Akwar'eum - Page 11

tbittner · 01-22-2008, 08:41 PM

I was reading about it but if my waters chemistry starts to get out of wack, I start water changes. Reset everything back to "zero" so to speak. Actually back to what the IO mix sets everything at.

But I do it sloooowwwwwllllyyyy too.

tbittner · 01-22-2008, 08:43 PM

I think that's the reason I prefer the two part B-Ionic additive. It's darn near impossible to screw things up by using it. I found a place that sells the mix in 5 gallon buckets for $70. The $70 is a 5g of calcium AND 5g of alk.

framerguy · 01-27-2008, 01:21 PM

These are some new photos of my little babies. I hope you enjoy!

This is Bobo hiding in his Xenia

This is clammys new location. It's not perfect but he kept falling off the rock.

Here's Fromia crawing about...

I rearranged stuff to the elegance would have room to expand.

Here's the managerie shot!

That's all I've got at the moment...thanks for looking!

althea2you · 01-27-2008, 01:28 PM

oooh!! is that a blue xenia? do you have 2 types of xenia in there? the blues (if indeed that is what they are! :P) are really pretty!!!

tbittner · 01-27-2008, 01:38 PM

I love your tank, Greg. Very nice! I love the corals that have a little movement to them. I also love the colors of the hard corals.

Choices, choices, choices...

framerguy · 01-27-2008, 02:32 PM

Yes Sarah, I have two different types. The PomPoms are more whiteish blue, the ones that Bobo lives in are more burgundy. The Xenia in the finger leather photo is the stuff that I thought had died completely. It was the size of a chewed up piece of dentine gum, now look at it!

althea2you · 01-27-2008, 02:50 PM

LMAO!!! no way!!! that is great! i cant believe it flourished like that after having shriveled so much!!! georgous!!!

BarbMazz · 01-27-2008, 06:59 PM

You know I love your tank! Beautiful pictures, Greg.. just LOVE the color combinations you have going there. Your elegance looks like it's doing well.. they're so unusual looking!

Dentoid · 01-27-2008, 08:10 PM

Nice pictures Greg! Love the Elegance, I wish mine would open up like that. It only half expands.

Royalscott · 01-27-2008, 08:17 PM

Looks great!

framerguy · 01-28-2008, 07:37 PM

Cleaning Day!
Monday is water change day. I changed 12 gallons from the sump this time to clean out the accumulated crud in there. Several hours later the tests are as follows:
PH:8.03 (7.92-8.13)
Temp: 77.1-77.9
Alk: 9dKH
Calc:410
Mag:1300
NH4:0
NO2:.05 (I think I need a new test kit)
NO3:1ppm

supplements:
two part Alk/Calc. 1.5 cup solution of each/day
Dosing 1ml vodka/day

The alk/calc supplement I recently started seems to work well. The vodka method of nitrate reduction seems to also be working.

Now, a few more pics for you:
Blastomussa wellsi

Sabellastarte magnifica (feather duster worm)

Montipora sp.

Cryptocentrus leptocephalus (pink spot goby)

Various Zooanthids and Palythoas

Thanks for lookin' !

tbittner · 01-28-2008, 08:23 PM

WHOA!!! Awesome my friend! Please help me with what they are though.

BarbMazz · 01-28-2008, 08:40 PM

Just beautiful! What is the sort of fern looking thing that's orangey/brown/black?

The two-part alk/ca is the bottled stuff you buy off the shelf, right? You're not dosing kalkwasser or using your calcium reactor, right?

What brand is it? Maybe I missed if you posted it already.. please do tell again if so.

framerguy · 01-28-2008, 10:05 PM

Sorry guys, I'll label the photos.
1:Blastomussa wellsi
2:Sabellastarte magnifica (feather duster worm)
3:Montipora sp.
4:Cryptocentrus leptocephalus (pink spot goby)
5:various Zooanthids and Palythoas

The two part solutions I am using are homemade using R.H. Farleys recipe An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com found here. For the Alk solution I bake 2.5 cups of Arm and Hammer Baking soda at 300 degrees for one hour, then mix in one gallon of RO/DI water. The calc solution is made using Calcium Chloride. I use Seachems Reef Advantage Calcium (two cups per gallon of RO/DI). I have found Calcium Chloride at a local pool supply store that I will investigate and possibly try.

I balanced the calcium/alk using 'Reef Chemistry Calculator FV' this handy dandy calculator. Now, I am using 1.5 cups of each solution per day trying to slowly get the alkalinity to 10dKH. Once it is there I will determine how much solution to use to keep it there by trial and error.

Thanks again for looking!

tbittner · 01-28-2008, 10:53 PM

You photography skills are really impressive! I have never seen a feather duster of that color before. Now I'm going to have to go looking around.

Gee, thanks!

01-22-2008, 08:41 PM	#151 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,044 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum I was reading about it but if my waters chemistry starts to get out of wack, I start water changes. Reset everything back to "zero" so to speak. Actually back to what the IO mix sets everything at. But I do it sloooowwwwwllllyyyy too. __________________ Terry My chronicle 120g with 300g sump/refug, Outer Orbit HQI/T5HO 24-Hour Light System: : 48" 250W HQI 4x54W Lots of fish. 150g predator tank full of killers. 450g tank is IN the HOUSE!

01-22-2008, 08:43 PM	#152 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,044 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum I think that's the reason I prefer the two part B-Ionic additive. It's darn near impossible to screw things up by using it. I found a place that sells the mix in 5 gallon buckets for $70. The $70 is a 5g of calcium AND 5g of alk. __________________ Terry My chronicle 120g with 300g sump/refug, Outer Orbit HQI/T5HO 24-Hour Light System: : 48" 250W HQI 4x54W Lots of fish. 150g predator tank full of killers. 450g tank is IN the HOUSE!

01-27-2008, 01:21 PM	#153 (permalink)
framerguy Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 2,914 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum These are some new photos of my little babies. I hope you enjoy! This is Bobo hiding in his Xenia This is clammys new location. It's not perfect but he kept falling off the rock. Here's Fromia crawing about... I rearranged stuff to the elegance would have room to expand. Here's the managerie shot! That's all I've got at the moment...thanks for looking! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 75g Main, 55g Fuge w/DSB/+-25#LR, 25g Sump, turboflotor skimmer, 2x250w MH(9hrs/d), 4x65w PC(14h/d), 950gph mag drive/seaswirl return, 100# LR, 3" SB chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

01-27-2008, 01:28 PM	#154 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,220 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Akwar'eum oooh!! is that a blue xenia? do you have 2 types of xenia in there? the blues (if indeed that is what they are! :P) are really pretty!!! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

01-27-2008, 01:38 PM	#155 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,044 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum I love your tank, Greg. Very nice! I love the corals that have a little movement to them. I also love the colors of the hard corals. Choices, choices, choices... __________________ Terry My chronicle 120g with 300g sump/refug, Outer Orbit HQI/T5HO 24-Hour Light System: : 48" 250W HQI 4x54W Lots of fish. 150g predator tank full of killers. 450g tank is IN the HOUSE!

01-27-2008, 02:32 PM	#156 (permalink)
framerguy Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 2,914 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Yes Sarah, I have two different types. The PomPoms are more whiteish blue, the ones that Bobo lives in are more burgundy. The Xenia in the finger leather photo is the stuff that I thought had died completely. It was the size of a chewed up piece of dentine gum, now look at it! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 75g Main, 55g Fuge w/DSB/+-25#LR, 25g Sump, turboflotor skimmer, 2x250w MH(9hrs/d), 4x65w PC(14h/d), 950gph mag drive/seaswirl return, 100# LR, 3" SB chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

01-27-2008, 02:50 PM	#157 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,220 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Akwar'eum LMAO!!! no way!!! that is great! i cant believe it flourished like that after having shriveled so much!!! georgous!!! __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

01-27-2008, 06:59 PM	#158 (permalink)
BarbMazz Keeper of The List Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2,303 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum You know I love your tank! Beautiful pictures, Greg.. just LOVE the color combinations you have going there. Your elegance looks like it's doing well.. they're so unusual looking! __________________ ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~ ~count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and sought your advantage over no one~ ~robert brault~ Sorry Bunny. I just couldn't do it any longer.

01-27-2008, 08:10 PM	#159 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,456 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Akwar'eum Nice pictures Greg! Love the Elegance, I wish mine would open up like that. It only half expands. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

01-27-2008, 08:17 PM	#160 (permalink)
Royalscott Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 560 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Akwar'eum Looks great! __________________ Janetta & Scott 29 Gallon BioCube The Nano Club Wear Gloves

01-28-2008, 07:37 PM	#161 (permalink)
framerguy Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 2,914 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Cleaning Day! Monday is water change day. I changed 12 gallons from the sump this time to clean out the accumulated crud in there. Several hours later the tests are as follows: PH:8.03 (7.92-8.13) Temp: 77.1-77.9 Alk: 9dKH Calc:410 Mag:1300 NH4:0 NO2:.05 (I think I need a new test kit) NO3:1ppm supplements: two part Alk/Calc. 1.5 cup solution of each/day Dosing 1ml vodka/day The alk/calc supplement I recently started seems to work well. The vodka method of nitrate reduction seems to also be working. Now, a few more pics for you: Blastomussa wellsi Sabellastarte magnifica (feather duster worm) Montipora sp. Cryptocentrus leptocephalus (pink spot goby) Various Zooanthids and Palythoas Thanks for lookin' ! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 75g Main, 55g Fuge w/DSB/+-25#LR, 25g Sump, turboflotor skimmer, 2x250w MH(9hrs/d), 4x65w PC(14h/d), 950gph mag drive/seaswirl return, 100# LR, 3" SB chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination Last edited by framerguy : 01-28-2008 at 10:09 PM. Reason: added names to photos

01-28-2008, 08:23 PM	#162 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,044 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum WHOA!!! Awesome my friend! Please help me with what they are though. __________________ Terry My chronicle 120g with 300g sump/refug, Outer Orbit HQI/T5HO 24-Hour Light System: : 48" 250W HQI 4x54W Lots of fish. 150g predator tank full of killers. 450g tank is IN the HOUSE!

01-28-2008, 08:40 PM	#163 (permalink)
BarbMazz Keeper of The List Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2,303 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Just beautiful! What is the sort of fern looking thing that's orangey/brown/black? The two-part alk/ca is the bottled stuff you buy off the shelf, right? You're not dosing kalkwasser or using your calcium reactor, right? What brand is it? Maybe I missed if you posted it already.. please do tell again if so. __________________ ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~ ~count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and sought your advantage over no one~ ~robert brault~ Sorry Bunny. I just couldn't do it any longer.

01-28-2008, 10:05 PM	#164 (permalink)
framerguy Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 2,914 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum Sorry guys, I'll label the photos. 1:Blastomussa wellsi 2:Sabellastarte magnifica (feather duster worm) 3:Montipora sp. 4:Cryptocentrus leptocephalus (pink spot goby) 5:various Zooanthids and Palythoas The two part solutions I am using are homemade using R.H. Farleys recipe An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com found here. For the Alk solution I bake 2.5 cups of Arm and Hammer Baking soda at 300 degrees for one hour, then mix in one gallon of RO/DI water. The calc solution is made using Calcium Chloride. I use Seachems Reef Advantage Calcium (two cups per gallon of RO/DI). I have found Calcium Chloride at a local pool supply store that I will investigate and possibly try. I balanced the calcium/alk using 'Reef Chemistry Calculator FV' this handy dandy calculator. Now, I am using 1.5 cups of each solution per day trying to slowly get the alkalinity to 10dKH. Once it is there I will determine how much solution to use to keep it there by trial and error. Thanks again for looking! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 75g Main, 55g Fuge w/DSB/+-25#LR, 25g Sump, turboflotor skimmer, 2x250w MH(9hrs/d), 4x65w PC(14h/d), 950gph mag drive/seaswirl return, 100# LR, 3" SB chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

01-28-2008, 10:53 PM	#165 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,044 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Akwar'eum You photography skills are really impressive! I have never seen a feather duster of that color before. Now I'm going to have to go looking around. Gee, thanks! __________________ Terry My chronicle 120g with 300g sump/refug, Outer Orbit HQI/T5HO 24-Hour Light System: : 48" 250W HQI 4x54W Lots of fish. 150g predator tank full of killers. 450g tank is IN the HOUSE!

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