Jackson's 115 Gallon Custom Cube 32x32x26

glaukos said:
Aweeeeeesome!!Love it!
How has it's growth during those 6 months,before it becomes to that wonder?
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Glad you like it :bdaysmile:

It is a little over 3" now (hard to tell from pic). It was about 1 1/2" when I got it 6 months ago. Recently it began growing very fast though. The little nubs poking through is all recent growth.
 
It's impossible...not...to like it richard!!:)

I asked about growth because i also have 3-4 sps that for 4 months now,stay exactly the same.
I cut their edjes to trigger growth but as soon as they "fix" the cut part,they stop again.
All of the others grow on a normal rate.
 
I have a few pieces that do the same. Based on past experience, I just leave those frags alone. Eventually they will put on growth tips and growth will take off. I always have this issue with albrohensis stags especially.
 
Hey Rich,
When I make it up north, hopefully I can pay you a visit and see it in person. By that time it will be fully grown in.
 
Richard, any idea how much PAR that Hoek is getting? I have one in about 350 PAR that refuses to colour up! :(

Also what is the current PO4 and NO3 levels (if you know)?

Thanks.
 
sahin said:
Richard, any idea how much PAR that Hoek is getting? I have one in about 350 PAR that refuses to colour up! :(

Also what is the current PO4 and NO3 levels (if you know)?

Thanks.
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I don't have a par meter but I can tell you that it's getting cooked. It's 6" from the water surface below a 400w radium that is 10" above the water surface.
Po4 is pretty stripped right now. Hanna low range meter (not checker) reads 0.0 and I grow very little on the glass after 4 days. I usually have more po4 but I am trying to choke out a little cyano at the moment.
Nitrate is undetectable on salifert.
 
jackson6745 said:
I don't have a par meter but I can tell you that it's getting cooked. It's 6" from the water surface below a 400w radium that is 10" above the water surface.
Po4 is pretty stripped right now. Hanna low range meter (not checker) reads 0.0 and I grow very little on the glass after 4 days. I usually have more po4 but I am trying to choke out a little cyano at the moment.
Nitrate is undetectable on salifert.
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Thanks dude, that info is helpful. I've just lowered my ATI LED PM and the Hoek is being blasted by about 400+ PAR, hopefully it will colour up.
 
This new tank looks great! Are you running a chiller in the summer months? And, about how much evaporation per day does this tank go through?
 
Any difference in that Hoek sahin?

Thanks Fail, glad you like it :)

echopiece, I never needed a chiller on any of my tanks before. I keep the room temp around 70F and I have a fan blowing across light fixture and water surface. Previous tanks rarely got above 82, this was also with multiple 400w halides.

NJKayakAngler, thanks. Where do you fish your kayak from? If you fish raritan bay, we probably crossed paths out there before. I cheat though and use an engine for my propulsion :)



Here is a FTS from the other day. There were some changes made. I moved and changed a few corals for better placement and color. Growth has been fast and I'm happy with the colors for now. I made the mistake of dosing aminos into this young tank and that's just what the cyano needed to take off. After a few weeks of siphoning and keeping the tank extra clean, it's growth has slowed. Cyanp is my least favorite thing about this hobby :)


IMG_7814 by rich.colombo, on Flickr

Here is that red polyp acro 20 days later from the previous photo it. It seems to be growing at a good clip. The angle is slightly different though.

IMG_7661 by rich.colombo, on Flickr

A SSC that I picked up 6 weeks ago. This is probably the faster grower in the tank.

IMG_7657 by rich.colombo, on Flickr

A chunk of an aussie pink milli. Color is intense on this one. A lfs cut me a chunk from a big colony. Parts of this colony had purple growth tips. Hard to explain but it looked different than a snow cone type milli (frag of snow cone is next to it). The purple color was only on the tips and not on the pink body. Curious to see how this one will develop.

IMG_7656 by rich.colombo, on Flickr
 
Rick my tank is your tank :) You were right about that Naoko wrasse. He's a real jerk. He fights with my flame hawk all day and keeps messing with the smaller female flame wrasse. I'm gonna try to catch him this week. Maybe he doesn't like red fish lol. He eats from my hands so think I can swipe him with the net.
I'm thinking the next fish will be a blochy when they are available:strange:
 
Looking awesome Richard. That red polyped blue acros looks AWESOME. What you going to name it? -Never seen anything like it before, what you going to name it? :D

My Hoek is starting to change. I can see blue in the corallite edges. But overall is still brown. Needs more time I suppose.
 
Until it grows and I get it in some other tanks it shall remain the nameless red polyp acro :)

I'm glad your hoek is shown some color. I can't seem to give that one too much light.
 
i tried to warn you, once it establishes dominance it may calm down. you should come get a pair of the mcosters we have, added 2 to my rhoims with no issue, lol do have to catch my leopard wrasse and my coris. little buggers keep trying to eat my clownfish egg's.
i had the snowcone prostata before and only person who got a piece was my friend jim { lost his } and bigsink got a piece also couple years back. that was one of my favorite pieces. lmk next time ur coming in and if ya want ill frag that simplex
 
Thanks Rick. I would love to try a frag of the simplex! I'll probably stop by with kasei next week.

Stonecold thanks man. That was the idea. I live across the street from the beach and sort of have this decor through my condo.

As for that frag, I'm keeping my fingers crossed :). It's growing fast right now. I'm curious to see how the red polyps will look as it branches out. I'll certainly keep an update of its progress.
 
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