Angel Reef

[biggles]

Glad to see things are heading in the right direction Ryan :thumbsup: What is that blue beauty ?

 

[ryanrid]

Glad to see things are heading in the right direction Ryan :thumbsup: What is that blue beauty ?

thanks champ.Its a blue staghorn i got from someone shutting down their tank a few months ago, he got it from a frag off one my mates years ago.

 

[glaukos]

Hey ryan that's a huge transformation compared to the previous pic:inlove:
Guess you are doing something right bud:beer:
And if that's not testing for n and p then leave tests in the cabinet......even though i have to confess that i'm really curious to see where they are

 

[ryanrid]

Hey ryan that's a huge transformation compared to the previous pic:inlove:
Guess you are doing something right bud:beer:
And if that's not testing for n and p then leave tests in the cabinet......even though i have to confess that i'm really curious to see where they are

thanks, you know what i have done... nothing. took the pellets offline, everyone in aus using these has had HUGE issues, besides that i do a 60L water change weekly.

yes i too am curious of N & P, i dont usually test this but might tonight.

 

[cFloor]

Good to see your tank coming around! I swear, sometimes less is more in this hobby.

 

[ryanrid]

Good to see your tank coming around! I swear, sometimes less is more in this hobby.

Thanks mate, corals have nice color and pe but got a lot of algae, here is another pic, I do find this to be one of the easier to keep sps tho

 

[ryanrid]

Finally got around to gluing corals down today, pretty happy with results

 

[reefmutt]

Wow. Nice!
Very natural looking. I really love the groupings.
So jealous of the length of your tank!
Yeah, welcome to the nuisance alge club!!

 

[ryanrid]

Wow. Nice!
Very natural looking. I really love the groupings.
So jealous of the length of your tank!
Yeah, welcome to the nuisance alge club!!

thanks, took me a while (months) to decide where to place the corals.

the algae is crap but hopefully gone soon, happened when i took the pellets offline.

 

[glaukos]

Ryan tank looks really nice mate:beer:
Love how you have placed the corals.
That algea issue happened to me also when i removed the pellets but with some gfo,wet skimming for a while and some regular WC's things were better in a couple of months.

 

[ryanrid]

Ryan tank looks really nice mate:beer:
Love how you have placed the corals.
That algea issue happened to me also when i removed the pellets but with some gfo,wet skimming for a while and some regular WC's things were better in a couple of months.

thanks mate, the algae sure is ugly, i am trying to run this tank with nothing but a skimmer and carbon when i add or cut corals. see if this works out otherwise will look at adding either rowa or brightwell pellets.

 

[sahin]

Tank is looking good matey. How are the acro colours compared to the ATI you have before?

 

[ryanrid]

Tank is looking good matey. How are the acro colours compared to the ATI you have before?

cheers buddy, it wouldnt really be comparing apples with apples with lighting as previously i was using zeovit and now i have no P or N absorbers just a skimmer

 

[Mr.Fishtank]

ryanrid,
Any way you could post a pic of your lighting schedule? I have the 6 bulb matrixx 2 dimtec. This is my first time with T5's and don't know where to start, Thanks

My bulb combo is: Front to back
b+
b+
c+
c+
abs
b+

 

[ryanrid]

ryanrid,
Any way you could post a pic of your lighting schedule? I have the 6 bulb matrixx 2 dimtec. This is my first time with T5's and don't know where to start, Thanks

My bulb combo is: Front to back
b+
b+
c+
c+
abs
b+

sure ill grab a pic next time i have that laptop out and can PM to you and post on here also.

 

[ryanrid]

i finally got my camera out and took macro pics, been a while and suprisingly came out well











and one of the few non SPS in the tank

 

[ryanrid]

one last one

 

[Wrangy]

Looking good Ryan that first monti is real cool too! And I'm always a sicker for a nice tricolour haha

Let me know when you get sick of that boring trachy though and I'll look after it for you haha

 

[ryanrid]

ryanrid,
Any way you could post a pic of your lighting schedule? I have the 6 bulb matrixx 2 dimtec. This is my first time with T5's and don't know where to start, Thanks

My bulb combo is: Front to back
b+
b+
c+
c+
abs
b+

Here it is


Red = 2 blue bulbs
Green = 2 whites
Purple = 2 blues
Blue = 1 purple 1 blue

Hth

 

[cFloor]

Nice pics Ryan. You've got some great color and PE going on. Looks like things are going well