xiaoxiy Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 10 hours ago, Gatorbait01 said: How do you like your gyre pump? I was considering one for my midi to possibly replace one of the tunze 6095s, thinking it would free up a little space. Does it push a lot of water towards the front of the tank and down creating a circular pattern? What pwr level to you max it at to prevent it from blowing your substrate? It blows the substrate. I’ve given up on trying to keep it from doing so. My gyre is set to blow at 100% for 1 minute and reverse mode for 5 minutes, recreating a surge effect. 9 hours ago, DaveFason said: Really looking great. Is the frag tank lit by the hybrid or Duo? The house looks great too! Thanks Dave. It’s lit with the hybrid! 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 My wife and I went to aquashella this weekend, where we met @ReefWeeds! I also picked up some pods, some chaeto, phyto and the aquariclip. Here are some actinic photos from my tank! White light photos are taken under 3x C+ and 1x ABS with Nanobox Violets and RB to 100% Unknown Tenius My super weird Red Planet: Literally has oranges and golds.... Tiny frag from the colony above. My other variant of Red Planet @HarryPotter's Unknown Encrusting Acro Unknown Acro Rose Millepora ??? (not sure about ID) Another Unknown Millepora Pink Lemonade: Last but not least, half of my homewrecker frag. 4 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 are you selling them =P. how were the prices and corals at Aquachella? I kind of regret not going =( Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 7 hours ago, ninjamyst said: are you selling them =P. how were the prices and corals at Aquachella? I kind of regret not going =( Haha unfortunately not. I wasn't terribly impressed by the corals at Aquachella. The layout and organization of the festival were awesome though! 2 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Great pickups. Its amazing the corals that come out of daylight vs. violet/blue. Pink lemonade, LOVE. -Dave 1 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 12 hours ago, xiaoxiy said: Haha unfortunately not. I wasn't terribly impressed by the corals at Aquachella. The layout and organization of the festival were awesome though! yea, my tank hasn't recovered so I really shouldn't buy any more corals. I know if I went, I won't be able to control myself. But I also feel that the prices at these frag swaps are not any cheaper than prices at the LFS here. I know a LFS was selling orange rics for $20 at the show, but when I went to their store this weekend, they had orange rics for $15 at the store =P. 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 18 hours ago, ninjamyst said: yea, my tank hasn't recovered so I really shouldn't buy any more corals. I know if I went, I won't be able to control myself. But I also feel that the prices at these frag swaps are not any cheaper than prices at the LFS here. I know a LFS was selling orange rics for $20 at the show, but when I went to their store this weekend, they had orange rics for $15 at the store =P. 😂Everyone just seemed like they had the same frags. The overall layout of Aquashella and the atmosphere was fantastic though! On 8/20/2018 at 8:44 AM, DaveFason said: Great pickups. Its amazing the corals that come out of daylight vs. violet/blue. Pink lemonade, LOVE. -Dave My new favorite thing is to light the tank with a white spectrum during the day, and run blues in the evenings/mornings. I love the pink lemonade as well. Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Beautiful new SPS additions @xiaoxiy! The pink lemonade, red planets, and HP's unknown encrusting acros are my favs 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Been a while! Tank is still plugging away. Made some additions and removals to the tank. More prominently, I swapped out the MH for LED due to heat issues. My fish tank room is really small, and it felt like a sauna every time I would enter the room. I'm now running the ATI/NBR Hybrid over the display and an Orphek Atlantik over the frag tank. Enjoy. I also had a good friend of mine give me some hot acropora, including an Acrolandia frag. 4 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I love updates when they include FIYA !!! Those sps are looking ridiculous !!! I'm glad to see the tank still chugging along. Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Good to see you @xiaoxiy! Every time I see your frag tank sunken into the counter top it puts a smile on my face! Do you have an overhead shot of the whole frag tank you can share? Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 10/22/2018 at 3:47 PM, Christopher Marks said: Good to see you @xiaoxiy! Every time I see your frag tank sunken into the counter top it puts a smile on my face! Do you have an overhead shot of the whole frag tank you can share? Thanks Chris! Here's that top down shot of the frag tank. It's hard to take photos of due to the light reflecting back up, so I took the picture at a slight angle. 5 3 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I love your aquascape and your coral are amazing! Quote Link to comment
YHSublime Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Better call 9-1-1, this tank is filled with FIRE! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 11/3/2018 at 5:27 PM, vlangel said: I love your aquascape and your coral are amazing! On 11/3/2018 at 6:53 PM, YHSublime said: Better call 9-1-1, this tank is filled with FIRE! Thank you guys for the kind words! 2 Quote Link to comment
Gatorbait01 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 11/3/2018 at 3:59 PM, xiaoxiy said: Thanks Chris! Here's that top down shot of the frag tank. It's hard to take photos of due to the light reflecting back up, so I took the picture at a slight angle. How are you liking the orphek atlantik light? I'm considering using this light on a new setup of mine. Any pros/cons relative to the other lights you have used would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 9:48 AM, Gatorbait01 said: How are you liking the orphek atlantik light? I'm considering using this light on a new setup of mine. Any pros/cons relative to the other lights you have used would be greatly appreciated. Sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. I actually really like the Orphek Atlantik. It puts out a ton of PAR and really even lighting, but the only downside is there's noticeable discoing with moderate-heavy water surface agitation. I like it much better than the Radions I've used in the past. Here's a series of video updates of my tank. Everything continues to plug away and color up slowly! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, ninjamyst said: nice acros! Thanks Ninja. The SPS have hit a stride in my tank. Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Hope you're well @xiaoxiy, how are your two tanks doing these days? I always love seeing your SPS collection! Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 probably one of my favorite setups on the whole site. im gonna need an update 😄 Quote Link to comment
xiaoxiy Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Sorry about the delays guys! I ended up replacing all of my rock with a West Mariculture Bonsai Scape with most of my acroporas mounted on 2 inch-frag plugs. I made the change for ease of maintenance, and it'll be a lot easier to remove/frag/replace the colonies as they grow! 3 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Sweetest frag tank set-up I've ever seen. And of course the display and SPS are all top notch. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment
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