Akiowalt Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 looking good. did your frogspawn bleaching under the MH? Link to comment
awpong Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 looking good. did your frogspawn bleaching under the MH? Nope. But now that they're on the side, I'm worried if they'll get enough light. But I acclimated my frogspawn to the MH lighting for 2-3 weeks using the screening method. Link to comment
awpong Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Here's a cool pic. I've had my frogspawn colony for 8 months now, and it's never split.. not once. But now!!! I've gone from 6 heads to 12 in less than a week. Here's a picture of one of my heads splitting into 4! Link to comment
Flying Bones Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Pretty sik splitting action you got happening! Link to comment
Paigee Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Really nice shots of the tank Glad it made it through the storm Link to comment
awpong Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Yea, I'm glad it made it through the storm too haha. Anyways, I just moved the tank so I'm not quite sure if i like the current scape, but here's a FTS of it currently. Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 congratulation! Hope you can get 24 heads in a month! Link to comment
boomeraudio Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Long time no talk! Just curious what exact model lighting fixture ur using? Link to comment
awpong Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 I've got the previous generation 172W Odyssea MH light fixture with a 14000K Phoenix bulb. Link to comment
awpong Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Here's an update since I moved the tank a month ago. FTS: September 24, 2011 The only thing that I've really added was a porcelain crab that I bought yesterday. You can see him on my maxi mini in this pic: So with the new addition, that makes a total of 3 symbiotic crabs in my tank (2 acro crabs and now the anemone crab), but my clowns still refuse to host in my frogspawn :'( Link to comment
awpong Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 I was going thru some of my pics just now and it's sad to see how one of my favorite sps colonies declined due to my 3 week absence when I had to go to TX. :'( Before: After: However, I do have lots of other good growth. Here's what the Tricolor originally looked like. Now you can see him all colored up with nice growth. The same goes for my birds of paradise frag: Hell, here's even a picture of both the tricolor and the birds of paradise from May ( You can see most of my new growth is only from 4 months of growth ) Since I was already doing before and after pics, here's the tank's progression: 10g: 20g: Technically, since this tank was originally the 10g, I guess it's officially over 1 year old (I set up the 10g on August 27, 2010). However, if you count from it's upgrade to the 20L, then it's only about 5 months, and has since been moved twice. Gotta love college dorms lol. Link to comment
awpong Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Here are some of my new additions to the 20L. Not much, but I wanted some more color. Orange Digi Neon Green Torch Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Here are some of my new additions to the 20L. Not much, but I wanted some more color. Orange Digi It looks like it's giving me the finger Link to comment
awpong Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 After 10 months in my tank, and after multiple failed picture attempts, my clown finally decided that today was the day to befriend my frogspawn! Now I've just got to wait for the other clown to see how much fun shes missing. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 After 10 months in my tank, and after multiple failed picture attempts, my clown finally decided that today was the day to befriend my frogspawn! Now I've just got to wait for the other clown to see how much fun shes missing. Congrats! That's very exciting. Now your clown will never leave and it will be as if it never existed. Link to comment
awpong Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Well both of my clowns will occasionally swim in my frogspawn, but it's primarily the female's home now. However, I'm really surprised by how much time the clown spends in the frogspawn. I had expected it to never leave! But to my surprise, the clown is only in it for a few scattered moments throughout the day. The female does however sleep in the frogspawn's shriveled tentacles at night. Here's a little video of the two of my clowns in the frogspawn. They still aren't officially a pair yet and you can still see the aggression. This video is actually pretty ballsy for my male. He's usually on the other side of the tank: And here are some random pics of my densely growing zoa garden: And here's my porcelain crab: I don't know why his shell is growing brown algae. It's not growing anywhere but on him. He'll lose it when he molts, but it's just bizarre. Plus, since I love this picture, here's a shot of my new RBTA: However, this beauty isn't in this tank. It's currently hosting my cinnamon clown in my 40b. Link to comment
awpong Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Here are also pictures 1 month apart that show my tank's coral growth. September 26, 2011 October 28, 2011 Link to comment
Squared Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 your tank is really looking well that blenny needs more fooood Link to comment
awpong Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 your tank is really looking well that blenny needs more fooood Thanks, but the blenny gets plenty of food. He's really fat aside from his face. I've done some searching but haven't been able to find the cause for it. It just looks like his cheeks are a little sunken in, but aside from that, his stomach is always full. I always watch my fish during feeding to make sure everyone is eating, so I know he's not spitting anything out and is always eating. Anyways, I finally filled in my blank patch of sand on this tank. I went out and bough some orange shrooms that fill the space nicely. Here's a bad FTS of the tank with the shrooms in it. I don't know why the photo turned out so blurry, but at least it was able to capture most of the color of my tank. When I get some time, I'll try to take a better pic of the tank. Link to comment
Jruberti Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 looking good! gimmie that frogspawn Link to comment
awpong Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 looking good! gimmie that frogspawn Haha, yea it's my favorite coral in the tank. My #2 is my neon green torch, it's just dwarfed by the frogspawn. Here's a better FTS. It's still a little bit blurry, but it's a better view. Unfortunately the colors are still getting washed out. I need a better camera. My phone just isn't cutting it anymore. Link to comment
awpong Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Took some pics of my zoas today. If anyone recognizes some of my unknown ones, any identifications would be greatly appreciated. Devil's Armor Eye of Ra True Dragon's Eye Unknown Zoas #1 Unknown Paly #1 Mohawk (left) and Unknown Zoas #2 (right) Link to comment
awpong Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 I have two new updates. Well, rather I am just announcing the anxious arrival of two new toys. First off, I just placed an order for my very first DSLR camera. I'll have it on Thursday, so I'll finally be able to show of my tank in all of it's natural (unedited) glory. For those of you who are interested, I purchased the Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens Second, I am battling a minor algae problem in my 40Breeder, so I decided to try out a GFO Reactor. Last week I purchased the BRS GFO and Carbon Reactor. Although I'm going to be testing it out to see how well it works on my 40B, I decided that a little GFO in a filter bag wouldn't hurt my 20L. Therefore, I went ahead and purchased a little filter sock too. These toys should arrive tomorrow, so I'll see if the added GFO helps reduce my tiny algal growth in the 20L and also helps promote more (SPS) coral growth. Link to comment
awpong Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Well my DSLR arrived today, and I love it! I've got a million pictures already, but here are two of the tank itself. Probably some time tomorrow I'll add a couple hundred pictures and macro shots of everything in my tank hahaha Link to comment
th64 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Very nice pics... makes me want a SLR dammit Link to comment
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