fragspawn
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I started in the hobby about 13 years ago. I started with a 2.5 gallon nano, moved up to a 54, then a 120. Unfortunately, we had to move and I knew I had to downsize, so I fragged most of my corals and dropped down to a 30G cube. All of my acro's bleached and died, and I was left with a cluster of zoa's and some gsp. We moved again out to an acreage, where water quality was hit and miss, so I got out of the hobby (about 9 years ago). Well, time marched on, upgrades have been done to the house, and I installed a good R.O. system, and a year ago decided to get back into it. It has been a bit of a bumpy entrance, but things are coming around. I started back with a small bow front nano. It started leaking, so I decided to try to upgrade to my old 30g cube. I drilled the cube, put in an overflow and made a small sump. Transferred things over and voila, everything died. So, I am not too sure if there was something wrong with it from the first time, but I ordered a custom 56G starfire front, along with a 33G sump/fuge and started again. I will try to get some photos of the set up and tank posted.
This is of the bow front nano. Things were going quite well. Good growth and colour.
I know a lot of people don't like them, but I love gsp.
Montipora's always grow fast with good colour.
And then I transferred and it all died.
This is the new 56G with a Maxspect 130W 15K.
Gsp was the first frag I added. I couldn't wait for the tank to cycle. I know, bad! I used the one piece of live rock from the nano, and the rest was all synthetic which I was waiting to be seeded. This was April 29.
This is May 8. See how impatient I am. I know I should wait, but I don't.
This is from July. I upgraded to the 180W 15K Max. A bit of algae on the substrate.
August 15, 2015.
December 2015.
I sadly do not have a newer shot. I'll try to get one in the next few days. The rock has seeded quite will, and as you can see the corals are starting to grow. I did have one faceplant on the sand, and was too busy to notice for a day, so, it died. You can see it bottom right. I have this purple crab that came in as a hitchhiker with black pinchers. He has been happy eating all the algae. No fish or shrimp. But he is a brute and loves to knock things over. I haven't wanted to glue/epoxy things yet, as I'd like to frag and spread the corals around the tank. Just haven't had time. Anyway, thanks for any input.
This is of the bow front nano. Things were going quite well. Good growth and colour.
I know a lot of people don't like them, but I love gsp.
Montipora's always grow fast with good colour.
And then I transferred and it all died.
This is the new 56G with a Maxspect 130W 15K.
Gsp was the first frag I added. I couldn't wait for the tank to cycle. I know, bad! I used the one piece of live rock from the nano, and the rest was all synthetic which I was waiting to be seeded. This was April 29.
This is May 8. See how impatient I am. I know I should wait, but I don't.
This is from July. I upgraded to the 180W 15K Max. A bit of algae on the substrate.
August 15, 2015.
December 2015.
I sadly do not have a newer shot. I'll try to get one in the next few days. The rock has seeded quite will, and as you can see the corals are starting to grow. I did have one faceplant on the sand, and was too busy to notice for a day, so, it died. You can see it bottom right. I have this purple crab that came in as a hitchhiker with black pinchers. He has been happy eating all the algae. No fish or shrimp. But he is a brute and loves to knock things over. I haven't wanted to glue/epoxy things yet, as I'd like to frag and spread the corals around the tank. Just haven't had time. Anyway, thanks for any input.
