Wayne's 105g 'Rainforest of the Sea'

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by noirsphynx

Beautiful, love the elegance. The Ultra "something" is an ultra Lobophyllia.

I wish I could take better, in focus, pictures! Thank you! I knew the name but was having a brain cramp when I was posting this.

Originally Posted by kien

looking great Wayne. That yellow milli is going to look stunning once it fills in.

Its growing! I'm actually quite happy with how my tank is looking at the moment. A couple more fancy sticks and I'll be set!

[wmcinnes]

I'm still alive people!.. and so is the tank! Summer was really busy and the tank was neglected quite a bit but I'm back at it and have started working at getting it back into good shape. Unfortunately, I lost a few corals and fish but despite the neglect there was quite a bit of growth in many of the corals so not all was lost.

As of today I did my third 20% water change in the last 2.5 weeks, and am working on getting my alk, which is at 9 dKH, down to closer to 7.5 dKH as I have found in ULN systems that corals respond better to lower alkalinity levels.

Parameters as of today:

pH: 8.30 (APEX)
Temp: 78.8 F
Salinity: 1.025
ALK: 9.0 dKH (ELOS)
Mag: 1250 ppm (Sailfert)
Ca: 410 ppm (Sailfert)
Nitrates: Undetectable (Sailfert)
P04: 0.02 (Hanna)

Hope to get some pics up soon.

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

I feel your pain for the loss as I did loose a couple mother colonies for neglecting my system for a while.
glad to hear your gain over powered your losses....now to the pictures

[wmcinnes]

I lied. Putting the system up for sale. Stay tuned.