DIY 14gal All in One.

[disaster999]

everything is back together...so its picture time!!!

nasty murky water

finally cleared and new rock setup

shot of the filter in action

zoo popping out a polyp

finally, what the heck is this? tiny anemone?

 

[shivametimbas]

its probably an aiptasia anemone. very cool tank build. is it skimming the surface better now?

 

[Hypertek99]

It's an aiptasia get rid of it as it stings corals.

 

[disaster999]

yeah i got rid of it...it was sitting on the sand so i scopped it out and dumped it in a bucket...i feel bad to throw it out...it looked kinda nice...

the new filter design works great. it keeps my surface nice and clean. no more oily film from food or dust floating around

today i went to the LFS to drain my account some more....picked up this little guy...my favorite fish

what are you looking at punk?

also a cleaner shrimp

on to some corals now...they arent the best picture, i really need a macro lens

2 orange zoas surrounding this single polyp which im not really sure whats it called

mushroom riccy...whats it called?

FTS

 

[143gadgets]

Looks good! Happy you got everything back together and it worked out for you.

 

[aquarius77]

The ric is a yuma, they are very sensative to light. You might want to shade it at first in your cave.

Tank looks GREAT! I love it.

 

[disaster999]

Thanks

the ric is doing fine, i didnt have time to move the ric and went away for thanksgiving. i came back and everything is fine.

bought a colony of zoos at a petshop in boston while i was away. i thought it was a ball shaped rock covered with zoos because it was so round when i first saw it...but it was actually zoo polyps attached to a mussel. pink zoos are on the mussel while green zoos are "trailing" it. i split them up when i came back, split it into 4 different bunches and attached them to different rocks.

heres what they look like, i separate the zoos trailing the mussel

heres the mussel

separated them

ill get more pictures later.

 

[polyp13]

awsome tank i seting up a nano as well!!!!

 

[disaster999]

recent FTS

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks great! Thanks for the update.

 

[disaster999]

Happy New Year everyone.

heres another quick update. i was away for 2 weeks, i had my friend feed my fish and top off the tank while i was away. i came back, and was expecting to see my tank completely covered in algae.

the bryopsis and bubble algae is getting out of control and i have hair algae growning on the sand. bought an emerald crab for the bubble algae, a slug for the hair and bryopsis algae. did a major water change

heres what it looks like now

th slug

 

[disaster999]

one of my 2 favorite zoos

heres the second one

clown finally hosting my frog spawn, excuse the dirty glass

"sup, welcome to my crib"

 

[disaster999]

new additions

atinic shots

 

[disaster999]

Some FTS shots

 

[Mushycat]

Your tank is looking great! Love the goby. They seem to have so much personality. Looking forward to seeing what you do next.

 

[disaster999]

Thanks, that goby is really scared of me. when ever i walk by, he would freak out and hide

 

[drxdragon]

looks really good ... great job..

 

[disaster999]

Thanks dragon, tank is still doing pretty good. went crazy and over stocked on fished. lemme give this thread an update

Fish list
clown Fish
Fire Fish
Six Line Wrasse
Green Clown Goby
Rainford's Goby
Diamond Goby

Corals
7 different kind of Zoa: Dragons eye, Watermelon, Orange Zoa, Green Zoa, Celestial Zoa, Red Zoa
Frog Spawn
Xenia (growning like weeds)
Hammer
Yuma Ricordea
Pink Ricordea
Alien Eye Brain
Green Star Polyp

CUC
4 Astrea
4 Cerith
4 Margarita
4 Nassarus
4 Scarlet Hermit
1 Emerald Crab

FTS

New Fish
Six-Line

Rainford's Goby

Green Clown Goby

 

[disaster999]

i guess my tank is too boring...how about this for a change

 

[143gadgets]

SWEET!!! What are the dimensions?