Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube - Page 3

BigAl07 · 01-21-2008, 11:17 PM

Thanks for reading... "things" Are still the same with this tank... just rock, sand and one lowly shrimp... well shrimp in a net that is! It's gooey looking right now. I'll test tomorrow to see "where" it is.

Thanks for reading

boozeman · 01-21-2008, 11:55 PM

3 pages long and i dont know how i missed this thread...sweet nano, love the rock arch

AQTCJAK · 01-22-2008, 12:09 AM

Looking good Julie

BigAl07 · 01-23-2008, 11:08 PM

The "shrimp" has vanished.... I suspect it "Revived" and is crawling around somewhere.

I did a water test tonight and the Ammonia is barely detectable on the scale. I ran OUT of Nitrite Reagent 1/2 way through that test so I can't tell where THAT part of the cycle is. I think I'll drop another shrimpy in the tank to feed the cycle. I'll be picking up a Nitrite Test kit Friday night. More to come . . .

BigAl07 · 01-24-2008, 05:07 PM

Julie picked up her first Ric & Shroom over the weekend. They are both in my 10g Frag tank till after the cycle and such but here are two quick pics...

althea2you · 01-27-2008, 01:10 PM

oooh! i like the blue ric!!! cool! i want one! :P

AQTCJAK · 01-27-2008, 01:19 PM

BigAl07 · 01-31-2008, 10:43 PM

Well tonight Julie noticed "motion" in her tank. It's full of PODS running over the sand, across the rock and a TEAM of micro-life swimming around in the water column. I even "witnessed" a series of PODS being shot out of the output from the return pump. I snapped a pic of one up next to the glass just for fun.

Here's the pod showing off

and here's one I've never seen.. pic is BEYOND terrible but I'm posting it ANYWAY! This one looks like a small straight stalk with a singular wire coming out of it. It's somewhat center and totally unable to be seen

And here's the latest FTS (more to come tomorrow night)

kathywithbirds · 02-01-2008, 12:15 AM

Cool!! The pods don't know it yet, but they're going to lose supremacy in the tank....

BigAl07 · 02-05-2008, 12:31 AM

Ok we added some Frags tonight

FTS (before tonight)

FTS (After tonight)

thanks for reading her tank

BigAl07 · 02-13-2008, 01:22 AM

Not a LOT of difference but we added a couple of corals tonight.

Here's the SWEET corals Morgan a ReefGardener.net sent us

and here's a FTS just for fun

Frankie · 02-13-2008, 09:16 AM

Cool Al. I tried to get my wife into it this way but it was a no go.
Why don't you put a large green carpet anemone in there?
From the picture on the box their telling you is ok

BigAl07 · 02-16-2008, 03:31 PM

Thanks Frank

I'm very glad she's "Into" it. It makes the whole thing easier and it's something we can do together

Top Down

FrogSpawn close up (Top Down)

Reef Ball w/Zoas (Top down)

Ric, Shrooms (Top Down)

slysock · 02-26-2008, 04:52 AM

al, or julie. where did you acomidate that small reefball? that would look spectacular covered in some watermelon zoos

Jason25 · 02-26-2008, 07:45 AM

Sly pm AL he can get them for you.

01-21-2008, 11:17 PM	#31 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Thanks for reading... "things" Are still the same with this tank... just rock, sand and one lowly shrimp... well shrimp in a net that is! It's gooey looking right now. I'll test tomorrow to see "where" it is. Thanks for reading __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

01-21-2008, 11:55 PM	#32 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,802 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube 3 pages long and i dont know how i missed this thread...sweet nano, love the rock arch __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

01-22-2008, 12:09 AM	#33 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,267 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Looking good Julie __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com

01-23-2008, 11:08 PM	#34 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube The "shrimp" has vanished.... I suspect it "Revived" and is crawling around somewhere. I did a water test tonight and the Ammonia is barely detectable on the scale. I ran OUT of Nitrite Reagent 1/2 way through that test so I can't tell where THAT part of the cycle is. I think I'll drop another shrimpy in the tank to feed the cycle. I'll be picking up a Nitrite Test kit Friday night. More to come . . . __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

01-24-2008, 05:07 PM	#35 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Julie picked up her first Ric & Shroom over the weekend. They are both in my 10g Frag tank till after the cycle and such but here are two quick pics... __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

01-27-2008, 01:10 PM	#36 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,479 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube oooh! i like the blue ric!!! cool! i want one! :P __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

01-27-2008, 01:19 PM	#37 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,267 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com

01-31-2008, 10:43 PM	#38 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Well tonight Julie noticed "motion" in her tank. It's full of PODS running over the sand, across the rock and a TEAM of micro-life swimming around in the water column. I even "witnessed" a series of PODS being shot out of the output from the return pump. I snapped a pic of one up next to the glass just for fun. Here's the pod showing off and here's one I've never seen.. pic is BEYOND terrible but I'm posting it ANYWAY! This one looks like a small straight stalk with a singular wire coming out of it. It's somewhat center and totally unable to be seen And here's the latest FTS (more to come tomorrow night) __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-01-2008, 12:15 AM	#39 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,937 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Cool!! The pods don't know it yet, but they're going to lose supremacy in the tank.... __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

02-05-2008, 12:31 AM	#40 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Ok we added some Frags tonight FTS (before tonight) FTS (After tonight) thanks for reading her tank __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-13-2008, 01:22 AM	#41 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Not a LOT of difference but we added a couple of corals tonight. Here's the SWEET corals Morgan a ReefGardener.net sent us and here's a FTS just for fun __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-16-2008, 03:31 PM	#43 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Thanks Frank I'm very glad she's "Into" it. It makes the whole thing easier and it's something we can do together Top Down FrogSpawn close up (Top Down) Reef Ball w/Zoas (Top down) Ric, Shrooms (Top Down) __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-26-2008, 04:52 AM	#44 (permalink)
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02-26-2008, 07:45 AM	#45 (permalink)
Jason25 Elegance coral Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,117 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Sly pm AL he can get them for you.

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