Hello Everybody!

[nanO352]

Thanks to everyone for allowing me to join the website.

Here's my 24 gallon nanocube.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium001.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium002.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium003.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium004.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium006.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium007.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium008.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium016.jpg

[nanO352]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium022.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium023.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium024.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium027.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium031.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium032.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium038.jpg
This is the tank before the new tonga rock.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium049.jpg

[nanO352]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium042.jpg

Then I got the new tonga rock.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium051-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium054.jpg

And then with the new tonga rock.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium084-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium086-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium085-1.jpg
And the favorite little yellow clown goby!
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium071-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium068-1.jpg

[nanO352]

The big Yellow watchman goby.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium090-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/stuff004-1.jpg

And some macro shots of the zoa's.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/stuff010-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/stuff011-1.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/stuff012-1.jpg

Comments welcome!

[james37128]

you should add a few of these to your gallery

[nanO352]

Which ones do you think are good enough to go in the gallery?

[Illuminati]

The clam doesn't look happy in that picture and 99% of people would say they have no chance of survival under the stock lighting. Plus you have a fish (Flame Angel) that is notorious for picking on clam mantles.

Other than that looks o.k.

[nanO352]

I know what you mean about the clam and that same week I brought him back to the pet store.

[james37128]

If a pictures is good enough to post in a forum its good enough to go in your gallery, but dont look at mine for an example.... I don't have my gallery set up yet.

[nanO352]

I will keep that in mind next time I add some pics. I'm about 1 to two weeks from getting my new metal halide light. What are some easyier sps corals? Are acro,& monti's good starter choices?

[nanO352]

My tank has seen hell the last few weeks. I lost all my xenia and now some rouge animal has chopped my feather duster in half. I will have pics on later.

[nanO352]

Does anyone have any ideas about the HYdro Korolina pumps? Are they that good or is there a better choice of pumps.

[nanO352]

A brand new coral.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium101.jpg

ANd a new little fish.A baby Blue tang this little one is under an inch and loves the tank.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium102.jpg

[nanO352]

Got my Sunpod.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium113.jpg

ANd the tank with the light on.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium122.jpg

And a new hard coral.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium118.jpg

[nanO352]

Finally got a little monti cap.

During acclimation.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium125.jpg

Picture of the monti with the blue led's on.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium127.jpg

Pics from above.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium129.jpg

A pretty good macro shot.I think.http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium131.jpg

[nanO352]

Why doesnt anybody comment back?

[Illuminati]

Because your tank sucks....
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just kidding :)

I have a 24g nanocube and at one time had a similar stock list (Neon goby, Clown, Flame Angel & YWG). Loved the Flame but it died for some unknown reason after a month. Never had a clown goby, their reputation for laying eggs on SPS corals was enough to make me rethink them.

Nice looking monti cap, I have a purple one and a green with blue polyp one, nice corals that grow very fast.

What are your future plans for this tank? More SPS?

[nanO352]

Yeah a lot more Sps. A little bit more of every thing. My tank might suck but at least I dont have a tank like Fish.Nemo!

[black_majik]

That tanks looks good, but probably not for too long unless your a violent water changer.

You have a tad too much livestock especially the tang, the hippo should be fine in there until 3 or 4 inches when he will need to be upgraded also herbivores are very messy they eat and poop a lot ( due to the low nutritional levels in algae) That will add a lot of nutrients to the tank. The clown goby is fine, the clownfish or the flame should go too if you want to keep the SPS healthly, from that I say you have a nice tank, but it is overstocked with fish. Also keep on eye on that umbrella mushroom they shrimp and other inverts. They will lay out and wait once the invert walks over the tissue the mushroom will close up fast and look like a ball, but inside its stinging tissue is killing the invert and swallowing it in its mouth. My umbrella tried to eat my cleaner and still does, but my cleaner is smart and takes three steps on it and backs off and when the mushroom is in a ball shape the shrimp eats the food laying under it, I don't know if your shrimp will adapt like mine.

[dxtr]

Tank looks very good, especially with the new light. I'll be upgrading my 14g biocube lighting soon to HQI.

Hopefully you have plan soon for the Blue Hippo tang as he will need a bigger tank very soon. :D

Good job!

[nanO352]

Thanks guys. I know about the tang. I'm about to begin plans on a 50 gallon and just keep going from there.

[nanO352]

Hate to say it but he umbrella died quite awhile ago.

[nanO352]

Been a friggin long time since I updated my progression thread. So I guess I should recap some events. I have lost all of my shrimp to a rouge animal, its still on the run... I plan to replace the shrimp with sexy's and another cleaner. The clown goby needs to go because it's eating my sps. The montipora started to bleach in a matter of 10 hours. I got it back on track; looks really good now. When my xenia died the few anthelia died with it but, they never completely disapeared. After about 3 weeks it grew back at an unbelieveable rate. It has taken over a 2x2 tablet in no time at all. After all of the bad stuff I can give everyone the run down on new additions.
The 2nd acro. A tri-color valida right from the ORA farm.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium133.jpg
And a Favia. It was growing really well but, it's tissue started receeding and the skeleton started showing... But after a quick water change it started to puff back up.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium145.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium149.jpg
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Get some enjoyment out of this thread if you can. Comment me back too.

[nanO352]

Hello?

[Fishy Business]

Nice corals!
Xenia dying is probably a bad sign (IMO) most like "dirty water".
How many fish do you have in the tank?
Do you dose with supplements?
What are your levels?

[nanO352]

Thanks Fishy Buisness. It's funny thats your screen name. There is an LFS that is called Fisy Buisness. The xenia died a while ago. I had a bad cold front and the tank got to 55 degrees for 2 days. I am way to overstockcd 5 fish. Once I can catch the clown goby I will bring it back to the lfs even though it would make a big difference. I do dose with kent A and B. I didnt dose for a week and all my hardys startd to bleach. All levels are perfect except nitrates at 10. And phosphates are a little high last time I checked.

[racksteris]

''It was growing really well but, it's tissue started receeding and the skeleton started showing... But after a quick water change it started to puff back up.''

It would be nice if a ''quick water change'' can always fix the problems your tanks have.

[racksteris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11883197#post11883197 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nanO352
Thanks Fishy Buisness. It's funny thats your screen name. There is an LFS that is called Fisy Buisness. The xenia died a while ago. I had a bad cold front and the tank got to 55 degrees for 2 days. I am way to overstockcd 5 fish. Once I can catch the clown goby I will bring it back to the lfs even though it would make a big difference. I do dose with kent A and B. I didnt dose for a week and all my hardys startd to bleach. All levels are perfect except nitrates at 10. And phosphates are a little high last time I checked.

Hey what part of florida you live, Is it the Fishy Buisness in Longwood you were talking about. I go there all the time. It's like an 1 hour from my house.

[nanO352]

Yeah its in Longwood. They have a great selection of stuff. I have been going to Ocean Direct lately though. I'm still not sure about the FAvia its still acting up. I dont think the water change did much to it at all. I do water changes on a bi-weekly shecdule too. I guess ill have to wait it out.:confused: Im still befuddled on its behavior.

[nanO352]

Well my favia is still going throught stages but getting better slowly. This weekend I am making the trek to Tampa. I was planning on visiting exotic aquatic's. Does anybody know if they have any nice Acros,clams,sun corals, of acans.

Thanks a ton.

[nanO352]

Today I got to Exotic Aquatic's. I saw a brownish crocea clam and a bunch of Sps frags. What do you think I should get?

Please and thanks!!!

[nanO352]

Can I please have some input??!!!!

[reefman13]

I would say, test all your parameters, cal alk, mag included and post 'em up.

How are your other SPS doing? What is their polyp extension like?

[nanO352]

This is a new acro I just got!!!!!!
It is so pretty.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l121/miles2_2006/aquarium153.jpg
What does this look like to you?

[Moonstream]

an acro.

I wouldnt even bother returning the clown goby, that wont make the bioload any better. if you want a smaller bioload then I would return the tang, which adds a very large bioload to you tank.

if you have questions you needs answers to quick it usually gets answered quicker if you start a new thread IME.

[nanO352]

I know about the tang. Its gonna be returned very very soon. Imho I should have never gotten the tang.Because I knew It couldnt be in the tank forever it would just add bioload for the few months it was in the tank too. And the clown goby died in the pump when it got caught in there 2 days before I was gonna return it. I was gonna return it because it was eating my SPS and inturn killing them.

[racksteris]

Hey nanO352 your bio load looks a little hight, are you using a skimmer HOB. I have a AquaC Remora Pro let me know. Hey can you give my the address of Ocean Direct & Exotic Aquatic's. Thank you ..

[nanO352]

Yeah. Im getting rid of the tang very soon. Beautiful little guy but not worth all the troblem in the end.
This is for Ocean Direct.
1640 North Ronald Regan Blvd
Longwood, Florida 32705
(407)339-8883
This is their website too. http://oceandirectonline.com/index.htm

And this is for SITC.
441 Gaston Foster Road
Orlando, FL 32807
(407) 207-4056
And the website http://www.orlandotropicalfishstore.com/

[racksteris]

Great.... Thank you I have heard of SITC but didn't know where is was. Thank you

[racksteris]

Thank you

[nanO352]

Your welcome