Pics Of Your Corals!!!!!!!!

[attml]

SteveWeast,
Your tank is one of the nicest that I have seen! What type of MH/ actenic setup do you have? (MH Ballast/Watts/maker of your MH bulbs/Kelvin temp of bulbs?) I ask this because there is always a big debate on what is the best (i.e - iwsakis, ushios, AB, etc...). I am a big fan of letting my eyes be the judge and that is why I am wondering what you are running (since your corals have such nice color!)! Thanks for your help!

 

[flamingkingofhe]

SPSfreak100
I have the same polyp hitchhiker that has started to multiply as well

 

[steveweast]

Attml: I run (4) 400watt 20K radiums on pulse start ballasts plus (4) 400watt 10K ushios on pulse start ballasts plus (6) 165 watt actinic VHO on Ice Cap 430 ballasts. I am thinking of changing two of my 10K's to Iawasaki 6.5K's....I think my tank is slightly too blue.

 

[searcher]

Here's my plate coral.

 

[searcher]

Mushrooms.

 

[attml]

SteveWeast,
Thank you very much!!! Your tank was definitley one of the ones that inspired me to save money to buy a metal halide system! Although my tank is much smaller (55gal) I went with 2- 250w 10k ushios and 2 - 110w actenic VHO's( I am setting up the system tomorrow). Are your pulse start ballasts PFO standards? Thanks!

 

[yosemite sam]

Here are a few shots of my tank
The middle-left side

Some glove polys

A sinularia

 

[searcher]

Blue Mushrooms

 

[logan15]

searcher is that a long or short tentacle plate?i also wanted to know if i could have either a pink brain or a candy coral under my 110 watt PC's plus 2 40watt No actinic 03's so that would be about 190 watts or almost 5 watts per gallon.I like the LPS and wanted to know if that combination would be good for any of the LPS's?
Please Help,
Logan

 

[logan15]

35 corals people lets try and get 50 grab all the coral pics you got and i want everyone to know i finally got my blue fiji damsel out and now its just my scarlet cleaner shrimp and my beautiful bangaii heres a pic little off topic but im just so happy Yeah he would thank anyone who knew about LPS's lol
Logan

 

[searcher]

Logan, that's a short tentacle plate coral. The tentacles are fully extended in the picture. I can't answer your lighting questions. But from reading posts from this site, I probably shouldn't have it with the lights I have. Anyway, I've had the plate coral for 4 months. It always looks good and it has grown a little.

 

[jonthefb]

Yosemite, that squamosa is gorgeous! any chance of a close up?
steve, and bigmac, beautiful tanks, as always....i only hope that the 65 i am currently settign up with 2X250w mh and 2X96 VHO actinics will look as nice as yours someday!
p.s. steve, if you ever frag those blue ricordeas i saw awhile back, let me know!
jonthan.garnett@attbi.com

 

[logan15]

Yosemite your tank is stunning

 

[yosemite sam]

Thanks Logan. Actually, I messed up, that's the right side, not the left.
Jon,
Here you go....

 

[logan15]

beautiful clam Yosemite how do you do it
You guys im fianlly a sohol tang lol 1698 till im a shark i believe lol

 

[logan15]

heres some incase anyone missed them lol im just so proud of my tank im 15 i have to be proud and shout it out loud

 

[logan15]

anymore?

 

[broomer5]

here's one

 

[brooklyn johnny]

Top shot of my 10 gallon...

 

[dfishh]

how hard r the acroporas and hard corals like them to take care of, i want to get a small one to c if it will do good and then get bigger ones later. i have decided they r my new favorite corals after seeing all urs!
DAVE