265 gallon project
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i mounted a couple of my pieces yesterday and picked up a couple new ones. i'm a little nervous though because when these new pieces become acclimated i want to cut the base off and glue them to my rock but i have never fragged sps before and i dont know how brittle the pieces are. can the acro crumble when i cut it? i know it sounds like a stupid question but i have never done it before.
quy_nquyen
In Memoriam
colin that blue sps is AMAZING! i've never seen one that blue before
it was my first attempt at removing the frags from the plugs today. it was bloody nerve racking thinking i was going to destroy the piece. not much has changed lately with the tank. the algae bloom has died down, it was good because it only lasted about a week. anyhow here is some pics of the pieces mounted in their new locations
the flame angel leaves everything alone thank god. at first it was nipping a little at my motipora peltiformis but i think it was only algae he was after. i tried to catch him when this was happening but there was no chance i could get him. but i'm glad i left him because i love that fish and he is good right now with all the corals
i was so happy today to get finally get a hold of a bright pink seriatopora frag. it is about 1.5" to 2" piece. while at the store i also seen this pocillipora that is peach with neon green polyps and i could not leave it there. i'm hoping it will color up a little more. its hard to see the polyps in the picture but it looks so cool
big jump today. i dumped my vortechs and installed a tunze wavebox. this unit is awesome. super easy to hook up. i almost had an overlfow by trying to max out my wave. i used 2 6200 magnets to mount it. they are rated for 3/4" glass and i have 7/8" but they hold very well. the fish seem much more calm with the wave and there is a couple sps that the PE has improved within an hour of the unit being on. these pieces did not usually extend well until night time so that is a major bonus.
input on to the name of this piece would be awesome. i'm hoping it colors up because there is some purple/blue hues to it.
new monti frag
input on to the name of this piece would be awesome. i'm hoping it colors up because there is some purple/blue hues to it.
new monti frag
ruiny - i had never used a controller before and when i was building this tank i decided it would be beneficial. i'm a sucker for new products and a friend of mine was the first to own in north america so i drilled him for information on the unit. a big thing for me was the quality of the unit and probes, very high end. i loved all the options it was capable of and what options will be available in the future. i'm not knocking the other units at all but from what research i did i found this unit to work for me. i found a really cool spreadsheet on controller comparison. but i dont know how to copy the file to this or i would show you.
i2ik - i had some issues with the vortechs. because of the thickness of my glass the units never stayed aligned and the rattling was so bloody annoying. after using them for a few months i was not impressed with the quality of the units either. they did produce good flow, but i just decided they werent for me. i'm thinking of making a bracket to mount on the overflow to mount another wavysea and tunze but still have not decided. with the 2 tunzes and wavebox there is awesome flow now.
i2ik - i had some issues with the vortechs. because of the thickness of my glass the units never stayed aligned and the rattling was so bloody annoying. after using them for a few months i was not impressed with the quality of the units either. they did produce good flow, but i just decided they werent for me. i'm thinking of making a bracket to mount on the overflow to mount another wavysea and tunze but still have not decided. with the 2 tunzes and wavebox there is awesome flow now.
hawaiianwargod
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my tank has been hitting 83.5 degrees by the end of the day which isnt the end of the world but it did not leave me with much of a buffer zone. i already have a GHL 3 fan assy on my sump but today i bought a GHL 5 fan assy. i installed it near the end of the day and it brought the tank temp down 1 degree in about 2 hours. i love these setups. they are dead quiet too. i also had a wild colony on hold for the past week and went and picked it up. i also got another wild colony that i think has major potential. both pieces are hard to tell the colors in the pictures but in person they look pretty cool. there is also a small frag that i could not leave. i've never seen polyps extend as much as they do on this frag although they are not out in the pic. if you know the ID's of these pieces i'd love to hear it. i think both wild colonies may be plating acro possilby nana but i'm still a rookie when it comes to ID'ing
