My 40 Gallon Rimless Reef has come a long way (1 Viewer)

[Jboulerice]

I'm disappointed to say the mandarin kicked the bucket.... I believe he was driven into a stressful lifestyle with its bigger tankmates picking on him pretty frequently as they mature and become more aggressive...

I plan to go to michael's and get a lucite resin kit to preserve him so I know how pretty they are yet difficult to care for. Also I'm selling a fair amount of my premium zoa's growth since the last swap...

 

[Jboulerice]

6 Month Update

Its been a while since updating this thread... But I got some new pictures for you guys, My tank has undergone some heavy pruning since I lost my job so unfortunately I wont be expecting the tank to be as lush as planned 6 months after I moved here.

With that said after 6 months I basically forgot about taking care of the tank and have only been feeding the fish for the past two months and cutting frags, I probably did one water change since I've moved and I must say the tank is doing great. Extremely stable and after checking my water parameters everything pretty much keeps itself in check for a while before needing supplements.

Heres another in water video of the tank, my black clown is now all about biting me non-stop the second anything take a dip in the tank.

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And some pictures of how things are doing:

 

[umdivx]

I see i'm not the only one with the annoying little red bubble algae.

-Josh

 

[Jboulerice]

I see i'm not the only one with the annoying little red bubble algae.

-Josh

It's been a persistent hitchhiker for some time in my tanks no one really knows how to controll it besides carefully removing it extremely freaquently, I don't really have the time or devotion like I used to.

 

[Fragtastic Reef]

Get a tiny little rabbitfish to eat it up. They love that stuff from my experience. Then once the rabbitfish gets to big take him in and trade for another small one. :beerchug:

Tank looks great like the vid!

 

[Jboulerice]

Get a tiny little rabbitfish to eat it up. They love that stuff from my experience. Then once the rabbitfish gets to big take him in and trade for another small one. :beerchug:

Tank looks great like the vid!

Thanks bud, I may have to try one out once I get some more cash.

 

[kieffer_5]

WOW!!! awesome tank man hopefully some day.... haha:biggrin:

 

[Adam G]

Those clowns can be little devils. Saw yours going after your hands in your video. Had a pair of Maroon Clowns hosting in an Anenome for years. I would try and flick them when they would go after me. It did not deter them at all.

 

[kieffer_5]

the clowns are awesome when my blues are on mine look black too!!!! :beerchug:

 

[Jboulerice]

the clowns are awesome when my blues are on mine look black too!!!! :beerchug:

Mine is an older guy, he's super bitter about me touching anything in the tank, i'd rather get shocked by something than have him incessantly bite me, its interesting that he hosts in my duncans tough.

 

[kieffer_5]

both of my clowns host in a rbta and they are just oscerlous (im bad at spelling i know) but for some reason they have no aggression whatsoever they just always think im feeding them haha what kind are yours?

 

[Jboulerice]

Koletang antagonized me to update the thread so I specifically just spent the day cleaning the tank and even steaming the glass to get some great shots once I get a chance. Lately I've been busy trying to get ruiz0052 get his biocube set up and reluctantly fragging to make money to buy new stock.

I just got a coral beauty and it seems the terror squad of my black clown and dare I say it tailspot blenny have been whooping his butt if he spends too long grazing. I sure hope he doesn't start nipping at anything. I'll be sure to toss a video or two later tonight so stay tuned.

 

[Kepler]

lol

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Steaming the glass?

 

[Jboulerice]

lol

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Steaming the glass?

Yes sir, Steam is the easiest way to make sure my glass is crystal clear I've got an attachment for our steamer....

 

[Kepler]

Very cool. I wonder if a hot steam humidifier would work?

 

[Jboulerice]

Any steam could remove most of whats on the glass with a lint free towel or t shirt to wipe things down.

I have a Hahn Steamer that has a glass attachment.

Heres the tank shots:

The new cucumber zone:

New Octospawn (looks alot better under actinics LED's only, blueish and yellow)

 

[lr9788]

Tank looks awesome as usual

 

[Jboulerice]

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[Fragtastic Reef]

Tank looks awesome!

 

[Kepler]

One of the most unique aquascapes I have ever seen. Awesome tank!