RyanGSP's 80G Build

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I am a little behind, been a little busy around here the past few days. A few days ago I switched some LR around and ditched the island. I moved it into the back to continue the wall. I think I want to continue brining rock forward on the right side to make a cove there. Keep the rock low with maybe a little point near the front.

Mike finally made his way over here yesterday and was impressed on how the tank was looking so that was happy to hear him say that.




I fed Fauna Marin tonight and snapped some photos plus Top downs. Let me know what you guys think!

Purple & Blue Chalice

Meteor Shower Cyphastrea

Pumpkin Patch Favia

Japanese Fruitloops inhaling the FM

Ultra Australian Acans

Ultra Australian Acans

New York Lights Favia

Japanese Micromussa

Extra FM floating around in the water

 

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Hammer Coral taking in the FM

Red & Green Blastomussa wellsi

Armor of God Plays taking it in

These guys are waiting to go to their new home

And now for some TD photos

I bought this tabling Acro when it was purple. Under the halides its turning more & more blue!!

Electric Green Deepwater

Blue Polyp Austera finally coloring back up. Cant wait!

Sunset Monti looking good

Cali Tortusa

 

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Supergrape Mille. I cant wait for this one to grow up!

Rainbow Stylo

Nice hot pink Monti Cap

My Super Ultra Favia starting to colour back up. Its Yellow is stating to poke through.

Orange Digi

I am not sure what type of acro this is but its starting to be one of my favorites. Its a nice purple color with bright white polyps

You cant see much right now but once this Pokerstar Monti grows over the epoxy it will make for great TD photos. Its looking amazing as well, I cant beleive how good things are looking so soon after start-up.

My little A. Turaki frag starting to grow

Orange Crush Acans

 

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My Birdnest is looking good as well. Here it is peeking out from the rocks.

And my beauty A. lovelli

 

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Well after a 300km road trip that ended us in Lethbridge (long story) I found some new stuff locally for the tank. Crappy iPhone4 pictures for now, sorry guys.

First up is a Hot Pink Mille that Mike and I went in on.

Next up is a sweet blue Porcelain crab I found at TFI.

 

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After finally making it to Medicine hat I found a few more additions to the tank.

Some cool red with green flake Blastomuss wellsi.

Also picked up 2 new 3/4" flare nozzles for my returns.

Today when I went out to get some food for the reptiles I pcked up another pail of Instant Ocean and scored a pretty good deal on some Hermits. I will probably regret this adding these guys but everything is secured down so I hope they dont knock too much around.

 

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The Good Friday was a perfect day for a trip to Calgary! Day off work and the stores loaded with good stuff.

I got some new additions to the tank and I am pretty excited about. I think these are Dispar Anthias but I am still not sure.

I also need to send a shout out to Levi for letting us check out his tank before the big tear down. Thanks again for the frag Levi!

I found these guys hiding in my rocks. Totally forgot about them! Red People Eaters.

 

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I got some better pictures of the Anthias today. They are getting more and more brave.

Still havent gotten them to eat so hopefully they come around in the next couple days.... or I have to resort to the dreaded frozen foods.

Also a shot of my Japanese Fruit Loops Zoanthids

The Lovelli is starting to take off as well.

 

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Some top downs.

Blue Polyp A. austera

Meteor Shower Cyphastrea

Hot Pink A. millepora

A. tortusa

Acropora

 

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A little bit of an update here with some growth shots.

We went to Calgary yesterday and even though it wasnt a fish trip I still managed to make a couple stops.

I was happy to see Gold's had one more of the Dispar Anthias so I picked it up. I also found 2 really nice little Porcelain Crabs there, man I love these little guys. I also found out today the new Anthias is a Male and both have been flaring at each other all morning. No real intimidation yet or fighting so I hope they get alone. This puts me at 2 male and 2 females but I am thinking maybe another 2 girls would really light up this tank. The original 3 have started eating the New Era Marine Flake and Prime Reef Flake like crazy now, the larger male even tries to take down NLS pellets.

The Start of a Dispar School

Porcelain Crab #1

Porcelain #2

The FTS

 

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The Pokerstar Monti is really starting to take off and encrust.

Here it is on


This Monti Cap is just starting to go, it has encrusted the old dead skeleton and is starting to plate out.

Here it is April 9th

The Orange Digi has started to branch out on the top and really starting to encrust. It looks like its putting out a bunch of new nubs as well.

Here it is March 20th

I didnt think the Stylo had done anything yet but its starting to encrust really good now and has put some growth on its nubs. This is such an amazing piece when it hits colony size. I cannot wait.

Here it is April 9th

 

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I grabbed some photos today before the lights came on and finally got some older pictures off the camera.

So I will start with my porcelain Crabs. These guys have set up shop on the left side for good now I think. The bigger red one hangs out higher up on the rock under the Meteor Shower Cyphastrea with the smaller more purple female hiding more on the back side of the rock down near the bottom. I just love these 2.

Belly Shot of the little female up front one morning

These pictures were taken without the lights on, indirect sunlight on a cloudy day. Sorry about them being so dark.

Sunset Montipora

Unknown Purple Acro. Check out the new growth tips up top!!

ORA Red this gem is taking over the super glue finally

A. Lovelli

Tri-color A. austera

Stylo

With the anthias I am feeding fairly heavy (5 - 6 times per day) and only doing vodka (1ml/day). I am really happy with the results right now. I would like to add some Bartlett's Anthias in the near future.

 

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Woo another little update. This Maxi-Jet with Sureflow kit is really starting to make me mad. The suction cups just arent wanting to stick to the glass and it seems some days the pump really chatters. I am looking forward to the day I can afford a 3X MP10W ES upgrade or a 3x Tunze 6055 upgrade.

I did a water change yesterday and did some tests while I was at it. It appears the corals have been growing because my ALk was down to 8dkH and the calcium was 195.... oops. Usually I like to run it about 10-12 dkh and the calcium about 425. So I added a bunch of baked baking soda and Calcium Chloride to the water change, I will make the rest up over the next couple days.


I also moved some stuff around. The Hot Pink Mille is starting to grow and is aiming right for my Cali Tort so the tort got banished to the back where it can have lots of room.
The Purple with White Polyp acro got moved as well to a more central location in the tank. I am going to see how it colors up here in the middle then maybe secure it permanently.
I woke up one morning to find the Red Planet on the sand so I moved it as well. It didnt go far just around the rock a little more so it wouldnt interfere with my purple/blue tabling acro.
The Super Grape Mille got moved as well closer to the light. It should have plenty of room to spread out now! This is such a nice piece when its full size.

I also moved a little rock around on the right side and had 1 piece left over so I started to make the last little arm to complete the cove. So far I like it but I am thinking of going a little farther up. Its mostly zoanthids and Palys right now which is okay with me.

 

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Woke up sunday morning and found this. The little Porcelain crab shed the old house for a new one.

 

[Saltwatercoral2]

did u ever decide between dual mp10s or a mp40?

 

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Im still not sure Im having thoughs of 3 6055's in there.

 

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dang!, i was hoping you made up your mind so I could ask you about mine haha!. I though about tunze, but i dont like cords n my tank lol

 

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Im probably going to go with an MP40W to start then maybe add a couple 6055 around the overflow eventually.

 

[Saltwatercoral2]

yeah, i though about an mp40, and then lateror so add either a 10 or maybe a 40 if the price and the time is right