nburg June 29, 2022 Author Share June 29, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, beatle said: I actually stumbled onto your tank via YouTube and saw that you don't have the standard black background found on the Reefer series. It looks great! Did you remove the background yourself? If so, do you think it could be done while only 5 1/2 inches from the wall? Nice! I need to do another video update. i never liked black backgrounds so when I first received the tank, I removed the vinyl right when I came out of the crate. I had bought white vinyl to put in the back since the tank was against a stairwell railing at my old house, white looked natural black did not… but the white vinyl looked terrible and there were so many bubbles I could not get out so I left it clear and I’m glad I did. That clearance might be hard as it wasn’t super easy but you could probably do it. I think I remember the best way was to peel it back upon it self. So if you grab the left corner pull it 180* back to the right against the glass. Most came off in big sheets, but got tricky when it’ it ripped. So unless you have long, strong arms, the middle could be hard. Maybe a flat razor on a handle would work… but at the risk of scratching. Edited June 29, 2022 by nburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg July 1, 2022 Author Share July 1, 2022 Full tank shots from today. I also made a video that I’ll post soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime July 1, 2022 Share July 1, 2022 Looking tops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg July 1, 2022 Author Share July 1, 2022 Walk through vid of some of my corals: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheresTheReef July 2, 2022 Share July 2, 2022 Very nice! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howaboutme July 2, 2022 Share July 2, 2022 When looking at these pictures am I the only one that thinks, "Ah...this is what it looks like to have no kids in the household". I almost forgot. Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg July 2, 2022 Author Share July 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, howaboutme said: When looking at these pictures am I the only one that thinks, "Ah...this is what it looks like to have no kids in the household". I almost forgot. Looking good! That’s changing in 2 months, so gotta get the clean pics in now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howaboutme July 2, 2022 Share July 2, 2022 11 hours ago, nburg said: That’s changing in 2 months, so gotta get the clean pics in now! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg July 11, 2022 Author Share July 11, 2022 Some of the nicer pics I took. I need to get a better all purpose lens. The Tamron 90mm is great for frags and zoas, but terrible for acros, and the Nikon lens that came with my camera is terrible. Tyree's Pink Lemonade Holy Grail Micromussa WWC Hello Kitty Milli Some of my Zoas (frozen apple on left, vamps in drag on right) Seduction Paly Rainbow Stylophora Lazy Corals Blue Zing Birds Nest Gonis Blue Stag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowsingle August 20, 2022 Share August 20, 2022 Your tanks are looking great….I love that holy grail micro! Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg September 16, 2022 Author Share September 16, 2022 Baby’s napping so time for an update. FTS I bought an Aussie snake skin torch that I couldn’t pass up. Very slick piece.purple snake skin texture tentacles with bright gold tips. I also decided that the filter sock section of my sump was a waste of space since I haven’t run mechanical filtration in a long while so I cut it out, moved my skimmer and freed up a lot of frag rack space. some closer pics of my corals. Steady growth and I’m really pleased with the colors. Nitrate bottomed out for a while so I started dosing nitrate again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moga September 18, 2022 Share September 18, 2022 wow nice tank!! thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbare89@gmail.com September 22, 2022 Share September 22, 2022 I love the sump frag setup. How did you remove the red sea glass baffles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg September 22, 2022 Author Share September 22, 2022 7 hours ago, tbare89@gmail.com said: I love the sump frag setup. How did you remove the red sea glass baffles? I started using a razor blade but it was a pain, so I ordered the Red Sea Sump Modification Kit. Basically it’s a thin razor insert into a standard box cutter. Made cutting thru the silicone much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg October 19, 2022 Author Share October 19, 2022 (edited) New pic dump! Couple pics I took today WWC Pink Passion (left) and WWC Dragonslayer (right) WWC Terra Red Colony WWC Shark Attack - hard to get the blue on camera, but this one is turning out nice! WWC King Fiji WWC Hello Kitty RMF Flavor Parade - bought a browned/greened out colony from Graham while back, but new growth looks great and the rest is starting to get more vibrant... hard to get the new growth color in pics, but very nice Oregon Blue Tort is growing fast now, but is growing into a flat blob with maybe 2 branches? eitherway, this coral is hard to get the true deep blue color. The dark parts capture much lighter blue and the light parts capture as white spots. Blue Stag - Thinking it might be a Acropora yongei? From @jhOU's massive colony Mr Pacman - also from jhou BC Flamethrower Table - starting to get the blue tips and the green is turning a purplish red Supposedly WWC Banana Peel, but looks more like a smooth skin as it grows... maybe they messed up their name? has blue tips, which don't show well here, and a minty green base. Vivid Confetti - seems like one of those acros that everyone in the area has... mine is pretty bright and growing well And finally picked up a blue A. Hoeksemai from Graham which I have been trying to find for quite a while - this one is a Copps lineage piece - hopefully the brown base will color up blue, but either way, the blue is very nice with the green inner coralites. Love it. Edited October 19, 2022 by nburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 19, 2022 Share October 19, 2022 Looking good. Did you put any pumps into the sump for the water flow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg October 19, 2022 Author Share October 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, YHSublime said: Looking good. Did you put any pumps into the sump for the water flow? Yeah, I have a basic Tunze power head (constant flow) pointing at my skimmer output that creates a nice random flow. Acros on the frag rack seem to do fine there. I’m going to slowly remove the sand - starting to get hard to keep up on it so out it goes - except for a bit on the right so my wrasse has a place to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd October 19, 2022 Share October 19, 2022 Just got a piece of the king fiji from therman last week! Can't wait to see how it does. We can do our own grow-out contest here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg October 19, 2022 Author Share October 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, lynn.reef.nerd said: Just got a piece of the king fiji from therman last week! Can't wait to see how it does. We can do our own grow-out contest here? lol mine stayed colored and has gotten a lot more peach and orange but took a bit to start growing. Starting to grow outward now and seems like it might be a decent grower once settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg October 19, 2022 Author Share October 19, 2022 FTS while the glass is clean ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg October 26, 2022 Author Share October 26, 2022 Vid I did the other day in the morning with the blues up. Uploaded not as clear as the source vid from my phone... ?♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howaboutme October 26, 2022 Share October 26, 2022 Looks great! All of that encrustation must be exciting. Sounds like you're ready for more battleboxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg October 27, 2022 Author Share October 27, 2022 lol I always want more coral but Want what I have to grow out to big colonies so I’ll probably have to get rid of stuff over time… or upgrade. I would love a big Australophyllia wilsoni colony but those are hard to come by unless you want to drop a thousand or more lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg November 27, 2022 Author Share November 27, 2022 Video update: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nburg January 26, 2023 Author Share January 26, 2023 This tank’s days are numbered but still enjoying it until everything gets moved over. Was doing a water change and some of my (relatively) newer acros are really taking off so I snapped a few pics. Colors are all off but still looks nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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