The Scleractinia Shallows - Page 7

aggie13reef · 07/19/2016, 05:56 PM

Looking good, ready for the SPS! Love the scientific name usage, takes me back to college. Lennardi wrasse looks beautiful in pictures. I have never seen one so it must be pretty rare. My favorite family of fish are wrasses. Unmatched beauty IMO

Wrangy · 07/19/2016, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by joshky

Dom I think the longest recorded success with Lennardi is like a year or so? Most don't last very long for whatever reason, I believe Sanjay had the one that lasted for a year so definitely not your average reefer. There are other Anampses spp. that are just as beautiful and have a better success rate if you're looking for one in that genus.

Can't wait for your to get your sump, I want to see those beautiful acros!! :P What's the ETA?

Yeah they're a bit tricky, similar to a. femininus but with the right maturity in the tank and a locally sourced fish I think I'll have a fighting chance. The problem with a lot of fish like this is the process they have to endure to make it to you guys. We'll see how I go but down the road I would love to get one and as with all my fish, you gotta put in the hard yards! lol

Two weeks hopefully

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

coming together nicely Dom...

can´t wait to see this tank taking off!

love those sps

haha shush you!! there's some monti in there

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Originally Posted by aggie13reef

Looking good, ready for the SPS! Love the scientific name usage, takes me back to college. Lennardi wrasse looks beautiful in pictures. I have never seen one so it must be pretty rare. My favorite family of fish are wrasses. Unmatched beauty IMO

I'm very ready for sps, hopefully the tank is too

lol I do enjoy scientific names and such so I try to use them when I can be bothered and have the sense about it haha
Lennardi would be my second rare wrasse in the tank

lol it would contrast very nicely with my halichoeres melasmapomus

FloformAustria · 07/20/2016, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

haha shush you!! there's some monti in there

really? where?

joshky · 07/20/2016, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

Yeah they're a bit tricky, similar to a. femininus but with the right maturity in the tank and a locally sourced fish I think I'll have a fighting chance. The problem with a lot of fish like this is the process they have to endure to make it to you guys. We'll see how I go but down the road I would love to get one and as with all my fish, you gotta put in the hard yards! lol

Hey as long as you're fully aware! Hopefully you'll be able to beat the odds, it would be an absolutely beautiful addition to your new reef.

Looking forward to more updates.

Wrangy · 07/21/2016, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

really? where?

Listen here you!

if you're not careful I'm going to organise an envelope of glitter to be sent you and they are a PAIN in the a*s to clean up hahaha

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Originally Posted by joshky

Hey as long as you're fully aware! Hopefully you'll be able to beat the odds, it would be an absolutely beautiful addition to your new reef.

Looking forward to more updates.

Yep, I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment with some fish that I want to keep lol. Hopefully I can and I think with the right routine it should be possible

well hopefully at least lol I'll be sure to make sure she's feeding at the lfs if I do get one though

FloformAustria · 07/21/2016, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

Listen here you!

if you're not careful I'm going to organise an envelope of glitter to be sent you and they are a PAIN in the a*s to clean up hahaha

)

haha okay i am stopping buddy!
mate get over to Andrew and take back your corals! wanna see how they look in the new tank

bgouges · 07/21/2016, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

Listen here you!

if you're not careful I'm going to organise an envelope of glitter to be sent you and they are a PAIN in the a*s to clean up hahaha

Yep, I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment with some fish that I want to keep lol. Hopefully I can and I think with the right routine it should be possible

well hopefully at least lol I'll be sure to make sure she's feeding at the lfs if I do get one though

Tanks looking good dom! I know all to well how easy it is to get carried away and transfer everything over so i admire your self control!
As your aware ive tried a pair of lennardi as im in WA and they are caught as far as im aware from our north west they come up annually if im lucky (im actually heading up to broome tommorow

) i have had trouble finding healthy specimens, the ones i try have damaged mouths from being in a barren qt tank and rubbing against the glass, the one that was healthy and survived for a few weeks would only eat pods so i started culture baby brine but it still withered away! Hopefully you can source a healthy larger one! Ive only tried tiny ones as i like little fish haha

Wrangy · 07/22/2016, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

haha okay i am stopping buddy!
mate get over to Andrew and take back your corals! wanna see how they look in the new tank

haha don't worry you're not the only one making fun of me

I can't wait to see them in the tank either!! Not long to go now

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Originally Posted by bgouges

Tanks looking good dom! I know all to well how easy it is to get carried away and transfer everything over so i admire your self control!
As your aware ive tried a pair of lennardi as im in WA and they are caught as far as im aware from our north west they come up annually if im lucky (im actually heading up to broome tommorow

) i have had trouble finding healthy specimens, the ones i try have damaged mouths from being in a barren qt tank and rubbing against the glass, the one that was healthy and survived for a few weeks would only eat pods so i started culture baby brine but it still withered away! Hopefully you can source a healthy larger one! Ive only tried tiny ones as i like little fish haha

Thanks Brok

It's be a hard slog not buying lots of stuff and filling the tank already lol but once I get that sump firing.. well that's a different story

Yeah, I'm hoping given the quality of them I've usually seen come in and how much effort goes into getting them to feed I'll get lucky and get the right specimen but even if I have to work for it I'm prepared to

lol

Wrangy · 07/22/2016, 05:45 AM

Spent a few hours at Deer Park today just chilling and chatting with Mark and Dave, didn't buy anything but I had nothing better to do so it was the best way to blow 4 hours

haha poor buggers!
That being said I did get to check out the kick *** range of Aquaforest products now in the store and given how amazingly priced they are, I'll be moving to AF for my big 3 dosing and some trace as well I think. Might give some of the other crazy products a go down the line too!

The real highlight of the trip was getting to see my sump in a near finished state

D holy crap it's going to be soooo amazing to have a play with!!

Dave has done a marvelous job with it and I was certainly not wrong entrusting the sump to him! I cannot wait to have this bad boy running! Everything looks fantastic and it's going to be a breeze to work with as well

There's so much room lol frag tank/acclimatisation tank is going to come in a great deal of handiness with all new additions too! Anyway I took a couple of snaps of my sexy new sump!

I do feel a little bad for the tank builder :P (not really

) haha

deaclauderdale · 07/22/2016, 08:15 AM

I can make out around 5 sections Dom, care detail what they are all for?

Reef keeping is life!

reefmutt · 07/22/2016, 01:55 PM

Nice sump, Dom.
Now, get it home and install it so you can spend 4 hours on your system instead of hanging out in the pet store!
Can't wait to see it all running.

Wrangy · 07/24/2016, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by deaclauderdale

I can make out around 5 sections Dom, care detail what they are all for?

Reef keeping is life!

There's actually 6

hahaha I shall explain below!

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Originally Posted by reefmutt

Nice sump, Dom.
Now, get it home and install it so you can spend 4 hours on your system instead of hanging out in the pet store!
Can't wait to see it all running.

haha still needs the acrylic work on it and the finishing touches but I am so happy with it

and it was an afternoon well spent! I do plan on spending a few hours on the tank tomorrow though

will do some water tests shortly too.

Now onto the detail of the sump, going off the front on pic. The basics of the sump details are as follows, in order of the flow through of the sump:
- The back right corner is the overflow and skimmer section.
- It flows into the front middle section which is for some of the matrix, this matrix will be more about ammonia and nitrite process as the flow through that area will be a little higher and more oxygenated meaning the bacteria's environment is more aerobic.
- That then flows into the frag tank section on the left. I'll also use this section for acclimatising new fish to the system before they go upstairs for the real fun lol easy to observe and catch them down there

Along with that the rest of the matrix will reside under the frag racks for a slower less oxyenated water flow to allow for an anaerobic condition to form and hopefully mean the matrix is more efficient at processing nitrates.
- From there it's into the filter sock section (I have mine just before the return instead of overflow). I'm not going to run them all the time, mainly before and after water changes and if I clean the sump or move stuff around in the tank and when stirring up the matrix.
- And finally the return section, it's going to be a little tight but it'll house the new Vectra I have on the way along with squeezing in my ato sensor in there too.
- The crazy raised pieces and the section you see underneath the right side is actually my RO tank!! Completely out of the way and about 35l! I'm really happy with this little gem on the sump! Easily fits a tunze ro pump and will be blacked out with acrylic. It's going to be so awesome to have that section hidden away and easy to access!

glaukos · 07/24/2016, 04:19 AM

nice sump bud

Will you be using socks?

Wrangy · 07/24/2016, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by glaukos

nice sump bud

Will you be using socks?

Thanks Mike!
Yep, not 24/7 but every so often

glaukos · 07/24/2016, 04:39 AM

That's a good plan mate,they get "cloged" so you have to change/clean them every 2-3 days

and that's a lot of trouble

FloformAustria · 07/25/2016, 01:34 AM

that is one killer sump my friend!!

can´t wait to see it plugged in

Wrangy · 07/25/2016, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by glaukos

That's a good plan mate,they get "cloged" so you have to change/clean them every 2-3 days

and that's a lot of trouble

Yeah I can't be a*s-ed changing them and washing them all the time so just when a good clean is in order

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

that is one killer sump my friend!!

can´t wait to see it plugged in

It's definitely going to be a lot of fun!! Looking forward to have the little frag/acclimatisation tank underneath though

should make life a lot easier for me lol

Wrangy · 07/25/2016, 02:45 AM

Parameter update as I did another water change today

Alk: 5.04dKH (I should get on to some dosing to bring it up lol)
Nitrate: 0ppm
Phos: 0.012ppm
SG: 37ppt (already adjusted for this, will double check later again tonight)
Ammonia: 0ppm

Pretty happy with how the nutrients are going in the tank so far. Got some nice fuzz growing on the rocks and some good glass growth but I figure I've probably still got another few weeks of ugliness before things settle down and return to a pretty state

lol

Tanks has been running just over 6 weeks though and I'm very much getting ready to add some new and colourful fishie friends

I did make a slight change to my plans of stocking the tank too lol instead of opting for a few flashers of the same species, I'm now going to get the following three for a nice mix:
- Paracheilinus carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher)
- Paracheilinus filamentosus (Filamented Flasher)
- Paracheilinus attenuatus (Diamond Tail Flasher)

plyle02 · 07/25/2016, 04:14 AM

Dang Dom,
That sump is something else mate! I wish I lived there, they do awesome work, would love to get myself something custom like that

Really awesome, I cannot wait to see this beauty in action! Cheers

Wrangy · 07/26/2016, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by plyle02

Dang Dom,
That sump is something else mate! I wish I lived there, they do awesome work, would love to get myself something custom like that

Really awesome, I cannot wait to see this beauty in action! Cheers

Thanks Perry

it's so cool and will be so much fun to have and run! I can't wait either!

Also looks like no tinkeri or mitratus

they're over $1k so a little out of my price range!

Looks like I might be getting burgessi instead as they'll be a little less and hopefully not exorbitant lol

Wrangy · 07/26/2016, 06:39 PM

Playing with the fish list again lol Yes the tank will be heavily stocked but with a metre of space I'm looking forward to some bustling movement!
- Halichoeres melasmapomus (Earmuff Wrasse) (in tank already)
- A pair of captive bred gramma loreto (Royal Gramma's)
- Any species of liopropoma I can get! lol
- A pair of wetmorella albofasciata (White Bar Possum Wrasse)
- Paracheilinus carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse)
- Paracheilinus filamentosus (Filamented Flasher)
- Paracheilinus attenuatus (Diamond Tail Flasher)
- Anampses lennardi (Lennardi Wrasse)
- Chaetodon burgessi as tinkeri and mitratus are too expensive

Should make for a nice kickass tank methinks

slin1977 · 07/27/2016, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

Playing with the fish list again lol Yes the tank will be heavily stocked but with a metre of space I'm looking forward to some bustling movement!
- Halichoeres melasmapomus (Earmuff Wrasse) (in tank already)
- A pair of captive bred gramma loreto (Royal Gramma's)
- Any species of liopropoma I can get! lol
- A pair of wetmorella albofasciata (White Bar Possum Wrasse)
- Paracheilinus carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse)
- Paracheilinus filamentosus (Filamented Flasher)
- Paracheilinus attenuatus (Diamond Tail Flasher)
- Anampses lennardi (Lennardi Wrasse)
- Chaetodon burgessi as tinkeri and mitratus are too expensive

Should make for a nice kickass tank methinks

No room left for a goldfish?

Wrangy · 07/27/2016, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by slin1977

No room left for a goldfish?

No room for goldies

I might be able to squeeze a few neon tetras in there though

joshky · 07/27/2016, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

No room for goldies

I might be able to squeeze a few neon tetras in there though

Yes! I know it's probably lame to most of you but I would totally just have about 100 neon tetras in my tank if that were possible, I love the effect a bunch of small fish like tetras give a tank, it makes the tank look much larger.

Too bad A. parvulus aren't the same price as a tetra and as easily cared for.

Wrangy · 07/27/2016, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by joshky

Yes! I know it's probably lame to most of you but I would totally just have about 100 neon tetras in my tank if that were possible, I love the effect a bunch of small fish like tetras give a tank, it makes the tank look much larger.

Too bad A. parvulus aren't the same price as a tetra and as easily cared for.

Are you kidding, neon tetras are awesome!! lol I've always loved them and having a massive *** shoal of them would look amazing!
Not easily cared for at all unfortunately lol and I haven't seen any come up in a very long time too! Some of the other cardinals are great though

07/19/2016, 05:56 PM	#151
aggie13reef Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Rosenberg, TX Posts: 449	Looking good, ready for the SPS! Love the scientific name usage, takes me back to college. Lennardi wrasse looks beautiful in pictures. I have never seen one so it must be pretty rare. My favorite family of fish are wrasses. Unmatched beauty IMO __________________ -Nick 65 gal DSA

07/22/2016, 05:45 AM	#159
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	Spent a few hours at Deer Park today just chilling and chatting with Mark and Dave, didn't buy anything but I had nothing better to do so it was the best way to blow 4 hours haha poor buggers! That being said I did get to check out the kick *** range of Aquaforest products now in the store and given how amazingly priced they are, I'll be moving to AF for my big 3 dosing and some trace as well I think. Might give some of the other crazy products a go down the line too! The real highlight of the trip was getting to see my sump in a near finished state D holy crap it's going to be soooo amazing to have a play with!! Dave has done a marvelous job with it and I was certainly not wrong entrusting the sump to him! I cannot wait to have this bad boy running! Everything looks fantastic and it's going to be a breeze to work with as well There's so much room lol frag tank/acclimatisation tank is going to come in a great deal of handiness with all new additions too! Anyway I took a couple of snaps of my sexy new sump! I do feel a little bad for the tank builder :P (not really ) haha __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

07/22/2016, 08:15 AM	#160
deaclauderdale Lover of Fishies Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 613	I can make out around 5 sections Dom, care detail what they are all for? Reef keeping is life! __________________ 70 Gal Cadlights (2) Radion G2's Bubble Magnus Curve5 Apex brain trust! Current Tank Info: Cadlights 70 reef tank, 2 Gen 2 Radions, BM Curve7 Skimmer

07/22/2016, 01:55 PM	#161
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Nice sump, Dom. Now, get it home and install it so you can spend 4 hours on your system instead of hanging out in the pet store! Can't wait to see it all running. __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

07/24/2016, 04:19 AM	#163
glaukos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,106	nice sump bud Will you be using socks? __________________ Mike Just doing my hobby and having great fun with it....no room/need for drama:) the only way to win with a toxic person, is not to play

07/24/2016, 04:39 AM	#165
glaukos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,106	That's a good plan mate,they get "cloged" so you have to change/clean them every 2-3 days and that's a lot of trouble __________________ Mike Just doing my hobby and having great fun with it....no room/need for drama:) the only way to win with a toxic person, is not to play

07/25/2016, 01:34 AM	#166
FloformAustria Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vienna, AUT Posts: 1,351	that is one killer sump my friend!! can´t wait to see it plugged in __________________ Flo from Austria ^Austrian Reef Club^ "Founding Member of CCC - The cool couch club of SPS keeping" - Biggles Current Tank Info: The Austrian Dropoff Tank

07/25/2016, 02:45 AM	#168
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	Parameter update as I did another water change today Alk: 5.04dKH (I should get on to some dosing to bring it up lol) Nitrate: 0ppm Phos: 0.012ppm SG: 37ppt (already adjusted for this, will double check later again tonight) Ammonia: 0ppm Pretty happy with how the nutrients are going in the tank so far. Got some nice fuzz growing on the rocks and some good glass growth but I figure I've probably still got another few weeks of ugliness before things settle down and return to a pretty state lol Tanks has been running just over 6 weeks though and I'm very much getting ready to add some new and colourful fishie friends I did make a slight change to my plans of stocking the tank too lol instead of opting for a few flashers of the same species, I'm now going to get the following three for a nice mix: - Paracheilinus carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher) - Paracheilinus filamentosus (Filamented Flasher) - Paracheilinus attenuatus (Diamond Tail Flasher) __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

07/25/2016, 04:14 AM	#169
plyle02 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake Helen, FL Posts: 5,526	Dang Dom, That sump is something else mate! I wish I lived there, they do awesome work, would love to get myself something custom like that Really awesome, I cannot wait to see this beauty in action! Cheers __________________ Perry "Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" ~Buddha~ Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon AIO Cube, Aquamaxx WS-1 Skimmer, LED/ Hybrid 4x24 watt t5

07/26/2016, 06:39 PM	#171
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	Playing with the fish list again lol Yes the tank will be heavily stocked but with a metre of space I'm looking forward to some bustling movement! - Halichoeres melasmapomus (Earmuff Wrasse) (in tank already) - A pair of captive bred gramma loreto (Royal Gramma's) - Any species of liopropoma I can get! lol - A pair of wetmorella albofasciata (White Bar Possum Wrasse) - Paracheilinus carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse) - Paracheilinus filamentosus (Filamented Flasher) - Paracheilinus attenuatus (Diamond Tail Flasher) - Anampses lennardi (Lennardi Wrasse) - Chaetodon burgessi as tinkeri and mitratus are too expensive Should make for a nice kickass tank methinks __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"