nanoreefer Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) Wow that's a great setup working on doing the same with the 10gallon. Did I miss it somewhere, But where are you getting your rics and rock anemones from? Also how are you making your little cup holders I see in your pictures. I need a few. Lol sorry one more question. You are putting the marinepure balls in the main chamber, under the pump or where? Edited March 22, 2016 by LadySaber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Oh the RFAs and Rics I cant wait to get mine! Those zoas look great too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 I got my stuff from several sellers on eBay: aquarium_art, boomcoral, and lareef. The cups holders are just condiment cups with suction cups attached with superglue : ) Great for baby yumas and anything that needs a little substrate to attach. The marinepure balls are in the middle chamber. There's nothing in the pump chamber other than the pump and heater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Cool I will be making those cups. I have a couple of small mushroom that need something to hold them for now. Ordering Marinepure this weekend then thanks. After I will hitting Cuttlefish on Friday for my rics/shroom hunt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks, Cuttle Fish and Corals, for some awesome new corals! Stopped by to kill some time before meeting up with my friends for H&H and couldn't resist. The little piggy started eating right out of the bag! Running out of space; need to figure out where I'm gonna put the blood red maxi anemone that's arriving today. Plenty of pods for my mandarin! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHash-fish20 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Beautiful shots and video man. I feel I've said this multiple times but you have an amazing softy tank. Really proves you don't need all the sps to make nice tank. If you ever need to get rid of some Ricordeas shoot me a dm I would love to grab some off of you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I agree. Your tank is superior to many I have encountered. I would frame that last picture you posted in my living room. :P Funny question...what does the tank look like with the white LED's on. I saw the reflection of the light in the overhead shot and it made me wonder. Do a lot of the corals look like the color they fluoresce? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Picked up some corals and the tank looks even better in person The colors are so florescent. Thank you nanoreefer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks, guys! The first three photos of the dendro were taken with the whites on at 50%. The corals still are very colorful (as you can kinda tell from the background) but they don't pop like they do under bluer light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Huh. I didn't notice that those were taken with white light. It would just provide a different perspective. One thing I love is fluorescence and your tank has tons of it. My research group at college studies fluorescent proteins and how they "work." After looking at this thread yesterday, I decided to do a search on fluorescent proteins isolated from corals and anemones. In reality, there are a handful that have been characterized and isolated. Every time I see coral fluoresce, I know there are new proteins to be discovered and your tank is full of them. Haha. Every color you see is likely a different protein. P.s. I showed my advisor your videos and he couldn't believe that people have aquariums like yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitrillion Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I got my stuff from several sellers on eBay: aquarium_art, boomcoral, and lareef. The cups holders are just condiment cups with suction cups attached with superglue : ) Great for baby yumas and anything that needs a little substrate to attach. The marinepure balls are in the middle chamber. There's nothing in the pump chamber other than the pump and heater. can show us a better pic of your cup holder thingys[emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 can show us a better pic of your cup holder thingys[emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You know the little ramikin cups you get dipping sauce at in restaurants? They are literally those plastic cups and a suction cup glued to it. The are sweet and dont even look super tacky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Huh. I didn't notice that those were taken with white light. It would just provide a different perspective. One thing I love is fluorescence and your tank has tons of it. My research group at college studies fluorescent proteins and how they "work." After looking at this thread yesterday, I decided to do a search on fluorescent proteins isolated from corals and anemones. In reality, there are a handful that have been characterized and isolated. Every time I see coral fluoresce, I know there are new proteins to be discovered and your tank is full of them. Haha. Every color you see is likely a different protein. P.s. I showed my advisor your videos and he couldn't believe that people have aquariums like yours. That's so cool! I noticed that they glow differently under different spectrum; they all glow under deep blue actinic or blue (have no idea what that is in nm) but only a few glow under UV; the ones that do glow under uv are insane looking; of all the rics in the tank, only two of them glow under uv. I may be able to donate some tissue samples for science Edited March 29, 2016 by nanoreefer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Yuma volcano! Insane looking zoas that I can't remember the name of Non-reef stuff 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 New corals are looking amazing as is the rest of the tank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer17 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Curious how you got enough pod growth in a 10g to support a Mandarin? Tank looks amazing Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 The back chamber is filled with marine pure ceramic balls to help with filtration and grow pods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Some new shots 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Dang Hieu your tank looks amazing! When I set up my new tank I want to turn my fusion into a softy tank if I don't sell it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Do it! Softies are so easy and colorful. You got a new tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Yep! I got the IM lagoon 25. I'm moving into an apartment next fall and can have a little bigger tank so I got one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Green Yuma looking strange this morning; I think it's on the move... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Your photos are amazing! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowen1022 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 What camera do you use? I'm thinking of picking one up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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