jjjo Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 thanks. i realized the photo was small. very bad quality sry Link to comment
jjjo Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 alright all. Here are way better pics. It opened up nice and good, and my brother has a better camera on his phone, than the person who took the older pics. far away close up (good for a phone i think) thanks for looking, dan Link to comment
Spent198 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 That brain coral is beautiful! WOW! Excited to see where this goes... -Carl Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 Christmas time update: The tank has progressed nicely. I just got the aquascape done at the beginning of this week. before that though some coral shots with the new NIKON Dslr. Blastomussa wellsi recovering nicely from its bout with cold shipping, and halide bleaching. Branching blue hydnophora likes the halides a lot... color wise. Polyp extension isnt as good as it was under t5 though. Branching creamsicle hammer doing ok. FTS SPS corals coming as soon as coralline starts taking form on the rockwork. (and after i get new test kits and test the water) thanks for looking, and merry christmas, dan Link to comment
dirtwheelsfl Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 did you end up doing the false wall in the back? if so hows it working out? im looking into upgrading to something like this... tanks looking real good too, love that minimal rock look Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 did you end up doing the false wall in the back? if so hows it working out? im looking into upgrading to something like this... tanks looking real good too, love that minimal rock look thanks! i ended up using a glass-holes kit for a drain. (drilled the tank instead of using a false wall) -dan Link to comment
plainrt Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 gonna send pm with addy to ship that brain :} Nice tank Link to comment
EricD675 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I love breeder tanks. That aquascape is real unique looking. So how high did you end up putting the light? is there more than enough light spread to cover the entire tank? Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 The light coverage is good... however since the bulb is 2.5 feet above the water... the spillover is quite a bit. however, the halides are only on between 11am and 3pm so the spillover isnt even noticable. Comparison between my old kodak and the new DSLR. the difference is SOO VAST. kodak DSLR (mind you this shot was a few days later... the water cleared up... and the corals opened better when this shot was taken) Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 update: First SPS in the tank. (Thanks to a local hobbyist! (you know who you are) ) left right FTS (edit: found a better one) Link to comment
got2envy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I love how u don' use much rock in your tanks Beautiful! Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 I love how u don' use much rock in your tanks Beautiful! Thanks! I'm not sure if i already said this, but indeed i DO NOT like cluttered overly full tanks full of rock. too much rock looks good when there are no corals. but once corals grow in... too much rock can prove to be a major problem There is only a grand total of 6.6lbs of rock in the display tank. Link to comment
Sushi Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Are those marco rocks? (sorry if you've already answered this) Also, how are you planning on keeping your sand tidy in the long run? Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Are those marco rocks? (sorry if you've already answered this) Also, how are you planning on keeping your sand tidy in the long run? They are live rocks... called totoka rock or something like it. I have a conch that eats literally all the algae off the sand. I plan on either getting a goby, a cucumber, or nassarius snails to further enhance sand-bed care. Occasionally I will stir a small portion of the bed up while doing a water-change to remove detritus. If coralline starts encrusting on the sandgrains... i will siphon some of the sand out, and put new sand in. Link to comment
Sushi Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Sounds great. The rocks definitely look live, I only asked cuz you don't really see those unique shapes too often. Marco Rocks are very similar in shape to that but is considered dry rock, and I haven't yet heard of Totoka rock yet, but it sure looks awesome in your scape! Thanks for the info Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Sounds great. The rocks definitely look live, I only asked cuz you don't really see those unique shapes too often. Marco Rocks are very similar in shape to that but is considered dry rock, and I haven't yet heard of Totoka rock yet, but it sure looks awesome in your scape! Thanks for the info Thanks. And no problem. It took me an hour at the fish store, digging through 3 different tanks of Live Rock to find those 7 pieces of rock i have in my 30br. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 that scolly KILLS me.... I wanna go out and buy one today. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 haha thanks! up close shots. Recovering corals. when i got it (in the old tank) it bleached out from the new halides. and now its about 80% back to health... both color wise, and shipping damage wise. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 And here is mr brain lost a quite a bit of color from the halides. I came home and he was in pretty bad shape. I took this today. 2 weeks of being in low light now. Coming back nicely! Link to comment
DBTReefer Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 looks amazing as always! where are the torches though? Link to comment
jjjo Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 thanks. Since most of the torches i had are rather common in my area... i sold them off to pay for the new upgrade. I might get another bright green one again soon. Link to comment
jjjo Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Tank is coming along i think the overhang in the middle of the tank to the right of the hammer will be dedicated to zoos. Link to comment
Justind823 Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 thanks. Since most of the torches i had are rather common in my area... i sold them off to pay for the new upgrade. I might get another bright green one again soon. Do that, that tank needs a torch or two. I liked the ones you had in your other tank a lot. This is coming along nicely! Link to comment
jjjo Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Do that, that tank needs a torch or two. I liked the ones you had in your other tank a lot. This is coming along nicely! Thanks! As for the torches... i am still kind of so-so on the torches. i might do a hammer garden instead. (gotta get me a pink hammer, and a bright green hammer) Torches pose a problem in my tank, due to the lack of a lot of rock, and the fact that the green torch i used to have can reach up to 2 feet long. (not my pic... but its the same torch morph at a local museum) compare the tentacle length to the fish or other corals around it. (i believe the tank is 1700 gallons so everything looks smaller in it) Link to comment
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