phoenix44 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Aw sorry to hear that! What are your phosphate : nitrate levels at? How well is your skimmer working too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Just started reading this thread, very cool. Sorry to hear about your losses too What lights are you using on this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 So the final outcome was 5 fish dead only my fire fish survived turned out to be Marine Velvet. This disease took 3 days to knock off 5 fish i tried to QT them bit still no luck. Poor guy covered in the white powder looking spots I now have a load of weapons up my sleeve that i hope don't have to use. I managed to QT my firefish and treat with Seachems Cupmarine which i think may have saved him. I also have on board a half Bottle of Polylab Medic (got a good score half the bottle left for $25 from my LFS) Thank to everyone that helped me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 On another note my new lights have arrived I now have the Maxspect Gen2 LEDS 110w (White 54w + actnic 54w) they are equal to 150w Metal Halide + Blu-ray tube T5 thank to raeh1 for getting them in for me. Sorry about the photos was in a hurry they really don't do these lights any justice they are SO bright and have an amazing colour and the shimmer is just tranquil Timer / program unit LED unit Quick Demo Mounting Tank (terrible photo and the glass is filthy) also a few new coral frags from raeh1 (please do let me know if my method of attaching them to the rocks on wrong) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Timer / program unit is that a light unit or a clock-radio? :roll: looking good, sorry for your losses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hey ar, does the fan on the LED lights make much noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hey ar, does the fan on the LED lights make much noise? Hey Atrem The fan is almost dead silent much to my surprise. The coral frags have taken off and are loving the new lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTM Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Dare I ask.... How much do you estimate this has cost you to set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Updated Coral pictures as promised Refuge Micro Algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 A great log about the set up of your marine tank and the photos are brilliant. Do you have any fish in there to replace the ones your lost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 is it still just the one fish or have you got more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Very well done! Thanks A great log about the set up of your marine tank and the photos are brilliant. Do you have any fish in there to replace the ones your lost? I waited out 6 weeks to make sure the tank was clear of any parasites. During that period I did many 20% NSW changes and got all my levels 100% I now have approx 25 coral frags all growing well and a Small FoxFace will post a picture of him when i get a good one is it still just the one fish or have you got more? My firefish died of a bacterial infection he managed to cut himself open on a rock really good and it just didn’t heal and he stopped eating. I now have 1 FoxFace he is doing really well The Gash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 My new open Brain coral i got this over the weekend did a 10% NSW change over the weekend also. Woke up this morning and the Hair algae has halved its finally starting to look good. Will have to get a nice full tank shot soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 What better way to distract myself from study and to take photos of my fish tank, so here is a few procrastination photos :hello2: This is the newest addition to the tank a FoxFace rabbit fish you can see the hair algae disappearing in this photo the rocks behind him use to be covered in hair algae really happy how its coming along. Yellow polyps loving the flow Orange spot zoanthid More Zoanthid (help me ID this one please) A nice close up of Sean the Skunk cleaner Shrump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Collected 240ltrs of NSW today ready for a 50ltr water change tomorrow. Also popped over to Rotorua wonder world and got this awesome lawn mower blenny (wow what a character) and a huge Torch coral and 2 tiny baby clowns. more photos to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Hope your LMB does ok, he's pretty skinny, don't clean you glass for a while it might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Yes was thinking the same thing this morning. He has been picking algae off the rocks allot should I feed anything else at this stage like frozen food etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Frozens won't help, they are an algae eater, you could put in some Nori, if your lucky he might eat it but it's not really in the right form for him to eat. There mouths are designed for scrapping algae of surfaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 He ate nori today and cleaning up my rocks big time. I still have some hair algae in my tank and he has found that today also. So far looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar-photography Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 25ltr NSW water change this morning and my weekly test with great results. Ammonia: 0, Nitrite: 0, Nitrate: 0, P04: 0 Calc: 480 Mag: 1320 SG: 1.026 pH: 8.4 kH: 10 Also added about 2 cups of cycled sand (had it in my sump for about 2 month) to the bottom of the tank i looks so much nicer than with out also make it seem even brighter. so finally here is a full tank shot now that i have no hair algae to be ashamed of. The SPS corals are starting to grow now you can see this acro is now starting to grow over the coral putty. and wow this open brain can eat and swells up something awesome after wards, iv been feeding hole whitebait to it :super: The new clowns have settled in well and the male likes the frog spawn which is so cool to watch, cant wait to have a nem for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallreefer Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 very pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 wait... coral can eat whole fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 the clown will eventually annoy the torch to death, LPS dont really appreciate the clowns attentions..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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