Bryce's 65 Gal. FOWL converted to reef

[Bryce M.]

Sorry, got busy again. I'll post corals and whole tank plus stand project tonight. Thinking of remaking the stand though, want a taller one.

 

[Bryce M.]

Wow I have been dead for a while!
turns out that the mystery fish is a crested oyster goby
anyways just been thinking about my clown fish, they have grown a lot, one black ice orcelliels and a Picasso, Black ice is the female, she's grown twice her size and the male grew about a quarter more.
All attempts to let them host have failed.. any advice?

 

[MrWheelock]

Trying to get them to be hosted by a nem?
Are you still using the IC marine lights?

 

[Bryce M.]

Trying to get them to be hosted by a nem?
Are you still using the IC marine lights?

I am, no interest in anything
Yes I am using those lights
really no updates, getting my 150 ready

 

[MrWheelock]

Sounds silly, but i printed a picture of a clown in a nem and put it on the side of my aquarium. Might be coincidence but a week later they were scrubbing around in my nem!

 

[Bryce M.]

Sounds silly, but i printed a picture of a clown in a nem and put it on the side of my aquarium. Might be coincidence but a week later they were scrubbing around in my nem!

No I have heard from many people that works, one thing I haven't tried, never been able to get fish to look at "examples" in the past for much more than a second
best example is trying to get my betta to flare for exercise, he really only flares when he's startled (or if I dare add help (snails, shrimp, cleaning fish) to his palace)

 

[MrWheelock]

I tried printing something similar to species of anenome and clown then just left it there until i needed to clean and when they took interest.

 

[Bryce M.]

Been a while, been ups, been downs, been UPS...... Messing up my deliveries... anyways I got some new fish literally a few days ago, a yellow clown goby, a valinteni puffer and a Tomitomi Bristle Tang.
The reason why I'm posting is because I hatched a plan, a plan to a pretty bad problem. Nutrients out of wack, water change after water change, carbon, filter change, nothing, corals dying. Tonight I'm building a "triton filter"!
The basic idea is I'm going to take a large mushroom/nem box I have, put magnets on it, make a sand bed and scatter rubble. I ordered a bunch of macro algae for the 2nd....
It's odd both of my nems are doing fine (my BTA is flourishing actually) and live stock is happy as ever
zoas are struggling (harliquinn isn't killing starfish fast enough)
and for some odd reason my GSP frag is acting weird and my GSP colony is getting covered in algae, I wipe it off and it's just fine but then like a week later it's covered again
Also my wonderful wall hammer has been preforming polyp bail out, I'm considering it a loss....
still I need to get this whole thing in check, with water changes, chemical filtration, and a new method of even more bio filtration
I think my tank might be going into a good place
still all the polpys that bailed are doing fine on their own.... Maybe I will have 3 more colonies after this is over? expensive hammers anyone?

 

[MrWheelock]

Ugh man that doesnt sound fun I hope you get things turning around

 

[Bryce M.]

Ugh man that doesnt sound fun I hope you get things turning around

Yeah.... made me consider really what I'm doing in the hobby.....
But the harsh reality is that you cannot go without loss

 

[MrWheelock]

Yeah.... made me consider really what I'm doing in the hobby.....
But the harsh reality is that you cannot go without loss

Ive had times like that also, just have to remember how rewarding it is when you get things going correctly

 

[Bryce M.]

Been in a low period since last update, triton filter is done, ulva chocked all other macros out, some red galarica and a tiny bit of cheaoto, clumps of brown galarica but it really is just a giant box of Ulva. It's funny, there's so much that when I throw some out to feed it's there for a few days, fish are getting too much! Two zoa frags live, some growth but it's still a battle of stars getting close. Every tube snail is dead, that battle thankfully is over.
Algae has been all over the glass, been too busy to clean anything but the front, it looks really bad. Still considering giving up on the hobby seeing how much getting the new tank up is going to be.

 

[MrWheelock]

Don't give up brother, just take it a little at a time

 

[Bryce M.]

Got some stuff for pacific east aquaculture. Been wanting to buy from them for a while (heck got the premium too because you get a frag with it, literally pays for itself at the first order) but they posted a deal that was just perfect for me.

Be My ValenTANK!

Be My ValenTANK - An Assortment of Goodies to Give Your Reef A Boost Includes: 3 Easy to Keep Soft Coral Frags picked from a selection of Leathers, Zoas and Polyps. 24 Assorted Clean Up Crew Snails 2 Peppermint Shrimp Macro Algae Sampler 1 lb. Live sand 8 oz. Phyto Punch 8oz. Copepod Crush #3...

pacificeastaquaculture.com

they are running the "love your tank" promos and stuff and I REALLY need some help to love my tank again!
but this pack is nice, I need a new CUC and a pod refresh, live sand for a bacteria refresh and some corals to help me back on track.
All that survived coral wise (not counting nems) is a small GSP frag and a single zoa polyp so I've been really missing corals

 

[Bryce M.]

Well I came across a great deal for some SPS that are dream corals to me and obviously my lights are not going to keep acros.
So I was looking for a new cheap light, decided on getting a narrow lens kessile a360 par was just fantastic
just came in today it's lighting half my tank and the orbits doing the other
I'll post photos today, I think I might already purchase another one friday and replace those orbits fully

 

[MrWheelock]

I like the kessils congrats on the sps and the new light(s)

 

[Bryce M.]

I like the kessils congrats on the sps and the new light(s)

Thanks! haven't got the frags yet but I'm in love with the kessil

 

[Bryce M.]

Well just finished a live sale, getting two acros and a ORANGE BRANCHING HAMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it won't crash out of no where like the wall hammer does. Got it on sale (obviously) no way would I pay 600+ for a coral
Also got those three sps coming this week!

 

[MrWheelock]

Woohoo share pictures when you get them!

 

[Bryce M.]

Woohoo share pictures when you get them!

I will! the branching coral has about 3 or 4 heads, so it's a nice mini colony around 4 to 5 inches, I really hope I get it right. I hate losing corals especially rare ones like this