Ah, the old days

Aquattro · #1 11-30-2007, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jasond

Wow, very nice! How long did you have that tank running?

That was taken about 2 years into it. I ran that one about 3 or 4 years.

Der_Iron_Chef · #2 11-30-2007, 04:58 AM

Very nice! Question: did those colonies start as colonies mostly, or grow into colonies in those two years?

Chaloupa · #3 11-30-2007, 05:41 AM

that's beautiful!!!

Jason McK · #4 11-30-2007, 05:49 AM

Oh and when I saw that birds nest at OA I almost cryed.

The Flownest I meen

J

Doug · #5 11-30-2007, 01:52 PM

Hey, I remember that beaut. That always was a great looking aquarium Brad. When I look at that purple cap,, way up there and assume it was under the 400w Radiums you ran, I wonder how mine gets enough light 18in. under my T-5,s. Did that not shade the other corals?

Aquattro · #6 11-30-2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug

Did that not shade the other corals?

Ya, it did, but the funny thing with that colony was each time it got too big, it grew a small disc in the center. I snapped it out, fragged the rest of the colony, and set the new disc to take over. I did this three times with the thing!
You remember the picnic table shot though, right? Shading was such an issue that I had to trim monthly.

I want to mention too, that this tank got tested for Ca and Alk once a month. No other testing or additives were used. No zeovit, no added magnesium, no pH, etc. Water changes, Ca reactor and kalk topoff only.

Doug · #7 11-30-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by aquattro

I want to mention too, that this tank got tested for Ca and Alk once a month. No other testing or additives were used. No zeovit, no added magnesium, no pH, etc. Water changes, Ca reactor and kalk topoff only.

Aquattro · #8 11-30-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

Oh and when I saw that birds nest at OA I almost cryed.

The Flownest I meen

J

Ya, we had to break that up to get it in a 5g bucket!

Aquattro · #9 11-30-2007, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

Very nice! Question: did those colonies start as colonies mostly, or grow into colonies in those two years?

Drew, all of these started as frags, but many came from my old tank, so they're older than 2 years. I did have really stupid growth on most of my corals though, to the point where I had to throw frags away.