Dez' Tank Journal

[kien]

Dez, you need to sign up with a marine conservation group. I think you can single handedly save all the reefs of the world!!

[fencer]

I have seen this tank in person and it is nothing short of amazing. Even took a water sample to have it tested for nuclear material

Christy this is one of those tanks that deserves to be TOTM

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by fencer

I have seen this tank in person and it is nothing short of amazing. Even took a water sample to have it tested for nuclear material

Christy this is one of those tanks that deserve to be TOTM

Agreed future TOTM for sure! Also just a little bit jealous after seeing all that amazing growth. But seriously one drool worthy tank for sure.

[Dez]

Thanks for the nice comments all. I still think the tank has more maturing to do for the forrest to get "denser" and colonies to get larger. Here are more random shots from yesterday:

Just traded one of my Squamosas for this teardrop:


I have high hopes for this piece as I've never really seen a "rust" coloured acro like this before:


This one is going to fill the upper column of my display. I like the colour and growth pattern. it is one that I split with a friend so it's growing out into a normal store sized colony now:


I'm considering getting rid of this "frost polyp acro" from Lobsterboy. I like the growth pattern but I'm undecided on the colour right now:


I really like this green and orange tipped acro. Not sure if it's a tabling acro yet. Got it as a frag.


I got this Maxima when it was only 1", looking forward to it growing out.


My cap forrest.


Another favourite - that neon green acro. I'm definitely gonna let this grow out and prune around it.


This green hairy stag I almost got rid of cause it was brownish for about 5 months until I added a bit of iron. I love it now!


Believe it or not, this piece was from Big Al's. I have a friend that used to work that and they were having a 33% off sale to clear the broniporas out.


Close up of my Derasa


Monti


I love this purple tipped hairy acro. It maintains this beautiful colour on the sand bed with not too much light. It goes sort of teal in higher light, but I like this much better. It was a brown freebee that I got with my purchase of other corals.


Love the variety in this shot


Not much room on the sandbed, this kind of bothers my wife, but I like it


Another top down, can you see the clam in the far left upper (you see just the mantle)


Derasa (from Red Coral)


This guy's always on the glass


Another teardrop

[BlueTang<3]

Looks Awesome Buddy

[Dez]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Looks Awesome Buddy

Thanks Wes. Looking forward to seeing your tank.....and trading you for the S. Shortcake Acro when you grow yours out a bit. I got some nice stuff to trade you

[BlueTang<3]

Originally Posted by Dez

Thanks Wes. Looking forward to seeing your tank.....and trading you for the S. Shortcake Acro when you grow yours out a bit. I got some nice stuff to trade you

yeah for sure i liked them so much i ended up with two and want to get another one just from different spots in the tank they dont even look like the same coral they really nice.

[Dez]

I was doing a bit of re-aquascaping to allow more room for some of my corals to grow out and had this out in a bucket. It was surprising to me how much this grew cause when I bought it, it fit nicely in a medium sized fish bag. Now it's almost edge to edge in the bucket.

[Skimmerking]

DEZ what is the K rating on your MH bulbs to get you that fast growth, with my LPS I'm thinking of upping the K rating to a 10K

[Dez]

Hey Mike, I use cheap China bulbs (14K supposedly) I use 20K cheap china bulbs on my frag tank and still getting alright growth. My friend ordered them from somewhere (they were around $20 per bulb). Hope this helps.