The Presidential Reef

[Zack]

Hey guys, its been quite a while since I've been on here but I do need quite a bit of help. Since I've last posted I've had several ups and down in my reefing and I want to get it all back on track. Here's my setup10 Gallon AGA2x False Occelaris 3x Hairy Mushrooms (all split from the same one)A couple of hermit crabs20 lbs Live sand Approximately 8lbs of LR.1x Korealia Nano1x Biocube Protein Skimmer1x T5 light, running 2x 24w actinicsMy tank has basically become a graveyard for my corals. It started with the Zoa's first, then the GSP, and then the snails. All due to lack of husbandry on my part due to long hours of work and school picking up. As it stands, I want to make my tank look beautiful again so I need your help. What should I start with first? I'm going to be doing a water change tonight and should be maintaining a regular schedule from here on out. My goal is to have everything up to capacity (corals) by mid January. For christmas I will be purchasing the tank a Par38 LED so the lighting will be getting an upgrade and after getting my WC's on track I'm going to add the CUC. I would also like to start dosing the tank and the brand I was going to use is B-Ionic. Is that a pretty decent brand or is there a better one? Thanks for reading and helping me out! Also if anyone has a par38 lamp, what size optics work best on a standard 10 gallon? I heard the 60's do fine. I want this tank to be a zoa garden so let's get this going! Also anyone in the San Marcos area who is a fellow reefer send me a message, the hobby is much easier and more enjoyable when you can meet and converse with people in your area.

[CoryDude]

Regular water changes and stability are the keys to a successful nano tank. Like you said, you start having problems when you start slacking. Make sure to keep your salinity and water temps stable and your tank should be fine.

Personally I wouldn't dose a 2 part system on a tank that small. Your water changes should handle any depleted calcium and minerals. Not too sure on the led optics. I'm old school. Hopefully someone else can chime in. Best of luck to you!

[StevenSeas]

Regular water changes and stability are the keys to a successful nano tank. Like you said, you start having problems when you start slacking. Make sure to keep your salinity and water temps stable and your tank should be fine.

Personally I wouldn't dose a 2 part system on a tank that small. Your water changes should handle any depleted calcium and minerals. Not too sure on the led optics. I'm old school. Hopefully someone else can chime in. Best of luck to you!

+1
Pretty much nailed it. Get a good high quality salt (you can afford it because its a smaller tank and you dont have to buy supplements) and just do regular water changes. Definitely wouldnt need to dose 2 part with zoas as they dont take up much of what is in 2 part.

I would go w/ the 60 degree optics unless you could do 80 but you would get a lot of light spill with those.

[SoLiD]

An auto top off, hang on back fuge, and a 70watt metal halide light was a recipe for success for Kyle at GC Reef. He had a killer 10 gallon system for a while before he upgraded.

[Zack]

Thanks guys. After getting everything in order with my water schedules, I'm going to purchase a new CUC, the like I said for Christmas, update the lights. When will I know when my tank is ready for corals again? Should I buy a small frag and see how it does or are there signs to look for? Thanks again for all your responses.

[SoLiD]

With such a small tank I'd just buy some Live Rock and enough Live Sand from an Established Reef Aquarium. That should set you back less than $50 and would speed up your wait time dramatically.

[Europhyllia]

Sorry to hear of your troubles. This can be very demoralizing. Glad to see you are persevering! :)

[Zack]

So after a couple of weeks, I can see some definite improvement in the tank. The lovely folks at Phenomenal Aquatics sold me an awesome CUC last week and after a little less then the week and an adjustment on my photoperiod I can some definite improvement in the algae on my tank. My water params are also getting into check and so I think this week I'm going to buy a small Zoa frag and see how it does. I'll keep you guys updated!

[cbianco]

So after a couple of weeks, I can see some definite improvement in the tank. The lovely folks at Phenomenal Aquatics sold me an awesome CUC last week and after a little less then the week and an adjustment on my photoperiod I can some definite improvement in the algae on my tank. My water params are also getting into check and so I think this week I'm going to buy a small Zoa frag and see how it does. I'll keep you guys updated!

Pics please!

I've kept various sized nanos exclusively for ~7 years now with my current 30 gallon about to turn 3 years old. I agree with Cory's earlier statement about water changes. Whenever I notice something amiss, a water change normally clears it right up.

However, I have plenty of SPS in my tank so I dose BIonic two part and DTs magnesium. I would not suggest dosing for your tank with it's current inhabitants.

Good luck!

Christopher :)

[Zack]

Here's the before and after pic of the rock with the most difference in the week! I had to use my camcorder so excuse the play/pause menu

[CoryDude]

That algae seems to be melting away. Awesome!!!

[Zack]

Yeah! Today I added in some hardy test corals so I'll keep you guys updated on how those are doing!

[cbianco]

Yeah! Today I added in some hardy test corals so I'll keep you guys updated on how those are doing!

It looks like the algae is going away.

Remember, don't rush things. Solve one problem at a time.

Christopher :)

[Zack]

Agreed. My first task is to eradicate the algae (or at least a good amount of it). Then I'm going to purchase the new lights and adjust the corals to said light. From there I'm going to maybe work on an HOB refugium or an in tank surface skimmer.

[cbianco]

Agreed. My first task is to eradicate the algae (or at least a good amount of it). Then I'm going to purchase the new lights and adjust the corals to said light. From there I'm going to maybe work on an HOB refugium or an in tank surface skimmer.

Depending on the age/type of lights a replacement may be needed. IME, old lights can wreak havok as far as algae growth goes. A refugium sounds like a great idea but I'd consider a skimmer upgrade. A good skimmer will pull more waste from your system than a refugium can.

Christopher :)

[Zack]

Do you know of any good HOB Skimmer that would fit on a 10 gallon tank? And yeah, the lights are definitely going in soon. Just have to figure out my optics size and then I should be good to order.

[cbianco]

Do you know of any good HOB Skimmer that would fit on a 10 gallon tank? And yeah, the lights are definitely going in soon. Just have to figure out my optics size and then I should be good to order.

There are several. It really depends on how much you want to spend.

I currently use the AquaC Remora (http://www.f3images.com/IMD/MD_images/aquarium/ps_ac_acr_s.jpg). It functions well for me. They also make a AquaC Remora Nano (http://www.f3images.com/IMD/aquarium_images/protein_skimmer_aquac_nano_remora.jpg) which may be more suited for your tank. If I were to buy a new skimmer I would go with either the AquaMaxx HOB1 (http://c2.f3images.com/IMD/250/UJ1151/AquaMaxx-HOB-1-Hang-On-Back-Protein-Skimmer-1.jpg) or the Deltec MCE500 (or MCE600) (http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/files/imagecache/279_279/files/products/MC-500.jpg).

Christopher :)

*All pics strictly for reference

[Zack]

Awesome! I'll be sure to research all of those!

[Zack]

I just ordered my par38 lamp from RapidLED! Pics to come when the light comes in!

[cbianco]

I just ordered my par38 lamp from RapidLED! Pics to come when the light comes in!

Did you buy a fixture for the light yet? or Were you planning on hanging it?

I'm kind of partial to the adjustable desk lamp fixtures with the Par38s.

Christopher :)

[Zack]

I'm going with this fixture right here:

http://www.officemax.com/office-furniture/lighting/desk-and-floor-lamps/product-prod3300097?csId=2-69-4064-56-3-75106-75118-56-4064-602-56-4064-11217-0-2

I've seen a couple of other reefers use it with a slight modification and have had great results. All they did was remove the bulb guard and put some zip ties on the the joint so it doesn't move and apparently it works pretty good.

[Zack]

Just a quick update, today I purchased the Lamp, ordered two new Maxi-Jet 400 Pro's, and purchased a Tetra 30 HOB to hold my chemipure as well as provide flow. I'm now working on a way to mount night lights either to the Par unit itself or some other way I haven't thought of yet :). Pics to come soon!

[Zack]

So the Maxi Jet 400 Pro came in today, problem is, it seems like too much flow. Does anyone have one set up in a 10 gallon? I'm angling it up towards the surface. Maybe I could be wrong, but how will I know if the flow is too much?

[cbianco]

So the Maxi Jet 400 Pro came in today, problem is, it seems like too much flow. Does anyone have one set up in a 10 gallon? I'm angling it up towards the surface. Maybe I could be wrong, but how will I know if the flow is too much?

I have an MP40 in a 30 gallon tank. IMO, you can never have too much flow (within reason).

Positioning your pump may take some time, in order to find the "just right" spot. I look for several things when positioning a pump such as; Are my corals opening? Is the sand staying put? Is the water going to splash out of my tank? etc... Keep in mind that your Maxi Jet 400 is a stream of water, don't directly aim it at corals. There are modifications available for Maxi Jets to allow for a more broad flow rather than a stream.

HTHs.

Christopher :)

[Zack]

Well, when I had set it up, the fish freaked out, the corals seemed to be getting blasted, and sand was rearranging itself in the aquarium. The circulation mode is 500 GPH in a 10 gallon and combined with the size of the unit, there was no real way to arrange it properly with my current rock work. I'm going to be getting some new LR and after aquascaping again, but if that does not work then I'll just stick with the 2x maxi-jets with the 150 GPH option and the Filter providing another 130 GPH. The corals seemed to enjoy that a little more haha.

Edit: I'll post a vid when I get my camera in from Amazon, but what does the right amount of flow for say, a duncan coral look like? Can someone link me to a vid, my coral seemed to be getting blown around, but It was fully open..

[Zack]

I'm doing some aquascaping tonight, but I shot a quick teaser video to keep you guys interested in the thread! I'll post a full vid once the feather duster opens up! Make sure to watch it in 720!

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[SoLiD]

I watched it a couple of times but all I could see was a dark Black and Blue color swirling around everywhere. What did I miss??? The music was cool though :^)

[Zack]

Haha it was the clowns in front of their torch with my moonlights on. Go to full screen and HD and it clears up a bit. And the song is All of the Lights Interlude by Kanye West.

[Zack]

Here's a video of the tank as it is now! Make sure to watch it in HD and full screen!

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Here's some quick stats on the tank:

10 Gallon AGA
150w Stealth Heater
2x Maxi Jet 400
Tetra 30 Power Filter with LR rubble, chemipure elite, and filter floss
Rapidled Par38 bulb on an office max fixture
Garage Sale LED moon lights (no name brand, looks DIY, but works great)

Corals
3x Hairy Shroom (been with me for quite a long time, the clowns host it and it has split on my twice)
Many Purple and red shrooms
2x Duncan Coral
10 or so heads of a redish brown paly
Orange Bam Bam Zoa frag
Green Zoa frag
Red Paly frag
Feather Duster

Livestock:
2x False Percs
7x Hermit Crabs
8x Nassarius snails
1x Turbo Snail
1x Emerald Crab

[Zack]

Just a quick update on things. About 3 weeks ago, the tank was moved to San Marcos for my spring semester of school. Everything was going well and after placing a nice sized order from Mr. Coral I started running into some problems. Two days ago I noticed that my water seemed warmer then where I like it at. I touched my heater and the thing was EXTREMELY HOT. Apparently the Stealth Pro got recalled last april/may and after printing out the documents and going to a local petco. I no have an Aqueon submersible heater in the tank. Only problem is it seems that there was a small crack in the glass of the heater and so after a phone call Petco is special ordering me the Aqueon "Pro" heater and covering the cost of the difference! Heater should be here Sometime this week and the frags shortly afterwards! Now time to find a place to put them all..

[Zack]

Ok, so the corals were shipped at around 6PM from Maryland and arrived at my apartment at 10, I unpacked everything which was EXTREMELY well packed (everything was triple bagged and there was a heating pack. After a couple hours of acclimation and a quick dip, the corals were in my tank. I received 18 total, gave two to a buddy of mine and had all but two opened within 3 hours of being put in the tank. I have 2 that are still closed but they are showing the first signs of opening. As of now, I'm very pleased with my order. My lights are about to turn on and when I'm out of class I'll take some pics of what I got.

[Zack]

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Baby heads growing!

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[Zack]

So using my water proof camcorder I took a video from inside the tank, here it is! This is the shroom the clowns host, eventually I want to framiliarize them with the camera so I can get some good hosting shots.

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[Zack]

And here's a 8 minute video of my reef. No cuts, just a basic FTS video :)

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[polarbear]

Cool video and pictures. I like the water proof camcorder.

[Zack]

Thanks! The clowns and I have just celebrated our one year anniversary today and since I have most of the day off, I'll get some pictures of everything to show some growth :)

[Zack]

Here's some pics!

[Zack]

More!

[Zack]

More

[Zack]

Last pics!

[polarbear]

sweet pics. looks like everything is growing out pretty well. keep up the good work.

[Zack]

Thanks man!

[Zack]

So, it's been a bit so I thought I'd update you guys with some pics. Everything is growing well, I've had one frag of zoas croak on me and another one thats very meh.. but other then that, everything is doing fantastic. I was unable to go to the swap this weekend so instead, I picked up a BEAUTIFUL zoa colony from the Aquadome and it's easily become my favorite coral in the tank. Everything is going well and I'm looking into an LED build for a 20 long for when I upgrade this summer. If you look at some of the older pictures you can see how beautiful my smaller duncan is turning out to be.

Well here are the pics! I purchased a pretty nice tripod so I'm working on a video of the tank!

Also, I'm considering entering either the feather duster or the zoa close up picture into the MAAST photo contest, let me know which you guys like better!

[Zack]

And the last couple of pics.

[CoryDude]

I'll be honest dude. I haven't checked in on this thread since you started it a while back. That is too awesome. So happy to see your tank on the rebound and your rekindled interest in your tank.

[Zack]

Yeah, one of the great pieces of advice that I've learned on this site was "regular water changes and stability are the keys to a successful nano tank". I change two gallons out twice a week and the fish and corals are absolutely loving it. One of the biggest things that also helped was moving my tank from my living room to my actual room. When it was in the living room, I never really got to sit down and look at it, now it's right next to my desk and anytime there is any problem I'm right no top of it.. no wonder my physics grade isn't so hot this semester ;).

I'm dealing with a small aptaisa infestation but this week when I get some time I'll pick up a bottle of aptaisa X and kill the buggers. Other then that, everything is going fantastic. I'm working on a video of everything and I'll probably just upload the one I took as a baseline back in December. It was pretty bad.

[CoryDude]

At least you'll get hands on knowledge of bernoulli's principle with a fish tank.

I went with berghia nudibranches for my aptaisia problem. A great natural way to combat the little devils.

[Zack]

There ya go! I could also practice light refraction through water. And I'll look into it, I'm still a bit sour about that Zoa eating nudibranch that nuked my zoas last July. Also, it's only one aptasia in the back so no need to call in the troops yet haha.

[Zack]

Here's a quick video I just filmed. Still messing around with this camera, the LED's through off the focus point but it's decent lol. Make sure to watch in HD!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCCS1tIkLK8

[alton]

Looks great, thanks for posting

[hobogato]

great to see the tank responding to your efforts, looks great!

[allan]

Man your tank looks awesome, very professional looking.

[Zack]

Looks great, thanks for posting

Thanks for the compliment!


great to see the tank responding to your efforts, looks great!

Thanks Ace! It took alot of work but the results speak for themselves!


Man your tank looks awesome, very professional looking.

Thanks Allan! The toadstool frag I got from you is doing awesome since I moved it into a more high flow area.

[Zack]

Here's a quick time lapse video I did of the tank this morning when the lights turned on. It's rather interesting watching the fish go to each coral and inspect it in the morning. Also, I've never seen the smaller clownfish host in the middle hairy shroom and I've never seen them take turns hosting it. Very interesting stuff happens when your not looking apparently.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBy_vYw8XoA

[CoryDude]

Nice video. I've been meaning to toy with my time lapse setting and haven't got around to it. I know the vid's about 6.5 minutes, but how long was the actual time lapse?

[Zack]

Actual time was a bit over an hour. Here it's playing at 800% which technically doesn't make it a "time lapse". Imovie doesn't really allow for full time lapse features. Its very interesting though I look forward to see your tanks time lapse!

[hobogato]

what a great video, i may have to pick your brain about how to do this. even though there was no soundtrack, flight of the bumblebee pops into my head while watching.

[Zack]

what a great video, i may have to pick your brain about how to do this. even though there was no soundtrack, flight of the bumblebee pops into my head while watching.

If you have a mac it's actually pretty simple.

First, go ahead and film your movie. It can be as long or as short as you want and we can adjust the final movie time in imovie later.

After you have the movie filmed, open up imovie and go to File<import movie and select the clip. Then go to the Imovie Tab<preferences< and click "Show advanced tools".

After the film imports which will take a while, your then going to create a project and drag the entire clip (or whatever part of the clip) into the project.

After you have the flip in the project your going to select the entire clip (command A) and the go to clip<mute clip. You can keep the volume, however when you speed it up it'll sound quite odd. Of course this is a personal preference.

After the clip is muted you then hit command A and double click on the clip. A menu for your movie will pop up showing you a slider bar. You can then drag it to speed up or slow down your video. You can also reverse the video from this bar. The video will then be shortened or sped up.

From here, you can click the Music note on the screen and drag your music into the video and then your done! Go to share>youtube and upload your video!

If you don't have a mac I'm sure the process is the same on any basic movie editor and from start to finish excluding load times it only takes a minute or two to change everything!

Also, that song fit perfectly into the video, I'll toss it in there when I get home :)

[CoryDude]

Ace, you forgot to suggest Yakety Sax.

[hobogato]

thanks zach, i will have to try that this summer when the sun is blazing in.

yep, that one fits too cory, but it makes me think of benny hill

[Zack]

Here's a new top down video of the tank.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEAW8I9Pd0c

Everything is growing well and I picked up a trumpet coral and a small frogspawn from Phenomenal Aquatics last weekend. At the end of the video, the feather duster retracts and you can see a white tube extending from the old one, is this new growth of the tube? Or is this a sign that he is unhappy?

[SoLiD]

Stuff is looking pretty awesome since the last time I checked in. Keep up the good work.

[Zack]

Thanks man :)! Hey just curious, do you have a build thread? I'm going to be setting up a 40 breeder in a bit over a year and I'd love to read up on your thread.

[SoLiD]

Thanks man :)! Hey just curious, do you have a build thread? I'm going to be setting up a 40 breeder in a bit over a year and I'd love to read up on your thread.

Though it took over a year in planning, I unfortunately do not. I had to plan and build it around my work which was pretty hectic to say the least. I have a ton of tips on what "Not" to do.... and a little of what to do. Just kidding of course. What did you have questions on? Ask away or PM me.

[Zack]

I just upgraded the lights to a 150w K2 Viper. The par38 had a bit too much spotlighting for me, and really limited what I could keep in my tank and where I could keep it. I would say two of these par38's would do the tank perfectly, however I got the K2 for the same price as one par38 and the K2 will do the eventual 20 gallon tall that I plan to upgrade to sometime later this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht7jq4uxtFQ

[polarbear]

Man how are you getting that good growth?

[Mr Cob]

haha, you crack me up with the background sounds. The Office and Andy's wedding on the top down and New York Steelio on the last one. haha

Tank looks great bro. Nice and clear vids too.

[Zack]

Man how are you getting that good growth?

I've been doing 2 gallon water changes twice a week on a pretty regular schedule, I also lengthened my photo period by 2 hours since I wasn't seeing any algae growth and it was somewhat short to begin with. About 3 weeks ago, I had my water tested and my calcium and alk were low so I started using my 2 part kent nano solution every second day after the water changes and the corals have been loving it. I don't feed my corals so it must be the Par from the LED's (now halides) and the chemicals in the water that are making em' grow. How's your tank man?

Edit: That was kind of confusing, here's my schedule for WC's

Sunday- 2 gallon WC
Monday- N/A
Tuesday- Add 2 part
Wed-WC
Thursday- N/A
Friday Add 2 part
Sat- N/A


haha, you crack me up with the background sounds. The Office and Andy's wedding on the top down and New York Steelio on the last one. haha

Tank looks great bro. Nice and clear vids too.

Thanks! And yeah, I'm usually always watching something while I'm "doing HW" and with my computer the videos take forever to render into imovie and then mute and add a music clip and then process it out to an mp4 so I just leave it in, I have the unmuted clips of some of the other videos I filmed in the past and I still crack up when I watch them :lauging:

Also, I purchased a subcurrent internal suface skimming filter to get rid of some surface film and add a bit more flow to the tank. I had to take off the filter I had running in the back due to the k-2's mounting bracket so the filter will hold my chemi-pure and hit some deadspots in the back.

[Zack]

Just a quick update, the subcurrent filter came in yesterday and dang, that thing is quite a bit larger than I thought it would be but it's doing a great job of removing surface scum. Also, I ran out of salt mix (was using instant ocean) so I decided to pick a more "reef" friendly salt. My choices were reef crystals and kent reef salt and I went with kent since the size I was looking at came with it's own jar. Also, since when is a bucket of reef crystals 80$? I strictly remember it being around 50-60$ tops. Maybe the petco has some sort of monopoly on the salt trade here in San Marcos/Kyle.

As for the livestock, I picked up a rose bubble tip for crazy cheap from phenomenal and as of now it's doing quite well and I really hope it stays that way. I also picked up a small zoa frag and my contest polyp however the latter isn't looking as good as I thought. Maybe it needs more time or a new spot in the tank.

[Zack]

Here's some pics from today! I picked up three new zoa/paly frags and I have another one that I need to pickup from Mr. Cob.

[Zack]

And here is my contest frag and rose anemone.

[Zack]

Here's a video I took today. Everything is doing well and growing. The humming noise is the fan on the K2 viper which is really not as loud as the mic on the camera makes it seem.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7JXg76foXc

[Zack]

Here are some before and after pics to show the growth I'm getting in my tank!

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[Zack]

So just a quick update, everything has been doing quite well. The corals are responding very well to the kent marine salt so I think I'll be using that exclusively from here on out. The tank is going to be moved to San Antonio for the Summer so fingers crossed that everything goes well!

[Reefer madness92]

looks awsome dude, good luck on the move

[Zack]

So that was the worst tank move ever. It was hot as heck and I had to move it alone in my tiny car along with the rest of my stuff. The sand moved around a bit and I was in a hurry to aquascape so I'm 90% sure my thermometer is buried somewhere in my tank. Although it was bad, I did decide to mess with the clowns by putting them in the same bucket as the rock with the anemone. I just checked on them and their hosting it together so that's AWESOME :D. I also accidentally broke off my big duncan and a couple of zoas so tomorrow I'm going to go buy some glue to put em' back on.

[Reefer madness92]

not too much harm done i dread moving a tank so bad

[Zack]

Here's a quick vid of the clown hosting the anemone. Watch in 1080 if ya got it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH_5QUn26uo

[polarbear]

Hey zack nice video and congrats. What happened to the mini anemone I gave you?

[Zack]

It's still doing well. It's moved about an inch from where I first put it a couple months ago but other than that it's doing great! Hows your tank doing man?

[polarbear]

its going well. I got into work today to find my 6 line laying on top of the filter pad in the back. It was still alive becuase water was pooring over the top of it. I put it in the tank and now just waiting for it to come back out to see if its ok.

[Zack]

Good thing its ok! How are your corals doing? Seeing any growth?

[polarbear]

I have seen some growth but not nearly as much as you have with your tank. I really need to get some LED's for the tank so that I can get better growth. I can only do so much with the stock PC lights.

[Zack]

This is true. Have you considered T5s?

[polarbear]

Ya but I want to keep the lid on and think LEDs would be better.

[Zack]

Yeah, this metal halide is crazy for this tank. I'm adding a sump here in the next couple weeks with an ATO so that'll make my life easier. Post some pics in your thread, I'd love to see how everythings doing.

[Zack]

Here's some pics I took today, everything is doing well, I moved the metal halide up another 6'' and my anemone moved up with it, so I lowered it a bit and adjusted the angle on it and the nem moved back *sigh of relief* I have just received a bunch of plumbing parts and purchased the tubing from Edward so sometime in the next week or so when I get some free time I'm going to move the tank onto a different stand and add a sump. My wife is going to be purchasing me an MP-10 for my birthday which is awesome and I got a sweet bonus check from work for making our quarter so I put that into a reef keeper lite with sl1 and PH probe.

[Zack]

more

[Zack]

Sometime here soon I'll post a thread of my wifes 2 gallon.

[Mr Cob]

looking good bro...some of that looks familiar.

[Zack]

Thanks :)

[Zack]

Here's a video of my tank showing where it came from with hair algae and detritus everywhere to where I am now


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiy2b7hq2mE

[hobogato]

quite a change indeed, awesome job zack!

[koa25]

Wow Zack. That is an awesome come back. Tank looks amazing buddy.

[ktipp]

Awesome tank.

[CoryDude]

That is an amazing turnaround. Very happy for you!

[Zack]

quite a change indeed, awesome job zack!


Wow Zack. That is an awesome come back. Tank looks amazing buddy.


That is an amazing turnaround. Very happy for you!


Awesome tank.

Thanks guys! I just did a bit of a spending spree and picked up:

Vortech MP10 (unfortunately I didn't get the wireless one but I'll be doing that down the road)
Reefkeeper lite
SC-150 Skimmer (Bubble magnus clone)

And I just plumbed my sump into the system which added another 10 or so gallons of water weight to the tank. Sometime this summer I do want to upgrade to a 15 to give me a bit of width to work with but for now everything seems to be doing very well with the 10 gallon. I got 3 sps frags last weekend from Troyvalentine and they all are doing well and I got a 4th from phenomenal about 2 weeks ago and I'm seeing some white growth tips. I'll get some pictures up when my water clears up a bit more, I made a mistake when adding the sump and didn't give the filter sock a good enough rinse so my water was a bit hazy and the soft corals seemed to not like it too much. The SPS were not really phased. Looking to have the skimmer and the rest of the equipment all setup by mid june.

[Zack]

Seems like the issue was bigger than I thought. Here's a video showing the corals and how there doing through this process and the new tank. Hopefully the duncans pull through :/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umQqgDbgJeo

[Zack]

Woke up this morning and the toadstool is opened up again, both duncans till not looking so good. Green zoa colony is doing well and blues are starting to somewhat open again. I believe the dead polyp on the red zoas was from when the anemeone tried moving a week ago.

[Zack]

With the exception of the Duncans and the vertical zoa frag, all other corals seem back to normal. I did a water change last night and sucessfully added a filter sock (rinsed the heck out of this one) and this morning the fedex man dropped off my reefkeeper lite. I got it all setup and now I'm just staring at it and all it's glory haha.

[Zack]

So my tank is slowly chugging along, I haven't gotten the big duncan to fully recover but it's on it's way up. The small duncan is about 90%.

So here's a quick text update:

Equipment change

- 150w metal halide
+ 2x slimline s12
+RKL
+ Mp10W

I've also moved my frogspawn up to a rock since the nem moved and cleared up a nice bit of space for it. I picked up two nice zoa frags yesterday so if all goes well I can take some pics of everything tomorrow.

[BSJF]

Based on the video, i would say your frogspawn is reaching out and touching the one duncan. Also, that is also a lot of flow on the damaged duncans. Once they are healthy again, they can probably handle it.

Everything else looks wonderful! Duncans are actually pretty hardy so I would expect them to turnaround.

[Zack]

Here's the update! Part two will be up later tonight!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V95xXuKM3dU

[BBQHILLBILLY]

very very nice video. Carefull with the duncan. I lost a bambam colony because of a long tentacle Australian duncan.

[Zack]

Yeah I will be, those tentacles are huge. Thanks again for those frags and the lights man!

[Zack]

pt 2


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7yBADeySdc&amp;feature=youtu.be

[Zack]

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[hobogato]

looks like everything is doing great, nice pics too :)

[Zack]

looks like everything is doing great, nice pics too :)

Thanks ace :) the Duncan's are finally on their way back and everything else is doing awesome :)

[Teeb]

Looking good, glad you like the lights.

[Mr Cob]

nice bro, how is that mp10 working out? Corals like it?

[Zack]

Looking good, glad you like the lights.

Yeah man, that built in timer is AWESOME!


nice bro, how is that mp10 working out? Corals like it?

It's awesome! Like I said last time, still haven't time to play with the modes and moniter the anemone but man that thing is awesome, and that deal you gave me was sick. Thanks again bro!

[reefreak]

glad its doing good how did the birdsnest do?

[Zack]

It continued bleaching and now it's down to a tiny 1/2'' branch :*( I owe you a poly buddy.

[reefreak]

awe lol ill gladly accept it :)

[Zack]

Shoot me a pm

[Zack]

So here's a brief text update:

First off, this auto top off is awesome. I feel that it adds more enjoyment to my tank. I'm no longer checking the sump to make sure their is still water in the gravity fed ATO and I can just relax and enjoy the tank and fill the ATO once every 3 days. I'm looking to get a larger container, maybe around 4 gallons, and if I do that would make my life a lot easier.

On another note, man those LED's kick butt. Ever since I've switched to them I've seen a huge increase in growth and overall color of my zoas. This could be due to a few things but I honestly think it has to do with the built in timer simulating a natural sunrise/ sunset + moonlight. It could also be that my tank is no longer getting to 80 degrees during the day due to no more MH but I doubt 1 degree would have that much of an effect on growth.

The tank will be taken down and moved to san marcos. From there I plan to upgrade it (hopefully before Thanksgiving) to a 20 long. I'll be posting as it happens and I'll let you guys know how that goes. Wish me luck!

And last but not least, I've started using Clear FX pro after reading some good things about it online. I made the switch a few days ago and I'll be posting results in here.

That's it for this update, I'll try and make some sort of video comp before the move. Any ideas of a good song?

[Zack]

So I've FINALLY gotten to play around with the Mp10 modes (been on vacation/ staycation for a week and a half) and man, that reef crest mode is kick butt! Love seeing it ramp up and slow down and the corals reactions.

[Mr Cob]

haha, about time dude! It's a breeze once you are acclimated to all the modes. Looking forward to the vid when you get around to it...and you owe us some pics man.

[Zack]

Yes I do! my camcorder has been acting up but I still have a camera that shoots 720 so it'll have to do. As for photos, I've added some nice zoas recently and made my first few frags so I'll be taking all that tomorrow once the LED's hit "noon" color temp! Any pics you guys want to see??

[Zack]

Here's a video I found in my old hard drive. From December 16th, 2011. The day I first got my cuc.. we've come a long way from there haha


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0-ENkE3CEI&amp;feature=youtu.be

[Zack]

Here's the video! I must say it's my best so far! Hope you guys like it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEUV3tRCoX4&amp;feature=youtu.be

[hobogato]

nicely done! that comparison near the end really shows how far this tank has come. keep it up :thumbs_up:

[Mr Cob]

heck yeah man! What mode you running the MP10 on in that vid?

[Zack]

nicely done! that comparison near the end really shows how far this tank has come. keep it up :thumbs_up:

Thanks Ace! Means alot coming from you :)


heck yeah man! What mode you running the MP10 on in that vid?

The mp10 in the video is running at 50% on reef crest!

[350gt]

very clean....... I like.

[Zack]

Thanks :)

[koa25]

Hey zack. How often do you do water changes on the ten? I'm curious if i should do one 2 gallon a week or two 1 gallons a week? Your tank is looking awesome bro. You're giving everyone nano fever ha ha.

[Zack]

Pre sump/skimmer I was doing twice weekly two gallon water changes

Since adding the skimmer I'm doing once weekly 4 gallon water changes!

And that's awesome! Glad you guys are catching on!

[koa25]

Maybe i'll start out two 1gallon changes a week. What do you think? Nanos are a new area for me. Ha ha. Appreciate the input.
I actually really like the nano. It started out as an "eh, why not" thing. But i am really enjoying it. Have to be really sparing with aquascaping. It's pretty sweet. Your's is a force to reckon with.

[Zack]

In the beginning thats what I did. Once you establish a bio load then you can up it. I only did so many changes because I feed alot and my tank is a bit over stocked :P. And yeah! My tank will be in SA until Tuesday morning, your more than welcome to stop by Monday evening and check it out/ talk about everything.

[Zack]

Maybe i'll start out two 1gallon changes a week. What do you think? Nanos are a new area for me. Ha ha. Appreciate the input.
I actually really like the nano. It started out as an "eh, why not" thing. But i am really enjoying it. Have to be really sparing with aquascaping. It's pretty sweet. Your's is a force to reckon with.

Also with the aquascaping, it's simple, mine is just 4 rocks. 2 as a base, a third to make a triangle, and the fourth as the gsp!

[BBQHILLBILLY]

great job. Your setup is very nice.

[Zack]

Thanks shane :)

[Zack]

So tomorrow around 12 this tank is coming down and moving to San Marcos! Wish me luck peoples!

[Mr Cob]

many blessings dude!

[Zack]

Thanks man! I'll be updating this thread as the move progresses! I just hope when I get there, there is not a million people waiting for their keys!

[Scutterborn]

Good luck bud! Safety first! Bukle 'em up!!


- Ben -

[Zack]

Heck yes! Also, on another note, I'll be in town Friday, is it cool if I drop off your Cd then?

[Scutterborn]

Yeah. As long as I'm not workin I'll be home. I'll pm you as the weekend nears and my schedule becomes more apparent.


- Ben -

[Zack]

Sure thing man, sounds good!

[Zack]

T-minus 2 hours until tank comes down.. I'm insanely nervous. More so then I've ever been to move this tank

[koa25]

Good luck buddy. Slow and steady wins the race.

[Kristy]

Hey have fun with the move, Zack. Just checked out your latest video and everything is looking sweet! Very happy, healthy tank.

[Scutterborn]

Aaaaaaand?....


-Ben-

[Zack]

So tank is moved!

Everything went well, about to run and get some RO water to fill my sump to capacity (well midway at least) and then I'll be good. Zoas look pretty mad and I knocked my duncan off the rock, but I had super glue handy!

Good news so far: my roomates seem cool, I haven't met them but they left a nice little note for me, also, the apartment was cold when I came home so no awkward convos with me begging them to keep the house cold while everyone is out.

[Zack]

My apartment has one really nice wall for a tank, so being a reefer, I put my dresser in my walk in closet and my gosh, so much wall space for this tank <3

[Zack]

I'm loosing two zoas but other than that, everything looks alright!

[Scutterborn]

Why are you losing zoas? Did they grow legs and state their independence like my 8 year daughter seems to do everyday? Sorry, I was projecting... What happened?


-Ben-

[Zack]

Well.. the other day one started closing up, it has algae growing on it so it was before the move, the second looks shrivled up and has algae starting to grow on it. Idk if it's cause this place is a bit colder, or what, because all the zoas on that same rock are doing fine. I'm not sure why, hopefully they pull through :/, they are the pink paly's in the video.

[Scutterborn]

Well, they did have a traumatic day yesterday. I'd make sure to keep any algae off of them. If its enough to keep them from opening they have little chance of making it. I have some Zoas I got from Ace that are one of my favorites. They began to get gha and I had to clean them every other day. They are doing great now.


- Ben -

[Zack]

I'll do that! I had my tank in total darkness last night (the slimlines timer is internal and has to be set in the AM) and when I turned on the lights to start the timer this morning I saw some copepods/ snails on those two zoas, as of this morning, the green/red palys are not open, and... the pink ones are starting to look 100x better. Still not opening all the way but 3 of 7 heads are looking about 85%!

My toadstool is still mad and beginning to barely open and my gsp is the same, but other than that everything is good!

[Scutterborn]

Groovy! Pods are always a sign of a healthy system. I bet they are just still peeved from the move.


- Ben -

[Zack]

Yeah their neat! I've never really seen that many of them and when I first saw them I thought they were maybe some sort of bug that got into the tank. A quick google search was all I needed. How are the zoas/ palys you got from Mr. Coral doing ben?

[Zack]

So.. this week the tank is finally going to be ugraded to a 20 long! All that's left to do is paint the bottom white and then purchase a larger heater ;)

[Scutterborn]

How are the zoas/ palys you got from Mr. Coral doing ben?

Sorry! Just saw your question. One is opened up the other is still super shy. I'd say 60% closed still.


- Ben -

[350gt]

Did u get the 20 already?

[Zack]

Yes, Picked it up 2 weeks ago when I got a coupon and hit my free 5.00 rewards card thing.

[350gt]

Ahh... Okay. Cause I'm going to put up my 20l that's drilled and painted up for sale real soon.

[Zack]

Tank is moved into the bigger tank! Everything went well.. sorta, I forgot to clean off the bottom before I painted so there is an odd black tint on one corner but I covered it with a large frag so it's hidden :ph34r:. Pictures of the new tank when everything opens up!

[Scutterborn]

Sweet! It's gonna be twice as awesome right? If that's possible!


- Ben -

[Mr Cob]

Tank is moved into the bigger tank! Everything went well.. sorta, I forgot to clean off the bottom before I painted so there is an odd black tint on one corner but I covered it with a large frag so it's hidden :ph34r:. Pictures of the new tank when everything opens up!

Sweet man! Can't wait to see the pics. Did you lose anything?

[Zack]

I didn't lose anything as of yet, the paly's (both pink ones) that looked bad from the initial move still are slowly coming back but other than that, the sensitive stuff like the RBTA made it! I'm uploading few short videos onto youtube. If I get some time this weekend I'll make a full edited video.

[Zack]

Disclaimer: I was listening to Drake while filming this video, so there may be some inappropriate words if kids are around, just a heads up.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EFLvsOkMTQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSr0pTcvhMc

[350gt]

That's clean....

[Flyride95]

Very nice!

[sdunn90fowlr]

Looks great! I think I am gonna take the plunge back into the Nano arena soon. I miss it after many years of not having one. It's been over 8 years for me. I will post the build if I do. Your tank gives me the bug to do it. As well as other great Nano's on here.

[Zack]

Just curious, to those with a bare bottom system, what snails are you guys using? I know Nassarius are out of the question and I just got rid of the last of mine and would like to have something doing their job. I believe the other snails I'm using are ceriths.

Other than that, everything is going nicely. I need to get my WC schedule back on track but other than that, no losses and everything is growing. I gave a few corals I had extra to Josh when his tank crashed and got rid of my feather duster due to it not doing as great because of the BB.

[Zack]

A few updates:

I'll be adding sand this week to the tank, no real reason why, purely asthetics and preference
I'll be getting rid of the clowns to Ben, I have to make way for 2x darwin clowns from Polly's
I re-aquascaped the tank to make for a more open aquascape and to better utilize the added dimensions of the tank
Some of my zoas have been wasting away and loosing color, I think it may be due to lack of nutrients in the water. I've been increasing feedings and running my skimmer only during the day and I hope to begin seeing an increase in color. This is putting off any new coral additions until this is solved
I am going to be running a 175w metal halide fixture with my slimlines on a blue cycle only for actinic/ sunrise/ sunset
My CUC has slightly dropped due to predation of snails by hermits, so I'm going to be buffing up the CUC this weekend at Phenominal

Please note, the chormis' are just there while my tank sits without clowns, they are also they to produce more wastes for my zoas.

Here's a video, when I add sand, I'm going to move the GSP up to the rocks on the left to make it look like one structure


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVZIu378L4g

[RayAllen]

Looks Very clean Zack. I like the new scape.

[Mr Cob]

heck yeah man, you nailed the clean look! Great tank dude.

[Zack]

Thanks Rob! I really took inspiration from Teebs old aquascape in his 40 breeder. I gotta get one more rock to make a flat bridge but other than that it looks good. The middle areas allow for lower flow and areas for clams etc.. Can't wait to get this thing back to speed!

[Zack]

Here's a new picture of my reef!

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[Scutterborn]

It looked great before, Zack. The sand makes it even better, in my opinion.


-Ben-

[Zack]

Thanks alot ben. I made a frame for my canopy and mounted the LED's on them. The colors blend much better now. Pics once I get back from class.

[rrasco]

I saw this in the FTS thread, I really like how clean it looks. Makes me sad face at my reef. So much so that I thought about rescaping, then realized that would require me to do something.

[Zack]

Thanks a lot! I had the same aquascape for almost a year and a half and one day decided to re-scape to better use my tanks dimensions. In my opinion it was a great decision. I also added sand to make it look more like a reef. Post and FTS of your tank!

[rrasco]

I was originally going for the canyon look with two islands, but I ended up with this. I do like it, just needs something else. First time I've ever scaped once and left it as-is. I know my 29 changed daily when it was cycling.

http://www.maast.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=17345&d=1352769724

[Zack]

Looks good! Just curious, what's your lighting on that tank?

[rrasco]

Thanks. Lighting are LED fixtures I built. Older pic here.

http://www.rrasco.com/AquaticPics/105neo/IMG_1608%20%28Custom%29.JPG

[Zack]

Oh yeah, I remember that build. What kit and what company did you go with?

[rrasco]

No kit. The LEDs are bridgelux emitters (the ones people say are not good enough) but I built the fixtures from 3/4" channel and encased in an acrylic housing I made as well. LEDs came from aquastyle online. Drivers are also custom.

[Zack]

In your opinion are the LED's "good enough"?

I saw some people saying they were not good on RC and Nano-reef, just curious what your opinion is on them?

[rrasco]

They're plenty good enough. I've grown everything under them. In fact, if I turn them up over 50% it starts killing everything because it's too much light.

The people saying they are not good enough probably already spent the money on CREE. You know how people are with name-brand stuff, especially once they made the investment.

[Zack]

Here's the tank with the new canopy installed.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkhPEsNwcBI

[Zack]

Quick video my gf took of the tank today. We named our new 6-line Waldo because he's always hiding


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU811mOMKA0&amp;feature=youtu.be

[polarbear]

Hey man. Glad to see the coral is open and doing fine.

[jvene1]

Ah you added a new fish! Nice! How are my zoas doin? :p

[Zack]

The bam bams aren't looking too well but everything else is doing awesome. I think the yellow and green ones (not the rastas) have a new head. I also moved your crab into the tank and took down your tank.

[jvene1]

The bam bams aren't looking too well but everything else is doing awesome. I think the yellow and green ones (not the rastas) have a new head. I also moved your crab into the tank and took down your tank.
Awesome, thanks for holding onto it!

[Zack]

Awesome, thanks for holding onto it!

No problem. Any idea when your setting up your tank? I'm going to be taking my tank down and setting it up again and don't want anything bad to happen to your frags

[Zack]

So I built my own LED fixture! It's the same layout as the AI sol but with a more full spectrum look.. I LOVE IT!!!

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/zackg7/110_0674.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/zackg7/110_0667.jpg

[SinisterLou]

That's bright!!!

[Zack]

Its running on 55% blue and 45% white!

[Zack]

Here's a quick tank vid. The torch is Peeved because I accidentally dumped a gallon of freshwater into the tank a few days ago but it's looking better each day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20eODp6TyOI&amp;feature=youtu.be

[hobogato]

nice job on the light, great looking tank zack

[Troy Valentine]

Looks great Zack... Love the color combinations you've gone with. I think I will use the same when I order my kit..

Thanks for the video.

[Zack]

no problem man. Call me tomorrow if you have any questions about the video I sent you!

[Zack]

So.. in the process of making a new video. Found the perfect song today and started filming. Unfortunately, I also chose today to nuke aptaisa so that put a hold on some of the footage. Also, torch is still looking pretty bad, same with the toadstool after I removed the rock to nuke the hairy shrooms.

When everything is opened up, I'll finish the video.

[Zack]

So for a OCD tank person like myself.. the worst thing happened today...

I put a pretty nice set of scratches on the right wall of my tank and put a small one inch scratch on the front pane.. I had a dream the other day that I tore the tank down and set it up with hard plumbing and an over flow box with a 29 gallon tank.. this gives me one more reason to do it. Also, I need a new mag float, this one commited treason.

Video should be done tomorrow though, just got to fill 30 more seconds.

[Scutterborn]

Dude, just go do a 40b. You know you wanna...

You went from the 10 to the 20L, now possibly a 29. I just sayin...

:)

[Zack]

Haha i have my mind set on at 29 because it'll fit on my current stand.. although I do have a brand spanking new 40 breeder sitting in my closet at my parents house..

[Scutterborn]

There ya go. Stands that size are super easygoing build. Well, at least that how Ace makes it seem every time he builds one!

[Zack]

Anyones else think the extra 9 gallons would make a difference?

[BSJF]

Yes. Especially if you are using an overflow box like in your dream.

[Zack]

Well, I already have an overflow box, but it's an HOB which is annoying to deal with, I want one hard plumbed in with a hole drilled into the tank. I had meant in reguards to weight on the wooden stand.

And in terms of live stock, I do hope the 9 gallons gives me stability to run some sps in my tank

[Zack]

Finally a video that I promised:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zx1B0VaHzo

Unfortunately the Royal Gramma passed away last night :( I decided to keep it in the video as it was my favorite fish in the tank

[indyreefer]

Well if you decide to break in that 40b I have hole saws and can help if youd like when the time comes!

love the branching hammer in the video

[Zack]

Thanks man! I'm barely seeing this comment, but shoot me a text, my dog ate my phone and I lost your number. I'd love to stop by and checkout your setup.

[Paul28]

Very nice , im scared of gsp that stuff took out a full side of my 120 once it got on my rocks killedalot of zoas and ricordeas took few years

[Zack]

Yeah, that's partially one of the reasons I'm considering startin this tank from scratch, it's slowly taking over the left most rock. And thanks paul!

[polarbear]

Hey Zack if you start over you should isolate the GSP off to the side by itself. Maybe towards a corner so that it will attach to the glass. That way it will be easier to trim by scraping it off the glass. Thats where I have mine at and its starting to attach to the glass and not the other rocks.

[Zack]

Yeah that was a huge mistake on my part lol.. I may just buy a new peice of rock and re glue all my frags to it, then sell this piece.

[Zack]

So I've been absent here for a while, and that is due to a close family member having brain surgery. I've been pretty much in and out of class and then back to san antonio and my tanks been let down a bit, so back to buisness. It appears to be cyano and a bit of hair algae due to lack of water changers so that's the first thing I'm going to get back on schedule now that they are out of the hospital and doing well.

I know I had some coral transactions I needed to do a few weeks ago and If I haven't gotten to you, please excuse the delay.

That's all for now though, have two tests and work and then a bunch of water changes to do.

[Big_Pun]

good luck hope all goes well with your family member and tank

[Zack]

Well, I’m back

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/929d3c229958897bffb72f699e548d12.jpg

[alton]

Welcome and looking like a good start