rigleautomotive's Tank Pics Thread
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TriNewbie24
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Some sweet looking zoa's.
rigleautomotive
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pimp2daizzo
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i randomly got some i had a few diff types sitting side by side and that what they turned into
rigleautomotive
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rigleautomotive
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some pics of my clown babies on the way
rigleautomotive
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If it aint broke dont fix it
If it aint broke dont fix it
After running a calcium reactor for the last 3 or 4 years religiously for alk and cal maintenance I recently got the bright idea to switch back to kalk for all top off water.My thoughts were the tank ph has been quite low this year because the windows have been tightly closed and A/C running 24/7 all summer.My ph was running 7.8 to 8.1 with all corals looking great and growing nicely.I thought a higher ph may bring things up a level so I made 55 gallons of kalk and started dripping via dosing pump.Well the ph was definitely better but after 3 weeks of the kalk some of my acros are looking a bit stressed.I studied the corals for several days closely and checked all params.All the #s were in range and stable so I assumed the kalk was the problem.2 days ago i stopped the kalk and started the reactor back up and each day my corals look happier.My ph is low again but I am convinced the ph really does not mean a whole lot in the actual corals health.Anyway I just thought I would put this out there since it defies what I thought to be common sense.And I guess the moral of the story is if it aint broke,dont fix it.I really saw no ill effects from the lower PH but had to tinker
If it aint broke dont fix it
After running a calcium reactor for the last 3 or 4 years religiously for alk and cal maintenance I recently got the bright idea to switch back to kalk for all top off water.My thoughts were the tank ph has been quite low this year because the windows have been tightly closed and A/C running 24/7 all summer.My ph was running 7.8 to 8.1 with all corals looking great and growing nicely.I thought a higher ph may bring things up a level so I made 55 gallons of kalk and started dripping via dosing pump.Well the ph was definitely better but after 3 weeks of the kalk some of my acros are looking a bit stressed.I studied the corals for several days closely and checked all params.All the #s were in range and stable so I assumed the kalk was the problem.2 days ago i stopped the kalk and started the reactor back up and each day my corals look happier.My ph is low again but I am convinced the ph really does not mean a whole lot in the actual corals health.Anyway I just thought I would put this out there since it defies what I thought to be common sense.And I guess the moral of the story is if it aint broke,dont fix it.I really saw no ill effects from the lower PH but had to tinker
M007
Acro Whore
And I guess the moral of the story is if it aint broke,dont fix it.I really saw no ill effects from the lower PH but had to tinker
Everytime I "tinker" things go down hill :lmao:
rigleautomotive
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Its the nature of the hobby to try to get a bit more color or a bit more growth and the small changes I have made thru the years have led to some positive results.Needless to say not all will result in a positive and knowing when its as good as it gets is the secret I assume.Anyhow I will not go back to kalk again and I have learned that lesson.The large acro colonies are sensitive to change more then I believed and even though the Alk,cal and MG were all stable thru the change the higher PH or just the difference in the chemical make up put them in a unhappy place.Looking better each day so I dont think I will loose any,fingers crossed
Ian
I <3 Corals!
M007
Acro Whore
Agreed, always looking for the next level. R U keeping more of the wild or grown out frags? I find the wild really hate it when you mess with perams but the home grown seem to be a bit more flexible.
rigleautomotive
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Agree with the wilds being alot less resilient to changes.No this is generally the bigger colonies effected,mostly aquaculture frags that grew to large colonies,ie PE poor on all milles and also a few large tables.color loss and no active growth.
Ian
I <3 Corals!
Dan, are these the same colony?
It looks like it's down to half the size......
It looks like it's down to half the size......
rigleautomotive
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Yes Ian,Its the same colony.Still huge.Its hidden from the top view and is still quite large,18 to 20 inches from tip to tip at its largest span.Its a GARF abrolhosensis which I have had forever purchased from them as a tiny frag when I first got into SPS heavily.Made it thru all the crashes and mistakes.One of the vertical branches was removed and fragged a year or 2 ago and I typically cut a few small frags from it every couple months.
rigleautomotive
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you can see it on the left of this pic which is pretty recent
Ian
I <3 Corals!
Sorry Dan, last question, are these 2 millis 'named' corals?
I don't know why but today is the first time I've looked in this thread
I hate it when I do that....
I don't know why but today is the first time I've looked in this thread
I hate it when I do that....
rigleautomotive
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Sorry Dan, last question, are these 2 millis 'named' corals?
I don't know why but today is the first time I've looked in this thread
Please ask away.Technically no but I call the blue one, electric blue mille and the other hot pink table.
The Garf abro is a fairly fast grower,especially from frag size to semi mature colony,then it slowed down like many of my bigger colonies.It seems like once they reach a large natural formation and space is limited they slow.
rigleautomotive
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