10 gallon nano reef journal (pics)

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Thanks. I hope to add more rock in a month or two and then add a skimmer by the end of the year. Most likely I will take out the canister and swap out one powerhead for a more powerful one.
 

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So I know I can't do a big mod on the maxi jet 400's but I intend to drill the intake to be bigger and hack off the output. Hopefully it will increase some flow... I'll let you guys know how it works.
 

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im still waiting to mod the powerheads... trying to borrow a drill.... I think I found my first sight of aiptasia....im a little bitter but heres a pic of the culprit.

I got some Joe's juice ordered and i should be able to take care of it next week before it gets out of hand.
 

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aiptasia is gone... My tank is gonna be all alone for a week over thanksgiving break. I think I;m gonna use my feeder since I have one. Also I don't know if I'm gonna have both the lights on all the time or just actinics. Usually I have on actinics on in the morning and night for an hour or two but since i wont be here to change it I gotta pick...One weekend I only did actinics but I think my mushroom suffered a bit.

I did buy a glass lid so evaporation has now gone to nearly zero, so I don't think I'll have to worry about salinity too much than before.
 

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tank last two weeks alone over winter break... I still haven't seen my watchman goby but hopefully i will soon.

Santa went shopping at marine depot so I got that remora skimmer I wanted so that will go up in the next few days/weeks... I want to switch to a metal stand first cause I don't like the strength of the wooden one that its on now.
 

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Huh... I thought I posted a reply, I guess not.

Which Remora skimmer did you get? I was about to say, I got the AquaC Remora w/Maxi Jet for $150, but I was going to sell it, since it's sitting unused, and will likely remain like so, since I won't be able to go salty for a long time.
 

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ugh, well thats the one I got... prob for the same price...

now that my tanks lights been on for awhile, just turned on when I got back, my kenya tree has exploded... my xenia has possibly shrunk?...zoas are still nice

I think my watchman goby is MIA... im a bit bitter but that gives me more room for what i want...I'll post some updated pics sometime soon... gotta do that W/c tomorrow cause I forgot to get water....
 

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Whew, close one I was getting worried about him, post up some pics of the kenya I want to see how much it grew. P.S. is my 29 an algae infested mess right now?
 

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I see zero algae... no light plus wonton, the snail, has done some work.. there will be some soon tho cause the light is on at least 12 hours a day


I just added on my skimmer.. its super loud right now and its in my bedroom so I'm turning it off when I sleep and I bet its gonna quiet up with in a week or two... I also modified the two powerhead I have in there and now its jsut like wow.... I just cut up the intake and output to be bigger (got a dremel from santa too) and now they put out a lot... one has a bigger output, bigger than I want and its a bit out of control.
 

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picture update... microbubbles from new skimmer is a pain but will go down soon.

FTS


kenya tree, still a little flacid int he morning... modded power head to the right


skimmer


GSP


xenia


kenya tree x2


modded powerhead intake


video of xenia pulsing... a little