Myka's 33g LPS Reef (New pics Apr 21)

[Myka]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Originally Posted by tang daddy

to get the blastos to perk up I feed them mysis 2 times a week.....

as for your brain being bleached try moving it lower certain lps don't like too much light. I had a donut do the same and under 175's is starting to recover.

I will try to feed the Blastos, but I have never had success when they look like crap they never eat for me. It seems I have to wait for them to recover before they will accept food.

Which brain are you talking about? The Lobo? This thread is a year old...the Lobo bleached out a bit about 6 or 8 months ago from being too close to the T5s. It's up to snuff nowadays though I think...it's hard to say how dark it's going to get, but I'm hoping it will get to be a rich blood red like some Lobos I've seen.

The only coral in my tank that is bleached right now is a Hammer frag, and I have no idea why it bleached out when all the other Euphyllia around it didn't. Oh, and the new Blastos I just bought are pretty bleached out too.

[tang daddy]

Myka I was reffering to the piece on the sand bed between the lobo and bubble but then again maybe it's just the pic....

as for blastos mine almost died a few times because it was badly neglected until it went in my sump then it got fed daily and now has 10 new heads....+1 on trying to feed them when they're closed it doesn't work maybe wait till they poof up then they accept food right away oh and speaking about off lining the skimmer, I would give it a shot your tank and corals will love it. My newly set up 50g is superhealthy without a skimmer however the WC's is relentless. All the corals seem so much more vibrant tho in my sps tank there has to be one

[brizzo]

Hurray for finally defeating the bubble algae! Tank looks good! How is running skimmerless working out for you? My tank is bare bottom no skimmer Let's hope some coraline starts growing!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Myka I was reffering to the piece on the sand bed between the lobo and bubble but then again maybe it's just the pic....

as for blastos mine almost died a few times because it was badly neglected until it went in my sump then it got fed daily and now has 10 new heads....+1 on trying to feed them when they're closed it doesn't work maybe wait till they poof up then they accept food right away oh and speaking about off lining the skimmer, I would give it a shot your tank and corals will love it. My newly set up 50g is superhealthy without a skimmer however the WC's is relentless. All the corals seem so much more vibrant tho in my sps tank there has to be one

Oh the Open Brain! That's funny though, my tank sitter mentioned she thought the Open Brain was bleaching too. Honestly though, I've been so distracted with my other corals I don't even remember the last time I looked at it. Maybe it IS bleached!! Wow, that's bad eh? I don't even notice?? I will take a closer look at it tomorrow, and I will try to take a more accurate photo of it when the lights are on tomorrow. I know it has a heck of a lot more color than it did when I bought it 2 years ago when it was just brown!

Oh and my halides were only on for two 2 hour intervals per day, and this week I bumped it to 4 hours straight. 2x250w DE is defintely too much light for LPS on this shallow tank, although I do have crappy bulbs in the fixture. The light will work well on my 90 though.

Originally Posted by nazerine

Hurray for finally defeating the bubble algae! Tank looks good! How is running skimmerless working out for you? My tank is bare bottom no skimmer Let's hope some coraline starts growing!

My tank has been skimmerless for about 8 or 10 months. At first it was a gong show, but now it has evened out, and I'm waaaaaay happier running it without a skimmer. For LPS anyway... Ya, I hope some freakin coralline moves in! Or red turf algae...at this point I don't even care, I'm just sick of white rocks with no plausible explanation.

[raisemyrent]

wohoo! is there a FTS dance?

did you try scraping off a bit of coralline into the tank?