AJ_Tsin Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Didn't end up getting to RR. Will be going next weekend I think. Just another weekend water change, and chemistry tests, nothing exciting. However I did flip around that MP-10 no more white adhesive square... 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Took some more underwater shots. A bit of colour change and growth on all of them. What I really notice is the coral tissue's phosphorescence and thickness. They all seem to be very healthy. I have increased Pohl's Xtra to 0.75 ml/day for this week and will begin using CV this week to see if I can get a bit more colour out of these. Rest of the ZeoVit dosing has remained fairly consistent with my original regime, still dosing 0.1ml of Start3 x 2 daily. Miyagi Tort Tyree Pink Lemonade RR Strawberry Shortcake Tyree Season's Greetings Tyree Red Dragon Pink Tip Millepora, Not sure Name. Yellow Tipped Pink Acro. Tips are finally starting to colour up. This is going to grow into a nice piece. Green Prostrata Rainbow Monti Oregon Tort Neon Green Aculeus Forest Fire Digi 12 Quote Link to comment
neuwave Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Keep those sticks rolling in. You can never have to many. Ha ha 2 Quote Link to comment
Giga Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 very nice colored stick but it's got nothing on my poop brown stick!(see what I did there?) 1 Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Looking good AJ, I like that Tyree Pink Lemonade I have a Tyree Pink Jade that I am waiting for it to take off, it has incrusted but only marginal forward growth, About 3" now. Let me know when you start fragging your Lemonade please... me want's 2 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 A few more. BS Toxic Sarmentosa FAL Wolverine ORA Red Planet RR Nauti Spiral Teal Carolina Wicked Sunrise Blizzard Teal Acropora Blue Tipped Kimbeneesis Purple Death Paly Reef Raft Avengers Purple Tipped Granulosa (Not sure of Name) Green Polyp Turbinara 9 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Those are brilliant! I've only ever seen red ones and green ones. I think they're notorious melters though. My red ones melted pretty fast. Good luck! I hope they hold for you. Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 AJ, Your greens are looking more yellow, have you checked your iron levels? 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Holy sticks Acroman !!! Absolutely brilliant specimens man,wow. Kudos to you maneeee !!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Looking good AJ, I like that Tyree Pink Lemonade I have a Tyree Pink Jade that I am waiting for it to take off, it has incrusted but only marginal forward growth, About 3" now. Let me know when you start fragging your Lemonade please... me want's I will for sure. AJ, Your greens are looking more yellow, have you checked your iron levels? I have not tested for iron. I just started dosing PIF regularly and will be adding CV this week, up until now I haven't really fed the corals or done anything for coloration, so I plan on seeing how that goes before adding any Iron. In person there is a significant difference between green and yellow, however its a bit more difficult to tell on camera. I have been trying to tweak white balance and lower contrast to get the images as close to or exactly as perceived in person, but cameras still seem to have tonal limitations. I also have an old container of Polyp Labs Reef Roids that I could put to use... although its 3 or 4 years old, not sure if this stuff goes bad? 2 Quote Link to comment
exactlyobp Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Miyagi Tort Im almost convinced that my Miyagi tort was mislabeled after looking at this.. hmm Yours looks 100x better. Blizzard Reef Raft Avengers If i had to choose, these three above are my fav. of all AJ! Keep en coming!! 1 Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I will for sure. I have not tested for iron. I just started dosing PIF regularly and will be adding CV this week, up until now I haven't really fed the corals or done anything for coloration, so I plan on seeing how that goes before adding any Iron. In person there is a significant difference between green and yellow, however its a bit more difficult to tell on camera. I have been trying to tweak white balance and lower contrast to get the images as close to or exactly as perceived in person, but cameras still seem to have tonal limitations. I also have an old container of Polyp Labs Reef Roids that I could put to use... although its 3 or 4 years old, not sure if this stuff goes bad? I understand AJ, and it's probably the camera as well, I have never been able to get the colour the eye sees in my photo's 100%. Corals look healthy and seem to be doing quite well, keep doing what your doing because it's working Changed out my stones today and took a T5 Blue+ bulb out and replaced it with a Coral+. I now have 3 Blue+ and 2 Coral+ and 1 KZ New Gen. over my 20g. Crisp blue/white, see how the corals like it. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 I understand AJ, and it's probably the camera as well, I have never been able to get the colour the eye sees in my photo's 100%. Corals look healthy and seem to be doing quite well, keep doing what your doing because it's working Changed out my stones today and took a T5 Blue+ bulb out and replaced it with a Coral+. I now have 3 Blue+ and 2 Coral+ and 1 KZ New Gen. over my 20g. Crisp blue/white, see how the corals like it. Do you dose Iron? I never have before even in past tanks. Always been a bit paranoid about the algae it can bring. I love the Coral + bulbs but I only have 1 in an 8 bulb unit, my light is very blue. Last time I changed stones I soaked them in RODI for 24 hours and changed about 85- 90% out. Have you been doing the same each time? I am still unsure if it makes a big difference or not... Last few shots: Sunrise Mille Palmers Blue Mille Hairy Acro, Not sure what this is anymore I thought it was an ORA Bellini but definitely not. Neon Green Plana? Acropora Desawii Golden Maxima 4 Quote Link to comment
Giga Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 so how many hours a day you stare at your tank? 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 love that maxima. i'm keeping my eye out for another gold one! 1 Quote Link to comment
Legendary Corals Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Looks like it could be a pink vermiculata? Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Keep those sticks rolling in. You can never have to many. Ha ha Absolutely true. Holy sticks Acroman !!! Absolutely brilliant specimens man,wow. Kudos to you maneeee !!!!!! Thanks man. I plan on adding a few more. Actually already thinking about selling some early additions I am just not happy with. I only want the best of the best in this build... Im almost convinced that my Miyagi tort was mislabeled after looking at this.. hmm Yours looks 100x better. If i had to choose, these three above are my fav. of all AJ! Keep en coming!! Thanks good choices. I am still not sure what my favourites are. Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I try to soak the stones for 3 days, removes dust and any PO4. I don't think it is all that important really but it is suggested. I agree on the iron, I seldom dose it. What bulb configuration do you run? 1 Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Man...so jelly...hope to be there soon! Are you shopping at reef raft in person? I want to get some stuff, but don't see anything in the webpage. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I think my glass algae and sand bed algae are from my high magnessium and iron then, I was dosing the redsea colors program for trace elements, but I may have been overdosing, I will stop dosing it and let you know what happens and see if it is iron/magnessium related. Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 so how many hours a day you stare at your tank? Too many according to my girlfriend. love that maxima. i'm keeping my eye out for another gold one! It is cool, its too bad it only looks so good top down though. 1 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 aj for the love of god i need some of your sticks. that sunrise milli and hariy acro= drools 2 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It is cool, its too bad it only looks so good top down though. that's true. mine's brown unless it's top down.... haha but i spend a lot of time looking down into the tank, so it's okay. 1 Quote Link to comment
AJ_Tsin Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Man...so jelly...hope to be there soon! Are you shopping at reef raft in person? I want to get some stuff, but don't see anything in the webpage. I go to reef raft canada in person. He's not open to the public anymore though only wholesale. 1 Quote Link to comment
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