mikejrice's 30 Gallon Innovative Marine Nuvo Reef

[mikejrice]

I added a Kessil A160 to fill in some shadows this week.

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[mikejrice]

My tank was featured in Reef Hobbyist Magazine this year!

http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/

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[mikejrice]

https://youtu.be/ZMZJdWu6mMY

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[mikejrice]

My refugium light went out this week. I didn't have enough Kessil lighting on it already though, so I added an H80 to run the refugium. It's a pretty interesting little light. Can't wait to see how it performs...

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[mikejrice]

24 hours after putting the A80 on my refugium and the cyano that's been on my sand lately is gone. Coincidence?

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[pianomav]

Wow..nice tank you got there.

 

[mikejrice]

Can you believe the nerve of this person standing just a few feet from my tank after smashing a window to get in and steal our Colorado Sunburst Anemones?

They're still at large! If you hear anything, please contact the Adams Country Sheriff's Department at 303-288-1535

Sometimes I just don't understand people.

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[simbarocks2693]

Wooooow really nice

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[simbarocks2693]

Really nice

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[mikejrice]

The little air pump driven IM skimmer went back on the tank today. I miss the pH bonus that comes from aeration.

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[mikejrice]

This Week my Ecodrift pump bit the dust. I'm going to try running this tank without a power head for awhile and see how it goes. I also added a couple new hammer corals including a yellow one.

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[Reefpuck]

Very cool looking tank!

 

[mikejrice]

Very cool looking tank!

Thank you!

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[mikejrice]

Picture update

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[mikejrice]

Found some pictures this morning of the tank that haven't been shared yet, so here we go.

Also, I've been making some big changes to the tank recently. More pictures to come soon of what's new.

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[mikejrice]

Corals are really beginning to overgrown this tank, so this week I had to make some pretty drastic choices. The euphyllia I've had on the back wall for years now finally began to crowd each other out as well as put shade on a huge chunk of rock. They were moved to another system to continue growing. My acan garden has also been having some space issues between each other as well as being stung back by montipora. Most of them have been moved out turning this back into the chalice tank it was always meant to be. Should have room to continue growing for some time now.

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[Fishkeeper01]

Under expose then correct in your camera's editing options using first the contrast control and then the brightness control if need be. Helps to preserve a lot of the detail in the brightest highlights of the coral and gives you those nice dark blacks.

Thanks for this tip! :thumbsup:

 

[Fishkeeper01]

Corals are really beginning to overgrown this tank, so this week I had to make some pretty drastic choices. The euphyllia I've had on the back wall for years now finally began to crowd each other out as well as put shade on a huge chunk of rock. They were moved to another system to continue growing. My acan garden has also been having some space issues between each other as well as being stung back by montipora. Most of them have been moved out turning this back into the chalice tank it was always meant to be. Should have room to continue growing for some time now.

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The colors are mesmerizing :inlove:

 

[mikejrice]

My tank is finally starting to look natural to me after moving things around quite a bit. It's amazing how much that can throw off your perception for awhile.

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[mikejrice]

Recently my JF "Crazy Fox" underwent the strangest color change (first picture below). No real changes to speak of that would have caused it, but it still seems healthy and I kind of like the new colors. It might just be a sign that it's time to trim down the gorgonian again...

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