping they stay in the area where I introduced them, but we all know how that goes.
What are the dimensions please? Satisfied with quality of the sca tank?My build actually started back at the end of March. This is my 3rd or 4th tank over the years. As I update my thread at Boston Reefers I'll try and update here as well.
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60lx24wx20h, euro-braced, starfire 3-sides with center overflow.
I'm the second owner of this tank. Bought it from a local reefer who had to get out. He only had it for 4-5 months; so it was practically new when I got it. I think at this point I've owned it now longer than he had it.
I love it so far. Seems very well built. I like the rimless configuration with the euro-brace. My screen top sits in there very nicely.
If I ever have/want to buy another I'd definitely check out SCA.
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Another sad day. Our Mandarin didn't make it.
It was very active, hunting around, poking at things, up until about 1-2 days ago. Then we noticed it just hanging out in the same general area (next to or under the rocks) when we could find it.
Not sure what happened. We should have plenty of pods at this point, and I've added additional newly hatched brine shrimp, Cyclopeeze, etc. It was aqua-cultured so I was hoping between all that it would also grab some of the food from the normal feedings.
Will need to look into a Mandarin feeder if we decide to attempt another in the future.
It was very active, hunting around, poking at things, up until about 1-2 days ago. Then we noticed it just hanging out in the same general area (next to or under the rocks) when we could find it.
Not sure what happened. We should have plenty of pods at this point, and I've added additional newly hatched brine shrimp, Cyclopeeze, etc. It was aqua-cultured so I was hoping between all that it would also grab some of the food from the normal feedings.
Will need to look into a Mandarin feeder if we decide to attempt another in the future.
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Still loving my Tunze Skimmer that I won here on R2R. It's awesome! Pulls out some good "gunk".
Loving the ease of maintenance... when I do my water change on Sunday I just pull the collection cup section off, don't even turn off the skimmer most times, clean it quickly, and put it back on. Within 30-60 minutes it's back to normal.
Like I mentioned earlier, even the initial break-in period was really short.
The only thing I did since my original post was build a new stand for it. I used a small sheet of plexiglass and cut up some 'legs' (out of spare pvc deck railing I had) for it so that the skimmer was in the recommended 5.5" of water. I superglued the legs and left them clamped overnight. A couple days later I added a rubber mat (tool shelf matting) to dampen the sound a bit.
Loving the ease of maintenance... when I do my water change on Sunday I just pull the collection cup section off, don't even turn off the skimmer most times, clean it quickly, and put it back on. Within 30-60 minutes it's back to normal.
Like I mentioned earlier, even the initial break-in period was really short.
The only thing I did since my original post was build a new stand for it. I used a small sheet of plexiglass and cut up some 'legs' (out of spare pvc deck railing I had) for it so that the skimmer was in the recommended 5.5" of water. I superglued the legs and left them clamped overnight. A couple days later I added a rubber mat (tool shelf matting) to dampen the sound a bit.
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My Uncle's brother gave me some of his paintings at a cookout on Monday. Moved the pictures my kids gave me and hung the two new paintings with them.
Syd Barrett's 'The Octopus' (2019 - 10"x10")
'Sea of my dreams' / 'Under the sea' / 'The Fish Tank' (2012 - 10"x20")
Yellow Tang (2020 - 10"x10") [Father's Day gift from my daughter]
Clownfish (2020 - 10"x10") [Father's Day gift from my son]
Some pictures of the tank... most of the corals are growing. A couple I haven't found their "happy" position yet. The teal duncan we have was starting to grow a second head and then the whole thing just retracted -- been a few days now, not sure what's going on with it.
Syd Barrett's 'The Octopus' (2019 - 10"x10")
'Sea of my dreams' / 'Under the sea' / 'The Fish Tank' (2012 - 10"x20")
Yellow Tang (2020 - 10"x10") [Father's Day gift from my daughter]
Clownfish (2020 - 10"x10") [Father's Day gift from my son]
Some pictures of the tank... most of the corals are growing. A couple I haven't found their "happy" position yet. The teal duncan we have was starting to grow a second head and then the whole thing just retracted -- been a few days now, not sure what's going on with it.
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Saw this on Boston Reefers Society, nice tankMy Uncle's brother gave me some of his paintings at a cookout on Monday. Move the pictures KidsX gave me and hung the two new paintings with them.
Syd Barrett's 'The Octopus' (2019 - 10"x10")
'Sea of my dreams' / 'Under the sea' / 'The Fish Tank' (2012 - 10"x20")
Yellow Tang (2020 - 10"x10") [Father's Day gift from my daughter]
Clownfish (2020 - 10"x10") [Father's Day gift from my son]
Some pictures of the tank... most of the corals are growing. A couple I haven't found their "happy" position yet. The teal duncan we have was starting to grow a second head and then the whole thing just retracted -- been a few days now, not sure what's going on with it.
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Just received my order of an AHRise Smart Wi-Fi Power Strip (AHR-083). It has 4 Wi-Fi controllable outlets and 4 always on outlets. I'm using two of the Wi-Fi outlets to control the sump light and skimmer (both will run overnight).
This was $26 bucks on Amazon.
This was $26 bucks on Amazon.
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Not a lot going on with the tank. Getting a little GHA in the back right corner and some other yucky stuff in random spots; suctioned some out with a baster and turned gyres up a little.
*knock on wood* All the fish seem to be doing well; no losses since the Mandarin.
My teal candy cane has gone from one full head plus a baby starting to 99% dead. Not sure what happened. No other corals seem to be affected.
*knock on wood* All the fish seem to be doing well; no losses since the Mandarin.
My teal candy cane has gone from one full head plus a baby starting to 99% dead. Not sure what happened. No other corals seem to be affected.
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New WiFi outlet appears to be working well. Skimmer and fuge light turns on at 11pm and off at 8am.
Nothing much else going on. Fish are all doing well. All the corals seem to be doing except for my head of Teal Duncan; think that's pretty much dead now.
Got a slew of new corals coming in Tuesday from this past weekends @Zoanthids Live Sale. Will post pictures when they get here.
Nothing much else going on. Fish are all doing well. All the corals seem to be doing except for my head of Teal Duncan; think that's pretty much dead now.
Got a slew of new corals coming in Tuesday from this past weekends @Zoanthids Live Sale. Will post pictures when they get here.
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Today I received my frags from last weekends Zoanthids.com Live sale here on R2R. Posted some pics over in the Live Sale thread of the containers and after initially putting them into the tank:
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Here's a couple more pictures from about 3 hours after being added into the tank:
FRAGTACULAR AFTER Sale - Monday Sept 28th! *Additional Discounts* - Official Sale Thread HERE
Ill be honest tho...when I took all the containers out, I was in disbelief that my past self thought I could fit 25 frags in my 45gal. Guess that 20 gal IM I was planning on selling is sticking around for a bit lol 25 frags?!?! You’re definitely richer than me... I went over budget with 7...
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Here's a couple more pictures from about 3 hours after being added into the tank:
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Not much going on with the tank. Just letting it mature some more.
Biggest update would be the purchase of two Jebao SLW-30 powerheads to replace/supplement the Jebao SCP-120 Cross Flow Pump Wavemakers. One was starting to make some noise so I wanted to try something else; plus have some extra powerheads on hand never hurts.
Was interested in getting the SLW-30M which were "wireless" but couldn't find them anywhere. Was a little disappointed in the size, they seem a bit small. But they work pretty well even at 50%, so I won't complain.
Livestock wise we added a small Yellow Coris Wrasse to try a natural remedy for flatworms.
Biggest update would be the purchase of two Jebao SLW-30 powerheads to replace/supplement the Jebao SCP-120 Cross Flow Pump Wavemakers. One was starting to make some noise so I wanted to try something else; plus have some extra powerheads on hand never hurts.
Was interested in getting the SLW-30M which were "wireless" but couldn't find them anywhere. Was a little disappointed in the size, they seem a bit small. But they work pretty well even at 50%, so I won't complain.
Livestock wise we added a small Yellow Coris Wrasse to try a natural remedy for flatworms.
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Back in August/October I won a R2R Supporting Member raffle and scored a $100 LiveAquaria gift certificate. I used it this past Sunday night and the new tank occupants arrived today!
We ended up getting:
- Convict Tang (Sri Lanka) - Medium
- Longnose Hawkfish (Sri Lanka/Sumatra) - Medium
- Foxface Lo (Indonesia) - Small/Medium
I've wanted to get another Tang for some time now, but wasn't sure what would work with our Yellow Tang (who thinks it is the boss of the tank, but the Pygmy Angel gives him a good fight). I was worried about the Convict Tang because I'd read they were more timid.
I looked around for an acclimation box to order and wasn't impressed. After seeing the Octo Aquatics "The SHU" on here and their website I think I'm spoiled.
Not being able to find a cheap/temporary/quick alternative I bought a Critter Cage from Petco for $7 and drilled a bunch of holes in it. I had an extra set of suction cups from heaters in my "box of junk" so I drilled a couple of bigger holes and glued them in. On the opposite side I put in some zip-ties in case I needed upper support (turns out I didn't).
The home-made, cheapo, acclimation box worked well. If I were to do one thing over I wouldn't have run it under water so quickly. The super-glue wasn't cured enough and ended up splashing across making it look messy.
After acclimating the new arrivals I turned off the lights and transferred the Convict into its cell, errr... acclimation box. The Foxface and Hawkfish went right into the display.
The Hawkfish perched on a rock near where it went in. The Foxface popped into a cave but was quickly, and literally, pushed out by the Pygmy Angel. The Foxface raised its spines a little but I don't think it really did much in response.
I left the Convict in the "box" for 5-6 hours. I was hoping this would let the other Tangs check it out and maybe be a little more relaxed. I can't say I even saw them go near the box.
After this "waiting" time I took the lid off the box and just let the Convict figure out it was free. After 3-4 minutes it swam up and out, and immediately into the Yellow Tang's cave. OH NOOOOO!!!!!!!
My son and I sat there waiting to see the Yellow beat the crap out of the Convict. Nope. A little bit of "chest puffing" but that was it. We were extremely surprised.
The Convict has been swimming around, it's very active, and checking out its new boundaries. The Hawkfish and Foxface were both out and about as well; right now the two of them have hunkered down seemingly for the night.
Oh yeah... when I first un-bagged the Foxface it was a really strange mottled/splotchy coloration. It was pretty ugly. After being in the tank for a bit it went back to its "normal" coloration. I knew they could change/darken at night, but I wasn't expecting it to be so dramatic.
We ended up getting:
- Convict Tang (Sri Lanka) - Medium
- Longnose Hawkfish (Sri Lanka/Sumatra) - Medium
- Foxface Lo (Indonesia) - Small/Medium
I've wanted to get another Tang for some time now, but wasn't sure what would work with our Yellow Tang (who thinks it is the boss of the tank, but the Pygmy Angel gives him a good fight). I was worried about the Convict Tang because I'd read they were more timid.
I looked around for an acclimation box to order and wasn't impressed. After seeing the Octo Aquatics "The SHU" on here and their website I think I'm spoiled.
Not being able to find a cheap/temporary/quick alternative I bought a Critter Cage from Petco for $7 and drilled a bunch of holes in it. I had an extra set of suction cups from heaters in my "box of junk" so I drilled a couple of bigger holes and glued them in. On the opposite side I put in some zip-ties in case I needed upper support (turns out I didn't).
The home-made, cheapo, acclimation box worked well. If I were to do one thing over I wouldn't have run it under water so quickly. The super-glue wasn't cured enough and ended up splashing across making it look messy.
After acclimating the new arrivals I turned off the lights and transferred the Convict into its cell, errr... acclimation box. The Foxface and Hawkfish went right into the display.
The Hawkfish perched on a rock near where it went in. The Foxface popped into a cave but was quickly, and literally, pushed out by the Pygmy Angel. The Foxface raised its spines a little but I don't think it really did much in response.
I left the Convict in the "box" for 5-6 hours. I was hoping this would let the other Tangs check it out and maybe be a little more relaxed. I can't say I even saw them go near the box.
After this "waiting" time I took the lid off the box and just let the Convict figure out it was free. After 3-4 minutes it swam up and out, and immediately into the Yellow Tang's cave. OH NOOOOO!!!!!!!
My son and I sat there waiting to see the Yellow beat the crap out of the Convict. Nope. A little bit of "chest puffing" but that was it. We were extremely surprised.
The Convict has been swimming around, it's very active, and checking out its new boundaries. The Hawkfish and Foxface were both out and about as well; right now the two of them have hunkered down seemingly for the night.
Oh yeah... when I first un-bagged the Foxface it was a really strange mottled/splotchy coloration. It was pretty ugly. After being in the tank for a bit it went back to its "normal" coloration. I knew they could change/darken at night, but I wasn't expecting it to be so dramatic.
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New fish are doing well. Convict Tang isn't being harassed too much by the Yellow or Tomini. I haven't seen it find a cave to sleep in yet -- looks like the Yellow chases it away any time in tries to go into any of them.
Today I hooked up the BRS mini-reactor I bought during the "sale" week. It's not running anything yet, but it is ready to go.
I'm wondering where I should direct the outlet tube...
Main drain from the DT goes to the right-most chamber of the sump, the overflow drain goes to the middle chamber. The left-most chamber is the return pump section.
The inlet feed comes from my return line manifold then into the reactor. Right now I have the outlet tube just draining back into the return pump chamber. I'm thinking of moving/pointing it back over to the middle or right-most chamber.
The thought being that the water would "mix" more before going into the return pump again and possibly back into the mini-reactor.
I know overall it probably doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
Today I hooked up the BRS mini-reactor I bought during the "sale" week. It's not running anything yet, but it is ready to go.
I'm wondering where I should direct the outlet tube...
Main drain from the DT goes to the right-most chamber of the sump, the overflow drain goes to the middle chamber. The left-most chamber is the return pump section.
The inlet feed comes from my return line manifold then into the reactor. Right now I have the outlet tube just draining back into the return pump chamber. I'm thinking of moving/pointing it back over to the middle or right-most chamber.
The thought being that the water would "mix" more before going into the return pump again and possibly back into the mini-reactor.
I know overall it probably doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
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lol!
Just went to do my second feeding of the day. Lifted the screen about 5-6 inches to stick my arm and the syringe in. Heard a splash, usually the Carpenter's Wrasse, looked over and saw him swimming.
Started to stick my arm in with the cup of food and heard another splash, and then something flew by my face. Heard a wet "splat" on the floor. The dang Wrasse jumped through the opening and landed on the hardwood floor (about a 5' drop).
I was able to grab him pretty quickly and put him back in, no worse for wear.
I've been hearing it "flash"/"splash" more often lately... guess I need to start being more careful when lifting or removing the screen cover.
Just went to do my second feeding of the day. Lifted the screen about 5-6 inches to stick my arm and the syringe in. Heard a splash, usually the Carpenter's Wrasse, looked over and saw him swimming.
Started to stick my arm in with the cup of food and heard another splash, and then something flew by my face. Heard a wet "splat" on the floor. The dang Wrasse jumped through the opening and landed on the hardwood floor (about a 5' drop).
I was able to grab him pretty quickly and put him back in, no worse for wear.
I've been hearing it "flash"/"splash" more often lately... guess I need to start being more careful when lifting or removing the screen cover.
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The Morbo family has grown!
No silly... no more kids! Geesh, that would be nuts.
One of our anemones from a Boston Reefer's member split! Not sure which type it is. We had an RBTA and then bought two more from this club member; a NY Funburst and a Speckled BTA
It didn't split just once, but twice, apparently overnight.
Since we acquired it the "base" had grown quite large. Just now I went to feed the tank and noticed it wasn't in its usual space. Looking closer I see it's gone from 1 to 3 nems.
Hoping this is good news and not some survival instinct because something is wrong.
Of the three nems we have, two from @ROCK-N-REEF , this one was always the most bubbly.
You can see one on the tower rock (back of picture), one lower in the middle, and one in the front (basically the original spot I put it in the tank).
The long tentacle in the extreme foreground is the other nem.
No silly... no more kids! Geesh, that would be nuts.
One of our anemones from a Boston Reefer's member split! Not sure which type it is. We had an RBTA and then bought two more from this club member; a NY Funburst and a Speckled BTA
It didn't split just once, but twice, apparently overnight.
Since we acquired it the "base" had grown quite large. Just now I went to feed the tank and noticed it wasn't in its usual space. Looking closer I see it's gone from 1 to 3 nems.
Hoping this is good news and not some survival instinct because something is wrong.
Of the three nems we have, two from @ROCK-N-REEF , this one was always the most bubbly.
You can see one on the tower rock (back of picture), one lower in the middle, and one in the front (basically the original spot I put it in the tank).
The long tentacle in the extreme foreground is the other nem.
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