As allways it looks amazing! time for a bigger tank:lol: the growth you get is nothing short of amazing considering the lack of fancy equipment (can`t believe you dont even have an auto top off:turn-l:) Just goes to show sometimes less is more.:thumb:

I have a top off...It's just that it's name is Marie not Otto :lol:

:pound:

What? You don't have Manuel dosing? :razz: He makes great margaritas too!

That sandbed is starting to look a little cluttered. Time for another clean out?

Guess what I'm going to be doing this sunday.

Have I ever mentioned I hate coraline algae
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I bought these from JL at the boxing day sale 2 months ago. They are directly under a MH light less then a foot away from the bulb and they are just about clogged with coraline

Geeze is there anything you can't grow in that tank? who else can take a common Tunze pump and turn it into liverock in 2 months :lol:

you should just take some base rock, sump it, and sell it as liverock 2 months later xD

Unreal <shakes head> I have two little patches that I'm carefully cultivating over here.:neutral:

It does make going zeo or fauna marin tempting :lol:

Why,s that Marie?


and yes, better soak those pumps. :lol:

Everything i've read so far about zeo and fauna say less algae and almost non existant coraline algae

The temptation is minimal though, I can't even remember to take my vitamins, there is no way I'd remember to dose my tanks daily :lol:

Hi Marie

I have been using ZEOvit now for 2 1/2 years under 250w MH and my Coraline algae is thick and a beautiful purple in colour.

Tom R

Well geez, I always figured I had options when I got tired of cleaning powerheads. At least I didn't spend a bunch of money before finding that out.

If you get your tank to ultra low nutrients, you will see less coraline for sure. Many of the ZEO tanks are proof of that. Heck the ocean is proof of that. I was amazed by how little coraline was on the Great Barrier Reef when we were there 3 years ago. Some of the other dives in Australia though were in lagoons and we saw much more coraline and just algae in general. So it certainly needs some nutrients to survive.

Many ZEO tanks though don't get all the way down to that ultra low nutrient level I don't think, so there is coraline. I also don't think running ZEO would kill off all your coraline.

I actually really love your tank (looks very natural to me) and kind of like all the coraline. But I only have to check it out once in a while in pictures, not clean it every month :)

You might as well leave them dirty.

I have herd that Coraline Algae does not do well at higher light 400W. However this is probably wrong as well.

I believe that it is one of those things, If you want it, it will not grow. If you do not want it , it grows like crazy.

Tom R

I had to take a pic tonight to get a growth shot of this guy. The above pic was posted jan 15
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HOLY Marie!! Nice growth on that frag....looks like it's ready to frag soon!:lol:

After watching the old video of my achilles I realized that video is now 2 years old, it's time for a new one :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rch2509015.jpg

Sooo awesome...

So whats your stocking list look like?

Achilles, CBB, Foxface, Blue Face?, anything else?

+1

that Achilles is quite the camera hog isn't he?

In this tank I have the achilles, a cbb, foxface, regal angel, 2 mandarins, 2 green chromis, 1 lonely glass cardinal, an orchid dottyback and a dragon face pipefish

Yes he is, I get lots of pictures that look kind of like this :lol:

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Great video Marie. 'Ol Doofus is quite the movie star!
Bt the way: no Salifert kits in stock.

Goodness, one day he is just going to bust through the glass, bust through the wall and by the time anyone realizes what happened he'll already be in Hawaii!! :lol:

:eek: The pacific ocean is just down hill from here :lol:

Great video Marie! For a bit there I was wondering where all your fish were. He does love his camera time doesn't he? :wink:

Great vid Marie.....but I still get a kick out of the first vid, where he swims upside down.

Great Video Marie

I always look forward to your tank updates.

I sit with envy trying to figure out what you are doing right and what I am doing wrong.

I have narrowed it down to just 2 things.

First and foremost you know what your doing.

and

Second it must have something to do with living in Powell River.

Tom R

I agree Tom, I think Powell River must be the golden mecca for coralline algae as well as fat and healthy fish :mrgreen:

and unreal SPS growth.. :razz:

Amazing sps tank.

Lost, one sand bed anyone with information leading to the whereabouts...
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If Anthony doesn't come soon to relieve me of these corals littering the floor, they are all going to end up in a bucket on my deck. It's a good thing he will be here saturday :lol:

Already picked up most of your supplies. We'll be catching the ferry right after Irene finishes teaching piano on Saturday afternoon. Holy smokes, you weren't kidding about losing your sand bed.

Anthony

Marie, are you intentionally going bare bottom or is that the powerheads blowing the sand to the back?

Was your sand bed from crushed coral that dissolved into sps? There must be something in that P.R. water. You should bottle it up an sell it. Hey Anthony can you bring back about 10,000 gallons of water for us Lower Mainlanders?

The power heads blew the sand back. I wouldn't let my bottom go bare intentionally :wink:

Every time I clean the glass I just have to take out the camera :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ril1409005.jpg


*Edit*The reason I take all the pics of this guy is because Dave (wicked frags) told me it was a slow grower and it appears to be anything but in my tank

Wow Marie! That's amazing. No wonder you're looking for a bigger tank.:lol:

I know what you mean...everything looks happier through clean glass.:mrgreen: Great pics Marie.