90 Gallon Reef Setup... Update April 22, 2009...Oceanic Corals with Pics!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

I run a phosban and a carbon. Calcium level is a steady 440 with me adding calcium once every three days for now. But I am looking at getting a calcium reactor one of these days. This tank is quickly turning from a ghetto fabulous tank with minimal equipment and mixed corals into a tank with all the fixins and some higher end stuff.

I love how that happens.

Picking up frags from Greg tonight, will post pics once everyone settles in and is happy.

That always seems to happen

I need to figure out a Ca Reactor soon I think too. Was going to go the 'balling method' route but now I am starting to wonder if thats much better than just two part dosing...well actually IMO its just 'glorified' two part dosing anyways.

Can't wait to see the new stuff

[Rbacchiega]

For some reason I can't get the corals to show their true colour when I take pictures....these corals are brightly coloured
All from Snappy. I also ordered an A. aculeus but am waiting for it to colour up before I post pics of that little number.

Baby Blue Millie:


Rainbow Stylo:


Green Digi:


Blue Tip Green Slimer (this one is amazing in person):


Green Godess Zoas:

[fishytime]

* look at me, Im Randi, look at all the sweet stuff I got from Greg* blah blah blah

There....now we are even
Seriously though....nice scores Cash!

[Rbacchiega]

I would have figured you would hold off on those types of comments until I add the sunset monti and undata in there...but hey, to each their own.

Thanks Doug

[Rbacchiega]

since I'm going to start zeo from the get-go on the 50 gallon, I've restarted vodka dosing on this one. So today is day 1, dosed 0.4mL of 80 Proof (40%) Vodka.

[fishytime]

Was that dose in the tank? Will be following allong to see how the alcoholic tank progresses.

[Rbacchiega]

one for the tank one for me... You've seen me the day after there buddy. I can only hope my tank looks that good LOL

[Rbacchiega]

Day 5 of Vodka Dosing, noticing brighter corals already, but the big change...Skimmate. Huge ammounts, the stinkiest I've ever experienced and lots of it.

This is TWO DAYS worth. Only doing two a day feedings, Catherines food, small ammounts:


Remembered to Finally clean lights. Pic doesn't show it too well, but Left side isn't cleaned yet, Right is:


Tank with actinics on (dear lord how I need those corals to start filling in faster...where are the coral steriods at!?) :


Metal Halides not completely warmed up:

[Delphinus]

The hardest part is waiting for frags to fill in.

The most disturbing thing is that the skimmer appears to be pulling skimmate out of dry rock!

I missed your dosing plans, are you working in vinegar and sugar into the fray or just sticking with vodka for now? When I was reading into this some of the suggestions involved using those as well. I was wondering if a person could just mix in a little sugar and vinegar into the vodka and just dose it all at once or would that degrade the vodka somehow.

[lorenz0]

i need to look into vodka dosing, sadly it would be one shot for the tank..... 1/2 the 2/6 for me lol

btw, where is a good article/guide lines for it?