Thank you.
Mark's 150 gallon
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Thank you.
markalot
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Missed these replies, sorry. I think it's supposed to be 1 drop per 25 gallons and my system volume is about 150 (150 gallon tank + 30 gallon sump).
Thanks. It's difficult to take a picture of, the colors are quire bright and very reflective so the color gets blown out in my pictures.
The clowns are between eggs so I took some top downs and still got attacked once. :lol2:
Cousin It is an odd one. Polyp extension has dramatically reduced but growth and color remains good. The center looks dead, yet on close inspection I think it's just bleached. Time to frag a piece and grow in lower light.
I've been dosing CaNO3 to try and hold Nitrates at 5. This has improved greens, purples, and some blues while the reds had dulled just a bit. need to run a full battery of tests to see if anything is off. KH holding at 6.7 with occasional drops to 6.5 at which point I dose a cap of each two part.
Another hairy red.
Red Robin
markalot
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This one was a better blue until i attacked one side to try and reduce the snail infestation. The base is finally coming off the plug so hopefully it will take off soon.
My other pinkish milli down near the sandbed. Pretty dull under white light but a rockstar under blue with an across the room gold and yellow glow.
The horrida
King slimer
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
FTS
That is filling in nicely, and there is a great balance of color. Well done!
nemodan
New member
FTS
Very nice Mark !!! That tank is soooo beautiful. I love the color of the acros.
Best !
Daniel
markalot
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Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Hi Ricky,
that is an unnamed, wild I believe, purchased from Pacific East Aquaculture. Big piece, got it for cheap, then killed 3/4 of it. I got really lucky.
This is what it looked like:
Very nice, I will need a piece from you down the road!
markalot
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Cousin It (the pink milli) has no polyp extension day or night while every other acro in the tank, including a brown one stuck in the sand bed, is showing excellent extension. Time to start figuring this out, probably well past time.
First step is to frag a branch and let it heal on the frag rack near other acros that are doing well. Naturally I took pictures ... having problems is sometimes more fun than everything going ok. :fun5:
Frag is moving from 400 PAR to 125 PAR. I swear it gained more color as I man handled the poor thing onto a frag plug.
If it doesn't regain polyp extension I will dip and if that works I will dip the entire colony. I can't see any pests or any signs of pests, which has me baffled.
KH 6.5 (trying again to up this to 7 over the next week or so)
PO4 .04
Mg 1280, raising this up a bit
First step is to frag a branch and let it heal on the frag rack near other acros that are doing well. Naturally I took pictures ... having problems is sometimes more fun than everything going ok. :fun5:
Frag is moving from 400 PAR to 125 PAR. I swear it gained more color as I man handled the poor thing onto a frag plug.
If it doesn't regain polyp extension I will dip and if that works I will dip the entire colony. I can't see any pests or any signs of pests, which has me baffled.
KH 6.5 (trying again to up this to 7 over the next week or so)
PO4 .04
Mg 1280, raising this up a bit
codydemmel4
Active member
FTS
looking very nice!
I love the FTS, you have some good placement in there and definitely some good growth in some of the colonies. Cant wait for my baby frags to start growing haha
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
I have to say, Mark, with all that's going on with my tank and the dreaded aefw. You are my number one inspiration for the next few months. Seeing your tank come back to it's full glorious potential like the phoenix from the ashes has got me pushing for the same result!! Your tank is phenomenal and please keep posting those lovely pics!! :inlove:
markalot
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Thanks Dom, hopefully things go as well for you.
I'm not totally happy with how things are going in here. Based on the polyp extension issue with Cousin It and what looks like recession on the Lokani I stopped dosing MicroE and started doing small serial water changes to reset things. I might suspect elevated copper, but I'm probably wrong. I've also raised the lights a bit to get PAR at or under 400.
You know I love to take diagnostic pics so I'll start with the ugly and end with the good.
The Lokani has hard edges now and it's only this spot, but the skin looks a little thin. It did take a fall which may have upset it.
The Cousin It milli showing no change.
The frag has held colors very well, maybe even improved.
Everything else doing fine, so nothing really to worry about.
I thought I had a good 10 days between spawns but here we go again, so I'm unable to do anything on the right side of the tank. Very tempted to do a third tank with just the clowns and softies. Very tempted.
Acros I'm still working on....
Some kind of shortcake type acro.
This one was white and pinkish but I've yet to see it at full health.
Do Chromis mate up? The smaller one sleeps in the valida, the larger over in the slimer. During the day they hang out together.
