Wayne's Tank Journal - Current 90 on Page 5

[Wayne]

Hello all! To clean up my signature I am going to start this tank journal and one day be able to look back at the beggining and smack my forehead saying "what were you thinking"

Some pictures from the beginning:


http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2032.jpg

Then I traded in the Saddlebacks :sad:. They were to aggressive with future livestock for this size of tank.

Short Stalked Gonipora

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2288.jpg

Gonipora Sp. (Flower Pots)

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2208.jpg

Citron Goby

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2162.jpg

Dusky Jawfish

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2196.jpg

Maxima Clam (Approx 4")

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2804.jpg

Green Striped Mushrooms

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2195.jpg

Favia Coral

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2222.jpg

[jorjef]

When feeding make sure the Brittle Star gets his share, or he might "take" matters into his own hands...er arms.

[bignose]

Hi Wayne it's always nice to see a new member from Edmonton. Good start to your tank. I've smacked my head more than a couple of times!:lol:

[Wayne]

Heres some equipment shots:

Red Sea Prism Deluxe, Aquaclear 30 with filter floss, Fluval 405 Canister, 2 10k T5HO, 1 Coral Growth and 1 Atinic T5HO

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2374.jpg

Underneth the stand:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2371.jpg

Some Zoa's that I picked up:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2366.jpg

Here is my new tank that I will keep you guys and gals posted on :biggrin::

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2357.jpg

Just put egg crate in:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2358-1.jpg

[Wayne]

When feeding make sure the Brittle Star gets his share, or he might "take" matters into his own hands...er arms.

Well it was an exciting show when the Brittlestar tried to crawl into my Dusky Jawfish home... The Starfish went in for a few seconds then quivered and backed out :lol: Hasn't made that mistake again!

[Wayne]

I just finished with the stand modifications:

I chopped her down a few inces, reinforced it a little more, new 3/4" plywood top, redid the upper and lower trim and finally threw a coat of paint on it. Still have to do new foam for the sump and display this week and drill the sump holes.

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2503.jpg

[Abbyreefer]

Looking good so far. Curious, what is the epson salt for ?

[Wayne]

Its a poor mans Magnesium Sulphate Heptahydrate... My levels were low... When its done I am going to get the proper stuff from one of those bulk supply places :redface:

[Wayne]

Here are a few more pictures:

Kenya Tree and Toad Stool Frags

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2517.jpg


Cabbage Coral buds

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2518.jpg

Little tough to see but the GSP has grabbed onto the glass and all of the neighbouring rocks :) Smaller frag on bottom right really taking off

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2519.jpg

[Wayne]

Some more updates now that the move is done:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2523.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2525.jpg

Full Shot:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2530.jpg

Left and Right Sides:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2528.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2529.jpg

Next things on the list are some more Blue Green Chromis (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1634+115&pcatid=115) (thinking a small school). Then get the sump redesigned and plumbed so I can get all the equipment out of my display tank :)

[CherylMcKay]

Sorry for maybe a silly question, but... Why do you put egg crate in the bottom of the tank??

[Wayne]

A few more things have gone into my little glass box:

Candy Cane Coral

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2752.jpg

Frog Spawn

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2762.jpg

Heres some misc pictures:

Friends

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2755.jpg

A really big meal

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2751.jpg

[Wayne]

Sorry for maybe a silly question, but... Why do you put egg crate in the bottom of the tank??

Egg crate is so the live rock doesn't sit on the glass. Because the rock doesn't sit completly level but rather on jagged points, it can crack the glass if you have lots of live rock. I thought it would be better safe then sorry :)

[paddyob]

A really big meal

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2751.jpg[/QUOTE]


Uhmmm... is that Aptasia? Eating your shrimp?

[Wayne]

Yup... Partick you just made me realise I have Aptasia :(

I guess its time for the war to begin... I think I am going to try some lemon juice with a needle I only have about 5 of these. Maybe some Peppermint shrimp to maintain control :)

[bignose]

Get them before they get out of control! A needle and some lemon juice worked for me. What kind of shrimp was that anyways?

[Wayne]

I counted the tank this mourning and there are 7 that I can see. To be honest they really haven't spread, some did grow as big as 1.5". I was just planning on injecting them directly with that sodium hydroxide stuff, but I have concentrated lemon juice at home which I may try first.

I just started feeding Piscine freshwater mysis shrimp. They are huge suckers! To big for most of my fish :)

[Wayne]

Heres a few more pictures:

New fish (Damsel of some sort:))

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2765.jpg

Flame Hawkfish

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2801.jpg

Toad Stools

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2800.jpg

Pulsing Xenia

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2799.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2798.jpg

Should have cleaned before the photo shoot but I built a canopy :)

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2794.jpg

[Wayne]

Update:

Umbrella Toadstool

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2818.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2820.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2822.jpg

Tank Shot

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2824.jpg

[Vitaminz]

Hummm that umbrella looks familiar....lol Great tank Wayne!

[reefwars]

Hummm that umbrella looks familiar....lol Great tank Wayne!


haha that it does :):)

[Wayne]

Picked up some new zoas at Red Coral this week and finally found spots that they all like so I will get some pictures up tomarrow!

[Wayne]

Still waiting for the metal halides to come on to get some real color but this shot was pretty good so I will post it early :biggrin:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_2863.jpg

[reefwars]

the blues have all opened up nice:)

[Wayne]

the blues have all opened up nice:)

The every single one opened up the next day! At this exact moment every single head is open too! Even the ones I got today from you theres 2 open and 2 almost open! I am now on the edge of being a zoaholic, they are just so simple :lol:

[reefwars]

welcome to the club lol now if you think they are simple wait untill you pay a few hundred for a colony to have it die off, thats the thing about zoo's theres so many of them and they all require something different, for the most part they are fairly easy but as you get into it youll start buying nice zoas and some get lost some melt away and some even overtake your tank:) by farrrrrrrrrrrrrrr my favorite species:):) tanks looking good buddy, when i make some green zoa frags this week ill put one aside for you:)

[Wayne]

A few more additions:

Devils Hand Leather

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3138.jpg

Zoas

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3136.jpg

Update on zoa colonies

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3090.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3091.jpg

Some SPS

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3089.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3135.jpg

Super Mario Mushrooms

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3134.jpg

[outacontrol]

Where did you get the super mario mushrooms? They are so cool.

[noirsphynx]

You need to share a pic of one more new addition :biggrin:

[Wayne]

Where did you get the super mario mushrooms? They are so cool.

Got them from Wes :biggrin:

[Wayne]

You need to share a pic of one more new addition :biggrin:

I snapped a picuture and I will be posting as soon as my wife gets off my other computer :biggrin: My SD slot is malfuntioning on my laptop :sad:

[Wayne]

My new maxi-mini anenome:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3196.jpg

[Wayne]

My first cup of nasty skimmate from my "new to me" Aqua C Urchin

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3194.jpg

[BlueTang<3]

Looks good how did the fuzzy mushrooms take?

[benzzz]

Tank looks really good.

[Wayne]

Looks good how did the fuzzy mushrooms take?

Unfortunatly neither made it :(

[Wayne]

Tank looks really good.

Thank you very much :) I think I need a tank "designer" to organize corals and maybe rescape :)

[noirsphynx]

My new maxi-mini anenome:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3196.jpg

Very nice Wayne.

[Wayne]

Very nice Wayne.

Thanks Dawn, I took that picture from above through some acrillic so the colors washed out a little. I may try another pic with atinics ;)

[Wayne]

Some more zoa pictures, no idea of names:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3200.jpg

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3211.jpg

Eagle Eyes

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3233.jpg

Lawnmower Blenny

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3216.jpg

Maroon Clowns

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3142.jpg

Fuzzy Mushrooms

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3198.jpg

Green and Red Mushrooms

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3197.jpg

Ric Mushrooms

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3230.jpg

[noirsphynx]

Love the second pic with the lawnmower blenny peaking.

[fishytime]

Love the second pic with the lawnmower blenny peaking.

Good eye Dawn.....I had to take a second......then a third look:mrgreen:

[Wayne]

LOL yeah that was by accident too!

[lastlight]

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3233.jpg

I bought these a few years ago and I think they were called eagle eyes or something like that.

[Wayne]

Thanks for the ID! I have no idea about types of zoas I just go pick out the most colorful ones I can find :lol:

[Wayne]

Picture of my Maxi Mini Anenome after a few days, very happy eating everything I feed it :lol: (glad I put him in this tank instead of my display tank where my small fishy's are)

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3236.jpg

[paddyob]

Hey Wayne....

Looks good.

Unless I missed it, I never found a full tank shot. :wink:

[Wayne]

Heres some pictures of my 90 Gallon:

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3725.jpg?t=1309728213

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3719.jpg?t=1309728435

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy22/Racing_Rush/IMG_3713.jpg?t=1309728694

Full tank shot to come after I get my microbubbles under control and get the rest of the corals in there :) Sorry Patrick :lol:

[reefwars]

wow thats purrrdy buddy lol....hwhhbjkbkjsd oops sorry was staring at the pic while i typed..jdjijiwhjwjhbbwekfjehio2 oops did it again lol:) cheers buddy

[Wayne]

LOL thanks, I just did a few more moves like two Occ Clowns out of the 90 and into my old tank because they were picking on that little Saddleback just too much. :sad:

Anyone looking for a set of clowns? I will have them up on the livestock section in few days after they calm down.

[Wayne]

Update

After a incident with a UV sterilizer that turned my water black I lost a few fish. So after a few months I have finally got around to replacing some. My latest editions with pics to follow are:

Mottled Jawfish
6 Line wrasse
Cleaner Wrasse (which eats mysis)
Copperband Butterfly (which only eats mysis and not aptasia :noidea:)
Coral Banded Shrimp
Green Spotted Mandrin (star of the show, always out front showing off)

[MarkoD]

wow what happen with the uv sterilizer?

[Wayne]

Well I got given a used sterilizer which I ran some water through for 15 mintues. Bought a Maxijet pump for it and put it in my tank... The next day I came home to find my tank VERY dark, when I pulled a sample of water it was as dark as when you rinse your carbon for the first time.

After a 50% water change, pulling the UV sterilizer, and adding lots of new carbon I ended up losing 5 fish but no coral. :sad::sad::sad:

[MarkoD]

hmmm thats strange. was the bulb cracked?

[Wayne]

If I haven't already junked it I will open it up and check.

[fishytime]

man, that sucks.....when did that happen??? I dont remember you mentioning that at the tank tour?

[reefwars]

not an overly big fan of uv , i dont see the need and theres always stuff that goes wrong with them , why did you get one out of curiosity?? sorry to hear about your tank buddy glad all the corals came out ok:):)