rDr4g0n
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Guys its ok, im not a ghost. FRET NOT!!!
Soooo hows everyone!? Good? Good. I just wanted to drop by and say helloooo. My tank has been about the same as last time I posted, but recently I made some changes and I figured I'd share em. Remember that tall 10 gallon I modified? (no? check here http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/diy/17429-crazy-mans-aquarium-mod.html ) Well ive moved all my coral into there. I was getting tired of doing water changes on a 50 gallon system because I have to go buy (2) 5 gallon jugs of water for it per week ( 5 gal for evap and another 5 for water change), then lug em up stairs to my apt. Im pretty lazy soo.... yeah.
Anyway, So fish: I had 2 bangai cardinals, 1 pajama, and 1 blown. Well the first bangai was eaten by my brain coral. Can you believe that? The fish was teh size of that brain and he ATE HIM!!! There was a lump in that brain for 4 days. Now the brain is growing new folds and a new mouth, so something good came of it.
The second bangai I found dead this weekend (which convinced me to just move everything to the 10 gallon). Poor thing was missing his whole tail... sound familiar?! Thats the same thing that happened to my lionfish!!!
finally, the cardinal babies didnt make it
First brood i set up in a separate tank which never fully balanced, and the trates killed em. Second brood i kept in the main systems circulation, but they eventually died of... probably getting sucked into a powerhead lol
my clow is still insane and excited, and my pajama cardinal, the first fish i ever got, is just fine. The clown, when i moved him to the tall tank, was so overwelmed by its "tallness" that he tried swimming up, and ended up upside down lol he did that like 4 times.
OK, so heres a pic...
so we have mushrooms and button polyps everywhere. The thing I like about this smaller space is that the corals and fish appear "larger" and theyre more densly packed in. It seems prettier to me. On top is a regular ol home depot flood light, and to the left I have a 14k and an actinic tube (like... 30w each i think, not regular 17w, but not VHO either) on its side. yes, the tank is lit from teh top and the side. Also, you can see 2 frags of a wall hammer. Its alive, but hasnt ever really done well. Its very picky about light and waterflow. Also, my brain coral down there, and thats about it.
Oh heres that scary 14 inch bristleworm.
Soooo hows everyone!? Good? Good. I just wanted to drop by and say helloooo. My tank has been about the same as last time I posted, but recently I made some changes and I figured I'd share em. Remember that tall 10 gallon I modified? (no? check here http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/diy/17429-crazy-mans-aquarium-mod.html ) Well ive moved all my coral into there. I was getting tired of doing water changes on a 50 gallon system because I have to go buy (2) 5 gallon jugs of water for it per week ( 5 gal for evap and another 5 for water change), then lug em up stairs to my apt. Im pretty lazy soo.... yeah.
Anyway, So fish: I had 2 bangai cardinals, 1 pajama, and 1 blown. Well the first bangai was eaten by my brain coral. Can you believe that? The fish was teh size of that brain and he ATE HIM!!! There was a lump in that brain for 4 days. Now the brain is growing new folds and a new mouth, so something good came of it.
The second bangai I found dead this weekend (which convinced me to just move everything to the 10 gallon). Poor thing was missing his whole tail... sound familiar?! Thats the same thing that happened to my lionfish!!!
finally, the cardinal babies didnt make it
First brood i set up in a separate tank which never fully balanced, and the trates killed em. Second brood i kept in the main systems circulation, but they eventually died of... probably getting sucked into a powerhead lolmy clow is still insane and excited, and my pajama cardinal, the first fish i ever got, is just fine. The clown, when i moved him to the tall tank, was so overwelmed by its "tallness" that he tried swimming up, and ended up upside down lol he did that like 4 times.
OK, so heres a pic...
so we have mushrooms and button polyps everywhere. The thing I like about this smaller space is that the corals and fish appear "larger" and theyre more densly packed in. It seems prettier to me. On top is a regular ol home depot flood light, and to the left I have a 14k and an actinic tube (like... 30w each i think, not regular 17w, but not VHO either) on its side. yes, the tank is lit from teh top and the side. Also, you can see 2 frags of a wall hammer. Its alive, but hasnt ever really done well. Its very picky about light and waterflow. Also, my brain coral down there, and thats about it.
Oh heres that scary 14 inch bristleworm.
