Assorted coral pics

New to reefing... but Alko keeps asking for pics and I need to up my post count...

Nice start you have goin there. Keep it up.

LOOKING GOOD SO FAR TINA!!! ;) hahaha
good start bro!!!
those should grow out to awsome pretty soon!!!!!!!
that ur 29g?

yup 29g

u glued the frags to the rocks right?

there you go ALKO u got your pics. thanks for sharing Tina ! ! !

NICE GSP's and Zoa's

aw-sum
pics

TINA!!!!!! lol

Update...

obligatory FTS from 4/17/10



3 months of neglect and abnormally high organic wastes with bubble algae infestation



superman zoos/toxic lava palys.

supermans in April,



Today:


What happens when you break your gsp rock in half and sit one of the halves next to your glass????



candycanes (started as 2 heads)



Last time GSP was chopped (in august) I traded for a single polyp of purple death, and a small piece of tonga with 2 heads of AOG on it... today...




So, cleanup/recovery process has started on the organic buildup/bubble infestation.

Steps taken, if you wonder...

1.) Overpopulation of hermits/emeralds/sally lightfoot crab
2.) Adding 50 cerith snails, 10 nass snails.
3.) 15% water change weekly to get params back in order

Testing monday after 3 months with only topping off shows...

calc 250
alk 3
ph 8.2
ammonia/nitrite - 0
nitrate 5ppm


15% water change tuesday. Dosing 2 part and reef buffer (for ph) params are

calc - 380ppm
alk - 5
ph 8.3
ammonia/nitrite/nitrate 0 ppm

alkalinity and calcium coming up, several things are adjusting to the shock value of the parameter swing, so far nothing lost. Bubble algae receding, no GHA present in system anywhere. Had a bit of a cyano outbreak in September with some residuals hanging onto the rocks. The hermits have taken care of the GHA and the cyano. The emeralds and sally lightfoot are working on the bubble. I suppose they fill up after a bit. So a little bit of work on my week(s) off as I prepare to move to 75 reef in the not so distant future.

Nice. Looks like it's spreading pretty niceley!

As you can see maintenance is SO important! Save time, money and livestock by keeping up on a schedule. Thanks for sharing this great experience.

Nice

FishVixen wrote:

As you can see maintenance is SO important! Save time, money and livestock by keeping up on a schedule. Thanks for sharing this great experience.

The only thing I've really lost was a scooter blenny, and I'm sure that's entirely due to pod depletion.

side note anyone wanting a dragonet of any kind be warned... it can take these things six months to starve to death.

Dude!!!! your back? LOL were you been? NR?
your tanks grown man!
the armor of god should be pretty sick!!!!
also is that GSP on your glass? LOL
is that a tang in a 29gal????
WTF???

GSP to cover 3 sides of tank FTW. Yep Regal tang in a 29. I'll trade down when it gets too big. the AOGs aren't especially my favorites, I want these purple deaths to go on and get to kickin.

how bigs the tang?
you lucky their isnt a tang police force on this sight like their is on NR lol or else theyd be all up in yo a$$
those purple deaths should look sick when their kickin!

how many corlz you have now?
and what lights are you runnin over em?

also you running a sump on yo new 75?
what kind of pump? and what you gona use for media? fuge?
also i fuggin hate GREEN HAIR ALGEA!!!!!! that ish was all over my 20L when i started it! i also had a diatome bloom. hemits do make an awsome cuc

Over the 29 I've got a current sundial 4x24w running

ati blue +
ati aquablue special
ati blue +
UVL actinic white (this is getting changed to pure actinic when I buy lights again)

75 is still in the planning phase while I put together a wish list. At the moment the plan for the 75 will be

75 rr
30 g sump/fuge this will house an 8 inch sand bed with chaeto/calupera and LR rubble (pod heaven)
skimmer -still in research phase, probably one of the reef octopus line
return pump - haven't decided on yet
I plan to use 50lb box of Marco Rock for base supplemented with current LR, but I'll probably pick up a nano package from gulfliverocks.com to seed and cycle with before I move over current rock. I'm also planning to used pulverized limestone for substrate seeded with live sand.
lights on it will be 6x54w aquatic life t5 ho fixture
this thing looks sweet...

details here
http://www.marineandreef.com/AquaticLife_48_T5_HO_6_Lamp_Fixture_Lunar_Lights_p/ral01192.htm

I'm going full mixed reef when I switch everything over. I'll be breaking down the 29 at that time, and selling off it's pieces. I've got a 20L I won at the first auction that wants to be my frag tank and a 30" PC fixture to go over it.

DAM!!! sounds like your on your way man!
well i gots to close shop and go home ill comment more tommorrow!

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EDIT:
that light Fix is Sick!!!!
i know you dont plan on using the stock bulbs are you? what combo you goin for?
also when you tear down you 29...what you mean sell off its pieces? equipment wise?
i like that light over the 29;) LOL
and what are your plans for flow? u should go with a SCWD!!!! those are sick!!

^^^^^

I'll run stock bulbs for a month or so, I do plan to go with some combination of 3x ATI blue +, and then probably an ati aquablue special, a KZ fiji purple, and a UVL pure actinic. Should be nice and blue with that config. One of the things I like about the nano-reef site is the t5 combination breakdown with pics to show the difference and PAR ratings at depth. Since I plan to attempt SPS and clams I'll likely shoot for the most PAR I can muster bulb combination wise.

I was thinking about flow last night and started entertaining the idea of a SCWD with a UGJ system. I already plan to use pvc to sit my live rock on, so why not plumb in a scwd on my return pump, and run the return into the UGJ to add flow at substrate level and hopefully keep detrius from settling on the sand bed. I'll probably go the lazy route though and just pick up some K3s. I might also do a closed loop system with a SCWD on it. If I wanted to spend the scratch I'd go with the vortech programmable system.

Still WAY early in the planning stages, so nothing happening fast. The reef pets guy (the EEVIL evil man) has some awesome zoos up for auction ending tonight. I'm GLAD he moved out of dallas or I'd be drowning in xmas debt. Good thing I'm too cheap to pay the 20 dollars shipping to dallas I think.... I mean look!

Acid Drop


sun burst orange


blow pop


Rings of Glory -seriously I snipe this for 15 bucks, it will double in size in 3 months.


Part of me wants to forgo SPS and LPS and just do the entire 75 with zoos. Oh for those that don't know... the egg crate under the plugs is roughly 3/4" x 3/4" to give size reference.

DAM!!!! the last pic of zoo is sick! me likey!! lol also that sunburt pollyp is badass!
you can still use someK3's and the scwd!! the more flow the better!
but yeah you should rig it to wear you have substrate movement. just aim the K's low but to the point were your not sandstoming the dam place up.
then theirs the MP's youll prolly need like 2 MP40's or so..the thing are awsome and get the job done with minimal crap in the tank but cost like you soul and your legs....
i want one but......yea......$..................
also what you SC on NR??

looking good!!!, i wish i can start my SW soon..