GMaquarium
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Looks great. The wrasse looks more like mccoskeri. Very fun fish to watch
Pisces' addiction
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Steve Canyon
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Demonic? How so. I've been considering one recently. Might it be a problem species?
pisces4u
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We added the 6 line after the Chromis, watchman, scooter, and 2 clowns. For some reason, he still thought he was king of the castle. At one point, I picked up two peppermint shrimp to take care of some small aptasia and he tore them apart one leg at a time after they had been acclimated. He did the same thing to a flasher wrasse a week before the crash.
There are a few stories around about 6 lines getting too aggressive. Tough fish to catch too...
There are a few stories around about 6 lines getting too aggressive. Tough fish to catch too...
backdraft79
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:lmao:
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
demonic is a good description
pisces4u
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The new Sunpower is up and burnin' away. I was able to grab some shots during the first 1.5hr acclimation daylight period. Even just the 2 actinic bulbs look brighter than my old 4 bulb fixture with 6 LED strips. I think the SPS are going to go crazy too. I had decent growth with my old fixture, but I have a gut feeling that it's going to be double now.
I also moved some pieces around to spare the LPS from the direct light. I made a cool shelf with 4 non-ps colonies on the left side and split my torch into 4 pieces to place under the arch on the right.
Here are new full's and some random shots of new pieces from the frag swap.
FTS/BTS
Blue Hydno
Dendro frag
Miami Orchid
Porites colony
"Dyson"
Practicing my fish shooting skills. My 3 chromis.
I also moved some pieces around to spare the LPS from the direct light. I made a cool shelf with 4 non-ps colonies on the left side and split my torch into 4 pieces to place under the arch on the right.
Here are new full's and some random shots of new pieces from the frag swap.
FTS/BTS
Blue Hydno
Dendro frag
Miami Orchid
Porites colony
"Dyson"
Practicing my fish shooting skills. My 3 chromis.
backdraft79
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Great pics. Im glad you tank is coming right back!
pisces4u
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Well, it's now been 3 weeks since the crash and thanks to the frag swap, a lot of generous local reefers, and a tolerant girlfriend, I've managed to re-stock nicely. Here are some new shots with current stock and after moving some corals and rock around.
Front 11/30/09
back
orange digi
happy maxima
ORA Frogskin. I know, I said I wouldn't go that direction again but I couldn't resist.
ORA Blue Iris, Bellina, Slimer
Unknown acro. Could go blue or purple with green or blue polyps.
Puffy blastos. I think they actually may be bleaching, the center used to be black. I'll move them into the shade tomorrow.
Pink milli. Check out the improvement in polyp extension from the pic on the 22nd.
"Jedi Temple" acro/acropora copiosa. Started to bonsai/prune it into an interesting growth pattern. The right side may be next to go, I like the look of the lone left side and it's curve.
That's all for now, lots more new stuff, but it's all so small I'll need to let it grow a bit before they're photo worthy.
Front 11/30/09
back
orange digi
happy maxima
ORA Frogskin. I know, I said I wouldn't go that direction again but I couldn't resist.
ORA Blue Iris, Bellina, Slimer
Unknown acro. Could go blue or purple with green or blue polyps.
Puffy blastos. I think they actually may be bleaching, the center used to be black. I'll move them into the shade tomorrow.
Pink milli. Check out the improvement in polyp extension from the pic on the 22nd.
"Jedi Temple" acro/acropora copiosa. Started to bonsai/prune it into an interesting growth pattern. The right side may be next to go, I like the look of the lone left side and it's curve.
That's all for now, lots more new stuff, but it's all so small I'll need to let it grow a bit before they're photo worthy.
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
dang that milli is PINK, what are you supplementing?
pisces4u
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A witch's brew of amino acids, garlic, and restor mixed in with frozen foods, cyclopeze, and coral frenzy fed twice daily. Microbacter7, Vodka, Lugol's, BRS Ca & ALk daily. Magnesium and Strontium a couple times a week.
The new light helps a lot too; 6x39w ATI Sunpower running blue+, blue+, fiji purple, aquablue special, blue+, actinic.
I was flipping through the white balance settings onthe camera also so you'll notice some pictures are slightly blue, red, or purple hued.
The new light helps a lot too; 6x39w ATI Sunpower running blue+, blue+, fiji purple, aquablue special, blue+, actinic.
I was flipping through the white balance settings onthe camera also so you'll notice some pictures are slightly blue, red, or purple hued.
pisces4u
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Here's a big update since I finally have time off work.
Things are moving along well in the 50g display since the crash and re-stock. I now have 7 chromis, 1 carpenter's flasher wrasse, and our red scooter. The stock is 100% stony corals aside from some GSP hitch hikers and blue clovers that went sexual before I took them out. Everything has fully acclimated to the new 6x39w ATI Sunpower and vodka/mb7 dosing. Growth is really shocking on some of the pieces.
50g front 12/24/09
back
A couple coral shots, I will add more later.
Growth tips on pink milli
New heads on acan. This piece literally started as a bare skeleton covered in coraline and zoanthids.
Black cherry blastos
Our 37g mushroom hex is doing very well. We haven't added much new recently because Kristyn has become very picky about the mushrooms she wants hehe. Still looking for some cool leathers for the top branches also.
37g side/front/side collage
Big happy mushrooms
All is well in the 10g torch bonsai also.
Finally, I upgraded my 10g frag system to a 30g breeder. I did this to remove the substrate and convert the setup to a barebottom SPS only system. I also swapped over my 12g aquapod to a zoanthid/GSP/clavularia frag tank so I can give them less light and dirtier water. Everything went well except the removal of substrate and addition of 20g of new water nutrient shocked my SPS frag tank and bleached a few of the smaller frags. I added 3 chromis to help this issue.
30g SPS frag system
12g zoa frag tank top down
As always, thanks for the comments and for reading.
Things are moving along well in the 50g display since the crash and re-stock. I now have 7 chromis, 1 carpenter's flasher wrasse, and our red scooter. The stock is 100% stony corals aside from some GSP hitch hikers and blue clovers that went sexual before I took them out. Everything has fully acclimated to the new 6x39w ATI Sunpower and vodka/mb7 dosing. Growth is really shocking on some of the pieces.
50g front 12/24/09
back
A couple coral shots, I will add more later.
Growth tips on pink milli
New heads on acan. This piece literally started as a bare skeleton covered in coraline and zoanthids.
Black cherry blastos
Our 37g mushroom hex is doing very well. We haven't added much new recently because Kristyn has become very picky about the mushrooms she wants hehe. Still looking for some cool leathers for the top branches also.
37g side/front/side collage
Big happy mushrooms
All is well in the 10g torch bonsai also.
Finally, I upgraded my 10g frag system to a 30g breeder. I did this to remove the substrate and convert the setup to a barebottom SPS only system. I also swapped over my 12g aquapod to a zoanthid/GSP/clavularia frag tank so I can give them less light and dirtier water. Everything went well except the removal of substrate and addition of 20g of new water nutrient shocked my SPS frag tank and bleached a few of the smaller frags. I added 3 chromis to help this issue.
30g SPS frag system
12g zoa frag tank top down
As always, thanks for the comments and for reading.
rickyrivera1
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Hey Aaron...are the frags in the frag tank for sale or are they just your frags?
pisces4u
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Some are growout stock (zoanthids), some SPS are or will be for sale eventually. PM me if you were interested in seeing them in person sometime or if you had questions on specific pieces.
Here are more shots from the 50g.
Big acro colony I got at the OC christmas sale. Not sure on species and it's pretty browned out, but it's showing some amazingly fast growth in less than a week and the growth tips are starting to look purple.
Another unknown acro that was browned out. It's starting to look yellow with purple tips but the growth structure kinda looks like ORA Borealis.
A third brown out acro recovery. I believe it's a delicate staghorn. Growth tips are blue and polyps are nuke green.
Unknown acropora allthough it's one of my favorites. Super blue tips with green base, may be a tort.
"Jedi Temple" acropora copiosa after trimming and pruning.
Phonape birdsnest
Setosa
Digi, may be a superman lookalike if the base holds color as it grows
Cap showing nice growth on the left side
Meteor shower fully encrusted it's little rock. I'll have to mount it on a larger piece or frag it soon.
Here are more shots from the 50g.
Big acro colony I got at the OC christmas sale. Not sure on species and it's pretty browned out, but it's showing some amazingly fast growth in less than a week and the growth tips are starting to look purple.
Another unknown acro that was browned out. It's starting to look yellow with purple tips but the growth structure kinda looks like ORA Borealis.
A third brown out acro recovery. I believe it's a delicate staghorn. Growth tips are blue and polyps are nuke green.
Unknown acropora allthough it's one of my favorites. Super blue tips with green base, may be a tort.
"Jedi Temple" acropora copiosa after trimming and pruning.
Phonape birdsnest
Setosa
Digi, may be a superman lookalike if the base holds color as it grows
Cap showing nice growth on the left side
Meteor shower fully encrusted it's little rock. I'll have to mount it on a larger piece or frag it soon.
pisces4u
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It's actually quite bright orange in person. No frags for a long time, it seems to be a very slow grower for me and it's one of my favorites so I may sit on it for a while. Stephen may be able to order one up though check with him.
I had some free time since the chocolate shop is closed all week so I played with macro focus. Some pics are better than others. Thanks again for looking.
Acan
Acro
Another acro
and another acro...
sure love my acros...
yeah...
pink n green chalice
frilly mushroom
blue hydnophora
meteor shower
I had some free time since the chocolate shop is closed all week so I played with macro focus. Some pics are better than others. Thanks again for looking.
Acan
Acro
Another acro
and another acro...
sure love my acros...
yeah...
pink n green chalice
frilly mushroom
blue hydnophora
meteor shower
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