A.m.P Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 8 hours ago, mitten_reef said: you need more light, that or better nutrients management. But I’d try light first. Is that what greens them? You'd swear from reading reef2reef that keeping them in the room with the wrong books can do it; blue light, high p04, low p04, imbalance in nitrate, being beneath a uv diode, pest pressure, mis-id' coral, so many threads and no real answers haha... 3 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 9 hours ago, mitten_reef said: you need more light, that or better nutrients management. But I’d try light first. I am running my kessil at 90% already and the wd is right under the light... 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 1:13 AM, ninjamyst said: I am running my kessil at 90% already and the wd is right under the light... Right under the light still depends on how deep below the water, or how high your light is mounted, etc. How's the PE? and how are other acros, color-wise? you can kinda tell the overall tank conditions/parameters by PE and coloration. if the nutrients or alkalinity aren't quite right, one or both of those will be off. I don't test often enough to tell you what cause what or how...but I can tell you when they're (light, ca/alk/mg, nutrients) all aligned, acros look better. While I don't believe that shaggy/crazy pe means a whole lot regarding how "healthy" the acros are, I'd still want to see some polyps as indicators that the corals are feeding and not just relying on the zooxanthellae photosynthesis for their energy. But I do feel like there's some correlations with pe and growth rate, again, makes sense if they're fed from two sources vs one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 I can’t believe it’s been 4 months since I moved everything into the WB tank. look at that WHITE CLEAN rock. Now let’s take a look at 4 months later below. I now have growth and coloration in the acros, vs right at the beginning. well, the acros looked nice back then due to freshly transplanted. But many had died during these four months. Tank maturation is real, you need to give it time to get into its own groove. No rush. 8 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 Decided it’s time to add some more frags to this tank. They’re mostly basic/classic with a couple nice high end ones. Can you ID them? 6 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Sticks and sticks =P. 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 16 hours ago, ninjamyst said: Sticks and sticks =P. *Sticks and Rics 🤣 But really, I'm happy to add other type of corals. but when it comes to non-acros, I'm very specific. Like next torch is gold - true gold, none of odd names out with gold mixed (but i won't say no to a free one, if such thing exists). I'd also entertain a holygrail type. there are a few types of goniporas that I truly want, like literally 2 or 3. zoas, well, they're zoas...I love them. then I purged them, then I find diff varieties to love....right now, i'm down to two - utter chaos and rastas, that's it. I'd love a few more NPS and/or gorg. To sum it up, I'd add anything if I like it enough. BUT acros are the only things getting the branch rock real estate going forward. 6 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Same...I will.be very very selective in my corals going forward. Besides acros, no encrusting corals on main rocks. Everything needs to be movable. Anything encrusting, even zoas, have to be on its own island. And nothing green. Hahaha. 4 Quote Link to comment
Coolbreeze Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 7:51 PM, mitten_reef said: I can’t believe it’s been 4 months since I moved everything into the WB tank. look at that WHITE CLEAN rock. Now let’s take a look at 4 months later below. I now have growth and coloration in the acros, vs right at the beginning. well, the acros looked nice back then due to freshly transplanted. But many had died during these four months. Tank maturation is real, you need to give it time to get into its own groove. No rush. I was watching a video from Waterbox and WWC on starting a SPS tank and it was a real eye opener for me. No SPS in a new tank for the first 3 months and no Acros for the first 6 months. Then tank parameters like ALK @ 8 to 9, Nitrate below 20 and Phosphate @ 0.4 to 0.5 🤔. Now I understand why I lost all my SPS 🙁. I am way behind you now on my WB 110, but I now have the proper rock scape so I can do a full SPS ,lighting completed and finalizing a few other details so maybe I can add water by the end of September . 1 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Coolbreeze said: I was watching a video from Waterbox and WWC on starting a SPS tank and it was a real eye opener for me. No SPS in a new tank for the first 3 months and no Acros for the first 6 months. Then tank parameters like ALK @ 8 to 9, Nitrate below 20 and Phosphate @ 0.4 to 0.5 🤔. Now I understand why I lost all my SPS 🙁. I am way behind you now on my WB 110, but I now have the proper rock scape so I can do a full SPS ,lighting completed and finalizing a few other details so maybe I can add water by the end of September . I'm fairly certain folks like Jake Adams get away with hit-the-ground running SPS systems by routinely sacrificing new growth and pledging their firstborn to the reef gods. On 8/4/2021 at 7:02 PM, ninjamyst said: And nothing green. Hahaha. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 On 8/4/2021 at 7:02 PM, ninjamyst said: Same...I will.be very very selective in my corals going forward. Besides acros, no encrusting corals on main rocks. Everything needs to be movable. Anything encrusting, even zoas, have to be on its own island. And nothing green. Hahaha. You’ll miss green, I did. Now I have three green acros again, 😅 On 8/6/2021 at 9:45 AM, Coolbreeze said: I was watching a video from Waterbox and WWC on starting a SPS tank and it was a real eye opener for me. No SPS in a new tank for the first 3 months and no Acros for the first 6 months. Then tank parameters like ALK @ 8 to 9, Nitrate below 20 and Phosphate @ 0.4 to 0.5 🤔. Now I understand why I lost all my SPS 🙁. I am way behind you now on my WB 110, but I now have the proper rock scape so I can do a full SPS ,lighting completed and finalizing a few other details so maybe I can add water by the end of September . Yeah, we, as the hobbyists, always try to shortcut something, but unless you’re working with mature (and clean) live rocks, it’s pretty hard not to hit some bumps in the road. Glad things are still moving along for you. Don’t forget to update your thread, bet @ninjamyst will find your build interesting. He likes the big tanks stuff On 8/6/2021 at 10:22 AM, A.m.P said: I'm fairly certain folks like Jake Adams get away with hit-the-ground running SPS systems by routinely sacrificing new growth and pledging their firstborn to the reef gods. Yeah, sacrifice seems right. Just like @Cannedfish and his voodoo magic in 10 gallons. 2 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 1 hour ago, mitten_reef said: You’ll miss green, I did. Now I have three green acros again, 😅 Yeah, we, as the hobbyists, always try to shortcut something, but unless you’re working with mature (and clean) live rocks, it’s pretty hard not to hit some bumps in the road. Glad things are still moving along for you. Don’t forget to update your thread, bet @ninjamyst will find your build interesting. He likes the big tanks stuff Yeah, sacrifice seems right. Just like @Cannedfish and his voodoo magic in 10 gallons. I will have plenty of green with hammers and frogspawns and my green Walt Disney and orange passion. Hahah 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 10:13 PM, ninjamyst said: my green Walt Disney and orange passion stability and strong lighting will solve your green acros problem, that's the only way I can get my acros to color up 2 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 12 hours ago, mitten_reef said: stability and strong lighting will solve your green acros problem, that's the only way I can get my acros to color up I have 4 radion xr30 for my next build. It's gonna be LIT! 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 24 minutes ago, ninjamyst said: I have 4 radion xr30 for my next build. It's gonna be LIT! Nice 👍. I really look forward to seeing the setup coming together. When r u starting a journal for it? on another note, giving myself a “color-up” challenge. I want to see what the two look like at the end of September, hopefully some improvements The little one is TSA bill murray The big one is the exact same piece as below, it grew a little bit since I had it, but the color tanked majorly due to the new tank startup 6 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: Nice 👍. I really look forward to seeing the setup coming together. When r u starting a journal for it? on another note, giving myself a “color-up” challenge. I want to see what the two look like at the end of September, hopefully some improvements The little one is TSA bill murray The big one is the exact same piece as below, it grew a little bit since I had it, but the color tanked majorly due to the new tank startup Wow, can't wait for those to color up. TSA Bill Murray is on my list too. My tank doesn't get here till end of November. Perfect for black Friday shopping. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 New friend 3 2 Quote Link to comment
FISHnChix Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: New friend You dip into your 401k again 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, FISHnChix said: You dip into your 401k again 🤔 Aren’t you investing in the reef tank for your retirement? 😅🤣🤣🤣 3 Quote Link to comment
ECLS Reefer Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 10:09 PM, mitten_reef said: Just a random record of the acros topdown tonight. While I won’t say I’m out of the woods yet, the acros are starting to color back up. yes, most of these were either plain green or brown. Even the ones on the rack came from @Thrassian Atoll full of colors, then proceeded to go dull in my tank Bonus content scoly topdown and sideshot Wow that was a fabulous save, look at that thing 😍 6 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 9 hours ago, ECLS Reefer said: Wow that was a fabulous save, look at that thing 😍 Thanks! Yup, scoly’s may be my fav “meaty” lps rn. I was so tempted to get more scoly yesterday while at the LFS picking up the Aussie torch. He had 6-7 scoly’s available with varying colors/patterns. But these three I have now def have better stories behind them. 4 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Lost the gold torch…..again, within a week of purchase. it’s my biggest cursed coral!!! found out later that the tank’s alk had drifted in to 5.5-5.6 dKh 🤦🏻♂️ I’ve been manually dosing, nightly, but I guess The tank hit some growth spurts from coralline, along with a few corals. fall is here, hope to have more time to pay attention to the tank soon So my color up challenge also hit a road bump due to the alk incident. But the aquaticman table is actually showing growth and some PE for the first time in this tank! 4 3 Quote Link to comment
ECLS Reefer Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: Lost the gold torch…..again, within a week of purchase. it’s my biggest cursed coral!!! found out later that the tank’s alk had drifted in to 5.5-5.6 dKh 🤦🏻♂️ I’ve been manually dosing, nightly, but I guess The tank hit some growth spurts from coralline, along with a few corals. fall is here, hope to have more time to pay attention to the tank soon So my color up challenge also hit a road bump due to the alk incident. But the aquaticman table is actually showing growth and some PE for the first time in this tank! I feel ya. I’m having a super bad issue now with the cyano in the big tank and my euphyllia slowly dying off. Being at work so much is not keeping my tanks happy 😢 3 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 my DOS just died so I am manually dosing now too =(. I also lost 4-5 heads of gold torch. We suffer together..... 1 4 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Sorry to read about the torch. Now that you found the problem was probably the alk swing at least you can correct that. 2 Quote Link to comment
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