Ryan S December 17, 2012 Share December 17, 2012 bump for a current fts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demeat50 December 17, 2012 Share December 17, 2012 What do you do with your corals and rocks when you break down the walls? Are you selling or trading any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 17, 2012 Author Share December 17, 2012 I got rid of 3/4 of the coral that was in there if not more. I have just my favorites in there. The multicolor eats acro skin or slime it seems and the Koran devours palys. Also I think I have been telling people the tank has been up for two years but I thinks it's been more like 1.5 years. Ryan I will try and get a pic tomorrow. I switched to reeflux 12k bulbs and took the t5's off so we will see how the blue pic comes out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 18, 2012 Share December 18, 2012 Looking forward to the pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 22, 2012 Author Share December 22, 2012 I redid some of the rocks again so it may be a min before I can get a good pic. Also if your Hanna phos checker says to change the battery... CHANGE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 24, 2012 Author Share December 24, 2012 Okay so I redid the rocks yesterday again and took some pictures this mourning. Seems impossible for me to get any good pictures with these new bulbs. Soooo blue... Figured the reeflux 12ks would be halfway to a 20k look but oh well. Some corals colors are coming out much better and once they all settle in thier new spots I think it will look fine. I took the t5's off because you couldn't even see ANY difference with them on. Still have some blue leds though. I tore down the external fuge and frag tank and went back to the external lifereef which I am happy with. I took the first two baffles out of the sump so the drains just dump right into the fuge so the cheato has more room to grow out. I have cut back on the gfo since I realized the battery in my checker was bad even though it was still "working". I think everything was looking bad because I was burning through GFO and changing it out when it never needed to be. And after all that I realized how much easier it is for me to take care of this tank when I focus on the basics. The Koran ate a bunch of palys so I moved them out, the multicolor loves to taste acro skin but hasn't messed any up real bad yet. Although one looks rough, I can deal with it. Here is the fish list, I think I acounted for everyone... 4 - lyretail anthias two males (from different regions I think) and two females 4 - pajama cardinals blue hippo tang cheveron tang dussumieri tang 2 nemos melanurus wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse pyrimad butterflyfish blue lined rabbitfish bellus angelfish (female) multicolor angelfish african flameback angelfish koran angelfish (juvi) red scooter blenny green mandarin Sorry for the bad pics I am getting used to taking pictures in the blue light... Bad pic of my favorite coral, the base is neon green, pink polyps and the tips are baby blue and has a really cool growth pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 24, 2012 Share December 24, 2012 Love it! Love this pic especially: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 24, 2012 Author Share December 24, 2012 Thanks man, I love the side shots too. Makes it look grown in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgets December 24, 2012 Share December 24, 2012 Love the new aqua scape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 24, 2012 Author Share December 24, 2012 Thanks, the left side I am not real happy with but the colonies are kinda big and awkward to place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf December 29, 2012 Share December 29, 2012 Looks great!! +1 on the new scape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 31, 2012 Author Share December 31, 2012 Thanks! I think the fish like the new aquascape better also. I did say that we have an african flameback angel but its a carribean angel, I think it might be called a fireball or something. Also the picture of the dussumieri tang was actually a ringtail, and we have gotten rid of it and added dussumieri tang. Also I am having trouble taking pictures with these reflux bulbs, everything looks purple to me! I am going to have to practice some... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 31, 2012 Share December 31, 2012 That looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoozilla December 31, 2012 Share December 31, 2012 Great scaping. As you stated, "focusing on the basics" is the way to go. Are you going BB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 1, 2013 Author Share January 1, 2013 No I have let the sand up front blow back but I still have the wrasse so I gotta keep some. Next tank will defiantly be barebottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 1, 2013 Share January 1, 2013 Do you notice the eductors on the locline doing much to the flow or is it hard to tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 1, 2013 Author Share January 1, 2013 Thoes things are great, I am using a iwaki 1100 gph pump and should have put two more on the other side though. That way it wouldnt have been such a hard straight flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 1, 2013 Author Share January 1, 2013 The only thing I don't like about them is that they are kinda large and hard to hide coming off a return. I think I will just let that cap grow around mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 18, 2013 Author Share January 18, 2013 So I have been working on the tank a lot. Moving stuff around, and I took one of the halides off. The humidity was TOO much, and so was the electric bill. Plus that oceanic center brace is a PAIN to clean, everything is off to the corners now... I also am only getting 24 hour paychecks for a few weeks because work is slow and I have to go to school. So I have been working on downsizing the amount of corals again... Hopefully its only a few weeks on small checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf January 22, 2013 Share January 22, 2013 Saw this tank in person over the weekend. Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 23, 2013 Author Share January 23, 2013 Thanks man! So it seems like I keep getting closer to taking the tank down. It is looking very empty, the calcium reactor is off and I am going to try to run it with just Kalk for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt January 24, 2013 Share January 24, 2013 What??? It looked so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf January 24, 2013 Share January 24, 2013 +1 Why the tear down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 24, 2013 Author Share January 24, 2013 There are a list of them right now. I need to get a truck because mine broke. Gotta fix the house up and I can only do that if the tank is gone. And of course, I want a bigger better tank (that I can start the right way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 28, 2013 Author Share January 28, 2013 I am going to try and cut everything I am keeping down to a small size and sell a few pieces I can't keep. I have the large frag rack made up, and plugs ready to go... My plan is to house the corals under one light in my tank. Then when the time comes I can just move everything into my small tank to hold until I fix the house or get a new one. So I guess I am going to the meet after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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