Travis Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Yeh not too sure about the skimmer, but I'll give it a shot. Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 Well after almost 4 years with my reef breeders LED, I have decided to move on. The light was fantastic but it was just a tad too small for my tank and I wanted to eliminate shading on the sps in my reef. In order to do this, I decided to purchase an ATI sunpower 6 bulb fixture. I got it set up today and the light is even brighter than I could've imagined. In as little as 3 hours, I have not seen my SPS polyps so extended in my entire time keeping a reef. The light looks great as well. Here are a couple quick pictures of the setup. 6 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 I placed a variety of Montipora Digitata together about a month ago and since adding the ATI fixture, they are all starting to show signs of branching in a bunch of different directions. I am loving this light! 5 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Haven't posted a FTS in quite a while! Here is the tank as of 6/18/17 6 Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 That leopard!! looks good!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
gone_PHiSHin Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 wow this is my first time seeing this tank. great looking tank, lots going on, great fish selection. thumbs up from me! 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 25 minutes ago, dpoltsdsu said: Some color adjustment of the earlier pic? 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 5 hours ago, Travis said: That leopard!! looks good!!! I love Leopard Wrasses. I put that one in 3 days ago. I think I got pretty lucky as it ate within 30 minutes of being in the tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 18 minutes ago, gone_PHiSHin said: wow this is my first time seeing this tank. great looking tank, lots going on, great fish selection. thumbs up from me! Thanks! I appreciate it! I am very happy with the fish stock right now. I tried adding a variety of colors and behaviors. As of right now, everybody is getting along as well so I'm pretty ecstatic about that. 7 minutes ago, micoastreefing said: Some color adjustment of the earlier pic? Yes, my sister and I share a nice camera and she is out of town so I have been taking pictures with my phone and I'm trying to figure out what looks good on the page haha 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Meet the latest and last fish addition to the reef, my new Leopard Wrasse! So far so good as it was eating the first day I got it! 5 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 14 hours ago, dpoltsdsu said: I love Leopard Wrasses. I put that one in 3 days ago. I think I got pretty lucky as it ate within 30 minutes of being in the tank! Wow, from what I hear that IS lucky!!! I really like Leopard Wrasses, but they're kinda on my list of "maybe, one day....." 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Weetabix7 said: Wow, from what I hear that IS lucky!!! I really like Leopard Wrasses, but they're kinda on my list of "maybe, one day....." The issue is with them eating and bacterial infections. This one looks healthy so Im hopeful!! I like them because they act similar to that of a 6 line wrasse, where they are swimming around rocks, picking at pods, etc. but without all the aggression issues 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 4 hours ago, dpoltsdsu said: Meet the latest and last fish addition to the reef, my new Leopard Wrasse! So far so good as it was eating the first day I got it! Nice looking fish! 2 hours ago, dpoltsdsu said: The issue is with them eating and bacterial infections. This one looks healthy so Im hopeful!! I like them because they act similar to that of a 6 line wrasse, where they are swimming around rocks, picking at pods, etc. but without all the aggression issues I'm tempted to try another leopard wrasse. LFS has had a few in their QT system for a few weeks now... 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 13 minutes ago, micoastreefing said: Nice looking fish! I'm tempted to try another leopard wrasse. LFS has had a few in their QT system for a few weeks now... You should do it! If they have been in QT that long then they may be ok if they are eating at the lfs Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Montipora Spongeodes with some nice polyp extension! Hoping I get some nice growth out of this coral! 3 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 38 minutes ago, dpoltsdsu said: Montipora Spongeodes with some nice polyp extension! Hoping I get some nice growth out of this coral! I need a sample of a spongodes over on my "Monti Love" thread in sig. Would you mind dropping it there? Thnx! 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 hour ago, micoastreefing said: I need a sample of a spongodes over on my "Monti Love" thread in sig. Would you mind dropping it there? Thnx! Yes of course! 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 The Watchman Goby in his soft coral home at the bottom of the reef! 4 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 FTS June 25th, 2017 5 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Southern California has been experiencing a heat wave over the last couple of weeks and I think it has taken its toll on some of the SPS in the system. The heat as well as the introduction of the T5 system has caused a couple of SPS corals to show signs of bleaching. The tank hit 84.5 a couple of times which is too high in my opinion, especially when the tank has run steady at 79.5 for over a year. To combat this issue, I purchased an aquarium fan system from my local fish store and in only a couple hours, the temp has gone down to 80 degrees. I think I'm going to plug the system into my reefkeeper and have it turn on when the tank hits 82. I want a little bit of temperature fluctuation to accclimate my corals to better handle changing temperatures in the future. The fans actually don't look too bad! 3 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 I have not been updating the thread much. Ill have an update later. For now, here is a picture of a really nicely colored rainbow Wellso I recently added! 5 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, dpoltsdsu said: I have not been updating the thread much. Ill have an update later. For now, here is a picture of a really nicely colored rainbow Wellso I recently added! Oooh pretty! Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 1 hour ago, dpoltsdsu said: I have not been updating the thread much. Ill have an update later. For now, here is a picture of a really nicely colored rainbow Wellso I recently added! Very nice!!! Quote Link to comment
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