Gregs KZ SPS adventure Upsized.

[MeLLeR]

Fish added! Diatoms gone, coraline and coral growing and colour returning

^Im liking how this one is colouring up.

^Love this fish

 

[MeLLeR]

^Edi's pink supreme. Very hairy at night and now with pink flesh.... i just cant use the camera to show it :konk:

Too much purple/blue in this tank now that I can see the colours coming through. Am on the lookout for some nice frags of other colours!

 

[MeLLeR]

Good God, Ive gotten myself a macro lens....Apologies.

This ones is growing quite rapidly, and the growth tips look like they have no zoox :-s but yet it just keeps growing anyway...

 

[MeLLeR]

Couple more that I thought were interesting enough to post.

*puts on best highbrow accent* ^ I like the mood of this one.... it speaks of a certain tranquillity within ones soul.

Nice colours huh! irate:

Its truly a family effort, my biggest supporters Elise and 'Beth.

 

[MeLLeR]

With an assistant like this who wouldn't do tank maintenance? She was born a reefer This is definitely going to make the photo slide-show at her 21st :roflmao:

In other news.... tank is happily churning along. Just been settling into a routine, trying to maintain low P04 and dosing some nitrate.All corals have been growing and im letting everything settle in and mature. Was going to take some growth comparison pics today, but got a bit keen and decided to finally glue a tabling acro (that liked falling fortnightly) into place. Pulled out the KZ speedglue and proceeded to turn the tank into a cloud.
Might have a chance to try again tomorrow once it clears up

 

[epon]

Pretty sure your sump and undertank area the cleanest I've seen. Looking forward to watching it grow in and eagerly awaiting the top down shot.

 

[Lowefx]

Wow!

 

[moondoggy4]

Thanks for the pictures it is giving me ideas on how to do a false wall for hiding the wires. Also when you did the acid wash do you neutralize the acid first and then dump it?

 

[Peter Eichler]

Great start! I love your tank selection, and the build is quite clean and something to be proud of.

 

[mark54321]

This is one great build. Subscribed!! Finally someone did what I was thinking to do on my next tank and put Vortechs on the bottom of tank. How they working for you? Any problem blowing sand upward? Your aquascape is work of art,can't wait to see more when corals grow out even more.

 

[MeLLeR]

Thanks for the compliments guys :spin3:

Thanks for the pictures it is giving me ideas on how to do a false wall for hiding the wires. Also when you did the acid wash do you neutralize the acid first and then dump it?

The false wall is fantastic. I hate seeing cables dangling everywhere.

To neutralise the Acid I poured 500gm Bicarb soda in. Stirred it around a bit and then started rinsing the rock out. I had no problems with it still being active.

Thanks for reading :thumbsup:

 

[MeLLeR]

This is one great build. Subscribed!! Finally someone did what I was thinking to do on my next tank and put Vortechs on the bottom of tank. How they working for you? Any problem blowing sand upward? Your aquascape is work of art,can't wait to see more when corals grow out even more.

Hi Mark, they arent actually vortechs on the bottom. They are simply the vortech cages (salvaged from some old mp40wes) that I modified and use for intake screens for the closed loop plumbing.

 

[skyler78]

one of the cleanest builds I've seen, dreamy set up. nice potters, might be related to mine.

 

[AcroporAddict]

Hi Mark, they arent actually vortechs on the bottom. They are simply the vortech cages (salvaged from some old mp40wes) that I modified and use for intake screens for the closed loop plumbing.

Putting vortechs on the bottom of a reef tank would be a really bad move. He's just using the prop covers.

 

[MeLLeR]

Last photo-bomb of the day which brings you up to date

And a angled fts...

 

[bagz727]

Does yOur potters nip at your sps? Ty

 

[Signal151]

Amazing build!

 

[MeLLeR]

Does yOur potters nip at your sps? Ty

Not that ive seen...but the Lemon Peel certainly likes to have a nip every now and then :hammer:

 

[André Silvestre]

Meller, this is a very nice build thread.

Great cautious you have made everything an the attention to detail e awesome.

Corals look great for such a short period of time since the tank was set up.

If I would to be a picker in such an amazing project, it would be the aquascape: personally, I think the feeling of depth and magnitude could be increased if you would raise a little bit ( say, 15cm) the overall rock structure, maintaining the actual shape. It would also give some more room for coral growth or coral placement. Just my two cents about it.

Other than that, very nice!

The pottery is beautiful indeed!

André

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

, I think the feeling of depth and magnitude could be increased if you would raise a little bit

Once the SPS grow in the tank will have that effect