Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Aussie echinata! RCA had a gorgeous colony they are fragging right now! Who wants to make bets on how long this frag will live in captivity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Aussie echinata! RCA had a gorgeous colony they are fragging right now! Who wants to make bets on how long this frag will live in captivity? I got dibs on 8 months! I think Jake at RCA kept a good colony alive for 6 months in his growout system before it crashed. I say I can beat Jake by a couple of months. Honestly, I think I'll have less success than him. I think it has such a woeful record for survival is because it probably desires less light and slightly dirtier water than your average SPS tank has. It may do better in a LPS/softie tank than anything else but that's just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice video. I love how your frag rack is hiding in the back out of view. Copying. Do you find that your acropora win vs you sunset montipora. You're one of the brave reefers out there who are putting encrusting monti on the main rocks amongst the Acros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I got dibs on 8 months! I think Jake at RCA kept a good colony alive for 6 months in his growout system before it crashed. I say I can beat Jake by a couple of months. Honestly, I think I'll have less success than him. I think it has such a woeful record for survival is because it probably desires less light and slightly dirtier water than your average SPS tank has. It may do better in a LPS/softie tank than anything else but that's just a guess. I would like to see an echinata in the wild and see first hand what conditions they thrive under. Shallow vs. deep. Clear water vs being closer to shore with more nutrients or being near the reef rim where nutrient rich water from the ocean floor are being pushed up. Near the reef crest where there is a lot of water movement or in a lagoon or cove where there is gradual water movement from the tides. The thin branches of the echinata suggests they would be found in calmer areas where the branches have less of a chance of being broken by rough waters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice video. I love how your frag rack is hiding in the back out of view. Copying. Do you find that your acropora win vs you sunset montipora. You're one of the brave reefers out there who are putting encrusting monti on the main rocks amongst the Acros Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It's kind of a stalemate with the sunset monti... I burn you this week... you burn me back next week... just kind of a give and push with the DMZ in the middle. Yeah, I'm pretty happy about that frag rack hidden back there. At eye level, it gives depth to the right rock structure but if you look closer, you'll see a full frag rack of my choice new additions. That's like advanced ninja fragger skill level there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 I got dibs on 8 months! I think Jake at RCA kept a good colony alive for 6 months in his growout system before it crashed. I say I can beat Jake by a couple of months. Honestly, I think I'll have less success than him. I think it has such a woeful record for survival is because it probably desires less light and slightly dirtier water than your average SPS tank has. It may do better in a LPS/softie tank than anything else but that's just a guess. I would like to see an echinata in the wild and see first hand what conditions they thrive under. Shallow vs. deep. Clear water vs being closer to shore with more nutrients or being near the reef rim where nutrient rich water from the ocean floor are being pushed up. Near the reef crest where there is a lot of water movement or in a lagoon or cove where there is gradual water movement from the tides. The thin branches of the echinata suggests they would be found in calmer areas where the branches have less of a chance of being broken by rough waters. Agreed, let me know when you and your wife head out to Australia for some diving! Throw some corals in your pocket while you are at it! We made it to page 100! Party!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornToHula Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice video Ty, the tank is looking great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice video Ty, the tank is looking great! Thank you sir! I griped to the wife yesterday and said there doesn't look like anything I can work on with the tank lately... it looks nice. To her reply, she said, I guarantee you'll make up something you have to do... It's true! I was born with the inability for idle hands... they must always be doing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I got dibs on 8 months! I think Jake at RCA kept a good colony alive for 6 months in his growout system before it crashed. I say I can beat Jake by a couple of months. Honestly, I think I'll have less success than him. I think it has such a woeful record for survival is because it probably desires less light and slightly dirtier water than your average SPS tank has. It may do better in a LPS/softie tank than anything else but that's just a guess. I would like to see an echinata in the wild and see first hand what conditions they thrive under. Shallow vs. deep. Clear water vs being closer to shore with more nutrients or being near the reef rim where nutrient rich water from the ocean floor are being pushed up. Near the reef crest where there is a lot of water movement or in a lagoon or cove where there is gradual water movement from the tides. The thin branches of the echinata suggests they would be found in calmer areas where the branches have less of a chance of being broken by rough waters. Agreed, let me know when you and your wife head out to Australia for some diving! Throw some corals in your pocket while you are at it! The Australia/New Zealand/Bali trip isn't scheduled for another 2-3 years. Working on saving up all my travel per diems for a southern hemisphere around the world trip. Hopefully by then I'll figure out CITES permits and can bring back loads of goodies. If anything I'll at least be able to document the natural environmental of a lot of these corals. BTW, happy 100th page! This thread has officially reached the status of "RIDICULOUS" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice video Ty, the tank is looking great! Thank you sir! I griped to the wife yesterday and said there doesn't look like anything I can work on with the tank lately... it looks nice. To her reply, she said, I guarantee you'll make up something you have to do... It's true! I was born with the inability for idle hands... they must always be doing something. idle hands? I know someone who is trying to rebuild a tank that could use some of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 I hope this guy from the RCA after hours sale does something awesome! Come on color change! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 How do you keep your colonies so compact and uniform? My corals have random long skinny branches going in all directions. Do you have a coral hedging service I could sign up for? Good luck on the new one coloring up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 How do you keep your colonies so compact and uniform? My corals have random long skinny branches going in all directions. Do you have a coral hedging service I could sign up for? Good luck on the new one coloring up. I don't know if I'd consider them uniform compared to some other tanks I've seen but I would guess a large part has to do with water flow. Mine is pretty random and alternates so that you don't have that leaning effect.Thank you, I hope the mari colors up into something awesome! Hope your yellow mille stays yellow so I can get me some of that action! [emoji4] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 More shots of the tank. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ckyuv Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Man that ckyuv Heavenly Touch stag sure is lookin good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Ty you are getting some great growth there, and color is awesome too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JoseZ Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 You're such an inspiration ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Got a bunch of goof balls on here! Thanks for the comments fellas. Look what I found today hanging out in my sump. Life finds a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Let him stay down there he ain't hurting no one. When my Tampa bay saltwater rock arrives I'm gonna sump it and see how many pest crabs and mantis I can collect in one spot lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Let him stay down there he ain't hurting no one. When my Tampa bay saltwater rock arrives I'm gonna sump it and see how many pest crabs and mantis I can collect in one spot lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I was actually going to leave him but only found him because he had died.Good luck with that Tampa Bay stuff. Its full interesting life... most I'm fascinated by and the rest I'm deathly afraid of. [emoji41] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm counting on keeping as many things out of the display as possible due to the fact that I'm using it as purely refugium rock. Honestly of all the things that could show up, the Isopods scare me the most, but it'll Be in a very confined environment I can closely observe it in. If there's anything really scary like bearded fireworms, bobbit worms, or things like that, I'm not worried as they wont be hurting anything in a refugium. The Isopods have a chance of leaving the fuge and migrating toward the return pump, but I'll be watching closely and removing them as I see them. I'm half way hoping for a peacock mantis. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 My fuge has turned into a cyano/slime cesspool. Need to reintroduce some good stuff. Plus the additional biodiversity should help things overall. Seems to be doing well for Dan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryD Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Come one guys two more (not counting this one) posts until 2000. Edited October 11, 2015 by LarryD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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