I just wanted to start a solid thread about my tank that isn't in the meet and greet forum lol.
I have a Biocube32 with the stock lights at the moment (though I do plan to upgrade when I have the money for it), with an intank media basket that has filter floss on the top shelf and packed with pond matrix and bioballs in the other two shelves. I also have a small refugium and that cheap protein skimmer made for the tank (it pulls some crap out so I'm keeping it..). Still have the stock return pump on, though I have the upgrade/backup for when it stops working.
I upgraded my circulation pumps from cheap 40-50$ ones I got on Amazon to a Nero 5 from AI about two months ago and I am so happy I did.
For livestock I have a pair of regular clownfish, an orchid dottyback, and a firefish (introduced in that order). I have a tuxedo urchin and a cleaner shrimp along with some trochus snails and one nassarius and one hermit crab (yeah I know. I need to beef up my CUC. I've been putting it off for a bit since I don't really like the LFS that sells the inverts I need. The LFS I actually like didn't seem to have any tanks with snails in them and it is a 45 min drive to either of them and they are in opposite directions. ***).
I have a mix of LPS and softie corals, though I prefer LPS. Especially euphillia and lords. Oh and blastos. And alveopora. And candy canes. Yeah. LPS. ..
Some lords came in today but don't seem to be the ones I ordered though I am going to wait for a day to see if they color up the way they are supposed to. But one of them has three polys when the wysiwyg picture showed only one. With a light pastel yellow surrounding an orange mouth. But instead its almost all orange with three heads. Hmmmmmm. And the other one has the correct number of heads. But is the wrong color. It is supposed to be a green mouth with red and purple surrounding it, but the one I got has a green mouth with just purple and grey around it. I'm stumped. I hate being That Guy but it seems like I'm gonna have to be here which sucks since they have never screwed up an order with me before. Maybe my lights changed the coloring of the lords? I heard that can happen.........
Edit: oh and the tank is 6 months old
I have a Biocube32 with the stock lights at the moment (though I do plan to upgrade when I have the money for it), with an intank media basket that has filter floss on the top shelf and packed with pond matrix and bioballs in the other two shelves. I also have a small refugium and that cheap protein skimmer made for the tank (it pulls some crap out so I'm keeping it..). Still have the stock return pump on, though I have the upgrade/backup for when it stops working.
I upgraded my circulation pumps from cheap 40-50$ ones I got on Amazon to a Nero 5 from AI about two months ago and I am so happy I did.
For livestock I have a pair of regular clownfish, an orchid dottyback, and a firefish (introduced in that order). I have a tuxedo urchin and a cleaner shrimp along with some trochus snails and one nassarius and one hermit crab (yeah I know. I need to beef up my CUC. I've been putting it off for a bit since I don't really like the LFS that sells the inverts I need. The LFS I actually like didn't seem to have any tanks with snails in them and it is a 45 min drive to either of them and they are in opposite directions. ***).
I have a mix of LPS and softie corals, though I prefer LPS. Especially euphillia and lords. Oh and blastos. And alveopora. And candy canes. Yeah. LPS. ..
Some lords came in today but don't seem to be the ones I ordered though I am going to wait for a day to see if they color up the way they are supposed to. But one of them has three polys when the wysiwyg picture showed only one. With a light pastel yellow surrounding an orange mouth. But instead its almost all orange with three heads. Hmmmmmm. And the other one has the correct number of heads. But is the wrong color. It is supposed to be a green mouth with red and purple surrounding it, but the one I got has a green mouth with just purple and grey around it. I'm stumped. I hate being That Guy but it seems like I'm gonna have to be here which sucks since they have never screwed up an order with me before. Maybe my lights changed the coloring of the lords? I heard that can happen.........
Edit: oh and the tank is 6 months old