Mhucasey's SPS obsession

[nemodan]

Just returned from the LFS with 6 of the Sapphire damsels and a big Granulosa colony that has been calling me for quite a while. There is another colony there I want as well but ill wait a week to get it.

WOW AND WOW AND WOW !!!!!

Great Corals !!!! Congrats !!!!

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Hi Matt,

Nice pictures. As your corals get more and more colourful, have you noticed any change in their growth rate?

Thanks

Bulent

 

[mhucasey]

Hi Matt,

Nice pictures. As your corals get more and more colourful, have you noticed any change in their growth rate?

Thanks

Bulent

Thanks Bulent! I noticed an uptick of growth several weeks ago when phosphate levels dropped but then growth really took off when I swapped out 10 of the 14 bulbs. I'm keen to finish the swap after seeing the increase in growth.

 

[sahin]

Matt do you have the true Oregon Tort? If so can you post up a good top down shot of it please? Thanks.

 

[plyle02]

Stunning acro pics Matt, the colors are amazing

 

[mhucasey]

Matt do you have the true Oregon Tort? If so can you post up a good top down shot of it please? Thanks.

Sorry, I don't have that variety. I have the Cali tort(I think).

 

[mhucasey]

Stunning acro pics Matt, the colors are amazing

Thanks Perry, I hope to take them to another level as soon as I get the remaining replacement T5 bulbs

 

[Oldude]

Nice stuff - that new Loripes colony looks full of potential.

 

[mhucasey]

Nice stuff - that new Loripes colony looks full of potential.

Thanks- It's been in my LFS' tank for 7 months under Radions. Seeing that it survived there that long I wasn't worried about survival. I have a feeling I will be able to wring a lot more color out of it

 

[markalot]

That last set of pics are amazing, colors and everything look terrific.

 

[sahin]

Sorry, I don't have that variety. I have the Cali tort(I think).

Matt! You dont have an Oregon Tort!!! :hammer: If I were in the USA this would be the first acro in my tank.

 

[Wazzel]

Some Top-down shots for you all...perhaps there is something to this Aquaforest hocus pocus:

Nice corals Matt. What is this guy? I have a coral that is starting to look similar. When I got it is had about a dozen polyps and tan.

 

[mhucasey]

That last set of pics are amazing, colors and everything look terrific.

Thanks Mark!

 

[mhucasey]

Matt! You dont have an Oregon Tort!!! :hammer: If I were in the USA this would be the first acro in my tank.

I can get one of those anytime I like...they practically hand them out as door prizes at the LFS around here:twitch:


Just kidding!:lolspin:

 

[mhucasey]

Nice corals Matt. What is this guy? I have a coral that is starting to look similar. When I got it is had about a dozen polyps and tan.

Thanks Mark, that is an AquaSD "Cinderella" Acro.

 

[Wazzel]

Thanks Matt. The guy who gave me this particular rescue thinks it is a RR wolverine, but he can not remember 100%. The others I got from this guy might be an Oregon tort and a Pink Panther. If so, 3 great corals for no money. I just owe the guy the first frag of each as payment.

 

[mhucasey]

Thanks Matt. The guy who gave me this particular rescue thinks it is a RR wolverine, but he can not remember 100%. The others I got from this guy might be an Oregon tort and a Pink Panther. If so, 3 great corals for no money. I just owe the guy the first frag of each as payment.

Oooh, thats a sweet deal indeed!

 

[MrineLfRlz]

I've heard that for color intensity in a frag tank that 50/50 blue plus to Actinic is the best way to go.

I haven't been able to purchase my DT fixture just yet but i ordered my T5's for the frag tank fixture and have switched out the LED fixture im running the old bulbs till the new ones come in.

 

[reefmutt]

Hey Matt, that last group of shots were nice!
Another week.. how's the tank doing?
That's a whole week without new shots..
How's the new granulosa/loripes doing?
Any changes yet? what type of par are you giving it?
Also....... seriously... no OT???
Get yourself an Oregon Tort!!!! I gotta see what it will look like in an Aquaforest tank..

 

[mhucasey]

Hey Matt, that last group of shots were nice!
Another week.. how's the tank doing?
That's a whole week without new shots..
How's the new granulosa/loripes doing?
Any changes yet? what type of par are you giving it?
Also....... seriously... no OT???
Get yourself an Oregon Tort!!!! I gotta see what it will look like in an Aquaforest tank..

The tank is doing fantastic, but it was a long work week for me so I haven't been participating as much.

A bunch is going on though:

1) I finally got my hands on two Euroquatics "E5" Led tubes, the "Blue Pop" variety. Im giving these a trial run. They put off a very nice royal blue thats a shade deeper than the Blue plus.

You can see the tube, third from the left:

2) I have been giving the Phosphate minus GFO product from Aquaforest a try as well. I am using 9 Tablespoons in a bag floated in the sump. So far so good, no ill effects and it has kept the PO4 value very low.

3) I got 2 Sunset Anthias and one of the new ORA filefish for the tank:

4) The Loripes is loving it in the tank, its starting to color up:

5) New coral today, pink tabling coral: