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Some pics of the last coral shipment I got from Vienna. Taking pics wasn't very easy because of the T5s reflection on the water.
Tank had 8 54 w bulbs over it in an ATI fixture. Never expected T5s could give such a strong light. all corals were inches below water surface including Acans and they were all doing great.
Unfortunately lost 2-3 corals on teh way because of a big delay in a connection in Paris due to a stupid Strike there...
Group pics of some:
lost the two on the top of this pic (blue tip staghorn and a green slimer)
Nice light blue accro arrived fine hope it won't loose color:
was really difficult to pick a clam:
Ended up taking the one next to the scoly in the first pic.
A nice green Seriatopora. Also got the nicest wine red sylopora hystix I as on the look for since months. No pics from store though...
And the real Score,
Aussie Scolymia:
Tank had 8 54 w bulbs over it in an ATI fixture. Never expected T5s could give such a strong light. all corals were inches below water surface including Acans and they were all doing great.
Unfortunately lost 2-3 corals on teh way because of a big delay in a connection in Paris due to a stupid Strike there...
Group pics of some:
lost the two on the top of this pic (blue tip staghorn and a green slimer)
Nice light blue accro arrived fine hope it won't loose color:
was really difficult to pick a clam:
Ended up taking the one next to the scoly in the first pic.
A nice green Seriatopora. Also got the nicest wine red sylopora hystix I as on the look for since months. No pics from store though...
And the real Score,
Aussie Scolymia:
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maroun.c
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The usual Baggage picture.
Its good I had some spare space for some clothes (8 dyas travel) to be squeezed. Luckily minimum water leaked to soak my cloth this time eventhough the foam box was crushed. couple of towels did a great job...
and some pics of the corals in my tank.
They don't look the best but that was after 30 hours of shipping in rather small water bags...
Electric Green monti lost most of it's color but still had PE.
Seriatopora, Looking better than in pic.
Red Bird nest, arrived with many broken branches and looking pinckish. Hope it won't bleach
White accropora with fluorescent pistach polyps, Really hoping this one will make it. will get a better pic when back showing the polyps. Any ID?
Electric Green Millepora in the back,
Looking very tan green for now. Corals in that cube also lost some color after the pump exchaning water between the cube, Frag tank and tank was off.
Tank Bred Maxima in the middle, the one on its left is a very shiny blue clam but looks very tank in comparison to the new one. its around 2-3 inches do you think I should supplement more phyto to the tank?
The Scoly looks a bit better in real life than in the pic, however LFS lighting made the reds pop more than my halides and 14k and Actinic T5s are doing
Its good I had some spare space for some clothes (8 dyas travel) to be squeezed. Luckily minimum water leaked to soak my cloth this time eventhough the foam box was crushed. couple of towels did a great job...
and some pics of the corals in my tank.
They don't look the best but that was after 30 hours of shipping in rather small water bags...
Electric Green monti lost most of it's color but still had PE.
Seriatopora, Looking better than in pic.
Red Bird nest, arrived with many broken branches and looking pinckish. Hope it won't bleach
White accropora with fluorescent pistach polyps, Really hoping this one will make it. will get a better pic when back showing the polyps. Any ID?
Electric Green Millepora in the back,
Looking very tan green for now. Corals in that cube also lost some color after the pump exchaning water between the cube, Frag tank and tank was off.
Tank Bred Maxima in the middle, the one on its left is a very shiny blue clam but looks very tank in comparison to the new one. its around 2-3 inches do you think I should supplement more phyto to the tank?
The Scoly looks a bit better in real life than in the pic, however LFS lighting made the reds pop more than my halides and 14k and Actinic T5s are doing
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maroun.c
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Looking good buddy! Never underestimate the power of T5!!
Thanks Sunny,
Seeing is believing indeed.
maroun.c
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And a long due update.
Tank has been running stable the last couple of months. All parameters seem to be fine except for a bit of nitrates I'm dealing with.
had my RO inspected and all the filters were changed. they also modified the output valve to a igger 400ml one which will cause more water to go to the drain but lower my RO further.
Getting 5-8 TDS post RO with input water at 250 TDS.
Also finally installed my DI filter so that sould help lower the nitrates further.
Fuge has been growing crazy lately.
A few new additions (pics to follow) but I sadly lost my purple tank which never did well in the 5-6 months I've had it, it ate like crazy but his stomach was always deflated not sure if he had some intenstinal parasites or what...
Also lost a couple of clams and the oters I have are not looking happy except a couple that are doign great so not sure what is causing all this.
Jan tank photo run down.
SPS:
Couple of digitatas recently added still need to improve
The remains of a very nice wine red Bird nest, at least managed to save a couple of branches post shipping and now I'm waiting for growth and better coloration
My Montipora Caps have finally regained they're color and are growing fast
Tank has been running stable the last couple of months. All parameters seem to be fine except for a bit of nitrates I'm dealing with.
had my RO inspected and all the filters were changed. they also modified the output valve to a igger 400ml one which will cause more water to go to the drain but lower my RO further.
Getting 5-8 TDS post RO with input water at 250 TDS.
Also finally installed my DI filter so that sould help lower the nitrates further.
Fuge has been growing crazy lately.
A few new additions (pics to follow) but I sadly lost my purple tank which never did well in the 5-6 months I've had it, it ate like crazy but his stomach was always deflated not sure if he had some intenstinal parasites or what...
Also lost a couple of clams and the oters I have are not looking happy except a couple that are doign great so not sure what is causing all this.
Jan tank photo run down.
SPS:
Couple of digitatas recently added still need to improve
The remains of a very nice wine red Bird nest, at least managed to save a couple of branches post shipping and now I'm waiting for growth and better coloration
My Montipora Caps have finally regained they're color and are growing fast
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Super slow Blue accro frag I've had for close to a year still encrusting hope it'll start growing up faster
Fast Growing green accro still waiting for ID
Green with Blue tip accro I got from Spain growing very fast towards the top of the water.
Green Seriato frag saved from an STNing colony growing fast finally
a 2nd slow growing blue accro,
And a 3rd Super slow blue one, ORA Blue oregon tort not sure if the lack of place to encrust is causing it to grow very slow vertical as others mentioned it encrusts and then starts to grow. Still I have seen some vertical growth lately which is a good sign.
And my fastest growing coral ORA Red Planet
Green Accro (still need to get the exact ID on this one as I love it's texture)
Fast Growing green accro still waiting for ID
Green with Blue tip accro I got from Spain growing very fast towards the top of the water.
Green Seriato frag saved from an STNing colony growing fast finally
a 2nd slow growing blue accro,
And a 3rd Super slow blue one, ORA Blue oregon tort not sure if the lack of place to encrust is causing it to grow very slow vertical as others mentioned it encrusts and then starts to grow. Still I have seen some vertical growth lately which is a good sign.
And my fastest growing coral ORA Red Planet
Green Accro (still need to get the exact ID on this one as I love it's texture)
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Red Mille,
Coloring up and growing very fast if it wasn't for the continuous accidental fragging and it lately falling down and breaking some big branches that you can see epoxied back on its side.
Phosphorescent pink (at least when I got it) wild pocilopora. getting lighter and lighter after it totally browned ot post addition. still waiting for more pick to show.
Couple of accros on the risk after My BTA moved close to them after it split.
The purlple one can be removed if the BTA moves closer.
light colored accro
Recently added Mille (something between pink and fluorescent red upon addition waiting for the final color in my tank)
Phosphorescent green and blue tips (waiting for some blue growth tips)
Brown tabling Accro I took a chance with hope it will color up to something nice
Coloring up and growing very fast if it wasn't for the continuous accidental fragging and it lately falling down and breaking some big branches that you can see epoxied back on its side.
Phosphorescent pink (at least when I got it) wild pocilopora. getting lighter and lighter after it totally browned ot post addition. still waiting for more pick to show.
Couple of accros on the risk after My BTA moved close to them after it split.
The purlple one can be removed if the BTA moves closer.
light colored accro
Recently added Mille (something between pink and fluorescent red upon addition waiting for the final color in my tank)
Phosphorescent green and blue tips (waiting for some blue growth tips)
Brown tabling Accro I took a chance with hope it will color up to something nice
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Back from the dead, a tiny tip of this phosphorescent green accro which was lost after shipping from Switzerland made it and is encrusting over the dead branch. will wait for it to grow a vertical banch and then cut and fix to rocks?
Recently added purple accro.
Montipora Confusa? Finally growing
Purple and pink accro frags
My purple haze superman Montipora continuously growing and partially RTNing for no reason. grew from the top of the frag plug, covered it then STNd except a small piece which grew and then aso STND.... bottom line it's been just growing downwards. hoping it'll go back to it's colors and grow a bit...
My Cyphastrea Garden
Recently added purple accro.
Montipora Confusa? Finally growing
Purple and pink accro frags
My purple haze superman Montipora continuously growing and partially RTNing for no reason. grew from the top of the frag plug, covered it then STNd except a small piece which grew and then aso STND.... bottom line it's been just growing downwards. hoping it'll go back to it's colors and grow a bit...
My Cyphastrea Garden
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RBTA
Couple of splits lately with the clones somewhere in the rockwork hope to find them during tank move
With the resident clowns:
Sponge, had it since close to 2 years no growth yet:
Ricordeas, not doing their best lately
Fish shots
Maroon clowns
Female
Yellow tangs
Couple of splits lately with the clones somewhere in the rockwork hope to find them during tank move
With the resident clowns:
Sponge, had it since close to 2 years no growth yet:
Ricordeas, not doing their best lately
Fish shots
Maroon clowns
Female
Yellow tangs
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Some Amazing shots here. Love the stretching shot of the tang.
Any idea why most of your LPS and softies are not looking their best lately?
How about the clam losses could you have a clam nipper in the tank? Maybe check for Pyramid snails?
How about the upgrade any news?
Any idea why most of your LPS and softies are not looking their best lately?
How about the clam losses could you have a clam nipper in the tank? Maybe check for Pyramid snails?
How about the upgrade any news?
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Thanks Fred.
Lately the tank has been through some Alk-Ca levels fluctuations and a couple of harsh temp drops due to a heater failing just before I traveled and not being able to replace it before 1 week, only to notice the 2nd heater was disconnected... As well as high nitrate levels due to my RO giving me 80TDS water.
All this has been solved now and I connected my DI finally so Top off and water change is now with 0 TDS water which should help stabilize things.
Still not sure why the Softies and LPS are struggling more than the SPS. Flow is definitly on the strong side but they always handled it fine.
As for the clams it's a total disappointment, After months of not losing a single one all of a sudden I lost 3 and most of the remaining ones were not looking good. observed fish and none is nipping at them. Also no snails on them. not sure if its the high No3 levels that the tank had the last 2-3 months that's affecting the clams.
Lately the tank has been through some Alk-Ca levels fluctuations and a couple of harsh temp drops due to a heater failing just before I traveled and not being able to replace it before 1 week, only to notice the 2nd heater was disconnected... As well as high nitrate levels due to my RO giving me 80TDS water.
All this has been solved now and I connected my DI finally so Top off and water change is now with 0 TDS water which should help stabilize things.
Still not sure why the Softies and LPS are struggling more than the SPS. Flow is definitly on the strong side but they always handled it fine.
As for the clams it's a total disappointment, After months of not losing a single one all of a sudden I lost 3 and most of the remaining ones were not looking good. observed fish and none is nipping at them. Also no snails on them. not sure if its the high No3 levels that the tank had the last 2-3 months that's affecting the clams.
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As for the upgrade well finally the tank design and dimensions has been finalized and the tank was ordered last Friday.
Some of the changes:
-Tank size went from 340G to 380G
-dimensions are now 88"L x 34"w x 30"H (Length increased 8")
-Went with Starphire on the Front and side pannels
-External side overflow
Will be starting a new thread for the upgrade as soon as tings start to happen (3-4 weeks)
Some of the changes:
-Tank size went from 340G to 380G
-dimensions are now 88"L x 34"w x 30"H (Length increased 8")
-Went with Starphire on the Front and side pannels
-External side overflow
Will be starting a new thread for the upgrade as soon as tings start to happen (3-4 weeks)
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Some long due updates.
Begining with some of the last months addtions.
Lobo with some nice Zoos I got from Dubai:
Got me some Zoos as I'm planning a zoo garden.
trying to mix some polyps.
one of the 1 polyp frags all the small ones popped up in less than 3 months:
And some of the green ones:
Purple Accro, Browned up since addition but recovering:
My favorite Table accro, one that has been on all my orders so far but never got it:
Efflo, hoping it'll color up to purple:
And from my last trip to the states,
ORA Bottle Brush unfortaunatly didn't make it
Meteor shower
also got 3 Tank raised RBTAs on one rock of which only one made it after the bag leaked. it should be somewhere in the rocks that i can't see. hoping to find it during the move.
Courtesy of Serpentman:
Setosa.
Spongoides monti
ORA green slimer
Green slimer
ORA green birdnest
ORA birds of paradise(didn't make it)
couple of frags of his Efflo (the best looking efflo I've ever seen) which STND on arrival :
Pink monti digitata
Meteor shower:
Spongoides (and another one on the frag rack) the pink digitatas are recovering next to it:
corals from Serpentman:
Begining with some of the last months addtions.
Lobo with some nice Zoos I got from Dubai:
Got me some Zoos as I'm planning a zoo garden.
trying to mix some polyps.
one of the 1 polyp frags all the small ones popped up in less than 3 months:
And some of the green ones:
Purple Accro, Browned up since addition but recovering:
My favorite Table accro, one that has been on all my orders so far but never got it:
Efflo, hoping it'll color up to purple:
And from my last trip to the states,
ORA Bottle Brush unfortaunatly didn't make it
Meteor shower
also got 3 Tank raised RBTAs on one rock of which only one made it after the bag leaked. it should be somewhere in the rocks that i can't see. hoping to find it during the move.
Courtesy of Serpentman:
Setosa.
Spongoides monti
ORA green slimer
Green slimer
ORA green birdnest
ORA birds of paradise(didn't make it)
couple of frags of his Efflo (the best looking efflo I've ever seen) which STND on arrival :
Pink monti digitata
Meteor shower:
Spongoides (and another one on the frag rack) the pink digitatas are recovering next to it:
corals from Serpentman:
