Reefmaster1996 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Yeah I wish I had a basement for fish tanks or even a garage for that matter 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Dat early morning Polyp extension... Sun ambience glows through my blinds this time of year in the morning, its not bright enough to be problematic, but nice enough to add some silhouetting and show off some SPS P.E. Taken with an iPhone 5S Bumping this here as it got buried in last page. Yeah I wish I had a basement for fish tanks or even a garage for that matter It is definitely ideal, I am pretty fortunate, and tend to take that for granted. Only downside is I disappear into the basement for extended periods of time and my partner is like "what the hell do you do down there." She doesn't get that looking at skimmers and fine tuning sump filtration is equally interesting as livestock to me, she does however enjoy looking at the tank and checking out things growing so thats a positive. 3 Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Nice morning shot. My tank gets a little natural sunlight for about an hour. I like the look of everything waking up with that little bit of sun. It looks cool. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The slight orangish yellow haze does look very natural and cool in the morning, I hope to mimick this with my LEDs hopefully. But if not the window next to the tank should help nonetheless 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Not much to update this week.I swapped out the ATI Aquablue special bulb for an ATI Coral Plus. The difference is amazing. Corals look way better. The coral plus is a purpleish white light and doesn't wash out the corals as much. Par likely dropped a bit with the switch which is ok because I am fairly confident I was over lighting everything to begin with. Bulb Array: ATI Blue + ATI Blue + ATI Blue + K-Z Fiji Purple ATI Coral + ATI Blue + ATI Blue + ATI Blue + All sps frags are growing at a noticeable rate and are coloring up significantly. I plan to try and post some before and after shots in a couple weeks.Still fine tuning ZeoVit routine. I haven't started adding many additional supplements yet as the system is still stabilizing. Dosing: Start, Bak, Sponge power, Zeofood, Coral snow and Bio Mate as well as bright ell potassion and strontion. Will start coral Vitalizer and Pohls Xtra in another couple weeks.Noticed a bit of diatom growth come and go over past couple weeks, likely due to the addition of the tang and increased feeding. Seems to be balancing out again. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Vertex Omega 130 has broken in nicely, starting to pull some thick coffee consistently. Quote Link to comment
Giga Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I love the morning shot! Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 I love the morning shot! Thanks I thought it looked pretty cool. Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Looking good, AJ, we need more corals lol! Can't wait to see it when the coraline takes over those rocks and they get some color 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 APRIL 2014 FTS SPS frags are really colouring up and taking off. I will post some colour comparisons later when I have time. Here are a few shots I just took. 5 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 And here are a few more. 4 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thought I would share this here, big reason I have been out of the hobby for several years was working at my self owned company Fourgrounds. This week we released a trailer for our first ever feature film. I had the pleasure of fulfilling one of my childhood dreams and career aspirations by co-writing and directing it. Here is a trailer. Hopefully this offers a bit of an excuse to you all on where I disappeared to for quite some time... 3 Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 AJ, I'm so jealous of the way your corals are reacting man, what additives other than zeostart3, zeobak, and zeofood are you using, my Sps seem to be coloring back up, but I don't get much polyp extension. Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 you have no idea how much of an inspiration your tank has been to me man. so jealous 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 AJ, I'm so jealous of the way your corals are reacting man, what additives other than zeostart3, zeobak, and zeofood are you using, my Sps seem to be coloring back up, but I don't get much polyp extension. Posted this a few posts ago: Still fine tuning ZeoVit routine. I haven't started adding many additional supplements yet as the system is still stabilizing. Dosing: Start, Bak, Sponge power, Zeofood, Coral snow and Bio Mate as well as bright ell potassion and strontion. Will start coral Vitalizer and Pohls Xtra in another couple weeks. Still running the basics with the addition of a few things. The T5s probably have something to do with it and weekly water changes. you have no idea how much of an inspiration your tank has been to me man. so jealous Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Nice shots man. There is some potential in those frags for sure. They are going to color up very well. I especially like that granulosa and that Tenius (I think?) second pic for the bottom in your last post. Thought I would share this here, big reason I have been out of the hobby for several years was working at my self owned company Fourgrounds. This week we released a trailer for our first ever feature film. I had the pleasure of fulfilling one of my childhood dreams and career aspirations by co-writing and directing it. Here is a trailer. Hopefully this offers a bit of an excuse to you all on where I disappeared to for quite some time... I can't wait to see it @ the Santa Barbara Film Festival! Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thanks, what salt do you use? Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks, what salt do you use? I use Reef Crystals. Picked up some new frags today haven't placed em yet they're just chilling on the sand bed. Some awesome, albeit very small (1 - 1.5 inch), SPS frags . ReefRaft Strawberry Shortcake (Acropora microclados) ReefRaft Pearlberry Tyree Pink Lemonade Tyree Red Dragon BS Toxic Sarmentosa and one other I am not sure of. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Pretty sure I'm using same salt, might be the regular kind, can't wait to see the new frags. Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Pretty sure I'm using same salt, might be the regular kind, can't wait to see the new frags. I have been using it for years and no complaints. Frags are mounted on the rocks. They are pretty beat up because they were frag'd from their respective colonies yesterday. I dipped em and super glued them to some rock rubble left em on the sand bed for a few hours and then mounted them into some empty space on the rocks. Hopefully they all make it through the fragging process. Haven't seen the tank yet today with the lights on but looked like polyps were out this morning. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Managed to shoot two of the new frags. Waiting till better PE on some of the other ones before they are worth shooting. BS Toxic Sarmentosa Tyree Red Dragon 4 Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I saw a frag that looked just like the toxic sarmentosa at work, but skinnier, if that makes sense, nice additions. Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Looks like a cross between a rose milli and the CC Heaven and Hell milli. Very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Aj you liking that skimmer? I'm not too impressed with my pls100. I may swap to a 130 to match my vertex zeo reactor. 1 Quote Link to comment
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