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Update Had to remove live rock to get the damsels out had no other option. They were to fast and hid in the rock work . Had to remove the rock carefully because the BTA was on one piece. Last night the BTA opened up and was the largest I’ve seen it so far . Got up this morning BTA disappeared. When lights came on BTA is on the move has come out and is doing walk about not going to bother it at all just leave it to settle again . Had to move the damsels the were digging all the sand up and making water conditions not the best for the BTA . Will post a picture when the nem finds his new place.
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Started my auto top up for my gt tank . Ok for nothing theses are great for the nano tanks keeps salinity bag on . .Will fit to the gt tank tomorrow . Not the best of photos better one next post .
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Bought a second hand tank but like new condition for£45 . It’s a 34L /9 G fluval flex.Back filter and equipment compartment. Led remote control. Got it up and running last night My update on my BTA is all good at the moment will post pictures on my next post . Here are some photos of the fluval flex tank I think theses tanks are sold on Amazon for £115- £120 photos not the best but just set up .
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Update - when I started this thread only my experiences and highs and lows with honesty About 2 days after my last post . Me and my wife went to our LFS looking at the fish and all the red sea equipment. My wife said are you getting another BTA . I said maybe one my wife went and got the owner and they came towards me and I heard my wife saying yes we will take 2 . So that was that they were brought home and dripped for one and a half hour and put in the tank one settled on the rock straight away the other went under the rock and disappeared and I mean for four days then came out and found his place . Everything was looking good and going good l was loving life with the nems . Everything fine for days the big nem what I bought first was moving about a bit but on the rock work went to my bed as normal next morning I always check the tank . Here comes a big Low tank was like milk I looked closely and the big nem was on the side of an internal filter I thought not a problem there’s no where he can get into and shred himself . How wrong I was he had slid into a millimetre gap on a nob for turning flow up and down. I got him off and the damage was too much to save him gutted beyond belief I started looking on the sand covered in nem bits that’s how the water was like milk . The other nems were fine but just starting to ball up I cleaned the sand with a gravel cleaner and said I would give it 2 hours and see what the water conditions were like I had some store salter water and did a 12 litre water change and left the tank try and recover. 3 hours and the tank looked as bad as in the morning .The filter were not pulling this milk out of the water .So time to say to my self emergency. The only other option was that I had a 37L flex tank been running about a week . Time for sh@@ or bust remove all live rock into the flex tank no sand moved regal damsel over and the nems that were on the live rock . So my thoughts are at this point Gamble win or lose ammonia spikes big time nems not recovering all going through my mind . Well it’s been I think 2 weeks and been testing for ammonia with Sal fert test and testing 0 every time. The nems are doing really good and look good and healthy. The live rock from my tank came from a sump from a fellow reefer then into my nano tank so was well matured rock . And I think that is what is keeping every thing going at the moment. Like I said this is a big gamble of every thing or nothing. If you have any thoughts all welcome . Tested today all readings good
jhadaway
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Can you tell me what the 2 yellow corals are. Stunning nano!
First of all I would like to thank everyone on reef2reef for been so welcoming. This a 12 gallon tank. 2 kg of live rock sand bottom this tank runs on 2 power heads and a air stone no skimmer no filter. I use a bit of poly filter in the tank on a peg . Have had no real problems yet this tank was set up in October 2022 . Water changes where once a week but going to change to fortnightly.
kevgib67
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Were you running carbon and if not did you throw some in? That sucks, I know the panic. Best of luck nano man!Update - when I started this thread only my experiences and highs and lows with honesty About 2 days after my last post . Me and my wife went to our LFS looking at the fish and all the red sea equipment. My wife said are you getting another BTA . I said maybe one my wife went and got the owner and they came towards me and I heard my wife saying yes we will take 2 . So that was that they were brought home and dripped for one and a half hour and put in the tank one settled on the rock straight away the other went under the rock and disappeared and I mean for four days then came out and found his place . Everything was looking good and going good l was loving life with the nems . Everything fine for days the big nem what I bought first was moving about a bit but on the rock work went to my bed as normal next morning I always check the tank . Here comes a big Low tank was like milk I looked closely and the big nem was on the side of an internal filter I thought not a problem there’s no where he can get into and shred himself . How wrong I was he had slid into a millimetre gap on a nob for turning flow up and down. I got him off and the damage was too much to save him gutted beyond belief I started looking on the sand covered in nem bits that’s how the water was like milk . The other nems were fine but just starting to ball up I cleaned the sand with a gravel cleaner and said I would give it 2 hours and see what the water conditions were like I had some store salter water and did a 12 litre water change and left the tank try and recover. 3 hours and the tank looked as bad as in the morning .The filter were not pulling this milk out of the water .So time to say to my self emergency. The only other option was that I had a 37L flex tank been running about a week . Time for sh@@ or bust remove all live rock into the flex tank no sand moved regal damsel over and the nems that were on the live rock . So my thoughts are at this point Gamble win or lose ammonia spikes big time nems not recovering all going through my mind . Well it’s been I think 2 weeks and been testing for ammonia with Sal fert test and testing 0 every time. The nems are doing really good and look good and healthy. The live rock from my tank came from a sump from a fellow reefer then into my nano tank so was well matured rock . And I think that is what is keeping every thing going at the moment. Like I said this is a big gamble of every thing or nothing. If you have any thoughts all welcome . Tested today all readings good
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Running carbon in this tank . If I had left nems in that milk water everything was going to die so had to byte the bullet LOL . Yes to the carbon but it was the carbon sponge that fitted that filter .
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update on flex 37 L
Thought I would purchase from uk dealers on eBay cheapest I could find. So ok they came first batch well packed a very quick delivery next day before one o’clock. Two small jars with two frags one in perfect condition and one up side down not looking good . Got them to same temp as the tank and salinity coral dipped them and put both of them in . One looks good and the other half dead . Don’t think the one upside down will make it . The problem was they could move in the jars and smash there selves up in the post luckily they were cheap. Attached photos
Thought I would purchase from uk dealers on eBay cheapest I could find. So ok they came first batch well packed a very quick delivery next day before one o’clock. Two small jars with two frags one in perfect condition and one up side down not looking good . Got them to same temp as the tank and salinity coral dipped them and put both of them in . One looks good and the other half dead . Don’t think the one upside down will make it . The problem was they could move in the jars and smash there selves up in the post luckily they were cheap. Attached photos
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Update fluval flex37L Twomore coral delivered today very fast and very well pack theses frags could not move at all in the jars theses were purchased from another dealer and he has thought about the packing GREAT . Have attached photos and will post more when theses corals open up and settled. It just a insight into posted corals.
