slavetonet
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Top down photo of the echinata, hard to see it in its full blossom. Normally most photos are only the skeleton.
Front view from the glass.
Front view from the glass.
Slave sps tank
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slavetonet
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Yes it is.. pure ghost white colours too. :bigeyes:
It is pretty deadly - see the dead skeleton of stag on the right? My tangs must of knocked it over and it was leaning onto it for who knows how long.
Killed it in less than a week, couldn't even save the florescent green stag.
slavetonet
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Hi Andrew,
The echinata have been in my tank just under 2 months now. It wasn't looking like that when I got it. It looked like everyone else you see on the internet.
It took about 5 days to get to full PE and staying out permanently.
I don't feed my corals anything else, only my DIY amino acids. :reading:
The fish only gets pellets 4 times a day on auto feeder and 1 night feed of nori seaweed.
I have a question to ask of you Andrew, I've notice you are quite the collector of strawberry shortcake acroporas.
My SSC initially bought was glowing green base, with red/pink tips with lots of PE. After about 1 month, it lost all the PE and green base.
It is just 1 tone colour - red / brown with no PE.
It is place right down the bottom of the tank, 5cm off the sand. Is it not getting enough light? Do I need to move it up so it gets more light and flow?
The echinata have been in my tank just under 2 months now. It wasn't looking like that when I got it. It looked like everyone else you see on the internet.
It took about 5 days to get to full PE and staying out permanently.
I don't feed my corals anything else, only my DIY amino acids. :reading:
The fish only gets pellets 4 times a day on auto feeder and 1 night feed of nori seaweed.
I have a question to ask of you Andrew, I've notice you are quite the collector of strawberry shortcake acroporas.
My SSC initially bought was glowing green base, with red/pink tips with lots of PE. After about 1 month, it lost all the PE and green base.
It is just 1 tone colour - red / brown with no PE.
It is place right down the bottom of the tank, 5cm off the sand. Is it not getting enough light? Do I need to move it up so it gets more light and flow?
biggles
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It's not getting enough light down there mate. Looking at your pics i would put it in a spot getting more flow than the echi and more light. Same sort of light these guys are getting but raise it in two stages a couple of weeks apart so you don't freak it out (i would do it in one cause i'm a daredevil) 
The red brown tissue color is the low light giveaway because you can see this on the underside of poorly illuminated SSC.
The red brown tissue color is the low light giveaway because you can see this on the underside of poorly illuminated SSC.
slavetonet
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First top down video - if you get motion sickness from viewing it, discontinue immediately - you have been warned. :facepalm:
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Lilmatty5dimes
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:inlove: great looking tank. qq how do you like the coralbox skimmer. i'm trying to figure one out for a 65g build i'm setting up. thanks and happy reefing :dance:
jpfishfan09
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Beautiful! I must ask, what do you dose for amino acids DIY? I am currently dosing aspartate and glutamate.
slavetonet
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Hey thanks for looking.
Coralbox skimmer is nice and pretty well built.
With my Coralbox DC500 - I had the skimmer pump replaced at 9 months under warranty. Other than that, its been going strong ever since the replacement.
The best part are readily available replacements parts that you can just buy at a whim.
Cheap price, but not rubbish quality from my own experience.
slavetonet
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Hey - awesome that you are dosing aspartate and glutamate.
Where do you buy that stuff? Ingredient from online health food store?
Is it pure form or bound to other elements?
My DIY Amino acids is the stuff you can buy for animal consumption.
Broad spectrum amino acids with vitamins Bs and electrolytes.:lolspin:
slavetonet
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Nice!
I just barfed on my smartphone... But it was worth it!
Still living that echinata and the clam is awesome!
Thank Matt,
not sure why the echinata haven't turn to ice-fire like most seen on the forum's photos.
Maybe it is just like that or I need to move it up towards the light.
It is sitting down low at the bottom and is alive and doing okay. :hammer:
Lilmatty5dimes
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Awesome thanks for the reply. I'm really thinking of getting one.Hey thanks for looking.
Coralbox skimmer is nice and pretty well built.
With my Coralbox DC500 - I had the skimmer pump replaced at 9 months under warranty. Other than that, its been going strong ever since the replacement.
The best part are readily available replacements parts that you can just buy at a whim.
Cheap price, but not rubbish quality from my own experience.
Have any pics of what you use? Or a link? Thanks
Have a pic of link? Sounds like a great idea.
jpfishfan09
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I use Bulksupplements brand, which I bought off amazon.
slavetonet
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Bulksupplements doesn't have aspartate.
Aspartate either comes in potassium aspartate or magnesium aspartate.
The glutamine can be found from Bulksupplements brand.
Which aspartate did you use?
