Murphs_Reef Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Mate I don't know what your banging on about.. that...my old mucker is a mint looking tank!! Some bountiful animals in there arranged very well indeed. 👍🏼👍🏼👌 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Murphych said: Mate I don't know what your banging on about.. that...my old mucker is a mint looking tank!! Some bountiful animals in there arranged very well indeed. 👍🏼👍🏼👌 Haha... up close you can see the coral aren’t truly happy. Thank you for the kind words though 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Python and blades arrived. Tank is gonna get a good Scrape today. Going to attempt to clean the back wall! 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 What a difference some scraping makes..... 10 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 Completed a 55g water change today and I’m quite happy with myself haha. Thought I would share. 7 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Tested nitrates today and they seem to be slightly lower. Still absolutely no polyp extension from my sps. Hopefully things continue to improve. After some thought I also decided to scrape the back wall a little bit to get some contrast and depth back. The corals and rock were just blending into the purple wall. Here’s a cool comparison shot between a whiter look which my tank looks like during the day, and an all blue shot which the tank looks like as it ramps down. 9 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 When you had mentioned that you're going to scrape the back wall, I wondered why-all that good coraline. But now I see-your corals really do pop a bit better against the black. Nice job. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 8:25 AM, Pjanssen said: When you had mentioned that you're going to scrape the back wall, I wondered why-all that good coraline. But now I see-your corals really do pop a bit better against the black. Nice job. Thanks penny 🙂 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 Bubble algae in the refugium/frag tank has gotten out of control. I added five emerald crabs yesterday to help battle it, let’s see if they like it…. 2 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Emerald crabs have always worked for me. I was even lucky enough one that I no longer have would even eat hair algae on occasion. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, debbeach13 said: Emerald crabs have always worked for me. I was even lucky enough one that I no longer have would even eat hair algae on occasion. Oh that’s awesome!! I hope mine follow suit. 2 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Here’s an all blue light , orange filter shot. Tank is 1.5 years old now… I think? Maybe a month shy. 6 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Looks awesome! Glad you're hanging in there despite some of your frustrations. Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Pjanssen said: Looks awesome! Glad you're hanging in there despite some of your frustrations. Thanks 🙂 I’m so busy with work I wouldn’t even have time to tear it down anyway, so maybe that’s a blessing lol 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I can't believe this tank is only 1.5 years old, wow!!! Awesome job!!!! Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 hours ago, gena said: I can't believe this tank is only 1.5 years old, wow!!! Awesome job!!!! Thank you so much Gena 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Starting to finally see some polyp extension after lights out… I know that’s when polyps are usually out but there has been zero PE for a long time so this is encouraging. Maybe its time for some testing! 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Took some top down shots after dark and just realized how many freaking asterina stars I’ve got in my tank… too many! 3 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Sharbuckle said: Took some top down shots after dark and just realized how many freaking asterina stars I’ve got in my tank… too many! Beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 13 hours ago, Snow_Phoenix said: Beautiful. ❤️ Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 I’m so happy I found this hobby. Here is a shout out to all the reef tanks out there. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 Just spending some time tonight sitting in front of the reef and staring at it. Been a while since I’ve been able to do so. It’s nice, I need a new chair though! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 Well this tank sure has filled in hasnt it? 4 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Yes and it looks great 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 I’ve broken my no coral on the sandbed rule… but it’s only because I ordered a custom frag tank 3 months ago and it’s still not here. 3 months with zero communication from this company….. I’m beginning to think my tank won’t ever show up 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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