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whoever said you cant keep sps in a high nutrient system without everything losing color never seen how my tank works lol all my sps have better color then they did when i got them and they are all showing signs of growth plus lots of PE..... i guess the trick is to add lots of nutrients but at the same time be able to export the same amount.
my goal is to keep food in the water 24/7 and keep water parameters stable.....so far so good heheh:) alos im getting alot of natural growth i didnt get in any other tanks before, like sponges for instance....sponges are growing all over the place right under the halides. i guess the heavy phyto feedings are doing that:) good times for sure!! |
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Yah copperband is a gorgeous fish, particularly for the color combo! Great to know that it's eating out of your hand. I guess I will come by your house next week to see it and grab a few SPS from you (you wouldn't mind fragging a few from the SPS stack you got right? :D ) :) |
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not from the bonsai tank but i was in a picture mood;P
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Pretty amazing little tank ya got going there Buddy.
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thanks mike!!
well today i was hungover and i swaped out the halide for one of the radions i figure ill take levis advice and warm the corals up to one before i do the move and throw 2 on their. alot more spread than my sunpod, will see how the corals react:) will get some update pics soon:) |
oh and also today i saved my firefish's life i went to the grocery store and when i came back he was on the floor dry , 20 mins of wiggling him in the water and i got some breathing, an hour later and hes able to hold him self up and is swimming in small strides.
your welcome little buddy!! |
so far the tank is looking great and is loving the leds , no bleaching or getting blasted.
my lights at peak are 45% and as low as 12% in the night. also i have decided since a friend of mine needs a tank fast as his broke hes going to take my cube so with that said i need a new tank now soooo.... ive decided to upgrade a bit the new tank will be the same dimensions but this time im going polished with starfire front and one piece euro brace.....yes i know i know lol . will be a month or more before it can be ready so ill just have to love my small tank a bit more for a while lol |
The more you spend time with Dave the more the upgrades happen lol.
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i know its so true lol after talking with the girlfriend weve put ALOT of money into livestoc for the bonsai...almost 10k lol we figure mayb e its time we spent some of that on the tank its self and with us moving into a new place its the perfect time to do so. i am picking up an apex while im in edmonton saturday to add to the equipment list. also another rradion is for surely needed i get no light coverage from the one i have now and my tree is just horrible to try and light .....fml lol |
Was nice meeting you Denny thanks for the frags. The bonzai is jam-packed with awesome little treasures.
As a cat guy it's strange to type these words but your dog is so damn cool lol. |
thanks brett man was nice finally meeting you too , its a shame my picture skills are so garbage lol the tree def looks better in person and im digging the led change over so far:)
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Glue mishaps to date involving blood and loss of skin.....3
I got to get off the glue lol epoxy now baby lol |
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Glue is the shiznit :smile: BTW, this has to be one of the worst builds I have ever seen :rolleyes: Oh, alright, it looks awesome !!! :boink: :mrgreen::mrgreen: Can't wait to see it all filled in :wink: |
to keep adding to list of shoud nots and could nots i have a whole new list to add lol :P
as im a sucker for punishment ive added another blueberry gorgonian, ive changed some foods since last time so gonna give it a try , this ones a full colonine about 6-7" and 6-7" wide , very healthy looking and is out full polyps all day and night. http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...h_IMG_8698.jpg another good one i did was yesterday decided to pick up a small moorish idol, he looks great and is active and eating. i was worried my cooper band would make enemies of him and was the only real worry i had, well it was the total opposite , the moosrish idol is side by side with the butterfly, they hunt together , eat together and the idol seems to be watching the copperband and learning from it , hes mimicking the butterfly , picks where he picks , goes where he goes lol with their unique colors and sililiar shapes they make for a unique pair i gotta say:) http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...h_IMG_8704.jpg better pics and new video later and my updated full livestock list once photobucket finishes with thepics. |
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Hey Denny tank is looking sweet it was nice netting you yesterday also would like to thank you for the awesome frags I'll see ya soon
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thanks buddy , its def over crowded in there now but the upgrade will be happening soon, thanks for the apex which will be used in my new set up:) |
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here goes nothing, current livestock list of things i know lol
chocolate mint favia reverse aussie prism favia toxic favia bubble gum favia rainbow favia xmas favia dragon soul favia riddler hollywood stunner cotton candy water melon aussie alien eye aussie duncans golden scroll coral neon green candy canes tequilla sunrise blasto neon green center blasto fuzzy mushrooms pink star polyps metor shower cyphstrea confused war coral korky finger gorg poker star monti sunset monti teal center candy canes red center acan red ricordia hydnophora blue eyed goniopora pipe organ red planet ssc blue polyp mille hulh acro blue dragon pps green slimer branching cyphastrea (meteor) branching cyphastrea ( red) yellow polyp gorgonian blueberry gorgonian black suncorals yellow suncorals orange carnation purple with green splatters tube anemone zoas toxic revenge captain america darth mauls(gone but another frag on the way lol) tyree space monsters orange explosions purple people eaters(melted) red poeple eaters magicians blood red people eaters soul reavers(melted) blue agave(being reborn hopefully lol) desert storm jokers fruit loops la lakers water melons nuclear greens purple deaths armor of god sour apples valentines day massacres pink mohawks gold mohawks flaming suns goblins hhrc pink elephants purple elephants lunar eclipse aussie lunar eclipse candy apple redds green people eaters(bit the dust) dark knight palys yelloow jackets blue riddler pe sunny d's mean greens milky ways molten lava raptors rainbow dragon paly radioactive dragon eyes blue eyed girls lanterns white eye paly horizons dragons fire tubbs blue bam bam red purple hornets( 2 types) as for fish im way overstocked right now as i took in a friends set up and im still feeling them all out, once i move and the new cube is set up the fish can go to the other tanks. bartlett anthias pj cardinal x 3 green mandarin scooter copperband butterfly moorish idol fire shrimp x 1 cleaner shrimp x 1 harlequin shrimp x 2 peppermint shrimp x 12 |
That moorish idol go to town on your sponges?
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no so far hes been a model citizen no eating coral or sponges, no bothering fish. him and my copperband are best of friends and swim side by side hunting around the tank. hes not taking pellets yet but is eating everything frozen i put in there:) beautiful fish i hope he stays well behaved lol |
So you got a star polyp in there ;)
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as a hitchhiker from my 90g ,pink star polyps lol you want it??
i have to warn you though its riddled with pest corals like sps and zoos lol |
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I am already facing prob with the purple polyps that came with a red paly frag and its taking over the palys. I think I will manually pluck them up. I think GSPs are much more well mannered since mine has not spread on anything :P |
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I have coral envy right now, that looks so pretty :wink: |
Wow that is a lot of corals when you start listing them all! :D Tank looks fantastic.
Love the Blueberry Gorg! it is very nice. |
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now well see how long i can keep it for , im a sucker for punishment and im determined to find out what makes this coral tick lol this is blueberry number x 3 |
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yeah i know i have a problem lol :mrgreen::mrgreen: |
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Damn those are nice looking specimens Denny, you have to teach me you secret so I can have a tank that looks like that!
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i bet your tank looks much better than mine:) my tank needs a good cleaning , im thinking on changing out most of the water and doing an extreme clean here one day soon on all equipment, heavy feeding takes it toll on the sump lol all the corals are happy though and growing like crazy as things grow tighter and tighter together im interested in seeing what happens :) pineapple sponges are littered all over my tank, same with pink sponges. huge population of pods so much that both the mandy and scooter are bursting at the stomach. my MI and copperband are insanely use to me now they both eat right from the turkey baster like loonatics and tonight i noticed they will share the same large piece of mysis kinda like a lady and the tramp thing lol they are best buds side by side at all times.....if they eat my coral its gonna be a tough decision lol its not all gravy though, hydroids are still around but slowly dissappearing as the peps feel more comfortable around the tank, ive noticed some grape caulerpa growing in a hidden area i didnt see, its impossible for me to get at without destroying a whole section of corals so plans are in the works to get that taken care of along with some other macros that keep popping up. all my glass bed is losing its green and going back to clear but is peppered in coraline. the tank seems to be loving the leds, my gorgs seem to be sensitive to the color changes though , not so much its regular light schedule in the day but after 12am i have my radion go through a full green cycle for half hour, full red for half hour, full white etc through all the colors.seems the green makes them mad, as soon as the green is gone they are back full polyps , happens like clockwork every night. i keep forgetting to add my harleys back to the display theyve been in the overflow box quite a while now but are doing great:) |
Why do you cycle all the colors at night?
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ok so update time
cleared out a bunch of my corals from the bonsai tree "sanbed" and now have a little breathing room again lol nitrates have been climbing a bit so i swapped out a few large water changes today, lost my cleaner shrimp in the process but the tank is looking better than ever. hydroids are dissappearing and im sure the peps are eating them. copperband has demolished any and all aiptasia i have a large amount of pink sponges, white sponges and pinepple sponges growing i imagine its from the mass amounts of phyto ive been feeing lol sps are still in great shape and growing fast. in my sump i took a good look last night after leaving the lights out back there off for a few days and i have i bet a few thousand mysid shrimp swimming around and brewing , im going to syphon some out and add thm to the display.....funny my phosphate reactor is full of mysid as well lol also the other night i got my moorish idol to take pellets and he now loves them, im using the fauna marin soft shrimp pellets and he goes nuts for them . hummm im thhhhhaaaaaaaaaaatttt close to gettig my copperband butterfly to eat from my fingers he pokes at my fingers but wont take the actual shrimp lol as soon as i drop it he gobbles it down. these two fish i thought were gonna be very bad choices but have turned out to be the opposite and easier than some of the other livestock i have. |
Sometimes, you just to have to do what you want to do instead of listening to all the controversial theories out there, for example "morish idol? best of luck keeping that one!" :)
I really want to come and give a knock at your door to see the fishes but time is not permitting me :( |
Wow! I love the clarity on your photos - great job there - it looks fantastic.
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Makes me wanna buy a camera i cant afford, a tank i can't afford, and coral i clearly have no money for!!!! Wicked work bro...sigh, one day
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