Turtle's Fairy Tale

[MrWheelock]

Turtle! Hows the AP700 treating y'all? Looks like everything is happy so far yeah? Great grab from jamrocks! They look good!

 

[Katrina71]

Carolina Reaper. Fitting. :)

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Turtle! Hows the AP700 treating y'all? Looks like everything is happy so far yeah? Great grab from jamrocks! They look good!

Working flawlessly. Still trying to find my sweet spot with intensity. Think 80% was a little too much, I got it backed off to 75% now and I'm still trying to figure out the acclimation mode... I set it to 50% for 7 days, but the main control still says 75%. Idk, tank looks great tho.

The midnight dynamite is growing pretty dagum well too! 1/28-2/21...

 

[MrWheelock]

FENOMINAL!

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Working flawlessly. Still trying to find my sweet spot with intensity. Think 80% was a little too much, I got it backed off to 75% now and I'm still trying to figure out the acclimation mode... I set it to 50% for 7 days, but the main control still says 75%. Idk, tank looks great tho.

The midnight dynamite is growing pretty dagum well too! 1/28-2-21...

That MD is looking nice! It's hard to tell but yours looks like it has a blue/purple body. Is this true or does it look this way because of your lighting?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

That MD is looking nice! It's hard to tell but yours looks like it has a blue/purple body. Is this true or does it look this way because of your lighting?

Purple body thats dang near black and bright green polyps.

JASON FOX MIDNIGHT DYNAMITE MONTIPORA HIRSUTA

MONTIPORA Light: Medium- Water Flow: MEDIUMsize 1/2 -3/4

shop.jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Biweekly water change day came two days late, and the update a day later than that... yea I know, hush it got done. I had to wait for salt to mix as I always wait 24 hours after the last time I added salt (late Friday night) as a rule of thumb, and I really just don't feel like it Sunday...

Tank is looking good except for the ulva. It's back. On the tower rock this time. Everything else is ulva free. Corals look good, except a crab made off with my sunset mille... and the Kryptonic acro isnt looking good at all. Not expecting it to make it, but I might be surprised. The Carolina Reaper is loving life in the limelight with the gyre blasting it from across the tank. I might be starting to see some tiny growth from it. Nutrients have remained low, near undetectable, despite me feeding the tank like a garbage disposal. Chaeto ball has trippled since I threw out ¾ of it.. maybe last water change or the one before it. I can't remember.

Alk dropped from 8.2 to 7.8 over the last week at 3.5ml a day dose. We bumped that to 4.1ml a day and see where we go from there.

Our new pre filters for our RO, a 3rd DI canister and the BRS branded 3 stage DI resin with the separate cation, anion and the final mixed bed polish came in last week. The new DI canister came charged already with the mixed bed, so I'll just use it. We also got another bucket of Brightwell salt and some Vibrant to try and combat this ulva.

I set up the Vibrant last night on the dosing pump. I just pulled the flip up part of the cap off and the hole was the perfect size for my tubing to fit thru. I dosed 10ml to start last night (calibrated pump head to 10ml, which was in cal), and I have the pump set up to dose 2.5ml a day at midnight. Well, 0:45... the dosing pump separates each head by 15 minutes of the hour selected and I put the vibrant on pump 4. Pump one is the ATI Pro part 1 and pump two is the ATI Pro part 2. Pump three I'm saving for something else, and my dosing container is only 3 parts right now, which is why I opted for dosing right out of the bottle.

Recommended dose to fight nuisance algae is 1ml per gallon, twice a week. I estimate between 80 and 100 gallons of water total. That's 16-20ml per week. 2.5x7=17.5ml. I figured if dosing twice a week was ok I could split it up daily and accomplish the same goal... plus, the dosing pump doesn't get busy and forget to do stuff.

Now for the exciting stuff for all 2 of you who are still reading... @Magellan came down from the queen city last week for a little coral exchange. We got a frag of his gren pocillapora, teal stylo, a conch shell full of radioactive dragon eye zoas of which I immediately got two nice 4ish polyp drags from that had grow off of the shell. We also got a super cool green/yellow/something else crazy Ricordea florida to put in the Menagerie. We hooked him up with a few meager pieces we had chilling on the rack...

I moved one of my rocks too. The arch on the left side of the shapes rock side of the tank. Instead of just arching down to the sand, I placed it up on the ledge of the tower. Gives a lot more flat surface in the middle of the tank for some SPS. Probably not more acros, but maybe montis. I also think I need to add a few more cave rocks for some fish hides... my scape is looking very open and if I want to add more fish I'll need more hiding spaces. My tomini has been bickering with the clowns because his cave is too close to their trachy host.

Anyway, y'all are probably tired of me talking and wanna see some pictures.

 

[Magellan]

I love the new scape! Can’t wait to see those corals grow out, and I think you’re right, get some Montis and let them do their thing, put those blastos underneath :)

also, won’t Vibrant kill your chaeto? Should take care of that nutrient problem for you ;)

 

[Magellan]

And meager pieces my butt!

trumpet is loving life by the way :)

 

[MrWheelock]

Looking good!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Ulva infestation of the tower rock...

Carolina Reaper still looking happy(thankfully, that frag was not cheap)

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Biweekly water change day came two days late, and the update a day later than that... yea I know, hush it got done. I had to wait for salt to mix as I always wait 24 hours after the last time I added salt (late Friday night) as a rule of thumb, and I really just don't feel like it Sunday...

Tank is looking good except for the ulva. It's back. On the tower rock this time. Everything else is ulva free. Corals look good, except a crab made off with my sunset mille... and the Kryptonic acro isnt looking good at all. Not expecting it to make it, but I might be surprised. The Carolina Reaper is loving life in the limelight with the gyre blasting it from across the tank. I might be starting to see some tiny growth from it. Nutrients have remained low, near undetectable, despite me feeding the tank like a garbage disposal. Chaeto ball has trippled since I threw out ¾ of it.. maybe last water change or the one before it. I can't remember.

Alk dropped from 8.2 to 7.8 over the last week at 3.5ml a day dose. We bumped that to 4.1ml a day and see where we go from there.

Our new pre filters for our RO, a 3rd DI canister and the BRS branded 3 stage DI resin with the separate cation, anion and the final mixed bed polish came in last week. The new DI canister came charged already with the mixed bed, so I'll just use it. We also got another bucket of Brightwell salt and some Vibrant to try and combat this ulva.

I set up the Vibrant last night on the dosing pump. I just pulled the flip up part of the cap off and the hole was the perfect size for my tubing to fit thru. I dosed 10ml to start last night (calibrated pump head to 10ml, which was in cal), and I have the pump set up to dose 2.5ml a day at midnight. Well, 0:45... the dosing pump separates each head by 15 minutes of the hour selected and I put the vibrant on pump 4. Pump one is the ATI Pro part 1 and pump two is the ATI Pro part 2. Pump three I'm saving for something else, and my dosing container is only 3 parts right now, which is why I opted for dosing right out of the bottle.

Recommended dose to fight nuisance algae is 1ml per gallon, twice a week. I estimate between 80 and 100 gallons of water total. That's 16-20ml per week. 2.5x7=17.5ml. I figured if dosing twice a week was ok I could split it up daily and accomplish the same goal... plus, the dosing pump doesn't get busy and forget to do stuff.

Now for the exciting stuff for all 2 of you who are still reading... @Magellan came down from the queen city last week for a little coral exchange. We got a frag of his gren pocillapora, teal stylo, a conch shell full of radioactive dragon eye zoas of which I immediately got two nice 4ish polyp drags from that had grow off of the shell. We also got a super cool green/yellow/something else crazy Ricordea florida to put in the Menagerie. We hooked him up with a few meager pieces we had chilling on the rack...

I moved one of my rocks too. The arch on the left side of the shapes rock side of the tank. Instead of just arching down to the sand, I placed it up on the ledge of the tower. Gives a lot more flat surface in the middle of the tank for some SPS. Probably not more acros, but maybe montis. I also think I need to add a few more cave rocks for some fish hides... my scape is looking very open and if I want to add more fish I'll need more hiding spaces. My tomini has been bickering with the clowns because his cave is too close to their trachy host.

Anyway, y'all are probably tired of me talking and wanna see some pictures.

I cannot speak for @MrWheelock but I read your whole and, knowing @Magellan 's voracious appetite for reading, am pretty sure he read it too! ;) He also shared the pics of your trade with me and I'd say he came away happy!

 

[Magellan]

I cannot speak for @MrWheelock but I read your whole and, knowing @Magellan 's voracious appetite for reading, am pretty sure he read it too! ;) He also shared the pics of your trade with me and I'd say he came away happy!

100%!

And to follow up on the novel - Just noticed you said you were only dosing 3.5ml of alk a day, what are you dosing!?

im using more than that for my 28g (4.5 per day for part 1/part 2) almost a full capful. But I know different brands are concentrated differently.

Ulva infestation of the tower rock...

Carolina Reaper still looking happy(thankfully, that frag was not cheap)

Turbo snails?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

ATI Essentials Pro. It's got everything corals need in the proper concentrations. Like Triton, but not so mainstream. The original (not pro) was a 3 part formula and the alk needed to be mixed with RO as it was powder. It made 10l of solution... or just over 2 gallons. I had no way of mixing and storing that much solution at once so I never used it. Ended up selling it and got the Pro when it came out. It's a 2 part formula that's concentrated. You can dilute it with RO or just dose it like it is. My dosing container has 3, 2l chambers. The Pro comes in 2l bottles. Seems like it's just easy enough to dump it in the container and dose consentrated.

Essentials - ATI North America

Essentials The right balance for every reef. Two formulas with a single goal Vibrant and thriving corals Essentials Mixed Reef (formerly Essentials Pro) Use in Mixed Reef Aquariums ~5X Balling Concentration Stabilizes pH Reduce Nutrients Organic and Inorganic Alkalinity Sources Any Fish Stocking...

www.atinorthamerica.com

 

[Katrina71]

I really like the new arch!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Oh @Magellan, those are astrea snails on top of the tower. They keep the flat spots mowed but the crevasses are covered in ulva.

 

[Magellan]

Oh @Magellan, those are astrea snails on top of the tower. They keep the flat spots mowed but the crevasses are covered in ulva.

I love astreas, mine are fat and lazy though

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I love that we can get these beautiful indo radiata again... this one makes my wallet scream in fear tho.

LiveAquaria® - Trachyphyllia radiata

m.liveaquaria.com

 

[SashimiTurtle]

So, like a dummy I looked right over the picture I took of my new goodies for two or three days thinking it didnt take... anyway...

 

[Victoria M]

The tank looks awesome. Those zoas made me smile they are so pretty.
Your thoughtS on the tank rockwork being too open for fishes is exactly what I have been thinking about for my tank. I can not redo my rock work very much but I can move some of it around and add more to the tank.