Actinic Only FTS....



All-Lights FTS...





thanx4looking....comments?

looks good

like the feather dusters

Great pics! My rainbow monti looked nothing like that when I got it... before it turned into a superman monti lol.

Great looking tank.

I love your lighting. Where can I pick one of those fixtures up?

wow. your tank and photos are sick.

thx me too!




I hope it colors up soon... but i really only wanted the sponge.




I made mine....




thx... I try.

I want to see the BCG! Those things rock and the black would be really neat methinks.

I just took alotta new pics....
I tried to get pics of the BCG, but he's hiding behind the clam atm....


thats his turf...

EDIT: He looks like a Black Angler

I finally figured out how to adjust the wb on mah cammy cam!!!!
*it was hidden in some stupid "auto fix settings" menu..... :angry

the sand is blown out in some of the shots, but the coral colors are dead-on.
So,
I busted out the ole tripod and got to werk!


The "3rd" Featherduster.....



Exactly what these look like irl...



Acan Echinata....


Echinata Macro....



Riddler Favia is SEXXY...



Flames From Hell Leptastrea!



Everything in a "shadow" has a really cool blue glow from the T5's....

I adjusted the white balance down, to stop the cam from maxing out the blues....
The tank is actually a bit bluer than this, but this is a good representation of the true coral colors.








Protecting the Pad...



FTS[!]....
*should be moar blue, but close.

Have I mentioned that I love your pics? And you new av is sweet too!

Thx buddeh!

Riddler Favia is so hot man. Where do you pick up the bulk of your corals now? You do much shopping around online? You're tank is the reason I might drop out of the contest

I buy ALOT of my stuff from YOURREEF.COM..... (Look in the N-R sponsor list.)

their actual store is about 20mins from my house, and their livestock is amazing.
Most of the business they do is online tho.
If you look at the first page of my thread, you can see a list of what I have and where it's from.

I went to YourReef today....

NEW[!] Acan Lords....






Actinic w/ Flash....



Pure Actinics....



Green Mush.... (not sure what type yet)



New[!] Favia..... $10!!!






Full Actinic...



Eating already....



This is my favorite that i picked up today.....
(dunno what its called, but ive seen dem b4)




its not a fungia plate, just fiy.....

The blue is blasted out in these pics, but good pics nonetheless.







Only the Koralia on the right is on....
Havent decided what to do w/ the other one yet...

wow pismo, your tank is awesome.
you have been too generous with your words on my tank!

Thanks jacky...


your tank is gonna be really cool when it starts to fill up.
It is another of the many fantastic aqauriums around here....

I'm quite happy that everyone, for the most part, is having good luck with their livestock.
Happy Holidays All!


-Pismo.

The new Acan Lords....









The new Favia....



this shot came out a weird 10k color




Blue Polyphyllia.... (thx 4 the id help mj.)






Olive-Green Hairy Mush.



New lords, Old Lords, and a gang a Cyano.....





that all folks!!!

Perhaps a Tongue coral?

Booyah, MJ!!!!!


It's a Blue Polyphyllia!

I know thats it, cuz one of the things that John (@ YR) said,
was that he knew the name started w/ a "p".... LOL

its funny how much some a you guys know.

Glad to help! I've been thinking of getting one of those myself.

They are SHWEET!


when it grows anodder mouf....its fraggin' time!

I havent seen the BCG in 3 days....


Ive looked all around the inside and outside all 3 of those days,
but i think she's been digested by the tank...

oh well, thats life i guess.

I was just walkin thru mah hallway and glanced over at the tank....
Guess who was lookin right back @ me....


My lil' Angler Wannabe...






her home and the reason i couldnt find her for 3 days....
(she's actually in there if you look close enuf.)





So, after 3 days bein' MIA.... She just pops up outta nowhere.
She's still as fat and healthy as she was at the store, so she must be eating.

* I do general tank feedings of PE Mysis and Silversides, so its not farfetched.


Im just happy she's okay!

"Stick-Up!"
tha Black Clown Goby......













She's under the caulastrea's....

SHweet!


i made the Gobies Thread...

I want these damn stores to open.....

Stupid Pacific-Standard time

Watching things grow......


It's a lot like watching paint dry.

Just got a "belly-bump" from my 4 yr. old son.....

[kinda like the chest-bump thing football players do....]

Prolly the best 2 seconds of my life.

I love my boy. And I appreciate every moment.
just thot you shuld know.

Go kid go! Your tank is pretty killer by the way.

I know how you feel!

Ya.... mah kid rox!
Mah tank is Peezing me off tho.....
Bits of cyano here & there....Eww.

Cyano sucks da biggun. That and bubble algae.

I hear ya on watching paint dry. Everything I get comes from small frags, so there's a lot of waiting to be done.

close yer mouf, boy....


yer lip's draggin'...

I gots both....


Bubble i can deal with. Bubble gets big, I remove it.
np there....

Cyano sux the big one, cuz i dunno why i have it.
Nor, how to solve it.... i HATE cyano.

your tank is looking sweet!
what's your secret to keeping the curved corners clean? i have such a hard time scraping that part.

hope that cyano clears up soon for ya. suck some of it up, get more flow in that area? i've got my vortech mp10 cranked almost 100% now. i'm sure that helps prevent cyano.

I've got my MP10 cranked up nearly all the way, but still no help. I just suck up the cyano when it gets bad. I recently read an article about cyano's cause being so difficult to address. In an overfed rich system, the problem is obvious. However, the article talked about even a nutrient poor system being overrun with cyano because apparently it can bind sulfur and even nitrogen and use it as a food source. Essentially, cyano is the devil!

Cyano is the devil. Aging light bulbs can also cause it.

thanks for the compliments....


i use one of these.... http://www.aquacave.com/replacement-blade-...rine-2192.html#


I just use the blade (no handle), and some elbow grease.....
both corners on the top are rounded, which makes them perfect for the corners of the tank!

I highly suggest them for this brand of tank!





Hmm... My actinics are OLD.


I bet thats it....

Cyano will go with time. eventually tank parameters will become more consistant sort of like an equilibrium type deal and Cyano won't be able to survive. Just suck it out every wc and expirment with obvious possible causes.

My tank had cyano issues for several months but time eventually brought it to an end.

Hey Pismo, Cyano does suck, it took me 4 months to get rid of my outbreak due to a heat incident before Air conditioning was added. I still have a hair algae problem from that! Good luck man, your tank looks absolutely splendid, keep up the good work!

The wavelengths supposedly approach the red spectrum further as they age. I have new bulbs in route to try and fix my 29. It was cyano free for a month or so, but the bulbs aren't great

Thanks for the advices and compliments guys....

I moved a few things around so I can put my other Koralia Nano back in.
It was blowin' the heck out of a few things with 2x Nanos... but that should be fixed now.


The weapons I will use against the Cyano:

- Moar flow.
- Less light.
- Less food.
- New Actinics.

Its on, Cyano!

so i just got done reading the "how to kill brittlestars" thread....

CLASSIC READ/

thanks scott.

Good luck getting rid of it. I frequently decrease my photo period anytime I notice any "bad stuff" sort of algae growing. That coupled with the other methods and hopefully you can beat it. Good luck.

Just an FYI on cleaning the glass. I have a Super Nano Nimble. Cleans well except for that darn hard green algae that without fail grows right along the sand bed line. I took the Velcro pad off the inside magnet and attached a pc. of scrubby pad to it with a few strategically placed dabs of Super Glue Gel (the reefers friend).
Just pulled the scrubby part off of the sponge. It is amazing how well it cleans.

These pads.