Coleus's 155 bowfront tank. HRV installed and new mixing station

Coleus · #1 04-06-2011, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

What I found with gorgonians, and this applies to photosynthetic gorgonians as well since they still will eat, that particle size is extremely important and that what works for one won't trigger much of a response in another. So try different things until you find the magic food that works. Reef chili, Reef Roids, Acan+, Cyclops-eeze, rotifers, maybe even oyster eggs if the polyps are very small. If you have time and energy maybe try baby brine shrimp.

The most success I've seen with NPS gorgonians (actually for any NPS coral) tends to involve clever DIY strategies for continuous feeding. Things like taking a kalkwasser reactor but instead of using kalk, just feed it tank water and then load it up with the food items of choice (eg. cyclops or whatever) and then mixing all day and dripping the food-laden water into the display tank 24/7 or on some intervals scattered throughout the day.

In some cases I've seen people go way crazy and have a little fridge unit that the food can be stored in so it won't spoil over the course of the day. Or others using fridges and syringe pumps preloaded with mysis or something. Really neat to see ideas folks come up with.

Thanks Tony, I have tried Reef chili, Reef Roids, Acan+, Cyclops-eeze but not others, will try them out.

Coleus · #2 05-11-2011, 04:25 AM

Alright, have not had lots of time lately to enjoy the tank and taking shots but saw my blue linkia are on the front glass so took out camera and snap snap

#3 05-11-2011, 12:51 PM

This tank looks absolutely amazing in person. I'm still shocked at how large your BTA is. Great job.

Coleus · #4 05-12-2011, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cugio

This tank looks absolutely amazing in person. I'm still shocked at how large your BTA is. Great job.

Thanks Donny.

Here is the new addition of the tank. Thanks to fishytime :-). The first clam in my main tank.

Coleus · #5 05-12-2011, 02:15 AM

So today, I am getting bored of SPS already and start missing all my LPS. I still have some LPS but not much and they seems to do well in the corner of my tank where i don't really see them. I am missing the waiving actions. Anyway, took some pictures and see how well my sps is growing since Mar. Here are some comparison photo, please ignore the size because i am moving some of them and my camera focus is not at the same distance so they are not 100% correct but you probably see new growth. Now this make me get excited about SPS again lol

This one recovers nicely from a little bleaching when i first got it

Cheers

Coleus · #6 05-12-2011, 02:21 AM

except for this coral :-(, It is not doing well so i moved it down a little bit

Coleus · #7 05-28-2011, 04:23 AM

Got some time today to snap some more pictures and new clam just bought.

Also got some picture of golden angel which i rarely see

This clam opens right away, is it bad or good sign?

One of my favorite fish, very active and friendly

Don't see this one out very often

and here is another modest citizen

is my fish too fat? you be the judge