some recent pics to share

[boodlefish]

ORA Pearlberry

ORA Blue millie (slowest grower of the bunch for me)

Was Red now more Purple tip granulosa

ORA Borealis (kept great color)

Sunset millie (the green polups and orange/red/yellow base really look cool together)

 

[Tater11]

Man your corals look fantastic!! Can we get a fts?

 

[sedor]

Those are gorgeous!

 

[v1...rotate]

Wow... great pics and corals!!

 

[boodlefish]

thanks guys i have been really happy with my tank for the last 6 or 7 months now, everything is finally growing how it "should" i will try to post an updated fts when my lights come on but until then how about some top downs.

left side...

right side...

 

[jdm1114]

wow, i have a long way to go

great work

 

[boodlefish]

wow, i have a long way to go

great work

lol... yeah about two years ago when i really started planing a sps dominated tank i was thinking the same thing. hang in there it gets better well if you do your job the coral will do theirs too.

just remember stability = success!
thats the hardest lesson to learn in the sps game; when some one types s=s at first your like no duh, but what takes time to learn is the ability not to freak out and do massive water changes every time you suspect a problem. or (my last tank) change to a better light too fast and bleach all your coral. even fixing a possible problem you should do it slowly..... it worked for me.

 

[Goodwood]

Very nice Tucker!

What's your bulb combo?

 

[boodlefish]

Very nice Tucker!

What's your bulb combo?

i recently had a ballast blow out so its different in these pics then it normally is my normal bulb combo is
Aqua Science 22K blue (gives actinic pop)
ATI Aquablue special
M ATI Blue +
ATI Bule + (out- blown ballast)
ATI Aquablue special (out- blown ballast)
M ATI Blue +
ATI Aquablue special
ATI Blue +

 

[boodlefish]

Man your corals look fantastic!! Can we get a fts?

ok here we go...today

 

[deuce6371]

Can you give us your dosing regimen? aminos, all in one supplements?????

 

[boodlefish]

Can you give us your dosing regimen? aminos, all in one supplements?????

yeah sure i actually feel honored to be asked the same questions i was asking a couple of years ago.

I have an aquatronica controlled 3x dosing pump supplying 85ml of BRS~ ALK, MAG, CAL+stromium daily, i mix 2.5 gallons in jugs every 2 months or so.
my aquatronica also controls the ATO just RO/Di...that does it for the automated stuff.

the stuff i do by hand~
daily~
2x microbacter7- 5 to 7 drops (brightwell aquatics bacteria)
2x reef bio fuel- 5 drops (brightwell aquatics carbon source)
1 drop lugo's iodine
lots of fish food~ spectrum pellets and spirulina some times meaty food too.

weekly~
Reef booster (AA's)

like everything in this hobby all dosing is reliant on my how my tank looks and how lazy i am.

 

[grabthereef]

perfect boodlefish! looks perfect, i cant wait to see it again in another year or two!

"like everything in this hobby all dosing is reliant on my how my tank looks and how lazy i am."
i love this...hehe

keep up the good work brother

 

[CeeGee]

looks fantastic!

 

[jsdancer]

Great job so far!
How long has your tank been running?

 

[boodlefish]

Thanks for all the complements
this tank started just about 10 months ago July 29, 2009 is the official birth day!
-7-31-09

-9-17-09

-12-20-09 (notice the christmas lights?)

-1-26-10 (this is about when i thought it started to look good)

-5-19-10 just a visual recap

 

[berlin-riff]

very nice. What are the dimensions???

 

[dvanacker]

Excellent growth and colour! Sorry I mean color...us Canadians like to add a U to color.

 

[rutz81]

great job, your tank looks great

 

[boodlefish]

very nice. What are the dimensions???

Thanks Berlin-Riff~ the dimensions are 48"L X 24"W X 22"T but the waterline is about 21"

Excellent growth and colour! Sorry I mean color...us Canadians like to add a U to color.

LOL and HoUse, i had a good old Canuck friend in the Navy "eh" we were always "oot and aboot"

great job, your tank looks great

thanks Rutz