My 28 gal JBJ LED

[jcs11236]

Rbta recovering after eating snail and spitting shell. Thought it was dying before I noticed

 

[canitolindo]

Nice looking tank keep up the good work

 

[jcs11236]

Update. Got rid of all sps. Tank levels are not dropping so got rid of dosing pumps. Weekly 5 gal esv water changes. Every two weeks change out gfo/ carbon
7 tbsp gfo 3 tbsp carbon

 

[tunicata]

wow, how are you getting your rics to grow like that. Mine aren't doing much of anything.
Good looking tank!!

 

[jcs11236]

Thanks William. I have no idea. I started off with three and they just kept splitting. I don't feed them or anything.
Didn't get to say bye to you yesterday. Hope you got to eat one of those cheesecake bites.

 

[CancerverO]

Wow I love the ricordeas rock !! Really nice tank

 

[jcs11236]

Update. Removed mp10 and dosing pumps.
Just doing my normal weekly water changes using esv. Levels are pretty stable without dosing.
Calcium 440
Mag 1350
Alk unknown- ordered a test kit from affordable aquatics over a month ago but still haven't got it. :banghead: I'm hoping its in range since cal is

After getting rid of huge birds of paradise, I felt that mp10 and dosing was not needed. No sps

Flow in tank:
2 mj900. Running on wavemaker. Flows is good. Had mj1200 but I felt flow was too much

Wish i could capture a good pic but I can't with ipad.

 

[jcs11236]

Anyone know what this coral is. It grows/encrust on rock. Dark purple. Pink polyps.?

 

[jcs11236]

Mated clowns.
Thought that flow and dosing changes would cause them to stop laying eggs but it has not.

 

[jcs11236]

http://youtu.be/HsWI-JA2cWI

 

[afernandez]

Looks great J. Beautiful tank :beer:

 

[jcs11236]

Thanks afernandez

New tank levels without dosing

Alk 7.6
Cal 430
Mag 1300
Temp 81

 

[jcs11236]

Update:
Had to get rid of scoly. For some reason he started to recede so I sold him to a friend. Hopefully he will recover in his tank. I did a lot of changes in lighting/flow/dosing all around the same time. I figured one or all of these changes did not work for him. Other than scoly, everything else is fine. Picked up a nice gold torch today. Here's a pic

 

[jcs11236]

Tanks levels are steady. I have been manually dosing 10ml alk/cal on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Keep levels at
Alk 7.6
Cal 430
Mag 1300
Temp 80.2

Still not using no media basket in rear chamber. I got rid of that junk along with the cheato. Just a piece of filter floss for mechanical. And I run a mesh bag of 9 tbsp of gfo and 6 tbsp of rox carbon for chemical.

 

[jcs11236]

I got a few pms regarding how i keep filter loss in place. Here's a shot of the DIY filter floss holder I made. Perfect to hold the floss right under the overflow. Collects tons of junk. I change it out every other day

 

[jcs11236]

Update pic. Gold torch is doing great. I guess third times a charm. The first two I bought were fresh cuts and they died over night. This one I bought from a fellow member. Made sure it wasnt a fresh cut piece.

 

[ecchybridLE]

tank is looking sweet. like seeing nano tanks that look really natural and full of life. great posts on husbandry too. keep updates coming =)

 

[jcs11236]

Thanks.
Just bought a IM minimax reactor. It fits perfect in the skimmer chamber in rear.

 

[jcs11236]

Here's a pic of the mini reactor. Fits perfect in rest skimmer chamber. Currently running 3 tbsp of gfo and 3 tbsp of rox carbon mixed. Working great. I have not been cleaning glass as often. Here's a pic

 

[jcs11236]

Water change. Everything doing good. Nice growth.