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It's been months(8) since my last update. I am still loving the JBJ rimless and JBJ Unibody light. I am working on setting up a refugium next. After a bad 1 1/2 months of chemical warfare and all corals not opening at all :angry: , my tank is doing better than ever :) . New additions include sexy shrimp :wub: , halloween urchin, rics, toadstool, zoas, mushrooms and some new CUC. Enjoy!!!

 

 

FTS on the way soon! :D

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Tragga I LOVE your xenia garden. You can really see the pulsing, more than any other tank I've seen. That was the coral that made me want to start a reef and you have the best example I've seen.

 

I've heard some conflicting info on them, I dont have any nitrates/phosphates and hear they like some levels of them. Do you dose anything like strontium?

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Tragga I LOVE your xenia garden. You can really see the pulsing, more than any other tank I've seen. That was the coral that made me want to start a reef and you have the best example I've seen.

 

I've heard some conflicting info on them, I dont have any nitrates/phosphates and hear they like some levels of them. Do you dose anything like strontium?

 

Thanks! It's really mezmerizing :eek:! It hitchhiked with maybe 4 heads and now its literally spreading everywhere. I think i lucked out b/c it really pulsates (especially when the pumps are off) more so than any other I have seen at my LFS.

 

My water is always on the clean side (~0 trates ppm, < .25 phosphates ppm) and I do not dose. The stuff grows like a weed and I am going to need remove some soon. From what I have heard about xenia is that it thrives in some tanks and does not do well in others.

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Whats in your filter? Currently Im just using floss, but have levels like yours.


How about your calc/alk levels?

 

Wondering if I can buy some frags from you.

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Looks good. :)

Thanks!

 

Whats in your filter? Currently Im just using floss, but have levels like yours.

 

How about your calc/alk levels?

 

Wondering if I can buy some frags from you.

In overflow box top to bottom I have 100micron filter floss, white/blue floss, and a macro filter. I also use Chemi-pure Elite. My cal is usually on the high side ~500 and alk im not sure.

 

I need to learn how to frag first then yeah I could send some your way!!!!

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Sexy Shrimp Close-up. Picked up 3 last week.JVo5E6t.jpg


New Ric. Snagged for $15. Much more orange than in picture.


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Listed as assorted Zoa frag. Pretty sure the left one is "Blue Death" but im not sure what the centered zoa is. Any ideas welcomed???


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Nice!!! I told my lfs to get some sexy's shrimps so I can add it to the Ada. I use to have a trio in my manta ray but they were picking on the palys and acans, despite that I had to rid of them. Glad I'm not doing corals anymore in either tanks :)

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It's been months(8) since my last update. I am still loving the JBJ rimless and JBJ Unibody light. I am working on setting up a refugium next. After a bad 1 1/2 months of chemical warfare and all corals not opening at all :angry: , my tank is doing better than ever :) . New additions include sexy shrimp :wub: , halloween urchin, rics, toadstool, zoas, mushrooms and some new CUC. Enjoy!!!

 

 

FTS on the way soon! :D

I love where you put your frogspawn! I want to upgrade now just so I can rarrange some more and make something like ur scape where ur frogspawn is, so i can have something similar for my fish. ahhhh great. now i'm all upgrade itchy lol!

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I love where you put your frogspawn! I want to upgrade now just so I can rarrange some more and make something like ur scape where ur frogspawn is, so i can have something similar for my fish. ahhhh great. now i'm all upgrade itchy lol!

 

Thanks! Uhhh pretty sure everyone on this whole site it upgrade itchy...all the time. :lol:

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Loving the tank Traggs and living the pics, very nice. What do you think of that JBJ Light? Your tank is similar in size to mine and I am thinking of upgrading away from my PAR38 bulbs.

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Loving the tank Traggs and living the pics, very nice. What do you think of that JBJ Light? Your tank is similar in size to mine and I am thinking of upgrading away from my PAR38 bulbs.

Honestly I love the JBJ light. Besides some minor gripes ( the royal blue and deep blue LEDs are not independently controllable) the light is perfect. I have had great success with LPS, Softies, and anemone. I have not tried any SPS and don't plan on trying any due to personal preference. Everything has significantly grown and I have only lost a colony of zoa's that mysteriously melted since having the light for 9 months.

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Honestly I love the JBJ light. Besides some minor gripes ( the royal blue and deep blue LEDs are not independently controllable) the light is perfect. I have had great success with LPS, Softies, and anemone. I have not tried any SPS and don't plan on trying any due to personal preference. Everything has significantly grown and I have only lost a colony of zoa's that mysteriously melted since having the light for 9 months.

At what percentage are you running your blues and whites?

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Been way too long since I'v updated. I went traveling around the world for a 1 1/2 months :wub: , numerous weddings attended :wizard: , Vegas... :bling: , and have been enjoying my summer B) . So alas here are some iphones shots I took this morning.

Zoa garden is actually starting to look like a garden!! Zoa's polyps #'s have at least doubled.

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Brain Coral showing dat polyp extension. Grown 3X the size since acquiring.

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1 Duncan head now has 8 !! Spot Feeding FTW. Damsel bombing in.

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Newest edition. Carpet Anemone. :wub::wub: Traded in A TON of pulsating xenia before my trip and got this guy for $15. Mouth is pink under normal lighting.

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Psuedo macro shot with iphone. Balloons anyone?

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