Frag's Wanted, Kelowna Area

mike31154 · #1 03-20-2013, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Any pics of that SPS stuff?

Here's the colony of sps. Photo taken about a year ago I think. Don't recall whether it was taken under my LEDs or MH/T5HO combo (Blue LEDs I suspect due to ambient lighting in photo background). Either way, it will have lived mostly under the halides to that point. Not much left of it as in the photo 'cause I keep breaking pieces off, doh, and my BTAs are killing it. I've moved a large part that I broke inadvertently during cleaning to the other end of the tank & have various bits stuck into rockwork here & there. Some is doing ok, other bits not so good due to constant breakage & moving about.

Duker · #2 03-20-2013, 05:26 AM

very nice mature colony!

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Originally Posted by mike31154

Here's the colony of sps. Photo taken about a year ago I think. Don't recall whether it was taken under my LEDs or MH/T5HO combo (Blue LEDs I suspect due to ambient lighting in photo background). Either way, it will have lived mostly under the halides to that point. Not much left of it as in the photo 'cause I keep breaking pieces off, doh, and my BTAs are killing it. I've moved a large part that I broke inadvertently during cleaning to the other end of the tank & have various bits stuck into rockwork here & there. Some is doing ok, other bits not so good due to constant breakage & moving about.

mike31154 · #3 03-20-2013, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Duker

very nice mature colony!

Thanx. It was the size of a fingernail when I got it a few years ago. Almost touching the glass when I finally busted it by accident.

mike31154 · #4 03-20-2013, 05:41 AM

Hey Leanne, here's a full tank shot from a year ago when I was first trying out my diy LED fixture. It shows the softies fairly well, Kenya, GSP, brown zoas etc. The BTAs are puffing up much larger now & doing damage to the Hammer, sps & other coral. I have a couple of nice Kenya tree pieces in those nasty looking baskets hanging at the top left rim of the tank. The mother colony is all stressed these days from the BTA, but the pieces in the containers are in great shape.