Olasana Lagoon: High Energy SPS Nano Build Thread

[meshwheel]

Now that is A. Humulis! OR is it Humilus. Move it as clse to the top as you can once he gets acclimated. Thats a nice piece!

 

[galleon]

It's actually Acropora monticulosa. Humilis has much wider/thicker axial corallite walls.

 

[galleon]

Recovered nicely from shipping.

 

[galleon]

 

[gofor100]

So when do the fish arrive? You have any idea of what you'll be putting in?

Looking good!

-Chad

 

[burnah]

have to subscribe to see this progress, love the idea! have you seen leonardos formosa forest thread? greetings

 

[Bugger]

How did you add music to your you tube video?

 

[galleon]

Some crappy snapshots during a water change. Monticulosa starting to change color:

The "brown" coral from earlier in the thread continuing to color up and encrust:

 

[k.tran]

looking good!

 

[galleon]

Thanks ktran! That color changed one is really starting to grow. I'll post a growth pic.

 

[gofor100]

Love it... nice looking progress pic of the "brown coral"...

Keep it up bro',

Chad

 

[allsps40]

Ok wow, getting some good color already. Im impressed. I withdraw my earlier statements.

 

[Haksar]

Well done galleon,nice to see that corals are coloring up.

 

[meshwheel]

allsps40,
Ahhhhhhhhh NO! YOU NOT GETTING OFF THE HOOK THAT EASY...........................LOL

 

[smsreefer]

ARE THOSE REAL ??


no,not the corals, k.tran's avitar...NICE SHOT !

 

[REEF SMAC]

Frankly I am disgusted with your rampant disregard for convention and band-wagonism. You'd think you had actually been to the South Pacific looking at coral reefs or something, with that attitude. Also clearly you have no background in either fluid dynamics or chemistry. Horrifying. They should ban you.

LMFAO:lmao: This is priceless!

galleon man I love your style.

Refreshing to see someone that actually has a grasp on reality as to what kind of light these animals actually do grow under everyday in the wild. All this "you are gonna overlight your tank and stress your corals" is some of the most ridiculous fish poop out there IMHO.
About the only problem that I can see that you are gonna have with this setup is that your corals are gonna explode with growth.

Are you planning to move your light closer after everything is acclimated?
Or will it heat your water too much?

The single float switch for the ATO kinda scares me though. They do work really well, but mine sticks every once in awhile. (I have a secondary as a failsafe) Sealife starts growing on it, and that is in my dark sump. I would be really careful with yours, especially cause it looks like it's getting some light too. Just make sure to keep it clean. Maybe you have some kind of failsafe too and I just missed it.

Looking forward to you showing all these doubters how it's done.:thumbsup:

 

[galleon]

LMFAO:lmao: This is priceless!

galleon man I love your style.

Refreshing to see someone that actually has a grasp on reality as to what kind of light these animals actually do grow under everyday in the wild. All this "you are gonna overlight your tank and stress your corals" is some of the most ridiculous fish poop out there IMHO.
About the only problem that I can see that you are gonna have with this setup is that your corals are gonna explode with growth.

Are you planning to move your light closer after everything is acclimated?
Or will it heat your water too much?

The single float switch for the ATO kinda scares me though. They do work really well, but mine sticks every once in awhile. (I have a secondary as a failsafe) Sealife starts growing on it, and that is in my dark sump. I would be really careful with yours, especially cause it looks like it's getting some light too. Just make sure to keep it clean. Maybe you have some kind of failsafe too and I just missed it.

Looking forward to you showing all these doubters how it's done.:thumbsup:

Thanks man! I won't move my light closer unless I feel the need to. Right now the temperature stays very stable with that much air between the lamp and water. I will watch the corals to get my answer.

As for the ATO, I don't like having only one either, and I will get a second on reverse eventually. Right now I am OCD about cleaning it every week when I do my water changes. I also find running the standing wave knocks it and keeps it loose and from sticking so far.

Thanks for the support!

 

[pulit]

great looking tank . everything seems to be doing well . good job .

 

[ziyaadb]

HOHOHOHO

When i saw the thread title i thought it was some ultra uber cool nano build. HEHEHEH. little did i know it was to create 10 pages of fun for us that don't believe the "traditionalists"

Love the method you are using all the best in proving the haters wrong.

Zee - South africa

 

[buzzy]

Shawn, right now I'm doing 5 gallons every week on Sunday. I'd like to try to stick to that. I am very very big on regular water changes. I do system maintenance on my Green Tree Python/Orchidarium system on Sundays as well without fail, so it's easy to be in that routine.

this is cool, got any more info on it?

also love what your doing with the tank, im a big fan of minamlistic look/setups