Oldude's Little Reef on the Prairie

[Oldude]

Welcome Back Greg!

I have been debating doing the same. Again.

Thanks Mike. Glad you stopped by to say hello.

 

[Oldude]

Amazing stuff Greg, Ive missed your pics

Thanks, I will try to maintain some regular updates.

 

[Oldude]

green dragon

green dragon

This coral is rapidly turning into one of my faves. It is getting a really vibrant green with some blue & pink hues near the growth ends but can't seem to capture very well it on camera. For reference the colony is about 8" across.

 

[Oldude]

Dragon Pipe

Dragon Pipe

I really like these fish, inexpensive - look cool and do surprisingly well in a high flow sps tank.

 

[Oldude]

Green Squamosa

 

[Oldude]

Misc corals

Misc corals

 

[Oldude]

Here's a couple of chalices

A hodge-podge of stuff growing on some branch rock

 

[Oldude]

Thanks Mike. Glad you stopped by to say hello.

Whoops Mark
Sorry for the type-o. I was distracted by my grandkids who are visiting and typed in my grandson's name.:spin2:

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

The tank is amazing. Are the pipefish used for maintenance meaning for red bugs or AEFW?

 

[Oldude]

The tank is amazing. Are the pipefish used for maintenance meaning for red bugs or AEFW?

Thanks for the compliment.
Regarding the pipefish, I think they add some interesting character to the tank and as far as I know they mainly hunt for pods (haven't had red bugs for many years now - knock on wood).
I am not sure they will eat AEFW, have you heard anything on this you can share?
Whether they do or don't, I guess they are like chicken soup for a cold -might not help but can't hurt.:smokin:

 

[Oldude]

Not sure what happened but I just recently lost both these colonies to RTN.
On the a.awi colony there seemed to be a blackish line running up through the center of the skeleton. Anyone know what would cause that? Is it some sort of desease? I have seen it before on a few colonies I had several years ago and I lost them as well.

 

[glaukos]

Amazing...once more...and that isn't something easy!
Great pics,corals and....everything in general!

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Thanks for the compliment.
Regarding the pipefish, I think they add some interesting character to the tank and as far as I know they mainly hunt for pods (haven't had red bugs for many years now - knock on wood).
I am not sure they will eat AEFW, have you heard anything on this you can share?
Whether they do or don't, I guess they are like chicken soup for a cold -might not help but can't hurt.:smokin:

I wish I could tell you more. I read on another build thread that they used them for acropora maintenance.

 

[Oldude]

Amazing...once more...and that isn't something easy!
Great pics,corals and....everything in general!

Thank you very much

 

[Oldude]

I wish I could tell you more. I read on another build thread that they used them for acropora maintenance.

If you ever hear anything more about this I am very interested in learning more.
Thanks.

 

[Oldude]

a few of the LPS in the reef

a few of the LPS in the reef

 

[Oldude]

 

[robert s b.]

Tank looks awesome!

 

[Oldude]

Tank looks awesome!

You are very kind, thanks.

 

[Oldude]

A few random corals

A few random corals