The VZ Reef

[frankandmaura]

WOW...awesome thread...this is like the mother of all threads!

Tank looks awesome too. Thanks for all the time and detail.

[jennmac415]

Looks awesome, Chris!! refresh my memory again on your bulbs...

[crvz]

Thanks, for the nice words everybody! I got the index idea from Greg's old build thread, and I gots to say, it was good thinking.

Originally Posted by YLChik

Love the orangizatioin there big guy!
How abotu adding your frag growth threads to the list

Big guy? What's all this exercise been for? Instead of adding those growth threads, I think I'd rather just take new pictures.

Originally Posted by DevilBoy

How do you like your ATI Blue Plus bulbs? I have 2 54w blue plus with my XM 10k halides

I like the bulbs well enough. Or, rather, I've no reason not to like them. I'm not picky about it, though. I know a lot of folks who fiddle with their bulb config rather often, the only bulb I didnt like was the GE 3000 K.

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

I like how this frag is starting to look a LOT.

Thanks, Bill. The polyps are not quite as green as that picture indicated, mostly because I block a lot of the lights when I take top down shots so it's exposed with mostly actinics, but it's doing quite well. You can barely make out a couple of red polyps towards the top, but I've seen more growth on the little piece of LE that I've got. I'll try to snap a shot of that one next time I've got the camera out.

[crvz]

Originally Posted by jennmac415

Looks awesome, Chris!! refresh my memory again on your bulbs...

I think it's something like this.

UVL Super Actinic
ATI Blue Plus
ATI AquaBlue
UVL Super Actinic
UVL AquaSun
ATI AquaBlue
---failed bulb---
ATI Blue Plus

[aquawolf]

This thread was a great idea and an awseome way to document all of the steps you went through. Those pictures are great as well. Thanks for sharing!

[LadyReefNeck]

Wow! Awesome job putting together your information!

Great pictures as always and I love your rockwork!!

[jennmac415]

Chris, thanks... I have 14 bulbs... so 2 sides of 7 bulbs each...

how do you like the Aquasun bulb... what kind of look do you think it adds to the tank... also, running 2 Super actinics... what does this add also? here is my config.

front
ATI Blue plus
UVL Super actinic
ATI Aquablue Special
Ati blue plus
Hagen Powerglow ( needed another bulb, didn't want to wait to order one)
Ati blue plus
Ati Blue plus

I am liking this combo "OKAY" but have wondered about the aquasun and have toyed with the idea of running another super actinic...

I took some new updated pics the other night, but have not taken the time to upload them yet... I will and then you can tell me what you think.

[crvz]

I like the aquasun, I think the one bulb is a good addition. It makes the tank a little less blue when the "daylights" are on. Let me know when those pics are up, but I noticed they arent quite as true as in real life, so it's hard to give good critique. I'll surely take a look!

[crvz]

Hmm, well today I added a little kalkwasser to the tank, but foolishly it went in a little too quickly. I had some nice snow flakes, but fortunately it was mostly confined to the sump. I tested the calc and alk, and they were where I've been keeping them (420ppm and 7dkh), so it wasnt a big deal, but I'll be keeping my eyes on it over the next couple days. I also want to raise the dkh a point or two.

[crvz]

I like growth shots. This month's feature will be milliporas.

Rose


Yellow


Green Hairy


Pink

[crvz]

Purple/Blue


Brown


And this is my Whiskey milli, but I don't have a good pic from earlier. So this is the new baseline.

[aquawolf]

Very nice frag collection!

[ScruffyRubicon]

Great! Very well organized thread! Keep us posted!

[chrischris]

that looks great
the pillars are awsome

[jrpdriver]

Great shots and great growth! I have a frag of the prurple/blue mili, it has great color but I have had it for 4 months and it has just barely finished encrusting the plug it's mounted on