Bob's Aquarium Build - Page 13

bellis31 · 04/23/2012, 05:29 PM

Here is a fast photo update on the tank, things are beginning to get back to normal after adding the new light. My GBTA and my Duncan coral have both come out of hiding and are reaching out for light. I raised the light up one more inch after reading about some other tanks that are using the same light but are deeper than mine, it seems to have made a difference.

My new Mexican Turbo Snail.

Trumpet Coral

Frogspawn

Left Side - Blue + lights

Right Side - Blue + Lights

Duncan Coral - If you look closely you can see the new head forming.

rogermccray · 04/23/2012, 07:31 PM

Looking good, those lights seem very blue....

bellis31 · 04/23/2012, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogermccray

Looking good, those lights seem very blue....

They are very blue. ATI Blue +

I used to run one blue + and one purple + I may go back to that combo. It looks better in person than it does from the camera.

A_Z · 04/23/2012, 10:37 PM

Subscribed!

Just read the entire build thread and it was excellent, great work!

You mentioned you are looking for an ATO container, I know that Elite Aquatics makes acrylic acclimation boxes, sumps and ATO containers and I heard the quality is great.

rogermccray · 04/24/2012, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bellis31

They are very blue. ATI Blue +

I used to run one blue + and one purple + I may go back to that combo. It looks better in person than it does from the camera.

I can never get my camera to get a good approximation of what my tank actually looks like, it always comes out different.

bellis31 · 04/24/2012, 09:50 AM

I noticed something odd with my Frogspawn coral a week ago and I have been watching it until I could get a really good look at it. It seems that the larger head is splitting, so my 2 head FS will soon be 3. I pretty surprised at the growth rate of LPS corals.

BigCountry74 · 04/24/2012, 11:19 AM

There should be a setting somewhere on your camera to "auto adjust the light" or something. That will pull all that blue out. Mess around with the "menu" option on your camera. Hopefully there is a "manual" shooting setting where you can configure everything.

bellis31 · 04/24/2012, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A_Z

Subscribed!

Just read the entire build thread and it was excellent, great work!

You mentioned you are looking for an ATO container, I know that Elite Aquatics makes acrylic acclimation boxes, sumps and ATO containers and I heard the quality is great.

Thank you so much, their 5G box is the exact dimensions I need!

Thank you for following along also!!

bellis31 · 04/27/2012, 08:43 PM

Picked up my first SPS coral today, I now have one 2 inch well branched Orange Montipora Digitata.

I tried to get a picture but no luck, damn blue + bulbs and point and shoot camera's lol...

I'll try tomorrow when full lights are on.

So far so good, almost all the polyps are open and the color is really good.

rogermccray · 04/27/2012, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bellis31

Picked up my first SPS coral today, I now have one 2 inch well branched Orange Montipora Digitata.

I tried to get a picture but no luck, damn blue + bulbs and point and shoot camera's lol...

I'll try tomorrow when full lights are on.

So far so good, almost all the polyps are open and the color is really good.

Cool, can't wait to see a pic.

bellis31 · 04/28/2012, 05:06 PM

So today I visited a couple LFS,s and came home with an acro of some sort and a lobo red striped brain coral. Pictures later!

iwishtofish · 04/29/2012, 08:39 AM

Yeah, we need the pics! (Still so jealous of your frogspawn...)

bellis31 · 04/29/2012, 10:49 AM

I figured out the white balance on my wifes little camera, so here are some new pics!

Acropora Secale.

A teaser shot of my frogspawn for iwishtofish..lol

Red Stripe Lobophyllia

Orange Montipora Digitata

In a few of the shots you can see the red wire algae I'm fighting right now.. :-(

iwishtofish · 04/29/2012, 09:32 PM

Sweet corals!

I like the way you mounted the acropora, and would like one of the orange digitata, myself. I wonder how a brain coral such as that would do on barebottom...

bellis31 · 04/29/2012, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iwishtofish

Sweet corals!

I like the way you mounted the acropora, and would like one of the orange digitata, myself. I wonder how a brain coral such as that would do on barebottom...

A lobo would be fine it can be on rock or on sand so bare bottom would do well, I had no idea they had a skeleton under them lol I have so much to learn...

The digitata is a bit hidden but that was planned, it will be really cool reaching up from behind that piece of rock once it grows out.

Thank you about the acro, I knew when I saw it in the LFS where it would fit best!!

rogermccray · 04/30/2012, 05:56 AM

Great pics! tank is coming along nicely!

Cstaricansrfer1 · 04/30/2012, 08:00 AM

Very nice setup.

bellis31 · 05/03/2012, 02:18 PM

Starry Blenny and Resplendent Anthias will be here tomorrow. QT is ready to go... I really hope I get lucky and have no diseases this time around.

rogermccray · 05/03/2012, 05:15 PM

Hopefully you have better luck this time. Though you handled it well the first time.

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bellis31 · 05/04/2012, 02:21 PM

Both new fish arrived alive and have been added to the QT, the blenny looks great very active even while he was in the bag, but the anthias never moved around in the bag and is laying on the bottom hiding in the QT I hope he makes it. Acclimation was easy I matched the salinity of the bagged fish so I only had to acclimate temp. PH was close enough to not be an issue. This acclimation technique works well I have yet to have a dead fish although these are my first fish I have ever had shipped.

markaren · 05/04/2012, 03:21 PM

The newer pics look great. I know what you mean about the blue

bellis31 · 05/04/2012, 03:35 PM

well its been an hour and the anthias is in his tube hiding, he looks better but still pretty scared, the blenny pushed him off the bottom of the tank and the anthias responded by swimming around a little and then settling in the tube.. pretty interesting behavior from the blenny.

bellis31 · 05/05/2012, 10:14 PM

Things are looking good with the new fish in QT, the Anthias and the Blenny are both eating shrimp, I cannot get the Blenny to eat any herbivore food at all, but I will keep trying. I will post some pics tomorrow they both are pretty relaxed in the QT and pics should be easy.

I forgot I do have one pic of the anthias from this morning...

iwishtofish · 05/06/2012, 03:27 PM

Pretty anthias! Looking forward to more pics of everyone.

bellis31 · 05/06/2012, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iwishtofish

Pretty anthias! Looking forward to more pics of everyone.

Thank you, I love that he swims the entire tank along with the blenny. More pics soon, busy weekend...

04/23/2012, 05:29 PM	#301
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	Here is a fast photo update on the tank, things are beginning to get back to normal after adding the new light. My GBTA and my Duncan coral have both come out of hiding and are reaching out for light. I raised the light up one more inch after reading about some other tanks that are using the same light but are deeper than mine, it seems to have made a difference. My new Mexican Turbo Snail. Trumpet Coral Frogspawn Left Side - Blue + lights Right Side - Blue + Lights Duncan Coral - If you look closely you can see the new head forming. __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

04/24/2012, 09:50 AM	#306
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	I noticed something odd with my Frogspawn coral a week ago and I have been watching it until I could get a really good look at it. It seems that the larger head is splitting, so my 2 head FS will soon be 3. I pretty surprised at the growth rate of LPS corals. __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

04/24/2012, 11:19 AM	#307
BigCountry74 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,120	There should be a setting somewhere on your camera to "auto adjust the light" or something. That will pull all that blue out. Mess around with the "menu" option on your camera. Hopefully there is a "manual" shooting setting where you can configure everything. __________________ Long as it does not look like a science fair she will be happy.....if it looks like a science fair and it's in a section of the house everyone sees, you will never hear the end of it.... Current Tank Info: 135 FOWLR on my way to reef!

04/27/2012, 08:43 PM	#309
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	Picked up my first SPS coral today, I now have one 2 inch well branched Orange Montipora Digitata. I tried to get a picture but no luck, damn blue + bulbs and point and shoot camera's lol... I'll try tomorrow when full lights are on. So far so good, almost all the polyps are open and the color is really good. __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

04/28/2012, 05:06 PM	#311
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	So today I visited a couple LFS,s and came home with an acro of some sort and a lobo red striped brain coral. Pictures later! __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

04/23/2012, 07:31 PM	#302
rogermccray Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,027	Looking good, those lights seem very blue....

04/23/2012, 10:37 PM	#304
A_Z Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 497	Subscribed! Just read the entire build thread and it was excellent, great work! You mentioned you are looking for an ATO container, I know that Elite Aquatics makes acrylic acclimation boxes, sumps and ATO containers and I heard the quality is great.

04/29/2012, 08:39 AM	#312
iwishtofish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 4,899	Yeah, we need the pics! (Still so jealous of your frogspawn...)

04/29/2012, 10:49 AM	#313
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	I figured out the white balance on my wifes little camera, so here are some new pics! Acropora Secale. A teaser shot of my frogspawn for iwishtofish..lol Red Stripe Lobophyllia Orange Montipora Digitata In a few of the shots you can see the red wire algae I'm fighting right now.. :-( __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

04/29/2012, 09:32 PM	#314
iwishtofish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 4,899	Sweet corals! I like the way you mounted the acropora, and would like one of the orange digitata, myself. I wonder how a brain coral such as that would do on barebottom...

04/30/2012, 05:56 AM	#316
rogermccray Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,027	Great pics! tank is coming along nicely!

04/30/2012, 08:00 AM	#317
Cstaricansrfer1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 134	Very nice setup.

05/03/2012, 02:18 PM	#318
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	Starry Blenny and Resplendent Anthias will be here tomorrow. QT is ready to go... I really hope I get lucky and have no diseases this time around. __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

05/03/2012, 05:15 PM	#319
rogermccray Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,027	Hopefully you have better luck this time. Though you handled it well the first time. Sent from my DROID2 using Tapatalk 2

05/04/2012, 02:21 PM	#320
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	Both new fish arrived alive and have been added to the QT, the blenny looks great very active even while he was in the bag, but the anthias never moved around in the bag and is laying on the bottom hiding in the QT I hope he makes it. Acclimation was easy I matched the salinity of the bagged fish so I only had to acclimate temp. PH was close enough to not be an issue. This acclimation technique works well I have yet to have a dead fish although these are my first fish I have ever had shipped. __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

05/04/2012, 03:21 PM	#321
markaren Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Clermont ,Florida Posts: 610	The newer pics look great. I know what you mean about the blue

05/04/2012, 03:35 PM	#322
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	well its been an hour and the anthias is in his tube hiding, he looks better but still pretty scared, the blenny pushed him off the bottom of the tank and the anthias responded by swimming around a little and then settling in the tube.. pretty interesting behavior from the blenny. __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller

05/05/2012, 10:14 PM	#323
bellis31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 747	Things are looking good with the new fish in QT, the Anthias and the Blenny are both eating shrimp, I cannot get the Blenny to eat any herbivore food at all, but I will keep trying. I will post some pics tomorrow they both are pretty relaxed in the QT and pics should be easy. I forgot I do have one pic of the anthias from this morning... __________________ 40g Breeder + 29g Sump GH 700 Overflow and Return + SC-150 Skimmer Eheim 1260 Return Pump + 2 Vortech MP10es 36inch 6 Bulb TEK Elite T5 Lighting + Apex Jr Controller Last edited by bellis31; 05/05/2012 at 10:34 PM.

05/06/2012, 03:27 PM	#324
iwishtofish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 4,899	Pretty anthias! Looking forward to more pics of everyone.

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