My Upgrade Diary with Pics

[Nano Chris]

That is one sweet setup!

I am not sure if anyone welcomed you but:
<img src="/images/welcome.gif" width="500" height="62"><br><b><i><big><big>To Reef Central</b></i></big></big>

 

[Coolguy818]

Thank you very much.....

I was waiting for that welcome sign....

 

[Snowboarda42]

Very Nice!

 

[Coolguy818]

Thanks to everyone for their comments.......

I went to the LFS today, and found a whole bunch of new SPS corals.

I think I got this very rare piece, maybe someone else can shed some light on it.

Montipora Combo!!!!! Rare (T5 + MH)

Purple Monti (T5 + MH)

Orange Monti (T5 + MH)

As you can see they are both on the same Coral Plug!!!! How Cool!!!!!!!

Purple FireFish

 

[Coolguy818]

Here are some more......

Green Fuzzy Horn (Hydrnophora) (T5 + MH)

Green Acropora (T5 + MH)

These two where brown and had lost their color, I thought I could bring them home and try to save them...

Need ID (T5 + MH)

Need ID (T5 + MH)

Once again all comments are welcomed....... Thank you...

 

[Coolguy818]

Conducted a full water test today here are the results:

Temp - 81.3
PH - 8.2
Ammonia - undetectable
Nitrite - undetectable
Nitrate - undetectable
Phospahte - undetectable
dKH - 9
Calcium - 430ppm
Magnesium - 1400ppm
Specific Gravity - 1.025

Also added another Maxi-Jet 1200 and a Rio 4HF powerhead to the mix.......

So lets recap

3 Maxi-Jet 1200 - 885gph
1 Rio 4HF - 260gph
1 Lifegard 3000 - 600gph (return #1)
1 Rio 10HF - 400gph (return #2)

Equals a total of 2145gph of flow = 30.64 turnover rate.

Better than 21 I was getting before.

Lastly found a hitchiker crab in one of the Acro's today...

It's dead now....

 

[Sheol]

Your unidentified LPS is a Favites Sp. I love favid corals, got 2 new ones this morning.

Matthew
Nice looking job.

 

[Coolguy818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10532279#post10532279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sheol
Your unidentified LPS is a Favites Sp. I love favid corals, got 2 new ones this morning.

Matthew
Nice looking job.

Thanks Matthew, but the coral I needed to ID was an SPS and it was ID'd as a Merulina SPS coral.....

Not a Favite.

 

[ssbreef]

NOOO!!! YOU KILLED HIM!! Why would you kill that cute little acro-crab before asking? When I see a coral with one at my LFS I buy it even if I'm not to crazy about the coral. Don't get me wrong, there are "bad" acro-crabs but I don't think that was one of them.

Anyway, your set-up is looking great and you got some AWESOME looking corals in there.
Keep us updated.

 

[mile sq. reefer]

JMO, I liked the aquascape in the first after pic. Open feel, less rock wall appearance, good depth with caves, overhangs and nooks and crannies for coral placement. But hey thats just me. Good luck.

 

[GSMguy]

those look like wild corals and it also looks as if you dont have enough flow for them they need tons of flow

get a circulation pump like the koralia/tunze/vortech/

 

[ssbreef]

GSMguy, I just noticed the 158X turnover in your sig. DAMB THATS ALLOT OF FLOW BRO!!!! I love it!!!
Got a build thread?

 

[Coolguy818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10533420#post10533420 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ssbreef
NOOO!!! YOU KILLED HIM!! Why would you kill that cute little acro-crab before asking? When I see a coral with one at my LFS I buy it even if I'm not to crazy about the coral. Don't get me wrong, there are "bad" acro-crabs but I don't think that was one of them.

Anyway, your set-up is looking great and you got some AWESOME looking corals in there.
Keep us updated.

I wasn't trying to kill him, I was using tweezers and trying to get him out..... I didn't know there was such a thing as an Acro-Crab. I saw sharp and pointy claws, and from everything I read... That is bad... Right?

I hope.......

And thanks, I will be posting pretty regulary....

 

[Coolguy818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10533497#post10533497 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
those look like wild corals and it also looks as if you dont have enough flow for them they need tons of flow

get a circulation pump like the koralia/tunze/vortech/

The 2 Powerheads I added aren't enough?

 

[Coolguy818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10533466#post10533466 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mile sq. reefer
JMO, I liked the aquascape in the first after pic. Open feel, less rock wall appearance, good depth with caves, overhangs and nooks and crannies for coral placement. But hey thats just me. Good luck.

The first pic is when I just put the rocks in the tank... There was no formal aquascaping....

The picture doens't do it justice, there are many caves and overhangs.....

 

[Coolguy818]

Here is an update.... I added a few more corals to the mix...

First off some rare corals.....

Pokerstar Montipora

Aussie Acan

Orange/Blue Zoas

Ricordia Farm

Red Goblet Brain

 

[Coolguy818]

Hers is some new Livestock...

Striped Hermit

Zebra Hermit (Mondo)

Jade Hermit

Tomini Firefin Tang

Green Closed Brain

 

[Coolguy818]

And finally the full tank shot

Once again all comments are welcome.

 

[Coolguy818]

Correction to the previous thread. The Montipora listed above is actually a Superman Monti......

 

[dtaylor123]

Your pictures are very nice. But the Wall-O-Rock needs to come down, like the Berlin Wall. Did someone tell you, you need X amount of LR per gallon? The flow with that much LR is not going to work in the long run, you can keep the LR just move about 70% of it to your sump, don't lean any on the back wall and make it so the water can circulate around all the LR. Then you can always add LR if need it or even subtract more from the display.

OK, if you like the Wall-O-Rock and you don't mind a crash in your future, then go for it. No, really if you like it, then I hope your corals and fish prosper!