albertareef Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 8:08 PM, Emerald525 said: Almost 3 years ! I can't believe it's been that long already!! Glad to see you back at it Kim and jealous of your fish room potential - so much easier when you have the room and facilities to do "wet work". BTW - get ready to lots of polishing on that very nice stainless sink setup - we had one in a zebrafish room at work and it would surface rust constantly even with the low salt content in their water 😞 I don't even have a functional utility sink though so you are way better off 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 hour ago, albertareef said: I can't believe it's been that long already!! Glad to see you back at it Kim and jealous of your fish room potential - so much easier when you have the room and facilities to do "wet work". BTW - get ready to lots of polishing on that very nice stainless sink setup - we had one in a zebrafish room at work and it would surface rust constantly even with the low salt content in their water 😞 I don't even have a functional utility sink though so you are way better off 🙂 I had that concern as well so I ordered this protectant called Everbrite. Great company by the way. They asked when I ordered online what it was for and switched it out since I had ordered the wrong one. I will let you know how it holds up ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Emerald525 said: I had that concern as well so I ordered this protectant called Everbrite. Great company by the way. They asked when I ordered online what it was for and switched it out since I had ordered the wrong one. I will let you know how it holds up ! Good luck! Hope that works out. We tried a few things and ultimately had it replaced with a resin counter/sink combination like in our regular lab spaces 😞 I was honestly surprised as the salt content in that system is pretty low compared to what we run in our setups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Tank has been up and cycling for 3 weeks now. Still doing lights off and have not had significant algae break out yet. NH3 was at zero and nitrites dropped so I did a 20 percent water change dropped the temp (I was doing low salinity high temp to encourage denitrifying bacteria ) and added this little gem.🥰 I am fully aware a 25 gallon tank is too small but I am setting up a 120 gallon eventually as well as a 40 gallon Frag tank so plenty of spots for this guy to go. My plan is to use this little tank as a QT tank. IMG_8193.MOV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Tank has been up 4 months. Really pleased right now where it’s at. I knew it wouldn’t take me long to fill it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 Not the best picture just posting to track coral growth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 On 12/25/2021 at 4:07 PM, Emerald525 said: Not the best picture just posting to track coral growth Hey Kim what light are you using?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash21 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 NanoBox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 hours ago, R-3 said: Hey Kim what light are you using?? Like Flash said it’s a nanobox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Looks pretty nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 8 hours ago, R-3 said: Looks pretty nice! Thanks. I like it better than the AI prime but as you know they went out of business. Pretty durable too. It fell in the tank one day and continued working. I’m sure there are deals to be had for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 12:45 PM, Emerald525 said: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 😁 tank is looking great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Blue Z Reef said: Lol I know you’re joking 😂 but a good subject to bring up. Not all tangs are the same. I had some macroalgae that was overgrowing the rocks. Baby sailfin , Tomini and two spot wouldn’t touch It. Purple tang is the only thing I have found that will so far in all my years and this one is keeping the tank Algae free except for the bubble algae. Purple tangs are grazers so they don’t tend to be bothered by smaller spaces. Achilles need lots of space to be happy which is one of the reasons they often don’t do welI in captivity. I moved the two spot into Sirenas forty gallon when it was showing signs of stress (swimming back and forth on one side fighting with its reflection). That all went away in the 40 gallon. Obviously the plan I to move this tang to the bigger tank when it is up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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