Freezetyles Biocube 29. Updates March 16!

freezetyle · #1 03-03-2010, 03:06 AM

I found a new home for the angel so my sps should begin their healing process. Although in that whole process i had to remove every single rock in the tank in order to catch it. Re-scaped with a neat cave, everything looks ****ed, but im sure it will settle out my tomorrow. and i figure i can not add anything else to this without some major work or some different rocks. making what i did was near impossible with the pieces that are in there. also i feel its getting that fruit stand look which i wanted to avoid. oh well, in time.

got a few mangroves (thanks Bkelly) so those are living in my frag rack until the next tank set up when i have a sump again. will get some pics tomorrow when the dust settles... literally

freezetyle · #2 03-04-2010, 06:24 AM

Updated tank shot.

mixed feelings about it still. too many big rocks of front. seems really cluttered to me.

and excuse the tupperware. the dang crabs steal the krill from the elegance coral.

freezetyle · #3 03-17-2010, 05:23 AM

switched around the lighting. got a fiji purple and 2 KZ coral light II' to replace the stock 10k's and one actinic. the pink took a bit to get used to but i like it.

Also added a bit of volume on the tank with this sucker

corals are looking fantastic to before. polyps out during the day again, and the newer additions are colouring up nicely. Although i found two acro crabs on the pink birds nest a got a while ago. one was good. the other was bad. you can see the damage in the one picture. And i have decided to just let things grow. I have had my hands in the tank a lot lately so i will be taking an extended break from fragging and such.

green polyp birdsnest. Thanks Oceanic Corals!

White-ish/yellow zoa/paly

ZOA POX!!!! dipped them for the second day of treatment today. Furan-2 was hard to find in kelowna

And the FTS

fishytime · #4 03-17-2010, 05:30 AM

Very shiny Jon!.....did you manage to get a nitrate/phosphate reading before you started the lentils?

freezetyle · #5 03-17-2010, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Very shiny Jon!.....did you manage to get a nitrate/phosphate reading before you started the lentils?

Phosphate were nil. Bad test kit though (hagen, *shudders*) nitrates were around the 7 mark.

couple days after adding the pellets water was crystal clear. I normally would wait to try something like this, especially since my tank is pretty tiny, but you know. i was passing though so i decided to get some.

Although, i was looking for a hang on reactor and when that wasn't available i just picked whatever was next. Hence the vertex. but like i said, i got anout a 1/8 volume increase.

kien · #6 03-17-2010, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by freezetyle

Also added a bit of volume on the tank with this sucker

nice! did you double the volume of your system with that bad boy?

KLUW · #7 03-17-2010, 12:42 PM

looks great! I love all the rock. The tank has really come along. Keep up the great work!!!!!!

freezetyle · #8 03-17-2010, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

nice! did you double the volume of your system with that bad boy?

HA. Pretty close. i was originally going to run it from the ground and pipe it up sort of in a closed looped fashion so that probably would have double it. Simplicity is best though. Like i said before, when i was in-visioning it's size i think i had the ole shrink ray going. oh well, isn't hurting anything.

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Originally Posted by KLUW

looks great! I love all the rock. The tank has really come along. Keep up the great work!!!!!!

Thanks! the tank has come a long way from the start. I think I am at a point where i am quite satisfied with the placement of everything, so now its the tanks time to settle in and do it's thing.