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Logan13103's 28 gal bow reef
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Thanks guys!
I'm using:
2X ATI Blue plus's
2X ATI 12000k Aquablue Specials
1X 6000k Giesemann Midday
Got the combo off reefcentral, everyone with T5's was going with about these temperatures at this ratio. And I heard far too many good things about ATI to not get them.
One of my disc corals appears to be bleaching, so I have the lights going on and off every few hours. :-\
I'm using:
2X ATI Blue plus's
2X ATI 12000k Aquablue Specials
1X 6000k Giesemann Midday
Got the combo off reefcentral, everyone with T5's was going with about these temperatures at this ratio. And I heard far too many good things about ATI to not get them.
One of my disc corals appears to be bleaching, so I have the lights going on and off every few hours. :-\
You're better off shortening the cycle, going 1/2 bulbs longer and all bulbs shorter or putting some mesh screen on the tank. Your corals/fish won't like the on/off thing too much. Occasional "cloud cover" isn't a bad thing, but you aren't going to want to thrust them into night time too often during the day. It will get their wake/feed/sleep cycles thrown off.
You're right. What about leaving the actinics on the current 12 hour setting and reducing the daylight to 5 hours and increasing it an hour a week?
Ok, so with the reduced photoperiod the color already seems to be returning to the pink plate. Thanks for your help guys! Keeping my fingers crossed.
OK, so I went to the BIG frag swap, and only found another 11 frags to add to my tank. There was so much awesome livestock... I gotta get me a 210! Here are pics of a few of them...
Pocillopora
Pokerstar Monti
Blastomussa ?Merletti?
Big ole mixed zoa rock
Palys
Green Yuma and Red shroom
Acans
Blue shroom
Any help with names is appreciated. I will post some pictures of the others when polyps open.
Special thanks to Boston Aqua Farms and Pacific East Aquaculture for taking the bulk of my money... :
Pocillopora
Pokerstar Monti
Blastomussa ?Merletti?
Big ole mixed zoa rock
Palys
Green Yuma and Red shroom
Acans
Blue shroom
Any help with names is appreciated. I will post some pictures of the others when polyps open.
Special thanks to Boston Aqua Farms and Pacific East Aquaculture for taking the bulk of my money... :
deepblue68
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nice tank. cant wait to see when it grows out a bit.
Thanks for the comments guys. Figured I'd post a few updates.
New FTS
Yes that is a tang, yes I know it's a 28 gal. I'm hoping he can help out with the caulerpa maintenance. I plan on getting a 220 eventaully but if that is not soon enough I'll be sure to find him a new, bigger, home. If he doesn't help I have been thinking about trying a LNS, such as open seas or adding prodibio to starve the caulerpa. And thanks to Will at AO for getting me a "tiny" tang.
I finally got a pink stylo
Duncans are looking great, I see a few new heads growing
Acans
Pocillopora
Some new growth on my Acro. Makes me warm and fuzzy inside
My pokerstar monti looks to be encrusting the top of the frag plug
The clam is even hangin in there
Blastos
New FTS
Yes that is a tang, yes I know it's a 28 gal. I'm hoping he can help out with the caulerpa maintenance. I plan on getting a 220 eventaully but if that is not soon enough I'll be sure to find him a new, bigger, home. If he doesn't help I have been thinking about trying a LNS, such as open seas or adding prodibio to starve the caulerpa. And thanks to Will at AO for getting me a "tiny" tang.
I finally got a pink stylo
Duncans are looking great, I see a few new heads growing
Acans
Pocillopora
Some new growth on my Acro. Makes me warm and fuzzy inside
My pokerstar monti looks to be encrusting the top of the frag plug
The clam is even hangin in there
Blastos
Great stuff!!
Grape (?) Caulerpa sux huh??
I have been fighting it since the start up of my 'Cube.
Tank still looks fantastic though!!
Grape (?) Caulerpa sux huh??
I have been fighting it since the start up of my 'Cube.
Tank still looks fantastic though!!
OMG it sux! For a while I seemed to have it under control, with the monthly pruning. But I think it's the beefed up lights. I am seriously contemplating a low nutrient system to starve it if the tang get help. I think the main problem is it crowding out coral. I should probably cut back on feedings to, but my nitrates and phos are undetectable.
Keep us posted.
I don't know if you saw my tank thread, but a couple weeks ago I rescaped. In the process I removed every trace of the evil Grape that I saw. I was sure there was no way I got every bit, but I tried anyway. Sadly, it is already showing itself in several spots :'(....
I suppose there are MANY worse things we could have to deal with in our tanks though. :-\
I don't know if you saw my tank thread, but a couple weeks ago I rescaped. In the process I removed every trace of the evil Grape that I saw. I was sure there was no way I got every bit, but I tried anyway. Sadly, it is already showing itself in several spots :'(....
I suppose there are MANY worse things we could have to deal with in our tanks though. :-\
Just an update, added a few more rics and encrusting monti's. Lost a clown for an unknown reason, but the other inhabitants are all healthy. Tang seems to be ignoring the caulerpa, so he's gonna be going into the new 90 gal Will from AqOb hooked me up with.
I've never seen this thread before. I have to visit the Nano forums more often. Good luck with the 90.