My 29gl. mixed reef(first pic post)
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myzislow
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Thanks again for the kind words everyone. I'm glad you guys enjoyed the pics.
estein- glad to hear your zoos have re-opened. I purchased all of my zoos as well as most of my corals at my LFS. I'm lucky to have a great LFS who takes care of me. I got my orange bam bams and neon orange skirted zoos for $50 for both rocks! They used to be fuller colonies too as I lost some to the zoa pox :-(. Another smoking deal she gave me was my duncans, I got 3 heads and a baby head for $50 as well! The only corals I've purchased online are my purple haze montipora and my acan lords, both aquacultured.
grub- surprisingly my acros are doing very well. I've owned both frags for about 4-5 months now. They have not only sustained there color but have actaully grown more intense. I have definitely seen alot of growth as well, though I'm sure if I had MH or even T5 the results would be even more noticeable. There polyp extension is always great and consistent.You can see that the green frag has completely encrusted over the epoxy I used to secure it to my live rock. I attribute my success(if you could call it that) to keeping my calcium and alkalinity levels up and consistent as well as there placement in my tank. As you can see they are at the very top and are also in a very high flow zone.
Thanks again
estein- glad to hear your zoos have re-opened. I purchased all of my zoos as well as most of my corals at my LFS. I'm lucky to have a great LFS who takes care of me. I got my orange bam bams and neon orange skirted zoos for $50 for both rocks! They used to be fuller colonies too as I lost some to the zoa pox :-(. Another smoking deal she gave me was my duncans, I got 3 heads and a baby head for $50 as well! The only corals I've purchased online are my purple haze montipora and my acan lords, both aquacultured.
grub- surprisingly my acros are doing very well. I've owned both frags for about 4-5 months now. They have not only sustained there color but have actaully grown more intense. I have definitely seen alot of growth as well, though I'm sure if I had MH or even T5 the results would be even more noticeable. There polyp extension is always great and consistent.You can see that the green frag has completely encrusted over the epoxy I used to secure it to my live rock. I attribute my success(if you could call it that) to keeping my calcium and alkalinity levels up and consistent as well as there placement in my tank. As you can see they are at the very top and are also in a very high flow zone.
Thanks again
myzislow
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Originally Posted by rbrockm1
how long have you had your brain coral? Also is that a Potter angelfish in your first pic?
My brain coral was one of my first purchases. I've had him since January of this year. The angel fish is that pic is a fishers angel, I think. Not 100% sure though. Here is a better picture:
how long have you had your brain coral? Also is that a Potter angelfish in your first pic?
My brain coral was one of my first purchases. I've had him since January of this year. The angel fish is that pic is a fishers angel, I think. Not 100% sure though. Here is a better picture:
its>salty<
Member
really nice tank!! huge change!!
mach03infront
Member
again very nice !
myzislow
Member
Well I recently scored a very nice piece at my LFS so I had to take some new shots and share. Thanks again for all the kind words everyone
here is my new coral and probably my favorite yet, blastmussa welssi:
with flash:
aquacultured rasberry ice lord acan:
aqucultured purple haze montipora, the polyps are more blood red then brown:
acropora and monti cap:
right side shot:
left side shot:
FTS:
let me know what you think.
here is my new coral and probably my favorite yet, blastmussa welssi:
with flash:
aquacultured rasberry ice lord acan:
aqucultured purple haze montipora, the polyps are more blood red then brown:
acropora and monti cap:
right side shot:
left side shot:
FTS:
let me know what you think.
ledzep fan
Active Member
Thats just unbelieveable.....You did a fantastic job with the tank.
The tank is gorgeous!!!
zepplin48138
Member
Awesome tank....that is the best stocked 30 I have seen.....Almost time for an upgrade.
thereefer9
Member
Amazing tank. Those rics are awesome
myzislow
Member
Thanks again everyone for the kind words on my tank.
ledzep fan- thanks a lot, that's quite a compliment.
kclester- my lights are only a 30" 130 watt dual PC fixture made by CURRENT. I think I paid somewhere around ~$130 for the fixture.
zepplin481-thanks,all my friends keep telling me it's time for an upgrade as well. In the future that will probably end up happening(distant future lol), but for now I'm enjoying the show
Plus, a couple of my good friends are setting up new, larger tanks, so it's been fun living vicariously through them, lol.I'll have to snap some shots of my buddy's new 75 reef, it's going to put my tank to shame once it's stocked a little more
ledzep fan- thanks a lot, that's quite a compliment.
kclester- my lights are only a 30" 130 watt dual PC fixture made by CURRENT. I think I paid somewhere around ~$130 for the fixture.
zepplin481-thanks,all my friends keep telling me it's time for an upgrade as well. In the future that will probably end up happening(distant future lol), but for now I'm enjoying the show
fishnrugby
New Member
what are your lights on the tank and nice job.
rldavisou
Member
Awesome tank! I've got a double-bulb PC light coming UPS tomorrow. I LOVE acros and montis but I hadn't heard of anyone having success w/ them under anything but halides. Calcium and alkalinity combined w/ high flow is your secret, huh? Anything else I should know before I try the same thing?
coraljunky
Active Member
Double wow.