Taiwan #1

[psidriven]

Returned from living in Taiwan for the last 10 years. Plan is to have a mixed reef clown harem, bunch of small inverts with some higher end bta, maybe a meat coral, but we all know how plans turn out. thinking of turning the reefer ato into a fuge. anyone have suggestions on easy way to raise the walls on 3 sides then adding a weir/grid to the 4th for water to run down? figure this is easier than drilling a hole and using a bulkhead.

hoping to be a more active member of this fine group of miscreants and continue the tradition of PIF, DBTC, etc....

maintanence:
wipe glass when dirty, turkey baste. weekly 10 gallon wc, no dosing. will use kalk/vinegar with 2 part once frags grow out/alk drops

equipment::
gen 1 reefer 170
gen 3 radion
kessil a160 [sump, fuge]
icecap k1-50
jebao dcp-8000
jebao 0w-10, 0w-25 [will switch to mp10, tunze 6095]
tunze 3155
sera siporox pond 3L
stax or flatz dry rock
avast spyglass [if needed]

ikea trone shoe cabinet to hold all the powerstrips, adapters, etc

livestock 9/17/23
sps
mystic monti
cali tort
setosa
blue/red digi
orange digi
jf green stag [dbtc]
rr pink Cadillac
homewrecker
grafted monti cap

lps
spicy lemon favia
blue chalice
red and blue chalice

zoas
nirvana paly
tubbs blue
utter chaos
pink diamond
red rim, blue zoa
random taiwan zoa

 

[psidriven]

 

[Kensington Reefer]

@psidriven
Welcome back
You’ve been missed
Best fishes n happy reefing

 

[RandyC]

I just drilled a hole on a reefer 250. The gravity fed ATO isn’t very big though. Doesn’t help as much as you would like and it fills extremely fast.
https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/randys-red-sea-reefer-250.19728/post-282645

Ending up making an external fuge instead with a Fluval edge 12Gallon on the reefer 250.
https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/randys-red-sea-reefer-250.19728/post-324473

 

[psidriven]

added a supernova. hope it's happy and doesn't roam. turning off poweheads when I not home or asleep, just in case.

 

[psidriven]

unfortunately it roamed and became a smoothie. no more powerheads and bta.

 

[Turkeysammich]

That’s a expensive smoothie

 

[Matthew Meyer]

unfortunately it roamed and became a smoothie. no more powerheads and bta.

Did you have a nem guard on the powerhead?

 

[psidriven]

Did you have a nem guard on the powerhead?

no. dumb move on my part.

 

[psidriven]

here's a new fts. put in a fancy schmancy rock structure and slowly removing the stax rocks. frags on rack until I commit to a spot on the rock. are there any good guides on coral placement? by shape, color, etc?

closer pic of the corals.

 

[psidriven]

pic of sump/fuge. have 24mm sera siporax in the drain area. some seachem matrix in media cup and mesh bag. burning brush, string and pompom gracilaria lit by kessil a160.

 

[psidriven]

first attempt at mounting sps

 

[Darkxerox]

Tank is looking way better now without the stax rock Tony! I'd honestly clip or band saw the frags of the plugs if it's easy (usually can get the super glue to separate) for aesthetic reasons. They might encrust funny if elevated like that.

People have different ways of arranging things based on contrasting colors. I like how Keith gave insight here on color, growth rate, colony structure, etc. https://www.reefbum.com/sps/how-to-keep-sps-coral-part-3-selection-placement/

 

[psidriven]

didn't know stomatella snails can drop their 'tails' like lizards.