ACRONUTS
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surrealism thanks! I agree I can see the tank in 1 to 2 years and my coral garden will be very special!
The Rebirth/Rebuild of my 180g sps thread
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surrealism thanks! I agree I can see the tank in 1 to 2 years and my coral garden will be very special!
ACRONUTS
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Update 5-4-2015
Things are going super well in the tank. My parameters are staying really stable.
The doser works really really well!
I am so far dosing 30ml a day of ALK to maintain a level of 8.4 - Red Sea test kit
Mag doses 35ml 3 days a week to maintain a level of 1400 - Red Sea test kit
Calcium 45mg a day to maintain a level of 425-450 - Red Sea test kit
Use kalk to top off evaporated water once a week.
I purchased a second hand Digital Aquatics controller from a fellow reefer who bought a Neptune and wanted a little of his investment back. My aqua controller Jr. while working just fine the LCD display light was barely seeable in daytime and at night was not viewable at all. This light went out almost 1 year after I purchased it. Never really had help from the rep and I just said ya know they just lost another customer.
Anyhow pics will follow soon. Just transferred and installed the PC4's, probes, and I do have to say the setup is way better than the aqua controller ever was!
Known issues:
Some acros are pale in color.
Not sure if it's a water parameter issue or lighting one. Checked mh bulbs, they need to be replaced so ordered three new ones and will be here tomorrow.
I will slowly acclimate my corals by starting with 3 hours and increase the source every week by adding an additional hour per week till I get the 5 hours per day of intense 250 watts radiums.
If I see that the coloring is improving then I won't do anything more. If it is not improving then I am going to take off the bio pellets. Will research how to successfully take these guys off a system.
If you all have suggestions please feel free to chime in!
Now for the fun part! New additions!!!
Strawberry shortcake
Got another because the one I do have while doing really well seems to be a look alike, lol!
Unknown but seems to be some kind of lower light acro. The mother colony was about a year old in lfs growout tank and it has a blue/purple body. The growth is definitely different from garf bonsai.
Frag off of a Golden basket millie. This pic does not do it justice and it has not acclimated to my tank yet. But under actinic it coloring is gorgeous! Can't wait to see its growth!
Beautiful acro mariculture piece. Correlates are really light green with blue tips
This acro will be hard to imagine and the pic is bad and it is not acclimated to my tank. a lower light acro, body base is green tips are mauve, the polyps are pinky/red and the outmost coralite area is white.
After dipping this maricultured colony is NOT a happy camper. Lets hope for the best and see what happens once it starts cooking!
Next week I get a frag pack from BSA corals. Will keep you all posted!
Things are going super well in the tank. My parameters are staying really stable.
The doser works really really well!
I am so far dosing 30ml a day of ALK to maintain a level of 8.4 - Red Sea test kit
Mag doses 35ml 3 days a week to maintain a level of 1400 - Red Sea test kit
Calcium 45mg a day to maintain a level of 425-450 - Red Sea test kit
Use kalk to top off evaporated water once a week.
I purchased a second hand Digital Aquatics controller from a fellow reefer who bought a Neptune and wanted a little of his investment back. My aqua controller Jr. while working just fine the LCD display light was barely seeable in daytime and at night was not viewable at all. This light went out almost 1 year after I purchased it. Never really had help from the rep and I just said ya know they just lost another customer.
Anyhow pics will follow soon. Just transferred and installed the PC4's, probes, and I do have to say the setup is way better than the aqua controller ever was!
Known issues:
Some acros are pale in color.
Not sure if it's a water parameter issue or lighting one. Checked mh bulbs, they need to be replaced so ordered three new ones and will be here tomorrow.
I will slowly acclimate my corals by starting with 3 hours and increase the source every week by adding an additional hour per week till I get the 5 hours per day of intense 250 watts radiums.
If I see that the coloring is improving then I won't do anything more. If it is not improving then I am going to take off the bio pellets. Will research how to successfully take these guys off a system.
If you all have suggestions please feel free to chime in!
Now for the fun part! New additions!!!
Strawberry shortcake
Got another because the one I do have while doing really well seems to be a look alike, lol!
Unknown but seems to be some kind of lower light acro. The mother colony was about a year old in lfs growout tank and it has a blue/purple body. The growth is definitely different from garf bonsai.
Frag off of a Golden basket millie. This pic does not do it justice and it has not acclimated to my tank yet. But under actinic it coloring is gorgeous! Can't wait to see its growth!
Beautiful acro mariculture piece. Correlates are really light green with blue tips
This acro will be hard to imagine and the pic is bad and it is not acclimated to my tank. a lower light acro, body base is green tips are mauve, the polyps are pinky/red and the outmost coralite area is white.
After dipping this maricultured colony is NOT a happy camper. Lets hope for the best and see what happens once it starts cooking!
Next week I get a frag pack from BSA corals. Will keep you all posted!