thedocta's reef with pics at 48 days!

thedocta

thedocta

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Hey everyone I have a 12 gallon nano cube DX with moonlights that has been up and running for 48 days. I cycled for almost a month even though I realized afterwards that I didn't need to cycle at all because my LR was from my old system but oh well better safe than sorry. My levels have been stable since about a week after the tank was setup with only small changes every once and a while. I do 2 gallon water changes every third day using reef crystals. I left only the sponges and carbon as filtration. I replace carbon every month. I upgraded to a maxi jet 900 in the back and tunze mini in the actual tank. That gives me 30-35 turnover per hour. Also added a casette tape to the intake so it skims the surface. I feed every other day and feed DT's, frozen mysis shrimp, formula one pellets, and prime reef flakes. Lights are on 9 hours a day and moonlights are on about 10 hours. Growth is amazing the clove polyps nearly doubled in 2 weeks and the button polyps and zoas are also doubling quickily. I use a red sea marine lab and a portable refractometer to test my water. All the rest of the specs are below as well as some pics. From here on out I plan on only adding corals. LMK what you think. -Greg
INHABITANTS:
About 12 pounds LR, 1 big fji piece and 2 small carribean pieces.
About 12 pounds arag-alive LS.
8 Nassarius snails
2 Astrea snails
1 turbo snails
1 emrald crab
Percula clown
Yellow watchman goby/tiger pistol shrimp pair.
Lots of zoas, some button polyps, and some clove polyps.
LEVELS:
PH: 8.2
Alk: "Normal"
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Amonia: 0.25
Temp: 80-82
SG: 1.026
PIC LINKS:
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http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSCF0023_3.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...DSCF0024_3.jpg
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tuningvis

Guest
very nice Doc
you've done a great job since entering this board .. big ups to you :)
 
bigarn

bigarn

Active Member
That's better. Looking real nice! Nothing beats good progression, it makes it all worth it. :D
 
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italianwjt

Guest
could you please explaln what you did with the cassette tape. lm about 2 get a 12g and i hear a.lot about using a cassette tape to skim the water. do you have a diagram or could u explain please. thanks
 
thedocta

thedocta

Member
Hm...its kinda hard to explain but basically I took half of the case and it fits nicely around the intake and is held on by suction. When you get the tanks just play around with a tape case and youll see how to do it.
 
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