Thrassian Atoll Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Just now, Ratvan said: Wow they are so close aren't they? Both seem to have green tips and a blue body. 🤷♂️ I am looking online to see if I can tell a difference. Some people claim there’s some obvious difference but they look the same to me. Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Thrassian Atoll said: Both seem to have green tips and a blue body. 🤷♂️ I am looking online to see if I can tell a difference. Some people claim there’s some obvious difference but they look the same to me. My initial thought was the lower image was forest fire, the orange doesn't look as bright as the top image. Although I've never compared the two in the flesh 🤷♂️ 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Thrassian Atoll said: Both seem to have green tips and a blue body. 🤷♂️ I am looking online to see if I can tell a difference. Some people claim there’s some obvious difference but they look the same to me. always thought that bubblegum has blue body vs green in FF - could be totally wrong. If that's not the case, they're the same 😂. polyp colors are not enough of a difference to justify it. 3 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Some folks recon' they're the same animal given different names, supposedly FF can be redder and bubblegum can have pinker polyps, supposedly the BG has more sky-blue flesh and the FF has more navy, dark, and brighter-green tips. I'm not sure there's a difference. 3 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 I would say both are in pretty much the same par in the tank as well. Top one on the right and bottom on the left. If I can remember tomorrow I will see if I can get the polyps to close up with my finger or something and snag a photo of each. See if the skin looks any different from that point of view. 3 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Could be the light spectrum. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Here they are with the polyps retracted. One is a little lighter In the body I would say. 3 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Cut this out at work. Figured I would see how it looks. Think it came out pretty good. 8 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Looks so fancy...makes me think I should clean up my cabnit area but I am limited on tools. I really like the board you have your apex on. 2 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tamberav said: Looks so fancy...makes me think I should clean up my cabnit area but I am limited on tools. I really like the board you have your apex on. Thanks! Pretty easy to make. It’s actually a door too with hinges so it’s easy to get to the wiring behind it. I didn’t know squat about working with wood but it came out pretty nice. Coral Kingdom of Thras is actually an Elder Scrolls reference. I showed my wife and she called me a nerd. I said, it’s a reef tank, I am already a nerd. 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Totally jealous of your stand. Looks great! Out of curiosity, are you running that algae reactor still? Or are you just using socks and your skimmer? Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 8:12 PM, Thrassian Atoll said: Coral Kingdom of Thras is actually an Elder Scrolls reference. I showed my wife and she called me a nerd. I said, it’s a reef tank, I am already a nerd. 😂 I've been trying to work out why your name sounds familiar since I joined. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Ratvan said: I've been trying to work out why your name sounds familiar since I joined. Here’s the Lore behind it. https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Thras 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Elizabeth94 said: Totally jealous of your stand. Looks great! Out of curiosity, are you running that algae reactor still? Or are you just using socks and your skimmer? Took the reactor off line after a week. The thing is junk. I gave a decent size review on it a couple pages back. My nitrates at the time were 20 plus but they lowered back down. I actually had to dose neonitro the other day to get nitrates between 5-10 again. Phosphates I dose daily to keep around .05ish. 2 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 I am still battling Dino’s like crazy though. This stuff won’t go away at all. I did read something the other day about raising temps to 83 that eliminated it for a couple of people. I might give that a try down the road. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Acans looking good tonight. I’ve never seen the one on the left get the light purple colors. 6 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Thanks for the info! I had an incident with my refugium light the other day. Skimmer randomly overflowed into the light and it poured all kinds of burnt electrical crud into the tank. So I'm looking for another option to avoid this again. My sump area seems too small for a light. But im just not bought on the chaeto reactors yet. Btw- tank pictures look great. Can’t really tell you have an algae issue. Your rock definitely looks clean! 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Elizabeth94 said: Thanks for the info! I had an incident with my refugium light the other day. Skimmer randomly overflowed into the light and it poured all kinds of burnt electrical crud into the tank. So I'm looking for another option to avoid this again. My sump area seems too small for a light. But im just not bought on the chaeto reactors yet. Btw- tank pictures look great. Can’t really tell you have an algae issue. Your rock definitely looks clean! No algae issues at all. Just Dino’s in the sand. look into the Tunze chaeto light though. Good light and water proof. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/ecochic-waterproof-refugium-led-light-8831-00-tunze.html 2 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Few quick tank photos. I keep forgetting to bust out my DSLR. 3 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 So right now I have every other week off of work until July so I decided to start a frag tank build. My buddy is bringing the tank down tomorrow and I have started buying pieces for it. I figured it will be running for some months before I put any corals in it. I am still trying to figure out if I want put rocks in the sump or marine pure ceramic balls/blocks. Opinions very so greatly it’s hard to make a decision. I really don’t want anything in the tank itself besides frag racks/corals. The tank is a 50 gallon Zoomed Low Boy Reef. I purchased an Exotic Marine Systems overflow for it. I have no clue when that will arrive. When it gets here I will have to drill the holes for it. I’ve never drilled my own tank holes, so hopefully that goes smooth. The sump has arrived which is a Trigger Systems Saphire 34. I also bought a 10 gallon Trigger Reservoir. I will be using my Vectra S2 pump that I have and my reef octopus 150 that’s sitting on a shelf. The biggest challenge is a stand. I was going to buy a table saw and build my own but I don’t anything about carpentry and table saws aren’t cheap at all. I don’t want to waste the money for one if I rarely use it. So I think I am going to see if somebody local can build me one. I don’t want doors or anything. This tank is going in my furnace room so looks aren’t that important. Once I have everything in place I will start ordering plumbing parts and everything else. Here’s the sump and reservoir. 4 Quote Link to comment
DreC80 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/18/2020 at 6:40 PM, Elizabeth94 said: Thanks for the info! I had an incident with my refugium light the other day. Skimmer randomly overflowed into the light and it poured all kinds of burnt electrical crud into the tank. So I'm looking for another option to avoid this again. My sump area seems too small for a light. But im just not bought on the chaeto reactors yet. Btw- tank pictures look great. Can’t really tell you have an algae issue. Your rock definitely looks clean! Check out the tunze ecochic refugium light. It's submersible...which also helps with light spill into other compartments. Mine works pretty well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 57 minutes ago, DreC80 said: Check out the tunze ecochic refugium light. It's submersible...which also helps with light spill into other compartments. Mine works pretty well. Yeah, that’s the one I recommended to her. I have 2. The lights are great but the Tunze chaeto reactor is garbage. 2 Quote Link to comment
DreC80 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thrassian Atoll said: Yeah, that’s the one I recommended to her. I have 2. The lights are great but the Tunze chaeto reactor is garbage. Cool, never tried the reactor. Just running some macro in the sump. I do like that it's submersible...a lot more options that way. 2 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, DreC80 said: Cool, never tried the reactor. Just running some macro in the sump. I do like that it's submersible...a lot more options that way. For sure. They give off a lot of light for their size too. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Tank is here and the stand is built. Just need to paint it. Going to paint the bottom and back glass on the tank too. Waiting for the overflow still. Ordered a bunch of other stuff too. Not sure what lights I am going to use yet but I got a while before I need to make that decision. 3 Quote Link to comment
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