The Austrian Drop Off taken over by Acroporas
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FloformAustria
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FloformAustria
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and at last some progress shots since i started aquaforest
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
Well there goes the download limit on my mobile data 
just kidding I have 17gb :lolspin:
Wow Flo, just wow
the tank looks crazy amazing and the response to AF looks like it's been well worth it!! Everything looks sensational!
Love the picture progressions though, you can really see just how much improvement there's been! :inlove:
just kidding I have 17gb :lolspin:Wow Flo, just wow
the tank looks crazy amazing and the response to AF looks like it's been well worth it!! Everything looks sensational! Love the picture progressions though, you can really see just how much improvement there's been! :inlove:
FloformAustria
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Well there goes the download limit on my mobile data
Wow Flo, just wow
Love the picture progressions though, you can really see just how much improvement there's been! :inlove:
:lolspin:
yeah sry i get carried away when i am doing the water change routine and i lurke abouve the tank with my cam...
yes it´s amazing what a coral can do in such a short time! and my parameters aren´t that perfect! No3 and Po4 still have to go down, but i will change my media tomorrow! hope that helps! I am running now 2L of Siporax, will add more when the AF Life Bio Fil will come out!
sad to say i lost one of my most beloved acros:
motherfing slime humping gopy! this week i am going to catch this little f´er!!
Cheers
flo
reefmutt
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Sorry to hear you lost that acro, Flo!
I'm planning to add a few of those gobies to try and control bugs.. I sure hope he wasn't the actual cause of the coral's death..
I absolutely love those progression shots! The transition of colour and growth are awesome.
Your corals are looking super healthy these days.
I'm planning to add a few of those gobies to try and control bugs.. I sure hope he wasn't the actual cause of the coral's death..
I absolutely love those progression shots! The transition of colour and growth are awesome.
Your corals are looking super healthy these days.
watchguy123
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It is always baffling how a colony dies after surviving a long time in the tank especially when all the other inhabitants seem happy. The joys of reefkeeping!
FloformAustria
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thanks Matt!
i fear he was the start of it... the long extended polyps seem to have iritated the goby so he startet biting them away and for a long time thise has been too much stress for the hole coral... sure there was something more but he is the source i guess...
thanks for the kind words i am very happy with the changes in my corals! i really love small frags that start to grow and show what they can be!
yes the joys... don´t know what happened and i have to move on. i couldn´t even save any small frags... all went white... :headwally:
reefmutt
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Great photo update flo! I love the bokeh on this acro, it's really cool!!!
Yeah.. Didn't notice. It's very cool. Looks like a water droplet got on the lens or something on the underside of the acro.
FloformAustria
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Great photo update flo! I love the bokeh on this acro, it's really cool!!!
thanks guys!
a luckshot it is :lolspin:
some mini part of the cyanos i siphoned off was on the water surface!
but i love the 50mm macro lens! :inlove:
Usernam Invalid
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Looking great flo
FloformAustria
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thanks mate!
the only fish who is constant in the deep end is my clown but i guess that´s just because the corals he´s living in are down there...
the anthias are most of the time right be the step down... the docs tend to swim through the whole tank and the wrasses are everywhere. only my two grammas seem to stay the whole time in the shallow area!
thanks mate!! :celeb2:
FloformAustria
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FloformAustria
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so here is a short update!
tank is running good so far besides the typical cyano and aiptasia.... still no idea who will eat those damn aiptasia...
three grown man weren´t able to catch the god damn slime humping goby... have to think of another way...
so here some new shots of my livingroom
Cheers
Flo
tank is running good so far besides the typical cyano and aiptasia.... still no idea who will eat those damn aiptasia...
three grown man weren´t able to catch the god damn slime humping goby... have to think of another way...
so here some new shots of my livingroom
Cheers
Flo
DiscusHeckel
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Hi Flo,
Your tank looks in tip top condition. Did you tilt the powermodule to avoid glare on your eyes while lying down on the sofa? What are you keeping on top of the unit near the exhaust point?
As for Aiptasia, you can try Bergia nudibranches, but you need lots of them. Peppermint shrimps also eat Aiptasia, but again you need lots of them as they "hunt" in packs. Sadly, some rough ones may pick on SPS coral polyps. On the fish front, Heniochus acuminatus, Klein's butterfly fish (Chaetodon kleinii) and Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) definitely eat Aiptasia as I used them in the past successfully. Among the fish I listed, I found that only Matted Filefish is reef safe. I am currently keeping a Matted filefish. Once you have Aiptasia you cannot eliminate them completely. I have learned to live with this reality. Actions you take will be nothing more than controlling their population and ensuring that they do not grow where corals live. On the positive side, they are very good CUC. In my tank thread, you will see a few pictures of my "Aiptasia scrubber" in my over flow box. The downside of "Aiptasia scrubber" is that if a fish enters the zone, it will die fairly quickly as a group of Aiptasia are like a stun gun. They will paralyse and kill the fish. Been there and seen it.
I hope this helps.
Bülent
Your tank looks in tip top condition. Did you tilt the powermodule to avoid glare on your eyes while lying down on the sofa? What are you keeping on top of the unit near the exhaust point?
As for Aiptasia, you can try Bergia nudibranches, but you need lots of them. Peppermint shrimps also eat Aiptasia, but again you need lots of them as they "hunt" in packs. Sadly, some rough ones may pick on SPS coral polyps. On the fish front, Heniochus acuminatus, Klein's butterfly fish (Chaetodon kleinii) and Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) definitely eat Aiptasia as I used them in the past successfully. Among the fish I listed, I found that only Matted Filefish is reef safe. I am currently keeping a Matted filefish. Once you have Aiptasia you cannot eliminate them completely. I have learned to live with this reality. Actions you take will be nothing more than controlling their population and ensuring that they do not grow where corals live. On the positive side, they are very good CUC. In my tank thread, you will see a few pictures of my "Aiptasia scrubber" in my over flow box. The downside of "Aiptasia scrubber" is that if a fish enters the zone, it will die fairly quickly as a group of Aiptasia are like a stun gun. They will paralyse and kill the fish. Been there and seen it.
I hope this helps.
Bülent
FloformAustria
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Hey Bülent!
thanks for the kind words!
as for the aiptasia i have tried the shrimps and the Bergia... first time the Bergia ate all he Aiptasia they could find but as you said it´s not possible to eliminate them all...
i once had Filefish but after some days i found that my Acans had little holes in their tissue...
but i think i´ll have to try again... i also love the copper band but they also tend to feed on my acans...
Love your room set up with the display front and center Flo - awesome
Sorry to see you lost one of your favorite acro pieces my friend
thanks Andrew!
yes that wasn´t so easy for me... really have to go on a hunt for this little fu**er...
Cheers
