Ed Reef's '295-gallon Peninsular ZEOVit SPS tank'
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Ed Reef
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Yeah, a mitratus butterfly will look great in your tank Richard. Never seen it in any LFS before in this part of the world thou' :eek2:
Yeah, damn for the salt!! Shipment is just too much (even after discount on the salt) as it just weight too much
Anyway, get another option I'm working on at this moment and will keep everyone posted once finalized
Ed Reef
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13608430#post13608430 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by i2ik
I dont know in which part of china you are Ed but i did saw 3 mitratus in Hong Kong this summer while i was visiting! You will probably be able to get a hand on those beautiful fish there!
Really??? Thanks for the head up.. I'm only about an hour flight from HK. That's where most of my corals comes from anyway
i2ik
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No problem You have a great seleciton of fish in the fish market! I would love to be able to pick up fish there! I saw a store using zeo product but the guy told me that they are also using a chinese brand product to pop out the color too... He had no more in stock, and i was leaving in a few days, so could not buy any of that stuff...
You have a great seleciton of fish in the fish market! I would love to be able to pick up fish there! I saw a store using zeo product but the guy told me that they are also using a chinese brand product to pop out the color too... He had no more in stock, and i was leaving in a few days, so could not buy any of that stuff...
Ed Reef
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NEW FISHES
NEW FISHES
Finally manage to persuade my LFH owner to give up his Majestic angel. I’ve been ‘working’ on him for months now…. He’s been keeping him since juv at his home tank and now has double in size, which I convince him he needs a bigger tank!
Also trying out another wrasse…not sure what type this is…the head has nice pink/green coloration…
Any ID on this wrasse? If this wrasse also doesn’t make it, I’m going to give up on wrasse and moving on to other species…
Meanwhile, 3 of the anthias I added on Sun evening seem to be missing?? I can only count a total of 9 anthias during feeding time?? Not sure if some are still hiding between the rocks or I fear the worst?
NEW FISHES
Finally manage to persuade my LFH owner to give up his Majestic angel. I’ve been ‘working’ on him for months now…. He’s been keeping him since juv at his home tank and now has double in size, which I convince him he needs a bigger tank!
Also trying out another wrasse…not sure what type this is…the head has nice pink/green coloration…
Any ID on this wrasse? If this wrasse also doesn’t make it, I’m going to give up on wrasse and moving on to other species…
Meanwhile, 3 of the anthias I added on Sun evening seem to be missing?? I can only count a total of 9 anthias during feeding time?? Not sure if some are still hiding between the rocks or I fear the worst?
Nice majestic. Congrats.
I wanted to let you know that your butterfly review could not have been more timely. The local LFS just received 3 Semilarvatus. I am at the front of the line for at least 2. I may even get all three for a small school. He will not sell them until they are eating so I will know later in the week how many, if any, I am getting. These are for the FO.
Ward
I wanted to let you know that your butterfly review could not have been more timely. The local LFS just received 3 Semilarvatus. I am at the front of the line for at least 2. I may even get all three for a small school. He will not sell them until they are eating so I will know later in the week how many, if any, I am getting. These are for the FO.
Ward
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Great looking Majestic Ed. How is it behaving? Have you found the trio of missing anthias yet?
garrettm85
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I just spent a while going through this thread. I have learned alot. Thank you. I love your setup. Your tank is beautiful and your experience with lighitng and the various conversations that have gone on around lighting have got me thinking.
Thanks and keep the updates coming!
Garrett
Thanks and keep the updates coming!
Garrett
Ed Reef
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WATER PARAMETER UPDATES….
WATER PARAMETER UPDATES….
Did a 10% WC and this week’s water parameters updates:
➢ Temperature â€"œ 27.0 degree C (light on)
➢ Salinity â€"œ 1.026
➢ Ph â€"œ 8.25 (Light on)
➢ NO3 â€"œ 0.2 (Salifert â€"œ same as last week)
➢ PO4 â€"œ 0 (Salifert â€"œuntraceable)
➢ PO4 â€"œ 0.045 (D&D PO4 â€"œ same as last week)
➢ dKH â€"œ 9 (API test kit â€"œ down from last week 10.5)
➢ dKH â€"œ 9.5 (Elos test kit â€"œ down from last week 11)
➢ Ca â€"œ 440 (Salifert test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ Ca â€"œ 420 (Elos test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ Mg â€"œ 1470 (Salifert test kit - up from last week 1410)
➢ Mg â€"œ 1450 (Elos test kit â€"œ up from last week 1350)
➢ Potassium â€"œ380 (stable)
NO3/ PO4
- Don’t know why it does not come down further from this…been holding this parameters for over 6 weeks already
dKH
- Finally coming down after toning down my Ca Rx but will have to watch the params as I don’t want it to drop too fast
Ca
- My Ca params is stable. At least now my Ca and dKH is inline.
Mg
- Don’t know why my Mg raised?
This week, I will continue to reduce the output of my Ca Rx to bring down my dKH, Ca and Mg accordingly. :rollface:
WATER PARAMETER UPDATES….
Did a 10% WC and this week’s water parameters updates:
➢ Temperature â€"œ 27.0 degree C (light on)
➢ Salinity â€"œ 1.026
➢ Ph â€"œ 8.25 (Light on)
➢ NO3 â€"œ 0.2 (Salifert â€"œ same as last week)
➢ PO4 â€"œ 0 (Salifert â€"œuntraceable)
➢ PO4 â€"œ 0.045 (D&D PO4 â€"œ same as last week)
➢ dKH â€"œ 9 (API test kit â€"œ down from last week 10.5)
➢ dKH â€"œ 9.5 (Elos test kit â€"œ down from last week 11)
➢ Ca â€"œ 440 (Salifert test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ Ca â€"œ 420 (Elos test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ Mg â€"œ 1470 (Salifert test kit - up from last week 1410)
➢ Mg â€"œ 1450 (Elos test kit â€"œ up from last week 1350)
➢ Potassium â€"œ380 (stable)
NO3/ PO4
- Don’t know why it does not come down further from this…been holding this parameters for over 6 weeks already
dKH
- Finally coming down after toning down my Ca Rx but will have to watch the params as I don’t want it to drop too fast
Ca
- My Ca params is stable. At least now my Ca and dKH is inline.
Mg
- Don’t know why my Mg raised?
This week, I will continue to reduce the output of my Ca Rx to bring down my dKH, Ca and Mg accordingly. :rollface:
That NO3 level is good. Any lower and you will start to starve your corals... You need something for them to absorb to survive... 
As for your PO4, I'd say your pretty good where you are, you don't really want it under .03 as that will cause SPS to pale a little bit and lPS to totally starve...
Did you switch salts this time?
As for your PO4, I'd say your pretty good where you are, you don't really want it under .03 as that will cause SPS to pale a little bit and lPS to totally starve...Did you switch salts this time?
Ed Reef
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13623258#post13623258 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ooja3k
That NO3 level is good. Any lower and you will start to starve your corals... You need something for them to absorb to survive...
Did you switch salts this time?
Thanks Ryan - I'm still trying to zero out the NO3 as I want to supplement Zeo food and AAHC
As for the salt, I'm still using TMPro (open a new bucket) but I think the drop on dKH is cause by me reducing the output of the Ca RX
Ed Reef
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A REEFER’S WET DREAM – MINE ANYWAY!!
A REEFER’S WET DREAM â€"œ MINE ANYWAY!!
Got a call and a shipment of mixed cultured frags and wild SPS arrived in HK this week. A friend of mine who knows a friend, who have a friend in the right place who have a relative and knows a friend…. you get the picture manage to bring in these for me:
As we cannot import SPS directly into China, I had to get someone to bring it over from HK to Shenzhen and then get someone to pick it up in Shenzhen for me and shipped it here.
In order to ensure my corals arrived in the best possible condition, I got my LFS in Shenzhen (next to HK) to re-pack each pieces for me and do an overnight shipment (8 hours but with less heat and fresh WC in the bag) so it arrived here early morning …
Each styroform box is pack over with a carton box to give it extra protection. I’m quite please with the overall packaging….
Styrofoam box open:
There is not that many pieces, only a total of 6 wild colonies and 5 cultured pieces and the rest of the bags are just ice water to keep the temperature down and to stop the bags from moving around during transportation.
A REEFER’S WET DREAM â€"œ MINE ANYWAY!!
Got a call and a shipment of mixed cultured frags and wild SPS arrived in HK this week. A friend of mine who knows a friend, who have a friend in the right place who have a relative and knows a friend…. you get the picture
manage to bring in these for me:
As we cannot import SPS directly into China, I had to get someone to bring it over from HK to Shenzhen and then get someone to pick it up in Shenzhen for me and shipped it here.
In order to ensure my corals arrived in the best possible condition, I got my LFS in Shenzhen (next to HK) to re-pack each pieces for me and do an overnight shipment (8 hours but with less heat and fresh WC in the bag) so it arrived here early morning …
Each styroform box is pack over with a carton box to give it extra protection. I’m quite please with the overall packaging….
Styrofoam box open:
There is not that many pieces, only a total of 6 wild colonies and 5 cultured pieces and the rest of the bags are just ice water to keep the temperature down and to stop the bags from moving around during transportation.
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