Author Topic: The Stony Nano and the Swamp (Read 9491 times)

Jon in SW Ohio · « **on:** May 20, 2007, 22:31:24 »

The "Stony Nano"

Equipment:
12 gallon Current USA AquaPod
20" Current USA 70w SunPod w/ 70w Ushio 14K bulb
20" Current USA Satellite w/ a single 40w Dual Actinic PC bulb
Reef Octopus BH-100 Hang-On-Back style Protein Skimmer
MaxiJet 900
Power Sweep 212

Additives:
Instant Ocean Salt -used since tank setup with RO water
Seachem Reef Complete -dosed 1/2 capful 2 to 3 times a week, and a capful to each gallon of waterchange water
Seachem Reef Builder -dosed 1/16 tsp. 2 to 3 times a week, and 1/16 tsp. added to each gallon of waterchange water
Seachem Reef Plus -dosed a half capful 2 to 3 times a week
RO water for top ups -typically a quart needed every 2 to 3 days

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Orange Tail Damsel, Chrysiptera cyanea
Money Cowries, Cypraea moneta

Here's a slide show of how it's looked over the months:

Some random pics from random times:

If you know high dollar zoas, or have been to frags.org, you'll recognize these two...
Envy Orange on the left, KO's on the right:

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2007, 22:40:22 »

And here it is now that it is only SPS and LPS:

My Duncan from justcoral.com. The actinics really washed out the color, but it is as green as any ORA one I've seen:

Some Aussie lords from justcoral.com:

My Spiderman micromussa:

My Xmas Favia:

My Orangey Micro:

aquavista99 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2007, 22:49:23 »

Very nice pictures, Jon. I see an upgrade in your future.

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2007, 22:56:47 »

The "Swamp"

Equipment:
20g long AGA
5g hexagonal sump
Reef Octopus BH-100 Hang-On-Back style Protein Skimmer
Dual overflow Hang-On-Back style filter filled with live rock rubble
150w JBJ Viper MH with 14k bulb

Additives:
Instant Ocean Salt -used since tank setup with RO water
Seachem Reef Complete -dosed 1/2 capful 2 to 3 times a week, and a capful to each gallon of waterchange water
Seachem Reef Builder -dosed 1/16 tsp. 2 to 3 times a week, and 1/16 tsp. added to each gallon of waterchange water
Seachem Reef Plus -dosed a half capful 2 to 3 times a week
RO water for top ups -typically a quart needed every 2 to 3 days

Here it is back when it was the swamp:

And here it is now that it's my dedicated zoa/softie tank.
It looks pretty ghetto, but I've never seen my Zoas as happy and that's all that matters to me!

Secondgen · « **Reply #4 on:** May 21, 2007, 05:29:55 »

Very cool pics. Are there any zoa's that you don't have yet?

micki · « **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2007, 08:27:52 »

Very nice Jon! I love the slide show! Why did you separate your zoas?

scott wilson · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2007, 09:57:44 »

nice duncan and acans

mrs. justcoral · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2007, 18:58:46 »

Wow,, I didn't realize you had so much stuff! Nice! I want an orchid!

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2007, 21:36:14 »

Why did I separate the zoas....you wouldn't believe me LOL!

Believe it or not, the 70w on the aquapod was too bright! It faded a few and made the new polyps on others much smaller and I actually envied how they looked under PCs! I can't explain it, other than the fact that every 70w bulb is 10K or lower no matter what it says, but under the 150w they are glowing like they used to.
The other reason was Caulerpa. I've battled it in the nano since it was a month old and wanted to have a tank where I wasn't cleaning frags off every month to keep it at bay. The 20g has a sump full of macros and all the frags were cleaned before being put in there so I may actually get a tank of just coral one of these days. It's also nice to have a tank I don't have to dose calcium or alkalinity to every day.

As for the orchids, here's a few more everyone should have(I don't want to scare you or Scott away with the price of a blooming rothschildianum

)

Paph. bellatulum

Psychopsis papilio

Paph. lowii

Maxillaria schunkeana (one of the truely black orchids)

Phragmipedium caudatum (longest petals of any flower, can get 4ft long!)

Jon

Secondgen · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2007, 21:41:10 »

Those orchids are amazing. I have never seen flowers like that. How long have you been into the orchids Jon?

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2007, 21:54:10 »

Coming on 15 years, and I'm only 26 now. There's local orchid societies in Dayton and Cinci I go to, and have that to thank for all the great people I know now that got me in the door back then. I'm also an admin over on a ladyslipper forum, slippertalk.com, so if anyone ever wants to learn more about them I'm always happy to enable. The two hobbies go together great, and have many parallels.

micki · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2007, 22:02:41 »

Hmmm, I think I might have an orchid. I never knew what it was until now. Cool!

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2007, 22:13:42 »

If you have a pic in or out of bloom I should be able to tell you what it is.

micki · « **Reply #13 on:** May 21, 2007, 22:17:00 »

Cool. I'll take one tomorrow.
Thanks!

ohioreef · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2007, 16:46:58 »

Wow!! Very nice pics!! I think Matt's got some competition now!!

Very nice tanks also!!

micki · « **Reply #15 on:** May 24, 2007, 07:28:27 »

I can't find my camera anywhere! I think I might have left it at my Mom's house last week. So I took some pictures of the flower that I think "might" be an orchid with my phone then e-mailed them to my pc. I'm having trouble getting them to go from mt e-mail to desk top so I can send them to photo bucket. UGH!

micki · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2007, 07:37:21 »

Ok got it. The flower is starting to close up. It looked more like an orchid the day before I took these pictures.

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #17 on:** May 24, 2007, 23:20:16 »

It's not an orchid, but another favorite genus of mine, looks like a Siberian or Dutch Iris (Iris siberica).

micki · « **Reply #18 on:** May 25, 2007, 06:59:08 »

Cool thanks! My first thought was an iris but it didn't look like the "typical" iris. Now I know.

Thanks for the ID!

Charlie · « **Reply #19 on:** May 27, 2007, 09:19:26 »

Looks like you have been busy Jon- Keep up the good work!

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #20 on:** June 14, 2007, 15:04:34 »

Some new pics from today:

The Stony Nano:

Some Top Down pics:

Some of the SPS:

Acropora chesterfieldensis

Acropora ??

Acropora nana

Superman Monti (Bali type)

ORA Tort

Montipora undata

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #21 on:** June 14, 2007, 15:05:23 »

Some of the LPS:

Duncanopsammia auxifuga

Christmas Favia (Monastrea sp.)

Acanthastrea subechinata

Micromussa amakusensis

Another Micromussa amakusensis

Some of the new Aussie Acanthastrea lordhowensis:

And two from Indonesia:

And I have no idea what this thing is...(behind the Tort frag)

Lastly, a ladyslipper orchid that's in bloom now, Paphiopedilum philippinense

micki · « **Reply #22 on:** June 14, 2007, 21:56:39 »

Very Nice!!!

Jon in SW Ohio · « **Reply #23 on:** August 04, 2008, 17:23:04 »

Some pics from today:

I'm finally winning the battle against the Caulerpa, slowly but surely:

Today

One month ago

Couple months ago
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xXTheWendigoXx · « **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2008, 14:41:54 »

Where did your big lord colony go? I've only very rarely seen ones that big in a personal tank and never in a nano! Wish I could get them that big!

I raise Tropical Pitcher Plants, same soil makeup as orchids but I've never tried them. Pretty pictures ^_^

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Author Topic: The Stony Nano and the Swamp (Read 9491 times)

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