New 220 gallon build

[dreaminmel]

Wow, I wish I could get out there next month... From your question on the mille frag in the other thread, I believe that initially the frag was one skinny 1"ish piece. That peach mille was always green w/ hints of orange especially on the growth tips in my tank. I believe the 4th pic from the top of this page is the tri-color valida frag that I mentioned can get really bright light blue growth tips under certain light and that one will color right up once the bugs are gone as it super, super hates those. I couldn't see the A. nana frag in the pics but it was a more blunt tip, thick frag with green base and lilac/purple growth tips. I've got pics on my home puter of the main colonies when I had them so I'll pm them to you later on.

Oh... and I gotta ask... have you ever shipped before?

Always love seeing your pics Kurt! :thumbsup:

 

[KurtsReef]

Thanks Mel, I will have to look around tomorrow but think the peach milli did not make it.

I finally hooked up the final two LED light strips I picked up several months ago, that makes a total of 6 units on the tank. I want at least two more for the center which would make 4 in the center section and two on each side section...and I want a rimless or eurobrace tank as well the braces simply suck when trying to get the lighting all going into the tank (new tank will be in a couple years when this one is worn out). Hopefully someone smarter than me will have an idea for mounting them when they see it in a couple weeks.

I also picked up a lawnmower blenny...big one to help take care of the hair algae that is in the sump. He seems happy when I checked on him, did not do a full QT on him just gradually dripped and then did water changes within his bag until all water was out and it was all from my tank...finally a fresh water dip and in he went.

Finally today, I took out all the SPS and dipped it for red bugs AGAIN (see what appears to be a few red bugs on SPS a couple of posts up), I have added nothing to my tank since the last time I did this without first treating it so unsure how they made it. This time I even dropped rocks in that the SPS are glued too/growing on in hopes any critters living in the rock would also die. Yes, am sure I lost a few pods as well but not concerned the population of podville is secure in my sump/refuge. I would treat the entire display if I could catch the cleaner shrimp...do not feel like taking out all of the rockwork.

So...that is the non-photo update, its late and hockey is on so will take some photographs tomorrow to post.

 

[CHOPRJOHN]

Nice lookin tank & set up Kurt! Im curious, I used to live in Syracuse, but never heard of North Boston. Where zactly is it located. Thanx....Johnnie

 

[KurtsReef]

John,
Thanks...
North Boston is south west of Buffalo NY about 20 minutes.

 

[CHOPRJOHN]

Thanx, I shoulda known Ihave friends out that that ride....Johnnie

 

[KurtsReef]

Woke up this morning, turned on the blue lights (no have not hooked any of them up to the ACIII yet...on my agenda for today) and the wrasse swims by with a piece of cleaner shrimp.

I will assume the medicine I used to kill redbugs did it in, the other is still alive. Dipping the live rocks directly into the medicine would have brought some into the tank...suppose the shrimp hung out on one of those rocks prior to the medicine getting diluted.



Bummer

 

[Capt_Cully]

I had one cleaner survive an Interceptor dosing. Looked like it had a stroke for a few days. Laid still twitching. The second round was too much for the little guy. I couldn't catch it, so, it was a mass casualty circumstance. Small sacrifice to benefit the greater good of the tank.

Maybe the interceptor slowed yours down just enough to make it vulnerable to bullys.

 

[Piazzon12]

could it be a really thick molt?

 

[KurtsReef]

Nah, definitely down to one cleaner in the tank there was meat in the tail the wrasse was carrying around.

New photos...new corals

ORA Red Planet:

ORA BlueBerry

 

[KurtsReef]

 

[KurtsReef]

Biggest fish in the tank

Bully of the tank

 

[KurtsReef]

Shamu?

Oops

Grape Ape?

Orange Cap, and two varieties of green cap growing together

Newest fish fan

 

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[rjrobert]

Love that macro lens huh Great shots

 

[KurtsReef]

I like the naso going straight down in the background

My other red table...much more red, the Red Planet has a different color flesh with red polyps

Still have a few LPS

 

[KurtsReef]

Macro lens did get a workout today RJ

Green hydro

Hot pink birdsnest

Dont know what it is

The last remaining sign of the missing cleaner shrimp

A few more

 

[KurtsReef]

Not sure what this one is either...dark purplish

Sunset Monti? Was getting beat up by a green BTA till I moved the coral, should recover

Purple hydro

My peach acro and green acro meeting in the middle of this shot

 

[KurtsReef]

Is this the oregon tort?

Trio of clams and dirty glass

OK...Thats it for today

 

[melev]

Thanks for all the eye candy. I know it takes a long time to take the pictures, process them, upload them and link them in your posts. I don't have a favorite, so I'll just comment that your Clown Goby is cute, and the Red Planet looks nothing like mine. Yours is very pretty, and distinctly colored compared to mine.

 

[KurtsReef]

Thanks Marc,

This one is the most accurate as far as colors, that is sitting 28" below the surface of a 400w 12k reflux bulb

These were all taken quickly...the uploading and pasting took some time.