a few late nite shots from the 180 b4 i go to work

murph145

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well i was bored againtook a few shots nothing great this go around but all corals have been growing out nicely just a few tank shots... then the superman frag i had bought a nice wild colony but it started to die in the center so i saved half the colony and made a few frags like this and all have been doing good this last week im just waiting to watch them encrust some





 

babyb

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i know this has been asked a million times and prolly gets really old but im trying to start my 90 up as a reef and am trying to get a feel for new lighting, iv only had pc
what lighting do you have on your tank
 

murph145

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hey no prob lighting is always hard to figure out what ur guna like since there are so many diffrerent brands and types of lights out there on the market....
i only run 3-250W Phoenix 14K HQI bulbs on PFO HQI ballast... i like the color balance it gives and i dont have to run actinics at all...
over a 90G tank u would need 2 IMO
 

murph145

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Originally Posted by autofreak44
hey murph are you a member of scmas reefers club?
no im a lil too far north to wanna make those meetings out here in simi valley
u?
 

autofreak44

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no, just saw you were from so cal and wondered :thinking:
i was kind of thinkin about joining but i wanted to get an opinion from a member/previous member
 

murph145

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could be me

and thanks BTW its just sittin here i just want some of the stags to start gettin huge
 

autofreak44

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i just got my first coral this week and im looking forward to adding to it.. hopefully my tank will look like yours one day (but in a 20 gallony kinda way)
 

cyclops

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That is a really nice tank. Do you have any troubles with corals being to close to other corals and stinging each other. i am afraid to get to many corals in my tank and have them kill each other plus I have 3 BTA. Do you add any chemicals to your tank?
Just looking for some suggestions
 

saltn00b

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murph - you made a lot of changes, or everything is growing out? looking pretty different today.
 

rebelprettyboy

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We all think our tank is so beautiful and then murph puts his tank on here and takes our joy away. lol j/k man that is one of the best tanks out there. do you even have live rock in that tank or is just coral on top of coral lol? beautiful tank and wonderful clam
 

murph145

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autofreak44 .... show some pics of ur new corals when u can im sure the tank will look awesome soon enough!
cyclops... as far as the corals getting too close at times they do and some seem to call a truce and stop growing into each other while some more of the polyp type soft corals become a nuiscance and like to grow around other corals.... but overall most corals seem to do just fine i try to space them for growth and then trim when necessary.... the BTA's can be a problem if they move around and touch corals but ive found the bubble anemones to be one of the weaker stinging corals... mine hasnt moved in over 2 years so hes happy where hes at... as far as adding chemicals i have a calcium reactor that does most of the work i will test for magnesium, alkalinity, and calcium and further adjust from there when needed...
saltnoob... the one thing that did change was my large yellow finger leather that used to be on the right side front of the tank all the sudden died after over 2 years of him flourishing i dont even know what happened so i moved some other things in its place and picked up a toadstool leather instead to try that out....
Scotts... hey dude thanks... when i went last time to the wholesalers they had no good zoo's that stood out thats y i didnt grab yah any maybe next time... hows ur tank doin?
azaintcold... thanks!

anubisxero... tell me about it this clam just grows and grows i think it could bite my hand off
rebelprettyboy... hahaha thanks for the kind words! yeah theres about 200 lbs of LR in there somewhere lol
Triga22... sand got blown to the sides since the flow kinda makes a vortex there along the front of the glass
 
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