d9hp Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Love your scape..those are some great rocks. Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Love your scape..those are some great rocks. Thanks. Your tank is amazing, though I think I have said that a few times before Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 My camera comes tomorrow And I'm going to the Athens LFS also. Yay more coral to come Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 So the tank got up to 83 degrees so I decided to change things up to help temp wise, especially with summer right around the corner . Made a cover out of some egg crate I had around and picked up a clip on fan to blow across the top and the light. The fan is on the same timer as the daylights, so it will only be on when all 4 bulbs are on. And some algae was growing on my AC50 so I put the juggernaut to work on it Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 I had a day equivalent to Christmas yesterday. I went to Aquarium Outfitters in Athens, GA. I have a new favorite store. Picked up 8 new corals. I got home and My camera had arrived. I took me till today to figure out how to take some decent photos with it. Its not hard to work with at all. Corals added: GSP Pulsing Xenia (surprisingly rare for a weed coral ) 2 different Zoas Blasto Green long tentacle torch Neon Green Birdsnest Red Motipora Cap And on to pics, I'm still learning so more to come: Zoa Colony #1: Zoa Colony #2, This pic is my background on my 17in laptop with no pixelation at all This torch is amazing Xenia in its back corner by itself lol though the occasional hermit crab runs it over: And an angled tank shot for the heck of it: Link to comment
pyrocreep Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Those new zoa's are great. Do you know if they have a name by chance? Also is that under your regular lighting or just actinic? Link to comment
Wilioli Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 those pics are sick! awesome! Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Thanks Pyro and Wilioli. I have no idea on the names of the zoas. All pictures are with all the bulbs on, 2 Blue+, an actinic, and a 10,000K daylight. I really like this bulb combo. I need to figure out the actinic shots. It tends to blue out everything. Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 I think I have an ID for these, "Eye of the Storm." On CoralPedia They look darn close. The green colony is closest to Kryptonite, but I'm not 100% on that one. Link to comment
gutterguy Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just read through the whole thread. Very nice. Pics look great too. Keep it up. Link to comment
d9hp Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Great photography dragon! Looking good!!!! Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just read through the whole thread. Very nice. Pics look great too. Keep it up. Thanks man. I'm sort of proud of how this tank has evolved. A lot has changed in the 4 months I have had it up. Great photography dragon! Looking good!!!! Thanks D9. I need to try video editing so I can get a video put together. This might take a while. Link to comment
pyrocreep Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I think I have an ID for these, "Eye of the Storm."On CoralPedia They look darn close. The green colony is closest to Kryptonite, but I'm not 100% on that one. I would say your spot on there. The only real differences come from the spectrum of your lighting. Beyond that everything else matches up. Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Heres a fun pic I took with just moon lights, I had the pumps still on. Link to comment
nlm2889 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 This tank is sick!! It's looking awesome so far! I can't wait to see what it grows out to look like, especially with that scape. I'm very interested, I think it's going to look really cool. Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 I put together a very basic video today try 720p I apologize for the kind of off kilter shot. I should have checked that. Link to comment
Wilioli Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 great video! the flow is just amazing! haaha, i gotta do something with my flow, or rearrange the powerheads, 'feels' like ur running a vortech or something Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 great video! the flow is just amazing! haaha, i gotta do something with my flow, or rearrange the powerheads, 'feels' like ur running a vortech or something This is just 3 425 k-nanos. I'm very happy with the flow. I bought a wave timer but I'm not using it. No need when I have the effect I want lol Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 So today I got tired of messing with my aquatic life 115 skimmer so I bought a Reef Octopus Bh-100. Other than pump that looks like a return pump it should do a lot better than the 115. I need a sump to put all this junk in. Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Can you spot whats new in this FTS??? Link to comment
pyrocreep Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 There are fish every where! ...so...you got some SPS from the looks of it? How'd you manage to pick up that piece? Link to comment
Wilioli Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 wow, lots of sps! looks like the skimmer is in place, and a frag rack! lookin good! Link to comment
paradox_of_reef Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 It looks like a coral i'll have a frag of by tomorrow morning LOL ......nice grab irondragon. Looking good so far. Your scarlet crab likes to climb your SPS.... Link to comment
irondragon013 Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 There are fish every where! ...so...you got some SPS from the looks of it? How'd you manage to pick up that piece? wow, lots of sps! looks like the skimmer is in place, and a frag rack! lookin good! I got the single huge acro from my LFS for a steal. I'm going to cut the majority of it and keep the base part with branches about 6 inches long and take the rest to another LFS for trade in. I should be able to come out on the plus side of the deal and still have a good sized acro producing frags. Link to comment
paradox_of_reef Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Dude! your mom just called us "Fishy Nerds" Link to comment
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