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Marksfish
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 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: My current reef videos |
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Hi all
I thought I would share a few videos of my current reef set up. the first
video shows how it looked a couple of months after set up in December 2005.
The second shows how it has progressed in 9 months and the last is the
difference a year makes (December 2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlRIfqHt3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXNkAz3tC7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNSRuriNwrQ
Mark
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:22 am Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
| Quote: | Hi all
I thought I would share a few videos of my current reef set up. the first
video shows how it looked a couple of months after set up in December 2005.
The second shows how it has progressed in 9 months and the last is the
difference a year makes (December 2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlRIfqHt3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXNkAz3tC7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNSRuriNwrQ
Mark
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Thanks for posting these links - you wouldn't believe how much you have
cheered me up....the tank is looking fantastic and it is amazing how
much everthing has grown and spread....I'm trying to set up a 60L Nano
Reef (been up since beginning of Sept) and needless to say it is being a
challenge (lost my cleaner shrimps this morning after a disasterous
Mushroom purchase). Seeing your tank just made me focus again on what a
worthwhile and rewarding project mine could be.
Thanks again
Gill |
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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| Quote: | Thanks for posting these links - you wouldn't believe how much you have
cheered me up....the tank is looking fantastic and it is amazing how much
everthing has grown and spread....I'm trying to set up a 60L Nano Reef
(been up since beginning of Sept) and needless to say it is being a
challenge (lost my cleaner shrimps this morning after a disasterous
Mushroom purchase). Seeing your tank just made me focus again on what a
worthwhile and rewarding project mine could be.
Thanks again
Gill
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Thanks for the comments Gill, it is getting there slowly!! I lost my cleaner
shrimps when first introduced, apparently they need acclimatising a bit more
gently than the fish as they are sensitive to the salinity changes. All was
well for the other two until I came home to find a Banggai cardinal with one
in it's mouth!!
I have just purchased my first hard coral after a great deal of time
debating about it. The first week it looked really good with great
extension, it is looking a bit sorry for itself at the moment though. Time
for a calcium test kit I think.
I have also just fragged my leather coral as it was too big for its new
position. A lot of worthwhile information on the GARF (http://www.garf.org/)
website.
Don't give up, you'll kick yourself ;0)
Mark |
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:06 am Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks for posting these links - you wouldn't believe how much you have
cheered me up....the tank is looking fantastic and it is amazing how much
everthing has grown and spread....I'm trying to set up a 60L Nano Reef
(been up since beginning of Sept) and needless to say it is being a
challenge (lost my cleaner shrimps this morning after a disasterous
Mushroom purchase). Seeing your tank just made me focus again on what a
worthwhile and rewarding project mine could be.
Thanks again
Gill
Thanks for the comments Gill, it is getting there slowly!! I lost my cleaner
shrimps when first introduced, apparently they need acclimatising a bit more
gently than the fish as they are sensitive to the salinity changes. All was
well for the other two until I came home to find a Banggai cardinal with one
in it's mouth!!
I have just purchased my first hard coral after a great deal of time
debating about it. The first week it looked really good with great
extension, it is looking a bit sorry for itself at the moment though. Time
for a calcium test kit I think.
I have also just fragged my leather coral as it was too big for its new
position. A lot of worthwhile information on the GARF (http://www.garf.org/)
website.
Don't give up, you'll kick yourself ;0)
Mark
Even though I am down at the moment I'm sure not about to be |
beaten....my cleaner shrimps had been the stars of the tank for many
weeks before their sudden deaths....so I doubt it was the tank itself
but more something nasty shot into the water - the measurable parameters
have always been fine and give no reason for concern. Corals can be evil
devils....I have my suspicions....and need to get to grips as to whether
I am making a decision based on evidence rather than emotion first....I
supect I have a dying button colony that will emit poisons harmful to
man let alone other corals or inverts....
Because of the size of the tank I'm sticking to soft corals - plus it is
difficult to give sufficient light for much else - my calcium levels
are around 550ppm so fine....in fact everything is ideal....but red
algae is a problem....and the disolving mushrooms was the last straw - I
do have another colony of mushrooms that are peaking at the moment - so
go figure that one out....
Leather corals are very cool....when I bought my first ones it split
naturally before I got it in the tank - I now have two very beautiful
leathers....and a third a recently purchased that is just fantastic as
well.....
Patience, I have learnt is the key, I have an urge to go out and buy but
I guess I need to wait for stuff to grow....bit like that with the
garden and covering every bit of soil....
It's an interesting twist after keeping freshwater and a whole new
learning cycle....not giving up......but do realise I will make mistakes
along the way....and losing a Coral colony is quite an expensive mistake
to make....
I'm just eyeing up the other tanks to see what I could convert....I know
which one would make the best but it is just such a great home to the FW
fish and I don't want to part with them I think it will be a while....
Gill
PS My Newsserver for some reason seems to have dropped the
uk.rec.aquaria.misc group so sorry if I miss anything posted there...I
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Are you having a sump Gill? The reason I ask is that I think it is the best
bit of kit I have. a) it takes all of the equipment from the main tank
(except the powerheads of course) and b) I can keep my algaes in there. My
nitrates were on the rise a few months back rising to 25ppm. I have had
prolifera, mexicana and grape algaes and mangroves in the sump, all doing
nothing. I managed to get a hold of some chaeto and it is amazing stuff.
Nitrates are down to 0.1ppm in the space of a couple of months!!
| Quote: | ....but red algae is a problem....
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Is that the brush type algae or the slime stuff? I never had the slime algae
(cyano) in this tank but have read that if you angle a powerhead across the
top of the substrate it helps to get rid of it. Flatworms on the other
hand.... Well that is another problem I won't go into. I also have a red
brush algae, mainly in the sump but it is now starting to invade the main
tank. I'm not sure what it is as there is no apparent food source for it. It
gets everywhere, covering the prolifera leaves, getting into the chaeto,
horrible stuff! I read somewhere that Mexican turbo snails will eat the
stuff, never tried tem but may well do soon.
As much as I like my marines, I do miss my discus and may well "encourage"
my wife to allow me to have another tank somewhere with a pair :0)
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
| Quote: | Are you having a sump Gill? The reason I ask is that I think it is the best
bit of kit I have. a) it takes all of the equipment from the main tank
(except the powerheads of course) and b) I can keep my algaes in there. My
nitrates were on the rise a few months back rising to 25ppm. I have had
prolifera, mexicana and grape algaes and mangroves in the sump, all doing
nothing. I managed to get a hold of some chaeto and it is amazing stuff.
Nitrates are down to 0.1ppm in the space of a couple of months!!
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Nope, it's only a 60L Nano reef....sits on the worksurface in the
kitchen....I decided to try small first to see if I liked it before
going out and spending a fortune....It's got powerheads and a protein
skimmer - live rock does the rest - nitrates have been zero for weeks
but I do get a trace reading on phosphates - could be that the algae is
using up the nitrates. I do think some algae to outcompete the red stuff
would be a good idea - I had an idea of putting some in one of those
breeder traps so it could be easily moved out for asthetics.
| Quote: | ....but red algae is a problem....
Is that the brush type algae or the slime stuff? I never had the slime algae
(cyano) in this tank but have read that if you angle a powerhead across the
top of the substrate it helps to get rid of it.
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It's the slime stuff - I guess some repositioning of the powerheads
would help - will do it this weekend...
| Quote: | As much as I like my marines, I do miss my discus and may well "encourage"
my wife to allow me to have another tank somewhere with a pair :0)
Mark
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I know what you mean....apparently if I want a larger reef tank I'm
going to have to give up one of the freshwaters *sigh*
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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| Quote: | Nope, it's only a 60L Nano reef....sits on the worksurface in the
kitchen....I decided to try small first to see if I liked it before going
out and spending a fortune....It's got powerheads and a protein skimmer -
live rock does the rest - nitrates have been zero for weeks but I do get a
trace reading on phosphates - could be that the algae is using up the
nitrates. I do think some algae to outcompete the red stuff would be a
good idea - I had an idea of putting some in one of those breeder traps so
it could be easily moved out for asthetics.
Looks like I will be joining you in the nano stakes Gill. The forum I use |
has a sponsor that is selling the Orca TL-450 reef nano and it's stand (you
can have any colour you want so long as it is black :0)) for £140
delivered!!! (see here
http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=10543) For a small
tank with everything included, seems like a great deal and will suit me
nicely as a frag tank. There are a few members on the forum that have
already purchased it and seem very happy with it, fingers crossed.
Mark
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
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Looks like I will be joining you in the nano stakes Gill. The forum I use
has a sponsor that is selling the Orca TL-450 reef nano and it's stand (you
can have any colour you want so long as it is black :0)) for £140
delivered!!! (see here
http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=10543) For a small
tank with everything included, seems like a great deal and will suit me
nicely as a frag tank. There are a few members on the forum that have
already purchased it and seem very happy with it, fingers crossed.
Mark
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Looks like a good deal - my LFS has a Nano on sale but not as cheap as
that one.....found the supplier/sponsor - looks like another good
on-line retailer  It's certainly a lot cheaper than a similar one my
LFS has on sale....and it is bigger than the little 25L I got as a
freebie from PFK that I was going to set up. My only concern would be
the lighting level but I guess it should be fine for soft corals....very
tempted - I can see just the bit of wall to put it against from here -
he,he....
I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other
side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability
to keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again.
Thanks
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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| Quote: | I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other
side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to
keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again.
Have you got any pics?? I started to use alt.binaries.aquaria recently, but |
it seems dead these days (apart from the odd bit od spam).
Mark |
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
| Quote: | I'm really enjoying my little 60L Nano which is now coming out the other
side of it's algae bloom - shame is I now seem to have lost the ability to
keep shrimps.....but once all is settled again I'll try again.
Have you got any pics?? I started to use alt.binaries.aquaria recently, but
it seems dead these days (apart from the odd bit od spam).
Mark
I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first |
pieces of LR went in - I've been posting periodically about the tank
on The Freshwater Aquarium with pics ever since I started it in
September - need to get some recent ones though....My newsserver doesn't
carry the binaries groups so that isn't an option - I could mail you
some if you like.....
Gill |
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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| Quote: | I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first
pieces of LR went in - I've been posting periodically about the tank on
The Freshwater Aquarium with pics ever since I started it in September -
need to get some recent ones though....My newsserver doesn't carry the
binaries groups so that isn't an option - I could mail you some if you
like.....
Gill
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That'd be good, if you don't mind. My email just needs the nospam removing
from the address to be valid.
Mark |
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
| Quote: | I've been keeping a photographic record of the tank ever since the first
pieces of LR went in - I've been posting periodically about the tank on
The Freshwater Aquarium with pics ever since I started it in September -
need to get some recent ones though....My newsserver doesn't carry the
binaries groups so that isn't an option - I could mail you some if you
like.....
Gill
That'd be good, if you don't mind. My email just needs the nospam removing
from the address to be valid.
Mark
Done.... |
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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| Quote: | Done....
Nice pics Gill. Any objections to me putting them in the gallery area of my |
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Mark |
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Gill Passman
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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Marksfish wrote:
| Quote: | Done....
Nice pics Gill. Any objections to me putting them in the gallery area of my
site?
Mark
Feel free.....would the blog/diary help to go with them? |
Gill
BTW what's the link to your site? - I had it once but am not sure where
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Marksfish
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: My current reef videos |
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| Quote: | Feel free.....would the blog/diary help to go with them?
Gill
BTW what's the link to your site? - I had it once but am not sure where it
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All the pics are up in the gallery section now. I am still working out how
to use this Joomla software, so unfortunately I can't tie up words with the
pictures. I hope to have found a new gallery software for it soon, so it
would be hand for then.
All Gill's nano pics can be seen at the link below.
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