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07-12-2013, 06:45 PM
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Some pics. If anyone in Calgary ever wants to come over and help me take some good quality images that counter-acts the effect LEDs have on camera sensors, I'd be happy for the help. We have a pretty good camera now (these pics were taken on it), but it's still washing everything out in the images compared to real life. I don't know what else to do!
FTS front  FTS back  South detail front  North detail Front  North Detail photo bomb. You'd think I never feed this guy.  South Detail back  North detail back  Update on the tank - I've been battling low grade dinos for a few months now. I've been trying to be super aggressive with nutrient control, but at the level of phosphate in the water I need for good coral colour, I also get expanding shadows of dinos in the sand around the base of my rocks. I'm also getting a few patches of cyano here and there. It's not getting out of control or anything though, so I haven't really wanted to take extreme measures that can upset the whole system. I was sure my purple queen anthias were going to starve to death (bought on impulse with no prior research), but I think I'm on month 3 now and all three of them have gained weight. I'm having more troubles with my other anthias - I've got 3 females and two males. I think it's triggered one to turn in to a super male, which is awesome as he's so much more brilliantly coloured, but he's been bullying the other male something fierce. House is still for sale, but it hit the MLS two days before the flood, and since then the market for homes in our price bracket has been pretty chaotic, so we've not had much traffic. As it stands, the tank is still mine, but I'm still not spending much money one it as I don't think it will be mine for much longer. I've been having a heck of a time keeping my alkalinity up the past month or so, it hovered around 6.5-6.7 for nearly a month, and my birdsnest took a serious beating. My other corals are growing faster than they ever have right now though, which is why I think the demand is so high. I'm presently dosing 165ml of randy's two part baking soda solution per day, and 130ml of anhydrous calcium chloride solution. I also recently added a third dosing chamber for magnesium, and 30ml/day seems to be keeping the levels around 1300ppm. As of two days ago, my dosing schedule finally brought my alk levels back up above 7. I'm getting so bloody sick of using filter socks - they sometimes clog and start overflowing after 18 hours these days. WIthout them, my sump design allows too many micro-bubbles to get back in to the display. I've been toying with the idea of completely re-doing my overflow plumbing so that I can have an overflow that functions on the same principle as a BeanAnimal (I have the right number of holes), but that would be a major undertaking if the tank is just going to get broken down. If the people who buy my house want the tank, I'll probably do it. 
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07-12-2013, 07:25 PM
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07-12-2013, 07:39 PM
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Looking good Adam! It's a shame the tank may be changing hands
 Hopefully if all goes according to plan the new owner will find interest and take ownership of it and continue the tank's journal on Canreef  I would love to come see this tank before it does change hands thought.. you may even persuade me to bring my camera.. 
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07-12-2013, 07:41 PM
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Can you imagine - has there ever been a tank journal that actually traded hands before?
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07-12-2013, 07:58 PM
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07-13-2013, 05:26 PM
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The other thing I've been struggling with is a resurgence of very large bubble algae cells. Some of them are a good 4 inches across. I came downstairs this morning to find that two corals had been completely lifted and knocked off the rocks by bubble algaes growing underneath them!
I just posted a pic of this one yesterday! This gives me a chance to check this guy for AEFW. I haven't found a flatworm on any corals other than the one coral that initially had them, but this guy was so encrusted I never pulled him out to check. It's been getting some spots on it that might be flatworm damage, but it's also been getting picked on something fierce by my newish coral beauty angel, so it could be either.  Look at the size of those balls! 
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07-12-2013, 07:09 PM
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A couple growth shots:
January, 2013:  July, 2013 (coral's been moved, so this photo is badly scaled compared to the first, it's MUCH bigger)  February, 2013  July, 2013 This coral photographs the worst - this is with a good camera  With an iPhone camera:  In real life it's probably somewhere in the middle Februay, 2013  July, 2013  February, 2013  July, 20123 
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07-12-2013, 07:19 PM
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February, 2013
 July, 2013  (bottom left)  January, 2013  July, 2013 - the coral that was to the right of the green polyped guy in the first pic has been moved slightly to the right and re-oriented, so it's now side on instead of head on. The encrusted base that got left behind in it's old spot is spreading out.  February, 2013  July, 2013  February, 2013  July, 2013 - the blue stag coral in the back has gotten a couple hard prunings recently, so it's almost back to the same size it was in in February! 
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