Diver's Paradise: Take Two!

[neuro]

Hey just to throw in my own calc/alk dosing observations:

I once dosed 1:1 to get what i wanted. after my tank crash:

1. I had to dose more calcium than alk.
2. Then my alk was down and my calc skyrocketed (520 ppm)
3. And for now my levels are where i expect them to be after readjusting. This took months.

.. and unfortunately for me, upgrading my reef angel caused all of my dosing timers to reset. So now I have to figure this out now.

Btw, for mixing my BRS alk, I had to buy new alk component from BRS. The old one I had would not mix correctly. Even with the new stuff, I have to mix little by little, and shake the hell out of the container before adding more water & alk. Otherwise it would immediately settle.

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Yeah it seems like the imbalance in what I needed to dose must just be a weird thing with the new tank since BIonic should be balanced. Since I'm not dosing more Ca than I was at the beginning, I think it will equal out now. I'll probably just stick to B-Ionic since its easy and just have some extra Ca component. Based on this, I decided to order a second BRS dosing pump to use for the Ca component, so that should arrive this week.

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Just some fun shots of the clowns. The anemones are really coloring up beautifully

 

[Kensington Reefer]

That's good stuff!

 

[Spoon]

Awwwwwww they're cute!

 

[FeliciaLynn]

That's good stuff!

Yep! They're doing well so far. The little clown is picking on the Darwin some though. Weirdly, the tiny one seems to be establishing itself as the dominant one of the pair. That little one hogs the BTAs and won't let the Darwin in the BTAs at all.

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Awwwwwww they're cute!

They're tiny

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Huge photo update from last night.

New FTS 5/29/14

I managed to catch the flasher wrasse attempting to jump. I was crouched near the tank to take these photos and he actually managed to splash water on me. He's like Shamu and there's a splash zone

Left Side

Center

Right Side

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Tank inhabitants!

Algae Blenny

Cleaner Shrimp

One of the new sexy shrimp

Clowns

And a blurry shot of the leopard wrasse. She's just too tiny and cute not to include a photo of her.

I think its now ANEMONE TIME!!!

Gotta show them off since I now have 13 in here! I have a problem

VIP Reef Rock Flower

Tiny saltcritters rock flower and my ATL Fire Polyp Undata (only SPS left in the tank)

Newest rock flower (from Aquarium Concept in Dublin)

Group of the ones that are smushed together

Tube anemones

My favorite BTA

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Alright, now how about some corals...

Euphyllia Land (Look at the adorable leopard wrasse!)

Symphyllia brain

Elegance

Muricea Gorgonian

Orange Tree Gorgonian

Dendros. For some reason one of the two heads lost flesh on me right after I got it, but the other head is doing great. Now the head that lost tissue is sprouting like 6 different baby heads! They're still super tiny though. Also, look at the COLOR on the KPA rock! So glad I went this route instead of dry rock again.

Derasa Clam

Newest zoanthids from the trade with one of my Nano-reef friends.

Zoa Garden #1

Zoa Garden #2

 

[Nav]

Awesome pics Felicia your tank sure sets a benchmark for newbies like me...

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Awesome pics Felicia your tank sure sets a benchmark for newbies like me...

Thank you Navdeep! I was a newbie myself just a couple years ago

 

[tygunn]

Good job. I can't wait for my tank to look like this! Haha so far I'm just competing with the sea kelp display at the Monterey aquarium.

Love the elegance.

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[FeliciaLynn]

Good job. I can't wait for my tank to look like this! Haha so far I'm just competing with the sea kelp display at the Monterey aquarium.

Love the elegance.

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Thank you! Yeah, oddly my live rock didn't have any break outs of algae. I think maybe its just a difference in how each tank cycles or something. Also, I added my CUC pretty early, so maybe they took care of the issue before it happened? Who knows! Your tank will be here soon enough, I'm sure

I really love the elegance too! I picked it up at the Reef Raft opening. I was worried it wouldn't do well for me since they're notoriously touchy and my tank was REALLY new, but its done amazing and is definitely growing.

 

[Nav]

How much did you get the elegance for?

 

[FeliciaLynn]

How much did you get the elegance for?

I believe it was like $50 and then Reef Raft was doing 20% off at the grand opening. Its a smaller one, but pretty reasonably priced and perfect for the size of my tank.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Tank is looking quite spanktacular!

However I think you might need an anemone or (thirty)two to make those clownfish happy, let me know if you need them

 

[Spoon]

OMG!

Your tank is bad ass. I love your gardens..I especially love the Orange Gorgonian. That's one of my favorite NPS. I tried keeping one years ago..but I failed.

How long have you had it? Growth? Tips!?

Also, I may have missed it earlier, forgive me. But I saw your "only SPS left", is there a reason you kept the Undata? It's very pretty.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Looking good Felicia
Did you get another Darwin?

 

[FeliciaLynn]

Tank is looking quite spanktacular!

However I think you might need an anemone or (thirty)two to make those clownfish happy, let me know if you need them

Thank you!

Ha! I think 4 in a 30 gallon is already a bit excessive. I'm totally hooked though, so don't tempt me!