The LAST big upgrade

[michika]

Thank you!

[michika]

December update:

Things are going well; the tank actually showing some forward progres; growth in SPS, spreading of the coraline, and the continued fattening of up of the fish. I bumped my dally dosing levels earlier in the month, but from the looks of my weekly post-water change tests, I need to do it again. I'm finding myself going through a lot of magnesium and soda ash as of late.

I did lose TWO heaters within 2 weeks; 1x 800w titanium heater, and then 1x 150w glass one. I'm running 2 x 300w and 1x 150w and its its enough, but not enough for mental comfort. Time to diversify into 6x 300w I think. I'm most sad about the Jalli heater; it died 5 days shy of its 1 year in use anniversary.

Some photos from a week or two ago. Sorry for the links, I'm searching for a photobucket replacement.

Green Pocci
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0036.JPG

Green SPS
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0049.JPG

Topdown of one of my pre-existing clams
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0084.JPG

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0029.JPG

Brown digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0033.JPG

Red digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0051.JPG

End tank shot aka my that is some green water
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0054.JPG

Bought it 'cause it was purdy
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0082.JPG

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by michika

December update:

Things are going well; the tank actually showing some forward progres; growth in SPS, spreading of the coraline, and the continued fattening of up of the fish. I bumped my dally dosing levels earlier in the month, but from the looks of my weekly post-water change tests, I need to do it again. I'm finding myself going through a lot of magnesium and soda ash as of late.

I did lose TWO heaters within 2 weeks; 1x 800w titanium heater, and then 1x 150w glass one. I'm running 2 x 300w and 1x 150w and its its enough, but not enough for mental comfort. Time to diversify into 6x 300w I think. I'm most sad about the Jalli heater; it died 5 days shy of its 1 year in use anniversary.

Some photos from a week or two ago. Sorry for the links, I'm searching for a photobucket replacement.

Green Pocci
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0036.JPG

Green SPS
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0049.JPG

Topdown of one of my pre-existing clams
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0084.JPG

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0029.JPG

Brown digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0033.JPG

Red digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0051.JPG

End tank shot aka my that is some green water
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0054.JPG

Bought it 'cause it was purdy
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0082.JPG

Use flickr. It won't flatten the colors like photobucket and 1TB free space. And looks like the corals are doing good

[michika]

Thank you!

I'll look into Flickr. I've had enough of photobucket to last me a lifetime.

The Pocci I think is my favorite of all the pieces I picked up from you; the polyp extension is phenomenal every day. (knock on wood).

[michika]

This is my new aiptasia muncher. He barely made it through QT, isn't one for prepared foods at all, prefers to graze 100%.


My galaxy coral is making a come back.




These two pieces of red digitata grew into each other and made their own colony over a weekend.


I found this guy last night as I was cleaning my tank. I'm not actually sure if it is commensile (sp?) or not. The clam doesn't seem to mind, but maybe he just moved in.


Ponape Birdsnest movie. I honestly can barely tell this isn't your garden variety green birdsnest. But I like the crazy polyp extension, so I'm torn. This is my dream coral, but I love it for its distinct tips, which I can't see in my specimen at all.

Pocci video (turn down your sound). This coral looked the worst after my vodka OD. I am so happy it is recovering. The polyp extension is probably only about 80-90% of its pre ODed state.

[mseepman]

For some reason the video links aren't there. Otherwise all is looking up. Won't that galaxy sting everything close to it when it fully recovers?

[mrhasan]

I was able to score a small frag of ponape birdnest (yellow thin branches with pink tips) and its growing nicely. I would have definitely given you a frag but my tank is velvet infected right now and am still struggling to get the last fish out before the 3 months timer starts. So if your dream coral is still a dream after 3 or 4 months, I will frag you a piece