nanoreefer17

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Off topic but mind if I ask where did you get your tank, I'm looking for that shape myself!

Meant to post this, not a double of that!

Hey people, figured I would post an update, and also using this as a timeline myself as well so posting at the start of the year seems necessary! I picked up an apex lite off craigslist, and loving it so far but also feel like I could get more use out of it than I am if I understood all its abilities better. Regardless it is cool, and hopefully I learn more about it with time, tips on it would be great! Also got a new skimmer the Aquamaxx C0-1 after having my old Coralife break on me. I figured a bigger tank will be in the near distant future, so I went a little +1. Its awesome though so far, only had it running two days but seems to be breaking in pretty quick, already pulling pretty dark skim! Got a cleaner shrimp since my last post, who seems to be doing well! Also got two green no-name SPS, and a pink no name SPS who have all been doing relatively well, yet to color up completely but all have great polyp extension. Got a candy cane frag that is already beginning to split, and so far no problems with the homemade shelves, one is simply glued to the wall ,and the other held up by ceramic magnets covered in epoxy. Sadly lost 3 of my initial SPS frags due to shifting water quality when installing the dosing pump, although now have stable Ca around 460, and alk just above 9. Not dosing magnesium, just doing weekly, and sometimes bi-weekly water changes. Also picked up a sun coral a few weeks back, and now realize the difficulty of keeping NPS corals, although he is opening every night I cant seem to get him looking as healthy as I would like, especially given my two week absence on vacation this winter. Hopefully he can pull through, seems to be doing better each night. Sadly also lost my anemone while on vacation, as he crawled underneath some rocks and my sitter was unable to locate or feed it, and still cannot find him, which has been worrying me a bit, maybe someone with experience on this could chime in. Never though a 29g could be such an abyss... Can't seem to keep macroalgae alive, usually just using calerpa, which just dies within 1-2 weeks. Any tips on this, is my tank too clean? Stopped running carbon in hopes to dirty things up slightly, but still tumbling Phosban. Also setup a strict dosing a feeding regiment: Dosing Reef Energy A & B 3x week 2ml each Dosing Coral Colors 2x week 3ml each feeding reef chili every other night, spread throughout Feeding brine shrimp, mysis, and flake on a rotation daily for the fish Feeding mysis to both sun coral and duncan nightly Sorry for the long post, hope someone other than me can appreciate! Happy new year!

I appreciate the positive feedback! Just looked over your build thread as well and have to say the smaller tanks can be quite fun! I am also a college student so I feel your pain on wishing for a larger tank sometimes, but I do love the minimal maintenance!

Used or newer 70cube tank, that is scratch free or close to it. I may also be interested in other shallower cube tanks similar in size, if you know anyone who might have this or where I could still buy one new I would appreciate it!

Yeah I have seen those I am in the market for a cube, possibly shallow and want to run the ATI light. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Anyone know if there's a non custom company that builds a large cube? 70-100 range Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Tank dimensions? Is it drilled w/ sump?

Looking to buy or build a new drilled 30x30x18 Cube tank. Something in that range, and I am curious if anyone has anything like this for sale or knows if a popular manufacturer builds this size. Something close is size might work, but trying to stick with that shallow cube look, yet deep enough to house sps.

Yeah thanks, I will try them too. I just have grown to like this forum! So I tend to come here first Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Looking for someone that might able to rent out their sea hare, I got some hair algae building up a bit. I live in Bellingham, so preferably someone at least in the Seattle area. Thanks!

Fairly new to the forum, but have to say this tank looks stunning, cant wait to see the post cycle and aquascaped photos! Also, oceans by design did the tank? Were you happy with their work and prices? I might need something custom for my next tank!

Update: I removed the metal from the inside, as it had already started to rust pretty good in only 3 days. I simply used coral glue and epoxy to mount it to the wall. Might not be as convenient to move around or remove, but I am happy to be less paranoid. Thanks for the tips, I will keep updates of the tank going as some of the new corals start to open up.

Okay maybe I will hunt down that then, and then see about getting some larger magnets depending on how it effects the strength. Based on everyone's hesitation of having metal in the tank I will be looking to do this, this week hopefully. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Alright yeah thanks for the advice I will brainstorm for the next couple days and see if I can't come up with some way to seal it in. I was hoping to not have to silicone the rock to the wall, but I might end up just going that route Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Yeah I have not came up with anything yet either but I am continuously open to more suggestions I am sure there is some sort of sealant that would hold. My Tunze ATO uses a rubber seal around its magnet, but I am not sure how that one is built exactly, and cost is definitely part of the equation. I would be curious what kind of damage the metal can actually do, and in what kind of time frame. Although if I can come up with a worry free fix that would be great!

Yeah, maybe some sort of spray paint style rubber sealant or something would keep it from rusting? Any ideas?

Yeah I initially had the same thought but then did some reading, and I read reports of people having them in their tank for 5-6 + years with no issues. So until I hear some bad experiences I am not too worried. Also, I figured it happens at such a slow rate that wont consistent water changes cycle it out over time?

Ended up getting the job done this afternoon. Posted it on tank thread here: http://www.pnwmas.org/topic/35927-my-first-reef-29g-mixed/ Thanks to everyone that pointed me in the right direction I am real happy with how it turned out.

Update on my tank. Moved my scape around and built a couple magnetic shelves today. I purchased a small live rock and went to a place that builds granite counter tops and had them cut it in half for me. I then went to my local hardware store and purchased a couple 25lb magnets, of which I will probably upgrade for safety. Mounted a couple pieces of scrap metal I also found at the hardware store to the back of the rocks using glue. And then proceeded to display them! Also got a handful of new corals this weekend so I plan to attach them to the shelves either tonight or tomorrow as they start to open up a bit more!

Alright thanks for the info. I moved my scape around to make room and i am going to cut a rock shelf and then dremmel holes for magnets inside it and then Mount it that way rather than having to silicone. I will post an update on it on my tank thread. Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

They happen to be out of stock of course... But i will probably house colonies on it once the frags grow out Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Do you have any pictures of this? I want to initially use as a frag rack but am limited on space so as they grow out it will be their home. I don't want it to look really poor as it will be directly in the center of my 29 gallon. I am also worried about blocking to the softies below. What did you cut the rock with? Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

Title pretty much explains it. I am considering mounting a rock to my backwall to make a sort of shelf, somewhat like a more attractive frag rack. Has anyone done this, and if so how do you do it with a stocked tank without draining the water? I am curious if this is possible. Also, I dont want it to look terribly stupid but I have seen some good looking tanks that have done this, this one for example. http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2015/04/23/video-real-reef-aquascaping-with-youngil-moon/ Obviously I am not going for this level of detail, although if you check out my tank thread I would like to place it in the center of the back wall. Tips and thoughts please! Thanks!