TheWB’s IM Lagoon 50

[TheWB]

Man these nems look good! I know it’ controversial but how’s the tomini in a 50 gallon. I know some people do it but I’m too afraid…

Thanks for checking out my thread. I really like those nems, don't really need them to split off any more though, I've got enough now.
It is controversial I guess but based on my personal experience its fine with that Tang only. I got mine small and it has lots of places to hide and feel safe. My scape is raised up so the fish can all swim under most of it, they have more room than you'd think. It's also not as much of a swimmer as most other Tangs, it tends to hover and pick at algae off the rocks and stuff off the sides/bottom of the tank. I'd describe mine more as a casual grazer and it only has aggression with my female clown but the clown is usually the instigator, the Tomini just doesn't put up with her crap. YMMV of course if you decide to try one. I do have an upgrade in the works so it will be interesting to see if it's behavior changes when it has more room to swim around in.
In the pic below the Tang is near the bottom left above the xenia nad caulastrea.

I have no idea how I cropped the tank out of the rest of this picture when I uploaded it to my computer, weird??

 

[Raph]

Thanks for checking out my thread. I really like those nems, don't really need them to split off any more though, I've got enough now.
It is controversial I guess but based on my personal experience its fine with that Tang only. I got mine small and it has lots of places to hide and feel safe. My scape is raised up so the fish can all swim under most of it, they have more room than you'd think. It's also not as much of a swimmer as most other Tangs, it tends to hover and pick at algae off the rocks and stuff off the sides/bottom of the tank. I'd describe mine more as a casual grazer and it only has aggression with my female clown but the clown is usually the instigator, the Tomini just doesn't put up with her crap. YMMV of course if you decide to try one. I do have an upgrade in the works so it will be interesting to see if it's behavior changes when it has more room to swim around in.
In the pic below the Tang is near the bottom left above the xenia nad caulastrea.

I have no idea how I cropped the tank out of the rest of this picture when I uploaded it to my computer, weird??

Hahaha well it looks nice lol… For the tang since i do not have an upgrade planned right now i think I’ll hold back. Thank you!

 

[TheWB]

I did a little cleaning today. Ran the Nero 3’s and the skimmer in some citric acid. The Nero’s were occasionally sticking on restart and the skimmer pump was SO LOUD!!!! Not really sure how I let that go on for so long but it’s all fixed now.
I also moved the skimmer back to chamber 2 and put the In-Tank floss holder back into chamber 1 with a bag of Chemipure Elite in it along with some floss. One of the bags of Seachem Matrix is under the floss holder and I just threw the other one back in the display for now. It will become seed media for a smaller tank I’m working on eventually.

When I moved the skimmer I found an aiptasia on the baffle.

That was disappointing but quickly eradicated.

I also took out most of the pulsing Xenia that popped up near the caulastrea. It’s a little ticked off but hopefully it recovers its color.

Clowns are regularly spawning and guarding their eggs from the wrasse and tang.

Frogspawn is looking particularly fluffy today

FTS

 

[tharbin]

I did a little cleaning today. Ran the Nero 3’s and the skimmer in some citric acid. The Nero’s were occasionally sticking on restart and the skimmer pump was SO LOUD!!!! Not really sure how I let that go on for so long but it’s all fixed now.
I also moved the skimmer back to chamber 2 and put the In-Tank floss holder back into chamber 1 with a bag of Chemipure Elite in it along with some floss. One of the bags of Seachem Matrix is under the floss holder and I just threw the other one back in the display for now. It will become seed media for a smaller tank I’m working on eventually.

When I moved the skimmer I found an aiptasia on the baffle.

That was disappointing but quickly eradicated.

I also took out most of the pulsing Xenia that popped up near the caulastrea. It’s a little ticked off but hopefully it recovers its color.

Clowns are regularly spawning and guarding their eggs from the wrasse and tang.

Frogspawn is looking particularly fluffy today

FTS

The tank is looking really good. I love the colors the light is bringing out.

 

[TheWB]

The tank is looking really good. I love the colors the light is bring out.

Thanks, I'm glad it still looks ok, it's kinda on autopilot right now. The lights definitely have that flat T5 effect and the corals are looking good. I am set up for much less blue with the Sky's than I was with the Unos so the coral doesn't pop as much but they are still looking pretty good and the fish look better. I never liked the way fish looked under heavy blue lighting. The violet and uv in the Unos sure did make the corals pop though.

 

[TheWB]

Official Feb 2023 update:
Nothing has changed and there’s nothing going on.
No pictures necessary.
That is all.

 

[TheWB]

Finally pulled out the test kits today, it had been a while. November 5th was the last time I did it. I'm lazy.
All in all it wasn't too bad.
Calcium 440
Alk 7.2
NO3 10.8
PO4 0.09
Alk is a little low and PO4 is a bit high but nothing that requires any serious attention. All I've been doing is putting in 4-5ml of Nopox every day and about 15ml of AFR. Probably need to increase the Nopox slightly and the AFR temporarily. I don't think the tank has been at my target of 8dkh (which is what my salt mix mixes at) since the move last summer when the tank movers refilled it with water that was lower than 1.026 I've been busy with so many other things and the tank has basically been on auto pilot but I need to take a more active role in the daily management until I get it back closer to where I want it to be.

Current FTS

The nems are out of control. Those are the three biggest, there’s another smaller one down below.

 

[Woodyman]

Looking good!

 

[TheWB]

RIP to my Orange Back Fairy Wrasse. I've had him for 4 years and he was a super male when I got him so I think it was just his time. Sad to see him go though, he was a nice looking fish. I never had many good pics of him, he was always kinda hard to photograph but here's one where he's right out front and center.