Tank Journal Archive

slin1977 · Apr 26, 2017

crazy is.... the heads have grown back on the shaved gold torch. Decided to revive the tank by dosing with the original biggle juice recipe! And yes the result is happy coral. Fitted the two new heaters on Monday, only took 30 mins to wire them to the distribution board, I guess that's all part of the love affair of a reef. Temp holding at 25 to 26 . Haven't done a water change in almost a month now as pure lazybones has moved in... my garden thrives.

Andrew B · Apr 26, 2017

Looking good Nils, The Christmas tree rock looks amazing (forgot what its called, might be wrong :P)

Wrangy · Apr 26, 2017

Looking good man! :D good old Biggles Juice!

Ben Daley · Apr 26, 2017

is that a commensal hermit crab (down and to the left of the yellow worm)?

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Ben Daley said:
is that a commensal hermit crab (down and to the left of the yellow worm)?

Yes there are three crabs visible in that area, well spotted!

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Andrew B said:
Looking good Nils, The Christmas tree rock looks amazing (forgot what its called, might be wrong :p)

Cheers Andrew. How's your tank going?

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Wrangy said:
Looking good man! :D good old Biggles Juice!

Thanks Dom.

Wrangy · Apr 27, 2017

slin1977 said:
Thanks Dom.

Any other changes of late?? I'm thinking about finally biting the bullet and actually moving to a CaRX :)

Sam Parker · Apr 27, 2017

Biggle juice for the win!

Andrew B · Apr 27, 2017

slin1977 said:
Cheers Andrew. How's your tank going?

Going well, been really busy and going to make a post soon :)

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Sam Parker said:
Biggle juice for the win!

The corals were struggling after no dosing or feeding for over 3 months, the correct term is "poopy"
They reacted nicely to the amino and BJ . So did the pesky green film on the glass.
It's funny how with renewed vigour in the tank I feel the same towards maintaining it.

Sam Parker · Apr 27, 2017

slin1977 said:
The corals were struggling after no dosing or feeding for over 3 months, the correct term is "poopy"
They reacted nicely to the amino and BJ . So did the pesky green film on the glass.
It's funny how with renewed vigour in the tank I feel the same towards maintaining it.

most things respond well to a little BJ :D

Jacques Pels · Apr 27, 2017

Slin,
great tank and shots.
Once I am up and ready to populate the tank, I would love to get my hands on a nice size rock fully encrusted with a Christmas Tree colony.. how long have you had it ?
You guys talk in riddles for me.. what the hey is Biggle Juice :-)
Jac

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Jacques Pels said:
Slin,
great tank and shots.
Once I am up and ready to populate the tank, I would love to get my hands on a nice size rock fully encrusted with a Christmas Tree colony.. how long have you had it ?
You guys talk in riddles for me.. what the hey is Biggle Juice :)
Jac

This is biggle juice 5 parts left and 1 part right

Saying that Mr Biggles has almost exclusively been using the bottle on the right perhaps in fear of the copper content in the left bottle. I know for sure but there is a point where you do say enough BJ is enough and you stop dosing.... just to see if those wet dreams go away.... with a good balance of supplements, you can bring these sticks back strong!

Oh I got carried away in the current for a bit there ..... the Xmas tree rock is going on four months, it loves a shake of siporax media, often it goes without since not feeding the tank for months, it probably lives of bacteria and other stuff. Don't think that one single worm has died since I've looked after it, the blue porities has fused with the rock its leant on. Still going strong and as quick to retract as the day I picked it up.

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Sam Parker said:
most things respond well to a little BJ :D

Stating the obvious :eek that's why it's called Trace Hard.

Jacques Pels · Apr 27, 2017

Tks Slin... all pointers I am sure I will grasp for in months to come.. for now still a lot of hard slog to get water into glass...

Jacques Pels · Apr 27, 2017

Great education Guys... but... how did it get to be called BJ Biggle Juice ?
Excuse the ignorance.
Jac

slin1977 · Apr 27, 2017

Jacques Pels said:
Great education Guys... but... how did it get to be called BJ Biggle Juice ?
Excuse the ignorance.
Jac

Ok, let me lead you astray... go to reefcentral , look up the sps section and on the first or second page there is a thread by - biggles . If you wish to stay at the reefuge we can answer any further questions.

Mattres · Apr 27, 2017

slin1977 said:
This is biggle juice 5 parts left and 1 part rightView attachment 56510Saying that Mr Biggles has almost exclusively been using the bottle on the right perhaps in fear of the copper content in the left bottle. I know for sure but there is a point where you do say enough BJ is enough and you stop dosing.... just to see if those wet dreams go away.... with a good balance of supplements, you can bring these sticks back strong!

Oh I got carried away in the current for a bit there ..... the Xmas tree rock is going on four months, it loves a shake of siporax media, often it goes without since not feeding the tank for months, it probably lives of bacteria and other stuff. Don't think that one single worm has died since I've looked after it, the blue porities has fused with the rock its leant on. Still going strong and as quick to retract as the day I picked it up.

Looking great mate! And I love your fish!

somethingfishy76 · Apr 30, 2017

Wrangy said:
Looking good man! :D good old Biggles Juice!

Never heard of Biggle juice....??