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It's blasphemy! I think vinny was talking about setting up a nano for a vlamingii tang????? Lol! It won't be long, there will be a Carlos build thread soon enough. Glad to have you here vinny!
Vinnybagodoughnuts
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LOL Thank you guys for the warm welcome. I certainly don't want to start off here by derailing Cheryls build thread.;Spam
I am tankless for the first time in almost 40 years (although I still have my cube and equipment)and it is indeed strange.I look forward to following your tank builds.
It may take a little of the sting away.;Hurting Great to be back among friends once more.
I am tankless for the first time in almost 40 years (although I still have my cube and equipment)and it is indeed strange.I look forward to following your tank builds.
It may take a little of the sting away.;Hurting Great to be back among friends once more.
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Hey, it's Dennis's wife. Esme wanted me to say hi to her Uncle Vinny.LOL Thank you guys for the warm welcome. I certainly don't want to start off here by derailing Cheryls build thread.;Spam
I am tankless for the first time in almost 40 years (although I still have my cube and equipment)and it is indeed strange.I look forward to following your tank builds.
It may take a little of the sting away.;Hurting Great to be back among friends once more.
TbyZ
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What is pc lighting?This is a JBJ 28 gal with PC lighting. My intention for starting this tank a month ago was to house a Maroon Lightening clown. I have been coveting this clown type since news of it's capture in 2008. Honestly I never thought I would see the day when the average hobbyist would see the fish offered for sale in the average hobbyist price range, well I was wrong.
Having investing most of the last decade to stony corals I was ready for an easy tank, no dosing, no testing, just plan old water changes. I know PC can grow corals, while not acropora, but you can keep many more corals and inverts under PC than you've been led to believe.
To cycle this tank I over loaded the media baskets in my JBJ 45 RL by heavy feeding and no cleanings of charcoal, bio-balls or foam. Once the 28 gallon had water in and live sand in it for 24 hours I moved over the dirty media baskets and some rock. I ran a soft cycle, 2 gallon water change about every other day. There was no cycle and fish were added the same week ( I do not recommend this to the newer hobbyist).
Plans are to continue to add soft corals, zoanthids, mushrooms and to just enjoy the tank without all the maintenance that goes into a stony coral tank. So far I love the look and my Lighting Clown.
Thanks for taking a look.
Greybeard
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Awesome
People overlook softies these days, but a healthy, motion filled soft coral tank is (still) a thing of beauty.
I had 2x 55w 10k PC lights over a 40 long at one time, huge colt coral, several leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, palythoa, gorgonians... It was the very last reef I ever ran that did not have a sump. HOB seaclone (shudder)... I did have a DIY ATO -w- Kalkwasser (well, Mrs. Wages pickling lime, really). Maintained Alk and Calc just fine, thanks. Monthly 20% water change (8 gallons, not really much of a chore), a HOB filter with a bag of GAC in it... that's about it. Would bave been what, mid 1990's.
It was a healthy, thriving reef for several years. Broke it down and sold it off during one of the fairly regular upgrades I went through during that period. Repurposed the 55w PC's, put actinic bulbs in them, and had them supplementing halides for many years.
People overlook softies these days, but a healthy, motion filled soft coral tank is (still) a thing of beauty.
I had 2x 55w 10k PC lights over a 40 long at one time, huge colt coral, several leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, palythoa, gorgonians... It was the very last reef I ever ran that did not have a sump. HOB seaclone (shudder)... I did have a DIY ATO -w- Kalkwasser (well, Mrs. Wages pickling lime, really). Maintained Alk and Calc just fine, thanks. Monthly 20% water change (8 gallons, not really much of a chore), a HOB filter with a bag of GAC in it... that's about it. Would bave been what, mid 1990's.
It was a healthy, thriving reef for several years. Broke it down and sold it off during one of the fairly regular upgrades I went through during that period. Repurposed the 55w PC's, put actinic bulbs in them, and had them supplementing halides for many years.
Greybeard
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Power Compact. A form of florescent lighting, related to those swirly bulbs you can buy these days.
Used to be a thing... much less efficient than T5's, so they kinda faded out over time.
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Hey, it's Dennis's wife. Esme wanted me to say hi to her Uncle Vinny.
How did I not know this!!!!!!
Awesome
People overlook softies these days, but a healthy, motion filled soft coral tank is (still) a thing of beauty.
I had 2x 55w 10k PC lights over a 40 long at one time, huge colt coral, several leathers, mushrooms, zoanthids, palythoa, gorgonians... It was the very last reef I ever ran that did not have a sump. HOB seaclone (shudder)... I did have a DIY ATO -w- Kalkwasser (well, Mrs. Wages pickling lime, really). Maintained Alk and Calc just fine, thanks. Monthly 20% water change (8 gallons, not really much of a chore), a HOB filter with a bag of GAC in it... that's about it. Would bave been what, mid 1990's.
It was a healthy, thriving reef for several years. Broke it down and sold it off during one of the fairly regular upgrades I went through during that period. Repurposed the 55w PC's, put actinic bulbs in them, and had them supplementing halides for many years.
Hey Greybeard, thanks for checking it out.
Have not done soft corals in about 15 years, gotta tell ya I am loving it. Still a die hard stick head but dang there is something to be said about simple softie tank. Water changes only and watch them grow.
The Lightings are growing by leaps and bounds, some spats still between them but they are pairing up nicely, whew that was touch and go.
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Just so you know I have not gone off the deep end, I still run the JBJ MH stony corals.
The Green Sinularia in image 2 has a Comb Jelly, a very cool hitch hiker. I have only had Comb Jellys come in on Leathers. The Comb Jelly is nocturnal but I will try to get some images of it.
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Tank is not even 2 months old now. It has a lot of maturing and growing to do. There are about 6 different types of coraillmorphs/mushrooms, a couple LPS and 4 soft corals and 2 types of zoanthids.
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Not at all, make it easy and it might be more enjoyable.
1. Yellow Toadstool is a Fiji Yellow Sarcophyton.
2. Green branching to the side of the rock is a Sinularia.
3. Tall cream colored is a Litophyton.
4. Smattering of Rhodactis and Actinodiscus.
5. One Duncan and a Goniopora.
Mostly all easy corals.
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Growing so fast. ;Smuggrin I am still feeding them 3 times a day, flake, nori and frozen mix.
No significant aggression towards each other now, although the female is now attacking me sigh....;Shifty So much attitude.
Added an Emerald because I saw some bubble algae. What a beast, the 1st night he tore the entire scape down and moved glued down corals, well alrighty. Every last bit of bubble algae and other algae eaten. I still have not added other Cuc members but I will in the next couple weeks.
Trying to nail everything down again. Moved over some corals from the JBJ 45 I am taking down, all softies. Have 6 different types of Corallimorphs, 4 types of zoanthids. Addded some Lunar Eclipes, love that orange coloration.
Could not get an image of the female clown because she attacks the camera, nice real nice.
Thank you stopping by DSC.
No significant aggression towards each other now, although the female is now attacking me sigh....;Shifty So much attitude.
Added an Emerald because I saw some bubble algae. What a beast, the 1st night he tore the entire scape down and moved glued down corals, well alrighty. Every last bit of bubble algae and other algae eaten. I still have not added other Cuc members but I will in the next couple weeks.
Trying to nail everything down again. Moved over some corals from the JBJ 45 I am taking down, all softies. Have 6 different types of Corallimorphs, 4 types of zoanthids. Addded some Lunar Eclipes, love that orange coloration.
Could not get an image of the female clown because she attacks the camera, nice real nice.
Thank you stopping by DSC.
