beautiful. I really want to set up a reef tank (have been out of the hobby a while but never scratched the itch) but I don't think it will ever happen as I travel a lot. What is the longest you are comfortable leaving the tank for?Water change and clean -
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Good question. I think the longest I’ve left it for is 6-7 days. It would probably be fine for longer, but I start to worry about it. The auto feeder takes care of most and the fish/coral has been chosen to not be overly fussy, so the occasional missed dosing doesn’t seem to cause any issue. The ATO maintains the water and has a big reserve. Sudden temperature swings (cold nights, heat waves) are an issue being an upstairs room, if I can’t open/close windows/tank lid accordingly. Funny enough, it probably fares better when we aren’t there with a more consistent feeding regime and the lights mostly off in the room preventing any algae growth.
I’d put a camera on it for peace of mind if it wasn’t for our difficult WiFi setup in work.
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Think they longest I did was about a month. I was quite sick so couldn't do any water changes or dosing. Thankfully I had people who could feed the fish and top off the water.
That was a mature 400l tank, so was quite stable at the time.
That was 20 years ago with pretty basic gear. There's so much more gear out there now to automate things.
That was a mature 400l tank, so was quite stable at the time.
That was 20 years ago with pretty basic gear. There's so much more gear out there now to automate things.
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Good guy, great clean up crew. I don’t think we have many left after our banded shrimp got a taste for them. What coral did you get?
Yeah, despite making my flesh crawl, I added him to the tank.
Coral I went for is a metallic GSP. Something nice and simple, I've put it on a lone rock to stop it spreading everywhere.
I was expecting it to come on a frag plug, but it looks like the guy just scrapped it off a rock and sent it off to me.
Doesn't look very impressive at the moment, just a looks like a sheet of coraline algae. Here's hoping it looks more impressive tomorrow when the lights come on.
I aslo found some more hitchikers that appeared once I dipped the coral.
Unfortunately none of them survived, was told they are quite benefical, so that was a bit of a shame. But at the time I didn't know if they were good or bad and didn't want to take any chances.
Also have no idea how you would actually save them from the dip once they're in.
Coral I went for is a metallic GSP. Something nice and simple, I've put it on a lone rock to stop it spreading everywhere.
I was expecting it to come on a frag plug, but it looks like the guy just scrapped it off a rock and sent it off to me.
Doesn't look very impressive at the moment, just a looks like a sheet of coraline algae. Here's hoping it looks more impressive tomorrow when the lights come on.
I aslo found some more hitchikers that appeared once I dipped the coral.
Unfortunately none of them survived, was told they are quite benefical, so that was a bit of a shame. But at the time I didn't know if they were good or bad and didn't want to take any chances.
Also have no idea how you would actually save them from the dip once they're in.
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Shame, more great clean up crew. Not that I ever see our Brittle Stars out, I think they come out at night, but I often see their legs sticking out of the rock.
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Coral is taking it's time recoverying from delivery.
How are the corals doing? GSP is notoriously pretty tough. Ours is thriving, regardless of whatever happens elsewhere in the tank. Xenia is meant to be another super tough one, but ours is in slow decline, partly due to the anemone battering it in the main location it is in and I suspect due to our water being pretty clean, Xenia tends to prefer a slightly dirtier tank.
The GSP is not doing great.
I talked to the supplier, he said maybe my lights are too bright, or that my nitrates and phosphate are 0.
I normally have my lights aty 80%, so Thursday and Friday, I had them down to 40% and saw no notable change. Saturday and today I've got them at 60%. Tomorrow I'm going to put it back up to 80%.
Nitrates are 5ppm, I went out and bought a phosphate kit and the results were 0.
It's a bit disheartening, it looks nothing like the picture from the website and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. These things are meant to be bomb proof, which is why I chose it.
Tanks just over a month old from finishing it's cycle, so was hoping I could slowly start stocking it with some coral and inverts. Something easy like a leather coral and maybe a fire shrimp.
But this GSPs appearance has shaken my confidence and is making me question what I'm doing wrong, so I'm holding back on any more stock.
On a plus side, my snail that has been MIA for nearly 2 weeks just showed up.
I talked to the supplier, he said maybe my lights are too bright, or that my nitrates and phosphate are 0.
I normally have my lights aty 80%, so Thursday and Friday, I had them down to 40% and saw no notable change. Saturday and today I've got them at 60%. Tomorrow I'm going to put it back up to 80%.
Nitrates are 5ppm, I went out and bought a phosphate kit and the results were 0.
It's a bit disheartening, it looks nothing like the picture from the website and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. These things are meant to be bomb proof, which is why I chose it.
Tanks just over a month old from finishing it's cycle, so was hoping I could slowly start stocking it with some coral and inverts. Something easy like a leather coral and maybe a fire shrimp.
But this GSPs appearance has shaken my confidence and is making me question what I'm doing wrong, so I'm holding back on any more stock.
On a plus side, my snail that has been MIA for nearly 2 weeks just showed up.
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Our GSP is thriving at the top directly under the light. I thought they liked bright light? Are you using a coral food? For reference, whilst ours was on a frag, it remained closed for a day or so. I wish our GSP would slow down! It was pretty slow as first, but pretty much grows before your eyes now.
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We kind of cheat though, because we have a guy who advises us and does most of it.
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We kind of cheat though, because we have a guy who advises us and does most of it.
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Suppose all I can do is wait.
Sprinkled around some pellets and snail made an appearance.
Not seen him since the day I've bought him.
He's buggered off and disappeared again, probably won't see him again till next year.
Edit - Didn't reliase how loud the rain on the window was. Hope Youtube don't grab me for having Pink Floyd playing in the background!
Sprinkled around some pellets and snail made an appearance.
Not seen him since the day I've bought him.
He's buggered off and disappeared again, probably won't see him again till next year.
Edit - Didn't reliase how loud the rain on the window was. Hope Youtube don't grab me for having Pink Floyd playing in the background!
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I'm a little worried about dosing phosphate while I'm going through the ugly stage.
I've been busy today, went to my LFS. Rented a PAR meter and had a chat about my situation. Come away with some Red Sea Reef Energy Plus and Reef Roids.
This 1 little coral is costing my some money and sanity.
I did a little playing around with the PAR meter tonight at different light intensitys.
The percent is across the board, i.e 60% is 60% Royal Blue, 60% Blue and 60% Cool White.
I've currently got the lights at 60%, but I'm thinking I should crank it back up to 80%.
I've been busy today, went to my LFS. Rented a PAR meter and had a chat about my situation. Come away with some Red Sea Reef Energy Plus and Reef Roids.
This 1 little coral is costing my some money and sanity.
I did a little playing around with the PAR meter tonight at different light intensitys.
The percent is across the board, i.e 60% is 60% Royal Blue, 60% Blue and 60% Cool White.
I've currently got the lights at 60%, but I'm thinking I should crank it back up to 80%.
I'm so glad they are both getting on together, caught them a few times just chilling out next to each other. Was so worried there was going to be a fight.
Seems to have injected some live into Chaz as well. He normally just perch on his favourite rock all day and wait for food, now he seems more active and inquisitive.
I'm getting soppy in my old age.
Seems to have injected some live into Chaz as well. He normally just perch on his favourite rock all day and wait for food, now he seems more active and inquisitive.
I'm getting soppy in my old age.
Im a reefer… I have Nyos opus 300 gen2 pro. Its an sps only reef which unfortunately I had a major setback with earlier in the year and somehow managed to get acro eating flat worms. On the road to recovery now though after stripping my rock out and conducting weekly coral dips for 8 weeks.
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Love how neat your setup is.
That sounds like such a complete pain about the flat worms, I've heard horror stories about them. Glad your sticking with it though.
Nothing much exciting myself, really upped the flow in my tank and it seems to be having an effect on my GSP.
The left colony is really starting to come out now, the right, my 1st coral, has made a small improvement, but still quite disappointing.
That sounds like such a complete pain about the flat worms, I've heard horror stories about them. Glad your sticking with it though.
Nothing much exciting myself, really upped the flow in my tank and it seems to be having an effect on my GSP.
The left colony is really starting to come out now, the right, my 1st coral, has made a small improvement, but still quite disappointing.
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I do like to lurk on this thread and see everyones set up, makes me miss mine which i shut down about 4 years ago.
I have thought about starting up again, but i have a cat who i think would put a stop to that.
I have thought about starting up again, but i have a cat who i think would put a stop to that.