Nicks 56 Gallon Saltwater tank

Join date : 2011-07-12 Posts : 755

Wow. that's weirdddd. Glad you caught him!

so he jumped straight through the eggcrate?

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Yeah it was pretty crazy. He somehow aimed perfectly to go through the tiny slots, pretty impressive. I put some netting on both sides of it to keep it blocked, and I'm ordering some frame and clear mesh for a diy top.

Admin Join date : 2011-01-15 Posts : 2530

Love the new goby! He's really pretty! Smile

And, glad you caught him in time to put him back in the aquarium and him be okay!

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Thanks! Time to make a mesh top for my tank with your DIY thread~!

Admin Join date : 2011-01-15 Posts : 2530

Nicholas41 wrote:: Thanks! Time to make a mesh top for my tank with your DIY thread~!

Good luck! thumbs up

Join date : 2011-07-14 Posts : 241

I had a sand goby that disappeared and we found him 2 weeks later under the dresser! I suspect my cats had something to do with the distance after he jumped out. Glad you caught yours though! Smile

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Yeah it was a pretty luck feat that I hear him jump at around 7 in the morning lol

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Tank break down.

I've had colonial hydroids in my tank for a while and the have spread all around and are beginning to sting the edges of coral. Though not immediately deadly to the tank, it causes an ongoing problem as they have to be constantly smothered off of the coral. So I am selling off the livestock, and will decide what to do from there.

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Sorry that you're breaking the tank down, Nicholas... cry

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

It happens, just goes to show the importance of thoroughly checking out frags when you buy them!

Join date : 2011-07-12 Posts : 755

Really too bad you're getting out of the reef scene. Lionfish, eels and groupers will be very cool though!! Very Happy

do you happen to have a pic of your hydroids? i was jut looking in my little 10 refugium and noticed what looked like a jellyfish a cm big. had anemone like tentacles though... and i def don't have a jellyfish in my tank..

the refugium isn't plumbed to anything thankfully Smile

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

That would be a cool setup Very Happy

Those are a different type of hydroid, the ones I have are colonial. It's literally strands that are less than a mm wide.

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Good luck breaking the tank down, Nick! And, good luck setting up an even better new one! cheers

We're here for you! thumbs up

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Thanks Samantha! I'm looking forward to moving past this one and onto the new one, hopefully with ease Very Happy

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How's the breakdown going?

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Going decent, I still have quite a bit of livestock for sale...

What remains- Please make offers on everything

SPS
Green birds nest (1in.)- 5
Red Dragon (2in.)- 150
Spongodes (2in.)-20
Emerald staghorn (1in. brown) -5
Scroll (2in.)- 5
Blue tort 1 frags- 10 each
Plum crazy (brownish, 3in)- 25
Pink Mille (2in. multiple branches)-30
Setosa monti (1in (two branches))- 25
Meteor shower cyphastrea (1x1in.) - 15

LPS
Dragonsoul favia (4-5 eyes)-20
Green and red favia (6in.x2in)- 30
Bi color war coral- 15
Elegance coral (7in.)- 45
Bi color frog spawn (4 heads)- 30
Emerald mummy eye (5 eyes, morphed brown)-20
Red chalice with teal eyes-20
Large chalice green with orange eyes- 50
Branching chalice- 5
Tyree blue chalice-15
Tyree cotton candy chalice (5 eyes)- 40
Tyree red watermelon chalice (5 eyes)- 100
Tyree keylime mango sherbert (12 eyes)- 40
WWC toxic pic chalice- 60

SOFTIES AND POLYPS
Magican palys (6 polyps)- 30
Alpha omega colony- 40
Darth Mauls (7 polyps)- 120
Blue hornets (30 polyps)- 300 OBO
Red and green shrooms X2- 10, and 15 dollars
Blue and brown mushroom-5
Red and blue mushrooms-10
Green Yumas- 5
Tyree green toadstool-40

FISH
Red/orange linkia- 10

Equipment
56 gallon tank and stand- 120
Piranha mag cleaner- 30
Reef octopus HOB BH2000- 100
Reef chili with feeder bottle (90% left)-15
MP10 ES- 200
Rena XP2-60
Coral vibrance ½ container- 5

And that isn't including what is pending...

Join date : 2012-01-19 Posts : 316

Wishing you the best of luck with this Nicholas, I wish I could buy some of this to support you, but I'd have nowhere to put it.

And no I'm not starting a saltwater tank just yet. tease

I have a feeling it would kick my ass. shark chase

I'm hoping you have lots of luck selling everything and I can't wait to see the next tank!

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Thanks Dan Smile

I'm sure you would do fine with a saltwater setup Very Happy

Tomorrow I have 3 people lined up to come over, possibly a fourth. I will also be heading over to check out a 90 gallon tank Very Happy

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You've got a lot of stuff still to go! Good luck! I vouch that Nicholas' corals are top notch! thumbs up

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

I'm now down to three corals, some cheap frogspawn (I just want it gone), and some duncans Very Happy

I spent pretty much the whole day with my friend and broke down, moved and am setting up my new tank. Time for a new showcase Very Happy

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Glad the breakdown has gone pretty smoothly! Smile

Join date : 2012-01-19 Posts : 316

Hoorah, what are you going to do with all that free space in your room!?

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Farfromfiji wrote:: Hoorah, what are you going to do with all that free space in your room!?

A jellyfish tank!!!!!!! excited

Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062

Time for this thread to end.

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