RyanG
Reef enthusiast
I can just see Red and Doc all humped up on the "Pocket Rocket" cruising around. Hahahaha
180 gallons up in this!!!! NWKRC!
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Alexander
Reef enthusiast
ryan did you even see my awesome update? and i dont have a backseat on my bike 1 person only, and thats how i like it
LionFish
Resident Photoshopper
nice pic's man
Jack is a pimp!
the angles look great under the cover of darkness!
Jack is a pimp!
the angles look great under the cover of darkness!
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
I was looking on marine depot last night and a 6 inch vlamingi was like $340 I was like what! are you serious. I had no idea. (i didn't pay for jack)
LionFish
Resident Photoshopper
yeah ! why do you think I got the Unicorn !
My unicorn is a juvi, hand sized and cost me 45$
My naso is about 10 in and cost me 79$
My unicorn is a juvi, hand sized and cost me 45$
My naso is about 10 in and cost me 79$
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
yep that is MUCH easier on the wallet. but hey vlamingis have a life span of up to 45 years so its not like you'll have to buy one more than twice. selling point?
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
Hmmm... Let's put it this way. My nitrate test goes up to 150. My vial of purple water was more purple than the highest shade on the test kit. So I have no idea what my nitrates were actually at. But they were at least 150.
Everything is still alive and looks healthy, looks fine. Even my SPS colonies. All my cleaner crew are still fine too, shrimp, starfish and all. Hell, my majano anemones are loving it!! I think that it's possible for sensitive inverts to survive high nitrates if they are slowly acclimated to them. I mean, I hadn't done a water change since September. It's taken 6 or 7 months for them to reach that point, and in the mean time nothing has died. I'm just toughening up my animals!
I'm also not getting any more algae than normal. Strange. I've double checked my nitrates, my home test is indeed accurate. All the corals are looking fine too.
After 3 weeks of daily or every other day water changes, the nitrates are now between 50 and 75. So they're creeping down slowly. But god knows what they started at.
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Red I did see the pictures but I almost pissed myself when the ambiguously gay duo comment rolled out. I am way jealous of you guys I cant stand having to wait for so long to get my tank up and running. Now I just daydream about it all day long. Big gorgeous fishies swimming in my brain.
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
holy crap biff!!!!!!!! like holy freakin crap that amazing... in a bad way. but still very amazing!
ryan do you have your 180 yet? I've been scarce and can't remember if you actually have it set up or not.
ryan do you have your 180 yet? I've been scarce and can't remember if you actually have it set up or not.
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
I have the tank in my possesion but it will be dry for a while, waiting to move into our first house. Should be in sometime in may. Dry til then, which is fine because I have to buy a skimmer buy MH ballasts build a sump replumb the whole tank and buy a closed loop pump. Then come live rock and sand. So I need a couple thousand.
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
not only will we both be rockin 180s but we will both be rockin closed loop systems... awesome
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Here it is Red it filthy in these pics still not spotless but its definately a lot cleaner than these.
https://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-reefing/12749-tank-home.html
https://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-reefing/12749-tank-home.html
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
how is the tank and ole jack redline. is he excited for his new e-girlfriend
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
well if you didn't see in the may potm thread, my tank is kinda not doing wonderful. jack is gread, and excited about his new e-lover, but I have tons of hair algea a broken skimmer and bulbs that need to be replaced. I also need more snails and crabs. I still feel like i don't have enough... all in all there is nothing terrible going on just more frequent water changes and no idea what skimmer to buy with the current setup I have. my queen angel is beautiful to say the least but she is a humungus bitch. not to the point of killong another fish but its hard to warm up to such an aggressive tankmate even if its a really beautiful one.
Doc
I don't work for anybody
Red, that is the curse of the queen. Well worth it IMHO. I would add one in my tank, but I am too fond of my blue angel and we have bonded, so... no queen for me. I will live and love them through you...
-Doc
-Doc
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
so i take it the queen doesnt like other angels in her space
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
she isn't diggin it too much, but she gets so aggressive about eating that she tears jacks fins sometimes too. and that really angers me.
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
take her out and put in an emperor angel
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
taking a fish out is easier said than done. there are only few people that have tanks to house these beautiful fish. besides I'm not at the point where its a danger and I'm still happy with my current livestock its not that bad. she is just a bit aggressive at times. and I love the queen far more than the emperor
Doc
I don't work for anybody
fins grow back quick. Jack will be OK.
As for feeding, do you feed in two different spots? To make sure food gets to where I want it to go, I drop it in both sides of my tank at times. the lionfish knows his spot, but the clownfish know the other spot. It might reduce aggression on the part of the queen if he thinks there is less competition.
-Doc
As for feeding, do you feed in two different spots? To make sure food gets to where I want it to go, I drop it in both sides of my tank at times. the lionfish knows his spot, but the clownfish know the other spot. It might reduce aggression on the part of the queen if he thinks there is less competition.
-Doc
