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[Diamond1]

Looking good!!

Thank you hopefully everything will open up and be happy soon.

 

[Diamond1]

Very clever with implementing the overflow to hide the pump to make a surface skimmer for skimmer/fuge! Wow, with more tank, just think of the possibilities?????

Yeah Dawn I was thinking of the possibilities before I made the move:bigsmile:. Like more fish and more corals... and more corals... and...

 

[vlangel]

...more fish ...so on!

 

[Diamond1]

Keep the pics coming

As soon as evcerything clears up and everybody opens up I will.

 

[Diamond1]

Looks like some of my corals are opening up and getting happy!!

My Helper for the day

 

[vlangel]

Is that a Helper, or a Help Myself? Don't mind if I do!

 

[Diamond1]

Yeah he is mister help himself:xd:.
I suspect him in the loss of my last clown fish, but can't prove anything. Although I did find the fish (in fish-stick condition) in the kitchen about 10 feet away from the tank.

 

[Diamond1]

Couple more pics of things from after the move.

Some of my zoas starting to open up a bit.

Rics doing their thing too.

And a pic of my Refugium growing cheato like crazy!
This started out as a fist sized clump and now fills up most of the fuge

 

[Diamond1]

Little bit of an amonia spike from the move but nothing too bad so far. I'm keeping an eye on everything and my fingers crossed it doesn't get bad.

 

[vlangel]

I wouldn't think it will get too bad since you used the same rock and such.

 

[Diamond1]

Well after a bit of a mini cycle and getting my replacement t5 fixture, my corals are finally looking a lot happier. Here's some updated photos of the tank from today. I actually have all corals glued down and where I want them to be.

The left side of the rock structure is where I want most of my sps and zoas to go and the right side will be lps and and mushrooms.
I need to update my CUC this week to help out with the diatoms that are popping up.

 

[Diamond1]

Some more random shots of stuff.

New monti frag I picked up while I was at the store getting salt.

Some pocillapora that has popped up all over this rock. All told there are 7 pieces growing on this rock.

Some zoas

Hoping this rock gets covered with rics and mushrooms.

 

[Diamond1]

In a couple weeks I may be adding a pair of Bangai Cardinals and a pair of clowns.
Not sure about the cardinals I have to do a bit of research on them first. I have heard the don't like to much flow, as I plan on upping the flow a bit more with another wp 10 in the future. I also have my float switches and My Aqualifter pump should be here Monday or Tuesday, so I can get my ATO up and running.

 

[vlangel]

Your new tank is looking great. I love how you have the corals laid out with the SPS and zoas on the left and LPS on the right.

 

[Diamond1]

Your new tank is looking great. I love how you have the corals laid out with the SPS and zoas on the left and LPS on the right.

Thanks I'm hoping to eliminate as much aggression as I can before they all grow into each other, or that's my plan anyway.

 

[Diamond1]

Broke out the camera I wanted to see if I could get some decent actinic shots.

 

[Diamond1]

I just noticed that my 2 week old Jebao WP10 has stopped working. :frusty: It seems it won't turn itself back on without me physically spinning the impeller inside the housing. The only thing I can get it to do is run in stream mode like my Koralia pump. I bought off ebay and I should be able to get a new one, but what a a pain.

 

[vlangel]

Sorry about your Jabao WP10. Hopefully you will get a quick turn around and everything will be as it should be in no time! BTW, your actinic pics are great. It looks like you have some happy corals.

 

[Diamond1]

Thanks Dawn. I hope that it doesn't take too long either. I really do like the Jebao pumps and the features they have, I'm just questioning their reliability now.
I did have a pretty good mini cycle after the move and it looks like thats all done and the corals are looking much better now.

 

[Diamond1]

Quick update. I got my ATO set up with an ebay float switch, a Tom's aqua lifter pump and an old 5 gallon glass tank. Have had it set up with no issues for a couple weeks.
My Jebao wp10 seems to be working fine now too, not sure what the problem was. I still may replace it with a wp 25 though. The 10 seems a little weak.

I also got a couple of new clowns. The smaller one is a misbar but has really nice color. I'm thinking one more fish and I'll be about at my limit for fish in this tank. Just have to figure out what kind of fish it will be.
While I was picking up the clowns I also got a Duncan frag. My first time having one of them so we'll see how it does. So far it's still settling in and not opening up much, so I'll try to get a pic later.

New clowns