cruzH20polo Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Went out to Marietta to met up with NorthGaHillbilly over the thanksgiving break, and picked up that acro! super pumped on it pics tomorrow Thanks again man! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Bad news bears... I ended up having some medical issues and was hospitalized in SF over the holidays/conference. I had to stay an extra 2 weeks in the bay area before I had clearance to travel back to Atlanta. The only damage to the tank was the new SPS frag I got from NorthGaHillbilly crapped out (super bummed about that) and some algae growth, there's also some signs of cyano. So either there was a cyano bloom while I was gone, or there's about to be one. I've got a bunch of new water in the mixing tank, so major water changes are on the horizon. Luckily my lab-mates were able to help out and keep the ATO reservoir filled and the fishes feed, the losses were minimal. Link to comment
latteslave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Sorry to hear Cruz - glad your doing better though! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sorry to hear Cruz - glad your doing better though! Thanks man, Its been kinda slower than anticipated getting back into action, though Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks man, Its been kinda slower than anticipated getting back into action, though hey man, hate to hear about your troubles. Glad your doing better and back at school. Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 I went and picked up set of ocellaris clownfish today, also I due to a major outbreak of aptaisa a few peppermint shrimp. I've tried to manually wipe them out with apasiaX but it spread to my sump, and there's just no way I'm gonna be able to find every piece and clean it out, so peppermint shrimp it is. Also my GF got a new camera and she snapped a few pics while I was acclimating! Posing ... better than any photo than I've ever gotten of the tang The watchman getting POed by the tang PPE snaggin some food White toady FTS, pre-clowns (That cap is slowly getting it's red back!) Post-clown FTS Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 hey man, hate to hear about your troubles. Glad your doing better and back at school. Thanks, yea its good to be back and doing water changes and what not, not so much all the work though Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks, yea its good to be back and doing water changes and what not, not so much all the work though For sure man. Whered you get the clowns? any pics? Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 For sure man. Whered you get the clowns? any pics? Not any good close ups yet, picked them up from the Fish Store... I'm never 100% sure how I feel about them, it kinda depends on who helps you there I've found Nice build! Thanks! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Looking good! Looking good Cruz! Thanks guys! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 So its been awhile since I've updated, but I've got a paper submitted and is currently in review and I'm about to submit another one to Nature (so I've been a little busy) But I picked up some new LPS yesterday and snapped a few pics today after ye good ol water change New Blueish hammer Blasto! Duncan And some other close-ups Growth on the echinata red hornets Tubbs are-a growing Rastas Lepastra Side view Angled FTS FTS enjoy! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 picked up a few new pieces this past week from reefshaq out in Marietta... hands down the best coral prices in the area and he's a legit guy who actually understands the hobby Ill post pics later today Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Nice 40b. Thanks! It's been a slow process but its gaining steam Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Thanks! It's been a slow process but its gaining steam Nothing good ever happens fast in our hobby. I'm pretty sure that you have heard that before. Slow but nice progress. Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Nothing good ever happens fast in our hobby. I'm pretty sure that you have heard that before. Slow but nice progress. Oh I know, I had my old 20L for almost 4 years before i moved out east (I actually really miss that tank), I like to just keep things chugging along! Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 And the picture update as promised... rainbow micromusa $10 green acan frag new ric being watched by the watchman chilli pepper monti new hammer various pics: blue hammer doing well Echinata is growing like crazy Slimer is still in encrusting mode dragon breath is recovering well after its run with the echinanta FTS series I am currently battling a cyano outbreak, I've added the skimmer back to the system to battle dissolved organic phosphate, seeing as how NOx values are almost non-existent. Phosphate is at .04ppm so I am guessing my issues are on the organic side of things seeing as how cyanos are efficient at low nitrogen and have the ability to utilize organic phosphorus. I have cyano-kill, but I am alway skeptical of adding anti-bacterials to aquariums as bacterial are our main source of filtration. I'll give it a few weeks and see if I can't starve it out if not cyano-kill it'll have to be. Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Some growth comparisons -slimer tubbs Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 So Arkayology and I have been working some covert operations to get some high quality SPS out to the Atlanta area, here are the results: UPS didn't drop the ball! frags survived the shipping The dip on the rack excellent frag sizes! well packaged, nothing broke during cross-country shipping, they are starting to show some PE! these would have seriously cost me an arm and a leg out here, if I could even find them. Thanks again Ark... I owe you Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 NP man! I'm glad it worked out well. They look like they will do just fine! Make sure that after you light acclimate that blue stag that it ends up high in the tank - it will turn more blue with more light. Link to comment
cruzH20polo Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 NP man! I'm glad it worked out well. They look like they will do just fine! Make sure that after you light acclimate that blue stag that it ends up high in the tank - it will turn more blue with more light. Will do! yea anything that reflects blue lights needs high PAR values Link to comment
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