Lets do this - 225+ reef bar

[stunreefer]

Amazing vid Mike, everything looks awesome!

Looks like I'll be in your area the first weekend of April, so I'll give you and Eric a shout!

 

[jim t]

Sweet tank

 

[mcliffy2]

Thanks all. Snaza - I'm not really dosing anything these days, and do weekly 30-35 gallon water changes.

Here are a couple fisheye shots I snapped tonight with my Tokina 10-17 FE. I bought it more for underwater photography, but its kinda fun to play with.

 

[eran]

Have to appreciate a good video and awesome pics as well!!! What are you running for calcium and alk???

 

[eran]

Updated FTS. Used a tripod and turned off the flow, but it still seems a little soft...ugh...having to decide whether to get a new pentax body, or switch to canon/nikon

Did you ever make the switch to CANON??lol

edit................whoops, just realized that you got a 7D

 

[robot2222]

awesome tank, awesome video, awesome pics and thanks so much for sharing ...

 

[snaza]

Thanks all. Snaza - I'm not really dosing anything these days, and do weekly 30-35 gallon water changes.


[/QUOTE]

Thanks mike. you still using GFO for P04?

 

[mcliffy2]

Snaza - Yep, I am running GFO (and biopellets, although not sure they are doing anything).

Austin - hit me up when you are in town.

 

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[Dave's Reef]

Wow, tank/corals look great!

 

[mcliffy2]

Thanks Dave.

Added a quintet of red spot cardinals from DD. Their track record is not good, but DD says that things have improved in the import and collection, so I'm hoping. All arrived healthy, are out and are eating, so I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[jbanks]

Beautiful. Good luck with them.

 

[mcliffy2]

And some sunday pics:

blue stylo:

cyphastrea

ORA Hawkins

Green and pink M. Venosa (never seen another one like this...its like the sand dollar monti, but with a green base)

speckled orange-mouth chalice

whats saved (hopefully) from my oregon tort:

Aussie green/red monti

A. Exquisita I just picked up from DD:

 

[Dejavu]

The A. Exquisita is nice!

 

[mcliffy2]

The A. Exquisita is nice!

Thanks, I really like it...had been eyeing it for a while on DD. Its one of those corals you get more for its unique coralite structure, than its color (although this one has the potential for pretty cool coloration...time will tell).

 

[mcliffy2]

Beautiful. Good luck with them.

Thanks, crossing my fingers

 

[tbone28]

You have a beautiful tank! When setting up your display, did you consider running 80w bulbs, to span the length of your tank? How did you decided on the 54w fixture?

 

[stunreefer]

Congrats on the new additions Mike!

 

[mcliffy2]

Thanks Austin.

tbone - I did, but at the end of the day, decided I liked the 4' bulbs better. I'm glad I went with them, because I keep all my walls clean of rockwork, so lighting up the edges would really just be a waste. I mainly keep LPS at the edges, as I've found T5s bleach most LPS that are put directly underneath them (another reason I'm glad I went with the 4' fixture, as I like to mix in a few LPS with the SPS).