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28 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

 

Thats the same thing that I have right now, the cable to the adapter IS in but the adapter isn't working!

 

 

Thanks Dave! Here are some photos

 

 

I tagged you in a post and then deleted it

 

Here are said photos :)

 

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HarryPotter
13 hours ago, ninjamyst said:

UNPLUG THE ETHERNET from Apex.  Then it wont randomly restart.  

 

12 hours ago, stellablue said:

Wow Harry!! Everything is looking great!!

 

1 hour ago, MaineReefkeeper said:

Beautiful tank!! So much life...?

 

Thanks!

I will post a bunch of "frag to colony" photos documenting growth soon, looking back its really cool!

 

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FlowerMama

Hey Harry, though I'm not a fan of sps, I have to say yours look damn pretty- colors and extension out the ying yang!!! :)

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32 minutes ago, FlowerMama said:

Hey Harry, though I'm not a fan of sps, I have to say yours look damn pretty- colors and extension out the ying yang!!! :)

 

You can definitely see tons of rock nems and other types in the FTS! I was happily surprised that they do so well in this low nutrient environment :) 

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On 5/16/2017 at 8:00 PM, HarryPotter said:

 

Thats the same thing that I have right now, the cable to the adapter IS in but the adapter isn't working!

 

 

Thanks Dave! Here are some photos

 

 

I tagged you in a post and then deleted it

 

Here are said photos :)

 

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Wow Harry, the tank looks even better than it did when you got totm.  It just keeps getting better.

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Just now, vlangel said:

Wow Harry, the tank looks even better than it did when you got totm.  It just keeps getting better.

 

Thanks Vlangel! How are the seahorses?

 

Just now, markalot said:

Everything looks fantastic Harry.

 

How do you keep the frag plugs free of algae? :)

 

The only algae that grows in here is that very short red geladium. Low nutrients, 0 PO4 on Hanna URL Phosphate yet the corals from soft to hard dont seem to mind oddly. 

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8 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

 

Thanks Vlangel! How are the seahorses?

 

 

The only algae that grows in here is that very short red geladium. Low nutrients, 0 PO4 on Hanna URL Phosphate yet the corals from soft to hard dont seem to mind oddly. 

 

Did you ever test PAR in here?

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6 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

 

Thanks Vlangel! How are the seahorses?

 

 

 

The seahorses are really good right now.  The 2 new youngsters, Samson and Delilah have settled in well.  Ruth is growing well and is starting to glance coyly over at Samson, the only male in the tank.  Samson glances back but he really has eyes for Eve, the matriarch.

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3 minutes ago, markalot said:

 

Did you ever test PAR in here?

 

No, I messaged a person or two but neither would lend me a meter! :( 

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1 hour ago, HarryPotter said:

 

No, I messaged a person or two but neither would lend me a meter! :( 

Check with one of your LFSs or with your local reef club. 

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HarryPotter
16 minutes ago, stellablue said:

Check with one of your LFSs or with your local reef club. 

 

 

The reef club is like two hours north of me, but calling LFS is a good idea. I suppose with a down payment they may let me borrow it :) 

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7 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

 

 

The reef club is like two hours north of me, but calling LFS is a good idea. I suppose with a down payment they may let me borrow it :) 

Yeah a LFS near me requires a deposit and you have to sign that if you break it, you buy it. Our local club has one too which is nice. Haven't used either yet lol

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5 minutes ago, stellablue said:

Yeah a LFS near me requires a deposit and you have to sign that if you break it, you buy it. Our local club has one too which is nice. Haven't used either yet lol

 

All I think of when I adjust the light is "Do I want the colors darker? A few inches higher. Do I want them lighter and to have faster growth? A few inches lower". 

Ive never really understood par. One acro colors up on the sandbed. The next is brown until I put it 2" below the waterline ?

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9 hours ago, HarryPotter said:

 

All I think of when I adjust the light is "Do I want the colors darker? A few inches higher. Do I want them lighter and to have faster growth? A few inches lower". 

Ive never really understood par. One acro colors up on the sandbed. The next is brown until I put it 2" below the waterline ?

 

That's why I want to know PAR.  T5 is magic sauce, so it may be super high or super low and everything still looks good.  I want you to have low PAR, lesson being that many of us run our tanks way too bright, but I can't be sure.  Hopefully you can find one locally, else maybe I'll let you borrow mine.  Maybe. :D

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39 minutes ago, markalot said:

 

That's why I want to know PAR.  T5 is magic sauce, so it may be super high or super low and everything still looks good.  I want you to have low PAR, lesson being that many of us run our tanks way too bright, but I can't be sure.  Hopefully you can find one locally, else maybe I'll let you borrow mine.  Maybe. :D

 

Id be happy to send a large deposit :) 

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1 hour ago, HarryPotter said:

Y'all be jealous of my color ?

 

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Mine browned immediately... a year later is throwing branches up and I see the purple tips. I'll take a frag off and grow it alone on a plug to see it that'll be nicer!

What's happening in this photo? All the lights still off? 

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Just now, micoastreefing said:

What's happening in this photo? All the lights still off? 

 

Yes, lights are off and that coral is very brown

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A dog photo for the non-acro crowd!

 

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So this weekend I will try to fix my skimmer, it's been dead for a few months now. Today I saw a bunch of long hair algae on a powerhead again (Honestly that's a great place for it, easy to remove!) so perhaps nutrients are up a bit from trying to spot feed the anemones. I looked around my reefin shelf and found Hanna checker phosphate reagent, but I don't have the glass vial! So I will order the vial because I am curious. I'm planning on reorganizing my reef shelf and perhaps I will be able to put together a complete test kit or two from it. I also have some DI resin so should replace it since I'm at like 16tds. And do a water change maybe. Meh. Or maybe just stop feeding until all algae is dead ?

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On 4/17/2017 at 5:51 PM, HarryPotter said:

Long overdue PHOTOBOMB

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Is that a fox flame in the second photo? And how did you get your utter chaos so fluffly??? :blink:

 

Beautiful tank
 

 

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1 hour ago, oysterk said:

Is that a fox flame in the second photo? And how did you get your utter chaos so fluffly??? :blink:

 

Beautiful tank
 

 

I agree it has the structure of a fox flame, but I got it as a tiny brown frag that looked nothing like the colony- when I get home in a few hours I'll find the original photo.  So I don't want to call it that just in case I'm wrong, I just use "Skinny-ass acropora" ?

 

Utter chao polyp was just glued there and left alone in tons of flow, it's spread nicely. My sunny D's also have really cool skirts but I don't know why :( 

 

thanks! 

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