300gal Acro Pic's

[makoJ]

Thanks Rickyrooz1!

 

[ssavader]

MakoJ, can you ID the acro in your last photo please.? Thanks.

 

[robs fish]

Wow is all I can say that growth and the colours are very impressive,love the FTS.

Rob

 

[ClownReef®]

Yeah..in person that tank is breath taking.. we are fortunately enough to have seen it and its just amazing! But the owners are twice as awesome!

 

[makoJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11697602#post11697602 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ssavader
MakoJ, can you ID the acro in your last photo please.? Thanks.

didn't know if you meant this thread or my tank thread

The last one in this thread:
Greg hiller's Aqua Delight

The last one in my tank thread:
Ultimates Red Stag

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11697922#post11697922 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by robs fish
Wow is all I can say that growth and the colours are very impressive,love the FTS.

Rob

Thanks!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11699773#post11699773 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ClownReef®
Yeah..in person that tank is breath taking.. we are fortunately enough to have seen it and its just amazing! But the owners are twice as awesome!

Thanks man! looking forward to seeing your tank up and running

 

[fishfanatic06]

I wish my growth was that fast. I just dont get why some people get such fast growth.

 

[dvanacker]

CRAZY COLORS.

I just had a seizure @!@!

 

[Rickyrooz1]

What are you feeding your corals and what do you feed the fish? Are you feeding pappone?

 

[makoJ]

Thanks dvanacker!

Rickyrooz1: I feed the corals frozen cubes of coral food by H20 Life and cyclopese and rotifers. I'm not doing the pappone method.

 

[WarrenG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11699985#post11699985 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishfanatic06
I wish my growth was that fast. I just dont get why some people get such fast growth.

When I'm diving I see most of the more colorful corals at about 15-45 feet deep. The spectral output of the actinics is very much like the light spectrum found at 15-30 feet deep.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i4/fluorescent_lamps/fluorescent_lamps.htm

It looks like MakoJ is providing even more intensity of that light than the corals would see in the wild.

 

[makoJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11711803#post11711803 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WarrenG
When I'm diving I see most of the more colorful corals at about 15-45 feet deep. The spectral output of the actinics is very much like the light spectrum found at 15-30 feet deep.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i4/fluorescent_lamps/fluorescent_lamps.htm

It looks like MakoJ is providing even more intensity of that light than the corals would see in the wild.

Thanks for the info!! That was one of my goals for this tank was to have
insane amount of actinics, I was called crazy by several people for doing it as well as having 4-400w'ers on top of it lol

 

[WarrenG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11711941#post11711941 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by makoJ
Thanks for the info!! That was one of my goals for this tank was to have
insane amount of actinics, I was called crazy by several people for doing it as well as having 4-400w'ers on top of it lol

I'm just getting going with SPS in the last couple months but more and more of what I read where objective measurements are evaluated is that actinic is very important, and their spectrum does match what I see on an ocean reef. But you know, so many people say MH with two actinics on the side... Your tank really confirms my hunch-12+ hours with lots of actinic and 4-6 hours with a whiter spectrum mixed in.

And thanks for sharing so much of your time to help the rest of us. I think your coral growth pic's are the most telling because some people start out with big corals and when they grow 20% in a year people think it's great. You have raised the expectations.

I was also wondering where you acquire such a wide variety of corals. Do you have some favorite online sellers you can tell us about?

 

[Maximus]

Hey Mako, here is the original mother colony of the aquadelight. I took this pic around 8-9 years ago and gave a frag to Greg Hiller.

 

[makoJ]

Thanks, I've got some really cool and rare coral when TexasTodd broke down his system. I hit the usual online sites like atlantis, reefermadness, extreme, fragfarmers, and lately austinaquafarms

When I lived in San Antonio there were some really nice stores back then that got in some really nice stuff

 

[makoJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11712079#post11712079 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maximus
Hey Mako, here is the original mother colony of the aquadelight. I took this pic around 8-9 years ago and gave a frag to Greg Hiller.

wow thats awesome I didn't know you originated that coral, I really love that one!

 

[SitBackAndWatch]

Its january... wheres the FTS?!?!

 

[makoJ]

about two pages back I posted a link to my thread lol Click here for the thread

but here you go:

 

[jhebi]

Wowww.....Very nice Mako, love your tank, wish my tank was half as good.....Beautifull!!!!!!

 

[Jester]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11672960#post11672960 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by makoJ
Thats Mike Paletta's Pink and Green

Where can I get my hands on a piece of this Paletta's Pink and Green..?? That is an awesome piece. Thanks.

Jester

 

[makoJ]

Thank you jhebi!!

Jester: The only place that I have seen it was at fragfarmer but its coloring doesn't look like mine.