Lived on that side for a year. Left as soon as the snow melted. I'm good here :)

The snow melted? Must not have been where I was :p

Tank is looking good!

It was a couple days where you could see asphalt. I bolted quick!

Here's an August 1 shot. I'm going to take a pic every 1st of the month to see how things develop.
Here you can see the diatoms getting a bit out of hand. Love this part of the tank start-up process -lol


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Shot of the Purple Monster and friends. Hanging on to it's color quite well, all things considered. The dead looking piece behind it is actually light yellow. (for now)


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Looking good buddy, you think some of them are getting a bit too much light....

I was actually thinking some weren't getting enough :) That yellow piece is brand new, so not a result of the light in here. The rest are doing mostly great, with a couple pieces lagging behind. Those ones are furthest from the light.

Purple monster is really loving life though :biggrin:

It never lost a beat. I'm actually surprised how tough it is.

Many others lost most of the color with the dipping and moving and messing around with light, but most are almost back to original color.
I'll be happier though when the rock cleans up a bit :) I figure another month or three.

ah, new tank syndrome :-)

Hard to sit back and watch it :)

I can only imagine.. especially considering what you had to look at before. It must be painful :lol:

Ya, a little :) I try to envision what it will be in a couple years.

a couple??? By this time NEXT year they'll be colonies and you'll be fragging I'm sure.

Honestly, I think it will be closer to two for it to really fill in. I've left enough space that I shouldn't have to frag anything for that long. I hope.

I'm counting on the halide factor :-)

We'll see :)

Looks really good. Like to see some top down shots one day

:mrgreen:

I'm more a whole tank as art guy vs the top down stuff. :) Maybe I can get Wayne to drop by in the fall with his macro lens

Awesome Emperor Angel, my favourite fish, and it's in a SPS system. How sweet is that?? :biggrin:

I know, right?? So far SPS friendly for almost 2 years. Even clam friendly. And small enough for this tank and not likely to grow any more.

A 20 gal? :mrgreen:

Steve

lol

sorry, I don't understand..

Guess he's jealous of the size of your unit, err tank

Well done Brad!
It's a great change.
R.

Ok that's it, I'm adding an emperor to my tank. If Brad can do it why can't I ??

Zactly. Do it. Report back :)

Skimmer update: Just replaced my ER with a BK mini 160. Let's see what all the fuss is about.
It is quieter, so that's a plus. Let's see it skim up to the legend :)

Oh. Kool Brad

We'll see. I have big expectations that I question looking at it. I have 2 of them (need a motor block for the spare). I'm hoping it's way better than anything else I've used.

Puuuuurdy!

So Dom (Daplatapus) came by this weekend and fixed up the botched drywall that was damaged behind the old tank, and he did a heck of a job! We're all super grateful, especially my wife! :)

It's this kind of thing that makes this such a great community!

Dom, what are you doing next weekend....

Uhm.... hopefully working on my tank, lol.

Need help?


Brad will be right over.....lol

Lol :D

Here's one month in, second FTS in my monthly comparison.

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Still fighting diatoms, NO3 and PO4 levels a bit higher than I'm happy with. Using dead rock was probably not the right choice, but I'll give it three more months before making any rash decisions.
Corals are colored up well for the most part, although growth is probably inhibited by the phosphate. The skimmer fiasco isn't helping, but I'm doing 50% water changes almost every 10 days, which is helping.
Algae kind of under control, added 3 dozen astrea to the mix. Lost a few though, so there goes another water change :)