Sunday, September 2, 2007

Breaking News.....

Well it's not really breaking news but it is exciting news. I'm finally getting around to updating my reef log. I can't believe it's been well over 3 months since my last update. In that time I've collected about a dozen more SPS frags, but most importantly I've got my 24g Nano Cube up and running. Boy, it feels so good to be out of that 10g tank. The move to the nano cube took about 7 days to complete and all livestock survived the transfer, so I guess I did something right. Here's some other news before I post a few picture of the 24g.

Prior to the tank move I lost one frag and had some severe RTN on 3 other frags due to a high salinity issue that I failed to catch until it was too late. I was hesitant on doing the move with three frags being in such bad condition but I went ahead with it. Hopefully those frags recover and get back to making me proud again.

For a while I battled low pH levels do to the CO2 build up in my home but I've been able to fight that by opening windows to allow air exchange. This has helped out tremendously and I've also been dose additives late at night limit my pH swing. Some of the equipment that I'm adding in the near future should help relieve me of that duty.

Now on to the new tank. This tank has been sitting around for about 6 months collecting dust while waiting on me to get a stand and everything else need to get it running. I finally got the stand I wanted (Bio Cube 29g stand), so it's was time to get moving. For lighting I went with a 250w HQI Sunpod. I eventually plan on keeping clams in the tank so I wanted to make sure I had more than enough light for them to survive. This tank will be mainly SPS and clams but a few of my favorite Zoanthids and LPS coral will definitely have a place in my reef. I've been placing my frags on disc and plugs but I'm hating the way this looks in my tank. Hopefully I can get them out and on to some rock rubble soon or maybe even moved over to the 15g frag tank that I'm working on setting up now. Well here are the pictures. You can click the images below to view a larger photo.

 

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