[MeuserReef]

Matt, the rocks you are getting are sweet looking. If that little acro frag hangs on, your tank is ready for any kind or coral. They are pretty sensitive to Alkalinity swings, so definitely watch that. Calcium too. In all likeliness, your water changes will replenish them until your Ca and Alk demands really get going. Dont forget that coralline algae consumes Alk and Ca too.

The snail with the aiptasia really made me laugh.... reminds me of the one Chris had with the zoathid polyp riding along...

I had one with hair algae streaming along once. Kinda looked like one of those Treasure Trolls

 

[AnotherMeuser]

what would you say, move it about half way down and slowly move it up?

 

[chrisd]

what would you say, move it about half way down and slowly move it up?

that would be fine, i added a couple of acros that were kept under mh and within a couple days started to bleach under my t5ho, i placed them about 6 inches from the bottom and cut back my lights to 5 hours a day and once a week i moved them a little closer to the light and increased my light by an hour a week now they are about half way and looking good.

 

[AnotherMeuser]

ok now that polyps are open and kicking butt its pic time again!
the ones that i didnt take a pic of last time

some more

the colony on the right is growing on a muscle or clam of some sort

closeup of tthe same

the little shroom that came on my rock and endured the cycle

and the unknown tri-color acro with good PE!

 

[aquawolf]

Things are starting to come together quite nicely for you.

 

[chrisd]

matt for sure that acro is a nice piece i hope it makes it but i would be a little worried about all the white at the base but just wait and see.

 

[AnotherMeuser]

Things are starting to come together quite nicely for you.

thank you, considering i'v been unemployed up intill recently(working @ us foods now) and have been building this thing on a measly 295 a week from unemployment, i think its coming along quite well also...

 

[AnotherMeuser]

matt for sure that acro is a nice piece i hope it makes it but i would be a little worried about all the white at the base but just wait and see.

at the LFS that part was stuck down in the sand, mind you it came out of their random frag tank..(im betting it was something that broke off when the large colony they have was shipped) for $5.75 for each the frag i got im not complaining also it helps being buddies with the guy at the LFS, and they are on a comission basis so he hooks me up because i only buy from him when i go...

 

[chrisd]

it always pays to befriend the lfs guy :funny: i do the same thing i have one guy i deal with and only go when he is there and i have spent hours in there just talking.

 

[Loverotties]

Sounds normal!

 

[AnotherMeuser]

phosban reactor showed up today, havent been home yet to play with it but it's chilling on my front porch! now should i go for the gusto and completly fill it up(its a 2 lil fishes 150) or should i kinda ease into it...should i pre rinse the media before i add it to the reactor also?

 

[Fat Tony]

ease into it, if you go for the gusto, you could lose those nice little pieces you picked up over the last week or so. 1 tbs / 10 gallons of GFO to start with.

 

[AnotherMeuser]

i filled it with about 3/4 of the tub i got...too late to change it now, time to go to work, i will reduce the amount when i get home tonight

 

[AnotherMeuser]

after adding the GFO reactor(running @ half flow, slowly increasing it) and doing a 15% water change, things are looking on the up! got me another GFO reactor on the way to run activated carbon in(phosphate free kind of course), and that little acropora frag is begenning to regrow tissue on the bleached portion....im happy so far! will post pics in the next few days, tanks kinda cloudy from maintenance at the moment..

 

[AnotherMeuser]

well not to much has been happening, work and sleep are eating alot of my time..i did get the other GFO reactor up and running with carbon in it yesterday and got me a ro/di unit ordered...things are chuggin right along

 

[Reeftanker3295]

How about some more pictures? :thumbup:

 

[Loverotties]

Oh I hear the squirrel coming!

 

[Fat Tony]

Have you got any of that oak faced yet on the planer

I have been swamped here in the last couple weeks, I am planning on making the trip up there within a couple weeks (I know I said that a couple weeks ago...LOL). I seriously am now though as I also want to see another friend of mine in the Rock Hill area while I am there....

 

[AnotherMeuser]

i'll get on that tomorrow or next weekend...and as far as pics and that squirrl goes..
FTS

reactors and ther current, all tho temporary setup

progress photos on that acro, before and after
before when i forst got em

now (notice the flesh is regrowing)

and the mushroom....again....

 

[AnotherMeuser]

note the lovely diatoms on the sand LOL and bubble algae has taken root on some of the rocks, hince the phosban reactor...