DanW's 187 SPS Dominated Reef Journal

[DanW]

Ramzy, that is my greenless Red Planet. I used to have it up pretty high and all the green dissapeared and it turned red and white. I moved it off to the side about 3 months and still no green. I do have the Red Robin but it is still pretty small.

 

[DanW]

 

[Reefer08]

Is that a hawkins on the left of your setosa?

How long did it take for you to grow your oregon that large?

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15285860#post15285860 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefer08
Is that a hawkins on the left of your setosa?

How long did it take for you to grow your oregon that large?

Winner, winner, winner chicken dinner. Pretty good Ramzy. The O-Tort went in to the tank April 2008 as a 1" frag.

Here is a recent picture of the Hawkins (been fragged a few times)

 

[pookstreet]

Man, you sure get some great growth. What's your secret???

 

[PnoyReefeR]

Very nice SPS Dan .. + 1 nice colonies

 

[Reefer08]

Very nice colors on your hawkins. Mine is one of my favorites in my tank.

So your Oregon Tort grew from a 1 inch frag to a huge colony in 13 months? Your growth rate on your sps is amazing. Somehow I think your cheating, Steriods? haha just kidding.

 

[ja3d]

I love the sps disposition and the growth are impressive, congratulations.

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15287159#post15287159 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pookstreet
Man, you sure get some great growth. What's your secret???

Carefully reading and rereading your thread, making note of every detail and exactly copying your technique.

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15287358#post15287358 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PnoyReefeR
Very nice SPS Dan .. + 1 nice colonies

Thanks Steve but I’ve read your posts, seen your pictures and lurk in your threads. Therefore I know that my colonies couldn’t hold your colonies jock strap.

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15288980#post15288980 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefer08
Very nice colors on your hawkins. Mine is one of my favorites in my tank.

So your Oregon Tort grew from a 1 inch frag to a huge colony in 13 months? Your growth rate on your sps is amazing. Somehow I think your cheating, Steriods? haha just kidding.

Thanks Ramzy. I really like the Hawkins also. I think that the Hawkins and the Pearlberry are the best ORAs followed closely by the German Green w/Blue Polyps. As far as growth, well I met a guy named Brian McNamee and ...:lol:

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15289384#post15289384 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ja3d
I love the sps disposition and the growth are impressive, congratulations.

Thanks ja3d. I would love to see pictures of a tank from the Canary Islands!

 

[Reefer08]

Hey Dan,

- How long do you run your metal halides for daily?
- What temp. do you keep your tank at?
- What salt do you use for water changes?

 

[mpoletti]

Were are todays pictures Dan

 

[pookstreet]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15291037#post15291037 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DanW
Carefully reading and rereading your thread, making note of every detail and exactly copying your technique.

OH NO!!! Read Mark's instead. Or at the least don't read past Dec '08

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15295041#post15295041 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefer08
Hey Dan,

- How long do you run your metal halides for daily?
- What temp. do you keep your tank at?
- What salt do you use for water changes?

Ramzy, I run my halides for 7 hrs. per day. During the cooler season, my tank runs between 77.5 - ~79.0 and during the hotter times 78 - 81.5 and I do not run a chiller. I've been using TMP (tried one bucket of D&D and switched back).

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15295182#post15295182 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
Were are todays pictures Dan

Mark, just got back from the Steinhart and WOW! The reef was awesome. The only thing is the place was a zoo, way too many people. Couldn't even get into the Planetarium.

How about a fish picture?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15295348#post15295348 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pookstreet
OH NO!!! Read Mark's instead. Or at the least don't read past Dec '08

I'm not so sure about that

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15295348#post15295348 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pookstreet
OH NO!!! Read Mark's instead. Or at the least don't read past Dec '08

Yah, right. Both of you guys have killer colors and if I could get colors like this then I would say I was successful!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15280935#post15280935 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pookstreet

 

[DanW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15295605#post15295605 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
I'm not so sure about that

When it comes to reefing:

Mark and Kenny = :bum: (Coral Pimps)

Dan = :jester: (Coral Clown)

:lol: