hey Levi you us have much light over your mangroves I have 10 of them and it seems that some of them are like dehydrating sucking in or shrinking i have a 100w food light about 2 feet from them or should I take that off.

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Funny how that works, thanks for the compliment buddy!

I would pull it right back, almost sounds like your burning them. I have 4 24W T5's about 2 feet away from the tips of them, they get a whack load of ambient light though (From the sun and my other T5 fixtures). My brother has a 250W halide + Actinics over his 100 but it's almost 4 feet away from them and he gets some wicked growth.

This photo was taken 03-28-2010
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3850/p1110433.jpg

and this is them right now:
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/163/p1140271.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1769/p1140270.jpg
I'm not going to lie... I have a nitrate problem :lol:.

and these are the bro's:
07-06-2010
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3346/p1120034.jpg

09-23-2010
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6346/p1130989.jpg

I think he is winning in growth, GAHHH I CANT WIN!!!

Oh and Mike spraying them down daily with fresh RO water really seems to help them out.

Wow quite the grow op you guys got going there :). Wish I had the room for some mangroves.. But no, I had to go and install another tank.

The solution: Install another another tank.

Brilliant!! I did't really need a dining room table anyway.

Standard dining room tables are overrated. However, dining room tables with a centrepiece of mangroves and a plant grow light instead of a chandelier is, on the other hand, completely underrated and understated.

:lol:have I ever mentioned that you crack me up Tony......


On another note.....*wonders if it gets tiring hearing this, but*.....amazing pics Levi!

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Thanks Doug! I'm thinking of buying a new camera (Something like Kiens) if I can save up enough cash, then I can really put out some top quality photos.
Levi

Sold off a large portion of my SPS (To little time and the tank is a little too mixed for my liking). Pretty happy with the result, I stuck the remaining stuff into a small center island that came out pretty wicked, happy with how it looks so I'm going to let it grow in.

Still lots of space to fill in, anyone that wants a free formosa frag shoot me a PM, I have TONS of them. Wouldn't mind some trades for them but everyone starts somewhere.

Some new photos:
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9997/p1140324.jpg

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/9967/p1140329.jpg

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Wow absolutely stunning this tank is...
are you still planning on filling up the new space with chalices?.. that would be sweet because you still would have alot of swimming room for the fish.
..Wish i could sleep next to my tank < if that's a bed i see?

Thanks, Ya slowly it should all be filled in. Its all about finding the right chalices now. Yes the tank is right next to the bed, it's a little noisy but you learn to live with it pretty fast.

Those are some big challices. I only have one and it hates high light.

Really nice! Cool aquascape.

Okay, this should be the final rearrange of the rock as I'm pretty happy with it now (Until it crashes and explodes 170g of water onto me while I'm sleeping :neutral:).

Quick shots with the actinics:

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3025/p1140337i.jpg

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Looking good!

Was lucky enough to come across a wicked priced ATI Bubblemaster 250 (Thanks to Mike), so here is the beast in action. So far VERY happy with how it's been working!

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1066/p1140375.jpg

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and a couple sweet natural light shots:
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Levi

that last shot is awesome.

I like all three of them.

Its funny how they turned out, that's with all 8 of my t5's on at around 6:00pm.

yup by far next to the deltec 851 that BM 250 skimmer was amazing and by far in the top 3 skimmers.

the sucess of that skimmer was the huge neck. for some great wet gunk.

well done on the skimmer:biggrin:

My hands are to large for the neck on my Hydor so it was a pain in the but to clean (Or take it off for that matter). After seeing this thing in action I'm actually starting to wonder if my Hydor was actually making a dent!

I think I made a deal with the Devil though, my first born Red Planet frag goes to Mike free of charge :lol:. Well worth it considering the deal he gave me, $250.00 VERY well spent.

glad you are happy with the skimmer, always worked awesome for me. after a week or 2 the skimate should start to get real dark.
lookin forward to the frag tho.

Holy WOW, the zoa tank just got nominated for reefcentrals Thread of the month :surprise:! Anyone want to help a reefer out and do some educated voting? Both the other ones have some good reading in them.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1927873

Congrats Levi!

That's quite an honor in itself!! You got my vote :thumb:

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got my vote good luck :mrgreen:

+1

Greatly appreciated guys!

Le neat-oh!

...Voted.

just voted too. your only 2 behind the AI par thread. good job man.

Ya wow tight race for sure, thanks for the support guys!

Just plugged in another for ya - still 2 behind, good luck !

well i voted you should get alaugh on what i posted.

the vote was 46/47 now its

46/48 last time i looked:twised:

Haha thanks Buddy! I don't know when the cut off is but I'm pretty stoked to just be nominated.

voted....for the other guy. KIDDING!

of course I voted for you.

Thanks Mike, I still have like 10 formosa frags sitting in the frag tank you free friday right after I get home from school (Around 8 or so?).

I should be finished mid terms around the 13th then anyone that wants one is free to come grab one (Unless I get lazy and take them to the LFS :lol:), have tones of cheato also.

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Would you hurry up and get me photos of your new fancy purchases? You managed to get 4 things I have never seen in Canada within like a month of setting up the tank, that's it I'm going to live in Cali...

I,m in but yer still one behind. Now guess I had better read the threads some more. :D