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freezetyle

02-12-2014 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 879501)

Thanks, Jesse! I'm looking forward to your rebuild. Hope it will be happening soon! :biggrin:

Jon, we miss you! Come by some time for beer and see how your pieces are doing. I think you will be impressed, especially with the garf and shortcake! Hope to be able to frag it back to you soon. :wink:

we should do that. I have been planning a small little 26 gallon shallow of coral to hold me over until we can get rennos done :biggrin:.

From the looks of your photos your over the 25 frag limit eh:lol:

Werbo

02-12-2014 11:57 PM

From the looks of your photos your over the 25 frag limit eh:lol:[/quote]

LOL!!!

thmh	02-13-2014 12:14 AM

awesome coral Wayne!!:D glad everything is doing so well for you.

Rice Reef

02-13-2014 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freezetyle (Post 879908)

Jon, glad to hear you are getting one up soon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Werbo (Post 879922)

From the looks of your photos your over the 25 frag limit eh:lol:

LOL!!![/quote]

they are tiny colonies, not frags. they have encrusted and are on the rocks. :lol:

Quote:

Originally Posted by thmh (Post 879929)

awesome coral Wayne!!:D glad everything is doing so well for you.

Tony, thanks again! all are colouring up well and some are even growing faster than expected! I'll post more pics later... Right now I am very tempted in pulling the trigger in getting the Bling Bling and Hellsgate Cyphastrea.....

Rice Reef

02-21-2014 10:02 AM

Feb top down foto dump

Rice Reef

02-21-2014 10:06 AM

Top Down part 2

FishyFishy!

02-21-2014 01:16 PM

Wow! I just looked back a few pages.... You've had some awesome growth!

Reef Pilot

02-21-2014 01:48 PM

Stunning collection indeed!! Going to be a killer tank, when it grows out.

kien	02-21-2014 03:09 PM

so pretty ! Your photography of them has gotten quite good as well !

Werbo

02-22-2014 06:51 PM

Looking deadly and killer photo skills

Aquattro

02-22-2014 06:53 PM

Overheard at Brad's house...

Wayne - "No, seriously!! This time I'm only adding 25 pieces. No, really!! You just wait"..:)

Rice Reef

02-24-2014 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FishyFishy! (Post 881792)

Wow! I just looked back a few pages.... You've had some awesome growth!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot (Post 881795)

Stunning collection indeed!! Going to be a killer tank, when it grows out.

Thanks, guys! Ever since the new year, virtually all the sps have shown some decent coloration and growth.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien (Post 881812)

so pretty ! Your photography of them has gotten quite good as well !

Thank, Kien. Been able to get a lot of practice and I've also been favouring the 100mm macro lens over the 180 mm

Rice Reef

02-24-2014 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Werbo (Post 882054)

Looking deadly and killer photo skills

Thanks, Tyler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 882055)

Overheard at Brad's house...

Wayne - "No, seriously!! This time I'm only adding 25 pieces. No, really!! You just wait"..:)

Brad, don't know what you're talking about... :lol:
I think I said no more than 25 frags... Well there are only 15 frags on the rack. :mrgreen:
Thanks again for the pink lemonade again! Definitely one of my favorites!

Rice Reef

02-24-2014 08:13 PM

I was able to snap a few more yesterday....

Unknown acro
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psb357d5f5.jpg

Some kinda granulosa
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps1ee46bd9.jpg
True garf
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa07e0211.jpg

freezetyle

02-24-2014 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 882459)

I was able to snap a few more yesterday....

True garf
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa07e0211.jpg

wow, looks much better in your tank

apexifd

02-25-2014 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 882055)

Overheard at Brad's house...

Wayne - "No, seriously!! This time I'm only adding 25 pieces. No, really!! You just wait"..:)

I think he was way over his 25 frags limited before he even started.

Rice Reef

02-25-2014 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apexifd (Post 882542)

I think he was way over his 25 frags limited before he even started.

Thank you for your support.:cry:

reeferfulton

02-25-2014 03:06 AM

Im not sure what you all are talking about, most of those frags are mine. Wayne is just kindly holding them for me . Should not be so hard on him till you have all the details .

Aquattro

02-25-2014 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apexifd (Post 882542)

I think he was way over his 25 frags limited before he even started.

No doubt. You should have heard him tho, he insisted we were wrong, and he'd stick to his plan. lol

Rice Reef

02-25-2014 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reeferfulton (Post 882550)

Im not sure what you all are talking about, most of those frags are mine. Wayne is just kindly holding them for me . Should not be so hard on him till you have all the details .

Thanks Jon! For a while I thought I have no friends here anymore :lol:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 882551)

No doubt. You should have heard him tho, he insisted we were wrong, and he'd stick to his plan. lol

An I am sticking to it too! I even brought out my abacus to count the number of frags

apexifd

02-25-2014 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 882554)

An I am sticking to it too! I even brought out my abacus to count the number of frags

I bagged at least 10 frags for you at rich that night, and plus another "25" on your frag rack already.

Rice Reef

03-02-2014 08:20 AM

Tn23	03-02-2014 08:46 AM

Corals look Great! which Zeo products have you been testing with?

Rice Reef

03-03-2014 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salty23 (Post 883756)

Corals look Great! which Zeo products have you been testing with?

Thanks! I think I have a bottle of each. The ones I use most often are coral snow and zeozym. I also add zeo spur2 and zeo spur macro elements once every two weeks and as for aminos, once every two weeks but it looks like I may need to increase it to once a week. I also dose k and b balance, potassium iodide once a week at this time and polls extra as needed. I am also dosing brightwell potassium and reef strontium once a week.

noy	03-04-2014 12:10 AM

lovely corals - great photos!

reeferfulton

03-11-2014 06:08 AM

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hey ricereef..
when did your member status change to frag hoarder lol ???

i just noticed that and spit my water out laughing

that is soo not fair for the mods to change it like that .. .

Rice Reef

03-11-2014 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reeferfulton (Post 885473)

\

hey ricereef..
when did your member status change to frag hoarder lol ???

i just noticed that and spit my water out laughing

that is soo not fair for the mods to change it like that .. .

Lol. Them mods, always above the law :lol:
Been there for at least two or three weeks now. I chose to ignore it but I guess I should at least thank Brad.

gqlmao

03-11-2014 06:52 PM

Those pieces are stunning, they have such vivid colors with a light base. Mind if I ask you what levels you keep your nitrates, phosphates at, and what zeovit products are you using to get the awesome color changes? Do you feed the tank quite heavily as well?

Rice Reef

03-11-2014 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gqlmao (Post 885544)

Just completed my testing today and my nitrates is under .2 ( salifert) and phosphates is undetectable ( using Hanna hi ranger checker). These two levels have been consistent for the last three months and is due to consistent biweekly 50 gallon water changes and not feeding the fish heavy ( I feed the fish pellets and nori daily and they get a pinchful of pellets three times per day. I have almost every blue bottle available however i do not dose daily. Here is what my zeo schedule looks like...

Coral snow: two-three times per week
Zeozym: one to two times per week
Zeospur 2: once every two weeks
Zeospur Macro elements: same time as Zeospur 2
K and B Balance: once a week
Potassium iodide: once a week
Biomate: one to two times per week
Pohl's Extra: as needed
Sps Aminos: once per week
LPS Aminod: once per week

I am also dosing brightwells potassium and reef strontium once a week.

Here are a few new pics...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps57fd813c.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa61635e7.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps40ae899a.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps7fb2e033.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa4b09eb0.jpg

Aquattro

03-11-2014 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 885476)

Lol. Them mods, always above the law :lol:
Been there for at least two or three weeks now. I chose to ignore it but I guess I should at least thank Brad.

how come I always get blamed for this stuff?? Maybe it was Tony.

Delphinus

03-11-2014 09:55 PM

Wha wha what? :lol:

Aquattro

03-11-2014 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 885576)

Wha wha what? :lol:

Thought so...:)

straightrazorguy

03-11-2014 10:06 PM

Fabulous photos Rice Reef! Wicked tank!

gregzz4

03-12-2014 01:30 AM

Awesome pics Wayner

Sooo glad to see you stuck with it after the disaster :smile:

lastlight

03-12-2014 03:41 AM

take note mitras haters... they can work! now if only i knew how too =) looking awesome.

Rice Reef

03-12-2014 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 885575)

how come I always get blamed for this stuff?? Maybe it was Tony.

It can't be Tony.... You.... Haha.... I kinda like title now. :mrgreen:

Rice Reef

03-12-2014 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by straightrazorguy (Post 885580)

Fabulous photos Rice Reef! Wicked tank!

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 885611)

Awesome pics Wayner

Sooo glad to see you stuck with it after the disaster :smile:

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 885628)

take note mitras haters... they can work! now if only i knew how too =) looking awesome.

Thanks, guys! It's all about the Karma. Within the last several months things are finally going my way.

For a while there I really had thought of changing the lighting to the ATI hybrids. Thanks to Rich in talking me out of it as I think I have finally found the right light combo that works for my tank.

Here are a few more fresh macro pics...

From Rich...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psbf67d163.jpg
Jon Elliot's setosa...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psbd98698e.jpg
Brad's red planet
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps527a4691.jpg
DVs Northern Delight on the left...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps76d203f6.jpg
RR purple monster
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psf6ffe6a9.jpg
Jon Elliot's Nana...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psac3764b6.jpg
DVs Sunset milli...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc46b813e.jpg
Rich's cream base and purple tip tort...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscd3ace9a.jpg
RR red acro ( no name)...:sad:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psfdfd3211.jpg

shrimp

03-12-2014 05:06 AM

First dibs on a frag of RR purple monster. Unreal colors.

reeferfulton

03-12-2014 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrimp (Post 885648)

First dibs on a frag of RR purple monster. Unreal colors.

Lol..really ??

Nuttyreefer

03-12-2014 05:50 AM

Look good 1 day I can be like you guys :biggrin:

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