evan127 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 First coral of 2016 is a beautiful acropora carduus! I'll snap a picture tomorrow. Tonight is the first night I begin zooplankton and phytoplankton feeding Link to comment
markalot Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 First coral of 2016 is a beautiful acropora carduus! I'll snap a picture tomorrow. Tonight is the first night I begin zooplankton and phytoplankton feeding Nice. Red Dragon or a different color morph? Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hahaha, a bit dark, but I always hear Ralph Fiennes voice saying this when I hear "red dragon" Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 So, I have been feeding zooplankton and phytoplankton to my reef the last few nights. All I can say is wow! ALL of my corals are more vibrant and the PE is incredible. Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 IMG_2824 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr FTS Jan 4th. iPhone shot, so not the best color representation. IMG_2825 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr The red dragon frag with baby blue tips, not iPhone washed out white Also a good shot of Blenny in his shell IMG_2827 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr First acanthastrea lordhowensis in a few years. Red with yellow stripes. IMG_2828 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr And my favorite addition as of late. Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Tanks looking great! I am in Salt lake (sandy) this week and probably next. How is Rocky Mountain frags- I thought about trying to visit them but their site doesn't list much info- seems like an Internet only gig- are they open to the public? Really nice coral selection online ? Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hey thanks! I appreciate the compliment! To be honest I've never heard of them. I'll send you a PM of a list of good stores here Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Alkalinity was 9.3dKH this morning. Calcium has been a steady 425ppm. A bit off from my target parameters. I'd like to shoot for 9dkH and 450ppm for calcium. I ordered a couple of fish and they should be here tomorrow Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Incredibly disappointed in LiveAquaria right now. 3 out of 5 fish from two separate orders have died within hours of introduction to my reef. Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Dang, sorry man- what type of fish? Did they looked distressed? Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I feel like I should actually wait to hear from them before I divulge any specific information. All I'll say is I'm currently very skeptical of future orders from them. Link to comment
jstuver Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Tanks looking great! I am in Salt lake (sandy) this week and probably next. How is Rocky Mountain frags- I thought about trying to visit them but their site doesn't list much info- seems like an Internet only gig- are they open to the public? Really nice coral selection online ? The owners name is Jared Butler. He runs it out of his home so you would probably just need to contact him to see. I haven't been to his place since he moved a few years ago but back then his stuff was spectacular! IMG_2824 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr FTS Jan 4th. iPhone shot, so not the best color representation. IMG_2825 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr The red dragon frag with baby blue tips, not iPhone washed out white Also a good shot of Blenny in his shell IMG_2827 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr First acanthastrea lordhowensis in a few years. Red with yellow stripes. IMG_2828 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr And my favorite addition as of late. Looking awesome as usual and I love that IKEA cart Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hey thanks Jackie! I love it too. It will look good with the new stand I'm building. Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 A smashed thumb has put a hold on the new aquarium stand frame :S Link to comment
jstuver Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A smashed thumb has put a hold on the new aquarium stand frame :S That sucks! Hopefully you'll get back to it soon! Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Hopefully. I was hoping to get the stand done, stained and painted this week. Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 So I was credited for the loss of a fish from my most recent order. I was sent the skinniest green mandarin I've ever seen. Severely disappointed in the quality of fish I was sent. So sad. Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Newest addition that actually was in fair shape when I received it DSC_1443 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr The copperband didn't take to the clam for the first few hours. Now its chow town! DSC_1441 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr Picked up this acropora today while getting some black worms. DSC_1458 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr Shot of SPS Rock DSC_1455 by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Evan, did you get the blackworms from F4U? If so, how are they doing over there? I haven't been back since our "falling out" but still wonder after them occasionally. Really hope the rumors I heard are not true. Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 I did not. I got them from up north. I haven't stepped foot in there since I was 19 and won't again Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 So most of clam was gone in a few hours, except the most meaty parts. The guts and stuff stuck on the inside of the shell were picked clean. None of the fish know what to make of the black worms. I turned off all water movement and put a few in the tank and the only one interested in the worms was my sixline. I thought they'd go crazy over moving potential food. :S Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Did my water tests last night. Alkalinity and calcium have slightly dropped, which I think happened due to the new corals. Alkalinity was 8.7dKH and calcium was 420ppm. Going to up alkalinity dosing from 25ml to 30ml per day and calcium from 30ml to 35ml a day. The zooplankton and phytoplankton feedings are showing amazing results. I've never seen my reef so healthy looking. Coral colors are deepening and becoming very vibrant. Except the red corals I have are taking a bit longer to get back their richness. My daily rituals are very minimalistic these days. It was a New Years resolution for me. I dose alkalinity and calcium I dose a few drops of Pohls Clean the front glass panel Feed the fish 3 times (clam shucking is only 3 times a week) Broadcast feed zooplankton/phytoplankton for 1 hour after lights out. Circulation pump is off. That's it. My weekly schedule is simple now too. Clean the skimmer 5 gallon water change Change Vortech flow Clean edges of the glass in tank with a razor blade Link to comment
jstuver Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 What brand of zooplankton/phytoplankton are you using? Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Right now I'm using Two Little Fishies Marine Snow. Link to comment
evan127 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Tried feeding more black worms tonight. The clownfish, tang, sixline and blenny like them. Two of the eight chromis love them. The copperband, whom I bought the worms for in the first place, has no interest in them at all. It sees them moving around, swims up to them and then bails. Link to comment
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