Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Tank Profiles & Build Threads => Topic started by: mtamorrow on January 03, 2018, 18:30:07
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Hey all! I have started a new build thread on R2R. I’m not going to do 2 and try to keep up, so for those of you on R2R, enjoy.
I will still stay on here and post and ask questions as always.
Mike's Red Sea Reefer 525 XL build
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?posts/4334680/
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Finally showed up today.
Inspection underway
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I’m following along on R2R. Looks like it’s going to be an awesome build.
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I’m following along on R2R. Looks like it’s going to be an awesome build.
Thanks for following along! I’m super excited!
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Looks great Mike!
BTW- I will be bringing my golf clubs for the coral delivery. Lol
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I haven't golfed in roughly 13 years............but I still have my clubs!
This will be ugly.....but fun!
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Stand is assembled! I have some Panduit arriving this week to layout all the wires for the controllers and stuff. This week will be all out installing the equipment and keeping it neat and accessible. I will post up pics as it progresses.
Over the weekend I ran 2, 15 amp GFI circuits for all the equipment.
I'm really enjoying this build and upgrade!
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Sweet!
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Nice looking stand Mike. I would be worried if those are hardwood floors. Spills always happen. :alas:
Kelly
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This is going to be niceness
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Nice looking stand Mike. I would be worried if those are hardwood floors. Spills always happen. :alas:
Kelly
Hi Kelly,
the whole house is hardwood except for the 2 bedrooms. definitely not ideal. good thing is that this RedSea stand is on a bunch of feet which has about 1/2" opening under the stand.
I also bout a 5" long foam mat to roll out in front of the tank when I will work on it.
Also plenty of towels on hand!
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Installing panduit, DJ switch, etc.
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Looks great, nice and clean
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Working on my scape tonight
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Good stuff mike. Lots of space for corals
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Good stuff mike. Lots of space for corals
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I like. Are you going to glue them together or just place them?
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I like it Mike, lots of flat spots for your coral's new home.
Kelly
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I like. Are you going to glue them together or just place them?
I am going to use NYOS reef cement to mortar the base rock together in sections, then put the sections in the tank.
Not sure if i'm going to mortar, epoxy stick, or just place the shelf rock.
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I like it Mike, lots of flat spots for your coral's new home.
Kelly
Thanks Kelly, YES, lots of places for corals.
I also wanted lots of caves and swim throughs for the fish.
I will post my anticipated stocking list below.
PS......on of the tonga terraces will be a zoa terrace.........how is your frag tank stocked for zoa's?!
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for stocking, it will be a mixed reef.
top left side will be taller SPS, right side large plate on top will be tabling SPS...................NO ACRO's
Plates will be used as "gardens"
acans, chalices, ricordia, zoa's / palys.
also a euphlyyia secion, softie throughout.
I personally love small fish, so while this list seems big, I basically focused on sections of the tank:
top
middle
rocks and caves
bottom
azure damsel / chromis 7
carberryi anthias 5
wrasse 5
purple firefish 2
oscellaris clown 2 ?
tailspot blenny 1
royal gramma 3
goby 5
Many will be purchased in groups or pairs from DD
There are 10 swim throughs in the scape.
The blue tape is a 3" space all around from the inside of the tank walls to allow for cleaning
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That rockscape really looks amazing!
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That rockscape really looks amazing!
Thanks!
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Ok. Concrete work done to hold large sections of the base together. I will have a 1 - 1 1/2 inch sand bed.
This is the final scape!
Co workers from Dayton will be down here this week and are coming over for dinner and a tank lifting event!
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Looks great, I will be there in spirt
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Looks great, I will be there in spirt
You need to help me start thinking about coral placement!
I actually have a bit of a plan. I will draw it out on a pic and post it.
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Mike, great looking rock work, love your attention to detail. Can you talk more about the NYOS cement, have you used it before - thoughts? Thanks Rick
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Mike, great looking rock work, love your attention to detail. Can you talk more about the NYOS cement, have you used it before - thoughts? Thanks Rick
Hi Rick. Well, I wanted to secure the large pieces of base rock. I’m going to have 5-6 gobies. At least 1 pair with a pistol shrimp if not 2. So I wanted a very secure base sitting on the bottom that won’t fall over.
The Tonga plates are just stacked and I am not planning on permanently attaching them to each other. They have a big footprint and have some weight to them.
I watched a bunch of videos on different cements. The NYOS is pricey, but it mixes easy and fast. You must be prepared and know which piece you are doing next as it sets solid in 2 minutes as advertised.
There are some bad reviews on this stuff. But the good ones and the good videos make it clear that you must mix a perfect 3:1 ratio. 3 parts cement to 1 part water. If you follow that it works perfectly every time.
I used a small dose cap from a NyQuil bottle. It has a 15 and 30 ml dosage lines.
I used 45:15 every time. You end up with a little smaller than a golf ball size.
Then you must quickly press it into the spot you want. Obviously you can’t make it paper thin for large rocks. Rather multiple spots that are thick and small.
I recommend watching the YouTube videos as well.
I think one can makes about 10-12 at the mix I used
Please ask any questions!
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The tank lifting team arrived! And so did my new light!
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looks great
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looks great
Thanks!
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Very Nice setup you have, i like your red sea rimless tank better than my deep blue rimless 75 currently have not setup yet.
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Very Nice setup you have, i like your red sea rimless tank better than my deep blue rimless 75 currently have not setup yet.
Thank you very much. No disappointments so far. Hopefully getting it wet this weekend. Making water now!
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Just installed my new maxspect razorX! Much improved over my last one!
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I like it. Very sleek and modern looking.
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Scape is IN! Lots of room for coral, caves and swim throughs for fish, and room to clean all around.
Sand goes in today, water tomorrow!
https://youtu.be/qCK7ajrbfko
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glued together?
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glued together?
Base rock pieces are all cemented together.
Most everything else is not
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WET!
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Cycle is underway!
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Beautiful just beautiful. Are you going to cycle without lighting?
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Beautiful just beautiful. Are you going to cycle without lighting?
No lights till the weekend. I will be adding fish and lights then.
I will be putting in 3 royal gramma, 3 azure damsels, 3 zebra barred dartfish, and 1 tailspot blenny. All small size.
Then after a couple weeks with fish and lights it will be about time to add a properly sized CUC.
Then, I will be awaiting Keith92 to take vacation and haul my corals down!
Keith! It’s in the 70’s down here this week!
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I’m jealous!
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Lights on! Cycle almost complete!
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Man, I wish my rock scaping looked that nice!
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Man, I wish my rock scaping looked that nice!
Thanks for the compliment!
Im very happy with the look and hope it works well for coral placement
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Added my first fish today!
3 royal gramma
3 azure damsels
1 orange spotted watchman goby
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How many pounds of Two Little Fishes Stax did you buy?
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How many pounds of Two Little Fishes Stax did you buy?
I bought 50 lbs of Tonga plate from Marine Depot. I used about 35 lbs of it.
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Beautiful! What sand are you using?
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Beautiful! What sand are you using?
Thanks NanoDad. I used Carib Sea special grade. Same as my last tank.
And by the way, yours is looking great too!
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no fish QT?
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no fish QT?
Actually put 13 fish in the tank over the last week. Most are 1” or less. I would say I have 17” of fish I the tank now and doing well so far.
3 azure damsels
3 royal gramma
2 ocellaris clown
1 orange spotted shrimp goby
1 tailspot blenny
1 blue green chromis
2 purple firefish
No more will be added for a month or so.
Keith and his wife are making a trip down in a couple weeks and bringing my coral he was kind enough to hold for me while I moved.
Next group of fish will be 4 carberryi anthias.
And a melanarus wrasse
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It will interesting to hear how your azure damsels do. I’ve heard they are a less aggressive damsel. I have a bunch of the springeri and they are great. You ever had the azure’s, and how are they so far?
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It will interesting to hear how your azure damsels do. I’ve heard they are a less aggressive damsel. I have a bunch of the springeri and they are great. You ever had the azure’s, and how are they so far?
Well..... day 3. Never had one but also read a lot that they were the least aggressive. This time around I have a 30 gallon sump, so.....
https://youtu.be/Pwi6PsTn40Y
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Just got my clean chaeto from algae barn. Assembled the Skimz algae reactor, attached chaeto and up and running in about 30 minutes.
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And enjoyed some company
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Nice video! No algae on the glass yet! The algae reactor looks very compact. Be interested in seeing how often it will need to be emptied.
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Nice video! No algae on the glass yet! The algae reactor looks very compact. Be interested in seeing how often it will need to be emptied.
Thanks Gary. I will be sure to post when I harvest. It’s easy to see thru the top to know when it’s full.
I started with a tennis ball size of chaeto. Broke it into 2 pcs and put a piece on each level.
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I’m hoping for a nice score here. Got this nem at the LFS today. I believe it is totally pink.
Attached quickly and bubbled up a bit within minutes.
We will see........
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It is attached and open so that is good. Nice score
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Told the fish Keith was coming tomorrow with a bunch of coral and they got all excited!
https://youtu.be/XqM_S4AZsDg
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Mike you have the beginning of a great looking tank - thanks for sharing your progress with us!!!
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Mike you have the beginning of a great looking tank - thanks for sharing your progress with us!!!
My pleasure Rick. I’m really enjoying this the 2nd time around. I will continue to post here on a regular basis as all of you had a part in me enjoying this hobby so much.
I actually kinda miss seeing all of you at the meetings
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Added this group of 5 dispar anthias Friday. Also added Keith’s coral haul. Pics of that coming soon!
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Ahhhhhh!
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Looks great Mike!
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Evening video after feeding coral and fish. Going to mount the corals this weekend.
https://youtu.be/NyL-RZ8MMqM
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A few pics from tonight
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Nice macro on the shroom. Looks like alien landscape!
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I need to break out my Nikon and learn how to use it!
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An evening video to enjoy!
https://youtu.be/AwmGwb3roEA
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A short, updated video
https://youtu.be/52zHKn_-1y4
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Love these little guys!
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Thought I would share a video.
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Looks real good Mike. I love all the different types of fish. How do they get along? Especially that bi color damsel. He doesn’t pester everyone?
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Thanks! I love the fish as much if not more than the coral. The azure damsels are great actually. By doing 3 or more, they won’t kill each other, and it allows them to focus on each other vs the other fish. There are zero issues with aggression.
Eatbreakfast on R2R helped me a lot to get variety and compatibility.
It’s so mellow that my purple firefish and royal gramma cruise the whole tank.
The red head Solon fairy wrasse is king of the tank. He will chase the zebra darts at feeding time a bit, but no nipping.
Just added this 5” derasa Saturday night.
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You’ve done a great job with it. It just looks so active and there are so many thing that catch your eye.
God luck with the clam!
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Enjoying the evening.
https://youtu.be/zOt2lXPhSec
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Looks great!
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Love those wheeler gobies.
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An evening video with my latest additions
https://youtu.be/rq1hCdnidYU
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A few pics from yesterday
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Great pics Mike! What are the fuzzy sticks in the 2nd to last picture? I love those.
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Great pics Mike! What are the fuzzy sticks in the 2nd to last picture? I love those.
Purple gorgonian
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Awesome. I may have to look into those.
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An evening video.
https://youtu.be/Spru6YxR9ig
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Very nice video. How are you liking your lights?
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So far I am liking them. I control them thru the ICV6 wifi module ($45) on my ipad or phone. Much easier to program via the app.
Growing my softies and LPS well so far.
Some SPS frags were put in a week ago so the jury is still out.
The Deresa clam on the bottom has been happy for a month.
I'm watching the SPS closely!
Oh, and it grows hair algae as well! :)
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Here is a “nem video”
Keith gave it to me when he was down here, about the size of a quarter.
Now it’s all grown up!
https://youtu.be/Djx6WuVfPx4
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What kind of nem is it? Very cool colors!
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Rainbow bubble tip.
Haven’t seen the bubbles in a while though!
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Excellent picture and great color!
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A few more pics
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What kind of nem is it? Very cool colors!
Got it from Keith.
I believe he just as another split!
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Looks like things grow really well down there in SC Mike - great pics of your tank!
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Evening video
https://youtu.be/AkCPPwzR7TA
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Looking great Mike. Do the Wheelers ever interact or do they just tolerate each other? I’ve always loved those little booger’s, and I had heard they could be kept together... just didn’t know if they ever have a spat?
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Hi Jim,
these are my first pair of wheelers. got them off of DD as a bonded pair with a candy cane pistol shrimp.
ive had them about 6 months now.
definitely a male and a female, as you can tell by size and color.
the female typically stays on the front left of the tank with the pistol shrimp. The male typically stays middle to right side of the tank.
They get together a couple times a day and stay side by side. and every few weeks they go thru their spawning ritual.
I call them Mr and Mrs Smith! They have pretty cool personalities and are very curious.
If you wanted a pair, I would definitely buy them as a pair after they have been sexed, like from DD.
Male
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A short video with my new additions:
Flametail blenny, flame angel, and coral beauty.
https://youtu.be/zxINPL0Zmbw
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Real nice fish!
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Very nice!
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Real nice fish!
Thanks Rick! So far no issues between the coral beauty and flame angel. Added at the same time.
Keeping plenty of nori in the tank as well!
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Very nice!
Thanks Brian.
I would have more coral in the tank but my source is temporarily closed :(
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Can’t wait for Brian to open up again.
Just look at how empty my tank is.
Waiting, just waiting.........
Oh, and ensuring stability;)
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A few picks from yesterday morning. Lights were still off, but plenty of ambient lighting.
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And a few more.....
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Those pictures are beautiful!
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Those pictures are beautiful!
Thanks!
I’m currently tuning my spectrum to match normal sun light more closely.
I can always make it look blue when I want but I find more Beaty in natural lighting.
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What are you taking those photos with? I have had decent pictures with my phone but have never had good luck with a camera
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What are you taking those photos with? I have had decent pictures with my phone but have never had good luck with a camera
all with my iPhone 8
these last natural light ones were taken with the stock phone camera. Phone flat against the glass.
For all my prior photos, same phone but pics taken thru the "aquarium cam" app. Gel filter on, adjustments as needed in the white balance.
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And here is a short video with natural light yesterday. iPhone 8 camera.
https://youtu.be/b3-J1qvlwrE
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Mike, agree, great looking pictures - love the fish inside the shell!!!
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For all my prior photos, same phone but pics taken thru the "aquarium cam" app. Gel filter on, adjustments as needed in the white balance.
Looks interesting, is it worth the $2.99?
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I think it’s well worth it. All the other pics and videos in this thread were made with that app. I’ve got better with it over time but I’m no expert.
Main things I’ve learned is:
Gel filter on.
Then go to white balance and play with the 3 settings to get the look you want.
A few pics with the app:
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I think it’s well worth it. All the other pics and videos in this thread were made with that app. I’ve got better with it over time but I’m no expert.
Main things I’ve learned is:
Gel filter on.
Then go to white balance and play with the 3 settings to get the look you want.
A few pics with the app:
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Wow! Those are incredible! I downloaded the app so I’ll have to see what I can come up with!! Gotta get the tank going first. LOL
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Wow! Those are incredible! I downloaded the app so I’ll have to see what I can come up with!! Gotta get the tank going first. LOL
Great! Please post up some pics here when the time is right.
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Here’s one I took tonight of the clownfish I picked up today. Hoping to get my corals back from jr tomorrow and we’ll see those turn out.
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Here’s one I took tonight of the clownfish I picked up today. Hoping to get my corals back from jr tomorrow and we’ll see those turn out.
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Very natural looking pic!
Nice!
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An evening video.
Still lots of empty spots waiting for Brian.......
https://youtu.be/2hHhqc7_wfo
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Very nice!
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An evening video.
Still lots of empty spots waiting for Brian.......
It is looking really nice. Won't be long now, 3-4 weeks and I will be back open
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It is looking really nice. Won't be long now, 3-4 weeks and I will be back open
I’m looking forward to it Brian!
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Just made this video. Love my wheelers gobies and their sidekick
https://youtu.be/U1alqX2cYBQ
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New addition!
https://youtu.be/-APNrk44UXM
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Love CBB’s! I hope he does well for you Mike. Is he eating frozen?
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He ate a frozen mix at the LFS.
he ate my frozen mix last night.
Just found him dead on the sand bed this morning:(
He was fine from the time I put him in till lights out?
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Sorry to hear that Mike, they are a great fish add but man I have heard of few success stories with them. They are a zero stress fish, do not handle it well. If it picks that wrong spot at night to camp out, maybe was getting picked on that way?
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My little buddies!
https://youtu.be/LoHD6EibddE
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My latest addition, H. Magnifica
https://youtu.be/Gz0r_QzkX7Q
And a recent tour of the tank
https://youtu.be/tUlPjuZXiic
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Tank is looking great and filling in nicely
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Tank is looking great and filling in nicely
Thanks Brian. Sorry about what you’re going thru right now. But as others have said, there is no doubt how it will all end up.
Once I see you’re all settled in, I will reach out to place an order.
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https://youtu.be/TeUSMT2n3DU
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https://youtu.be/5m88mUOoeUc
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Looking good Mike, arent missing any fish yet are you?
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Looking good Mike, arent missing any fish yet are you?
None yet Steve. Even the clowns are staying clear???
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Water change day and everyone seems happy!
https://youtu.be/SqEHeQO0HjE
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Looks good Mike. Love the dude hiding in the barnacle. Lol
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Latest video
https://youtu.be/fSves8AtfCk
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Hello everyone!
Thought I would post the latest tank video. Hope you are all doing well!
Mike
https://youtu.be/b8sPoUndtm4
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Hey Mike! Tank is looking beautiful!
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Looks great!