34 gal cube tank set up - Page 2 - Reef-Geeks

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

I only have one clown. And it's a captive bread snowflake so it may not want to do the whole hosting thing. I wish Rose bubbles would stay small.

I think my corals will be mostly zoas and ricordia and a few SPS. SPS all up on the back rock work and the zoas and such inthe lower rocks and a bunch of clams in the sand. O yea have to get CLAMS.....I just love them. So I started with the derasa and will get a sqamosa and then some croceas and maybe a maxima or two. My wife saw some dragons breath macro at the LFS and wants some of that. And I'm playing it smart this time and letting her pick stuff she likes so she dosn't get as mad about the money I spend on it.And she has a good eye for stuff.

rgrking · Spawning

rose bubbles will stay small.....when they split lol

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

Well I though I would post some new PICS of my tank. I'm having trouble with the color but it's a cell phone.

Actinics

Metal Halide

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

Wow, your flame algae seems to be growing really well! I like the aquascaping, too. Very nice

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

Yea the flame alage is growing like crazy....

Lowtechgal · Reef-Geek

Very nice! Are the pink zoas really that pink? Or is it just the lighting? The Flame Algae really POPS!

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

everything is pretty bright colors. I'm really trying to only get real colorful corals in my tank.

Lowtechgal · Reef-Geek

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Originally Posted by blk822822

everything is pretty bright colors. I'm really trying to only get real colorful corals in my tank.

Well, it's working! NIIICE.

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

As you all like another updated pic of the tank.

LadyOfIreland · Dr. Zoos

Lookin' goooooood!

Lowtechgal · Reef-Geek

WOOT!!

estanoche · I <3 the LEFT COAST!

love the macro in the display too - obviously you don't have many macro eaters in that tank!!

watchingoil · Watchingwater

Beautiful! If you use a good salt mix, MG chloride and no two part you only have to add the MG weekly (about 60 ml) and do very little water changes. You Alk and Ca should always fall into place naturally.

"Just say "NO!" to blowing your salinity composition with epsom salt and your Alk with two part."

spinycheek · Insert Custom Title Here

I have to disagree about the epsom salt, I've always used it and my corals grow fine. The only thing different between epsom and MgCL is that you add a slight amount of sulfates, which I believe are slowly consumed by denitrifying bacteria anyways.

Granted, MgCl is much easier to dissolve in water, but in terms of efficacy, I think they are functionally the same.

watchingoil · Watchingwater

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Originally Posted by spinycheek

I have to disagree about the epsom salt, I've always used it and my corals grow fine. The only thing different between epsom and MgCL is that you add a slight amount of sulfates, which I believe are slowly consumed by denitrifying bacteria anyways.

Granted, MgCl is much easier to dissolve in water, but in terms of efficacy, I think they are functionally the same.

MgSu will raise your salinity Mg Cl will not. Salinity in sea water has many ingredients which create a balance which we try to copy. In the long run MgCl does not flush other ingredients of salinity out.

In this respect epsom salt sounds rather brutal to me. I am spending about $85.00/gal for blended MgSu and MgCl etc. in a bio available blend. I am having tremendous success with arcapora frags, the new growth is horizontal without any reduction in trunk size.

I say MgCL wins in the long run (does not increase salinity.) What do you think?

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

Ok heres some more pics

watchingoil · Watchingwater

I like how clean you keep the back and sides glass. Corraline took control of mine. What's your secret? New tank?

blk822822 · Reef-Geek

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I like how clean you keep the back and sides glass. Corraline took control of mine. What's your secret? New tank?

Coraline grows on my tank to but rubs off easy if you keep up on it, and it helps it spread if you rub it off. I noticed the coraline in my tank dosn't grow in the high area as purple but red in color.

watchingoil · Watchingwater

Very nice! Looks like you did a nice job.

Pat B · Geektacular

WOW sweet looking tank!!!

[22 (permalink)] Posted by rgrking 01-25-2012, 09:17 PM	Spawning
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[24 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 03-08-2012, 07:50 PM	Dr. Zoos
Wow, your flame algae seems to be growing really well! I like the aquascaping, too. Very nice __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks."	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[30 (permalink)] Posted by LadyOfIreland 03-19-2012, 06:04 PM	Dr. Zoos
Lookin' goooooood! __________________ One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish... Will work for coral "If wishes were fishes, we'd all have full tanks."	Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 867 Gameroom cash: $259040 Rep Power: 34
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[32 (permalink)] Posted by estanoche 03-23-2012, 12:40 AM	I <3 the LEFT COAST!
love the macro in the display too - obviously you don't have many macro eaters in that tank!! __________________ SAY NO TO FISH STICKS!! Put screened and vented lids on your tanks! My 80 Gal. Reef Tank Build: So this is where all my money goes My 25 Gal. QT/Angler Cube: A place for my money to QT/grow out Member/VP of Spokane Coeur d Alene Reef Society Friend me up on FB too!	Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,799 Gameroom cash: $1235065 Rep Power: 116
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[34 (permalink)] Posted by spinycheek 04-05-2012, 12:57 AM	Insert Custom Title Here
I have to disagree about the epsom salt, I've always used it and my corals grow fine. The only thing different between epsom and MgCL is that you add a slight amount of sulfates, which I believe are slowly consumed by denitrifying bacteria anyways. Granted, MgCl is much easier to dissolve in water, but in terms of efficacy, I think they are functionally the same. __________________ All this knowledge is giving me a raging brainer!	Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 4,277 Gameroom cash: $1307222 Rep Power: 82
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[21 (permalink)] Posted by blk822822 01-25-2012, 08:38 PM	Reef-Geek
I only have one clown. And it's a captive bread snowflake so it may not want to do the whole hosting thing. I wish Rose bubbles would stay small. I think my corals will be mostly zoas and ricordia and a few SPS. SPS all up on the back rock work and the zoas and such inthe lower rocks and a bunch of clams in the sand. O yea have to get CLAMS.....I just love them. So I started with the derasa and will get a sqamosa and then some croceas and maybe a maxima or two. My wife saw some dragons breath macro at the LFS and wants some of that. And I'm playing it smart this time and letting her pick stuff she likes so she dosn't get as mad about the money I spend on it.And she has a good eye for stuff.	Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kent, Wa. Posts: 336 Gameroom cash: $220405 Rep Power: 16
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[23 (permalink)] Posted by blk822822 03-08-2012, 06:24 PM	Reef-Geek
Well I though I would post some new PICS of my tank. I'm having trouble with the color but it's a cell phone. Actinics Metal Halide	Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kent, Wa. Posts: 336 Gameroom cash: $220405 Rep Power: 16
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[25 (permalink)] Posted by blk822822 03-08-2012, 08:39 PM	Reef-Geek
Yea the flame alage is growing like crazy....	Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kent, Wa. Posts: 336 Gameroom cash: $220405 Rep Power: 16
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[26 (permalink)] Posted by Lowtechgal 03-09-2012, 09:51 AM	Reef-Geek
Very nice! Are the pink zoas really that pink? Or is it just the lighting? The Flame Algae really POPS!	Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Batesburg, SC Posts: 171 Gameroom cash: $48255 Rep Power: 5
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[27 (permalink)] Posted by blk822822 03-09-2012, 10:08 AM	Reef-Geek
everything is pretty bright colors. I'm really trying to only get real colorful corals in my tank.	Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kent, Wa. Posts: 336 Gameroom cash: $220405 Rep Power: 16
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[29 (permalink)] Posted by blk822822 03-19-2012, 06:00 PM	Reef-Geek
As you all like another updated pic of the tank.	Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kent, Wa. Posts: 336 Gameroom cash: $220405 Rep Power: 16
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[31 (permalink)] Posted by Lowtechgal 03-20-2012, 01:47 PM	Reef-Geek
WOOT!!	Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Batesburg, SC Posts: 171 Gameroom cash: $48255 Rep Power: 5
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[33 (permalink)] Posted by watchingoil 03-26-2012, 12:24 AM	Watchingwater
Beautiful! If you use a good salt mix, MG chloride and no two part you only have to add the MG weekly (about 60 ml) and do very little water changes. You Alk and Ca should always fall into place naturally. "Just say "NO!" to blowing your salinity composition with epsom salt and your Alk with two part."	Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 43 Gameroom cash: $9195 Rep Power: 6
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[36 (permalink)] Posted by blk822822 04-09-2012, 07:38 PM	Reef-Geek
Ok heres some more pics	Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kent, Wa. Posts: 336 Gameroom cash: $220405 Rep Power: 16
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[37 (permalink)] Posted by watchingoil 04-09-2012, 07:48 PM	Watchingwater
I like how clean you keep the back and sides glass. Corraline took control of mine. What's your secret? New tank?	Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 43 Gameroom cash: $9195 Rep Power: 6
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[40 (permalink)] Posted by Pat B 04-10-2012, 06:31 AM	Geektacular
WOW sweet looking tank!!! __________________ "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15b "HIS word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9b *Click on the ticker for the build thread.*	Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Camden, De Posts: 2,560 Gameroom cash: $1240170 Rep Power: 65
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[39 (permalink)] Posted by watchingoil 04-09-2012, 07:58 PM	Watchingwater
Very nice! Looks like you did a nice job.	Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 43 Gameroom cash: $9195 Rep Power: 6
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