Tonyscoot's 30 gallon nano tank :).....

[Tonyscoots84]

yea i no, i havent uploaded any pics lately but i will soon... stuff is looking great and growing :biggrin: :shhh: dont tell rich im not adding any additives :lol2: just running phosphate removing stuff ...

now when i 1st started the tank i ran carbon for about 2 weeks then i put in phosphate stuff for another 2 weeks, i was thinking of going with carbon for 1 week just incase anything else came out of the rocks then go back to phosar for 3 weeks after that... how does that sound guyz

 

[BroRage]

would it not be easier just to do water changes?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i do a 5 gallon water change every 2 weeks.. for me thats easy

 

[HaloStalker]

i do a 5 gallon water change every week i think its the best thing i even notice my coral a little happier=P plus i have sand so what i do is i stir everything up with my hands so it can go into the filter floss or i can suck it out with my water change=P

i need to get more coral fast lmao but im tryin to be patient=P

hey tony i got a sick pod explosion so i saved a mandarin from the pet shop(really thin, cheap also) now its all happy and doin really good but if u get the same thing i can always borrow u mine b/c i had so many pods that they weren't letting my zoo's open. but then again idon't know if they would bother ur sps but hey im here for u:inlove:

:givebeer:lmao im underage it suckz b/c is spent my vacation in Europe where i was a party animal lol, just a funny smiley

 

[Tonyscoots84]

well i had a little problem i came back from my 3 day AC mini vacation and my tank was disgusting. i had brown algae all over the rocks were brown im like WTF.... it came to be that the phosban reactor went crazy and pushed alot of the phosban up and into the tank so i had to redo it again.. and clean up the rock. i also forgot about the sponge in the skimmer which was packed with crap and i removed that one to. everything is alive and happy thankgod.. and rocks were scrubbed nice and clean yesterday...

 

[HaloStalker]

suckz i hope the sps are alright=P, my tank is good really good getting better everyday, i get a nice invert package tomorrow i can't wait (once again check out my diary to see pics). Also my mandarin is doin great she really controls my pods, i see her poop on a daily basis and she looks alot better then in the LFS. i still find pods here and there but hey tony if u want to borrow my mandarin for a little while im more then happy it would give my tank time to mature a bit more. she's very pretty and friendly she actually comes up to me on a daily basis and flirts=P also i stick my hand in my tank alot and she isn't really that scared of it and isn't to hard to catch as she actually don't swim away as i try to touch her.

I have grown to love her and as soon as i see her degrading i will buy tiger pods.

Also i have a question on how u acclimate corals i hear some people just temp them and throw them in??? also do u leave the light off for the first day only or after the first day u only have it on for 4 hours and increasing slowly?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I just dip them and glue them in I don't even temp acc. only if the water is colder then my tank water. I don't change my lighting schedule when I put a coral in. most corals that we get from other reefers are usually very hardy.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

new additions coming soon..

2 bangai cardinals
2 lyretail anthias
1 blue pygmy angel
10 turbo snails

yea I'm adding a lot but that will be it for fish in this tank. there all gonna be small as well and I'm possibly going to be adding a sump so I can put a euroreef skimmer down there. now I have to design a sump with a top of resevoir :scratch:

 

[nyfireman3097]

where u getting these fish from bro is it the new store tht opened or chris's I need turbos

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I'm getting everything from mike stern.... ask him if u need turbos he will give u a good deal and shipping is cheap

 

[NYreefNoob]

tony watch out for the blue pygmy angel, i think this is the culperate thats picking my birdsnest. and ya know we need pic's. ps how the job going

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I went for the last interview with the simulation on thursday I think it went well. well we will see if this pygmy angel is gonna b good.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ok guys so the changeover is going to be happening tom. I'm getting my eheim pump today and my sump is ready jus waiting the 48hrs for It to dry. the skimmer is coming saturday. I'm changing over the rock work so its angled to the back right o the tank leaving room on the floor for micros and acans. and to get these fish that are hiding lol. I will take pics of the sump and when everything is done..

 

[nyfireman3097]

Nice. Hey T when you swap out the skimmer get it back to me please I need it for mt 20g

 

[Tonyscoots84]

no nick imma hold it hostage lol until u get the micros and acans back then u could give me a bunch of small frags and then ill give u the skimmer back lol jus kidden ull have it back saturday ;-)

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ok guys everything is done and I'm exhausted I redid everything all plumbing and rocks. I am very happy how quiet the eheim pump is. I will take pics of everything later tonite. I will be receiving the asm on saturday...

 

[KathyC]

Sounds good Tony..looking forward to seeing the pics!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

As Promised here are the pics.... water is still a little hazzy but its come a long way today and there is no skimmer till saturday. everybody is happy so far....

hope you guyz like cause i do :biggrin:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

what does everyone think?

 

[nanoreefer22]

what does everyone think?

Think about what?? Cause I be thinking that i wanna just graduate already. I also be thinking that I'm mad OD hottness. I also be thinking that BOB must be one hott 16 year old female with that full beard. I also be thinking the next time T see me he gonna prolly kill me.

Seriously though it's looking good T. You got a pair of the cardinals or just the lonesome guy?:birthday: