Thanks! Slowly but surely stabilizing everything again and bringing my levels back to optimal levels. Waiting on the ICP test before I start adding any corals again.
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Eddie's Aquariums
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kevin
NJRC Member
I didnt have a crash but the storm the other day blew up my hydros launch. Just glad I was home to notice.
I'm sorry to hear, at least you were there to catch it!
Took the time to rescape the rockwork and was able to find some nubs of SPS that survived the crash from colonies I thought I completely lost. I attached them to tiles and threw them in the frag system. I also hooked up an ION Director to get a better idea of what's going on between my weekly water tests.
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The Radions are going out for repair next week. Slowly but surely we'll be back cooking!
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The Radions are going out for repair next week. Slowly but surely we'll be back cooking!
I recently set up a freshwater tank shelf system for breeding shrimp—mainly Neocaridina for now, but I’m also considering dabbling with some Apistogramma cichlids.
On the reef side, I’ve decided that if my Waterbox Infinia Frag 125.4 doesn’t sell by mid-August… I’m keeping it. And honestly? I’m quietly hoping it doesn’t sell. If it sticks around, I’m planning to turn it into a Euphyllia and soft coral-dominated tank—lots of movement, color, and a more relaxed vibe compared to my SPS systems.
After I cleaned out the refugium a couple of weeks ago I needed to restock the macro algae in it. I added some Caulerpa Mexicana, 5 mangroves and some Chaeto.
I’ve also decided it’s time to swap out the return pumps. I’m currently running 2x Vectra L2s, but I’m just not getting the turnover I want in the display. I’ll be replacing them with a Reef Octopus VarioS 10, which should give me the added flow and control I’m looking for. While I’m at it, I’ll be redoing the plumbing (which I admittedly slapped together just to get the tank running), and I’ll also move the sump over a few feet to make maintenance much easier. I'll also be able to build a work bench over the moved sump which will give me more work space and allow me to get rid of the old work bench currently in the fish room and adds another space for a potential tank.
Lots of moving parts right now, but I’m excited for what’s ahead. I'm glad my spark for the hobby has finally reignited. I’ll post updates as things progress—especially if the Waterbox sticks around and the softie garden becomes reality.
On the reef side, I’ve decided that if my Waterbox Infinia Frag 125.4 doesn’t sell by mid-August… I’m keeping it. And honestly? I’m quietly hoping it doesn’t sell. If it sticks around, I’m planning to turn it into a Euphyllia and soft coral-dominated tank—lots of movement, color, and a more relaxed vibe compared to my SPS systems.
After I cleaned out the refugium a couple of weeks ago I needed to restock the macro algae in it. I added some Caulerpa Mexicana, 5 mangroves and some Chaeto.
I’ve also decided it’s time to swap out the return pumps. I’m currently running 2x Vectra L2s, but I’m just not getting the turnover I want in the display. I’ll be replacing them with a Reef Octopus VarioS 10, which should give me the added flow and control I’m looking for. While I’m at it, I’ll be redoing the plumbing (which I admittedly slapped together just to get the tank running), and I’ll also move the sump over a few feet to make maintenance much easier. I'll also be able to build a work bench over the moved sump which will give me more work space and allow me to get rid of the old work bench currently in the fish room and adds another space for a potential tank.
Lots of moving parts right now, but I’m excited for what’s ahead. I'm glad my spark for the hobby has finally reignited. I’ll post updates as things progress—especially if the Waterbox sticks around and the softie garden becomes reality.
They were the first fish I regularly bred back in middle/high school!
WifePriceReefer
NJRC Member
Welcome aboard and it looks great! Please keep us updated.
After nearly 3 months of patiently waiting and monitoring the system, the surviving corals are starting to encrust and/or show axial growth as well as color up from bleached or brown to showing their true colors again. I have developed a hair algae problem in the frag runner, refugium and under some rocks in the display but its nothing I can't control and get rid of.
I'm ready to start adding soft corals and NFS to a 40B I've had cycling for 4 months or so now and my old Waterbox Infinia Frag 125.4 made the journey from MA to NJ finally and since I've been failing in my attempts to sell it I've decided to set up a LPS bare bottom tank. I'll be using the old return pump, skimmer and heaters and will be experimenting with Jaebo wavemakers and NICREW HyperReef 100 Gen 2 Reef Lights. I've heard good things about them and would love to compare the growth to the 4 other types of lighting I have running in my systems (Mitras, XR30 Pro, XR15 Blue, AI Prime).
I'm ready to start adding soft corals and NFS to a 40B I've had cycling for 4 months or so now and my old Waterbox Infinia Frag 125.4 made the journey from MA to NJ finally and since I've been failing in my attempts to sell it I've decided to set up a LPS bare bottom tank. I'll be using the old return pump, skimmer and heaters and will be experimenting with Jaebo wavemakers and NICREW HyperReef 100 Gen 2 Reef Lights. I've heard good things about them and would love to compare the growth to the 4 other types of lighting I have running in my systems (Mitras, XR30 Pro, XR15 Blue, AI Prime).
Completely agree, I’m glad that I finally have reached some level of system maturity where I’m comfortable adding more SPS again. If anyone is selling good sized frag/mini colony packs I’m in the market!
I’m getting back into breeding the shrimp slowly, I have some survivors from when I moved but need to restock my breeding populations. What’s holding me back is deciding which strains I want to focus on. The prices of some of these shrimp are nuts these days!
Also, in regards to my previous post about starting my old Waterbox, I have decided on initial livestock and will be starting the tank this weekend once the base rock comes in and I can build the scape.
For livestock I’m going to finally pull the trigger on a Blotched Borbonius Anthias and surround it with a Midas blenny, a pair of lightning maroon clowns, a trio of pajama cardinals, a royal gramma, a yellow tang and a long nose hawkfish. I’ll start picking these up and QTing them ASAP. Eventually I’ll add some wrasses too but haven’t decided on which.