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Originally Posted by Snappy (Post 336790)

It looks great although there are several small pieces that will look much different in time so the coralscape will change and since it looks good now it will look even better later is all I meant. I certainly was not being negative.:biggrin:

I knew what you were saying! There is many small pieces that will fill the spaces in time. :lol::lol:

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Originally Posted by BC Mosaic (Post 336819)

That "Dustin's Deepwater Acro" is looking real good Ian. Seems the frag is already spreading at the base! One of my favorites.:mrgreen:

I am having a hard time finding a place to mount the deepwater Acro, I want it to be fairly prominent in the tank! I like this piece too! This is an "ORA" farmed coral in the U.S. It is somewhat rare and really collectable. Great job in finding this coral Richard!

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...sbmw/010-1.jpg

Real sweet looking Ian.
:wink:

Wicked looking reef and love the 30" height of the tank. You were smart to leave as much space as you did at the top for continued growth of the SPS!

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Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com (Post 341698)

Wicked looking reef and love the 30" height of the tank. You were smart to leave as much space as you did at the top for continued growth of the SPS!

I am trying for the reef forest effect! I want some really tall colonies, we will see how it progresses.

:biggrin:

Tank pics and video look fantastic Ian...but for those who havent seen it up close, it is gorgeous....:biggrin:

Wow... you have some HAPPY SPS... I have never seen polyp extension like that on SPS yet... at least not any other tanks I have seen.

Very impressive..

Update...........

So I have been having a battle with my Calcium reactor for the last few weeks, my drip rate was nearly impossible to keep consistent! My alk would be either on the upswing or fall too low. This was causing me so much irritation as well as my corals I am sure.

I found a peristaltic pump on ebay used, I was looking at these things new but had a hard time justifying the $300 plus price. i can now tell you that this is in the top three best purchases I have ever made for my tank.

I can set the dosing rate from 3ml - 800ml per hour with the program buttons. I opened the valve on the top of the reactor completely, connected the dosing pump to the inlet at set the dosing rate. With a little tweaking over the past week I have now got a rock solid ALK reading. I can now simply up the dose or drop it depending on the Coral growth rates.

I thought i would share this way of feeding a Calcium reactor and would highly recommend this to anyone having the same problems i used to have.

:mrgreen:

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z...rent=001-1.flv

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...bmw/Sentry.jpg