90 Gallon Reef Setup... Update April 22, 2009...Oceanic Corals with Pics!

[Rbacchiega]

looks like the cycle is done or at least nearly done. saw a big spike a few days ago and everything has returned down to proper levels...just in time for the boxing day sale at Red Coral! (Maybe there is a reef-god!)

So, I'll be adding the clean up crew this weekend:
(Depending on availabilty)
Astrea - 15
Trochus - 20
Cerith - 20
Nassarius - 15

I've had an over all crappy experience with crabs, so I don't want to have to add any, unless *knock on wood* they are needed for nussiance algae (bubble specifically...grrrr)

[Rbacchiega]

just got home from Red coral with snails, sand sifter goby, cardinals, a fox coral and a brain coral....I WENT FOR SNAILS! LOL

everything is drip acclimating as we speak...pics to follow

[JDigital]

How busy was Red coral? LOL

[Rbacchiega]

one word...insane.

[Rbacchiega]

so I'm not overly impressed with the blue given off by the pcs. it's a nice light blue, but not as intense as I'd like. So when I'm no long reeling in boxngday madness I'll be buying a 48" hagen T5 HO unit and adding in a KZ fiji purple and a Geisman (sp?) True Actinic for that nice little bit of Whooopa!

[Rbacchiega]

Showing Surface aggitation:


Open Brain after a couple hours in the tank:


Fox coral. I'm going to give it a week or so to see if it'll expand more (like the ones I've seen here)...if it doesn't it looks like I'll have to move it around a bit!

[Rbacchiega]

moved the fox coral yesterday to an area with a little less flow...show's almost instant results, but still not as poofy as I'd like it...oh well, I'll give it time