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by **ricky1414** » November 22nd, 2004, 12:16 pm

Are you running cabon due to having sps with a leather?

by **LordNikon** » November 23rd, 2004, 8:43 pm

Not yet..Im hoping the chemical warfare will stay low..I havent seen an effect yet on the SPS..hopefully it will stay cool..If i see any changes, ill throw in a bag of carbon.

by **LordNikon** » February 26th, 2005, 1:36 am

new editions...

I also have a brown-purple rim Monti cap DOA and a Devils hand that is now in the pico tank

by **LordNikon** » February 26th, 2005, 1:39 am

Front tank view with yet another aquascape change..

by **ricky1414** » February 26th, 2005, 2:55 pm

Sweet frags, We have to get a swap going in the future. I want some of that blue formosa!

by **LordNikon** » February 26th, 2005, 7:11 pm

Actually the Blue Brush bottle and the Green brush bottle are far prettier..the camera didnt do them justice.

by **LordNikon** » March 28th, 2005, 11:23 pm

New hood with 175W MH supped by 2x28W PC (bulbs half true actinic half 7100k sunpaq blue)

by **LordNikon** » March 28th, 2005, 11:30 pm

tank shots...starting with actinics/blue going to full shot with all lights...I apologize for the blurriness..Im not the greatest photographer nor do i have a tripod..Freehand sucks

pictures are taken with Kodak CX6330 (I will update my camera by the end of the year)
I also apologize the first couple shots have algae on the glass..I immediately got unlazy and cleaned it

by **LordNikon** » March 28th, 2005, 11:40 pm

SPS/LPS shots

The brown/purple rimmed cap came in really white..looked bleached..It has polyps and has browned up in the last 2-3wks..same goes for the birds nest...The place I got them from hasnt changed bulbs recently and they're kept under VHO lighting (wattage unknown)...

the purple with green polyp acro started bleaching with 24hrs..I was able to save a couple of the tips which are fairing decently in the last 2-3wks

orange monti cap is doing good..No problems with it..Had it over a month..not happy with it growing slowly but as long as it is growing Im ok

by **LordNikon** » March 28th, 2005, 11:48 pm

SPS/LPS shots

the blue tipped staghorn is my fastest growing acro so far..It has grown an in. in the last month

The burnt red acro had to lose its tip..within a week it has completely grown back in...The gorgonian is looking good IMO..Im not sure how fast they grow...

blue/green bottle brush has nice colors..this and the green/blue bottle brush are my favorites...

by **LordNikon** » March 28th, 2005, 11:58 pm

SPS/LPS shots

Hammer coral is my recent addition..It is of the branching type..I would have loved to get the green version of this..Hammer coral is one of my favorite corals and was extatic to finally get one (5 bucks because its twins were dead)..The bubble coral is coming back to life..it had receded exposing most of the corallum..It is much bigger than it was a few months ago..the Favites is doing good..

The plate coral, ive had for a few months, it has quadrupled in size since receiving it..it was the size of a quarter when i got it...

by **LordNikon** » March 29th, 2005, 12:12 am

softies/zoos

Ive had the blue zoos almost two years..the orange several months and the devils hand is a month...all are aquacultured...I have green zoos growing off the favites..

the kenya tree coral is about a month old in my tank..It is locally grown (Reno)..Picked it up for 13 bucks..I bought a small patch of xenia with the tree coral and it has taken off...It only had a small spot on the rock and you can see now that it has covered most of it.

I bought these colony polyps two years ago in August..they all but withered away to about 10 individual polyps..Since upgrading to MH a year ago they have come back with a vengance..Ive actually had to frag some of my polyps (blues yellows and oranges)...Next will be the xenia...

so far I havent had a problem with the softies/sps mix..they are isolated on opposite sides of the tank and I skim decently...

Pictures I didnt take (batteries dying in camera) were that of the candy cane coral (courtesy of Bingo), green mushrooms, palyothoa..

I had a sinularia (greyish brown) that detached and I cant find it..I think that has been causing my brown diatoms to resurface on the sand...

You can see the progression of my tank through the other pages...Its gone from really crappy to kinda crappy :wink:

I also removed my urchin..It depleted the coralline algae which is starting to come back..It has gnawed it down in my mantis tank which had a fair amount of coralline..Disappointing but the mantis dont care...

by **ricky1414** » March 29th, 2005, 11:51 am

Nice light Nikon, looks good. What's the Kelvin of the Metal Halide bulb?
BTW- Nice bottle brush acro. Can't wait to see that grown out.

by **LordNikon** » March 29th, 2005, 1:51 pm

Aqualine AB 10kk(13K)

by **LordNikon** » April 13th, 2005, 9:56 am

my large tree died! unknown cause..thinking xenia killed it? I still have small piece growing on the sand bed..courtesy of Bingo..

by **LordNikon** » April 29th, 2005, 4:08 pm

T.crocea and E. glabersens

by **LordNikon** » April 29th, 2005, 4:12 pm

update on the birdsnest and monti cap (i received them in really white and now you can see the coloration difference after a few weeks)

by **garagebrian** » May 3rd, 2005, 5:11 pm

Nice to see the corals recovering Lord! Your tank is starting to take shape. I wish my zoos would recover

B.

by **rick2010** » January 15th, 2008, 2:07 am

teriffic tank! I really like the large polyps. Great work

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