6-Pak 3.

jonthefb

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nice pics sps, what type of gorgonian is that in your second pic?
good luck and keep the eye candy coming!
jon
 

spsfreak100

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Thanks Jon.
The Gorgonian was quite difficult to ID, but it's called a Blue Bush Gorgonian, Acalycigoria sp.
It's grown quite a bit, as far as recovering lost tissue comes. It's quite beautiful, usually open 24/7. It's at the bottom of the tank, and I feed it 5ml of DT's phytoplankton 2x weekly.
I'll see if I can get a few more pics, although I can't promise you anything.
Graham
 

slothy

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Originally posted by SPSfreak100
Best for last...Metal Halides....800 glowing watts of pure 20k Radiums :D

heheh wheres da bulbs :)
nice pics for sure !!
 

spsfreak100

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I ordered the bulbs off Hellolights.com, so they should come tuesday :) But...they should give of 800 glowing watts of 20k raidums :D I ordered them friday at 7:00PM, ordered overnight air. They didn't come on saturday ikely since they fill out their orders at around 6:00PM, no mail sunday, and tomorrow is a holiday.
As for full tank shots, i'll try to get one up later on :)
 

nm reef

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Graham...outstanding pics. I certainly hope you've not raided all of Marks frags...I hope to harvest a few of them myself if I can ever make my way to sunny SoCal...:cool:
Personally I think your reef....and yourself for that matter....have evolved rather nicely.
 

nerdy

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I have never seen a Gorgonian before. It is beautiful. Are they a hardy coral? What are the details of caring for it????
 

spsfreak100

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Thanks again for all the great comments!!
As for the gorgonian, Ali, as well as a few others, have said it is extremely hard to care for, and might last 8 months if you take real good care of it.
I have seen some very nice growth in less than 24 hrs. There was a few 'dead spots' on the gorgonian, in which no tissue was growing on. Over a week, some of the dead spots have completely disappeared. I only feed it DT's phytoplankton, blended up to smaller particles in the blender, 3x a week, and calcium level is around 480ppm.
(Sorry about not showing the picture itself, but I have no more room left on my Image hosting place [www.imagemagician.com], so I have to use these links)
I'll show you a pic:
This was taken Tuesday, January 15th, 2003

This was taken 18hrs later, on Wed., January 16th, 2003:

I don't see too much growth, as far as the branches comes, although I see some new polyps here are there:

The camera i'm using is a Sony Cyber Shot DscF707, 5.0 MP
Graham
[EDIT: I might as well show this picture taken 20 minutes ago:]
 
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