DaveFason Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Shoot! I will contact today. Thanks guys! 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 took out the nice camera today in hope of taking the pics of the grow-out contest frag. well the frag wasn't cooperating. here's the rest of the tank We have a breach! 100's of SunnyD's we've got an interesting situation here, so far no coral warfare. Blame that blue one, it was the beginning of the acro obsession. sigh. Rastas field right-side tank; see some extra zoas I got today on the floor, they're unopened. left-side tank Ric garden: the colors on these are unreal tonight. Thought this was a cool shot; 4 tiers in the making 10 1 Quote Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Cultivated Reef owes you an extra goodie. I just bought the leng Si cap. :-) Sorry about the leopard. I hope she pulls through. Wrasses are less likely to be infected with parasites than other fish - so I've read. Is there any chance her mouth is injured? 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 37 minutes ago, Polarcollision said: Cultivated Reef owes you an extra goodie. I just bought the leng Si cap. :-) Sorry about the leopard. I hope she pulls through. Wrasses are less likely to be infected with parasites than other fish - so I've read. Is there any chance her mouth is injured? @Cultivated Reef, see above hehe. That leng si sure is pretty :-). So is the big Bird of Paradise on the tank floor, that's another stunner that CR offers. I'd never have another reef tank without BoP. So is that the 'extra' piece that you were waiting for before placing the acro contest order? leopard was a goner a while ago, thanks for thinking of her tho. I also recently lost a yellow coris wrasse. None of the wrasses had any injury that I knew of. I think it's was most likely due to lack of graze-able food in my tank. As you can see, I don't have any areas where microfauna can take refuge within the display area. And while I feed fairly heavy, I feed only every couple of days - that also probably contributed to their demise. I've kept six-line quite happily in the past, so this week I placed an order at the LFS for one. In fact, the last 6-line was so fat and happy, it became dominant over all tankmates that i had to remove it. 2 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Now having the same cap in my tank for a few months I am blown away with its fast growth. I swear you can see growth daily! Keep up the great work. It is paying off. -D 2 Quote Link to comment
Cannedfish Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Somebody needs to recommend this for tank of the month already! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 19 hours ago, micoastreefing said: @Cultivated Reef, see above hehe. That leng si sure is pretty :-). So is the big Bird of Paradise on the tank floor, that's another stunner that CR offers. I'd never have another reef tank without BoP. So is that the 'extra' piece that you were waiting for before placing the acro contest order? leopard was a goner a while ago, thanks for thinking of her tho. I also recently lost a yellow coris wrasse. None of the wrasses had any injury that I knew of. I think it's was most likely due to lack of graze-able food in my tank. As you can see, I don't have any areas where microfauna can take refuge within the display area. And while I feed fairly heavy, I feed only every couple of days - that also probably contributed to their demise. I've kept six-line quite happily in the past, so this week I placed an order at the LFS for one. In fact, the last 6-line was so fat and happy, it became dominant over all tankmates that i had to remove it. Ice fire echinata. :-) though the BoP is sure nice. 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 10 hours ago, DaveFason said: Now having the same cap in my tank for a few months I am blown away with its fast growth. I swear you can see growth daily! Keep up the great work. It is paying off. -D , @DaveFason is talking about the red one, btw, not the leng si. 9 hours ago, Cannedfish said: Somebody needs to recommend this for tank of the month already! you're too kind sir. my tank is still young from acro growth perspective, things are just beginning to grow. I still got ways to go to even be considered along other great SPS TOTMs that I look up to. I do hope to get there one day tho. And I swear this thing started out as a mixed reef . 24 minutes ago, Polarcollision said: Ice fire echinata. :-) though the BoP is sure nice. oh yes! that's definitely on my must-have list too. I got one from CR as part of my first frag pack two years ago. It was my first major foray into acros, suffice to say it was a hard one to be a starter acro - i couldn't keep it alive . wonder if i'd do better next time around. Will be following along on your frag for sure. 2 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 love those rics! hope all is well here! 2 Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 That monti is insane. Bummer about the wrasse issues, but the tank looks amazing . Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I have no clue how you have acros and ricordias; my rics shrivel! Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: I have no clue how you have acros and ricordias; my rics shrivel! Because you have 58382ut749t watts of light burning them to death. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 10:25 AM, ninjamyst said: love those rics! hope all is well here! Thanks! Your ric garden is still my dream goal. I really hope things get better with your tank. 11 minutes ago, jbb_00 said: That monti is insane. Bummer about the wrasse issues, but the tank looks amazing . Thanks! I’m hoping the monti will slow down a little, now that the acros are hitting their strides. 7 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: I have no clue how you have acros and ricordias; my rics shrivel! I didn’t know that they don’t do well together? Is it mainly parameters issue? I run my tank fairly simple - no skimmer, no media reactor. Just floss and a tiny bit of media in a bag though. maybe that keeps the ric’s happy? Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, micoastreefing said: Thanks! Your ric garden is still my dream goal. I really hope things get better with your tank. Thanks! I’m hoping the monti will slow down a little, now that the acros are hitting their strides. I didn’t know that they don’t do well together? Is it mainly parameters issue? I run my tank fairly simple - no skimmer, no media reactor. Just floss and a tiny bit of media in a bag though. maybe that keeps the ric’s happy? Im not sure exactly, but big beautiful ricordias just shrivel and disappear in my tank while they thrive in my uncles tank. The main difference (that I know of) is that his tank has significantly lower lighting, 4 bulbs and 22 inches deep. Mine is 8 bulbs and around 18 deep. So so that’s why I thought acros and ricoridas didn’t mix well- lighting requirements. I just do floss and skimmer as well Didn’t fall for that “wet water” intank scam! 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 11:40 PM, HarryPotter said: Im not sure exactly, but big beautiful ricordias just shrivel and disappear in my tank while they thrive in my uncles tank. The main difference (that I know of) is that his tank has significantly lower lighting, 4 bulbs and 22 inches deep. Mine is 8 bulbs and around 18 deep. So so that’s why I thought acros and ricoridas didn’t mix well- lighting requirements. I just do floss and skimmer as well Didn’t fall for that “wet water” intank scam! My ric’s sit as far from the bright rays of NBR as they could possibly be. My quad actually shifted to the right side of the tank to give the acros maximum coverage. If lighting was the issue, I think you should try yuma’s. I heard they love light, and they got some crazy colors on them these days. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Just finished waterchange - quite possibly the nicest bubbles I’ve seen on my BTA. 5 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Just caught up on the last two months! ........ Things are looking tight! 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, micoastreefing said: Just finished waterchange - quite possibly the nicest bubbles I’ve seen on my BTA. Purty! I have never understood why some BTAs lose (or gain?) their bubbles. Mine has always had bubbles, but I know one of its many splits that I sold lost it’s bubbles in about a month, despite appearing quite happy and large. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 17 minutes ago, WV Reefer said: Just caught up on the last two months! ........ Things are looking tight! Thanks for stopping by. 4 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Purty! I have never understood why some BTAs lose (or gain?) their bubbles. Mine has always had bubbles, but I know one of its many splits that I sold lost it’s bubbles in about a month, despite appearing quite happy and large. Thanks, i love it! The bubbles on mine come and go. But they look the nicest when the light is heavy on the blue spectrum. I hope these guys grow up to fill a rock like Rasta’s behind them. 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 There are few things that look "cooler" in a reef tank than the bubbles on a RBTA. Great work! -D 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just clowning around A bit more photodump to come this evening, including contest acro frag. 3 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 This tank is really nice! One of the local LFS has really nice bubble tips but I'm too afraid to pull the trigger. I'll just enjoy other reefers anemones like you! Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, tanacharison said: This tank is really nice! One of the local LFS has really nice bubble tips but I'm too afraid to pull the trigger. I'll just enjoy other reefers anemones like you! Thanks for stopping by! I do enjoy the BTA very much, I actually traded in a couple of clownfish way back because they didn’t want anything to do with BTA. Got this guy (or gal now), and she immediately went into it. It used to split every 3-4 months, and one of them would start to wander around. Those were nervous times. Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good thing contest acro isn’t the red planet, I can’t get one to grow to save my life - this frag is over two years old ?. If this was my first acro, I would probably have given up. Another acro that hasn’t grown for me in two years? The strawberry shortcake in the foreground, and it’s solid pink when it isn’t supposed to be. ? Two of my three-frag side order from the acro contest. I’ve been very selective with my zoas, as I just want fields of classic names. Now adding utter chaos and blondie to my sunny D’s and Rastas fields. Nice view of the red dragon Putting SPS on the sand bed? Not a problem for this BOP when @DaveFason‘s NBR quad cranking out the light it needs This Fiji yellow leather has been brown for a long time. Not sure what causes the recent color infusion. Now I just need that neon yellow glow all over. I really want one of these irregular bumps to turn into the Leng Sy “spires” one day. Here’s what the tricolor palawanensis, aka big red, looks like under all blue, not too shabby I must say. Oh and here’s the contest frag 2 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Ahhh, that leng sy is so awesome...just ordered one with my contest frag! 1 Quote Link to comment
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