CronicReefer Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 My lobster molted last night and now has a second claw! Its about 1/2 the size of his other but I'm so glad to see it growing back after a month of being the one-armed bandit. I'll try to take a picture whenever he decides to come out and eat. Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I enjoyed checking out the progression of your FTS. You are getting good growth in your tank. Nice job and happy to hear about the lobster having 2 claws. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 I enjoyed checking out the progression of your FTS. You are getting good growth in your tank. Nice job and happy to hear about the lobster having 2 claws. Thanks a bunch. I'm really looking forward to how it's going to grow over the next year. I hope my lobster won't be so shy now either. Link to comment
lilmatty5dimes Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Nice zoa addition. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 New lights installed today! New FTS to go along. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Looks great Nice tank Thanks everyone! Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 New corals for the new lights Purple Acro w/ Green Tips, I wish I could take a picture under only blues, it turns blue/purple with vibrant green tips. Looks completely different from this but still nice either way. Red Rhodactis that I would love to see some babies from GI Joe Zoa ~20 polyps The lonely Cherry Blasto Link to comment
dormreefer Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 One of my LFS has been getting in some great designer zoanthids lately so I decided to start expanding my collection with these two new frags. And an older colony that has been growing nicely. Living Reef or Top Shelf Aquatics by chance? Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 Living Reef or Top Shelf Aquatics by chance? Top shelf is where I go for my zoas and sticks, best prices around. World wide corals is where I go for chalices and brain corals because they always have really great colors. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Bought two new corals with my Christmas money today . A huge frag of a Poker Star Monti (~3" across) Aussie Highlighter Green Table Acro Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hi Chronic. Read on another thread that you've been able to kill bryopsis with heavy phosphate stripping. Do you have a picture of the level of infestation you were dealing with before you took steps to remove it? Also, do you have any SPS? Thanks Kat Edit - I see SPS. How are your phosphate levels Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hi Chronic. Read on another thread that you've been able to kill bryopsis with heavy phosphate stripping. Do you have a picture of the level of infestation you were dealing with before you took steps to remove it? Also, do you have any SPS? Thanks Kat Edit - I see SPS. How are your phosphate levels I wish I had a picture but of it originally but I don't, here is a picture of it now though. The clump has shrunken down to about half its original size over the past 3 weeks (I started phosphate stripping about 6 weeks ago). I don't test my phosphate levels, I could have them do this for me tomorrow at the LFS when I get my water if you like. I only assume they are zero now since the problem algae is fading away. The snail in the picture was also growing bryopsis out of its shell which is gone now. I have an emerald crab but he does not eat this patch of algae so I know it has not been due to him cutting it down plus it is graying out which is a sign it is dying. I do not believe the phosphate stripping is hurting my SPS as I see good growth except from my monti cap. My acropora color is nice and vibrant under the blues and my acro echinata has really nice PE. Happy New Year to everyone here! New FTS for the year. I don't plan on adding any new corals unless a zoa or yuma catches my eye, I just want to watch everything grow out of the rocks now. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Had water tested at LFS today. Phosphates were 0, magnesium was at 1400. I just wanted to confirm it was the addition of the phosphate adsorbing media that has been killing my bryopsis off and not elevated magnesium. Link to comment
Catbus Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 overall really impressed with your build. You have some great quality photos and even better corals! though with all of those frags you're gonna need to upgrade soon... Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 overall really impressed with your build. You have some great quality photos and even better corals! though with all of those frags you're gonna need to upgrade soon... Hey thanks a lot! I'm just really lucky to live near some amazing coral shops. I'm definitely going to upgrade to something that's at least double the length once these corals get big and fat, I really want to get a flame angel once I do. In other news I got a new fish today . It's a 1.5" long ORA Springeri Dottyback who is already destroying the pods not even 5 minutes into my tank. I heard they eat bristleworms so I'm hoping he'll find some in my tank before they turn into 10" monsters like the last one I had to pull out. Snatching a pod off the glass Hunting over the rocks Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 cool fish addition! I love the fluid movement s on those guys. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 cool fish addition! I love the fluid movement s on those guys. Thanks, I was looking for a good swimmer that would contrast my lazy clowns. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 New coral from WWC today! Diaseris Plate Coral with tentacles extending already. Link to comment
FishFrog Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 New coral from WWC today! Diaseris Plate Coral with tentacles extending already. Cute baby plate! Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Ordered a pair of Jebao RW-4 to get some better circulation going in my tank and they arrived in only one day! I even chose free shipping cause I'm cheap like that. Going to get these installed after I get back with my chinese food. RW-4s are officially up and running and they are dead silent. I currently have them set on mode C for alternating flow on lowest speed. It looks like I've managed to eliminate all my dead spots which I'm very pleased about and hopefully my SPS will enjoy the stronger currents. Picture of them installed below. Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 New corals for the new lights Purple Acro w/ Green Tips, I wish I could take a picture under only blues, it turns blue/purple with vibrant green tips. Looks completely different from this but still nice either way. That's a really nice piece of Needle in a Haystack man !!! Was that the plate they had for like $20-$25 ? I almost snagged that at their Farm Opening if that's the one lol. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 That's a really nice piece of Needle in a Haystack man !!! Was that the plate they had for like $20-$25 ? I almost snagged that at their Farm Opening if that's the one lol. Is that what it is called? Looks exactly like a WWC Little Red Ferarri as well but when I bought it from TS they called it a "deepwater" acro lol. I'm not that big on names anyway, I just buy the corals I like. And yeah that plate was only like $25, its got some nice textures to it and I enjoy watching it pass mysis up to its mouth from tentacle to tentacle. Link to comment
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