Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Awesome thanks! My Anthias along with every fish so far love TDO chroma boost. I just restocked on small size so hopefully that will work.

Mine is eating small and extra small. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Nice! Love the green chromis. I had 6 in my old 120. The convict tang was the tanks policeman and any time they were aggressive the tang stop it. Mine got big and Iive in a lfs show tank now.
Love the live rock and your system.

Thanks! :)

 

[strich]

Really enjoying this tank evolve so quickly! Would it be much trouble to ask for some video? Just sitting the camera in front of the tank for a minute or 2 would be nice to see some life move about?

 

[lubeck]

Crazy how small those mandarins are. The scale next to the hermit really gives a good perspective.

 

[Reefer1978]

@Randy Holmes-Farley i took a look at all of your recent tank pics, I don't see signs of dinos. Can you post a closeup?

I just finished fighting Ostreopsis personally (huge tank-full bloom after 3 weeks of work travel) with low nutrients and just Phyto dosing.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Day 74 update

I’m very concerned about the smaller mandarin. Have not seen it today. The other is hunting the usual area. Hope some predator didn’t get it.

The tort is clearly a goner. All white still.

The other corals are doing fine. Here are some pics:

There is a decorator crab in the tank. Fully decorated, so much so that I only saw it when it waved a claw at a passing chromis. It would also wave a claw when I put my hand near it outside the glass. Hard to see in a picture, but this is it:

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

@Randy Holmes-Farley i took a look at all of your recent tank pics, I don't see signs of dinos. Can you post a closeup?

I just finished fighting Ostreopsis personally (huge tank-full bloom after 3 weeks of work travel) with low nutrients and just Phyto dosing.

There’s never been much of the possible dinos in the display, and there is virtually none now. It was taking over the refugium, and even that is looking far better now. I’m not very worried since it is receding.

This is what is looked like 4 days ago, with lots of surface scum:

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Crazy how small those mandarins are. The scale next to the hermit really gives a good perspective.

Yep, very cute, but one is missing and perhaps its tiny size contributed to a mishap of some sort.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Really enjoying this tank evolve so quickly! Would it be much trouble to ask for some video? Just sitting the camera in front of the tank for a minute or 2 would be nice to see some life move about?

I may be able to take some video later this weekend. :)

 

[dwest]

Yep, very cute, but one is missing and perhaps its tiny size contributed to a mishap of some sort.

The last thing I put in my tank were a pair of biota mandarins about 2 years ago. I grew them out first for a few months then put both in my 180. After the first few minutes, I never saw the second one again.

 

[Reefer1978]

There’s never been much of the possible dinos in the display, and there is virtually none now. It was taking over the refugium, and even that is looking far better now. I’m not very worried since it is receding.

This is what is looked like 4 days ago, with lots of surface scum:

I saw this one, but hard to tell to be honest with you that its dino's, other than it looking brown.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I saw this one, but hard to tell to be honest with you that its dino's, other than it looking brown.

I didn’t scope it, and it may not be dinos, but it seems to be responding to standard dino treatments (couple days lights out, boosted nutrients and silicate, uv in refugium) and that’s what matters most. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The last thing I put in my tank were a pair of biota mandarins about 2 years ago. I grew them out first for a few months then put both in my 180. After the first few minutes, I never saw the second one again.

The first one remained?

 

[dwest]

The first one remained?

Yes. I don’t see him as much I hoped but he’s still doing great. They are amazing. I might get another one after the move. We’ll see.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Yes. I don’t see him as much I hoped but he’s still doing great. They are amazing. I might get another one after the move. We’ll see.

Good luck in the move!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Identification?

Anyone have a guess what this is on the rock? It’s in a hard place to see.

 

[X-37B]

Identification?

Anyone have a guess what this is on the rock? It’s in a hard place to see.

It looks like codium algae.

 

[DIYreefer]

Wow, pressure. Lol

The yellow leather has been captive raised for well over a decade now as well. Not to add to the pressure, but just sayin’ :)

 

[DIYreefer]

I’m not sure if it’s already been mentioned (and if so just let me know and I’ll go through the thread and find it), but is there a reason why you went with the uv set up the way it is vs. the standard tube type systems that we typically use in the hobby?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’m not sure if it’s already been mentioned (and if so just let me know and I’ll go through the thread and find it), but is there a reason why you went with the uv set up the way it is vs. the standard tube type systems that we typically use in the hobby?

Yes, they came next day. Others would take a while.