metrokat Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Plus: Gosh I just realized those shrimp are in a measuring cup. For a minute there I thought a big bucket and said boy Bongo got some Jumbo prawns from Bangkok. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Look at this happy acro! Its actually pinkish red and white but I turned off the blue LEDs for an iPhone pic And another happy one: Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 BTW i'm following you on Twitter. I'm LikeaGrouse. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 BTW i'm following you on Twitter. I'm LikeaGrouse. Cool I'll follow you. I am not a constant tweeter but I do tweet when I remember to. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Looky this happy SPS! Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Wow just gorgeous! Is that the same one as above? The color looks so much better Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Wow just gorgeous! Is that the same one as above? The color looks so much better Yeah it has really been coloring up! The other was an iPhone pic and this is a DSLR pic but still the color has been getting better and better. The little bit of brown is going away near the back. It's only there because that part gets less light and is left over from when I first got it. Plus now that I look at it, look at the center tip jutting out furthest (the one right smack in the middle) Compare the two shots. See the growth? Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Yeah it has really been coloring up! The other was an iPhone pic and this is a DSLR pic but still the color has been getting better and better. The little bit of brown is going away near the back. It's only there because that part gets less light and is left over from when I first got it. Plus now that I look at it, look at the center tip jutting out furthest (the one right smack in the middle) Compare the two shots. See the growth? I noticed the growth even before you pointed it out. It must love your tank Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 I noticed the growth even before you pointed it out. It must love your tank I dose a lot and I don't care what the idiots who bash Brightwell Aquatics have to say having never even used the products. Take my tank as an example. As long as you DONT OVER DO IT, the stuff is only helpful. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I dose a lot and I don't care what the idiots who bash Brightwell Aquatics have to say having never even used the products. Take my tank as an example. As long as you DONT OVER DO IT, the stuff is only helpful. I love brightwell. Which products do you use? Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 I love brightwell. Which products do you use? I cut back a little cause I had some algae growing but: Calcion Magnesion Reef Code A Reef Code B CoralAmino KoralColor Replenish Ferrion Potassion Iodion Strontion I think that's it. I have been using Seachem eight.four but will be switching to the Brightwell version soon when I decide to order some or find it at a LFS. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I cut back a little cause I had some algae growing but: Calcion Magnesion Reef Code A Reef Code B CoralAmino KoralColor Replenish Ferrion Potassion Iodion Strontion I think that's it. I have been using Seachem eight.four but will be switching to the Brightwell version soon when I decide to order some or find it at a LFS. Good to know. I've been thinking of starting to dose replenish and ferrion since I don't do water changes as often anymore. I assume by the look of your corals that you've had good results with them Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Good to know. I've been thinking of starting to dose replenish and ferrion since I don't do water changes as often anymore. I assume by the look of your corals that you've had good results with them I too have cut back on water changes and I think the supplements help. Although I think they help with water changes too cause some of that stuff is not in the water no matter what salt you use. Ferrion grows macro algaes. I'm sure it helps other things but I started using it when my chaeto's growth stunted. Now it grows like mad. In turn absorbing phos and nitrates. Replenish obviously does trace elements which I believe are beneficial for the corals. I can't say which supplement is helping the most or anything but the combination seems to be working out very well. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 New fishies! A type I have always wanted. Not rare but very very small. Will likely need to go to my friend's 150 when they are bigger but for now they are lots of fun! Baby 1" Bartlett Anthias! Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Pics NOW! Ok I'm sorry please don't hurt me. Just a quick iPhone pic but you get the idea. This is my aspiring male. i.e. he is not a male yet but on the way there . I got him with two females but one somehow died in the bag on the way home (very weird as I would not have gotten her if she looked that sick) and the other female is I hope hope hope still hiding since last night. If not, I am confident my source can get me two more this size if need be. Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Cute new baby fish. That SPS is a killer. I've been thinking of coral amino dosing also. But without a skimmer I'm hesitant to add something and have a bad alage bloom. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 It's hard to see his size, but cute nonetheless. You always find the best fish Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Cute new baby fish. That SPS is a killer. I've been thinking of coral amino dosing also. But without a skimmer I'm hesitant to add something and have a bad alage bloom. I barely view my crap biocube skimmer as a skimmer although I do admit it collects a lot of junk. I only seem to have a little algae growing on the sand and have backed down on the frequency of dosing the supplements such as amino acids. I also have cut back on the actual dosage of amino acids to under half the recommended dosage. Remember I am running an ulns. I also run my DIY fuge which I emptied today after about a month and it had a football sized clump of chaeto densely crammed into it. It was do jam packed that I broke a pipe trying to get it all out. The chaeto keeps the nitrates and phos down along with running phosban in my fluval g3 canister. It's hard to see his size, but cute nonetheless. You always find the best fish Thanks I try . You wanted a pic now so I got a pic now. Take a ruler look at the 1" mark and think of a Bartlett anthias fitting in that mark. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 FTS!!! The large brain is leaving tomorrow. It's going to my buddy's 150g. My lighting doesn't do it justice. It has yellow rings around each polyp and looks like the black hole sun acan. The top back right coral which looks over exposed is a blue fijian car which I got slightly bleached to try and bring it back. Not looking good though. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 And this is my friend's 150. It's pretty much ridiculous. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Your tank changed a ton! It's looking good! Btw is that Ganaels reef? Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Your tank changed a ton! It's looking good! Btw is that Ganaels reef? Thanks and no he is known as slapshot on the other forums (he isn't on nano reef). Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Check out Ganael's tank: It looks kinda similar. Link to comment
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