Through the Looking Glass

[watchguy123]

another wild frag, now a colony. it has some cool coloring to it


vivid's pearlberry invader. they lost the mother colony, i believe


toxic green tort, it sits above the large orange setosa colony


tyree rouge millie, finally getting some really good growth

 

[watchguy123]

A couple more of recent

Tat's really green psammacora


Strawberry shortcake


I think it's strawberry fields


Tyree blue matrix


Another strawberry shortcake fro a different source


This is a widow something, I need to call a friend who will remember its "name"

 

[watchguy123]

Well no one is commenting but I am having fun posting pictures so a few more

SCC planet earth


Rouge Millie but not a tyree


Red robin acro


Red planet encrusting over a palmers blue Millie . The red planet is very high with lots of flow so not much green visible except at the base. It's pretty bright all over

 

[akitareefer]

Probably no commenting because you've left us speechless. Amazing husbandry, coral and pictures!

 

[biggles]

Very beautiful corals and display mate, the colors you're getting are stunning :thumbsup: Those wild sourced pieces look cool

 

[sahin]

Beautiful SPS!

Beautiful SPS!

Don't stop posting the photos, people might not always comment but I bet so many love seeing your coral photos.

Can you discuss coral colours? Like at which point in your tanks life did the sps start colouring up? Did they colour up when certain parameters (eg NO3, PO4 etc) reached a certain point? Or perhaps a tank just needs to mature and be more than a year old?

You have reached the holy grail of sps keeping- to me that is not only keeping them alive long term, but also having a rainbow of colours.

 

[roni]

probably no commenting because you've left us speechless. Amazing husbandry, coral and pictures!

+1

 

[Dapg8gt]

Nice update.. Thought you said you had like 100+ pics? I'm waiting...... Always check your thread when it gets bumped drooling over the pics.. Stunning as usual.

 

[watchguy123]

Probably no commenting because you've left us speechless. Amazing husbandry, coral and pictures!

Thank you

Very beautiful corals and display mate, the colors you're getting are stunning :thumbsup: Those wild sourced pieces look cool

I appreciate the comments

+1

Thanks

Nice update.. Thought you said you had like 100+ pics? I'm waiting...... Always check your thread when it gets bumped drooling over the pics.. Stunning as usual.

The pictures are indeed coming

 

[michika]

The pictures are indeed coming

So brace ourselves for more stunning colours?

 

[watchguy123]

Don't stop posting the photos, people might not always comment but I bet so many love seeing your coral photos.

Can you discuss coral colours? Like at which point in your tanks life did the sps start colouring up? Did they colour up when certain parameters (eg NO3, PO4 etc) reached a certain point? Or perhaps a tank just needs to mature and be more than a year old?

You have reached the holy grail of sps keeping- to me that is not only keeping them alive long term, but also having a rainbow of colours.

I wish I had some secret but the keys to success are exactly what has been said many times by many people. It's just that it took me years to understand probably because I don't follow rules well

Stability is it. Getting there is the trick. I had a 40 gallon tank for years that was a money pit because I kept killing things. I then purchased this 180 gallon tank about four years ago and fortuitously made some changes. Simple things, started using an ATO to keep salinity stable. Got a calcium reactor to keep alk and calcium stable. Started testing and requiring myself to adjust parameters until they were in a healthy zone. Nothing brilliant but these are the basics of reef keeping. Got a chiller to keep temperature stable. Got a good pump for good circulation. Got additional power heads for better circulation. Improved my lighting and change bulbs on a routine schedule. Stepped up and purchased an appropriate skimmer for my tank. Have a refugium with Chaeto for additional nutrient export. I still have to scrub the glass free of algae and scrape coralline algae off some of the glass. Change a filter sock weekly. All the drudgery of maintenance continues. But magically most things thrive and color although some take longer than others to color up. And colors change over the course of time, some better some not so. i am still not sure why, probably because I still don't test enough or maintain the vigilance required, or just slack a little with my upkeep

 

[watchguy123]

Metallic/sapphire Millie




Reef raft something--I forgot for the moment what it is


Another reef raft that I forgot the name of. Gonna have to move this because the strawberry shortcake is aggressively overtaking its base


Red dragon


Red convexa


Purple stylo

 

[watchguy123]

A few LPS

Space invader pectinia


Tube anemone


A pretty lobo


Not sure if it is a favia or micromussa or what


Pinkish/purple lobo


Bubble tip rose anemone


Mayan sun favia


Jason fox jack-o-lantern lepto

 

[mylittlejade]

Tank looks beautiful and congrats with the featured tank spread. I really love your tank and the colors your getting. My Blue Matrix is just now starting to branch out and has really colored up nicely. How's all the wrasses doing in your tank?

Bryan

 

[westreef]

Just love the color of your corals and well taken pictures. Thanks for sharing. Wish mine was half as nice.

 

[watchguy123]

Tank looks beautiful and congrats with the featured tank spread. I really love your tank and the colors your getting. My Blue Matrix is just now starting to branch out and has really colored up nicely. How's all the wrasses doing in your tank?

Bryan

The wrasses are really doing well, no aggression and everybodies getting fat.

Just love the color of your corals and well taken pictures. Thanks for sharing. Wish mine was half as nice.

Thank you, I'll keep sharing

 

[watchguy123]

And a few more







Purple monster


Same purple monster just a different view

 

[javsku]

I have a frag of the Jason Fox Jackolantern coming on Tuesday. Awesome tank keep the pics comin

 

[h.cordero]

*** beautiful, superb, speechless!

 

[watchguy123]

I have a frag of the Jason Fox Jackolantern coming on Tuesday. Awesome tank keep the pics comin

You are going to love the brightness of that lepto and it is a pretty good grower

*** beautiful, superb, speechless!

Thanks.

Here are a few more pictures

My baby frag of purple dragon eyes


Pink tip sarmentosa, long, long polyps


Pink smoothie digitata


My baby frag of pc superman acro