A few random shots of my young tank

[Dapg8gt]

Some randoms I took while snapping pics of the Tahoe frags..

Reef ready grape juice finally showing color

Pearl berry


A new Deepwater was totally brown.. green dragon

CITR red dragon (copps)

Ora tri color valida

 

[Dapg8gt]

Copps pink table..


Sky blue acro




I have a lot more I'll try to post along with a new FTS.. Building a new sump and trying to incorporate my Ato reservoir into it to make room for a calcium reactor(maybe) or room in general and frag room will be finished next weekend room so I'll post that here also.. I'm trying to upload a video of my clowns spawning but photo bucket is crap for that..

 

[Dapg8gt]

Wow man thanks very much for taking the time to write all that. I really appreciate it.

Can you give a list of the ingredients in your home made food?

Many thanks again. :thumbsup:

Sorry sahin didn't see this post.. The ingredients were whatever I found fresh at the store kinda.. It has Scallops, oysters (live), clam (live), swordfish, prawns, mysis, enriched brine, selcon, mussels, and some other things I forgot =).. I'm running low so I'll be making some more in a few weeks.. I'm kinda excited lol

 

[sahin]

Hey dude, no need to apologise. The latest pics are pretty cool. You've got some awesome SPS pieces in there. Cant wait to these pieces grown out.

Got one last question for you: How many lbs of rock do you have in the tank and was it all liverock or a mix of dead/live rock?

PS, here is one of the pics I shopped a little to take out some of the blue cast; probably isnt anything close to what your tank looks like, but I think it shows that your corals are nicely coloured up.

 

[cbrennan4]

Wow! As a hardcore zoa guy, your SPS pictures make me want to start adding some nice SPS. That Red Dragon is sick!

 

[sahin]

Hope you dont mind me messing with your photos, but I photoshoped another one: yes, the colour cast is still off, but it shows your corals are VERY nice!

 

[Dapg8gt]

@cbrennen4 Thanks man I've been trying to do the zoa thing but I find myself to chicken to put them on my rock work in fear of messing up my sps lol.. So I guess deep down I like zoas but I'm enthralled by sps.

@sahin no worries on the pics at all man I'm glad you spent the time to do it and thank you. Looks closer to what is in the tank actually. I have no photoshop abilities and every time I mess with my photo editor app the pics turn out worse lol.. Do you just adjust the white balance?

For the live rock I have maybe Idk 70-90lbs?it was all live rock some from my old 45g and most from the tank when I purchased it running. I cooked off the nutrients in my garage for a few months as it had a horrible hair algae and p04 issue with the previous owner. Started all new dead sand and honestly still dealing with a little but of the new tank issues with it.. Cyano in patches etc.. Again man thanks for the effort on the pics I added a bunch of new stuff from a club order and I'm going to reefraft this weekend expecting to drop at least $500 so I should have some eye candy ( I'll try to get some decent pics lol) in the next few weeks..

 

[lokii_37]

Those are some good looking pieces, nice pics.

 

[Dapg8gt]

^^thanks... Your hybrid still rocking along? I need to do some tinkering with a few industrial t5's I got to add some leds so research and a trip to rapid is in my future..

On another note Decided to skip reef raft and invest in my frag tanks instead . Spent a big chunk on metal shelving to make it easier and more movable than wood so I'm not trying to dig in my pockets for the designers just yet =) . Maybe I can recoup some in the near future instead of blowing it all on acros for now lol..

 

[lokii_37]

The hybrid is still rocking. Corals are growing like mad. Colors are still a little pale but they are ok. I think it has more to do with the tank than the light

 

[humuhumupukapuka]

II'll try to find some better pics and maybe I'll be looking for a nice dslr soon. I find it hard to spend $ on that when I can just buy more coral or equipment though lol..

DSLR is cheap. Wait till you start buying nice lens... Nice tank BTW.

 

[Dapg8gt]

Thanks ^^



Caught in the act=) video somehow got cut short but it's kinda cool
13 year old clowns breeding.: http://youtu.be/afuUUay3oIs

(Can't figure out how to embed the video from my Android phone app or the mobile version of youtube.. I usually only post from my phone so things are a little harder =)

 

[woodnaquanut]

Nice vid. Thirteen Y/O. Impressive.

 

[ReeferJohn408]

Tanks looks amazingly healthy.

 

[sahin]

Nice video! Pretty cool to see that.

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[sahin]

Bump for a few more photos.

 

[Dapg8gt]

Bump for a feW photos.

Noticed your photos this morning in your thread =) .. Looking awesome your skills on photos and coral coloration are amazing man..

I have a few pics but haven't shot too many lately. Been trying to be patient and not mess around too much after a bad batch of salt that did a number on my system. Still recovering from the rtn and lost some Color on quite a few pieces Especially the reds for some reason .

Here's a where's Waldo with the garf bonsai..




A newer piece I'm really starting to like..


Tiny slow grower purple monster.. Doubled in size in about 4 months lol..


Hawkins..


Blah Fts =)..

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Tank needs a lot of time and work to be anything I consider jaw dropping but it will get there one day..

 

[sahin]

Looking great! :beer:

Love this new one you acquired:

 

[zero26]

Is that fixture 48"?

 

[Dapg8gt]

Is that fixture 48"?

Yeah its a 54w x 8bulb ATI powermodule. Tank was started on a 36" 6 bulb ATI sunpower.