2.5g new additions

AndyL

AndyL

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Oct 22, 2002
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Well it's been a while... My nano-reef was the only tank to survive the attack of the b!+ch (Gotta love nice breakups eh?). Kept me company for 6 weeks while I was cooped up in a hotel getting my knee back into shape... So needless to say it got a little extra TLC

Didn't have a camera while I was there, but I borrowed one the evening before the move to calgary - but the tank was already prepped for moving... So you won't get a whole tank shot (see that tease thread in the SW section a while back - but I've added a bunch of LR since).

Hopefully santa will bring me a digital camera (Nikon D1H or if I've been REALLY good - a D70 please!). So I can do some whole tank updates...

Details for those who care:
2.5g, aquatech 5-15 HOB filter (no media), 2 - 20w 50/50 lights, cold cathode moon light, 50w heater. Today with air driven auto top-off.
Residents:
1 Red headed goby
2 Scarlet hermit crabs
1 Nassarius snail
Corals:
Clove polyps
Ricordea
Mushroom
Candy cane


Here's GoGo - red headed goby, bad picture yes - he wasn't cooperating at all.
 

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AndyL

AndyL

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Oct 22, 2002
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Honestly; if you don't have time to at least look at the tank daily - you might have problems... (But no that's not a recommendation for anyone wanting to go SW to start with a 2.5)

Daily top offs are a must - roughly 500ml (2cups) of water evaporates every day, and can drive the SG up very quickly. Thats the reason I went to the air driven auto top-off.

Nitrates rise rather quickly - have to change about 1g (2 w/c's - 2L each) of water per week to keep them down in the 5ppm range. Such a hardship - I know... Try mixing saltwater in a pop bottle sometime and you too can go insane trying to get 1.024 :)

Hoping to get the new sump and flow systems installed soon - so I can get some macro algae growing out of the main tank. That should help with the nitrates.

Andy
 

FroggyFox

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May 16, 2003
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oh cool! :) glad you had at least this one to keep you company.

Sounds like a lot of work, but at least you have the time and can focus on just one tank right now eh?
 

AndyL

AndyL

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Oct 22, 2002
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Well, the old sump was 1.25g, the new sump is likely going to be much bigger. I'll have an area roughly 8x6x14 which translates to 2.9g - realistically with equipment, rubble and I'm pondering a DSB in there - it'll probably hold another 1.5g of water.

Yes they make 1g buckets - not quite as bad as mixing a half gallon at a time, but still no fun.

Andy
 

AndyL

AndyL

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Oct 22, 2002
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:D

Another teaser shot... This was taken just before heading to a frag swap / meeting... Yup thats a brown digitata you see - it's doing great, put on a 1/4" in the 3 weeks I've had it - polyps always are out.

Added last night 4 zoos, a new candycane (the one on top of the pile I'm thinking has passed on), GSP, white star polyps, Orange digitata, and green digitata
 

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3 of the 4 monti's are doing great - the last - well it doesn't have a real good place to reside - thus it's been largely lying on the substrate... And is dieing out a bit.

No new pictures, but I am working on it...

Andy
 

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