S'Cube 45 cube

Esdrimacoy · Jan 17, 2014

Hi there, I'm Filipe from Portugal I'm 25 years, hope i can learn even more from you guys

So here it is my new reef, it's a TMC Signature edition 45*45*45

Full system volume: 155L

Size: 45 x 45 x 45 cm
Sump: 40 x 40 x 40 cm
Light: 4x24w (ATI lamps)
Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 5
Return: Eheim compact+ 2000
Flow: 2x Tunze TURBELLE nanostream 6015
Balling Light: manual

Rock: Dead from the beginning.
Sand: Cycled new sand plus addiction of bacteria.

Some initial pictures;

Sorry for the bad pictures, it's from Galaxy s3 4G :dance:

Layout

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The layout now is a little bit different

Some pictures that i've shooted today:

I'm not a very good photographer but here some pictures..

Green zoanthus

And my Tridacna Clam

Meanwhile I had some problems with reef algae with Diatoms, tried a method with Coral Snow plus sub "rubbing" on the rock and the problem was solved but with some deaths of SPS's...

Now I'm only having some algaes on the rock (turbos and hermit crabs are taking then down, in one day they cleaned 90% )...

And yes I'm dosing balling Manually

marvelousone · Jan 17, 2014

Welcome. nice start.

Flameback Pair · Jan 18, 2014

Subscribed.

Esdrimacoy · Jan 21, 2014

Well here some pictures of today... (after water change) it's a tryout of "top pictures" they are from my Samsung S3..

Acropora Loripes

Acanthastreas

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And my new fish, the Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) Hope he will pair with my pistol shrimp

Genesis Corals · Jan 21, 2014

Tank looks great. Photos are good too especially from a phone.

Funlad3 · Jan 21, 2014

Gorgeous acro frags, and WOW are those acro frags incredible! I'd love to snag some from you, if you weren't an ocean away!

Esdrimacoy · Jan 21, 2014

Genesis Corals said:
Tank looks great. Photos are good too especially from a phone.

Was about time

now i'm only having problems on the sand it can be seeing on the pictures... but with time 100% algae free

Yes I have a galaxy S3 Lte (4g) and in some kind of pictures the phone rocks

Funlad3 said:
Gorgeous acro frags, and WOW are those acro frags incredible! I'd love to snag some from you, if you weren't an ocean away!

Really? I have the ideia that in the u.s.a is a world aparto from europe on corals for reef... i'm folowing "frag junky and unique corals" on my instagram and the sps, acans, zoahs that they have, I never see them before here in portugal....

It's really a ocean away hahhaah

Funlad3 · Jan 21, 2014

Esdrimacoy said:
Really? I have the ideia that in the u.s.a is a world aparto from europe on corals for reef... i'm folowing "frag junky and unique corals" on my instagram and the sps, acans, zoahs that they have, I never see them before here in portugal....

It's really a ocean away hahhaah

I've heard/seen the same thing about the difference in variety, but those frags really are cool to me.

Flameback Pair · Feb 8, 2014

What is the computer program you're using to log your dosing?

Esdrimacoy · Feb 9, 2014

powers2001 said:
What is the computer program you're using to log your dosing?

Running microsoft Excel on my mac

Esdrimacoy · Jan 17, 2015

Well it as been a long time since I updated this thread, here it goes.

After a enormous algae atack due to low nutrientes (very low) I've re-done my layout and with this renovation, new equipement entered! BUT Karma ir a pain in .... and recently po4 and No3 were in 0.00, this week with help from Nanotopia and some advices from another people, the po4 Raised finally at the point where algaes disappear to 90% and colors on some corals are getting better to...

Apart from that I will leave here the good updates and on this sunday maybe I Will post some pictures

New Equipements:

Lightning: ATI Sunpower 6x24W com (3x ATI Coral plus, 3xATI Aquablue Plus)
Circulation Pumps: 2x Jebao Wr-4, With JBwave Wireless Controller (Very very nice controller)

Fishs and Inverts 10x Chromis viridis, 1x Paracanthurus hepatus, 1x Zebrasoma flavescens, 2x Amphiprion ocellaris, 1xAstropecten polycanthus, 1x Holothuria sp. , Eremitas, nassarius, 1x Turbo Mexicano(Turbo fluctuosa), 2x Turbo Sp., 2x Strombus spp., 1x Tridacna

Corals: 90% Sps (quando recuperarem melhor identifico), Zoanthus, Acanthastrea (3 cores), Caulastrea furcata, Euphyllia divisa.

Balling dosing pump: kamoer ksp-f03a

On this Layout, I'll be using again KZ products without Zeolites Reactor, so on the bottom I will leave my new KZ schedule (thanks Nanotopia).