Cale W's 250L SPS Coral Cube (pic int.)

[blacjack]

Just go to your local hardware and get plaster's lime. Builders lime might be OK, but plasters lime is cleaner of impurities, so it can be used when plastering, so it's best to use.

Then check out this link,

http://petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jo ... asser.html

HTH



Chris

[Cale W]

Update in the works!

[consoletech]

Update in the works!

lokking foward to it

[Cale W]

Hi all,

Well it has been some time! I hope your tanks have all been thriving.
This system has now been wet for about 5 and a half years now, four years of which I have been interstate in Melbourne for. During this time it was maintained as a fish only system. I have since returned from overseas in Febuary and commenced a new job in Adelaide at the start of this year. I have been slowly rebuilding this system in continuation with the premise of the nano tank I was running in melbourne (picture below):



Hence this system is also sps dominated, planktivore and shrimp based. Here are a couple of quick photos.





I will try and put together a full update shortly. Regards, Cale

[Cale W]

venus anemone shrimp resting on a ricordia


Some of the anthias - evansi, ventralis, sunset and dispar

[Cale W]

ventralis

[parrdog]

What a ripper of a tank .

The Ric is one of the best I've ever seen and the Anthias are beautiful.

How do you find the Evansi and Ventralis, are they readily eating, how long have you had them etc.

Cheers and thanks for the look,
Jamie.

[Cale W]

Hi Jamie. Thanks mate. The design is very different from the original - ill try and place some shots.

All eat well. They are offered fish eggs, lobster eggs, daphnia, spirulina brine, cyclops (both frozen and dry), white mosquito larvae, mysis shrimp, fish mix (flippers) and pellets. Frozen food is intermittently soaked in a vitamin/amino acid supplement solution. They are fed 4-10 times daily.

The first to be added were the dispar, the hardiest and most readily likely to accept frozen food of the selection i wanted for this system. I added 4 (3 females and a male) about 6 months ago. I have since had one of the females jump. About 4 months ago a pair of sunsets were added which settled in well. Three months ago i added the more delicate evansi anthias. I placed 3 in the system (which had gross signs of stress) and lost one about 2 weeks later. The other two have acclimatized well. The most delicate of the them all, the ventralis, were added about a week and a half ago. The temperature of the tank was reduced to 24degrees for their introduction in accordance with their biological preference. They were placed in on the same day a mating pair of helfrichi gobies. The ventralis took about 2 days to gain confidence and have since been eating enriched cyclops and fish eggs well.

[parrdog]

That sounds great, thanks for all the information on your beautiful fish and all the best with your awesome setup .

Cheers,
Jamie.

[Cale W]

A few more evening snaps