My little POTO- SPS heavy mixed reef

[Slowtwitch]

Took the wide quad off the tank this weekend and put my old light back on it.  The old light has a better spread and causes fewer shadows.  The wide quad was nice, it just wasn't the right light for this tank.  Not sure yet if I will hang on to it for a future build or sell it. Made sure to adjust the settings to mimic the par levels so that I don't have another brown out like when I first put the quad over the tank.

[Slowtwitch]

For no discernible reason my setosa colony has decided to STN.

 

Meanwhile

[Astinus]

Damn!  Sorry to see and hear about ur Setosa 

[--chris--]

On 12/23/2016 at 3:06 PM, markalot said:

A little color balance shows me your colors are pretty darn good already.

 

It has to be said (again), this is beautiful!  

[Slowtwitch]

56 minutes ago, --chris-- said:

It has to be said (again), this is beautiful!  

Thanks!

[Asureef]

What's your po4? 

 

[Slowtwitch]

8 minutes ago, Asureef said:

What's your po4? 

 

0.03 or as close as I can tell w/ the Salifert test kit

[teenyreef]

Dang, sorry about the setosa, do you think it's just one of those maddening random things? 

[vlangel]

Yes thats a bummer when it seems so random.  The setosa lookes great in the prior pic of it.

[Slowtwitch]

On 2/23/2017 at 6:35 PM, teenyreef said:

Dang, sorry about the setosa, do you think it's just one of those maddening random things? 

I do.  Nothing else is off in the tank.  Parameters have been rock steady and the acros in the tank have honestly never looked or acted better.  just weird.  Maybe I need more shit in the tank to keep that one happy.  It's still deteriorating very slowly.  I don't think I'm going to lose the whole thing, but it looks ugly right now.

[mitten_reef]

On 2/20/2017 at 0:51 PM, Slowtwitch said:

Took the wide quad off the tank this weekend and put my old light back on it.  The old light has a better spread and causes fewer shadows.  The wide quad was nice, it just wasn't the right light for this tank.  Not sure yet if I will hang on to it for a future build or sell it. Made sure to adjust the settings to mimic the par levels so that I don't have another brown out like when I first put the quad over the tank.

Curious how the corals had been since switching back to the old light.  Sorry about the Setosa.  Updates?

What are you in MI?  

[markalot]

Long time no update, how's it going in here?

[Slowtwitch]

On 6/12/2017 at 1:13 PM, micoastreefing said:

Curious how the corals had been since switching back to the old light.  Sorry about the Setosa.  Updates?

What are you in MI?  

I'm in the Port Huron area.

On 6/12/2017 at 3:19 PM, markalot said:

Long time no update, how's it going in here?

Things have improved dramatically since going back to the old light.  Still not back to where they were, but I see improvement every day.  Every coral that didn't completely die is showing new growth and colors are coming back strong, but things are pretty ugly with all the bare skeletons showing.  Once I decide if I'm going to frag everything up and rescape, or just let it ride, I'll post up a picture or two.

[Slowtwitch]

Tank is still running though I have moments where I wish it wasn't. Still considering a full reboot on this.  Thinking of maybe a different tank configuration.  I have a 30 tall and  55 long that I've been considering setting up to change up that scape.   Anyway, here's a  few pictures under the blues to show what's left.

[mitten_reef]

still looks good to me!  

But hey, if you're not happy with it cuz you've been staring at it for a while now, then I'm in the same boat. I'm getting the itch to get in and rearrange everything in my tank .