Nano sapiens Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Awesome shot nano....Im glad you were able to contain the outbreak and the rest of your system is healthy Thanks, Rehype. I was surprised that the macro came out as well as it did (it was shot through a 1" diameter 4X eyeloop and required minimal processing) Yeah, the tank itself and the corals (other than Yuma) had no issues. It's hard to say if these Yuma infections are species specific or whether the Yuma are just super sensitive and succumb to a common pathogen (assuming it is a pathogen that causes the intial condition). Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Traditional 'Happy Santa Dendro' pic OMG merry christmas santa dendro and NANOS!! 1 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Being relatively new, you haven't haven't seen this litle fella yet Typcially, it becomes my Avatar yes, this is my first christmas here. and what a fun tradition! how big is your dendro? so cute! Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 OMG merry christmas santa dendro and NANOS!! Being relatively new, you haven't haven't seen this litle fella yet. Typically, it becomes my Avatar yes, this is my first christmas here. and what a fun tradition! how big is your dendro? so cute! It's not actually mine, at all I saw this photo from a fellow reefer a few years ago and asked If I could 'enhance' it a bit...and that's the story 3 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 haha!! i love it! imagine the things you could do with my dendro. he is a show off! Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 haha!! i love it! imagine the things you could do with my dendro. he is a show off! Yes, he most certainly is! Kind of looks like a party sombrero, perhaps hiding a Speedy Gonzalez underneath 1 Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 FTS - Jan 01, 2015: Â Â Â Very difficult to photograph due to my large canopy (please excuse the fuzziness), my difficult to please Red Planet Acro that started off as a 3/8" frag and now is 4" across. After lots of experimentation I found the 'magic sauce' to get this RP variant to grow and color up: uber stable alk (any fast alk swings over 0.5 dKh and it gets pissy for weeks). One of my New Years resolution is to attempt to keep alk swings to no more than 0.2 dKh and check/adjust salinity 3x/wk. I'm also very slowly increasing light intensity and duration to try and encourage a bit more pink/red pigmentation. Â And just for kicks, a top down shot with just the camera flash (no way to use my canopy lighting for this). Crowded much? Â 13 Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 gorgeous! Thank you...and Happy New Year! 1 Quote Link to comment
cindyp Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thank you...and Happy New Year! and to you! did all your rics come on plugs? mine are so unslightly. ASD said they could trim them for me though. i might do that for the ones that that'll work for. Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 and to you! did all your rics come on plugs? mine are so unslightly. ASD said they could trim them for me though. i might do that for the ones that that'll work for. Since most came directly from Florida they were attached to 1" or less live rock rubble. One or two came on plugs from a LFS. One thing I do with plugs is get a strong cutter and plier and chip/grind/mutilate them down to the size of the Ric foot (more or less), then glue that onto the live rock without the plug's 'stem'. A few months and you can't even see the plug remnant as it'll get covered by coralline 3 Quote Link to comment
Rehype Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 That looks outstanding nano....so clean. What settings are you running with the LED's? Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 That looks outstanding nano....so clean. What settings are you running with the LED's? Thanks. This last FTS is actually a day before my weekly tank cleaning (note the tiny juvenile white Collonista snails muching on the back wall algae). I'm currently running 50% with the DIY strip up front and 75% for the DIY strip in the rear. Since I like to do things simply/differently, I don't have dimmable white and blue/violet channels since each dimmable DIY strip has the appropriate type and number of emitters. Makes for ~250 PAR directly in the middle of the tank. Not sure how much higher I can go before I start frying the Acans, though . DLI (Daily Light Integer) is nearly 8 which seems to be just about right for a mid depth reef. Quote Link to comment
Rehype Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks. This last FTS is actually a day before my weekly tank cleaning (note the tiny juvenile white Collonista snails muching on the back wall algae). I'm currently running 50% with the DIY strip up front and 75% for the DIY strip in the rear. Since I like to do things differently, I don't have dimmable white and blue/violet channels since each dimmable DIY strip has the appropriate type and number of emitters. Makes for ~250 PAR directly in the middle of the tank. Not sure how much higher I can go before I start frying the Acans, though . DLI (Daily Light Integer) is nearly 8 which seems to be just about right for a mid depth reef. Everything looks really happy with your current settings. I wouldnt go much higher for fear of upsetting the rics/yumas. The acans can take alot more lot IME. Quote Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 The coral warfare you have going is pretty neat. Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Everything looks really happy with your current settings. I wouldnt go much higher for fear of upsetting the rics/yumas. The acans can take alot more lot IME. Yeah, I hear you on that. It's so easy to get over zealous and push a parameter just a little too far...and/or too fast I'm planning to stabilize all parameters as much as is possible in such a small system and let things progress for a few months. Any intensity increases will be really slow, though. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 The coral warfare you have going is pretty neat. It's been quite an education observing the various strategies that corals use to survive on a reef...and some real surprises. For example, I have a Reefkoi 'Superhero' Montipora that gets routinely clobbered by a Pavona maldivensis, but can somehow suppress Pavona varians from sending out it's potent sweepers and can even cause this Pavona damage. The same Pavona varians clobbers a Sunset Montipora, though. Strange... 1 Quote Link to comment
Auto Midnight Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Love your tank. Your rics are awesome, any tips for a newb like me? Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Love your tank. Your rics are awesome, any tips for a newb like me? Thanks. Rics and other 'Shrooms tend to do well in systems that are minimally filtered (or not all, as in my case). Ricordia florida can handle a good amount of light, but need to be slowly aclimated to it. Some Ricordia yuma can too, but they tend to be much more fussy and many just do better in lower light. Feeding 1 - 2x per week will help all Rics grow/divide and may be essential for survival in very low nutrient systems. I'd suggest sticking with R. florida first until you have found out what makes them happy long term. If you try a R. yuma, definitely get one that is from 'captive' stock since wild ones are renowed for 'melting' issues. 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Haha that dendro is the best! Where is it in the tank? I don't see it in the FTS. The FTS looks amazing btw! 1 Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Haha that dendro is the best! Where is it in the tank? I don't see it in the FTS. The FTS looks amazing btw! The Dendro is not mine. I bummed it off of a fellow reefer years ago to make a 'Santa Dendro' Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Love your ric garden! Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Love your ric garden! Thank you. Quote Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Nice update - loving how each coral on the pillar portion changes over the years as they grow, especially the minty green one on the right side. Kinda looks like it has paddles. What is it? Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Nice update - loving how each coral on the pillar portion changes over the years as they grow, especially the minty green one on the right side. Kinda looks like it has paddles. What is it? One of the advantages to having a tank run for a long time The mint green coral is either Pavona varians ('Corrugated Coral') or possibly Pavona decussata ('Lettuce Leaf Coral', 'Potato-chip Coral', 'Cactus Coral'...take your pick). The more I look at it in larger colony size the more I'm leaning towards P. decussata: 8 Quote Link to comment
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