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Looking Nice Janci !!
120G Rimless shallow peninsula tank
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Fadi, thanks.
I was checking your thread and wanted to ask what camera and settings do you use for the pictures of the fish?
They are way better than mine...
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LOL,Fadi, thanks.
I was checking your thread and wanted to ask what camera and settings do you use for the pictures of the fish?
They are way better than mine...
I use Canon 600D , 100mm macro lens or 50 mm and Canon Speedlite 430EX II, for settings every photo is different. You can check my flickr account to see all photo specs
https://www.flickr.com/photos/144019697@N03/
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Follow up on the nitrate dosing and testing:
As from yesterday NO3 is measured around 1 ppm.
This after 1 week of dosing where each dose was enough to raise NO3 with 1 ppm daily.
The tank is pretty much stable and can handle well the extra NO3. Taken in consideration that there is only filter socks, a skimmer, a little rowaphos and UV, there is not really denitrifying media in play.
I do add Probidio Bio Digest every 2 weeks to seed some extra bacteria that might have been removed by UV.
Nevertheless I lowered the daily dose a little in order to keep NO3 stable at 1 ppm for a while to see what happens.
I went from 8ml/day to 6ml/day.
To be continued.
Maintenance wise there is not much to say.
My rescaping idea is on hold till I find more time to do it properly.
As from yesterday NO3 is measured around 1 ppm.
This after 1 week of dosing where each dose was enough to raise NO3 with 1 ppm daily.
The tank is pretty much stable and can handle well the extra NO3. Taken in consideration that there is only filter socks, a skimmer, a little rowaphos and UV, there is not really denitrifying media in play.
I do add Probidio Bio Digest every 2 weeks to seed some extra bacteria that might have been removed by UV.
Nevertheless I lowered the daily dose a little in order to keep NO3 stable at 1 ppm for a while to see what happens.
I went from 8ml/day to 6ml/day.
To be continued.
Maintenance wise there is not much to say.
My rescaping idea is on hold till I find more time to do it properly.
tank's lookin real nice.
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Sorry For Your lose Janci, wrasses are well known for jumping. covering the tank is good idea. I just got my red sea cover and waiting for the zig zag to arrive after few days.
have you considered one of these lids?
http://rimlessaquariumlids.com/index.php?route=common/home
if I ever get a fish I might look into getting one of their lids.
http://rimlessaquariumlids.com/index.php?route=common/home
if I ever get a fish I might look into getting one of their lids.
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Thanks for the information.
It is indeed one of the options I was heading to.
https://www.bananaquarium.com/fg has a nice look, but does not come for tanks with 15mm thick glass.
So I am considering some bespoke solutions after getting the dimensions right.
My large side glass tends to bow a few millimeters between corner and middle whic I like to get right for the support of the top lid.
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In the last weeks I have hardly been at home but every thime I look at the tank it still looks alive.
About 2 weeks ago I added an extra rock (live) which I found at the LFS. The rock was checked and observed for a couple of days (lights out) to see if there were no dangerous dinosaures or other creatures inside and moved directly in the tank.
Until now no disaster was observed and I added some corals which were moved from other places in the tank.
I will take some better pictures with the necessary white balance and adjusting later.
Here one acro that was before in a very lighted spot with 300+ PAR. With the new rock it ended up in a +/- 200 PAR location and it turned from "white with fluo yellow tips" to a nice "purple with fluo yellow tips".
A nice change which I had not expected.
It also reminds me that I have to take more care about coral position.
Pictures are shot with the mobile... I was in a hurry.
I am still dosing the same amount of NO3 to keep it at a 2ppm-ish level.
So far, all good.
PO4 remains 0 ppm, but I know from the last ICP tests that it is slightly more than that.
Will be back with more updates soon as I ordered some special frags which are to arrive next week.
About 2 weeks ago I added an extra rock (live) which I found at the LFS. The rock was checked and observed for a couple of days (lights out) to see if there were no dangerous dinosaures or other creatures inside and moved directly in the tank.
Until now no disaster was observed and I added some corals which were moved from other places in the tank.
I will take some better pictures with the necessary white balance and adjusting later.
Here one acro that was before in a very lighted spot with 300+ PAR. With the new rock it ended up in a +/- 200 PAR location and it turned from "white with fluo yellow tips" to a nice "purple with fluo yellow tips".
A nice change which I had not expected.
It also reminds me that I have to take more care about coral position.
Pictures are shot with the mobile... I was in a hurry.
I am still dosing the same amount of NO3 to keep it at a 2ppm-ish level.
So far, all good.
PO4 remains 0 ppm, but I know from the last ICP tests that it is slightly more than that.
Will be back with more updates soon as I ordered some special frags which are to arrive next week.
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For anyone who reads this threat and has Radions...
I contacted WWC and received their Ecotech Radion schedule after reading some posts of one of their display tanks.
Does anyone have any idea how to compare this with my current (AB+) schedule?
I am a numb with these things and was very happy to have been able to load the AB+ schedule.
I do not even know how to make slight changes to that schedule.
I contacted WWC and received their Ecotech Radion schedule after reading some posts of one of their display tanks.
Does anyone have any idea how to compare this with my current (AB+) schedule?
I am a numb with these things and was very happy to have been able to load the AB+ schedule.
I do not even know how to make slight changes to that schedule.
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Ask them to send it to you as template fileThe WWC schedule
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They send me the *.etg file already but I wanted to see the difference between this schedule and the AB+.
Also if you know how to adjust these schedules via reeflink, would be good to know.
Great photos!!!
