Jump to content
Top Shelf Aquatics

><(((º> Zoa and Torch garden


mrBananas

Recommended Posts

Current FTS: 6/27/15

 

fIUrp9K.jpg

 

dElhwRE.jpg

 

 

Some of my better shots!

KN1hoal.jpg

RwGZpbH.jpg

pV7kTuG.jpg

 

Tank specs:

  • 20 gallon long
  • Bad Fish Reef Systems AIO kit
  • Cobalt MJ 1200 return
  • Jebao rw4 wave maker
  • Jager 100W heater
  • ATO single shielded from autotopoff.com with Tom Aqua lifter
  • Reef Radiance Nano 60 LED
  • 25lbs dry rock
  • 10lbs dry aragonite sand

Critter Stocking:

  • 1 Springer damsel
  • 1 Azure damsel
  • 1 FL Fighting conch
  • 1 Green leg hermit
  • 4 other hermits
  • 5 Astrea snails

Corals:

  • Christmas favia
  • Meteor Shower cyphastrea
  • Pink Cadillac zoa
  • No ID purple zoa
  • No ID purple/white zoa
  • Radio Active Dragon Eye zoa
  • Watermelon zoa
  • Gorilla Nipple zoa

 

Monthly Progress:

 

Full progress imgur album

 

August 21, 2014

 

 

NgGKFiF.jpg?1

 

 

 

September 7, 2014

 

 

eXO2Rur.jpg?1

 

Link to comment
  • 1 month later...

So I've added a few critters since the last update. The two damsels get along relatively well. They a couple of the more mild tempered species. I've seen them play tag a few times, but no ones missing pieces of fin. I picked up a few zoa frags and tossed in my christmas favia from my 12 gallon cube.

 

 

 

 

Gumball

 

pI6PLLp.jpg

 

 

Frank

 

kqvafE3.jpg

 

 

Hodor the fighting conch

 

u3IYfmi.jpg

 

 

Pink Cadillacs

 

9OXCvKO.jpg

 

 

Pink Cadillacs Actinic

 

1nGrr7V.jpg

 

 

Needs an ID

 

1FlAoDw.jpg

 

 

Also needs an ID

 

ylNSW33.jpg

 

 

Also needs an ID actinic

 

bjyVudq.jpg

 

 

Water melons and Radio Active Dragon Eyes

 

WfCD5BT.jpg

 

 

Water melons and Radio Active Dragon Eyes Actinic

 

nt9WOWc.jpg

 

 

Christmas Favia it got pretty stressed after moving in August

 

Nt5a655.jpg

 

 

Christmas Favia nom nom nom

 

q2HdkBm.jpg

 

 

Christmas Favia anti-hermit feeding bottle

 

T3znL1R.jpg

 

 

Gorilla Nipples

 

Q6LZJDv.jpg

 

 

Gorilla Nipples Actinic

 

3NUuLmw.jpg

 

 

Meteor Shower being acclimated

 

UEPjuhc.jpg

Link to comment
  • 2 weeks later...

So I got a 5 new frags from a friend that came up for the game this weekend. They were all a little stressed from the long drive, but everyone is still alive. The WWC Halle Berries were fragged not too long ago and seemed to have lost some color. I'm hoping they make a quick recovery. The chalice was sold to my buddy as a Jason Fox Rainbow Chalice. The larger of the two might be the size of a dime. From what I can see it's mainly pink with blue spots on the raised portions. I'm excited to see how that one turns out!

 

WWC Halle Berries and Jason Fox Rainbow Chalice frag - so tiny!

 

UnEIgaq.jpg

 

 

 

More Unnamed Zoas - Green ones on the left which haven't opened up much. The ones on the right have a nice red skirt.

 

ldxHU0C.jpg

 

 

 

More unnamed zoas - Yellow with pink rings near blueish skirts. They look pretty flashy even when they're closed up.

 

sXJJJ4G.jpg

rXXIae5.jpg

Link to comment

Stopped by the LFS today for water and picked up this guy. I'm starting to realize I have a thing for orange.

 

Orange and Green Cyphastrea

sPk8gP2.jpg

XxQ3tLq.jpg

Link to comment

I finally found a good camera setting on my phone that keeps the colors very close to what I see in person. It's the Scene setting Beach/Snow on a Galaxy S3 if you were curious.

 

FTS 10/27/14

K6wyCY7.jpg

Link to comment

Finally got my hands on some of these after waiting months for a frag. I'll have to get a better pic once they have had some time to acclimate and are happy.

 

Sunny D's

 

cDVxGsy.jpg

Link to comment
  • 1 month later...

So, I recently purchased a reefbreeders value fixture and I'm very impressed with it so far. All the corals seem happy and their colors are popping. I'm slowly bring up the intensity which is currently 50% blues and 50% whites. I've also had chaeto growing in the back for about 2 months and have noticed my display is much cleaner. Very little glass scraping required now.

 

 

Adjusting the height

5RxTkSw.jpg

 

Whites

FZILc9h.jpg

 

Loving the look

MqCT9uX.jpg

 

Glowing Xmas favia

MWhNzJF.jpg

 

Chaeto

5hP15MS.jpg

Link to comment

I got bored and tried to learn picture editing. Here's a comparison gif, the original photo, and the final edit. How'd I do?

 

Comparison .gif

XF9XInG.gif

 

Original

rWjDrod.jpg

 

Final Edit

WWJ1LBX.jpg

Link to comment

You've got some nice pieces in there. I look forward to watching this tank grow out.

Thanks!

 

Good luck with the torch corals. My last one melted away a few years ago like it happens commonly.

Sorry to hear that. I'm hoping mine live a long, happy life.

Link to comment

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recommended Discussions

×
×
  • Create New...