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by **Guy** » October 18th, 2005, 11:07 pm

Another pic of the center Monti colonies.

by **Guy** » October 24th, 2005, 7:49 pm

Weekly progress pic. I cleaned out a lot of algae because it was blocking the waterflow & accidently broke off a few frags. I glued the frags to the most convenient open spot. The buildup of cyanobacter disappeared quickly once the waterflow was restored.

There is a deep buildup of Bryopsis wherever the light is most intense. I have nothing I have propogated that will eat Bryopsis so I'm unable to control it. The coral must grow fast enough to shade the Bryopsis or the Bryopsis will eventually overgrow the coral. It's a race for the finish.

by **Guy** » October 28th, 2005, 10:43 am

Clownfish picture.

They have definately grown but they don't appear to be bonded yet.

by **Guy** » October 31st, 2005, 10:53 pm

Pic for 10/30

by **Guy** » November 6th, 2005, 12:44 pm

Nothing has changed this week but I'll post a pic anyway. :lol:

by **Guy** » November 16th, 2005, 12:47 am

Frogspawn is looking really good today. I just love the pink tips.

by **Guy** » November 18th, 2005, 9:17 am

The Candy has been slowly growing back the polyps I whacked off in July. I'm having trouble keeping up with the macroalgae. I like the look of a small amount of algae but I don't like the way it supresses growth of corals when it's not constantly trimmed.

by **Guy** » November 27th, 2005, 11:34 pm

Just showing off the color of the R. yuma under the VHO.

by **Guy** » December 29th, 2005, 10:18 pm

Before I post my last picure I wanted to list the things done wrong & right.

Right

Lighting. Expensive but outstanding lighting for a 10. I would like to attempt the same tank with a 70 HQI MH.

Aquacultured animals. I really pleased that a fairly nice reef (IMO) can be accomplished using 100% aquacultured animals.

Autotopoff. I think this provided a lot of stability for the tank.

Limewater + Water changes. I think this had a lot to do with the growth rate. The growth wasn't beyond normal, but it was better than I expected in a nano.

Wrong

I got distracted for just 15 minutes during a waterchange. Waterchanges are a critical maintenance time and distractions need to be completely avoided. That limewater overdose that occurred while the water level was low set back the coral growth at least 2 months. I learned to disable to autotopoff during water changes.

Blue Ricordea. I don't know why they didn't like the tank. I would have lost them had I not pulled them out and placed them in my Lagoon.

Bryopsis. This particular algae needs to be avoided in a nano because large herbivores are not an option.

Macro Algae. The algae I tried was out of control almost all the time. If I missed a weekly trim it started killing corals. An attached algae scrubber would be sooo much better.

Rock stacked too high. It's hard to tell from my updates but all of the M. digitata actually grew right up to the top of the tank and had to be trimmed all the time. Had the rock stack been 3 or 4" lower I would, by now, some really impressive colony structures. Instead i have a jumble of SPS at the top that is without much form.

Here's the final pic.

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