thereeferr
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That blue stag is absolutely amazing, i have never seen a stag anywhere close to that size for sale around my area.
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evolutionZ
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Strangly, this piece came from a tank that appears to be seriously neglected and it was the only acropora inside! (there was another beautiful birdnest too) The tank was only chilled with a fan (Here in singapore, a chiller is a MUST) and the rocks were covered with hair algae.. It was well litted by Reef breeders LED and its a pity i forgotten to test his water.. I was shocked to see it so nicely colored despite all these conditions
A total of 3 survived! Strangely, they were eating TDO Pellets and yet they perished.. Some were found floating around and some just disappeared.
Indeed! I was really really lucky to find this :bounce2:
evolutionZ
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i've never see something so big for sale before too!
evolutionZ
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I was looking at some photos when i first started this tank and first started filling it up with SPS and its about 2 months since all these happened.. Due to this being a new tank (started stocking/bringing back SPS less when tank's less then 1 month old) and i was battling high phosphate (probably leaking from those rocks), most of my SPS turned brown or wasn't as brightly colored.. Finally im seeing some difference after removing AIO Biopellets and going back to what i used to and had great success, which are vinegar dosing and Rowaphos.
My current Parameters:
kH 7.6-8.2
Ca 400-410
Mg 1700 (Yes 1700! Maintaining at this level to reduce algae growth and encourage coraline, slowly reducing now by doing WC weekly)
Potassium 390-400
No3 : 0ppm
Po4 : 0.02-0.1 (my hanna checker gives a varied result)
Im also back on Red sea Salt (Normal) instead of Skimz, im seeing more PE after the switch (using red sea for 10% WC Weekly). Not sure if it is due to the salt though...
Now here's some before and after photos of some SPS showing a 2 month time gap.
Bali Green slimer, fresh from a culturing farm
Now, Grown quite alot!
Purple bonsai
I lost the purple totally for about a month and im seeing that the purple are coming back
I cant wait for it to return to it's former glory...
Radioactive birdnest
amazing growth in just 2 months
Blue tenius, i wasn't prepared to buy a big colony back then and saw a small frag accidentally fragged off, bought that instead.
It has turned out to be a true beauty! regretting not getting the colony..
A pink based birdsnest with greenish polyps..
My current Parameters:
kH 7.6-8.2
Ca 400-410
Mg 1700 (Yes 1700! Maintaining at this level to reduce algae growth and encourage coraline, slowly reducing now by doing WC weekly)
Potassium 390-400
No3 : 0ppm
Po4 : 0.02-0.1 (my hanna checker gives a varied result)
Im also back on Red sea Salt (Normal) instead of Skimz, im seeing more PE after the switch (using red sea for 10% WC Weekly). Not sure if it is due to the salt though...
Now here's some before and after photos of some SPS showing a 2 month time gap.
Bali Green slimer, fresh from a culturing farm
Now, Grown quite alot!
Purple bonsai
I lost the purple totally for about a month and im seeing that the purple are coming back
I cant wait for it to return to it's former glory...
Radioactive birdnest
amazing growth in just 2 months
Blue tenius, i wasn't prepared to buy a big colony back then and saw a small frag accidentally fragged off, bought that instead.
It has turned out to be a true beauty! regretting not getting the colony..
A pink based birdsnest with greenish polyps..
evolutionZ
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Strange enough, it looks totally different now
SSC and blue tip green stag..
SSC lost its color but its slowly regaining back, seems to be branching out!
blue tip green stag is growing pretty fast too.. encrusting and branching at the same time
The rest shows the update of my SPS now..
Sun set monti
True optic Fibre
Aussie spathulata
Red planet
Purple bonsai, yes its the same as the one above! the colony was encrusting very well on a piece of rock before i decommed the old tank, i had to seperate colony from the base and found it a pity to throw the base away.. So i fragged it up and this the main piece! Its starting to branch out too!
red stag, base is turning green
SSC and blue tip green stag..
SSC lost its color but its slowly regaining back, seems to be branching out!
blue tip green stag is growing pretty fast too.. encrusting and branching at the same time
The rest shows the update of my SPS now..
Sun set monti
True optic Fibre
Aussie spathulata
Red planet
Purple bonsai, yes its the same as the one above! the colony was encrusting very well on a piece of rock before i decommed the old tank, i had to seperate colony from the base and found it a pity to throw the base away.. So i fragged it up and this the main piece! Its starting to branch out too!
red stag, base is turning green
evolutionZ
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My fav sps, a unique SSC..
Color's pretty bad now.. cant wait to return to its former glory in my old tank.
Strawberry Field
Aussie Duncan
Crocea Clam
Hardworking sea hare! Look at how small their eyes are!
Will be uploading some videos !
Color's pretty bad now.. cant wait to return to its former glory in my old tank.
Strawberry Field
Aussie Duncan
Crocea Clam
Hardworking sea hare! Look at how small their eyes are!
Will be uploading some videos !
evolutionZ
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Missed out some stuff, Extremely happy with my Curve 7!
As i will be away most of the time from now on, i decided to make things easier for my dad who will be helping me dose my zeovit and Fauna marin Color elements, zeovit has been labeled and are easy to dose (2 drops each time).. FM CE will be more troublesome as im dosing 3ml and 2ml of ultra organics. To make things easier for my dad, i found these cute little containers in Daiso. The wine shape container holds 3ml and the fish shape one holds 2ml.
When packed like this, my dad can simply take the containers out and squeeze into the tank. I don't have to worry about him forgetting which is which and risks of overdosing.
As i will be away most of the time from now on, i decided to make things easier for my dad who will be helping me dose my zeovit and Fauna marin Color elements, zeovit has been labeled and are easy to dose (2 drops each time).. FM CE will be more troublesome as im dosing 3ml and 2ml of ultra organics. To make things easier for my dad, i found these cute little containers in Daiso. The wine shape container holds 3ml and the fish shape one holds 2ml.
When packed like this, my dad can simply take the containers out and squeeze into the tank. I don't have to worry about him forgetting which is which and risks of overdosing.
markalot
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Looking fantastic!
I'm also a big fan of Red Sea Blue Bucket, but I can't lift the biggest size and the smaller ones are $$$. I'm buying the smaller buckets and doing a 25% mix of Red Sea and Seachem Reef Salt, which seems to be working well. About 9KH when mixed so a 10% change doesn't move my KH too much.
I really need Red Sea to start selling their salt in boxes of smaller bags!
I'm also a big fan of Red Sea Blue Bucket, but I can't lift the biggest size and the smaller ones are $$$. I'm buying the smaller buckets and doing a 25% mix of Red Sea and Seachem Reef Salt, which seems to be working well. About 9KH when mixed so a 10% change doesn't move my KH too much.
I really need Red Sea to start selling their salt in boxes of smaller bags!
evolutionZ
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A video update, remember to watch in 1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N7cxkgqaE0
this video is with all pumps turned off..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Z-4N_bZas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N7cxkgqaE0
this video is with all pumps turned off..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Z-4N_bZas
evolutionZ
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Thanks markalot!
Im a fan too! But i switched to a cheaper alternative (skimz is really cheap here in singapore) when the red sea's price went up. Recently it went down and it cost about just USD10 more then the skimz so i happily made the switch back!
Actually i bag the salt in bags of 480g, when poured into a salt pail full of DI water (17L i think), it mixes well to 1.025.. Saves me alot of hassle!
SneekaPeek
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they do 50g bags of salt. 3 bags to a box. talk to your lfs to bring some in for you!
Locally, san diego, we have a distributor who carries tons of this stuff. I love the near to natural salt the blue bucket gives. however, I do raise my mag in my water change water before I add the salt. Gives me perfect levels for large water changes. mag 1350 cal 410ish range and alk 7.7dkh
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
The tank looks fantastic!
evolutionZ
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Its been sometime since i last updated! Thing hasn't been going too well as green hair algae continues to thrive on my rocks! only recently i started using Fauna Marin Ultra phos instead of Rowaphos then things starts to get better!
As im only usually home 2 days a week, tank is mostly maintained by my dad.. i still continues to do 10% WC weekly.
Growth is good but color is not there yet.. nowhere near my old set up.
this large coloy of sky blue stag has lost most of its color couple weeks back, color started coming back from the tip onwards.. Hopefully in the near future it can color up back to its former glory! Its been growing really well though!
purple bonsai
bali slimer
radioactive birdsnest
interestingly this unique smooth skin tabling acro is not tabling in this tank
and one of my blue eye anthias turned male! Sadly it killed 2 other blue eye anthias.. leaving the last female alone..
FTS
Thats all for now!
As im only usually home 2 days a week, tank is mostly maintained by my dad.. i still continues to do 10% WC weekly.
Growth is good but color is not there yet.. nowhere near my old set up.
this large coloy of sky blue stag has lost most of its color couple weeks back, color started coming back from the tip onwards.. Hopefully in the near future it can color up back to its former glory! Its been growing really well though!
purple bonsai
bali slimer
radioactive birdsnest
interestingly this unique smooth skin tabling acro is not tabling in this tank
and one of my blue eye anthias turned male! Sadly it killed 2 other blue eye anthias.. leaving the last female alone..
FTS
Thats all for now!
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