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My new little Eco-system :)
« on: January 31, 2009, 16:31:08 »
Hey All ! Just wanted to start posting a few pics of my attempt to go from a Fish Only tank (yes i do use live rock in that tank as well, but only as a bio medium ) to a mini reef.



This is Day 1 on Dec. 24 2008 (above)



This is a badly out of focus side shot. After a little more than a month and a few trips to Aquariums Ect. (BIG PLUG !) ( I have yet to me you Joel  :laugh:)

The first fish I plan to add will be a Yellow Clown Goby. Anyone have any exp with these little guys? I must admit though, that I am becoming quit inthralled with the Zoanthids.


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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 17:42:37 »
Clown gobies are cool, but they will eat small shrimp & can irritate (if not eat) SPS corals.

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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 23:17:48 »
I have a yellow clown goby at my parents house with their tank. Very cool little fish and very easy to keep.
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 23:21:47 »
I have some green clown gobies.  I like them because they remind me of the Ultimate Warrior from when I was growing up.  One of which hosts my biggest acro in the tank.  I have always heard that they are known for eating polyps off of acro's, but I have also heard that they eat anything that may land in the crevices of the acro.  So far, though only a couple weeks, my acro isn't missing any polyps when the goby lives.  He is sweet there though cause he is good sized and he just pops out in between the branches.

Worthwhile plug: I got my gobies from Joel.  They are great!  Biggest I have seen at a LFS!!  Props to Joel! ;D

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Re: My new little Eco-system :) Tank Update 7/29/2009
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 17:31:45 »
Just though I would update a little

a little while back due to a crack in the 10g tank I was forced  ;D to upgrade to a 26g bowfront. I was fortunate that the 10g had been preforming great.
I added more live rock (still not done, but I am being picky about the rock).
I got bored and made a little in-tank refugium.
Added a Hydor Koralia 1 Circulation Pump as well as upgrading the lighting to a Current USA 65W SmartPaq Compact Fluorescent (half 460nm Actinic, half 10K).
also I have added a AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115. I will let you know how this skimmer works out after I see it running for a month more. As of now I am real happy with it.

I am thinking of adding another Current USA 65W SmartPaq Compact Fluorescent with 420nm tube to increase my blues as they seem a little washed out.

My bio load is:

1 gold stripe maroon clown (very small 1.5")
1 royal gramma (1.5")
6 Blue leg hermit
2 red leg hermit
1 ball sponge
2 zoa
1 new torch coral
1 new frogspawn

that's it for now  :cya
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2009, 21:17:25 »
Update:

Here is a small video of the new 26g work in progress

Just wanted to see how to post a video  ;D

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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 20:24:12 »
Hey could one of the admins move this thread to the Profile area? I want to post some updates :)

Thanks !
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 21:13:20 »
Done

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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 21:18:54 »
Hey could one of the admins move this thread to the Profile area? I want to post some updates :)

Thanks !

Nope its stuck in the wrong area forever  LOL

Looks good.

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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 21:23:43 »
vary nice
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« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2009, 01:23:36 »
Thank you for the nice comments however I hope it looks a little better now.

Before: this is the NEW 26g just after setup. Sometime in mid July



It came with a new Aqueon 30 filter (worked great to filter out the new sand particles clouding the water :)  ). I must admit, it is one of the best HOB filters I have used in a while. After this picture it was put to use on the wifes fresh water tank.

After a trip to Joels big "Moving the Business Sale" :)  I decided it was time to add a little aquascaping to my sparse setup. After hours of drilling, gluing and cutting acrylic rods, this is now what I have ended up with:



I know its all bright white and everything, But I am sure time will correct that problem  :laugh:

OK....here are a few other pic I just wanted to throw in...










 
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« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2009, 01:42:34 »
What a great job aqua-scaping. It is hard to believe that is the same tank. Looks like a real reef.  Did you get any pictures you can share of the glass rod and gluing process?

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« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2009, 03:22:12 »
What a great job aqua-scaping. It is hard to believe that is the same tank. Looks like a real reef.  Did you get any pictures you can share of the glass rod and gluing process?
Thanks ! and no I didnt get any pics with this one because I thought about it too late  :'( and since this was my second attempt at anything like this ( my first is the little structure in the first pic) I was afraid it would explode / disintegrate or something.

The funny part is, most of the work went into the structure on the bottom that is covered with sand. I created a lattice support structure where sand could fill up all the many voids. That way my little pistol shrimp could tunnel to his little content and not topple the whole thing  ;D.

I also designed it so I could leave my existing rock work (what little there was) in place behind the new stuff.

And after all of that, I can still clean 360 degrees with my mag float with out hitting any live rock !!
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« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 15:39:50 »
I needed a pic with my fav fish...my little GSM clown ;D



this pic is before I placed all the zoas
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« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2009, 16:27:23 »
Man it is like a crab fun park. All those little nooks and cranies.

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« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2009, 17:00:47 »
Man it is like a crab fun park. All those little nooks and cranies.
I know !  :laugh:

I built all the nooks with a court jester goby (i want one BAD) in mind.
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« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2009, 17:03:29 »
Me too, they are sweet!
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« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2009, 17:06:49 »
Cool structure!

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« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2009, 18:29:18 »
Very attractive structure.

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« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2009, 15:13:43 »
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

So far so good. We've added a few things so I thought I would try to keep this thread up to date.

First up is the newly purchased Court Jester Goby. They are also know as the Rainfords Goby I have been told. However since my call sign on all the game boards has been Jester for many years, I am sticking with the former name  ;D

For anyone wanting info on where I got this great little fish please use this link : http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=6944.0

Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

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« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2009, 17:08:53 »
Hey, Hey this is RayRay,
That is a really nice tank job. And Now I know what kind of fish I'm missing ;D

Good pics too
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« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2009, 21:01:54 »
Pic Update

Just wanted to keep this updated with a few pics.

I have made a few trips to various sponsors and members over the past few weeks. I have tried to make at least 1 purchase from all of our sponcers.

The ric pics that you see below are of the 3 ricordias that I purchased from Marine Solutions. GREAT place and close :) I am now thinking of picking up a HOB Skimmer from them.

Coral ranch and Lazylivin provided most of the zoas pictured. Coral ranch .... what can I say.... probably the most dangerous place I can go with my wallet  :laugh:

Coral Ranch also provided the Sun Coral

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MICRO ZOAS



























This red mushroom was my first coral given to me by Reef'd Up (THANKS SO MUCH)

























OK...done for now  :laugh:
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« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2009, 22:12:20 »
wow looken great
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Re: My new little Eco-system :)
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2009, 00:40:19 »
im jealous of your micro zoas :P

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« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2009, 01:02:42 »
im jealous of your micro zoas :P
;D thanks.

I got them from the Coral Ranch a few weeks ago. I am hoping that he has a few more that I could pick up this weekend :)
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« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2009, 18:37:59 »
whoa looks great plz post a full tank pic again plzzzzzzzzz.

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« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2009, 19:48:45 »
I really really like the yellow Ric. Did you get that from the Marine Solutions group buy? I wanted to get in on it but to lazy to drive that far. If it splits and you want to trade for something let me know.

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« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2009, 20:33:23 »
It is already splitting so I must have accidentally done something right  :laugh: I will let you know when it's available for ya

And yes I did pick it up at the Marine Solutions power buy.... It's nice to live close to a few Sponsors :)


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« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2009, 07:58:21 »
Can I get in on the next split of the yellow one. You must have gotten there before me cause I would have jumped right on that yellow ric. I thought I was getting there early but the selection was slim when I got there.

Those are all great pics; All very pretty.
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« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2009, 01:37:33 »
Just playing with a different lens  :)




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« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2010, 23:07:33 »
Coming soon ... Out with the PC and In with the 150 watt PowerPaq 14,000K HQI Metal Halide Sunpod !!

Things will never be the same again....  O0


Thanks riderc82 !  :drink
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« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2010, 23:11:45 »
That is great Ken, those are really nice fixtures. Looking forward to some new shots under that lighting.

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« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2010, 23:14:42 »
OMG I tried the camera out tonight .... and its a whole new learning experience shooting under this light. I have it set high over the water right now with intentions of lowering over the next few weeks. But the difference is amazing to me  ;D
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« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2010, 23:35:52 »
the shimmering effect is always awesome

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« Reply #34 on: February 04, 2010, 13:54:34 »
Wow! It looks great!  :)

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« Reply #35 on: February 04, 2010, 17:09:41 »
looken great
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« Reply #36 on: February 09, 2010, 02:39:55 »
Here are a few updated pictures :)


























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« Reply #37 on: February 09, 2010, 02:55:40 »
You are getting a really nice collection of Zs and Ps Ken.

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« Reply #38 on: February 09, 2010, 08:04:38 »
wow thats a cool looken sea hair
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« Reply #39 on: February 09, 2010, 12:10:47 »
Thanks for the nice comments :)

Thats my Blue dotted Sea Hare that Aquatic Specialist ( Justin ) ordered for me. I figured if I was getting a ugly slug I wanted the PRETTIEST ugly slug I could get  :laugh:

And THANKS lazy ... Just trying to shadow you :) ... I have aspirations of achieving a tank such as your frag tank
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« Reply #40 on: February 09, 2010, 12:14:51 »
Those are some great shots Kenn. I didn't used to like watchmen gobies but they are starting to grow on me, especially with shots like yours. Great job!
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« Reply #41 on: February 27, 2010, 20:33:23 »
Thanks JD

Our new Helfrichi Firefish Goby  ;D

As always thanks Justin at AS for yet another great fish !!





More later ...
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« Reply #42 on: February 27, 2010, 20:37:51 »
Awesome!

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« Reply #43 on: February 27, 2010, 20:41:52 »
very nice fish
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« Reply #44 on: February 27, 2010, 20:43:45 »
the greatest thing happened after I took these pictures  ... My wife was looking at the tank and then at me. And with the bright eyes of someone who has "seen the light", she says "We should have got two"     :o

 :thewave      YES !!      :thewave

Things just get easier from here   :laugh:
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« Reply #45 on: February 27, 2010, 20:45:53 »
 :thewave :thewave :thewave

This is a glorious breakthrough!

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« Reply #46 on: February 27, 2010, 22:52:59 »
Looking good,  I think my watchman goby is one of my favorite fish unlike the clowns he doesn't attack my hand every time it enters the water.  I agree with you on taking pictures, I never had problem with CF bulbs but as soon as I went with the MH lights my pictures turned from bad to horrible.  I need to get your cooler back to you some day kenn.

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« Reply #47 on: February 28, 2010, 11:45:11 »
I completely forgot about the cooler  :laugh: I bought a 4 pack of the things on sale at Kroger . so no worries but I will PM ya to figure out something.

If ya want just give it to our mutual friend,that would work as well.
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« Reply #48 on: February 28, 2010, 11:57:27 »
the greatest thing happened after I took these pictures  ... My wife was looking at the tank and then at me. And with the bright eyes of someone who has "seen the light", she says "We should have got two"     :o

 :thewave      YES !!      :thewave

Things just get easier from here   :laugh:
cant ask for more than that
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« Reply #49 on: May 14, 2010, 02:00:22 »
I wanted to post this in the paly/zoa "show us" area but couldnt find it tonight  :laugh:

For the life of me I cant get a good shot of these things but I LOVE them



I was just playing with the camera with this pic and kinda got a good shot (IMO)

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« Reply #50 on: July 04, 2010, 20:57:21 »
 :'(

After fighting a battle with Bryopsis and coming out ahead, I had a casualty as a result.

I lost one of my favorite fish today ... my court jester goby  :'(

I completely believe that the  lost was due to the "deforestation" of the Bryopsis crop. IMO these fish NEED hair algae in their diet (foraging). Up untill I started to rid the tank of the hair algae pest, this fish wasn't only surviving...he was flourishing ! FAT and HAPPY.

Sadly due to the fact that I dont plan to have another crop of Bryopsis growing in my tank, I will not get another of these fantastic fish.

Good Bye Jester !! You will be missed.



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« Reply #51 on: July 04, 2010, 22:27:20 »
looken good  ya i cant take good pics at all
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« Reply #52 on: July 30, 2010, 17:19:41 »
Just wanted to add a little info to this tanks profile :)

After getting completely frustrated with the BH300f Octopus skimmer on this tank I pulled it and placed a spare Sea Clone 100 on it while I had decided to combat a outbreak of byopisis hair algae by doing a blackout of the tank.

The old skimmer went out to the work bench and got broken down. It stayed in this condition for a little over 6 weeks due to weddings and sadly a death in the family.

After 6 months of declining performance the problems were many...

  • bad \ if any foam production
  • tons of micro-bubbles
  • one of the pumps kept shutting down on me

basically I had a dead weight hanging on my tank and not a skimmer. I also (IMO) believe that it helped contribute to the massive explosion of byopisis hair algae.

So late yesterday evening, I had a DUH moment and went to the Reef Central site and found a few threads on this "hard to get info on skimmer". After spending hours reading every post I could find, here are the threads BTW for anyone else who might be in need of info on these skimmers.

http://www.reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?s=d05d854a784b5618bd0e09173b5e9765&t=1325349

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1271452

Feeling better educated no only on this skimmer but skimmers in general I headed to the workbench at 10:00 pm and preceded to clean, do a little mod here and there and replace the air tubing.

Here is a stock pic of this beast:



FYI: it is powered by 2 resun 225 which are known to have heat issues.

I had everything put back together by 1:30am  :laugh: So today I pulled the trusty little Sea Clone (good little un-moded skimmer BTW) and reinstalled the BH300f and after just 2 hours of operation I must say I am STUNED  :o !

I am already getting foam production. It has NEVER done this well  ;D

Upon reading the post on RC I have learned I have a little treasure of a skimmer.

It's only failing ... A inexperienced operator

I...Being a newbie to skimmers, had decided to purchase a high-end-knowledge-is-a-must skimmer, and just expected it to work. And when it didn't. I of course blamed the POS skimmer. When in fact the problem wasn't the skimmer.

It was me.

Lesson Learned...maybe  ;D

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« Reply #53 on: July 30, 2010, 18:58:20 »
well thats good to hear and glad u got it up and running
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« Reply #54 on: July 30, 2010, 19:55:36 »
That is good news Ken! Hope to see some pictures of this in action soon  ^-^

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« Reply #55 on: July 30, 2010, 23:31:05 »
So today I pulled the trusty little Sea Clone (good little un-moded skimmer BTW) and reinstalled the BH300f and after just 2 hours of operation I must say I am STUNED  :o !

Whaaaaaaaaaat?????

Seaclone? Good? I think you need to get some sleep...

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« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2010, 23:58:41 »
Yes, you do have a little treasure of a skimmer there. Want to sell it?
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« Reply #57 on: August 02, 2010, 18:20:36 »
Yes, you do have a little treasure of a skimmer there. Want to sell it?

If you would have caught me w week before I did this I would have almost given it to ya!

 as of now, not a chance  ;D

I will post a pic of it functioning tonight.

Thanks for the inquiry though ... almost never hurts to ask  :)
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« Reply #58 on: August 02, 2010, 20:39:56 »
cool cant wait to see
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« Reply #59 on: August 07, 2010, 17:37:56 »
Well ...after much frustration trying to post with a embedded video  :banghead

Here is the link instead to get you an idea on how the skimmer operates



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« Reply #60 on: August 07, 2010, 19:56:16 »
o that looks like it works great
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« Reply #61 on: August 07, 2010, 21:14:00 »
Thanks !

I forgot to mention that this video was taken 22 hours after the skimmer was completely cleaned and vinegar soaked.

So as a "newbie" to complex skimmers... I am very happy so far :)

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« Reply #62 on: August 07, 2010, 21:34:04 »
u should be    done well
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« Reply #63 on: August 09, 2010, 00:18:35 »
Looks like it is performing great, lots of nice small bubbles. Good work Ken

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« Reply #64 on: November 10, 2010, 17:27:03 »
As of today I have turned out the lights and drained the water on this build.

This was certainly quite a ride.

I had been out of salt water set-ups for around 10 years. This was my wading pool for trying to see if I was truly ready to get back into this hobby.

In hind sight, I now know that a sump-less system is possible, but a monster to maintain with all the temp swings and parameter fluctuations.

It has been a great learning experience. And I must say it would have been a impossibility for me without all the help and support of W.O.R.C. members and our sponsors.
I have decided to strip the 26g and incorporate it into a combination display/grow out tank with our existing 37g set up.. This adds the benefit of a sump and having a place to grow out some frags of Zoa/paly  as well as LPS/softies.

I do however have a soft spot for this system. It was purchased as a Birthday gift from my family and has gone a long way in lifting my mental spirits.

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« Reply #65 on: November 10, 2010, 18:13:16 »
cool
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« Reply #66 on: November 10, 2010, 20:11:23 »
Kenn this is my favorite rockscape of all time. Not sure how you are going to top it but looking forward to what you come up with.


 

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