Cobalt Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Well, I think I have long passed the infant mortality phase so its safe to post! (knock on wood). After lurking in the forums for quite a while now here I go. My nano cube is 6 months old and has endured a kalk precipated storm (with some casualties) and the power going out while on vacation. I haven't taken any equipment photos and can post those next. It's mostly SPS and has been pretty successful. Had only two deaths (one fell behind the rocks) and one brown-out. A couple other corals have lost the color they had at the store but seem to be ok. I am already considering modding this to run a 250W DE, but it is considerable effort only to find the tank might overhead. Maybe I need to wait another year or two and get a small solaris retrofit. Specs: JBJ 28g Nanocube HQI No skimmer (nutty) Aqua Medic 150W TEC chiller reufge/cheato prison in back with 15W PC lightbulb (just standard household incandescent replacement) Tunze Nanostream 6025 Hydro Korilia #2 Neptune Aquacontroler Jr 300W titantium heater (I keep the thermostat on 55 in the winter) two 40amp/hour battery backup units (one for powerhead, other for heater) Fish: none (sad) Inverts: Electric Orange Hermit, Blueleg Hermit, couple others 2 Peppermint shrimp Astrea, Zebra Turbo, and Nassarius snails Feather Duster 4 clams Corals: too many to name or remember their names.(scratch) Now for the pics. Half of them came out blurry so I need to retake those. For now here's a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CCR Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Nice. A little growing to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lquidglass Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Looking good so far, nice variety of corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 thanks. still frag central after 6 months... nows its time to just sit back and let it grow and stop putting my hands in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Keeping your hands out is definitely the hardest thing to do!!! Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 hitchiker zoos geometric pygmy hawk shrimp that is sexy reactor arrived today back arrangement green citron goby is purple tip acro new blasto blue spot yellow watchman FTS zoos next to derasa rainiford and bluejaw next to the 'pod farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Might want to keep an eye on the Citron goby as I have read alot of threads about them being sps polyp nippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 update well, the yellow watchman hasn't shown his face in over a week. he couldn't have jumped and was eating, but was behaving a little erratic, sometimes darting around the rim of my tank and not afraid of me. Once I even touched him. no body found. i added a skimmer and have kept up with weekly water changes, what a difference it makes in the SPS coloration! on a slightly positive note the rainiford's goby and pygmy hawk seem to be surviving although I have never seen them eat frozen. new photos: RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 How long have you had the Catalina goby? And at what temp. are you keeping your tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 well right now the tank is 76 during the winter. in the summer that might get up to 78. I know about the goby, I was pretty sure it was cold water when I bought it. I asked they guy at Upscales (not travis) if it would thrive at my tank temp and he said it would do just fine and sold it to me. When I got home and did more research, my suspicions were confirmed and I called him back and chewed him out. I'd have to tear down my entire system to get him out and I just can't deal with that. Its my fault really for not researching it more fully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Looking good. My SPS sure do love weekly WCs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniwhinny Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Gosh, awesome livestock and fantastic photography. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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