Time to join the club!!
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david00061
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your tanks look real good
dahenley
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yea, i have champagne taste on a beer (college student) budget.....
it would be nice to go out and buy a few new things to see how they would improve the tank... but DIY and pennies are just going to have to work till im done with school.
(i have a Local Fish CLub meeting over here next week, so maybe i can actually clean the glass.... clean up all the frags inthe sand and get some good pictures. (i suck at taking pictures... especially since all my pictures are done with cell phones.....)
More to update soon!
it would be nice to go out and buy a few new things to see how they would improve the tank... but DIY and pennies are just going to have to work till im done with school.
(i have a Local Fish CLub meeting over here next week, so maybe i can actually clean the glass.... clean up all the frags inthe sand and get some good pictures. (i suck at taking pictures... especially since all my pictures are done with cell phones.....)
More to update soon!
dahenley
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wow, im a little behind...
here is a video i shot 9/24/11
http://s938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/james1307oak/240%20Reef/?action=view¤t=VID_20110924_142416.mp4
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here is a video i shot 9/24/11
http://s938.photobucket.com/albums/ad227/james1307oak/240%20Reef/?action=view¤t=VID_20110924_142416.mp4
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david00061
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yes we need updates
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Reefing is my middle name
Unless he's doing an intern I know he has no excuse. Well unless he is in summer school.
dahenley
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Im taking 2 classes over the first summer.... i go from 9ish and dont get home till close to 6....... (and i live less then 10 min from the university.....)
I will update SOON... (i hope)
dahenley
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dahenley
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i guess since you finally posted pictures... that i will whip some stuff up
dahenley
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A little history that has happened since the last time i posted.....
Beginning of his year... i started replacing my 1.5-2 year old XM 20K bulbs with some 14K Ushio. The Ushio bulbs are SUPER bright. This is due to the Lower K value as well as being new.
i had to get used to it.... (i did like the blue look)
With all this fantastic bright light.... i started having some Sweet (fast) Growth!!!!
Who wouldnt like this? (right)
With things running great, and growth out of control, i went out of town for a few weeks (i went back home, and helped my dad out. he has some land and i was building fences, fixing equipment, and helping out.. as he helps me while im in College)
While i was away, things were growing like normal.
This is when the bad happened.....
Because things were growing so great, i just left things alone!!!!
I have never had to adjust my Calcium Reactor because its always been spot on... (for almost 2 years)
I came back from my adventure (it wasnt a vacation thats for sure!!!)
my ALK was at around 5-6DKH...... because of this.... i lost a lot of stuff.....
Also, in the future pictures, you will see a few colonies that are gone, along with some rocks. (i hate ZOAS.. because they crawl on SPS and KILL THEM!!!! although i do keep some... but im trying to get them all off the rocks and all in the sand where i can maintain them.)
More to come.. hopefully with PICTURES!!!
maybe i will include a few equipment pictures as well.
Beginning of his year... i started replacing my 1.5-2 year old XM 20K bulbs with some 14K Ushio. The Ushio bulbs are SUPER bright. This is due to the Lower K value as well as being new.
i had to get used to it.... (i did like the blue look)
With all this fantastic bright light.... i started having some Sweet (fast) Growth!!!!
Who wouldnt like this? (right)
With things running great, and growth out of control, i went out of town for a few weeks (i went back home, and helped my dad out. he has some land and i was building fences, fixing equipment, and helping out.. as he helps me while im in College)
While i was away, things were growing like normal.
This is when the bad happened.....
Because things were growing so great, i just left things alone!!!!
I have never had to adjust my Calcium Reactor because its always been spot on... (for almost 2 years)
I came back from my adventure (it wasnt a vacation thats for sure!!!)
my ALK was at around 5-6DKH...... because of this.... i lost a lot of stuff.....
Also, in the future pictures, you will see a few colonies that are gone, along with some rocks. (i hate ZOAS.. because they crawl on SPS and KILL THEM!!!! although i do keep some... but im trying to get them all off the rocks and all in the sand where i can maintain them.)
More to come.. hopefully with PICTURES!!!
maybe i will include a few equipment pictures as well.
theroryshow
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Sorry about the set back, it seems this hobby can challenge the best of us at times. I'm interested to know if you experience better growth in the corals that did make it. Keep us updated as you have a very successful tank
dahenley
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i was able to snatch a nice camera (thanks Mom haha)
so i took a few coral pictures. (ill try and get a few tank shots while i have it)
Duncan Coral
Pavona on the Left, but i was really trying to snap that Fire Shrimp in the back
Brain that was dead, and in the live rock ben, but im slowly bring that baby back. (some people saw how little skin was left on it, but its a strong coral and wanted to live!)
Lobo that i got from a local (thanks!)
ORA green polyp toadstool Leather
Zoa garden
Smoken hot Orange Fungia plate
Hammer showing some sweepers in the under current
Top Down picture of my Florida Ric Garden Rock (in the second picture, you can see a Tubbs Pink Birdsnest peeking out)
so i took a few coral pictures. (ill try and get a few tank shots while i have it)
Duncan Coral
Pavona on the Left, but i was really trying to snap that Fire Shrimp in the back
Brain that was dead, and in the live rock ben, but im slowly bring that baby back. (some people saw how little skin was left on it, but its a strong coral and wanted to live!)
Lobo that i got from a local (thanks!)
ORA green polyp toadstool Leather
Zoa garden
Smoken hot Orange Fungia plate
Hammer showing some sweepers in the under current
Top Down picture of my Florida Ric Garden Rock (in the second picture, you can see a Tubbs Pink Birdsnest peeking out)
dahenley
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Top down of some of my Nuclear green trumpets (candy cains)
Top down of what might be a Chips Acro??
Top down of the Tubbs Pink BirdsNest (little bit of the apple berry monty)
Top Down AppleBerry monti
ill have to remember what this is.....
I think this is the ORA TriColor i got from jed (long time ago... haha)
top down of Regular red with green center trumpets
Top Down Purple Styla?
Top Down of a Sunset encrusting monti hybrid. (it has a red base not a orange like a normal sunset monit)
Had to give a shout out to my squamosa clam! (and the dendro/acan lord, and frag of SourAppleBirdsNest)
Top down of what might be a Chips Acro??
Top down of the Tubbs Pink BirdsNest (little bit of the apple berry monty)
Top Down AppleBerry monti
ill have to remember what this is.....
I think this is the ORA TriColor i got from jed (long time ago... haha)
top down of Regular red with green center trumpets
Top Down Purple Styla?
Top Down of a Sunset encrusting monti hybrid. (it has a red base not a orange like a normal sunset monit)
Had to give a shout out to my squamosa clam! (and the dendro/acan lord, and frag of SourAppleBirdsNest)
dahenley
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Branching Octo Coral (thanks Jason!)
Green Nepthula
ATL Red Hycenthus (how ever you spell it)
I think this was a Rose Mili?
More Zoa Garden pictures
Front View of the Tubbs Pink BirdsNest
Jason Fox Green BirdsNest
ORA Green Birds Nest (dont ask why i have both... haha)
Sour Apple Birds Nest (see how less green this one is, and it has more pink base, where the others are super bright)
Green Nepthula
ATL Red Hycenthus (how ever you spell it)
I think this was a Rose Mili?
More Zoa Garden pictures
Front View of the Tubbs Pink BirdsNest
Jason Fox Green BirdsNest
ORA Green Birds Nest (dont ask why i have both... haha)
Sour Apple Birds Nest (see how less green this one is, and it has more pink base, where the others are super bright)
dahenley
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heres a snap with the 3 new pendants installed (i didnt have the money or time to get a 4th.... so thats later on)
you will notice the 3rd light is a little green. (its because it just kicked on when i took the picture. (its actually white and blue))
the extra light makes the tank look nasty!! (which i guess it is haha)
you would think with 3-400w lights on, the tank wouldnt look dark.. but it is on this side haha (guess that 4th light needs to kick on )
Here are 3-400w Select-o-watt Lumatech ballasts. (the 4th was a IceCap, but it keeps kicking off, so i threw in a 400w Blueline ballast for now)
here it is with all 4-400w lights going. (1600W of just MH haha not currently including the VHO's and MoonLights and stuff that will be installed in future)
you will notice the 3rd light is a little green. (its because it just kicked on when i took the picture. (its actually white and blue))
the extra light makes the tank look nasty!! (which i guess it is haha)
you would think with 3-400w lights on, the tank wouldnt look dark.. but it is on this side haha (guess that 4th light needs to kick on )
Here are 3-400w Select-o-watt Lumatech ballasts. (the 4th was a IceCap, but it keeps kicking off, so i threw in a 400w Blueline ballast for now)
here it is with all 4-400w lights going. (1600W of just MH haha not currently including the VHO's and MoonLights and stuff that will be installed in future)
