Renton's Upgrade

[Renton777]

Hi Nathan,

How are the renovations? Are you still running your tanks without bio pellets? is so did you switch to anything else to remove nitrates and phosphates?
thanks

Renovations/additions are done! Finished up just before Christmas, glad that is over with. Now that my wife has more space, its time for me to start thinking about a bigger tank

Yes, I am still running the tank without bio pellets. I have started using Red Sea NO3O4-X NITRATE & PHOSPHATE, NOPOX for short. I am using a relatively small amount just to keep Nitrates between 5 & 10 ppm, corals seem to be happy and have best colors in that range. I plan on setting the NOPOX up on a dosing pump in the near future. I like the controllability and consistency of NOPOX (or carbon dosing in general) versus the inconsistency of biopellets.

Yea where's the confetti ?!

Now Purple reef is trying to get me to go for a RR Bleeding Avenger....he is the devil of temptation :hmm4:

 

[purplereef]

LOL, the devil of temptation. ��

 

[spartanomega21]

If you 2 wanna go 3 ways on stuff lmk im usually game. How about a ec Valentino/ hungs rainbow explosion? I'm trying to put out for a piece of that

 

[cash03ins]

Sure looks great Nathan!!!!!!

 

[purplereef]

If you 2 wanna go 3 ways on stuff lmk im usually game. How about a ec Valentino/ hungs rainbow explosion? I'm trying to put out for a piece of that

Conner where are you finding that piece and for how much?

 

[Renton777]

Picked up a couple of wrasses this weekend from a local reefer who is moving.

A yellow tail tamarin wrasse and a super male golden rhomboid wrasse, both in great shape and health, good work Evinskyt!

They are settling in, the rhomboid is very shy and the tamarin wrasse is being shown its place in the pecking order by a large male leopard wrasse. They have both been out swimming and eating so hopefully things continue to go well.

The rhomboid is still a bit pale from the transfer and very hard to get a picture of. Once they are out swimming more regularly I will get the nice camera out, but for now it is cell phone pics

 

[Big E]

Great additions Nathan!

 

[Renton777]

Got the Nikon out, first up the fish:

The Achilles was flashing its angry colors, cheeks get a little orange, belly gets white and then black ring around its eye turns bright blue.

Recent addition yellow tail tamarin wrasse

Recent addition super male golden rhomboid wrasse

Tough to photograph Potters Dwarf Angel

 

[Renton777]

Orange Spot File Fish

Ruby Red Dragonet

Copperband Butterfly

Royal Gramma

Fox Face

Blonde Naso Tang

 

[Renton777]

Just rearranged this section of the tank. I removed a couple large colonies of frogspawn and moved these guys in.

Left to right, Miami Hurricane, My Miami, Pink Boobies

 

[Renton777]

Bio Hazard Bounce

WWC Bounce

Orange Aussie Shag

Coyote Peyote

Jawbreaker

Magic Carpet

 

[Renton777]

Copps Blue Bonasi

Raspberry Limeade Hyacinthus

Wolfs Blood

RNJ Lavander Mint Sarmentosa

Homewrecker

Space Invader Pectina

Duncans

Vampires

Hallucinations

 

[purplereef]

I need one of those coyote ugly mushrooms!

 

[Renton777]

Berserker

Left to right, Triple Threat Chalice, Kung Pow Monti, Party Crasher Cyphastrea

Emeralds on Fire

Beach Bum Monti

 

[Renton777]

 

[Renton777]

I need one of those coyote ugly mushrooms!

Most people would be blacklisted for intentionally posting the wrong name, but since you are The Purplereef you get a pass.

 

[Gunner2012]

What is the lineage of the Coyote Peyote?

 

[Renton777]

What is the lineage of the Coyote Peyote?

Coyote ------> Wolf

 

[purplereef]

It could be Coyote>Wolf>Bayer ��

 

[Renton777]

It could be Coyote>Wolf>Bayer ��

Clever, I like it. Lets make it happen.