Just make sure you have holes along the side of the cup for water flow.
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Squirrel
NJRC Member
I got back from a 3 day business trip tonight and unfortunately I lost all of the heads of my bicolor hammers. It also appears that most of the other corals are less than pleased right now so first thing in the morning I will be doing a big water change and starting to set up my 40g so that I can begin to move things over.
Total bummer. I liked those.
Total bummer. I liked those.
+1 test your water before you do anything.
Squirrel
NJRC Member
I tested my water as advised and nothing was off other than the salinity being high (1.028) due to evap and not having an ATO. I did the water change and everything I had left seemed to come back nice and happy.
Fast forward to this morning and I'm watching the tank and I see the bicolor blenny swim over to my gold hammer (the only one that survived) and take a chomp right out of it! Now I think I have an idea of what might have happened to the other hammers. Before I left for my trip I saw him go over and nibble on some stuff that I assumed was just a little algae on the skeleton of the hammers, oddly one of the heads was dead when I woke up in the morning but I figured that I might have just beat it up with the flow being to intense. Now I'm thinking that I got a little jerk of a bicolor and the corals were lost primarily due to him.
I set up my Nuvo 40 today and sequestered the blenny and cleaner shrimp to the larger tank and I'm going to leave the 10g as a little coral only qt tank. I'm thinking I might look at rehoming the bicolor or taking him back to the store and swapping him out for something a little safer.
The Nuvo 40 is running an XR30 G4 and the MP10QD. I'd like to get it ready to start moving some corals over to it in the near future.
Fast forward to this morning and I'm watching the tank and I see the bicolor blenny swim over to my gold hammer (the only one that survived) and take a chomp right out of it! Now I think I have an idea of what might have happened to the other hammers. Before I left for my trip I saw him go over and nibble on some stuff that I assumed was just a little algae on the skeleton of the hammers, oddly one of the heads was dead when I woke up in the morning but I figured that I might have just beat it up with the flow being to intense. Now I'm thinking that I got a little jerk of a bicolor and the corals were lost primarily due to him.
I set up my Nuvo 40 today and sequestered the blenny and cleaner shrimp to the larger tank and I'm going to leave the 10g as a little coral only qt tank. I'm thinking I might look at rehoming the bicolor or taking him back to the store and swapping him out for something a little safer.
The Nuvo 40 is running an XR30 G4 and the MP10QD. I'd like to get it ready to start moving some corals over to it in the near future.
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Squirrel
NJRC Member
It's been a good couple of days. I'm happy with where the two tanks are for the moment so now it's hands out for a while.
I installed an ATO on both tanks so I won't have to worry about evap issues. I think I have placement down for the corals, they all seem happy (other than the GSP which I'm pretty bummed about). I added some more live rock to the 40 and some more macro to the 10. I'm excited to see how stuff starts to grow in.
The only water quality issue I'm having current is that my Alk is at 15. Could this be because I used some old salt to set these up?
The picture of the 10g tank was horribly washed out with blue so I tried to make it somewhat meh.
I installed an ATO on both tanks so I won't have to worry about evap issues. I think I have placement down for the corals, they all seem happy (other than the GSP which I'm pretty bummed about). I added some more live rock to the 40 and some more macro to the 10. I'm excited to see how stuff starts to grow in.
The only water quality issue I'm having current is that my Alk is at 15. Could this be because I used some old salt to set these up?
The picture of the 10g tank was horribly washed out with blue so I tried to make it somewhat meh.
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Squirrel
NJRC Member
When I checked the other day it was 400. I'll check again in the morning to make sure though.
My bi color was killing corals for a year before I realized it was him , I ended up keeping him and just adjusting what corals and where I put them. Algae, starry and tailspot blennies are more reef safe if you're looking to trade him in.
Squirrel
NJRC Member
Calcium this morning was at 360 so I started dosing reef complete. I'll continue to dose and test over the next few days to get my parameters leveled out.
I decided to keep him. He's a cool little dude, just a bad taste in meals. He's now living in my 10g macro algae / soft coral tank.
Squirrel
NJRC Member
I got a few new corals today. The tank is doing good, my Ca is now up around 430 and Alk is at 11. There are some diatoms in the tank which I was expecting, part of the process.
I'm 99% sure this tank will stay a softy and LPS tank for the long run. I've never had any real interest in SPS (I find them kind of boring to look at. Beautiful, but boring). In a slightly different thread of events I've started playing around with planning out getting my bigger tanks set up. It'll take a while and I have to get a decent amount of equipment but if it all works out then I think it'll be pretty cool.
Time for the pictures. I really need to get one of the filters for my phone so more of the true colors can be seen.
I'm 99% sure this tank will stay a softy and LPS tank for the long run. I've never had any real interest in SPS (I find them kind of boring to look at. Beautiful, but boring). In a slightly different thread of events I've started playing around with planning out getting my bigger tanks set up. It'll take a while and I have to get a decent amount of equipment but if it all works out then I think it'll be pretty cool.
Time for the pictures. I really need to get one of the filters for my phone so more of the true colors can be seen.
Squirrel
NJRC Member
Good to know. I haven't seen him mess with any of them but I will be on the lookout. He might be banished to the smaller tank too if I see anything suspect. Thanks for the heads up!
Squirrel
NJRC Member
I've been worried so for my own peace of mind I moved the cleaner shrimp to the 10g yesterday . He adjusted well and is currently annoying the Blenny.
On a separate note, I was given a Red Sea Reefer 350 that had split on the top half of the front seams. I joyfully took it thinking "it won't be super hard to rebuild this"... I now realize I bit off a much harder project than I bargained for.
So far I've stripped all the silicone from the glass and attempted to put it back together twice. Here is how it currently sits, again.
Any advice on how to get this done a bit easier would be amazing.
On a separate note, I was given a Red Sea Reefer 350 that had split on the top half of the front seams. I joyfully took it thinking "it won't be super hard to rebuild this"... I now realize I bit off a much harder project than I bargained for.
So far I've stripped all the silicone from the glass and attempted to put it back together twice. Here is how it currently sits, again.
Any advice on how to get this done a bit easier would be amazing.
Squirrel
NJRC Member
I've never seen that video before, nor any of his videos actually. Definitely pretty clear instructions and made a few suggestions I'm going to have to try. I appreciate the share.