20H SPS Dream Tank

[Fishfreak218]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6719089#post6719089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis Savant
Haha, with SPS, the addiction is ballanced by your wallet

well then...um.. as u prob. know from n-r.com i um.. well, lets see.. um.. i guess my addiction will NEVER END!!!! lolololololol.....

 

[Travis Savant]

Lmao, true, true.

 

[Travis Savant]

New Coral...

Cali Tort, my personal all time favorite.

Green Slimmer, allittle blury, but it's realy a nice piece.

Green Table, this one is an even brighter green than the Green Slimmer!

Orange/Red Digitata, small frag but they are realy fast growers.

And last but certainly not least, the Silver Bullet, although I dodn't see anything silvery or bulletish about it...

I'll post a FTS when I have the Manifold up and working.

 

[Travis Savant]

Top Down shot on the GS.

 

[Travis Savant]

Ok, good news and bad news...

BAD NEWS
My Cali Tort began to STN, but I think I cought it in time and I fragged the uneffected parts. Here's a picture...

More Bad News...
My A. Validia (Tri Color) has started to bleach. I think it is because it's dead center of the tank, and right under the MH, so I am going to cut my lighting back to a 6 hour photoperiod. From what I can tell, most people on RC run these lights for 6 HPD (Hours Per Day) any ways. Here is a before and after picture.
Before

After

It still has polyps, so there's a chance it will make a recovery.

GOOD NEWS
I finaly got a good looking FTS...

Here's a side angle shot showing the manifold...

What do you guys and gals think?

 

[Travis Savant]

Here's a sweet picture of the Digitata that I just took.

 

[Clownfish11790]

I love the tank. Its comming a long very well. I wanted to get Acros, but I don't have enought lighting. Good Luck!

 

[Travis Savant]

Thanks Clownfish

 

[BelowH20]

Haven't been around the forums for a while now. The new tank is looking awesome. That cali tort is intense.

 

[Travis Savant]

Thanks BH2O

 

[kabal2]

travis your tank is looking good, its comming along really good, what fish you going to get for it??

Gabriel

 

[Travis Savant]

Starki Damselfish, Four-Line Wrasse, and an Orchid Dottyback.

Thanks

 

[cubanheat1]

Try to make a couple more flater surfaces for the sps.Rock looks good but you need less clutter.How is the heat issue with the 250w M.H? Thinkin of upgarding my 20gL lighting.Have you been adding calcium or are you thinking Nano C.reactor?

 

[Travis Savant]

cuban, I think my rockwork is fine, and I will only be adding a few more piece of SPS (I'm thinking 3).

I am doseing Ocean's Blend 2 Part Ca and pH/Alk.

 

[nm354]

thats nuts. I love it.

 

[Travis Savant]

Thanks nm

 

[Travis Savant]

 

[Skatereef]

It looking awsome keep it up

 

[DarkXerox]

Travis,

I think that one of the reasons that the smaller tort piece STNed is due to the epoxy. With smaller frags, I've found that they tend to not do well when immediately mounted with a lot of epoxy, and seem to like being mounted first with superglue onto a small rock. After they heal a little, I do the superglue/epoxy sandwiching to get it onto the rockwork. I think that when they are small, the excess heat given off by the epoxy curing causes them to stress.

Tank is lookin good though! The monti caps should start plating pretty fast and will look awesome down there.

 

[Travis Savant]

Thanks guys.

Xerox, someone from another board gave me the same advice also. Thanks