Pete's 110 build

[psteeleb]

Beautiful pics Pete.

thanks

Nice... I'm still contemplating picking up some new candy next couple of weeks.

sorry it's been a while since I've posted, did you get anything new?

Nice, I love the hoeksemai. The blue is incredible.

Last lighting question, what color of t5 bulbs do you use?

thanks - there are 2x UV Actinic White (12k), 1x Giesemann Aquablue Plus and a 1x Korallen-Zucht Fiji Purple

No updates for 16 days...? Hoping you are just on vacation or taking some time away from computer land..... :worried:

still here, but been busy with family the past few weeks; including getting my daughter married - so I'm out of money

things are doing great - the Hoeksemai has a good 1/2" of growth on it. I'll see if I can get a decent picture of it up this weekend.

And, the 2 brownouts I picked up are getting some color in them
here's one under LED's

and under T5's

and here's the other one

 

[psteeleb]

and now for some generic eye candy pics

 

[psteeleb]

a few more

 

[psteeleb]

had to get this porites one in

looks like a finger
"come here"

 

[drummereef]

still here, but been busy with family the past few weeks; including getting my daughter married - so I'm out of money

things are doing great - the Hoeksemai has a good 1/2" of growth on it. I'll see if I can get a decent picture of it up this weekend.

And, the 2 brownouts I picked up are getting some color in them
here's one under LED's

Congrats Pete, that's exciting. :beer: Weddings were always meant for draining the bank account right...? Corals are looking as good as ever btw. :thumbsup:

 

[psteeleb]

Congrats Pete, that's exciting. :beer: Weddings were always meant for draining the bank account right...? Corals are looking as good as ever btw. :thumbsup:

thanks Brett

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Here are some pictures of the Acropora Hoeksemai growth so far ~1 month
5/13

6/18

Close up of top from other side
5/12

6/18

And here's another acropora I've been tracking the growth on
2 months ago 4/19

6/18 of the same branch from the same location zoomed out just a bit

 

[aquaph8]

Nice growth Pete. My hoeki was so brown when I got its taken months for it to get a little color on it.

 

[psteeleb]

Thanks Brett
I guess I was lucky with the Hoeki as it was nice soft blue when I got it and it pretty much stayed that way. At first it was looking like it was going to loose some color but apparently it acclimated to the tank flow, nutrient and light levels pretty quickly; quickly being relative to how long corals can take to make adjustments to a new environment that is.

Here is an updated Full Tank Video (6/23/12)
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and a couple pictures

 

[waterman78]

outstanding!!!!!!!

 

[lanshark]

Awesome !!! You could literally package that and sell as a hypnosis tool. I have the strange need to stop smoking? But I don't smoke. I had to check if I still had my watch and wallet Great video... What do you do with the camcorder to not have it trying to focus when panning across the tank?

 

[aquaph8]

outstanding!!!!!!!

Completely agree, stellar job Pete. Your videos are such a pleasure to watch.

 

[psteeleb]

outstanding!!!!!!!

thanks

Awesome !!! You could literally package that and sell as a hypnosis tool. I have the strange need to stop smoking? But I don't smoke. I had to check if I still had my watch and wallet Great video... What do you do with the camcorder to not have it trying to focus when panning across the tank?

thanks lanshark - I hope I didn't mess it up by adding the music

Completely agree, stellar job Pete. Your videos are such a pleasure to watch.

thanks Brett

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I decided to try and take a couple top downs (without photo box) of a maricultured coral I picked up a few months ago. It's been coloring up real nice with a color combination I haven't seen before. It's actuall under my center brace where I would think the light gets filter out a bit but it seems to be doing just fine. I moved it over to take the pictures

 

[secrest]

Amazing! Love the new pics. That mari piece is incredible.

 

[Will Haider]

Hey Pete the tank is looking great the hoeksami (hope I spelled it right) looks great and the growth looks good also glad to see a thread on RC aswell as on DFWMAS ill have to come over and take a look at the system and pickup some frags while I'm they're too thanks, Will

 

[psteeleb]

Amazing! Love the new pics. That mari piece is incredible.

thanks

Hey Pete the tank is looking great the hoeksami (hope I spelled it right) looks great and the growth looks good also glad to see a thread on RC aswell as on DFWMAS ill have to come over and take a look at the system and pickup some frags while I'm they're too thanks, Will

thanks Will, I should be posting some frags on DFWMAS in the next couple days and feel free to contact me if you are in the area.

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I pulled the bio pellet reactor yesterday to give it a good cleaning and like last time I found a blob of stinky white slimey stuff in there. My guess is it's a bacteria but what ever it is it stinks. I may leave the reactor off line for a few days and see how the nitrates do

 

[psteeleb]

I decided to hack up the large birdsnest colony in my tank today. I t was taking up too much real estate and light.

here it is out - this thing like pulling out a thorn bush (sorry I didnt white balance the camera and just my blue LEDs were on)

ready to hack apart

in pieces ready to give away to members of our local club

 

[mess7777]

what a great problem to have....too much coral!

 

[psteeleb]

what a great problem to have....too much coral!

Ain't that the truth:hmm5:

the real problem is I do and I don't want to get a bigger tank. :rollface:

 

[Robb in Austin]

Does Austin count as 'local'?!

Looking great!

 

[psteeleb]

Does Austin count as 'local'?!

Looking great!

thanks and yes 200 miles is considered "local" in Texas