GOT MUSHROOMS? new pics

[bradleyj]

I haven't posted any new pictures for awhile in this forum, so I wanted to show all that you can have a successful tank with all kinds of coral. But it takes aLOT of work.

 

[bradleyj]

As you can tell , I'm a complete reefaholic!

 

[Opiy]

Looks awesome to me !! hope to get mine looking this good ASAP

BTW if you can.. do you have a full tank shot. That would be cool.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Beautiful as always Bradley... man I hate you

I hope my Ricordia dominate rock structure fills in as nicely as yours one day.

 

[sunfishh]

Your tank is simply awesome

 

[GroYurOwn]

i have a 10g that i want to have shrooms and zoos mostly, what can i do to help? i am having a hard time getting new zoos to open, params are all good, amm. 0, nitrate -trite 0. sg .022 78 degrees steady all the time. i dont know if its cause i feed my fish vary sparingly. i have a single 28w 50/50 pc on the tank, which is not much, but is enough for my maxima, so i assume it would be enough for zoos.

 

[MarvinsReef]

awesome looking tank.. keep up the great work..

Marvin

 

[AustinVines]

:beer: :bounce1: :bounce3: :bounce2: :fun5:

W o W

Would you mind pointing me to your tank thread and if you haven't made one, would you do so sometime in the near future? I'd love to know just how much work you are putting into your tank. It is like a perfect garden. My heartiest congratulations.

 

[bradleyj]

Thanks everyone, Austin, I wrote this in my local forum a while back, but I still do this weekly ritual of changeing water and tank maintenance every sunday morning. I truely believe that maintaining a healthy tank requires weekly waterchanges. !0 to 15 % total volume.
http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7613&KW=tank+maintenance

 

[AustinVines]

That is a lot of work, Brad, but it looks well worth it. Thanks for the pics.

 

[GroYurOwn]

i was wondering what kind of supplimentation, if any, or feeding you do. i have a 10g with 80w pc's, which i am sure is enough, but i want to know if i need to be putting anything else in. i dose dt's and oyster eggs 3x per week. params are all perfect, only have two powerheads, one shoots across the back wall, the other is shooting at the front glass, so flow is medium to low.

 

[bradleyj]

I don't target feed the mushrooms, but I feed the same as you and cyclopeeze twice a week. I think the mushrooms just get whatever they can, I have too many fish in my tank to target feed the shrooms. Your setup sounds good to me GroYurOwn. Weekly waterchanges is the key to good coral growth IMO.

 

[jasper24]

bradleyj, It appears that you have Ricordea, Mushrooms, and Zoas touching each other. Have you seen any reaction from any of them? I have a mostly softie, Zoa, and LPS tank and keep everything spaced but like the look of your tank. Thanks.

 

[Opiy]

Think you could post a full tank shot please ?

 

[bradleyj]

Here is a full tank shot, but I can never get a good picture .