A couple of new pics for Jan...

[tent boy]

The tank and rocks look so very clean. Your nutrient levels must be at zero or very close to it. My rocks have fuzzy hairy crap on most of them. Not that clean look that your have. Very nice indeed.

 

[Henry Colf]

You know, pics of tanks like that make me wonder why I even bother Outstanding.

Took alot of losses and lessons to get it to look like that. You sound like me a few years back. The tanks that we all drool over kept me trying harder and coming back. I think it looks pretty good but no the challenge is to let it fill in and keep the colors and the balacned I have achieved thus far.

 

[Henry Colf]

Looking good Henry! Definitely filling in from when I saw it last.

Thank You! Your tank is looking pretty good from the pics I saw in your post.

 

[Henry Colf]

The tank and rocks look so very clean. Your nutrient levels must be at zero or very close to it. My rocks have fuzzy hairy crap on most of them. Not that clean look that your have. Very nice indeed.

I think my nutrient levels are probably low but knowhere near zero. I have 5 decent sized fish that are pooping machines. I have a good sized clean up crew as well. 1 tiger cucumber, 1 queen conch, 6 hermit crabs and about 100 snails plus a few assorted shrimp. I feed pretty heavily when i'm home and usually 2x a day. I still have a few hundred asternia star fish as well(they've been gettin creamed by my shrimp)and they clean the rocks pretty good.

 

[Henry Colf]

Looks awesome, Henry! :thumbsup:

(BTW: All the frags I got from you are doing awesome.)

Thanks Scott, glad they are doing well. Do you see the frag I got from you? It is a real sweet piece. :beer:

 

[Henry Colf]

I forgot the FTS.....

:beer:

 

[tent boy]

I love the look of sand on the bottom, but it seems like sandless might be the way to go to reduce nutrient buildup. Henry, have you ever had sand in there? If you did, did you notice any differences in nutrients?

 

[Henry Colf]

I love the look of sand on the bottom, but it seems like sandless might be the way to go to reduce nutrient buildup. Henry, have you ever had sand in there? If you did, did you notice any differences in nutrients?

I did have a shallow sand bed in there at one time. It would look terrible all the time. I was vacuuming out a little every other water change and putting new sand in and it would always look like crap. There is still some in the tank but it's not accessable to remove and there's not really enough to cause issue's plus I have to have some in the tank for the tiger cuke to sift through to eat. The bottom of the tank that is sandless is covered in coraline algae now.

 

[mess7777]

by far the best chinese led results i have seen to date. do you have any growth pics?

 

[Henry Colf]

Here's some Red Planet growth shots;

Here's some Miyagi Tort growth shots;

These are around a years growth for each coral.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

nice growth series

nice growth series

Henry- remind me again.... your Red Planet came from where?

 

[Henry Colf]

Henry- remind me again.... your Red Planet came from where?

Gary Greguire...lol....:thumbsup:

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gary Greguire...lol....:thumbsup:

and Greguire got it from the guy in New Hampshire that got it from Todd that got it from me...

so it can be traced back to me, right?

 

[Henry Colf]

and Greguire got it from the guy in New Hampshire that got it from Todd that got it from me...

so it can be traced back to me, right?

Yes it can. If I remember correctly your brother bought it for you from John at Marine Oasis.

 

[Henry Colf]

Gary, you know I was just bustin your stones right?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gary, you know I was just bustin your stones right?

yup and yup.

But others reading this don't know dat.

 

[Henry Colf]

Lol!!!!

 

[Cyclingwolfe]

You know, pics of tanks like that make me wonder why I even bother Outstanding.

It gives hope that's what's up

 

[solRNY]

wow, the colors are amazingly vibrant

 

[Henry Colf]

wow, the colors are amazingly vibrant

Thanks Lang, you should give me a call the next time your over this way and stop by. The Red Dragon is finally taking off..