My 20 Gallon Long......

[gotfish]

That's the only time mine ever shows it face too. I know it comes out at night as well, but the only time when the lights are on is when it smells blood in the water.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Some recent pics....and yet another aquascape, hope i end up liking this one lol.

Thanks to Estanoche(Joanne)for the birdsnest! And thanks Brandy for the Green Slimer!

Thanks Joanne for this zoo frag too, it's one Barbie donated, thanks Barbie

Left Side.

Right Side.

Center, with Monti Caps from Brandyb thanks!

FTS for 6-15-09.

Thanks everyone for the frags and thanks for looking!

Shawn.

 

[gas4544]

Nice looking tank you have started. I have a 24" Current Sundial T5 fixture over our 30-gallon soon-to-be-softie tank. We like it and it works out very well on out tank. The dual built in timers are pretty cool.

The pump that is feeding your refugium - what is it? Have you taken care of the disruptive flow back to the display tank?

Gary

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Nice looking tank you have started. I have a 24" Current Sundial T5 fixture over our 30-gallon soon-to-be-softie tank. We like it and it works out very well on out tank. The dual built in timers are pretty cool.

The pump that is feeding your refugium - what is it? Have you taken care of the disruptive flow back to the display tank?

Gary

Thank you!

The hob i'm using is an aquatech(walmart hob, i believe made by marineland), it is something like 80gph. The crazy flow into display was when i was attempting to use my 250gph powerhead to feed the water into the fuge. I decided to go with the slow and steady wins the race approach I'm thinking about modifying another Skilter filter to draw water from the display as i have 3 skilters. Plus the skilter has a huge area to put more media purigen etc...

 

[scytale]

Yes, i plan on removing the modified hob and just using the powerhead. Right now though the power head has too much flow and the u-tube stirs up the display sand REALLY bad. Soon as i get that issue figured out i'll remove the hob totally.

You might want to stick with the HOB (or Skilter), I built my new fuge--"inspired" by your post---with just a MJ1200 PH. It's been running for a week now and is starting to get some pretty bad oily film on the surface.

Probably because there's no HOB waterfall, and because I don't have my intake flow pointed near the surface (I point towards the side, to keep my chaeto spinning.)

FWIW: I used a 1/2" barbed pvc "T" so that most of the flow from the MJ1200 dumps into the display, and only some goes to the fuge. (Otherwise the fuge was really close to over-flowing!) But my display is an 80 gallon, so the extra flow isn't even noticed in there.

Travis.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

You might want to stick with the HOB (or Skilter), I built my new fuge--"inspired" by your post---with just a MJ1200 PH. It's been running for a week now and is starting to get some pretty bad oily film on the surface.

Probably because there's no HOB waterfall, and because I don't have my intake flow pointed near the surface (I point towards the side, to keep my chaeto spinning.)

FWIW: I used a 1/2" barbed pvc "T" so that most of the flow from the MJ1200 dumps into the display, and only some goes to the fuge. (Otherwise the fuge was really close to over-flowing!) But my display is an 80 gallon, so the extra flow isn't even noticed in there.

Travis.

Exactly, i've decided to keep the HoB, i'm going to modify a SKilter next for more flow into fuge... good idea about the PVC T, i'll have to see if i can find one that fits. If you can find an overflow tube they can handle like 600GPH. Mine was handling my 250gph powerhead very easily tank level didn't budge. The tube only costed 6.99 too at my LFS. I'm glad i could be of some inspiration your setup looks nice.

 

[estanoche]

Looking good Shawn

U'll have to trim some of that mess offa that birdsnest once it settles in, lets just say it had a hard life in my tank when its neighbor the montipora cap grew over the top of it and completely shaded it :lol:

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Looking good Shawn

U'll have to trim some of that mess offa that birdsnest once it settles in, lets just say it had a hard life in my tank when its neighbor the montipora cap grew over the top of it and completely shaded it :lol:

Why thank you Is it safe to just snip off all the dead areas? Still an SPS newb hehe.

 

[brandyrb]

If it was me, I'd wait a few weeks and snip into the live flesh just below the dead areas. Are you sure you got the monti caps from me? I don't remember.

I'm curious why you placed the monti caps on top? I'd keep them as close to the bottom as possible and on their own rock if you can. They get large and like to shade other corals, plus they plate upwards, so you won't be able to see the pretty tops of them once they grow large enough.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

If it was me, I'd wait a few weeks and snip into the live flesh just below the dead areas. Are you sure you got the monti caps from me? I don't remember.

I'm curious why you placed the monti caps on top? I'd keep them as close to the bottom as possible and on their own rock if you can. They get large and like to shade other corals, plus they plate upwards, so you won't be able to see the pretty tops of them once they grow large enough.

Ah good advice thanks Brandy, i'll rearrange soon and lower them a bit. I thought you gave them to me.. maybe they were from Joanne? hehe my memory isn't the greatest. Either way thanks again you two I appreciate the advice as i'm totally new to SPS. Thanks for looking!

 

[estanoche]

Ah good advice thanks Brandy, i'll rearrange soon and lower them a bit. I thought you gave them to me.. maybe they were from Joanne? hehe my memory isn't the greatest. Either way thanks again you two I appreciate the advice as i'm totally new to SPS. Thanks for looking!

Lol doh.... I even forgot I brought some monti caps to the swap :lol:

I claim responsibility! haha the green w/ purple rim cap is a frag from the parent colony that shaded that birdsnest... I guess its a small world in coral terms as well

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

ahh, that's why the birdsnest has been glaring at the monti cap

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Bunch of new stuff and changes. 12 lbs of base rock added, several new corals.

^ Some sort of paly obviously, i have no idea what it's called. Also to it's left there are blue cloves!

^ New blue Ricordea that is splitting.

^ Orange Ricordea, there are like 2 on the rock and it's splitting again.

^ My Montipora Digitata, Toadstool leather, Acropora Yongei (Green Slimer)

^ Pink birdsnest, when i got it the color was almost orange, it has gotten really pink since then.

My new Frogspawn

^ Right side of tank. I took out a large chunk of rock that had nothing but xenia on it, so i could place my frag rack there.

^ Left side of tank, basically where all the rock and corals reside.

^ FTS

^ The fuge with the aformentioned xenia rock. Also i modified my skilter filter to be the intake for this tank. So now the fuge is getting 200gph flow instead of the 80ish of the old HoB i had.

Not a whole lot has happend with the tank, i have two fish still, the yellow tailed damsel and YWG/pistol shrimp pair. I haven't seen my pom pom crab in weeks, and i think he may have died .

I'm pondering what fish to get next. I really love sixline wrasse, coral beauty angel, starry blenny, or maybe a falco hawkfish.

in other news! I finally have my ATO setup!

 

[ajnweb]

Looking Good!

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Looking Good!

Thanks Tony, All your frags are doing great

 

[FreakinReefin]

I haven't seen my pom pom crab in weeks, and i think he may have died .


Have no fear on this...many times I have thought this very thing and, sure enough, I look at the tank with the moonlight LED's on as I trek to the bathroom in the middle of the night and here is Mr/Ms. Pom Pom cheering in the dark on a rock or on the sand bed somewhere... These crabs are so small and deceptive...and it looks like you have been moving quite a few rocks around; I wouldn't be suprised if he/she is still in there "bringing it on"

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

hope so, they are gorgeous, just wish they weren't soooo shy. So they are nocturnal? i rarely use the moonlights i'll have to try it tonight. Hopefully he/she shows up!

 

[FreakinReefin]

hope so, they are gorgeous, just wish they weren't soooo shy. So they are nocturnal? i rarely use the moonlights i'll have to try it tonight. Hopefully he/she shows up!

To be honest, I am not sure if they are nocturnal by nature; however I almost never see mine unless under the moon lights. In my tank, yes...definitely nocturnal.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

To be honest, I am not sure if they are nocturnal by nature; however I almost never see mine unless under the moon lights. In my tank, yes...definitely nocturnal.

You were right, i left my moonlight on lastnight and sure enough i spotted my pom pom under my GSP cheering

 

[FreakinReefin]

You were right, i left my moonlight on lastnight and sure enough i spotted my pom pom under my GSP cheering

AWESOME! Glad to hear!!!