New salty 29g biocube

[Bleigh]

Yup...you're addicted. lol

For sure addicted!

 

[MnFish1]

It's a slide out... like a spice rack. I thought it would be nice to put on my testing chemicals and stuff in there. I'll have one piece of stone set over both cabinets and I'l try to center the tank on that as well as possible. The tank should be pretty accessible on all sides, which will be nice.... i think.

Good idea

 

[Bleigh]

I added a diamond goby to the tank. The kid named it Johnny Test. Johnny Test is a cartoon show where the main character seems to always make a mess of things.... so far Johnny seems to be living up to his name sake. He really enjoys excavating caverns (thank god all the rocks are on the glass) and building giant mounds of sand. He also eats mysis, so all the copepods I've seeded the tank with are just a bonus for him. He's pretty skittish though. I hope that changes.

I've placed some of the frags I purchased this morning, but I think I may wait for the new 60 gallon to find permanent spots for all the zoas. Once this tank fills out some more, there's really not much room for anything to grow. Guess I'll be learning about fragging soon.

I also went away for the weekend a little bit back, and the auto shut off on the thermostat kicked in, and the house got super hot. The tank looked really bad when I got back... it was 88 degrees. I got it cooled down and nothing died. However, I believe the stress event started a spawning party. All the corals have new babies. Which is awesome. I also realized my magnesium was low, and it was dropping even with the weekly water changes. I've been slowly dosing that, so maybe that's what has caused all the new growth.

Also, I did buy an urchin from WWC, but it arrived dead. The crabs enjoyed the meal and Johnny Test used it for decoration.

Full tank:

Johnny Test:

Johnny's Main Entrance (notice the urchin shell he used as roofing):

The yet to be placed frags.

 

[Hemmdog]

I added a diamond goby to the tank. The kid named it Johnny Test. Johnny Test is a cartoon show where the main character seems to always make a mess of things.... so far Johnny seems to be living up to his name sake. He really enjoys excavating caverns (thank god all the rocks are on the glass) and building giant mounds of sand. He also eats mysis, so all the copepods I've seeded the tank with are just a bonus for him. He's pretty skittish though. I hope that changes.

I've placed some of the frags I purchased this morning, but I think I may wait for the new 60 gallon to find permanent spots for all the zoas. Once this tank fills out some more, there's really not much room for anything to grow. Guess I'll be learning about fragging soon.

I also went away for the weekend a little bit back, and the auto shut off on the thermostat kicked in, and the house got super hot. The tank looked really bad when I got back... it was 88 degrees. I got it cooled down and nothing died. However, I believe the stress event started a spawning party. All the corals have new babies. Which is awesome. I also realized my magnesium was low, and it was dropping even with the weekly water changes. I've been slowly dosing that, so maybe that's what has caused all the new growth.

Also, I did buy an urchin from WWC, but it arrived dead. The crabs enjoyed the meal and Johnny Test used it for decoration.

Full tank:

Johnny Test:

Johnny's Main Entrance (notice the urchin shell he used as roofing):

The yet to be placed frags.

Wow things look great!! That’s all from the old school bulbs in the biocube hood??

 

[dantimdad]

Tank looks great!

 

[Bleigh]

Wow things look great!! That’s all from the old school bulbs in the biocube hood??

Yep. Although, I'm not sure the red montipora's colors are super great. Everything else likes the bulbs... or so it seems. When I get a nice light for the new tank, things are going to be SUPER amazing!

 

[Bleigh]

Tank looks great!

Thanks! I'm happy with how it looks at the moment too. Nervous about moving it to put the new tank there.

 

[Hemmdog]

Yep. Although, I'm not sure the red montipora's colors are super great. Everything else likes the bulbs... or so it seems. When I get a nice light for the new tank, things are going to be SUPER amazing!

For sure! When I added my kessil to my biocube it was the most amazing week of transformation I’d ever seen. Similar feeling to when I got my first pair of glasses, life changing. Lol. There is so many extra colors in your coral that you aren’t even seeing. It’s going to be awesome, I can’t wait. Haha.

 

[Bleigh]

For sure! When I added my kessil to my biocube it was the most amazing week of transformation I’d ever seen. Similar feeling to when I got my first pair of glasses, life changing. Lol. There is so many extra colors in your coral that you aren’t even seeing. It’s going to be awesome, I can’t wait. Haha.

Me either. Can't wait to share those pictures either. Some of my corals have started to gain extra colors. Two acans, in particular, have gotten a green streak in them. One is a red acan and one is a red and blue acan. Dana riddle mentioned this in one of his talks I was able to attend. I'm not sure if corals turning green is a good thing or not. I think he was saying that the other colors are going away, not that you're gaining green, but not sure if that applies to acans...

 

[Hemmdog]

Me either. Can't wait to share those pictures either. Some of my corals have started to gain extra colors. Two acans, in particular, have gotten a green streak in them. One is a red acan and one is a red and blue acan. Dana riddle mentioned this in one of his talks I was able to attend. I'm not sure if corals turning green is a good thing or not. I think he was saying that the other colors are going away, not that you're gaining green, but not sure if that applies to acans...

Nice! He was prob referring to metallic “grafts” that some corals get almost “infected” by it. That’s a commonly discussed topic. But who knows! My acans gain and lose colors depending on the spectrum as well as their diet. If I feed reef roids or chili often they will get more red, orange and washed out colors. If I feed mysis they will get lighter but more vivid colors and I get more neon greens, blues and yellows that come out on red base color acans. It’s pretty amazing actually.

 

[crusso1993]

Lol... I feel like that's the only way I'll keep track of what I've said where.

So I made a new one anyway

I beg to differ. If you say everything in the same thread then you'll know where you said it! Ha!

BTW - your tank looks happy and I'm diggin' Johnny!

 

[Bleigh]

I beg to differ. If you say everything in the same thread then you'll know where you said it! Ha!

BTW - your tank looks happy and I'm diggin' Johnny!

True! But then I have to dig for it.

Glad you're digging the digging Johnny goby. I feel like a tongue twister is in the making there.

 

[Bleigh]

I posted some pics on ig. But had to post here too. I’m so proud of how pretty everything is looking. Those scrambled egg zoas has 2 heads on them when I got them on May 18th.

I took this picture of the purple zoas earlier today. They’ve been finicky and quick to close since I put them in the tank, but they’ve been super stubborn for about 3 days now. They have tons of baby growths, so not sure why they’re all closed up like this...

 

[Bleigh]

Just took some pics of the tank. Love watching it still. I tried some top down, but it’s hard with the biocube lid. And of course coco had to come check out what I was doing. I swear she always wants food. And will start “attacking” the feeder to let me know she’s tired of waiting. Reminds me of my dog begging for a treat.

 

[Hemmdog]

Just took some pics of the tank. Love watching it still. I tried some top down, but it’s hard with the biocube lid. And of course coco had to come check out what I was doing. I swear she always wants food. And will start “attacking” the feeder to let me know she’s tired of waiting. Reminds me of my dog begging for a treat.

Wow things are looking great!

Treat yo self

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[samnaz]

Looking good. You’ll never tire of watching your tank, at least if you’re anything like me you won’t!

I have no personal experience with the polyp lens posted above, but IME turning up the whites a bit just for photos does the trick perfectly fine. Plus it’s free and I’m cheap ;-)

 

[NY_Caveman]

I have no personal experience with the polyp lens posted above, but IME turning up the whites a bit just for photos does the trick perfectly fine. Plus it’s free and I’m cheap ;-)

+1 I just kill my blue channel before taking photos sometimes. I also use the free Photoshop app to color correct images too.

 

[crusso1993]

I tried some top down, but it’s hard with the biocube lid.

Not touching the "top down" part of the post. However, the pics remind me of this one from about 20 years ago...

 

[Bleigh]

Wow things are looking great!

Treat yo self

Amazon.com: Polyp Lab Coral View Lens (Original Version): Camera & Photo

Buy Polyp Lab Coral View Lens (Original Version): Hose Reels - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases

www.amazon.com

I keep saying I’m going to get one of those. Guess I should treat myself. I love parks and rec btw.

 

[Bleigh]

Looking good. You’ll never tire of watching your tank, at least if you’re anything like me you won’t!

I have no personal experience with the polyp lens posted above, but IME turning up the whites a bit just for photos does the trick perfectly fine. Plus it’s free and I’m cheap ;-)

It’s the basic biocube lights. They’re either all on or all off. But a new light is in the works for my 60 gallon.