Have it for about 3 months now. Very robust fish.
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Horseplay's 105g Rimless
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Have it for about 3 months now. Very robust fish.
looks great joe. How you liking that gyre?
Finally, after thinking about a long time, I decided to completely redo the scape. One problem is the nagging bubble algae problem. The rocks are too porous once infected it's hard to get rid of. There is a poly infestation here and there and other unwanted stuff. Also I like to have more space to mount corals and more space for the fish to swim and hide. It's not a big tank so need to optimized the space.
Very easy powerhead placement compare to the two pile setup since the upper half is wide open.
Basically the new scape is a flat platform. The fish can hide underneath and above it's wide open. I ordered the tonga branches from BRS and some pieces are broken. These are piece back together like a puzzle.
Corals are not yet mounted and are in the frag tank.
The front look:
From the top:
The three best buddies. After some WTF moments seem to be happy with the new rocks.
Very easy powerhead placement compare to the two pile setup since the upper half is wide open.
Basically the new scape is a flat platform. The fish can hide underneath and above it's wide open. I ordered the tonga branches from BRS and some pieces are broken. These are piece back together like a puzzle.
Corals are not yet mounted and are in the frag tank.
The front look:
From the top:
The three best buddies. After some WTF moments seem to be happy with the new rocks.
Thanks guys. Most of the frags are mounted. Some minor adjustment and trim the big austera colony then it's just the waiting game. Have a few spots left but one thing I wanted to do is to give the corals enough room to grow.
Fish seem to like the open swimming room. The regal has been doing the big loop around the tank whole day except during feeding time. It must use the coral at the front right corner as a marker.
[video=youtube;atDE4O5Hp9E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atDE4O5Hp9E[/video]
Fish seem to like the open swimming room. The regal has been doing the big loop around the tank whole day except during feeding time. It must use the coral at the front right corner as a marker.
[video=youtube;atDE4O5Hp9E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atDE4O5Hp9E[/video]
Almost 4 months after the rockwork change. It certainly has proved to be a challenge. Went thru a lot of algae problems. But learned a lot too. I now run BP + Chaeto/Caulerpa + GFO. BP is less than half of the recommended dosage. Just a little GFO to remove the extra PO4. Really like the emerald crabs and scopas tang for algea control. I found stocking is very important for maintaining a balance tank.
Here are two iPhone shots. Color is totally off though.
Here are two iPhone shots. Color is totally off though.
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So I finally gave in and did a ChemiClean treatment to the tank. I have done this 3 times in two years, usually after a tank move or rescaping etc. Since the latest rescaping 4 months ago the tank has gone thru turf algae, hair algae and finally Cyano. The cyano might be brought on by the introduction of BP although I am not very convinced of that. Once cyano reaches a critical mass I have never been able to control it by husbandry alone. A lot of people will say find the source of the problem but I already have quite low nutrient level. The cyano simple out compete everything.
I used the standard dosage, which is one spoon for 10g. After 12 hours most of the cyano were died but still clinging to the rock but after 36 hours everything's gone. As before I did not experience any problem with tank inhabitant. I did a 20% water change after 48 hours and running carbon to remove the remaining chemical. The corals are happy and I now have a super clean tank.
I used the standard dosage, which is one spoon for 10g. After 12 hours most of the cyano were died but still clinging to the rock but after 36 hours everything's gone. As before I did not experience any problem with tank inhabitant. I did a 20% water change after 48 hours and running carbon to remove the remaining chemical. The corals are happy and I now have a super clean tank.
More pics!