New 265g from Portugal

[sahin]

Nice sump. Corals look great. You need to stop playing with water and making mess on the floor. :lol2::lol2::lol2: Just joking. At least it didnt happen while you were away.

The T5 build looks very good. Are you going to use reflectors?

What test kit are you using for the Potassium?

 

[rmgaspar]

Nice sump. Corals look great. You need to stop playing with water and making mess on the floor. :lol2::lol2::lol2: Just joking. At least it didnt happen while you were away.

The T5 build looks very good. Are you going to use reflectors?

What test kit are you using for the Potassium?

Hello Sahin ...

Yeahhhh my wife keeps saying the same ... but on a good side if I have a jumper they are able to survive :beer::beer::beer:

Yes. Very glad it didn't happened when I was out. It would be a big disgrace!

Yes. T5 without reflectors is a no no ...

K test is Salifert. I am sending water this week to Triton to have it analysed and also to calibrate my tests!

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello,

Some small updates:

A couple of friends came and pushed the layout to the back. I got more depth.

Some more frags went in. A BIG, BIG THANKS to Sahin.

I know I am missing the FTS ... I will try to take a decent one!

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello ... Small Update.

shortcake

aculeus

desalwii

blue tortuosa

nana???

red planet

ice-fire

green tenuis

acropora SP

green digitata

Continues ...

 

[rmgaspar]

Continuing

cervicornis

microclados

valida

valida tricolor

ceralis

gorgonia

ice-fire

feneri - Mrs Pacman

acropora SP

FTS. Sorry I wasn't in the mood to put the background.

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Everything continues to grow well ...

Again. I know it's an easy coral ... but as long as it keeps growing like this I know my water is good.

28.Julho.2015

25.Agosto.2015

22.Setembro.2015

26.Outubro.2015

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello again,

And last week ... I lost my head ...
Not sure if my aquarium is able to deal with this bioload in 40 days after quarentine ... LOL

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Meanwhile I sent my water to Triton Labs to have it measured.

Good results for an aquarium that still haven't made to the 4 month mark!

I also bought Iodine test and liquid from Salifert to correct my iodine levels. After 150ml it still points 0.01 in Salifert ...

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

And for those who know me ... you know I cannot keep still for long.

So I went shopping for some wood, some paint, PVC ... and voilá!

Leak test!

And finally:

My Water Station ready ...

All the best,
Rui

 

[sahin]

Great stuff Rui. :beer: Those are excellent Triton results. You are using NSW right?

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello Sahin,

Great stuff Rui. :beer: Those are excellent Triton results. You are using NSW right?

Almost excellent. I was having my orange digitata without polip extension. Lack of Iodine ...

Yes. I only use NSW. It takes me about 10m to collect 200l every week!

I really need to take some decent quality pictures. You wouldn't believe the colors in your frags ...

The blue on the tort ... is absolutely amazing.

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello again,

The photos are terrible as I don't have the skill set to take proper pictures. But it's enough to get the idea.

I have to find a case for underwater fotos.

blue tortuosa - Sahin

SSC - Sahin

olivaceus the only fish

olivaceus

red planet - Sahin

acropora SP yellow

cerealis

cerealis on Oct.15

nana - Sahin

microclados

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Some more

valida tricolor

Acropora SP - Neptune aquatics

blue tort

aspera

nana from top

aculeus - neptune aquatics

valida

redplanet above. Bad picture but you can see the growth

Acropora SP

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

And some more

tricolor - neptune aquatics

porites

SSC - Sahin

All the best,
Rui

 

[sahin]

Wow, that Blue Tort is looking great my friend. The others look good too. :beer: I can see the corals are doing well in your system because the Blue Tort frag was damaged by the Red Planet on my frag rack and its nearly recovered the area that was stung.

I wish I had 10m access to 200litres of seawater! Very jealous of that!

I really like this one too:

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello Sahin,

Wow, that Blue Tort is looking great my friend. The others look good too. :beer: I can see the corals are doing well in your system because the Blue Tort frag was damaged by the Red Planet on my frag rack and its nearly recovered the area that was stung.

I wish I had 10m access to 200litres of seawater! Very jealous of that!

I really like this one too:

Yes ... and I cannot show her color ...
If you remember it was white in the middle. Is already green as it was in your reef when I first saw it. And the blue ... my god ... it's impressive.

Your SSC is also much brigther getting close the that light green tip.

As for that photo ... Well was a brown turd I bought in Neptune Aquatics CA that I paid 9USD for it. It took some time to take off but it's getting nicer every day.

For reference: This was when I bought it. Look at the base ...

Let it grow a little more so that I can take a frag and if you want it ... I will take it for you!

BTW ... If I cannot get another frag of Ice-fire I will take half of mine for you. Still looking for Hawkings ...

All the best,
Rui

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello,

In the meanwhile I decided to put my GoPro inside water.

Sorry as it is my first video, I haven't stopped the powerheads. It's a bit shaky but you can see the colors. For the first time I can reproduce what I am seeing in the tank!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TTJAVAHguU

All the best,
Rui

 

[sahin]

Wow Rui, all is looking well! The SSC has coloured up even more! Excellent work my friend. :beer:

Dont cut your Icefire. If you cannot bring me a frag in Dec, then your can bring another time. I will wait. If you there isnt anymore, then I'd appreciate a small frag in January time. Hope that is OK.

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello Sahin,

Wow Rui, all is looking well! The SSC has coloured up even more! Excellent work my friend. :beer:

Dont cut your Icefire. If you cannot bring me a frag in Dec, then your can bring another time. I will wait. If you there isnt anymore, then I'd appreciate a small frag in January time. Hope that is OK.

Thank you ...

Let me show how it is today ... :bounce3:

This is what I see at night. Prior feeding time!

And this is during day!

cerealis

brown turd when I got it. microclados

tortuosa - Sahin

plana

Continues ...

 

[rmgaspar]

Continuing!

valida tricolor

acropora SPP. I don't know what this is

aculeus

aculeus 2

valida

SSC sahin

SSC sahin whitout the fish ...

Continues ...