Reefkeeping in America's Heartland - Ozarksreef Journal
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lynchmob3000
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I was gonna say c quarium stag but either way it looks great!
OzarksReef
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Hey all - thanks for checking in! I sure appreciate the feedback and comments. I'm going to try to get another coral profile up yet this evening or tomorrow.
I got this colony from a local reefer a little over a year ago. He was rescaping his tank and wanted to go fish only. He got it as a frag from a hobbyist in Kansas City.
Hey Whiskey - it's similar to Green Slimer in growth form, but would contrast really well with the bright/neon of the slimer. I've got a frag of green slimer growing not far from one of my colonies of Lime in the Sky.
I haven't heard of that coral before, but I googled some images and it sure does look very similar!
Me too - fairly fast growing and towering form!
Thanks reefwiser - it's great to have the system back on track again!
Thanks - it does seem like many of these corals have several common names. As they say, a rose by any other color...
I got this colony from a local reefer a little over a year ago. He was rescaping his tank and wanted to go fish only. He got it as a frag from a hobbyist in Kansas City.
Hey Whiskey - it's similar to Green Slimer in growth form, but would contrast really well with the bright/neon of the slimer. I've got a frag of green slimer growing not far from one of my colonies of Lime in the Sky.
I haven't heard of that coral before, but I googled some images and it sure does look very similar!
Me too - fairly fast growing and towering form!
Great to see things going well.
Thanks reefwiser - it's great to have the system back on track again!
Thanks - it does seem like many of these corals have several common names. As they say, a rose by any other color...
OzarksReef
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Coral Profile | Acropora valida
A. valida, or tri-color acro, comes in wide variety of colors. It's common name stems from the often found two-color base with a third color of polyp. The OzarksReef has several tri-color frags and colonies that I'm looking forward to see as they grow into even larger colonies.
This small colony began as a frag in my system and it's one of those corals everyone has in their tank, where you scratch your head and try to remember where it came from. I have a photo of it from six months ago as a frag to compare against its current size. It is placed in a very high par area of the tank, nearly directly under the 250-watt metal halide bulb. It seems happy with the higher light levels, both from the standpoint of color and growth.
A. valida, or tri-color acro, comes in wide variety of colors. It's common name stems from the often found two-color base with a third color of polyp. The OzarksReef has several tri-color frags and colonies that I'm looking forward to see as they grow into even larger colonies.
This small colony began as a frag in my system and it's one of those corals everyone has in their tank, where you scratch your head and try to remember where it came from. I have a photo of it from six months ago as a frag to compare against its current size. It is placed in a very high par area of the tank, nearly directly under the 250-watt metal halide bulb. It seems happy with the higher light levels, both from the standpoint of color and growth.
July 2015 - Macro
April 2015
December 2014
A view from Below (A. Valida is in Upper Right Background)
April 2015
December 2014
A view from Below (A. Valida is in Upper Right Background)
OzarksReef
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Thanks - I stopped by your thread and you've done quite a restart as well! Love the looks of your scape. I think the aquarium's footprint is ideal for creative aquascaping without being too big. Definitely having fun fillin' it up!
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Reefkeeping in America's Heartland - Ozarksreef Journal
Put together this quick video of the reef. It's best viewed at 720p. While my iPhone missed on white balance a few times, I'm still amazed at the quality straight out of the phone!
Put together this quick video of the reef. It's best viewed at 720p. While my iPhone missed on white balance a few times, I'm still amazed at the quality straight out of the phone!
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OzarksReef
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Thank you - as much as I enjoy SPS, there will always be room for an assortment of softies and LPS. They offer a wide variety of growth forms and add movement to the reef. The toadstool has been in the tank since I set it up. I've fragged it recently and it's grown back very quickly.
I don't have a direct feeding regimen for the corals. I've occasionally experimented with additives like acropower and fuel, but haven't noticed any difference in coral health. Admittedly though, I don't stick with the routine longer than a few weeks. I feed the fish a mix of frozen and dry foods and suspect the corals feed on the smaller particles in the water column along with fish waste.
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The large one in the video is an Indo colony I got last October. It seems to be doing really well in a fairly low light area. I've also got a a small colony that was fragged off of a really large colony locally - it's actually been fragged many times. I really like theses corals - but they grow really fast!
naterealbig
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Hi Ozarks,I remember the last system you had; the bare bottom cube. If I remember it right, you had a razor for lighting, no? I thought your system was absolutely beautiful, so I was really surprised to hear in this thread that you had a die off. Was it the switch from the razor to the Radion that you attribute it to?
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Fingers crossed that it continues to thrive. I had a couple of colonies that didn't make it through the first few weeks in the past. I've read about the elegance wasting disease, but think a key part of success is the health of the colony after import.
Hello - great to hear from you. I had the Razors for over a year on a shallow rimless display and moved it over to the marine land cube. Things were going really well until I switched to the Radions and didn't acclimate slowly enough. While the intensity change started the decline, I think it triggered some type of bacterial infection that killed things off quickly. It's been a long road back, but I'm starting to see color closer to where things were before the crash.
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Just got an Avast Top-Down photo tube and took some shots this evening. Thought I'd share some of the more interesting ones. All these were taken with the Canon 70D kit lens (18-135mm).
Hawkins Echinata
Rainbow Sytlophora
Tanzanite Terror Frag
Pink Lemonade - trying to regain it's color
Mystic Sunset Montipora
Unknown Acro - this frag is growing into something special
Nice Yellow/Green Millie
Tricolor and Rainbow Monti
Another nice Tricolor
Hawkins Echinata
Rainbow Sytlophora
Tanzanite Terror Frag
Pink Lemonade - trying to regain it's color
Mystic Sunset Montipora
Unknown Acro - this frag is growing into something special
Nice Yellow/Green Millie
Tricolor and Rainbow Monti
Another nice Tricolor
OzarksReef
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Nice! great photos.. I want one of those Avast tubes..
really nice tank as well!
keep the photos coming, baby!
How large is your bubble tip anemone?
Thanks - the photo tube is great for top down shooting. I've noticed that if the lens is not zoomed all the way out, the acrylic end picks up reflections from the lens. I may try to block light from the top of the tube with some tissue or something.
The RBTA is pretty small - usually opens up to no more than 3" or so. It picked a spot the first week I got it and has stayed there ever since.
Thanks Markalot - good to be back! The tank took a major hit last year and I just recently felt like it was photo worthy again [emoji1]. It's around 15 months old now and I'm hoping things are on the verge of really taking off again!
triggerjay
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David! How are you? Tank is looking great!
Jason
Jason
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Hey Jason - I didn't realize you were still in the Springfield area. Things are going pretty well - made it past the one-year anniversary on this tank, so getting close to a record for me :spin1:!
