Buildup of a 90 gallon Reef (picture intensive)

[thrlride]

How long did it take to get your colors back?

 

[BlueTBird]

thriride, your tank looks awsome. I love the corals you picked!

 

[Toomnymods]

Little over a month for colors and hink 6 weeks for the polyps to fully extend again.. This was even with haiving 15-20 gallon waterchanges done weekly.. these bugs really destroy the sps corals :/ Only thing we can really do is provide the best lighting/water/and food for them rest is up to the coral to recover..

 

[thrlride]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6499736#post6499736 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BlueTBird
thriride, your tank looks awsome. I love the corals you picked!

Thanks BlueTBird!

T,

Have you heard about blue/green chromis not taking the red bug treatment well? I've read a thread where they said theirs had died. Mine looks like they went through a dsb vs. bb fight! They're fins are ripped up, their scales are damaged, one is dead...

 

[thrlride]

update time. Lost two chromis in the red bug treatment. No other losses other than those pesky redbugs.

Two weeks after the RB treatment I did a FW treatment. No losses experience other than a lot of red bugs. Ozone will be added to the tank soon. I already have the controller, just waiting on the generator.

Here is an actinic shot:

And some more shots I submitted to reefmonkey in the photo contest:

 

[rjwilson37]

Looking Awesome thrlride, I am loving your tank!

 

[jamesBS]

tag

 

[Lunchbucket]

great shots buddy! what camera??

Lunchbucket

 

[thrlride]

That's quite the compliment coming from you rjwilson37, thank you!

Lunch, I think the macros are slowly getting better. Still have much room for improvement though. I am using a Canon G6 with no special attachments. I've seen some images from a Canon G5 with a macro lense and the shots were simply amazing.

I might invest in one of those as soon as I get some expendable income. Yeah right!

I've got a webcam on the tank now as well. http://www.reeftrends.com/webcam.html is the link. The lights will go off at 23:00 and only actinics are on now but it's still pretty cool.

 

[thrlride]

Here is a new coral I got from coral dynamics a few days ago.

This is close to the right color but it is actually more vivid than this:

Actinic shot but the color is quite accurate as well as the amazing glow. I've never seen one this color, it is quite stunning.

 

[electric130]

awesome man!

 

[thrlride]

Thanks.

This thing is practically highlighter yellow/green colored!

Let's hope it grows fast so it doesn't look so small in the tank.

 

[thrlride]

Click for a LARGE full tank shot image

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This one received some attention previously. The color of the new growth is a lot light and it has grown a good bit too.

 

[thrlride]

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