Thanks Again Bradley

[bradleym]

Same here! Let's try to do it again before the year is up. And even if you don't have room for more corals, I probably could have talked your ear off for another hour if I'd had more free time in my schedule.

 

[griss]

Same here! Let's try to do it again before the year is up. And even if you don't have room for more corals, I probably could have talked your ear off for another hour if I'd had more free time in my schedule.

You bet. I even ordered some frag plugs last night. I don’t like the SeaChem ones like the Acros I gave you were on. I ordered 1” discs.

 

[bradleym]

The purple LTA has been holding still since I woke up this morning, so I think it might stay here for a while. I'm hoping some of the brown in the middle will color up, but even if it doesn't I'm still very happy with the intense purple coloring.

I am still so incredibly impressed with this green RFA. I'm going to start feeding more, and maybe upgrade my lights. Once I figure out the trick to keeping epic RFAs like this I might do an RFA garden...

 

[bradleym]

You bet. I even ordered some frag plugs last night. I don’t like the SeaChem ones like the Acros I gave you were on. I ordered 1” discs.

The small plugs have their place, especially when you have a lot of single sticks like acros tend to be. But I personally love the bigger discs because they make a good counterweight to hold bigger, taller frags upright.

 

[griss]

The purple LTA has been holding still since I woke up this morning, so I think it might stay here for a while. I'm hoping some of the brown in the middle will color up, but even if it doesn't I'm still very happy with the intense purple coloring.

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I am still so incredibly impressed with this green RFA. I'm going to start feeding more, and maybe upgrade my lights. Once I figure out the trick to keeping epic RFAs like this I might do an RFA garden...

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Glad you like the nem. It’s huge for sure, I just didn’t have the room to maintain it. Now that you have it, I’ve got room for the frags I got from you and maybe a few more…once the frags are acclimated to my lighting and can be moved up.

 

[griss]

Oh, and though I’m not a huge fan of Zoas, those I got from you are really cool.

The Stylo and RP Acro have great polyp extension, can’t wait to see them grow out

 

[bradleym]

That's great! I'm glad to hear you're happy with our trade because I definitely am! And something tells me those corals are going to explode with new life in your tank.

What do you feed the tank with, btw? I am seriously thinking I need to make some changes to make my tank healthier.

 

[griss]

I feed San Fran Bay Brand Mysis, Plankton, Brine and Reef Plankton.

I drip Kalk 1-2 times a day, add Fluval iodine once a week, ESV Nitrate daily.

I’m really bad about Alk, Ca and Mg, that’s why I need to get the dosing pump going.

 

[bradleym]

You dose nitrates daily? I do mine weekly. I'm curious where you keep your nitrates at. Everything you gave me is so healthy, I'm thinking I might be running too clean.

 

[griss]

You dose nitrates daily? I do mine weekly. I'm curious where you keep your nitrates at. Everything you gave me is so healthy, I'm thinking I might be running too clean.

I’m terrible about testing. I’d guess my nitrates are probably between 2-5.

 

[bradleym]

Interesting. Mine have been both higher and lower than that. Maybe it's the lighting. You're gonna slip up and convince me to go back MH.

 

[griss]

Honestly, I started my first reef with normal T12 bulbs in 1990. By 1991, I got a Coralife pendant with 5500k bulb. With the exception of a 15 gallon tank in 1992/93 using VHO, I’ve always had MH.

 

[griss]

Just fed the tank and, I’ve gotta say, those blue Zoas you gave me are really interesting to me. I like them a lot. They’re really unique and interesting.

 

[Nanook]

Beautiful nems, Bradley! My nitrate would be 500 without my sulfur denitrator

 

[griss]

Beautiful nems, Bradley! My nitrate would be 500 without my sulfur denitrator

Quit feeding so much