Myka's 33g LPS Reef (New pics Apr 21)

[tang daddy]

Myka I was reffering to the piece on the sand bed between the lobo and bubble but then again maybe it's just the pic....

as for blastos mine almost died a few times because it was badly neglected until it went in my sump then it got fed daily and now has 10 new heads....+1 on trying to feed them when they're closed it doesn't work maybe wait till they poof up then they accept food right away oh and speaking about off lining the skimmer, I would give it a shot your tank and corals will love it. My newly set up 50g is superhealthy without a skimmer however the WC's is relentless. All the corals seem so much more vibrant tho in my sps tank there has to be one

[brizzo]

Hurray for finally defeating the bubble algae! Tank looks good! How is running skimmerless working out for you? My tank is bare bottom no skimmer Let's hope some coraline starts growing!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Myka I was reffering to the piece on the sand bed between the lobo and bubble but then again maybe it's just the pic....

as for blastos mine almost died a few times because it was badly neglected until it went in my sump then it got fed daily and now has 10 new heads....+1 on trying to feed them when they're closed it doesn't work maybe wait till they poof up then they accept food right away oh and speaking about off lining the skimmer, I would give it a shot your tank and corals will love it. My newly set up 50g is superhealthy without a skimmer however the WC's is relentless. All the corals seem so much more vibrant tho in my sps tank there has to be one

Oh the Open Brain! That's funny though, my tank sitter mentioned she thought the Open Brain was bleaching too. Honestly though, I've been so distracted with my other corals I don't even remember the last time I looked at it. Maybe it IS bleached!! Wow, that's bad eh? I don't even notice?? I will take a closer look at it tomorrow, and I will try to take a more accurate photo of it when the lights are on tomorrow. I know it has a heck of a lot more color than it did when I bought it 2 years ago when it was just brown!

Oh and my halides were only on for two 2 hour intervals per day, and this week I bumped it to 4 hours straight. 2x250w DE is defintely too much light for LPS on this shallow tank, although I do have crappy bulbs in the fixture. The light will work well on my 90 though.

Originally Posted by nazerine

Hurray for finally defeating the bubble algae! Tank looks good! How is running skimmerless working out for you? My tank is bare bottom no skimmer Let's hope some coraline starts growing!

My tank has been skimmerless for about 8 or 10 months. At first it was a gong show, but now it has evened out, and I'm waaaaaay happier running it without a skimmer. For LPS anyway... Ya, I hope some freakin coralline moves in! Or red turf algae...at this point I don't even care, I'm just sick of white rocks with no plausible explanation.

[raisemyrent]

wohoo! is there a FTS dance?

did you try scraping off a bit of coralline into the tank?