Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Nano

COPYCAT!!!!!!!!!!

Can't help it
It's such a great idea

You have to admit, though, that I got some sweet frags

Better pics will come later ...

[gregzz4]

The fan is keeping the QT cool, even when my office hit 81 today



I moved the newest monti today. It's in the corner of the overflow against the glass now. Looks much better - not so much like it's just floating nowhere



Here's some better pics of all my frags

Polyps that came with the second batch of LR



Montis from tang daddy





Couple from Steve Fedyk




And a bunch from g_dawg ( I think - tang daddy brought them ) and Bblinks













Thanks for all the great frags guys

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Nano

COPYCAT!!!!!!!!!!

jk I did it cause it seem like a good use of useless space lol.
looks like you got fragged up today bud! Can wait (as I'm sure you can't either) for it to be all full and grown in!

I did this years ago. I also glued it onto old canister filter return pipes that could hang over the back of the tank so I could move the montis around when they got too big or frag them by taking the plastic tubing out of the tank completely. Very user friendly. Feel free to be a COPYCAT

[gregzz4]

Today's readings are looking good
I didn't expect to see any drastic drops in params with such a small amount of coral, but I'm going to stay on top of it anyway

All but 1 coral have lots of PE
I've been in contact with the seller and am hoping to get an answer as to where this particular coral was most happy in his tank

SG 1.025
Temp 78.9 - 79.3
pH 8.12 @ 5am ( still dark, but ambient morning light )
pH 8.21 @ 11pm ( lights out, moons on 11% )
Mag 1400 - 1450
KH 8.5
Ca 410-420
NO3 trace
PO4 not measureable

I'd like to see my Mag drop a bit, but am happy enough with the Alk and Ca for now
I haven't started dripping Kalk yet as I haven't found a vessel I like, so I have been dosing Alk as needed ( in small doses ), but haven't had to add any yet since the addition of the new corals
Hopefully this week I'll find a nice container of some kind for the Kalk dripping

I bought some live phyto today for the corals and I'll start with feeding 2-3 times/week, although tonight may tell me how much they want
I don't want to feed daily yet as the small corals are still acclimating, and the current algae is semi-under control

With all the LR I've added to the sump, the drain section is staying amazingly clean, but we'll see what happens once I start feeding fish in the DT

The QT dudes are doing well
Today was 2 weeks for the Clown and PJs, with this coming Friday being 2 weeks for the Bangaii
Everyone is eating well, although not all the same food - fussy little kids
I'm looking @ about July 27th before I will add them to the DT, barring any visible signs of infection
This'll put them @ 6 weeks in the QT and then I can start looking for a Tang to munch all the algae that's keeping me busy

Lastly, I defrosted the office beer fridge today
I don't know why I didn't store the frozen food in it until now, after all these years of keeping it in the kitchen fridge
The office beer fridge freezer section is large enough to hold all 17 flats of food I have stock-piled
Plus, besides beer, pop and extra jarred people food, there's plenty of shelving for the new phyto, and somewhere to hold the defrosted dish of food for the QT dudes

I guess that's enough for today
Thanks for following along

[gregzz4]

I'll add my lights as I'd like opinions, and I can look back on it

Lights are 8 x 54w T5s

12 hours Blue Plus ATI
11am to 11pm

9 hours Aquablue Special ATI
12pm to 9pm

5 Hours Blue Plus ATI
1pm to 6pm

2 Hours Fiji Purple and Superblue KZ
2pm to 4pm

[gregzz4]

Oooh, new frags from a buddy ... thanks Carrera75
Pics to come soon ...

Rics, Mushrooms, Palys, Candy Canes, Hammer and GSP
I know, I don't want palys and GSP, but I will control them with rock placement ....

Some awesome Rics, a totally gorgeous neon Candy Cane, kool Hammer ...

Pictures may show how awesome Daniel's stuff is, or not ...

Blue mushrooms, Red mushrooms, ....
They look so awesome on my rocks

So, pics to come soon ...

[Madmak]

Originally Posted by gregzz4;/

Lastly, I defrosted the office beer fridge today
I don't know why I didn't store the frozen food in it until now, after all these years of keeping it in the kitchen fridge
The office beer fridge freezer section is large enough to hold all 17 flats of food I have stock-piled

Just FYI but keep an eye on the frozen stuff as I also recruited a bar fridge for this. Turned out the freezer area wasn't cold enough to keep my food frozen as there is a small salt content in all of it. I'm back to walking upstairs...

[gregzz4]

Thanks for the warning
I've had to move the salt content foods already

[gregzz4]

I pulled the rock out that has the polyps on it as I see I'm already going to have to pluck what has spread

Here's the new critters

Lava and Aussi from apexifd
Great colors - crappy camera




And a bunch from Carrera75
Neon green candy cane



Red and Blue mushrooms



Green, Orange and Teal rics



Green with Pink hammer



Some palys



And finally, some GSP ( no, you didn't - yup, I did )
I'll keep it to the rock island



And a so-so FTS - no fruit stand here
I'll have to break out the tripod and turn off the blues next time
I'm seeing signs of the coralline spreading

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Cugio

Hi Greg, this is amazing. I remember reading the first page and pointing out to my wife that he was able to steal the bathroom for his RODI station. She scolded me on that comment.

I don't know if you answered this or not already, but won't you have a detritius trap underneath that stand for your protein skimmer? It doesn't look like the water flows underneath that first baffle, but rather it goes over top.

As of today, there is no detritus in the return section, just some sand
I'm quite happy with how clean it's staying so far