My River Reef 94 Marine Adventure!

[simonas]

i meant like stock, lights, filters, powerhead the whole shabang

I get you a brief summary to save you reading the journal lol

River Reef 94l
2 x 36 t5 bulbs
i koralia powerhead and 2 maxijet powerheads goingfrom back chambers
1 boyo wg310 skimmer
10 kilo live rock
2 clownfish
1 royal gramma
1 fijian yellow tail damsel
1 Lawnmower Blenny
1 halloween hermit
3 red legged hermit crabs
turbo, dove and knobbly snails plusa baby pyramid shape one I;ve seen
2 cleaner shrimps
xenia pulse coral
riccordea florida coral
green zoas
torch coral
finger coral
kenya tree coral
2 toadstool coral
sun coral
maze coral
fungia coral
trumpet coral
green star polyps
yellow polyps

didn;t realise I had so much but I want more corals lol

oh yes the Fungia I bought today and what a stunner it is , lovely coral

 

[Morri]

BIGGER TANK needed I think

 

[simonas]

BIGGER TANK needed I think

your telling me but the reality is no more for now. made a promise to the wife no more till we actually move to a bigger house

I really want to do a reef in a big way like some of the amazing set ups on UR. I just need to sharpen my knowledge about calcium,hardness phosphates etc which is what I;m planning to do in next few weeks and get this one running sweet

The maze is going on thursday night I;m taking that to a local reefer and hes giving me some zoas, mushrooms ,red monti and hysterix. That should improve the look of the tank

I;ve changed the layout of corals now as well for a ducan if I can ever find one locally

 

[Morri]

CA Mag and KH are easily answered Balling Lite works a charm

Nutreints are the fun part Phosphate and Nitrates hoping these new biopellets are the kiddies as I dont fancy forking out to do Zeo

 

[simonas]

CA Mag and KH are easily answered Balling Lite works a charm

Nutreints are the fun part Phosphate and Nitrates hoping these new biopellets are the kiddies as I dont fancy forking out to do Zeo

whats balling lite Morri?

 

[Morri]

Basically you have 3 containers 1 for mag 1 for CA 1 for KH

You work out how much you use a week then add it to the tank I use a GHL which doses 15 times a day so the stats stay very level

BTW how are your phos and Nitrates looking ?

 

[simonas]

Basically you have 3 containers 1 for mag 1 for CA 1 for KH

You work out how much you use a week then add it to the tank I use a GHL which doses 15 times a day so the stats stay very level

BTW how are your phos and Nitrates looking ?

my phos not too bad but nitrates still too high. I;ve started not adding the jiuce from mysis when i feed to see if that reduces and bought couple more hermits saturday

 

[simonas]

well I got my carbon today
Eheim Exrak 1 litres worth. Its a bit pricey though eh!!

how much of this stuff are you supposed to use in a small tank like mine

I;ve put about a small glass worth in a net sock in a chamber in tank.

new bulbs should be delivered tomorrow

also my skimmers been running a week and theres something in the cup, just removed it and there was about 2/3 inch of murky yellow water anda thicker trace of this on the bit where the froth collects. what is this and will this help the tank much?

 

[Morri]

A Golf ball size of carbon would be enough but adding too much should be no issue on your tank

 

[seffieuk]

just removed it and there was about 2/3 inch of murky yellow water anda thicker trace of this on the bit where the froth collects. what is this and will this help the tank much?

Cool, thats your skimmer working and doing its job of collecting undissolved organics - heaven

Seffie x

 

[simonas]

I swapped the maze coral for a load of frags today
two types of mushroom, three types of zoa, some more trumpet heads, hysterix,orange monti a plate coral frag and another organ pipe coral

pics to follow!!

 

[simonas]

Heres my new corals

A fungia I bought at the weekend and absolutely love. Its easy to feed and inflates itself all the time

Went to a fellow reefers house tonight and got the following
organ pipe coral

a orange hysterix and red monti digi

also a red monti plate

some more trumpet heads and 2 different mushrooms

also three different types of zoa

my torch has split since I moved it and a small amount is now seemingly doing well where it fell, I;m just concerned about the state of the main one as there is a strange jelly like blob on the rock its sitting on, its hard to describe hope the pics help

heres a view of how the tanks look now before I oput the frags in there final places
You can see I have moved the finger coral and kenya tree to the top of the tank so they don;t block the view of the smaller stuff I;m sticknig in tonight

 

[Morri]

I would recomend moving the SPS to the top of the tank as they will need the light

 

[simonas]

I would recomend moving the SPS to the top of the tank as they will need the light

Cheers mate
The sps being the hysterix and monti plate and digi? Still learning

I've put them near the top and just had my new bulbs delivered

 

[ben1987]

yeah - SPS small polyp stoney corals.

Id guess that under the right light and conditions that hysteric would be pink