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  1. Curious to what your favorite coral is. Can be in your tank or a dream piece. For me its any type of euphyllia coral. My little Nano has 6 pieces of euphyllia. I'm still looking for a couple more to add to my little Nano. Specifically a purple or dragon soul torch and an octospawn. Come to think of it, a blue hammer would be great too 😉
  2. I don't dislike it. I was just curious if there is a better option. Typically my weekly 2 gallon water changes replenish what this tank needs. Calcium, MG and Ak are pretty stable. However I was curious if changing brands might help with coral growth and skeletal structure.
  3. I have close to a month and a half of salt left in my bucket and I'm thinking of switching it up a bit. I'm using IO Salt. Any suggestions?
  4. Thanks Budman! I was thinking some zoa's, maybe a Chalice, and a possible Cyphastra. A dendro or sun coral would be cool, but where these shaded spots are would be hard to reach to spot feed.
  5. So as of late, I'm admiring the tank but finding it's missing something. A good pop of color outside of the greens. I've also got a few areas that are shaded and that's bugging me too. I want to get some more color in this tank in the form of reds, blues, purples and yellows. Also something to fill out the upper portion of the rock work. Also I want to fill out these shaded areas with something that prefers low flow and low light. Some thoughts and suggestions are always appreciated At least I can start researching and compiling a list for next years Frag Swap 😉
  6. Haven't been able to attend a meeting yet. My schedules are so busy on the weekends with my wife working and other family related stuff. However I am going to try and make it out to this one!
  7. Day 250, and things are rolling along. Haven't posted much as I haven't made many changes honestly. My office tank has been shut down and the coral that I had placed in there are back in this tank. The hammer coral (center of pic Center of rocks) are starting to bounce back. Color is coming back and it seems to be quite happy in that spot. I have noticed some vermited Snails but they are not bothering my coral. I'll keep an eye on that and pluck them off when I see the need. Also the palys in the lower right corner are on a shell. They were given to me at a Frag swap and seem to be thriving. However upon returning home from a vacation I noticed some bubble algae on the shell. I removed the shell and palys from the tank and plucked the bubbles off. Rinsed the Frag in some tank water and placed it back in the tank. That's about the extent of things. The sicce .5 pump and spinstream are working great. Provides a good random flow and my torches seem to love it. I don't believe I'll be placing an extra powerhead in the tank. Still have yet to hook up the macro algae reactor. Just running filter floss and chemi-pure blue. Kessil A80 at 100% intensity and 50% color. Light feedings daily reef roids once a week, and change out the floss daily. 2 gallon waterchange and vacuuming the sand once a week. I clean out the back chamber and scrub the pump once a month. Okay im rambling.... sorry. tank by PaulSAC1854, on Flickr
  8. Have fun everyone. I have been called into work as I have a submittal due Tuesday morning. Man am I so bummed.
  9. Looking forward to making it out this weekend. I may be a bit late due to my coaching duties that morning/early afternoon, but we will be there.
  10. Why are we not able to see the listings on the site? I'm logged on there, but my screen name is different than the one I use here.
  11. I noticed the other day that the cyano was back and got to looking at the dials on the light. One of my kids had turned up the intensity. 😒 Also the 2 yr old found some food for the fish and gave it all too them without anyone knowing. So yea not a good couple of days with the home Nano. It can all be fixed but will just take time and larger water changes. Also one of my hammer corals I purchased from the frag swap is starting to bleach, so I'm not sure its getting enough light with the new fixture, so I've moved it to my office nano. Anyway here are a few new photos. Everyone loves photos.
  12. We have softball games that morning, but I think I might be able to make this one. It would be my first official meeting too!
  13. So I recently moved into a new office, and well I have copious amounts of desk space. So what does an addicted reef keeper do? Yep that’s right, he sets up another tank, and another build thread. I picked up the used tank and some black sand from a local reefer a couple weeks back. The plan is to keep this tank a soft coral tank. My biggest issue right now is the placement of the tank. Below are two photos of where it could sit in my office. I’d love to be able to see it daily, and give my co-workers something to look at as well. However it will be sitting right next to a south facing window. The other spot would be over my left shoulder. I’d have to turn around to admire the tank, but would possibly be better in terms of temperature issues. Anyway I’d love to hear your thoughts. Convince me of one spot over the other. As for the tank specs: IM NUVO 10 IM Filter Sock IM 18 Watt Skkye Light Stock Pump Eheim 50 Watt Heater 8-10 LBS of BRS Reef Ssaver Dry Rock 3-4 Lbs of Black sand mixed with 3-4 lbs of Caribsea Bimini Pink sand. Livestock: Xenia Toadstool Devils Hand Leather Green Star Polyps Various Zoa’s Various Mushrooms Purple Gorgonian Fiji Yellow Blue Plating Sponge (Eventually) Green Clown Goby Midas Blenny
  14. My Euphyllia have been acting funny as of late. Not opening up as much as usual, or opening and then closing in the middle of the day. So I tested everything again last evening before the weekly water change. Did not see a significant decrease in any parameters. Sure there is a drop, but that is a given, but no obvious spikes. So why certain corals are acting or looking the way they are are still a mystery to me. 7-9-17 Temp: 78.2 SG - 1.026 CA - 500 Alk - 8.6 MG - 1470 PH - 7.8 Nitrates - <10 PPM 7-12-17 Temp: 78.1 SG - 1.026 CA - 470 Alk - 8.6 MG - 1460 PH - 7.8 Nitrates - <20 PPM 7-16-17 CA - 460 Alk - 8.4 MG - 1450 PH - 7.6 Nitrates <20 PPM Temp 78.2 SG - 1.026 Oh and here is a FTS of Day 142.
  15. :thumbs up: I'm going to test my tank daily after the next WC to see exactly what is going on, and adjust accordingly. Trying to avoid doing anything unnecessary.
  16. I have been trying to figure out a best option for my nano tank that is mostly LPS. Mine is just right around 7 dkh, in my 10 gallon. Baking soda route?
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