Darth_Tater
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Wow, some of those acros are growing crazy fast!
Rebirth - 1500l
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Alex Costa
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Test results:
Ra: 8,0
Ca: 410
K: 450
PO4: 0
NO3: 0
Ra and Calcium showed a little drop down, due the growth of sps, I think.
If this keeps this way 'till next week, I must open a little the outlet of my Ca reactor.
K, after some months over 470 due to several days dosing Potassium, mislead by a test kit out of date, is now at the point that I should keep for now on.
PO4 and NO3 still resding 0,0 at Salifert test kits.
Besides that, I've noted a better coloration on sps, after a change in the fish food. So I think that 0,0 aren't 100% reliable.
The change in the feeding was basically the replacement of all industrialized food by a mix of frozen seafood.
The mix is shrimp, squid, octopus, tuna and seashell. A paella mix that I buy on the supermarket.
I made the change after buy the anthias pair, as a try to improve their will to feed.
And it works very well untill now.
The anthias are far more voracious feeders since the change.
The fridmaniis looks like 2 golden fishs after eat. The P. sankey to heal completely its rotten fins. Yellow coris looks fat and bigger. Plus, my zoas are bigger and more open and growing faster than before and so the lps.
In the beginning I was interspersing industrialized with frozen food, but now I am only giving then the frozen one.
I should keep it that way from now on.
Alex
Ra: 8,0
Ca: 410
K: 450
PO4: 0
NO3: 0
Ra and Calcium showed a little drop down, due the growth of sps, I think.
If this keeps this way 'till next week, I must open a little the outlet of my Ca reactor.
K, after some months over 470 due to several days dosing Potassium, mislead by a test kit out of date, is now at the point that I should keep for now on.
PO4 and NO3 still resding 0,0 at Salifert test kits.
Besides that, I've noted a better coloration on sps, after a change in the fish food. So I think that 0,0 aren't 100% reliable.
The change in the feeding was basically the replacement of all industrialized food by a mix of frozen seafood.
The mix is shrimp, squid, octopus, tuna and seashell. A paella mix that I buy on the supermarket.
I made the change after buy the anthias pair, as a try to improve their will to feed.
And it works very well untill now.
The anthias are far more voracious feeders since the change.
The fridmaniis looks like 2 golden fishs after eat. The P. sankey to heal completely its rotten fins. Yellow coris looks fat and bigger. Plus, my zoas are bigger and more open and growing faster than before and so the lps.
In the beginning I was interspersing industrialized with frozen food, but now I am only giving then the frozen one.
I should keep it that way from now on.
Alex
Alex Costa
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Thanks Dave!
Yes....Seems that the line that tear apart frags from colonies were crossed....and now the growth tends to be faster.
Already did some frags, to guide some colonies and to avoid contact in some places:
reefmutt
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Some more point of views
Crayola plana
Wow, Alex, I really love these shots!
Such a beautiful scape. So open and balanced.
So cool to see the different perspectives.
Alex Costa
Member
Thanks Matt! :thumbsup:
I am really enjoying this phase of the reef.
The colors are popping and the scape starts to make more sense now that the corals are bigger.
Alex
WLachnit
Active member
Alex Costa
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Thanks!
The Chromis try to hide in between the branches of this acro sometimes....
They obviously, don't fit in.....lol
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Alex Costa
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Montipora Rainbow...the coral that deserves to be named like this
Some EVO shots:
Anacropora WWC Slimeball
09/02/2017
30/07/2017
No ID australian acro :
20/04/2017
30/07/2017
Alex
Some EVO shots:
Anacropora WWC Slimeball
09/02/2017
30/07/2017
No ID australian acro :
20/04/2017
30/07/2017
Alex
Alex Costa
Member
This frag came from a wild colony. No ID, but is my favorite piece at this time:
My Red Dragon must be fraged.
After the change that I made in the fixtures support it starts to STN from the base.
I think it was because the light became too strong for it .
Yesterday I broke the colony in 2 pieces and put 1 piece in the small island, very close to the bottom and the other one in the big island, upper in the reef but not directly bellow any fixture.
Let's see if one of them can make it.
Alex
My Red Dragon must be fraged.
After the change that I made in the fixtures support it starts to STN from the base.
I think it was because the light became too strong for it .
Yesterday I broke the colony in 2 pieces and put 1 piece in the small island, very close to the bottom and the other one in the big island, upper in the reef but not directly bellow any fixture.
Let's see if one of them can make it.
Alex
vikinglord13
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Nice updates. Do you plan to raise any chromis fry perchance?
Alex Costa
Member
I don't think so...
I simply don't know how and do it probably will require take the 6 Chromis out of the reef to realocate them.
vikinglord13
New member
Hmmm, not necessarily. Many clown reefers that raise clown fry simply take out the rock the eggs are on and let them hatch in a fry tank. I'm not sure if it's possible to scrape the eggs off safely
Alex Costa
Member
A friend send me this link:
http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=170
I read some threads and Chromis seem to be very difficult to raise fry....
I'll pass......
:lol2:
Wow Alex, I hadn't checked in on your thread in ages and oh my golly gosh!! :inlove: :inlove:
Your tank and photography is just stunning!! I'm so happy to see your new tank is coming along so amazingly and looking just so vibrant and wonderful
Hey Dom.....
Thanks!
You came just in time to catch the next chapter......
Take a look
Alex Costa
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First of all, after cut my Red Dragon in 2 pieces, the STN stoped and the frags look very good now.
I'm very happy that I could save it.
I'm very happy that I could save it.
Alex Costa
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The success with the sps gave me the courage to buy some more sticks:
tenuis blue
Carolineana yellow
Aculeus
echinata blue
Besides that I also bought:
echinata green
milepora red
gomezi purple
hyacinthus pink blue tips
subulata purple
stylophora pink
austera banana
montipora superman
psamocora green
I think that I'm close to what I want from sps now....
tenuis blue
Carolineana yellow
Aculeus
echinata blue
Besides that I also bought:
echinata green
milepora red
gomezi purple
hyacinthus pink blue tips
subulata purple
stylophora pink
austera banana
montipora superman
psamocora green
I think that I'm close to what I want from sps now....
Alex Costa
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Some of the sps that came in the first batches
Milepora Baby Blue
Formosa Blue Sky
Tortuosa Blue Oregon
Tortuosa ORA Blue Green
Abrolhosensis Green orange tips
Suharsonoi Eletric Green
WWC Slimeball
Milepora Baby Blue
Formosa Blue Sky
Tortuosa Blue Oregon
Tortuosa ORA Blue Green
Abrolhosensis Green orange tips
Suharsonoi Eletric Green
WWC Slimeball
Alex Costa
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Some Top Down
Milepora pink
ORA Red Planet
turaki mint green
youngei green
Tortuosa Blue Oregon
Montipora setosa
Milepora pink
ORA Red Planet
turaki mint green
youngei green
Tortuosa Blue Oregon
Montipora setosa
Alex Costa
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Some lps
Alex Costa
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FTS
Side view
Front view
Side view
Front view
