Nice...did you grow that setosa from a frag?

thanks guys!

and yes, setosa was grown from a couple skin flaps basically.....it's supposed to be a "Tyree" setosa....
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Doug it might be way early to ask this but how do you like LEDs over T5s? I ask because I have been considering a Powermodule instead of my Sols..

like you said.....it's a little early to tell how the corals will respond.....right now Im only ramping the radions up to 60% at the peak.....the zoanthids and couple of mushrooms that I have and all my LPS seem to be doing great.....my sps not so much.....Im not sure that I can say that it was the light change that has my sps looking kinda blah.....the sps went from my tank in Calgary to a tank at the e-town Red Coral and then into my basically brand spankin new fully stocked tank here....the musical tanks and the fact that both the tank and the lighting is new has taken a toll on the color............I will say this tho......I loooooove the programing options that the radions offer and even if 100% of my sps doesnt color up the way it was, Im sticking with LED and happy I made the switch



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Thats understandable, for sure! Seeing your corals at RCE I couldnt beleive the color you had and in my opinion T5s color up corals the nicest! But then again I dont think I've given my LEDs much of a chance either! :razz:

You just have a bigger tank... :mrgreen: like usual!

well thats kinda the thing......you are never gonna make 100% of all your coral happy 100% of the time.....there was plenty of stuff that I tried under T5 that didnt do well, never colored up properly or just plain died.....now of course I never took pics of that stuff so most people didnt see it......I imagine that it will be much the same with LED......I was just looking closely last night and I noticed that a couple of my LPS have already started growing on to the epoxy that is nailing them down, so thats a good sign.....


it's ok mang.....size doesnt matter:razz:



moar pics


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and I like how these type shots turn out


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Looking very impressive Doug!

Thanks George:biggrin:


some good new and some bad news.....

first the bad.....I lost my royal gramma the other day....had him for close to three years....the ick finally won the battle:sad:.....

the good news is, I think I may finally be getting the hang of Girlys camera....I finally got the color somewhat true to life.....

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Awesome shots as usual Dougster!! Sad for your Grammy dude :sad:

doug where ya hidin to by lol how come your not getting kicked off canreef anymore these days , all domestic like now eh?? lol :P:P:P

wheres the update , ill post darth vader pugs again lol:P

:pound:

Thanks Greg



Im not hiding.....Im still here.....and your right, the bachelor days are over....I have to mellow out and answer to Girly now:whip::mrgreen:


there isnt really a ton to update.....the tank is still recovering from the move.....looking like arse....oodles of cyano..... browned out sps.....fish with ick....freakin aiptasia.....not a tank Im super proud of ATM.....Ive been trying to be light on what I put in it, in an attempt to let things stabilize....Ive started dosing coral snow(just cuz I have it) to try and help knock back the cyano......I have also re-programed the "red" out of the radions....not sure if the red is helping the cyano or not, but I figured it couldnt hurt to try.....I added 5 berghia nudis a while back and it is finally looking like the population of aiptasia is starting to decline.....

Ive had some free time this summer(for a change) and took full advantage of it....lots of R&R, but I did mange to get all my electrical cleaned up, my RO water storage and salt mixing tank up and running and 95% of my coral glued down......wow, I guess there was more to update then I thought:mrgreen:

here's a few more pics

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:playball:

No update in over a month! WTF?!:shocked!:

Hello it was pleasure to meet up with you at red coral iam gonna take an hour and go through your build looks really good what I've seen so far well good meeting later for now my friend.

Two months! Quick someone release the hounds....




...to find him....yes...find him...



Doug?



Marco?



Polo?

Based my recent texts with Doug, I wouldn't expect an update anytime soon. :cry:

Thats not the answer I wanted to hear.

But at least we know he's alive so its not a complete loss.

No that's not at all the kind of update I was hoping to hear... :-(

Hope all's well Doug. :cry:

:hug:

Doug! Step away from the video game... Come back to us, we miss you! :boink:

:lol: good luck with that! He now has one computer set up for the game and his laptop for teamspeak.

Laurie, go get your camera, snap a few pics of the tank and report back. Oh and maybe a pic of Doug so that we know he's still alive and you aren't just making it up. Please, and thank you!

And what game has him so engrossed. I may have to go buy it.

lol is he hooked on wow lol
i know those days, i've been there lol

Pretty sure he is playing Stronghold Kingdoms. He asked me to join him, glad I didn't! :lol:

ok, ok....Im still here.....just in lurking mode......tank is doing ok....having mixed feeling about the switch to LED....some stuff looks good, other stuff, not so much....I finally seem to be getting rid of my aptaisia problem with the help of a filefish....unfortunately this came at the cost of my LPS....he started picking so we had to re-locate all my "meaty" LPS to Lauries tanks....I still have cyano but it is my fault for getting lazy with my maintenence....anyway you all asked for pics so he they are

some fishy pics

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It's nice to get you posting not just a lurker.:biggrin:
Hope all your tank problem go away in the new year.

Happy New Year Doug :party: from Sunny South Florida!

It's alive...he's alive, YEAH! Sorry Laurie, someone had to report him missing...now can someone call off the police I sent to go dig up the basement.

Oops :redface: missed seeing this before, I would of if I noticed this earlier.

Stronghold kingdoms, it's a computer game.

:pound: LMAO!

FYI Doug took over 70 new pic's so keep bugging him to pony up and post more :mrgreen:

Glad to see you back Doug

Quit being stingy Doug! Put up the goods!

Hey Doug nice pictures.......keep them coming. Hey I am having the same mixed feelings about the LED. Its definately not the same, my ricordias have not been the same since I switched......they are getting smaller and smaller.

Good to see you post again Doug! Your PBT looks good.

Somehow I missed this one.... Geek. What PC getting slow and needing updates as much as this thread?

ya the game is called Stronghold Kingdoms....its kinda like sim city meets risk, meets game of thrones....over a million registered users online, worldwide....


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