10 gallon nano reef journal (pics)

unwritten law · 08-14-2009, 10:14 PM

Yeah I repositioned one powerhead that was shooting up so it now indirectly pushes around the sand.... I'll cut back the light since right now its on for like... well probably too long, I don't know how long right now.

After this past week, the corals I still see or didn't have to recover look great. I keep forgetting my camera in my car but I'll take pics soon. Mostly the zoas and gsp have opened nicely and the tree coral has attached and expanded a bit already.

My xenia I had first is going crazy and pulses a lot so it's still probably my fav.

I know clowns are technically damsels... Is there another type someone would suggest besides false percs? I still want to add a six line eventually... They look too cool not to have.

Lotus · 08-14-2009, 10:27 PM

Were the clowns you bought wild-caught or tank bred? In general, anything tank bred is more hardy than wild-caught fish.

It may just have been a bad batch at the store.

unwritten law · 08-14-2009, 10:56 PM

I got them all within a few days of each other and could be a bad batch.... Which is what I am thinking... They were tank bred... at least that's what I was told I know I'm not gonna get any clowns at work "petco" unless they were the skunks that we have had for a few weeks. What do you guys think about skunks? I know we have had them for a very long time and most likely have paired up, two together in the same tank for the entirety with a blue tang. I know skunks are suppose to be more timid and these guys do seem it but also seem healthy.... They are orange, not pink skunks.

unwritten law · 08-15-2009, 07:22 PM

I got the skunk clowns at work cause I know they are either healthy and hardy or just really hardy considering how long they have been at work. I also read in our stores marine fish book (haha) that they are less likely to get clown fish disease (brook something or another) which sounds like why my other ones died. So far I'm drip acclimating and I'll get pics once I get my camera out of my car... I also got some nassarius snails to hopefully help with the sand algae a bit a long with cutting back the light.

unwritten law · 08-16-2009, 06:40 PM

zoalover34 · 08-16-2009, 08:28 PM

looks nice! do you have any rocks with coraline on em? If not you need to get some

unwritten law · 08-16-2009, 09:32 PM

I had one originally but I don't know how much of it really survived the cycle... Some of the rocks are getting more and more purple though. I'll try and trade some rock with a buddy who has coraline. Will it not happen on it's own and what is the real significance besides out-competing bad algae?

zoalover34 · 08-16-2009, 10:15 PM

coraline is the bacterria needed to break down the ammonia.. if u have some it spreads alot faster.. You can have him scrape some off his glass and just seed your tank that way also.. hth

Lotus · 08-16-2009, 10:31 PM

Sometimes coraline just takes a while to get going. Mine didn't grow much for the first six months, then it just went crazy. Then, a few months later I started to curse it when I had to scrape it off the tank walls

The flow at the surface looks a little low from your video.

unwritten law · 08-16-2009, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotus

Sometimes coraline just takes a while to get going. Mine didn't grow much for the first six months, then it just went crazy. Then, a few months later I started to curse it when I had to scrape it off the tank walls

The flow at the surface looks a little low from your video.

I have some coraline from my friends tank but it went white after a while during the cycle...If he has some to spare now I'll get some when I can... I'm working quite a bit this week.

I had more flow at the surface but moved a powerhead to reduce algae on the sand... I'll move the one making the flow at the surface so it is a bit more.

08-14-2009, 10:14 PM	#101
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	Yeah I repositioned one powerhead that was shooting up so it now indirectly pushes around the sand.... I'll cut back the light since right now its on for like... well probably too long, I don't know how long right now. After this past week, the corals I still see or didn't have to recover look great. I keep forgetting my camera in my car but I'll take pics soon. Mostly the zoas and gsp have opened nicely and the tree coral has attached and expanded a bit already. My xenia I had first is going crazy and pulses a lot so it's still probably my fav. I know clowns are technically damsels... Is there another type someone would suggest besides false percs? I still want to add a six line eventually... They look too cool not to have. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

08-14-2009, 10:27 PM	#102
Lotus Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 14,778	Were the clowns you bought wild-caught or tank bred? In general, anything tank bred is more hardy than wild-caught fish. It may just have been a bad batch at the store. __________________ Lotus and Ecotank's tanks "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

08-14-2009, 10:56 PM	#103
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	I got them all within a few days of each other and could be a bad batch.... Which is what I am thinking... They were tank bred... at least that's what I was told I know I'm not gonna get any clowns at work "petco" unless they were the skunks that we have had for a few weeks. What do you guys think about skunks? I know we have had them for a very long time and most likely have paired up, two together in the same tank for the entirety with a blue tang. I know skunks are suppose to be more timid and these guys do seem it but also seem healthy.... They are orange, not pink skunks. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

08-15-2009, 07:22 PM	#104
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	I got the skunk clowns at work cause I know they are either healthy and hardy or just really hardy considering how long they have been at work. I also read in our stores marine fish book (haha) that they are less likely to get clown fish disease (brook something or another) which sounds like why my other ones died. So far I'm drip acclimating and I'll get pics once I get my camera out of my car... I also got some nassarius snails to hopefully help with the sand algae a bit a long with cutting back the light. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

08-16-2009, 06:40 PM	#105
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	__________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

08-16-2009, 08:28 PM	#106
zoalover34 Super Fish Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, OH Posts: 1,237	looks nice! do you have any rocks with coraline on em? If not you need to get some __________________ Tankless at the moment

08-16-2009, 09:32 PM	#107
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	I had one originally but I don't know how much of it really survived the cycle... Some of the rocks are getting more and more purple though. I'll try and trade some rock with a buddy who has coraline. Will it not happen on it's own and what is the real significance besides out-competing bad algae? __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

08-16-2009, 10:15 PM	#108
zoalover34 Super Fish Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent, OH Posts: 1,237	coraline is the bacterria needed to break down the ammonia.. if u have some it spreads alot faster.. You can have him scrape some off his glass and just seed your tank that way also.. hth __________________ Tankless at the moment

08-16-2009, 10:31 PM	#109
Lotus Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 14,778	Sometimes coraline just takes a while to get going. Mine didn't grow much for the first six months, then it just went crazy. Then, a few months later I started to curse it when I had to scrape it off the tank walls The flow at the surface looks a little low from your video. __________________ Lotus and Ecotank's tanks "So long, and thanks for all the fish."