Bmwaaron

Yea I also had a hard time with the color since my tank has 2 diffrent bulbs on it at the moment. I have a Reeflux 12k on the left side and a Phoenix 14k on the right side. I am going back to the Phoenix 14k after trying the Reeflux 10k's for a few months. The Phoenix is the Best bulb I have seen IMO. I get way better blues with the Phoenix

Got some new pictures today, Remember I'm a horrible photographer

Tested some stuff also

CA 400

Alk 10.1 dkh

Mg 1280

Well I have had the yellow sponge from the start but I noticed Im starting to get some pink sponge also. Was wondering what color of sponge everyone else has. I would love to get some blue sponge if anyone has some.

But remember that the Coralife time does day and night cycles by alternating the four sockets on the right.

Sounds great! It is fun to watch those guys swim around. Have you seen any baby mysis shrimp. Those are crazy because they look just like bigger shrimp and you didn't put them in the tank.

I dont think I have seen any Mysis but I do have a ton of Amphipods. I will contiue looking

Ok so I built my Refugium with a cryptic zone, I have only seen a few sponges take up the area but what I did notice tonight is it is a pod haven!!! I Have thousands of Copepods swimming around down there. I made a mistake of putting a few blue leg crabs in the fuge when I got it and I think they were eating the pods but now that the crabs are all dead in that area I can see so many pods. Hopefully the rest of the refugium will look like that soon.

I feed twice a day with no ill consequences. Anthony Calfo said the best SPS food is fish poop. Of course you have to skim well and do water changes often if feeding heavy.

But dont you make your own food? I am using 1 cube at feeding time and I alternate what type of food I feed.

Ran test today

Ammonia 0

Nitrate 0

Nitrite 0

P04 0

Mg 1380

Dlk 9.2

CA 410

PH 8.2

I am going to start feeding my Corals eveyother morning. I think I may have low nutrients causing the SPS to be more Neon in color then I would like. I have read and been told that they may need more food to darken a bit in color.

I have 8 fish and feed them one cube once a day. They go through it so fast that none of it is getting into the tank to other things like the coral. I will feed at AM before lights on.

I have a friend who is a vet. I will ask her.

Thanks PeeperKeeper:)

I kinda thought this was something everyone had done and it might be easy

I might want a few things. Depending on when the order is placed.

Next week is better for me.

I can wait until next week. I am trying to get some interceptor to start dipping new corals anyways.

Ok back to the second question then... Does anyone know of a Vet that will prescribe Interceptor for fish use?

Well I wanted to know how everyone is dipping there new corals. I have just been using the iodine dip but was wondering if I should be dipping new corals in interceptor also.. And if so does anyone know a local vet who will sell it for Marine use?

Hey all Im going to order some SPS from www.reefstuff.com If anyone sees something they like let me know we can split shipping...

Anyone know why this coral would fade? Mine on the new sections is almost a clearish red color. Im not sure if its just the nature of this coral or if my tank is doing it.

Do LPS in genral fade color in low Nutrient tanks?

Well all is going well still, I have a Black crab that is eating SPS if I ever get ahold of him...

I tested water tonight

Ph 8.2

Alk 7.9

PO4 0

Mg 1350

CA 410

Temp 79.8

I also got a new effluent valve for my CA reactor tonight, It should help keep things more stable since I wont have to constantly play with the amount of water coming out of the effluent chamber. I am also trying ZeoMag in my CA reactor, I had to bring my MG up from 1100 recently and don't want to have to do it again so hopefully this will help.

Hey all, Wondering if anyone has any experience with this fish? They look very cool and I wanted to get a new fish. I was thinking this or maybe 2-3 flasher wrasses. If anyone has some suggestions let me know.

Well I came home today and found my clown fish now have white lips from fighting all day, I was told they do this to establish dominance. I cant believe how rough they are.

Just thought since I was in the picture posting mood I would add this one, You can see the Superman Monti on the bottom left corner

Here are some comparisons of Corals from September to Now

This is my Hulk Acro then and now, I would say its easily tripled in size

This is a Red Milli, The picture does not do it justice

These 2 corals are next to each other

And a Full tank shot then and now

This is my first SPS, its a Green and Pink Milli from Brian

This was my second coral I received from Mike Hummel

This is a Incredible Hulk Acro that came from Rommel

The last 4 corals I got from MACNA in September 06

I got this one also from Rommel, Not sure what it is

Ok between Mid July and August 06 my tank looked like this.

I had added a couple Clowns, a Sixline Wrasse, allot of crabs and Snails.

a couple days after water was added.

This is where I add water to my Reef, July 9 2006

And now for some rock!!!

I got the rock from Brian of KFA. He helped me with some of the plumbing and allot of questions

My first coral came with the rock.. A little piece of Xenia

I made a Refugium out of a 50 gallon Acrylic tank. The bottom is supposed to be a Cryptic zone

This is just a picture of the Fuge as I was working on it

Another view of the fuge

This is the water supply system I set up. Its on a float switch that is feed by my RO/DI unit, I made the white stand out of egg crate to prevent the Auto top of system from taking to much water all at once, I can also manually switch the RO/DI supply line off so that it only has access to about 5 gallons of water and can not flood my house when I'm not home.

This is a picture of the refugium almost ready for water, Notice the chiller on the right

Hello all, I'm going to start this thread today... Here are some pictures of the beginning

This was the Tank June 3 2006

This is the Sump kinda empty at this time

Right side view of the Sump with Ehiem 1262 Return pump

Closet under the stairs were the Sump is located and the light ballast.