kalristo's 12 gallon AP

[kalristo]

[this will be a journal of my updates and additions to my tank]

12 gallon Aquapod
MaxiJet 1200 Powerhead
Arag-Alive Bahama Oolite live sand
about 15 pounds of live rock
red scooter blenny
white blenny
Nassarius Snail
hermit crab

pics will be up when i can borrow my sister's camera!

 

[kalristo]

so i got my 150w metal halide today in the mail
set it up went to work, watched a movie and when i was done i found my hermit crab and my snail eating at my blennys corpse

i guess this will jump start my biological filter right?

 

[kalristo]

in other news, heres a FTS

 

[kalristo]

and some zoas

 

[iroll253]

Kalvin you should remove the fish from the tank asap. Also i would do a 3 gallon water change if i were you. I don't have time to explain everything else like the tanks cycle and what not. You should need to adapt the tank to the new lights by using shade levels such as egg crate. Just call me tomorrow and ill help you out. I thought you were going to drill it and run a fuge?

 

[kalristo]

done and done i dont get off work til 9:30 but ill call you around 6

 

[iroll253]

For sure man lol i cant sleep. Im thinking about just stayin up ughh. Ya know that fan clips right to the vent on the top of your halide. Btw how much chateo did you want?
Send me some chips dangit!!! =)

 

[kalristo]

just got some liverock from a friend that tore down his tank.

also he gave me a huge rock with a bunch of these growing on it

 

[kalristo]

updates!

 

[ahuntnfool]

Beautiful tank I love that last pic.

 

[kalristo]

thanks i love my dendros!

 

[kalristo]

finally new pics of my tank! been up since Jan 15 and finally growing coraline algae.

today i added 2 corals, some sort of 8 headed acan & my first ricordea!

so here are some pics of my FTS and only fish

oh btw. aquascaped for the millionth time!

 

[kalristo]

btw i got the ricordea and the 8 headed acan for $40 bucks. is that a good deal?

 

[iroll253]

FTS looks sick. I like how the sands covered

 

[iroll253]

How often do you do water changes?

 

[kalristo]

How often do you do water changes?

ive been slacking as of late. i did a 5 gallon change in a span of 3 days maybe every 2-3 weeks.

but after i get the ro/di and am able to mix my own water then ill do it once a week.

 

[kalristo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4-qQwfv4TE

check out my parents tank in HD! 175gal. ... a bunch of softiesss