Big E
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Thank you sahin
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Thank you sahin
Big E
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Thanks, I use IO and do 10% water changes weekly.
nyfishkid87
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Hey Ed your tank is full of eye candies.
nyfishkid87
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Pink short cake is official
nyfishkid87
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I think i like every coral you post lol
Big E
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Thanks Tony, posted one for you below.
Thanks
Thanks, I use Randy's two part.........I've been using it for 8+ years.
For Alk--I buy baking soda at local food stores, either Aldis or Save a Lot. The small one pound boxes are 50 cents.
For Calc-- I used Dow Flake for 6 years and the past two years Peladow.
Mg-- I don't dose.......my water changes with IO salt keep it at 1300.
My camera doesn't do a good job of showing the true instensity of my Caroliniana, but I took a new pic as it has been looking reallly nice as of late.........maybe the best ever.
Here's a shot of Tony's Mag in his tank I took a while back
nyfishkid87
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BigE, that Caroliniana is fireee. [emoji91][emoji91]
reefmutt
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The blue tips are just new growth & yes, mostly waiting. The first pic is what I call "mild shutdown mode" in an acro. Total shutdown, I can't really see the polyps and the skin gets pale, which can lead to RTN eventually over night.
I did have to saw the bottom of that coral twice because it was doing the slow rtn from the bottom.
This happens with most wild corals I've gotten......sometimes they do good for a while ,encrust and then over months slowly shut down. They almost always brown out or change color.
I don't remember doing anything specific with it............just started doing better. It's been in my frag tank the whole time which is plumbed separately from my display.Other times I do move the frags around to try to promote some growth or polyp extension. Sometimes I'll dip them to see if that helps.
Here's another piece, I'm shocked, it's been one month shy of two years. I posted the vendors pic on 1/15/14 post#203.
It was bleached when I first got it in then to this-
3/12/14
6/1/15 moved it to display to higher level and new rock structure I was putting in. You can see it encrusted some but has been shutdown for months.
06/26/15- drastic color change in three weeks.
As of today it's encrusted a bit more but that's about it. I had to move it as I changed the structure. I'll try to post a current pic later today. Most of these type of frags I'll get on sale or cheap, which I don't mind experimenting with or waiting. Any that make it are a bonus.
Hey Ed, what's the latest on this baby?
That caroliniana is absolutely stunning!!
aquavista99
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Stunning as usual! That BC's Joker is so sweet too. glad to see my Blueberry cheesecake is still around too... I lost that gem during the move in 2013.
Amazing pictures! :thumbsup:
Amazing pictures! :thumbsup:
Big E
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Thanks, Tim
Love the Joker, one of my favorites.
I got that Blueberry cheescake from a friend of mine in NC that bought a pack from you a few years back.
Big E
Premium Member
Hi Matt, thanks!
That piece doesn't look like it changed much other than some encrusting but there are about 10 sprouts on the right side forming..........something might be goin on there
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On my frag tank---------
After months of nitrate dosing, adding coral foods and aminos it didn't get me much long term, other than algae all over my zoas, cyano. I did what is always best and added a 2.5" tang. Whithin two weeks everything was coloring up and growing.
It's been two months since the tang was added now and he cleaned up all the algae and everything looks great.
Fish are by far the best dosers of nutrients.......nothing like the ammonium and urea they can provide as well as passing on P04, ect.
The interesting part is I'm still reading P04-0 and N03- 0. That's why I don't chase the numbers.............the test results haven't changed when the corals looked like crap.............no need for me to up those if the corals look good. They are getting plenty of nutrients and soaking them up.
reefmutt
Active member
Hi Matt, thanks!
That piece doesn't look like it changed much other than some encrusting but there are about 10 sprouts on the right side forming..........something might be goin on there
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On my frag tank---------
After months of nitrate dosing, adding coral foods and aminos it didn't get me much long term, other than algae all over my zoas, cyano. I did what is always best and added a 2.5" tang. Whithin two weeks everything was coloring up and growing.
It's been two months since the tang was added now and he cleaned up all the algae and everything looks great.
Fish are by far the best dosers of nutrients.......nothing like the ammonium and urea they can provide as well as passing on P04, ect.
The interesting part is I'm still reading P04-0 and N03- 0. That's why I don't chase the numbers.............the test results haven't changed when the corals looked like crap.............no need for me to up those if the corals look good. They are getting plenty of nutrients and soaking them up.
Amazing how far a coral can come from where it looked when it was first acquired. Whether it's from bad to good or good to bad. I'm extremely curious to see it again in 6 months.
In regards to your readings in your frag tank.. I think that's the perfect balance.. when you are reading 0 but you know the tang is delivering some nutrients to the corals.
Wouldn't that be closest to natural seawater? Very low readings but an abundance of nutrients or of available nutrition.
hbrochs
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Hey Ed, the frags are looking good, thank you!
Do you have any experience with E5 lighting?
http://www.euroquatics.com/e5-lamps/
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Do you have any experience with E5 lighting?
http://www.euroquatics.com/e5-lamps/
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Big E
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I'm not sure on that point of it being a perfect balance.........it's way better than before, but not as good as my display which has N03 readings in the 4ppm range. I can at least focus on just feeding the fish more and giving it more time.
I do think it's very possible for people to have close to zero readings and have a high energy reef. Some of the old TOTM setups were like that.
I was also running the lights only 6 hours and just upped to 7 a few weeks ago.
Big E
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Cyano can show up with low readings...... it thrives at a certain ratio, not sure what that is, but it's more likely to happen with higher nutrtient levels.
It can take a foothold without competing bacteria or corals that aren't thriving.
It also can show up with excessive carbon dosing.
It's difficult to pinpoint at exactly what ratio/balance is likely to diminish or eliminate cyano. I don't think it's something that can be measured on a test kit.
Hi Howard.......good to hear the frags are doing well.
My friend trashed his chalices using one of the blue pops.
I haven't used them but the biggest point I can make is the blue pop E5 strip is not a replacement for a Blue+ bulb.
There's some info comments here---
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2575976
I'd be careful about using those. With newer products I let other people be the guinea pigs. I don't want any part of a product/tech that hasn't proven itself.
I know nothing about their other "bulbs"
markalot
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Hi Ed,
interesting about the cyano and competition. I've always had it in the sandbed until the last month when coral growth took off. I've even started AcroPower, which was nothing but CyanoPower for me, and it hasn't taken hold.
If only we had access to more and cheap equipment to measure what is going on.
interesting about the cyano and competition. I've always had it in the sandbed until the last month when coral growth took off. I've even started AcroPower, which was nothing but CyanoPower for me, and it hasn't taken hold.
If only we had access to more and cheap equipment to measure what is going on.
