InAtTheDeepEnd Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 do you use a coral lens for your pics? they're awesome 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, InAtTheDeepEnd said: do you use a coral lens for your pics? they're awesome I do have one. But that pic was just with my phone, it's on blue ramp down so the zoas are popping without a lens 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hornets fully open, started with 3 polyps 12 months ago.. these guys are slow growing. One of the £5er rocks I got yesterday.. not what I would call popping but nice mature rock with some mushrooms! Not bad really... The snails are hitting it hard clearing off a bit of algae... 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 GSP growing well. Need to cut back a lot on other rocks though. Going to do a serious but of rescaping today, as I have a few kg of new rock I was going to use in 9to5 as well as to remove a few chunks of GSP before it gets out of control. 4 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 nice sponge on that frag too 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Ratvan said: nice sponge on that frag too Yeah I have them all over the place, lots of shaded spots I want to design out on the new Scape. The sump though! That looks like a bathroom store there are so many sponges 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 14 hours ago, Murphych said: Hornets fully open, started with 3 polyps 12 months ago.. these guys are slow growing. One of the £5er rocks I got yesterday.. not what I would call popping but nice mature rock with some mushrooms! Not bad really... The snails are hitting it hard clearing off a bit of algae... I agree on the slow growing part. My purple ones popped out around 5 more polyps in almost a year. Took them forever. Your blue ones are really pretty. Hopefully my blue ones will grow out in the upcoming months. 3 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Ratvan said: nice sponge on that frag too Gahhh no those sponges are the devil! 😈😆 No seriously, do you guts like those sponges?! I have sponge that looks like that spreading in a couple spots I don’t want it. That sponge and ball anemones are not my friends. 19 hours ago, Murphych said: Hornets fully open, started with 3 polyps 12 months ago.. these guys are slow growing. One of the £5er rocks I got yesterday.. not what I would call popping but nice mature rock with some mushrooms! Not bad really... The snails are hitting it hard clearing off a bit of algae... Blue hornets are my favorite zoa, yours look great! 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 Saturday night on the strip Even the sand sifter is out and about tonight, first time I seen him for a couple days.. he seems to like climbing the rear panel clearing the various worms from the glass as he glides over it. 3 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Torch is starting to get too big. It reaches just over half way up into the tank and is less than a 1cm from brushing the hammer.. no where else to put it. Believe it or not, this is a not a high flow area of the tank.... 3 2 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Murphych said: Torch is starting to get too big. It reaches just over half way up into the tank and is less than a 1cm from brushing the hammer.. no where else to put it. Believe it or not, this is a not a high flow area of the tank.... Looks great! That’s the problem I run into with torches too, though, they get happy and outgrow their spot. I’m considering removing the candy cane next to mine in my Evo 5 for fear that the torch will stop being polite and take the candy cane out. 3 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Strong nutrients, dosing Phosphate stopped last week 👍🏼 CURRENT PARAMETERS Temp (Inkbird): 24.8 °CNO3 (Salifert): 10.0 ppmPO4 (Hanna): 0.27 ppmSG (TMC): 1.026 SGAlk (Salifert): 9.9 dKHCa (Salifert): 475 ppmMag (Salifert): 1430ppm 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Side on, the rock work is getting a bit higher... Looks like some Egyptian pyramid ,😂 Full frontal 2 Quote Link to comment
Xj reefing Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I really like how your rocks are all at the back leaving heaps of sand Bed space. I tried doing this with my tank and it worked but I think I needed a bit more width. 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Xj reefing said: I really like how your rocks are all at the back leaving heaps of sand Bed space. I tried doing this with my tank and it worked but I think I needed a bit more width. Thanks, always fight between rock wall and modern islands.. so decided to fake it and do both 😂 from the side it's a rock wall and front is an island 👍🏼 The sand is ontop of some flat rock in places so its got some nice rising areas. 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 Top down 3 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 New boys just in... Blue boo berries Pearl Jam 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 Really considering either a 3rd prime 16hd or a hydra 32hd for the centre of the tank. Really I should have done 2 hydra 32s to begin with.. but we are where we are. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Kimosobey Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 52 minutes ago, Murphych said: Really considering either a 3rd prime 16hd or a hydra 32hd for the centre of the tank. Really I should have done 2 hydra 32s to begin with.. but we are where we are. Beautiful tank mate! Yeah I’m on the fence of doing a t5 hybrid with the 16hd or doing a second 16hd🙄. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 CRITTERS Oi crabby! What you doing up there? I can barely see you from down here How do you think I feel??? Colour bomb! Firecracker and rastas Space invaders and mushrooms Mike the mussel and Spiderman zoas Acan 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Bringing the tank temp up to just above 25°c now the outdoor temperature is getting cooler. Currently the controller is set to 25 with a tolerance of 0.3, but now it's cooler the temp seems to be under 25 most of the time. So it's up to 25.5 now which keeps it in the 25 area. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 Green Chromis 7 months in 7 months in with the chromis and all in good health with no real aggression to date. Some face offs from time to time but once the pecking order got established, it's been fine. I attribute this order to the fact that there are larger wrasse and a tang in the tank, which are all often keeping the chromis in check. Let's see what the next 7 months brings... 3 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 CURRENT PARAMETERS Temp (Inkbird): 25.2 °C NO3 (Salifert): 10.0 ppm PO4 (Hanna): 0.09 ppm pH (API): 8.4 SG (TMC): 1.026 Alk (Salifert): 9.6 dKH Ca (Salifert): 445 ppm Mg (Salifert): 1410 ppm 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 New just in, I love the gold / bronze hammer. 3 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 Sump work this week. New branded hangers and towels to keep the place tidy CURRENT PARAMETERS Temp (Inkbird): 25.5 °C NO3 (Salifert): 5.0 ppm PO4 (Hanna): 0.05 ppm SG (TMC): 1.026 pH (API): 8.0 KH (Salifert): 9.6 dKH Ca (Salifert): 445 ppm Mg (Salifert): 1410 ppm Looking tidy up top as well.. still in deep thought about the lighting.. tempted to get a 3rd AI Prime ReefSpace Nov 2021 4 Quote Link to comment
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