Leonardo's Apogon Reef

[CarlosF]

Good luck with the restart

 

[Stylaster]

Glad to see someone else keeping threadfin cardinals. I have 9 of them in my 312. They always keep in a nice tight school. I have seen them doing some spawning behavior late at night recently... no babies in the mouths yet though

 

[diving butcher]

I love your reef verry clean
Now i find you Here i can follow your reef
Keep the picture.s coming leo
Gr robert

 

[Sander.r]

Leo, I am looking forward to see your new reef-scape!:rollface:

Kind regards, Sander

 

[overexposed]

Leonardo, hopefully the tank is doing well! Do you have any updates to share?

 

[Leonardo_]

Thank is doing great! I will get my Cannon to shoot a few pics this weekend.

 

[sahin]

Thank is doing great! I will get my Cannon to shoot a few pics this weekend.

Very much looking forward to updated photos! :celeb1:

 

[kaserpick]

very much looking forward to updated photos! :celeb1:

+1

 

[overexposed]

Great to hear Leo, looking forward to the pics. I love threadfin cardinals, had a pair myself but lost them for some reason.

 

[animalkingdom]

Glad to see you are back at it. I had a similar sounding crash back in the same time frame and know how frustrating it can be. Everything is looking really nice.

I though I saw a bunch of RO membranes in your RO/DI filter box. I was under the impression they have a limited shelf life. Is this not the case?

 

[yano]

Thank is doing great! I will get my Cannon to shoot a few pics this weekend.

:bounce3:

 

[trueblackpercula]

Well we are waiting like little kids headed to the candy store.

 

[Scotty freddy]

Awesome Leo it's great to hear your starting up again can't wait to see some pics!

 

[Leonardo_]

Thanks everyone for putting life in this thread sometimes. I certainly didn't, sorry for that. Apogon Reef has been running since the last update, although I have made some changes. The Big Favia and of course my A. Triostegus are still in good health after 7 years.

The biggest change is the dominance of Seriatopora, Poccilopora and Stylopora. I've been in this hobby for 15 years now, and I had my fair share of AEFW, alk spikes/drops etc. It was time to take a step back.

The thing I really like about reefkeeping is recreating nature. For me that means large, grown out colonies with lesser but bigger colonies in a tank. That's why I created Formosa Forest before. But I wanted to try something else this time. Instead of using Staghorn corals (FF) or deepwater Acropora (Apogon Reef 1), I wanted to focus on Seriatopora, Stylopora and Pocillopora corals.

Sometimes they can be an underrated group of corals but they can create dramatic coralscapes because they can grow fast, display beautiful colors and can take a hit once in a while. And no worries for AEFW.

I hope you enjoy the updated reef. I grew all the colonies myself, so no large wildcaps etc.

As you can see, the Coralscape is far from perfect, especially the right half need some more work. Reactions and comments are welcome of course.

Pocillopora Garden

 

[Winwood]

Love

 

[overexposed]

Very nice!!!

 

[sh8g8delik]

Beautiful Leo! Your tanks are my inspiration as i upgrade my new tank. Less is more for sure!

 

[jdm1114]

Your are talented, I like your attention to detail.

 

[Oldude]

Leonardo - I think it's cool that you keep putting different theme tanks together. Looks like you will have another winner!

 

[sahin]

Looking very nice Leonardo :beer: ...sometimes you just gotta take a step back and do whats best for both you and the tank.