SC Aquariums 50 gallon PNP

Why-Me · Sep 8, 2019

Great update!

Philipgonzales3 · Sep 9, 2019

Looks like I have a good amount of pinapple sponges. I've never noticed them before. Kind of cool I guess. Couple of other pics. I misplaced my little clip on filter so need to search for it or buy another.

Why-Me · Sep 9, 2019

That's great sounds like your tank is teeming with life. Sponges are good.
BTW I got some free corals tonight from a local reefer and got a lawnmower blenny on my way home.
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Philipgonzales3 · Sep 9, 2019

Why-Me said:
That's great sounds like your tank is teeming with life. Sponges are good.
BTW I got some free corals tonight from a local reefer and got a lawnmower blenny on my way home.
Oh yeah if you want you can get a build thread badge under your name. They started this two weeks ago I believe.

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Thanks! I actually saw it and have been putting it off. I was going to reply that I would take care of it later. Glad I just went ahead and did it. Took 2 whole minutes lol.

Why-Me · Sep 9, 2019

I got a few heads of green tip frogspawn and 6-7 heads of duncan given to me this evening!
Got a frag swap coming up end of october, going to get my daughter an anemone for her clownfish.

Philipgonzales3 · Sep 9, 2019

Why-Me said:
I got a few heads of green tip frogspawn and 6-7 heads of duncan given to me this evening!
Got a frag swap coming up end of october, going to get my daughter an anemone for her clownfish.

That's awesome! I look forward to more pics on your thread. Man I think I'm about ready to buy some more coral. The only problem is my wallet hasn't recouped one bit! Between the new truck, the vacation, insert anything and everything here. Lol. Oh well. That is life.

Hemmdog · Sep 9, 2019

Your tank is looking great dude!
I’m so sorry to hear about your dog, that must be so hard, I’m really sorry that happened brother.
Keep the updates coming!

Philipgonzales3 · Sep 10, 2019

Algea scraper came in. I'm happy with the results. Didn't spend much time on it and my scraper is a little too long so it's tough to get in there with the lights on top.

Philipgonzales3 · Sep 13, 2019

The split part of my devils hand started opening up! It looks pretty neat. Also my Goby is sand sifting all over the tank lol. I've been feeding twice a day trying to see If I can get it's belly to fatten up as I've read they do indeed starve to death a lot.

Why-Me · Sep 13, 2019

LOL
I have that lil wayne song I make it rain in the back of my head watching that goby.
Great update!

Philipgonzales3 · Sep 16, 2019

Man this Goby is buring my Scoly! Lol hopefully he doesn't kill anything. At least I know he's moving around the sand lol. My cheateo has grown a lot also. I really don't ever tumble it or anything special. Darn aipstasia is on my macro algea. I have some aipstasia X, just worried about how small the aipstasia X is. Guess I'll have to see if I can't kill it.

Why-Me · Sep 16, 2019

Lookin good, lol poor scoly.

DiscGolfRob · Sep 17, 2019

So much going on, in your tank. Love it! Haha, that scoly really is getting buried.

Katrina71 · Sep 17, 2019

mattzang said:
heh, took me all of like a month to get over filter socks. i did buy an acrylic sock holder and a red sea cup thingy, so i toss some filter padding stuff in there. lasts for about a week and then i throw in out and then toss a new one in there. super easy. but i've also gone without before and i'm not sure i noticed any water clarity differences

Can you post a link?

mattzang · Sep 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
Can you post a link?

https://www.marinedepot.com/high-flow-flexible-filter-media-cup-4-inch-sea-foam-white

then i bought either one or both of these

https://www.marinedepot.com/aquamaxx-100-micron-filter-pad

https://www.marinedepot.com/aquamaxx-50-micron-filter-pad

idk if my method is the go to method because i've always had fairly high nitrates and phosphates, but my water is clear at least! lol

it'd probably help if i were more diligent and changed the pads every couple of days rather than once a week.

Katrina71 · Sep 17, 2019

mattzang said:
https://www.marinedepot.com/high-flow-flexible-filter-media-cup-4-inch-sea-foam-white

then i bought either one or both of these

https://www.marinedepot.com/aquamaxx-100-micron-filter-pad

https://www.marinedepot.com/aquamaxx-50-micron-filter-pad

idk if my method is the go to method because i've always had fairly high nitrates and phosphates, but my water is clear at least! lol

it'd probably help if i were more diligent and changed the pads every couple of days rather than once a week.

Thank you. I think this might be easier for my son to maintain.

mattzang · Sep 17, 2019

Katrina71 said:
Thank you. I think this might be easier for my son to maintain.

no problem!

also you'll need a sock holder type deal, i bought mine from a lfs, but it's sea side aquatics so i'm sure they're available online.

this looks like it'd be fine

https://www.marinedepot.com/aquamaxx-4-inch-acrylic-filter-sock-holder-mount