MitchReef Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 It's on my SPS intensive Frag Rack. There is a T5HO Geisemann Actinic Plus about 7 inches above it, then about 2 1/2 inches off the water, Then about 10 inches above the water is the Phoenix 250W light. For flow it's about 3 feet out directly in the path of a K4....it seems to be doing well there.....My friend's piece was showing skeleton and now it is looking good again..... October 3 This is what it looked like ....a bit pale, but getting there.... December 4....took it a couple months, but I feel good about it..... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 I just moved the new zoanthids into the tank, but they hadn't opened when the MH's went off.....they are starting to open under the T5's.....Here they are all PI$$ED off..... I had to shoot these next two after I dust a bit of Coral Vibrance in the tank....Like ringing the Dinner Bell!!!!! Closeup....Just a couple minutes later.... Link to comment
ximmortaldeathx Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 were the skirts always that long or is it the flow? Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Those are actually Green Implosions which typically has a VERY short skirt, the convex topped ones. They are in Monster flow....they nearly went away and there were like 8 of them, then I added 2 chromis and now they are thriving.....fuge still keeps up with the wastes okay....it's healthier now..... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 These are the new zoanthids that I added to the tank just last night.... Here are a few other of the zoas and palys I have in my tank.... This is half of my JC Ancient Earth chalice...it has now been determined to have come from the same source that Tyree got his original "Area 51" chalice from, so I guess it's an Area 51 chalice...I cut it in half during my sale, then the person I cut it for didn't come through on the buy....It's healing well.... A few sticks.... My Acro Crab....he's much bigger and bolder than he was... Another Before and After....this was on October 24.... December 17.... Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 wish my sps had that kinda polyp extension... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Thanks a lot....I seem to be having another growth spurt in many of my SPS....I think they did well for the pruning....here are a few random shots I took this evening....check out the PE on some of these Pismo.... ORA Chips acropora Purple polyp pink Stylophora.... ORA Blue Acropora tortuosa A nice green Montipora digitata ORA Rose Acropora millepora Fiji unknown Acropora (I turned it around and supported it better) JC's Quadricolor Acropora in front of the bottom of the ORA Chips Potato Chip Pavona I also wanted to show how a couple of my LPS's were doing.... Area 51 Favia (what's left after the Frag-O-Rama) AA Meteor Shower Cyphastrea (finally coloring up and looking healthy again) Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 My family and I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays.... God has blessed all of us with a love for the reefs and the means to bring them into our homes....we should all be joyous for this and all the pleasures that are bestowed upon us..... Mitch Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Merry Christmas Mitch. <3 W7 Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 And now it's time to welcome in 2010...I hope everyone had a great night last night, and not too many hangovers today..... My Bride and I actually went to a New Years party for the first time in our 4+ years together...we really ought to get out more.... On another note, my slave-driver boss was let go two weeks ago, and things have become much calmer and we actually go home at a reasonable hour every day...it is souch a joyous change....I will actually be able to bond with my family again.... Thanks to all my freinds here, you have all helped me stay sane through these challenging times.... Mitch Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 I got a little bit of money for Christmas and decided that a new frag was in order....soooo....I made a little trip across town to visit WorldWide Corals....They have so much nice stuff that it was a very tough decision, but I finally settled on a frag of Oregon Blue Tort....this is the bluest coral I've ever seen....here it is right after going into the tank.... After 1/2 hour in the water it was showing some PE.... and at an hour and a half..... looks Happy to me.... I wanted to post the Cali Blue Tort, just for comparison.... I used to consider this one REALLY blue....now I know better.... Just for fun I did a couple shots comparing my Blue-Green Acropora echinata to the Hawkins Blue Echinata....here is the Blue-Green.... and the Hawkins..... The other night I was getting ready to feed the tank and noticed one of my Green Implosion Palys all freaked out....had to grab a couple of pictures....these were after I started feeding..... I've seen LPS's do that when fed, but never a paly....odd....very odd..... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thanks a bunch Weetie....I actually went in for a platygyra that I saw on their website, but quickly changed my mind when I saw this one....their colony is amazing...I just hope I have that kind of luck with it.... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thanks a lot LandO...I have managed to pull together a few nice pieces...the reef is starting to really come together...I'm at the stage of having to get rid of things to make space for better stuff now...what a terrible predicament...huh???? Link to comment
weeber Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 i love ur hawkins echinata and the new tort. Link to comment
lowfi Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 wow that mouth thing is crazy.. nice frags btw! Link to comment
JKUNZ Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Mitch, Everything looks great!!!! 5.0??? Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yup Jon, I still gotta do a bit of a grow out....you already have almost everything....they say the Oregon Tort is really slow growing, we gotta see just how slow it is for me....I have a couple of things you might be interested in though....PM me when you are interested in checking them out.... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 I am always amazed when I see the growth that some of these corals do....I snapped a picture of the Blue Green Acropora echinata a couple nights ago and was looking at some recent pictures and my jaw just plain dropped.... 1/8/10: 12/17/09: That's 22 days! I hope a few of the others will turn on like that....but I guess they really have....it still blows me away.... Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Pretty much sums it up for me. I am pretty sure you said this yourself once, but... You flat out sure can grow some SPS! Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 MitchReef is the SPS King! Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I like to say the corals do all the work, I just try to give them an acceptable place to do the work.... Consistency is the key.....my lighting is all going on a year to a year and a half old, I have algae problems and I virtually never do water changes, but the parameters are locked in..... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I wanted to do a quick one week update on the new Oregon Tort.... 1/3/10 1/11/10 Please excuse the exposure difference, but notice the reduction in green coloration and the excellent PE....when I got it Victor at WWC said it takes on the green color in too high of lighting, so I put it over on Softie Island....it appears to like it there! Link to comment
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