mmittlesteadt
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Here's a full tank pic...
My Weed Garden...
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Wally.B
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Joining in to watch your tank.
Many years ago I gave my friend one small piece of xenia from my tank.
Mine would never grow much or ever pulse like zenia should. Eventually my xenia just dwindled away, while other corals did well.
His xenia kept growing and spreading like wildfire. After a year or two his 90 gallon tank was almost nothing but pulsing xenias. It was quite the tank to watch.
He had two clowns which were in heaven with so many places to hang out in.
Best of success with your tank.
Many years ago I gave my friend one small piece of xenia from my tank.
Mine would never grow much or ever pulse like zenia should. Eventually my xenia just dwindled away, while other corals did well.
His xenia kept growing and spreading like wildfire. After a year or two his 90 gallon tank was almost nothing but pulsing xenias. It was quite the tank to watch.
He had two clowns which were in heaven with so many places to hang out in.
Best of success with your tank.
urbanrat84
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Subscribed!
mmittlesteadt
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Thanks. Yeah, watching Xenia pulsing really makes them appear to be more "alive". One of my faves.
mmittlesteadt
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Decided to move my Xenia more front and center. It's basically in the same place, but more out front on the rockwork. Sits in the flow better, is more open and pulsing now.
mmittlesteadt
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I want to remind everyone whose been watching my thread that this entire tank is lit by a single Kessil A160WE. What a fabulous light.
mmittlesteadt
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In anticipation of some new coral additions soon, I did a little coral rearranging. Everyone seems to like the moves.
Sounds like you have the same kind of ideas as i do for my tank 
but yours seems to be farther along haha 
My GSP's have just started to spread a bit, have a toadstool that i hope will grow to a decent size front and center to be the main piece and have gsp, xenia, anthelia, and all them fun corals all around it. We'll see how long till my plan completely changes though...Hope your's works out as awesome as it looks so far and sounds. I'll follow along for sure!
but yours seems to be farther along haha My GSP's have just started to spread a bit, have a toadstool that i hope will grow to a decent size front and center to be the main piece and have gsp, xenia, anthelia, and all them fun corals all around it. We'll see how long till my plan completely changes though...Hope your's works out as awesome as it looks so far and sounds. I'll follow along for sure!
sixpackgarage
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I absolutely agree! I had a single 160WE over my JBJ30RL and it did great. Growth of zoas particularly, but even my blue Stylo quadrupled in size in 6-7 months. I'm keeping it for future use on a frag tank or something.
mmittlesteadt
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When I have friends over and they see my tank they're just blown away when they see this little light the size of a soda can lighting up the whole tank like it does.
mmittlesteadt
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My tank has been up and running since May 9th of this year. In this short period of time my tank has progressed rather nicely.
A little timeline of the phases of my tank in pics...
April 22nd... no water...
May 9th...first filled with water...
May 27th...first day with new Kessil A160WE
June 12th...first corals and first fish, first signs of brown algae...
July 14th...new fish, corals, lots of algae growth...
July 25th...algae controlled by Twin Spot (sand), LM Blenny (rocks) snails and hermits (glass and rock)...
Today, July 29th...A little coral rearranging...
A little timeline of the phases of my tank in pics...
April 22nd... no water...
May 9th...first filled with water...
May 27th...first day with new Kessil A160WE
June 12th...first corals and first fish, first signs of brown algae...
July 14th...new fish, corals, lots of algae growth...
July 25th...algae controlled by Twin Spot (sand), LM Blenny (rocks) snails and hermits (glass and rock)...
Today, July 29th...A little coral rearranging...
mmittlesteadt
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Picking up a really nice 5" diameter flat rock with about 10 mushroom caps on it of various sizes. Pretty green, striped mushrooms. I have the perfect place to put it and will be nice addition to my weed garden. Pics to follow.
atraperegrinus
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Ah I'm jealous! looks good.
I picked up a 110g tank last week so I'm looking forward to setting that up. gonna do 110g DT and 75G sump.
I picked up a 110g tank last week so I'm looking forward to setting that up. gonna do 110g DT and 75G sump.
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mmittlesteadt
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I'm always jealous of people with bigger tanks than mine. I wish I had the room for something bigger than my 40 breeder, but I still love it.
Just added my rock with shrooms on it. They are starting to open back up. I moved the goniopora to the right of it. The shroom rock had lots of nice coralline as well. I'll take another pic after everything has settled in...
Just added my rock with shrooms on it. They are starting to open back up. I moved the goniopora to the right of it. The shroom rock had lots of nice coralline as well. I'll take another pic after everything has settled in...
atraperegrinus
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looks awesome.
Grabbed a stone from the lfs with 1 mushroom on it and since I put it in my tank it has spread into about 5 in 3 weeks. Hopefully they grow well for you too. sadly my zoas havnt spread much at all, my xenia is though.
Grabbed a stone from the lfs with 1 mushroom on it and since I put it in my tank it has spread into about 5 in 3 weeks. Hopefully they grow well for you too. sadly my zoas havnt spread much at all, my xenia is though.
mmittlesteadt
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Yeah, my zoas are very healthy, but aren't spreading. Xenia is, GSP is, Kenya Tree is going crazy 
and my mushrooms are great, especially on the coralline covered rock.
Here's a couple of pics...
My recent Banghaiis...
And a nice grouping of some corals with my new mushroom rock...
And a full tank shot with more actinic...
and my mushrooms are great, especially on the coralline covered rock.Here's a couple of pics...
My recent Banghaiis...
And a nice grouping of some corals with my new mushroom rock...
And a full tank shot with more actinic...
mmittlesteadt
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I'm still really impressed with the amount of light just one single Kessil A160WE can put out over my 40 gallon, and its not even on full intensity in this pic.
I just added a Torch Coral (on the left) and it's already doing better than it did at my LFS. I traded my goniopora for it as the flower pot just wasn't doing as well as I hoped.
I just added a Torch Coral (on the left) and it's already doing better than it did at my LFS. I traded my goniopora for it as the flower pot just wasn't doing as well as I hoped.
atraperegrinus
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Man, looking good! what camera are you using? your pics are excellent.
mmittlesteadt
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Thanks.
Just a cheapo point and shoot. But I adjust my lighting just for photo shoots and then open them in Photoshop and adjust them to look more like my tank does in person. Things like sharpening the images, adjusting levels and color balance, because the photos sometimes are either too dark or too washed out, or the color isn't correct as to how it looks in person.
There is a free version of Photoshop called Serif PhotoPlus that does the same thing. Just Google it.
atraperegrinus
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I pay monthly for photoshop cloud, and lightroom
all i have is my phone for pics, one of these days ill buy a dedicated camera.
i see on the back of one of the rocks i got from a local reefer, i might have gotten a baby kenya tree, i have to turn it around and snap a picture yet, but im pretty sure thats what it is, its only about 1 inch tall so far though.
all i have is my phone for pics, one of these days ill buy a dedicated camera.
i see on the back of one of the rocks i got from a local reefer, i might have gotten a baby kenya tree, i have to turn it around and snap a picture yet, but im pretty sure thats what it is, its only about 1 inch tall so far though.
