Champtain's Red Sea Max Nano Build

[MombasaLionfish]

Spoke too soon, woke up this morning and one of my clowns decided to go carpet surfing in the middle of the night. Needless to say I purchased the DIY screen top, hopefully it will be here by tomorrow.

Oh no did the clown survive?

 

[MombasaLionfish]

Sorry double post.

 

[champtain]

Sorry double post.

No problem! The little guy didn’t survive. Luckily there’s a clownfish breeder in the town I live in, so I can go pick out another. But not until I get the lid.

 

[Westside Guy]

It’s been awhile. Not a whole lot to report back, but here’s a little update:

When it comes to lights, I'm an idiot. I had my AI Prime at 100% on all channels, and well, hair algae. I just thought it was part of my cycle, but since I’ve gotten my new light (hydra 26 hd) figured out, the hair algae has subsided and I’ve gotten a few corals.

Ai has some great settings you can download for your Hydra 26 in their "Signature" group, you may like one of them.
http://www.aquaillumination.com/signature/

 

[champtain]

Ai has some great settings you can download for your Hydra 26 in their "Signature" group, you may like one of them.
http://www.aquaillumination.com/signature/

I’ve been using the AB+ on the Hydra 26 (toned down a little), it’s pretty blue, but my corals seem to love it!

 

[champtain]

Well, ran to the clownfish breeder today and bought another clown. I thought it would look like the current one, but it definitely doesn’t. Oh well. (The new one is the top one)

 

[Westside Guy]

Well, ran to the clownfish breeder today and bought another clown. I thought it would look like the current one, but it definitely doesn’t. Oh well. (The new one is the top one)

Hopefully they will pair off and live happily ever after!

If you haven't purchased the cover yet you may wish to consider the DIY from Red Sea.
https://www.redseafish.com/customizable-diy-aquarium-net-cover/

 

[champtain]

Hopefully they will pair off and live happily ever after!

If you haven't purchased the cover yet you may wish to consider the DIY from Red Sea.
https://www.redseafish.com/customizable-diy-aquarium-net-cover/

Purchased it right after I found the clown on the floor. The dottyback and sixline will be in a new home soon. I had my LFS order a helfrichi firefish and a small Bella goby. They won’t be added until I get the top put on.

 

[itsdarrow]

how does the screen look on the tank? love the look of this tank, keep it up!

 

[champtain]

how does the screen look on the tank? love the look of this tank, keep it up!

I actually haven’t put it together yet, I’ll get to that this weekend and upload pics.

 

[champtain]

My ricordia looks like it’s on its way to splitting, so that’s cool.

 

[champtain]

Sorry for the delay. Got the screen top made (kind of a pain, but not terrible). Hit up the LFS and got some more zoas, ric, and SPS frag (I’m terrible with names of corals), and grabbed an Apex probe holder. Have to upload some pics tomorrow.

 

[champtain]

Here are a few of the corals I picked up over the weekend. And a full tank shot, just because.

 

[MombasaLionfish]

Here are a few of the corals I picked up over the weekend. And a full tank shot, just because.

Nice finds.

 

[champtain]

Does anyone else have a small heart attack when they check their tank first thing in the morning and find a couple white antenna in their power head just to find their shrimp has molted. Just me? Okay.

 

[champtain]

This may be a dumb question, but does anyone know what these are growing all over my rocks?

 

[Hemmdog]

This may be a dumb question, but does anyone know what these are growing all over my rocks?

Pineapple sponges

 

[champtain]

Pineapple sponges

Thank you!

 

[Leonard Sixt]

My max nano started in January this year. Used life rock as well, but no substrate. How often are you doing water changes and how much?

Since I'm in FL, I added a chill solutions chiller. Keeps tank at constant 76.6

Aside from the clown fish incident, have you encountered any other issues?

I had a cyano outbreak about a month ago. Under control for now.

Nice build.

 

[champtain]

My max nano started in January this year. Used life rock as well, but no substrate. How often are you doing water changes and how much?

Since I'm in FL, I added a chill solutions chiller. Keeps tank at constant 76.6

Aside from the clown fish incident, have you encountered any other issues?

I had a cyano outbreak about a month ago. Under control for now.

Nice build.

I added a second clown, and they both ended up getting Brooklynella, by the time I got a QT tank set up they both died. Other than that, no issues. Had a small algae outbreak, but did two 5 gallon water changes a week and it went away in 2 weeks, I still do 1-2 a week. Since then just a pineapple sponge outbreak and a lot of coral growth. I also got a tomato clown, and traded my orchid dottyback for a yellow head sleeper goby a few weeks ago and they just got transferred in from my QT a couple days ago. Since then my. Sandbed has been pristine and my anemone has been hosted.

“Leave me alone, I’m sleeping.”