Lee's 65g Mixed Reef

[crox99]

Do it!!

 

[lnevo]

Do which?

 

[crox99]

Spread them out

 

[lnevo]

They are now spread out. Bit of rescaping last night. I'm pretty happy with the results. Nitrates are getting better with the biopellets but still higher than what I want. I started vinegar two weeks ago.

 

[MikeC]

Looking good man

 

[oh207]

Looking nice. Very clean.

 

[duromega]

Is that a damsel ?

 

[lnevo]

Yeah it's an orange line chromis. I have a mated pair in the tank. Haven't seen a spawn since Thanksgiving though.

 

[lnevo]

Added a webcam for the sump. Here's a quick tour. Upgraded the skimmer too. Waiting for the swabbie to come back installed on the new lid. Can't wait to put that back on. Anyway enjoy

The skimmer is a beast. I need the swabbie to help keep the lid down

 

[oh207]

Nice skimmer! How do you like the swabbie? I have to clean my skimmer every week. Not because I want to, but because gunk builds up around the neck and I'm sure it doesn't skim as well anymore.
How often do you empty the skimmer or clean the cup with the swabbie?
And the sump pics looks sharp. What kind of camera are you using?

 

[lnevo]

The swabbie is great. I would usually clean it out once a month. It should have been done more often because when the lid gets dirty I think the skimmer suffers. I think though that the eshopps skimmer was not so up to the task, this thing has been a beast so far, so we'll have to see the results when it's back on.

The camera is a D-Link DCS-5009L I bought it on Amazon from their clearance department cause it had no box so I got $10 off. I already had a DCS-930L for the tank so this is nice as I can view them both in the MyDlink app.

 

[Mr Tony Metoo]

Update with some photos .. Definitely interested..

 

[lnevo]

Sure. Tank has been doing great the past month. Added some SPS (thanks duke!) and they are GROWING and not RTN/STN'ing

If you zoom in on the birdsnests you can see the tips that are about to pop. This picture was a week or so ago. They're now a couple mm each.

 

[marklugo23]

How did you get that first pic to look 3D. Nice shots

 

[lnevo]

Thanks. Iphone 6 with some gel filters. The meat coral did all the work!

 

[Marek-S]

Looking good Lee

 

[lnevo]

Ok, everything is off the frag rack and mounted! I bought a tiger pistol shrimp and he has paired up nicely with my pink spotted watchman goby. I have a good view of their burrow from my sumpcam too! The birdsnests are really taking off.

 

[Mr Tony Metoo]

 

[oh207]

Looks awesome!
How do you keep the glass so clean?

 

[lnevo]

The back glass? I scraped it once a few months ago and I touch it up occasionally, but Coraline stopped really building up, though I think there's a few spots forming though. I am thinking of painting the back lately.