Tank Journal Archive

[aussieant32]

I see my pep once or twice every few months

 

[macca_75]

looking good Kavi.

Any updates or progess since your last Pics?

 

[Kavi]

I see my pep once or twice every few months

So i dont have to worry, this one s tiny so i might not see him at all for a while, will see if the aptasia start to dissapear, then i ll know he lives

 

[Kavi]

looking good Kavi.

Any updates or progess since your last Pics?

Thanks, very lil progress i ll upload some pics tomorrow

 

[Fishy]

Happy to hear tht... :)

No probs!

 

[Kavi]

Ok this where the tank is atm, not much happened since last, had an algae problem that is fading slowly, Added a cheap 3000l/h powerhead, the macro algae have grown a little bit. some pics...
Also two fishys a tiny blue tang n a maroon clown

Only two corals attached to the rocks successfully, and one is noticeably growing. (its a frag from one of the fags i got, it didn't attach to the rock, so i divided it to 3 smaller frags and left one on top of a main rock and it attached.

The Xenia, kind of disappeared from the original rock, and have spread on the tank sand bed, and they are growing....so gonna let them be till they get to a decent size and glue them again.

Aptasia nation soon to be p shrimp food.

 

[Kavi]

 

[Priscacara]

Looks like your making progress, the new fish look great!

 

[Sarg]

Tanks coming along. Are you using ro yet? If not get it from reeflections. If your a member its only two bucks a drum.

 

[Kavi]

Tanks coming along. Are you using ro yet? If not get it from reeflections. If your a member its only two bucks a drum.

Yes using RO, havent dropped a drop of tap water to the tank since it hit me, i pay $5 n $5.50.....$2 bucks a drum is mad, its in moorabbin if i m correct? u mean a member in refuge? or

 

[Sarg]

Nah you have to join Reeflections. It's $35 a year and you get 5% off plus nsw or ro for $2 a drum. If your free on Thursday night there is the first Thursday of the month BBQ plus the unpacking of how ever many boxes of fish and coral he gets in. It's on station st moorabin.

 

[Kavi]

hmmm....i work weekdays 2 to 10pm...so i dont think i can make it, prettty sure it wont go till that late? btw how do i join reflections?

 

[Sarg]

Haha I work late some nights to! I pop up on my lunch break. Just go to the counter and ask to join.

 

[chimaera]

Yeah it's worth joining just for the cheap water, I get all my RO and NSW from there. The 5% discount on fish/corals doesn't go far but adds up I guess.

If you can't make Thursday nights, pop in Friday morning or Saturday morning for the decent leftovers ;)

 

[Kavi]

Ya, will pop in friday morning, more water changes in the near future...:) need to buy some drums, where can i buy some? checked bunnings the other day they have different ones to the ones that LFS normally have and like $15 each:confused:

 

[Sarg]

They have them at Reeflections for $15ea for a 25ltr that's were I got mine from.

 

[Kavi]

I went down to reflections, became a member, got a few drums and had a look, the tank at the back is nice :rolleyes. Didn't even look at the corals. not.
@macca_75, did a 50% water change and these are the results now.
P.H - 8.2
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrare - 20
Phos - 0.25
KH - 9
Salt - 1.026
As for the corals, the xenia i got from rob recently have shrunk to 1/2 the size it was and the frags are the still the same size. I have given up on this tank, got too many fish for the tank atm, with s@#tty gear i guess. Thinking about to close this tank and start again from scratch, a bit smaller reef tank.

 

[aussieant32]

the size of the tank means nothing, it may just be a case of what is in it, what you are running and what your other parameters are. The glass it sits in wont be effecting it!

If you want to start over, get some 'better' gear in and re start the current tank? Smaller can be harder as well :)

 

[Kavi]

lol, i know the glass wont have any effect on it. but a few scratches have a some effect on me.:( Ya i ve heard smaller can be harder, its that I want a better tank,(wont be a cade). small pieces of live rock and better aquascape....n u know....

 

[macca_75]

Hey Kavi,

We can get it back on track. If Reeflections is hard for you to get to for water, you can get it from me. I have it delivered in 2000l batches so you'd pay what I pay. I'm not trying to take any business from Ernie and the crew, but I want to make sure you have access to plenty of water cheaper than $5 a drum.

Plenty of water changes will keep most things in check.

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