The not so budget, 25g add-on

[fishytime]

I posted this in the big tank journal but will post it here too......Ive stopped dosing "eisen concentrate"(iron) to the system........I need to try and turn this tank back into the mini-display that it was intended to be........not a refugium......I hope that starving the system of iron will at the very least slow the growth a little....

on another note .......I decided that I didnt really like the color I was getting from the bulb combo I was running before.......so I changed everything out.........

heres what the tank looked like before with two aquascience duos 1 (old) "KZ "new gen", and a Giessemann "actinic+"



and heres the tank after with 2 KZ "superblues", a new KZ "new gen" and a Geissemann "aquablue+"

A whack o pics ( two different cameras)

[Red Coral Aquariums]

It definitely looks bluer. What are your thoughts (visual perspective) on the bulb change. What changes has it made to the coloring of your acan colonies.
Kevin (inquiring minds want to know)

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums

It definitely looks bluer. What are your thoughts (visual perspective) on the bulb change. What changes has it made to the coloring of your acan colonies.
Kevin (inquiring minds want to know)

way bluer!......I dont know if I didnt like the old combo per say, side by side with the big tank it looked like it had a yellow tinge to it......now the color looks more like the big tank........I definitely like the KZ super blues.......they really give some of the corals that florescence.......gonna have to try them on the big tank methinks.....

heres a couple recent coral additions.....from where else?.......RC.....I brought home a couple zoas from the ultra zoa shipment but they are still pouting from their "dip" so those will have to wait for their reveal...

"superman" rhodactis mushroms


this looks like it has some serious potential whatever it is (acan.....micro.....I dont know)

[JDigital]

^^ That superman is SHWEEET!

[andestang]

Everything is looking very nice. I'm due for some bulbs as my lights hooked up to one of my icecap quit working, so I think maybe those KZ. Whay else are you thinking of adding ?

Also you're not going to make me beg are you ?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by JDigital

^^ That superman is SHWEEET!

thanks man.....guess you and I are the only ones that appreciate how un-common they are.....there's still two rocks at the shop that no one has even sniffed at

Originally Posted by andestang

Everything is looking very nice. I'm due for some bulbs as my lights hooked up to one of my icecap quit working, so I think maybe those KZ. Whay else are you thinking of adding ?

Also you're not going to make me beg are you ?

what else as far as bulbs.....or livestock?

and well its funny that you bring up the PPEs.......I moved the rock they were on over to the big tank for the tangs to clean the algae off it and they melted.........they are gone

[andestang]

Just curious about the live stock. I like the lights the way they are. As for the PPE's I think a kick in the arse is in order and no not a slap

[noirsphynx]

Originally Posted by fishytime

and well its funny that you bring up the PPEs.......I moved the rock they were on over to the big tank for the tangs to clean the algae off it and they melted.........they are gone

Oh no Doug, that's so sad !!