gone solar

[hobogato]

here is a fts and some section pics from today:

 

[melev]

Several of the close ups are less than stunning, but the overall tank shots look good. How are you enjoying your day-lit tank from a visual perspective? Was it hard to get used to?

I like how some of those corals have colored up, how some pests evaporated, and of course the savings you're enjoying.

 

[hobogato]

i know, i had the hardest time taking pics today.... i took about 100 or more pics and only got 20 or so that were close to decent. i was playing around with the iso quite a bit and it just wasnt working.

overall, i am very happy with the look of the tank and the only thing that was hard to get used to was the lack of control over the lighting. if someone comes to visit in the late evening, they really only get the actinic lighting view of the tank.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13531957#post13531957 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Several of the close ups are less than stunning,

 

[texreefer]

Finally have mine back up and running, here is a shot of my tank with 18" tube above it

and another shot showing the two reefs

 

[melev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13531981#post13531981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hobogato
i know, i had the hardest time taking pics today.... i took about 100 or more pics and only got 20 or so that were close to decent. i was playing around with the iso quite a bit and it just wasnt working.

overall, i am very happy with the look of the tank and the only thing that was hard to get used to was the lack of control over the lighting. if someone comes to visit in the late evening, they really only get the actinic lighting view of the tank.

I knew that. I didn't mean to be so negative, sorry.

You need a back up sun for those evening guests. Or light some candles.

 

[JMBoehling]

Tex,

Looks Great! Very natural looking.

Jim

 

[hllywd]

10" Velux rigid tubes at Menards for $142 until tomorrow...

Tim

 

[pistol]

Glad to see your back up and running mike.

 

[cymbiline]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13531992#post13531992 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by texreefer
Finally have mine back up and running, here is a shot of my tank with 18" tube above it

and another shot showing the two reefs

What size is your tank?

Bob

 

[texreefer]

Its a 4' wide 3' deep 190 gal.. if you have any questions Please Pm me so we don't take over Ace's Nice thread

 

[hobogato]

not necessary - good to see the thread continue

i wish more people would present their solar tanks here as well.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13544535#post13544535 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by texreefer
if you have any questions Please Pm me so we don't take over Ace's Nice thread

 

[sfsuphysics]

Wow Ace, you got some impressive coloring that your corals went to. I much rather like the 2 month break than the 1 week later pictures too

Keep it going, the more you do this, the more tempted I'll be to use it on my next tank

 

[UnderwaterMike]

sfsuphysics i'm with you. if i weren't in an appartment...

 

[hobogato]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13435947#post13435947 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Hey Ace, that's a sign of acro-eating flatworms. I would start a detailed inspection stat.

i took your advice, and found nothing..... until this morning.

i found eggs on the bottom of two large colonies and on a third colony, one large (1/4") worm. i took all three of them out and dipped them, but found no other flat worms i thought my fluke tabs may be too old, so i even took a large chunk of one of the colonies with eggs and put it in tap water - no flatworms came off

i had been flatworm free for nealy two years.

i will not be tearing the tank down to dip and quaranteen like i did the first time. instead, i will get some AEFW hunting wrasses to keep them under control.

 

[Elliott]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13610654#post13610654 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hobogato
i took your advice, and found nothing..... until this morning.

i found eggs on the bottom of two large colonies and on a third colony, one large (1/4") worm. i took all three of them out and dipped them, but found no other flat worms i thought my fluke tabs may be too old, so i even took a large chunk of one of the colonies with eggs and put it in tap water - no flatworms came off

i had been flatworm free for nealy two years.

i will not be tearing the tank down to dip and quaranteen like i did the first time. instead, i will get some AEFW hunting wrasses to keep them under control.

that really sucks, sorry to hear about this, I wish there was a better treatment available for AEFW

 

[klondike4001]

Yellow Coris is my recommendation, they eat like pigs and have great personalities.

 

[hobogato]

that one was already at the top of my list

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13610683#post13610683 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by klondike4001
Yellow Coris is my recommendation, they eat like pigs and have great personalities.

 

[mpoletti]

Sorry to hear about the AEFW Ace. It just seems like it is an unwinable battle if we continues to add corals.

 

[jnarowe]

So sorry to hear that Ace. That is why I believe if you get them, you have to double up by doing an initial dip program coupled with introducing a predator. It's either that or let the tank go fallow for months, save frags that have been thoroughly treated and kept in a QT tank until the display is ready, and re-plant.

I also believe that mari-cultured corals have a higher probability of coming in with eggs and/or FW on them.

 

[hobogato]

actually, after doing the qt/dip thing for over a month i did have some predators in the tank when the acros went back in. over the next year, my harlequin tusk and lunare wrasse made the other wrasses and candy hogfish "disappear" now, i have taken out all the damsels, the halequin, and the lunare. i should be able to add a few small wrasses and train them to eat the AEFW.

i am going to dip any coral that shows recession, to give the wrasses a head start.