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When I bought it, it was under the Prodman name, actually I thought this one was the ATL Rainbow Prostrata, but asked Mark now about three times because its always when we are talking about something else and always forget to commit it to memory.
The SPS forum thread is what got me thinking about it again, and was going to let him tell me........again.
Sorry guys, when I can sit down more than 5 minutes.....I will answer the other questions.
The SPS forum thread is what got me thinking about it again, and was going to let him tell me........again.
Sorry guys, when I can sit down more than 5 minutes.....I will answer the other questions.
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Yes, I know....but someone else had brought that other up as well so I thought I would play along.....like I said, just asking you again
ATL Fourth of July-Superman-Fuzzy navel Milli wasn't it? I'm getting too old to keep up with all these names......from now on everything will be Acropora sp. again.
ATL Fourth of July-Superman-Fuzzy navel Milli wasn't it? I'm getting too old to keep up with all these names......from now on everything will be Acropora sp. again.
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That is why I haven't even posted any pics lately. I am too lazy to tell what each one is.
BTW, once again, its the ATL raspberry with blueberry tipped milli. Ming had a wonderful colony of this back around a year ago. It can go really blue under 20K's. HTH
BTW, once again, its the ATL raspberry with blueberry tipped milli. Ming had a wonderful colony of this back around a year ago. It can go really blue under 20K's. HTH
kevin95695
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Dude, I don't even want a frag, but can I just touch your ATL bonsai? I won't stalk it, I swear. Just one touch. That's all.
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What did I change?
The answer simply could be everything. I had a critical mass last May when I was graduating and put the tank on "autopilot" for a month or two.
Up until that point I felt I was "pretty good" about my husbandry and was, for the average tank, but I had began to nudge into the more finicky side of the all out SPS tank.
Shorty there after I began to suffer from a tip reccession that a few others on the SPS forum were having. Nothing helped and I tried everything, switched out most of my old equipment and searched for elusive rusty razor blades and screws. The only thing that would help was massive water changes. The tip reccession would stop for a week only to began again.
This happened until September. By then, I had changed so much equipment and the way I think about things.......I don't know what the root cause was. But I totaly changed my outlook on things and my way of reefkeeping.
What I changed/realized
1a Your tank and your tanks health are unique and can't be compared to the ocean nor anyone elses tank. You must find what works for your tank and your tank only.
1b. Because every little bit helps, and hurts, its these little things adding up over time that hurt in the long run. I don't believe there was no great single cause as more of the "little" things we try to ignore and get by with.
1c. There is ALWAYS going to be someone with a better tank, piece, colors.....etc, don't get hung up on that and concentrate about yours and yours alone.
1d. This isn't a competition, nor a team sport, but an singular expression with your efforts based on how much desire, dedication, and effort you put into it. Result WILL vary and is a direct corelation on the effort you put in.
2. Question every test.....are you sure you preformed it correctly and is it a quality test kit. If you can't afford to buy quality test kits, you have no business buying expensive livestock. I had bad Salifert tests and didn't know it.
3. Buy an RO/DI unit, a big part of my growth and reccession problems were probably the fault of PO4 stunting calcification. Again, Salifert test kit said I was fine. (recently tested at .14ppm in reality)
4. Test, test, test, and test again.
5. test again
6. Test
7. Have a good thermometer and a couple of references. I could have been up to 4 degrees off due to a faulty controller.
8. WC's because I didn't have an RO/DI, getting water was a chore. Since I have one, I have upped my WCs from 30% monthly to 30% every two weeks. Has done wonders even though 30% montly was far from "neglect". I didn't have one before because I live in an apartment and most have them plumbed in the garage. I was waiting to be able to do this myself. I found the tank I won at the frag swap to be a perfect catch can when my 5-gallon jugs were overfilled. At least twice now I have forgot about it and nearly flooded the apartment.
9. Keep Alk Stable
10. I began dosing Mg, even though I use Reef Crystals and dose B-ionic continously, I was low.
11. I have been dosing Sr recently, the jury is still out.
12. Feed constantly, regularly, and diversly. Some with SPS don't feed for them. I do and did not in the past, my colors and growth are better. I was hit or miss and irregular. I recently found out that my PO4 was very high. I started rinsing everything and seems to be helping, combined with increased WC's
13. Don't feed too much, but not too little. See #1
14. Be vigilant and strive to be just that better tommow....if you do, you will be.
My tank has been on ups and down since I started it. NOTHING has been easy for me and I ALWAYS learn the hard way through trial and error because of #1. No one can tell you how to do it, and over time you will figure out what works for you.
I almost lost my tank over the summer and came very close to doing so. Since then, my tank is on an upswing and am trying daily to improve it and stay on it trying to make MY tank the best it can be.
As everything goes in cycles, I am dreading the next downswing as I lost about $300-$400 in SPS over the summer. Perhaps I had some Karma saved up from that when the power went out.
One reminder of that is the Loinsette I showed above, which I hacked up and glued back together to save from tip recession, giving it its unique shape and is just now starting to regrow.
I don't know if this will work for you, but has helped me.......call it a "back to basics". I got into this because of money and time while in school. It takes a lot of time and expense to keep up a full blown SPS tank. If your thinking about it, just make sure you can commit to it, because the bar is higher and the stakes greater.
BTW, no the Seios are not on a controller and am ready to upgrade to a pair of Vortech w/ wave drivers and two Tunze nanostreams on a controller soon.
The answer simply could be everything. I had a critical mass last May when I was graduating and put the tank on "autopilot" for a month or two.
Up until that point I felt I was "pretty good" about my husbandry and was, for the average tank, but I had began to nudge into the more finicky side of the all out SPS tank.
Shorty there after I began to suffer from a tip reccession that a few others on the SPS forum were having. Nothing helped and I tried everything, switched out most of my old equipment and searched for elusive rusty razor blades and screws. The only thing that would help was massive water changes. The tip reccession would stop for a week only to began again.
This happened until September. By then, I had changed so much equipment and the way I think about things.......I don't know what the root cause was. But I totaly changed my outlook on things and my way of reefkeeping.
What I changed/realized
1a Your tank and your tanks health are unique and can't be compared to the ocean nor anyone elses tank. You must find what works for your tank and your tank only.
1b. Because every little bit helps, and hurts, its these little things adding up over time that hurt in the long run. I don't believe there was no great single cause as more of the "little" things we try to ignore and get by with.
1c. There is ALWAYS going to be someone with a better tank, piece, colors.....etc, don't get hung up on that and concentrate about yours and yours alone.
1d. This isn't a competition, nor a team sport, but an singular expression with your efforts based on how much desire, dedication, and effort you put into it. Result WILL vary and is a direct corelation on the effort you put in.
2. Question every test.....are you sure you preformed it correctly and is it a quality test kit. If you can't afford to buy quality test kits, you have no business buying expensive livestock. I had bad Salifert tests and didn't know it.
3. Buy an RO/DI unit, a big part of my growth and reccession problems were probably the fault of PO4 stunting calcification. Again, Salifert test kit said I was fine. (recently tested at .14ppm in reality)
4. Test, test, test, and test again.
5. test again
6. Test
7. Have a good thermometer and a couple of references. I could have been up to 4 degrees off due to a faulty controller.
8. WC's because I didn't have an RO/DI, getting water was a chore. Since I have one, I have upped my WCs from 30% monthly to 30% every two weeks. Has done wonders even though 30% montly was far from "neglect". I didn't have one before because I live in an apartment and most have them plumbed in the garage. I was waiting to be able to do this myself. I found the tank I won at the frag swap to be a perfect catch can when my 5-gallon jugs were overfilled. At least twice now I have forgot about it and nearly flooded the apartment.
9. Keep Alk Stable
10. I began dosing Mg, even though I use Reef Crystals and dose B-ionic continously, I was low.
11. I have been dosing Sr recently, the jury is still out.
12. Feed constantly, regularly, and diversly. Some with SPS don't feed for them. I do and did not in the past, my colors and growth are better. I was hit or miss and irregular. I recently found out that my PO4 was very high. I started rinsing everything and seems to be helping, combined with increased WC's
13. Don't feed too much, but not too little. See #1
14. Be vigilant and strive to be just that better tommow....if you do, you will be.
My tank has been on ups and down since I started it. NOTHING has been easy for me and I ALWAYS learn the hard way through trial and error because of #1. No one can tell you how to do it, and over time you will figure out what works for you.
I almost lost my tank over the summer and came very close to doing so. Since then, my tank is on an upswing and am trying daily to improve it and stay on it trying to make MY tank the best it can be.
As everything goes in cycles, I am dreading the next downswing as I lost about $300-$400 in SPS over the summer. Perhaps I had some Karma saved up from that when the power went out.
One reminder of that is the Loinsette I showed above, which I hacked up and glued back together to save from tip recession, giving it its unique shape and is just now starting to regrow.
I don't know if this will work for you, but has helped me.......call it a "back to basics". I got into this because of money and time while in school. It takes a lot of time and expense to keep up a full blown SPS tank. If your thinking about it, just make sure you can commit to it, because the bar is higher and the stakes greater.
BTW, no the Seios are not on a controller and am ready to upgrade to a pair of Vortech w/ wave drivers and two Tunze nanostreams on a controller soon.
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kevin95695
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Sounds like you found some grounding and balance in there somewhere... Congratulations Doug. The pictures say it all.
