Ed Reef's '295-gallon Peninsular ZEOVit SPS tank'

[melev]

Be sure to ramp up the magnesium this week.

 

[ReefingBuddha]

I'm hopeless with ID as well but when are those fancy new lights due?

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13349474#post13349474 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Be sure to ramp up the magnesium this week.

Thanks Marc

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13349681#post13349681 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thirschmann
I'm hopeless with ID as well but when are those fancy new lights due?

Light not left Germany yet Expected to arrived mid or end Oct

 

[edandsandy]

Ed, which test kit do you prefer? I see you are using 2 different brands.

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13349989#post13349989 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edandsandy
Ed, which test kit do you prefer? I see you are using 2 different brands.

Hi Sandy,

I prefer Elos as it's much easier to see the color change compare to Salifert. More steps in the Elos Mg testing kit but dead accurate IMO.

 

[13threefmaniac]

Just spent the last few hours going through this entire thread. Great tank Ed, and a thread to match. Have to say my favourite part is the rockwork.
p.s: Did you manage to catch the shroom muncher??

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13351373#post13351373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 13threefmaniac
Just spent the last few hours going through this entire thread. Great tank Ed, and a thread to match. Have to say my favourite part is the rockwork.
p.s: Did you manage to catch the shroom muncher??

Not yet but I have ban my urchin to the sump so monitoring if this will stop the shrooms from being someone's dinner

 

[Ed Reef]

MORE ZEOVIT PRODUCTS..!!

MORE ZEOVIT PRODUCTS..!!

More Zeo stuff arrived in the mail. Man…. dosing all these products is not cheap!! But hopefully the end results will be worth it!! :lol:

Water clarity is great so far and I have never run such ULNS before without any used of Phosphate or NO3 remover in my 9 years reefing to keep my NO3 and PO4 inline and so far, I’m please…!!



Of course credit must be given to my Deltec AP702 skimmer as well as it’s a true workhorse.

 

[melev]

Go chase your wife, with that stuff on your finger, around the house. :lol:

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13354878#post13354878 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Go chase your wife, with that stuff on your finger, around the house. :lol:

Why do you think she is so IN-LOVE with me

 

[13threefmaniac]

Could be the Rabbitfish...They are known to munch on Zoas, so shrooms should be no problem too. Nasty looking skimmate btw.

 

[hotwired99]

MMMMmmmmm
Tasty!!!!

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13355227#post13355227 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 13threefmaniac
Could be the Rabbitfish...They are known to munch on Zoas, so shrooms should be no problem too. Nasty looking skimmate btw.

Yeah, now thatr my Tuxedo Urchin is in the sump, the next suspect is my Rabbitfish....so far my Zoas is fine but my shrooms have no chance at all :eek2:

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13355411#post13355411 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hotwired99
MMMMmmmmm
Tasty!!!!

 

[salty55]

third pic from bottom looks like a browned out hydnophora. I could be wrong, i'm not the best at sps i.d.'s either. I hope you can find out what the first one is. I have one just like it, and I don't have a I.d. either.

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13360468#post13360468 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by salty55
third pic from bottom looks like a browned out hydnophora. I could be wrong, i'm not the best at sps i.d.'s either. I hope you can find out what the first one is. I have one just like it, and I don't have a I.d. either.

Thanks Salty55 - I was told the 1st one is a possible Acropora divaricata and the third pic is a possible Montipora confusa. I also think it's some sort of Monti and not a hydnophoro from the polys but who knows I ahve never seen a confuse with such growth before but quite positive it being a Monti

 

[Ed Reef]

MORE SPS …..!!

MORE SPS …..!!

What a week this has been for me…seems all the backlog corals I order prior to the Olympic starting here in China have decided to arrived together….

As you can imagine, I had a busy morning….….(took time off from work quietly to get this done….sssssshhhtttt!!)

These beautiful pieces are also cultured :rollface:

Acro SPS 7

This is my fav piece by far….any one can help with ID? Acro Granulosa maybe?

Acro SPS 8

 

[Ed Reef]

More pictures..

More pictures..

Acro SPS 9

Acro SPS 10

Pink Pocilopora
Can’t see it now but hopefully it color up soon!

Acro SPS 11
In the mix, this is a local wild branching Acro, which was given to me for FREE…

These batches of cultured frags are of much better quality and conditions compare to the earlier batch IMO. Sorry over here we don’t get those ‘designer’ corals like you guys get there…!! :lol:


ANY ID HELP GUYS??

 

[melev]

Well, I'm not good at this usually. I'll recognize a shape and put a name to it, but sometimes have them wrong.

#7 is gorgeous. I'm not sure. Very delicate and pretty - maybe A. granulosa like you suggested.
#8 is another favorite of mine. I had one once, but it didn't live longer than six weeks in my tank. I was sorry to see it RTN away.
#9, #10 - sorry, doesn't ring a bell yet.
#11 - Green Slimer, aka A. yongei would be my guess.

That Pocillopora will fuzzy out in a couple of days, and then you'll see lots of pink color.