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GB. No way I could resist not putting it in the tank.
Stella and Culprit - I just got it installed on the IM25 and........... I am loving it. Omg. The power is insane. I tried cranking it all the way up and it was like a blender in the tank lol. I'm currently using the gyre mode and it really gives the entire tank great flow. It's powerful yet gentle on the corals. Kind of hard to explain... like the pulses are very gentle to create the gyre/swaying motion. Worth every penny definitely.
Here's a pic of it on the tank.
Yeah Stella. I will film a bit more tomorrow with the new powerhead.
I might as well drop the news too.
I'll be tearing down my rockscape this weekend and start prepping the tank for the move. I know it seems pretty sudden, but the longer I let it grow on the rock work, the harder it'll be for me to remove the corals. I'll be turning the tank into a frag tank in the mean time and start fragging all my corals this weekend. This will give them time to heal and I'll be able to sell them off to help re-coup some of the cost.
My limited edition frag rack system
This also means that it'll be the last video update of the tank before the rock work goes down I choked up a little while filming today, silly me.
Stella and Culprit - I just got it installed on the IM25 and........... I am loving it. Omg. The power is insane. I tried cranking it all the way up and it was like a blender in the tank lol. I'm currently using the gyre mode and it really gives the entire tank great flow. It's powerful yet gentle on the corals. Kind of hard to explain... like the pulses are very gentle to create the gyre/swaying motion. Worth every penny definitely.
Here's a pic of it on the tank.
Yeah Stella. I will film a bit more tomorrow with the new powerhead.
I might as well drop the news too.
I'll be tearing down my rockscape this weekend and start prepping the tank for the move. I know it seems pretty sudden, but the longer I let it grow on the rock work, the harder it'll be for me to remove the corals. I'll be turning the tank into a frag tank in the mean time and start fragging all my corals this weekend. This will give them time to heal and I'll be able to sell them off to help re-coup some of the cost.
My limited edition frag rack system
This also means that it'll be the last video update of the tank before the rock work goes down I choked up a little while filming today, silly me.
Oh no!! That is so sad. This tank has so much history and love put into it. I know, though, that your next tank will be so amazing.
I had no idea the back of the powerhead was going to be that big. I bet it looks good though with only the tiny bit in the tank!
I had no idea the back of the powerhead was going to be that big. I bet it looks good though with only the tiny bit in the tank!
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it's okay. There will be a part lagoon part 2 down the line
I call this Nart's Modular Frag Rack System. Order now! Limited run
I have designed this with cleaning the sand bed in mind though. So I can move either racks forward or backward to clean the bottom without removing anything.
I'm calling it a night. My hand hurts from cutting these egg crates.
I call this Nart's Modular Frag Rack System. Order now! Limited run
I have designed this with cleaning the sand bed in mind though. So I can move either racks forward or backward to clean the bottom without removing anything.
I'm calling it a night. My hand hurts from cutting these egg crates.
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grantm91 you're telling me. It was so hard to get myself to pull out the rock structure
I am beyond tired. Been working on the tank since this morning... had to keep resizing the egg crates, removing corals, fragging, etc etc. hands been in the tank since noon. I'm calling it quits for tonight.
Here's a quick pic of how the tank looks currently.
I am beyond tired. Been working on the tank since this morning... had to keep resizing the egg crates, removing corals, fragging, etc etc. hands been in the tank since noon. I'm calling it quits for tonight.
Here's a quick pic of how the tank looks currently.
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Bahahaha... grantm91 I love that. "Candy shop" lol. I'll take you to my candy shop, 50 cent!
Da'wwww thank you y'all. I'm glad y'all think it still looks good. I really didn't realize how many corals I was accumulating till I started breaking it down and was like wow...
Some pics to share!
Last look of the rock work
Nanologist I tried fragging the fathead dendro, completely butchered the small polyp. Luckily the main colony is okay. Whew. I'll wait a few more weeks before I try again. It might need some time to grow some more.
Fragging the blasto merletti. Like my make shift frag rack?
Check out my protective eyewear during dremeling the blasto. Perfect splash streaks lol.
A look at the tank tonight. What a busy two day weekend. I fragged some of my hammers, Favite, blastos, zoas, etc today... I think I am done messing with the tank for now. Time to keep my hands out and let all the corals recover.
Nart's Candy Shop.
Da'wwww thank you y'all. I'm glad y'all think it still looks good. I really didn't realize how many corals I was accumulating till I started breaking it down and was like wow...
Some pics to share!
Last look of the rock work
Nanologist I tried fragging the fathead dendro, completely butchered the small polyp. Luckily the main colony is okay. Whew. I'll wait a few more weeks before I try again. It might need some time to grow some more.
Fragging the blasto merletti. Like my make shift frag rack?
Check out my protective eyewear during dremeling the blasto. Perfect splash streaks lol.
A look at the tank tonight. What a busy two day weekend. I fragged some of my hammers, Favite, blastos, zoas, etc today... I think I am done messing with the tank for now. Time to keep my hands out and let all the corals recover.
Nart's Candy Shop.
Sell the rock, or you keeping it? Nice piece that is, it could even slot right in to someones big tank. The candy shop !!! Man I’m drooling !!! The IM25 needs to stay like that, when your back in calI you can frag from the big tank and keep that as your “shop” if the lfs presented like that they would be vacuuming the cash up.
grantm91 ahhhhhh..... I'm debating. I might try and sell... maybe...
I really can't believe y'all actually like my frag tank setup lol. It's kind of annoying to me, weird to not have rocks to look at haha.
Btw, the Yasha Goby and pistol shrimp fit made themselves right home in the IM10. Whew.
But yeah, I plan to keep all the egg crates for when I'm back in Cali. This is going to be my QT/frag tank before anything goes into the big tank. I'm not playing that no dip and no QT for new corals anymore lol. I feel like I got away with it in my IM25, but will bite me on my butt later with the bigger tank lol
Culprit I'm telling ya lol. Corals are really addictive.
I really can't believe y'all actually like my frag tank setup lol. It's kind of annoying to me, weird to not have rocks to look at haha.
Btw, the Yasha Goby and pistol shrimp fit made themselves right home in the IM10. Whew.
But yeah, I plan to keep all the egg crates for when I'm back in Cali. This is going to be my QT/frag tank before anything goes into the big tank. I'm not playing that no dip and no QT for new corals anymore lol. I feel like I got away with it in my IM25, but will bite me on my butt later with the bigger tank lol
Culprit I'm telling ya lol. Corals are really addictive.
You should keep it and put it in your big one!
I don't like it as much as the original with rocks... but its a super cool frag tank.
I know... its kind of scary eeee. The guy that gave me these said the other guy that had corals for me free was a great guy. Still haven't heard anything. I'll be patient though. See how these sps do for me
I don't like it as much as the original with rocks... but its a super cool frag tank.
I know... its kind of scary eeee. The guy that gave me these said the other guy that had corals for me free was a great guy. Still haven't heard anything. I'll be patient though. See how these sps do for me
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Lookin' good Nart. So, you fragged a favite, huh? Favias and favites are some of my fastest growers, so I'm super interested in how that went.
You know it, I was not looking forward to that scape coming down. I was feeling quite morose about it actually... but honestly, if I saw that frag tank FTS in a B/S/T listing near me, I'd feel like I hit the jackpot. Do you think you'll sell most of the frags through your club?
You know it, I was not looking forward to that scape coming down. I was feeling quite morose about it actually... but honestly, if I saw that frag tank FTS in a B/S/T listing near me, I'd feel like I hit the jackpot. Do you think you'll sell most of the frags through your club?
stella1979 I'll let you know if any of the favites I fragged survives lol. It looked gnarly when I was dremeling it.... and I was worried about not trying to cut my finger off lol.
I had to look up the word morose. Awwwwwww................ Stella. Trust me. It wasn't easy doing it. I kept saying to myself "Benjamin, are you sure you want to do this?" it's a really weird feeling. My tank without my rock-scape and my 2 original clowns. I was especially sad about my 2 first clowns. But you know what, I re-homed them to a very very good home. A local reefer to me, the one who was letting me borrow his media reactor, hanna PO4 test kit, etc... when I was re-scaping the tank.
A little story on his tank, he doesn't have a QT either. his tank was pretty well stocked with like 2 clowns, gobies, etc... then he decided to get 1 more fish and that was the end to his live stock. Slowly, they all started getting ich. I let him borrow the Ruby's Kick-Ich. He said it cured them of ich, but a parasite of something wiped out his whole tank. His family was pretty sad. He had also gotten coral pests in his tank which started eating away at his corals. This guy was pretty bummed out. He freaked out when I told him I don't dip any of my corals and don't QT fishes either. He was just shocked lol. I wasn't bragging about it, was just telling him, that man... I've been getting away with it and he's just very unlucky. Anyways, this happened in October. He left his tank fallow till January 2018 and finally got a goby. I told him, you know what, I would love for your family to care for my clowns, because I'll be moving and I know ya'll would take great care of them. he was also a little worried that they might be aggressive with his fishes in the tank because my clowns aren't juvies anymore. I told him guaranteed, they will not bully anything in your tank. He came over Friday to pick up the clowns. Over the weekend he told me that the clowns are doing awesome. Made themselves right at home in the front of the glass, gets along with his wrasse and everything else. He also said that his kids love em since they are always out front. That made my day. It's hard sometimes you know? Especially when you raise and or grow a bond with 'em, but I am so glad that I made the right decision to find them a great home.
Yeah - I think mostly I will try to sell through my club. I'm not fond of listing on craigslist. Too afraid of weirdos coming to my place lol.
You know what's strangely satisfying though? is that having the IM25 set-up like a "for sale frag tank" style satisfies that "I need to go to the LFS to buy frags" haha.
I had to look up the word morose. Awwwwwww................ Stella. Trust me. It wasn't easy doing it. I kept saying to myself "Benjamin, are you sure you want to do this?" it's a really weird feeling. My tank without my rock-scape and my 2 original clowns. I was especially sad about my 2 first clowns. But you know what, I re-homed them to a very very good home. A local reefer to me, the one who was letting me borrow his media reactor, hanna PO4 test kit, etc... when I was re-scaping the tank.
A little story on his tank, he doesn't have a QT either. his tank was pretty well stocked with like 2 clowns, gobies, etc... then he decided to get 1 more fish and that was the end to his live stock. Slowly, they all started getting ich. I let him borrow the Ruby's Kick-Ich. He said it cured them of ich, but a parasite of something wiped out his whole tank. His family was pretty sad. He had also gotten coral pests in his tank which started eating away at his corals. This guy was pretty bummed out. He freaked out when I told him I don't dip any of my corals and don't QT fishes either. He was just shocked lol. I wasn't bragging about it, was just telling him, that man... I've been getting away with it and he's just very unlucky. Anyways, this happened in October. He left his tank fallow till January 2018 and finally got a goby. I told him, you know what, I would love for your family to care for my clowns, because I'll be moving and I know ya'll would take great care of them. he was also a little worried that they might be aggressive with his fishes in the tank because my clowns aren't juvies anymore. I told him guaranteed, they will not bully anything in your tank. He came over Friday to pick up the clowns. Over the weekend he told me that the clowns are doing awesome. Made themselves right at home in the front of the glass, gets along with his wrasse and everything else. He also said that his kids love em since they are always out front. That made my day. It's hard sometimes you know? Especially when you raise and or grow a bond with 'em, but I am so glad that I made the right decision to find them a great home.
Yeah - I think mostly I will try to sell through my club. I'm not fond of listing on craigslist. Too afraid of weirdos coming to my place lol.
You know what's strangely satisfying though? is that having the IM25 set-up like a "for sale frag tank" style satisfies that "I need to go to the LFS to buy frags" haha.
Think I'm gonna start dipping since that guy that came to buy the nem said; “something is eating my zoas” it sent shivers down my spine lol. The one shop I actually use dips his zoas in detol and RODI literally about 10 times. Good to know your Clowns are good, that's one thing I couldn’t get rid of.
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I'm glad to hear you're planning on dipping Grant. Gotta protect that garden. Shoot, with my zoa luck I was afraid something was getting them too. I've seen no evidence of that though, but only the lunars and tiny rastas survive. Good news is, a new tiny rasta polyp has appeared, so I'm up to 3. They've fooled me before though, so they're staying in the back.
grantm91 yeahh. I started dipping all my corals recently too. I don't want to test my luck anymore lol. I get a bucket of saltwater, add Bayer to the water till it gets nice and cloudy, small heater and powerhead for 15mins. Double rinse in clean saltwater. Visual inspection, toothbrush scrub, and then in the tank. It's way too risky this late in the game for us to get pests. It'll literally make us cry. Or at least I would... especially adding up all my Coral costs today...
You'll get there eventually Stella! Your zoas will start thriving. Hopefully. Zoas... pain in my butt. Hey. You should try utter chaos zoas next. Pretty easy and rewarding. They are so big In size.
You'll get there eventually Stella! Your zoas will start thriving. Hopefully. Zoas... pain in my butt. Hey. You should try utter chaos zoas next. Pretty easy and rewarding. They are so big In size.
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stella1979 if you can source utter chaos locally for like 3 polyps. it's only about $30. I am almost certain utter chaos will do well in your tank.
Unfortunately, imo, I think you started out with hard strains of zoas to care for. the small rasta frag that I have are very temperamental. It was doing well right? in my new scape. as soon as I took it down and put them on plugs, they are acting like they did from day 1. so annoying. meanwhile, you have my utter chaos just out and about... ahhh... it's nice to look at ya know. so yeah - utter chaos. for sure. BELIEVE!
Unfortunately, imo, I think you started out with hard strains of zoas to care for. the small rasta frag that I have are very temperamental. It was doing well right? in my new scape. as soon as I took it down and put them on plugs, they are acting like they did from day 1. so annoying. meanwhile, you have my utter chaos just out and about... ahhh... it's nice to look at ya know. so yeah - utter chaos. for sure. BELIEVE!
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We talked about carbon use before in reef tanks.
Here's a good watch about carbon.
We talked about carbon use before in reef tanks.
Here's a good watch about carbon.
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All the feelings Lchi... I've been waiting for this video. The IM25 was the first salty thread I started following here, so while I'm sad to see that awesome scape go, it sure makes a pretty frag tank and I can't wait to see what's next for the tank.
Can y'all even believe how cute that scooter is? Watching her wake up was definitely the highlight fo me.
Wish I could get that Utter Chaos frag, the Kelley Green Psammo and a piece of the Merletti. Nart, I saw your offer to DC Reefer... totally cool bud.
Can y'all even believe how cute that scooter is? Watching her wake up was definitely the highlight fo me.
Wish I could get that Utter Chaos frag, the Kelley Green Psammo and a piece of the Merletti. Nart, I saw your offer to DC Reefer... totally cool bud.
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I'm glad y'all liked the video at least lol.
Sooooo some terrible gut wrenching news. At least to me. The IM25 has been in near perfect condition. Not a single scratch on the glass. Last night I was in a hurry to scrap and clean the glass and didn't think of it much... but this morning as I'm checking in the tank I notice hairline scratches ALL over the glass on ALL sides.
So annoyed at myself on how this happened. Still no idea on how I was able to scratch up my glass everywhere. Ugh.
I just tried the Kent's scrapper on the mirror
Found the culprit
I had recently started going past the sand bed a little to scrape the algae on the bottom glass. I guess I some how damaged the razor blade in the process as well. Ugh. Feeling a little sick to my stomach. I know. First world problems
Sooooo some terrible gut wrenching news. At least to me. The IM25 has been in near perfect condition. Not a single scratch on the glass. Last night I was in a hurry to scrap and clean the glass and didn't think of it much... but this morning as I'm checking in the tank I notice hairline scratches ALL over the glass on ALL sides.
So annoyed at myself on how this happened. Still no idea on how I was able to scratch up my glass everywhere. Ugh.
I just tried the Kent's scrapper on the mirror
Found the culprit
I had recently started going past the sand bed a little to scrape the algae on the bottom glass. I guess I some how damaged the razor blade in the process as well. Ugh. Feeling a little sick to my stomach. I know. First world problems
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Ugh... gut wrenching is right. Aren't there ways to fix it though? I'm unaware of how or what to use, but I'm sure there is a way to buff them out. In a Joey K of DIY I watched recently, he mentioned 'erasing' scratches in passing, but there's probably a video on his channel. Perhaps it's a bit lucky that the tank is soon to be empty?
Yeah - I also remembered that you can buff out hair line scratches on glass.
But man... what a gut wrenching feeling when I looked at the front side of the glass and went WHAT THE BLEEP! and then looked at the other side of the glass and went OMG... and it just kept going. I've been babying this tank since Day 1. It must be like "You're shutting me down?! I'll show you!"
I'm just being a big baby and want to cry right about now lol.
I hate it when things aren't perfect!!
Hey - I use the magic sponge from time to time. However, I was able to scratch the IM10 just a bit with it. It picked up a spec of sand near the sand bed and I dragged it up while cleaning. I found that shaking the magic sponge with each cleaning stroke was the safest to avoid scratches.
Speaking of scratches... a few years ago, I bought a brand new sports car. Two weeks in.. I strolled up to a grocery store. In and out 15 minutes. Came out to a grocery kart right on the driver side door and left a decent sized dent. whoooooo weeeeeeeeee.......... I almost raged out hardcore lol.
I hate it when things aren't perfect!!
Hey - I use the magic sponge from time to time. However, I was able to scratch the IM10 just a bit with it. It picked up a spec of sand near the sand bed and I dragged it up while cleaning. I found that shaking the magic sponge with each cleaning stroke was the safest to avoid scratches.
Speaking of scratches... a few years ago, I bought a brand new sports car. Two weeks in.. I strolled up to a grocery store. In and out 15 minutes. Came out to a grocery kart right on the driver side door and left a decent sized dent. whoooooo weeeeeeeeee.......... I almost raged out hardcore lol.
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I've got one... I got a car that was not brand new, but it was the newest I'd ever had. Not 3 days later, J was sitting at a red light at 6am when a police officer slammed into him hard. The guy didn't even slow down, so it must have been that he was distracted and didn't see the light. This was my first car that didn't show signs of age. I definitely cried and raged over that. I must admit, if it's gonna happen, it may as well happen with the county, because they paid up.
I still use a magnetic scraper on all my tanks, but I do stay a good inch or more away from the sand. For that lower area and the bottom glass I use a soft toothbrush. It does pick up sand I'm sure, but the bristles don't have enough force to cause scratches. Knock on wood, I have 5 tanks and only one has a scratch.
I still use a magnetic scraper on all my tanks, but I do stay a good inch or more away from the sand. For that lower area and the bottom glass I use a soft toothbrush. It does pick up sand I'm sure, but the bristles don't have enough force to cause scratches. Knock on wood, I have 5 tanks and only one has a scratch.
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