265 gallon setup

[Delphinus]

Dude it looks awesome. Don't worry about the SPS colours they'll come back.. I wish I could keep brown SPS... It's a great looking tank. Onwards and upwards. :)

[edgv]

Colin,
Glad to see you have won your battle. I have had same problem for the last few months and think I am finally on the winning side as well.

Ed

[niloc16]

i got a new camera on boxing day and have taken hundreds of pics trying to figure out how to use it. starting to get there. after a couple weeks still no sign of dino's. thank god. corals are really recovering their color (still a ways to go) and they are going through a wicked growth spurt which is awesome. just thought i'd toss out a few pics to ya.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/DSC00234.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/DSC00245.jpg


do you think i starve my naso? :biggrin:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/DSC00246.jpg

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[niloc16]

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[niloc16]

i dont have a clue what happened to last pics but anyway. i got a phosban reactor and rowaphos and it has been running for about 2 weeks and already po4 is undetectable. i'm stoked about that because the tank has been running i have always had 0.05 po4. i took a huge amount of top down pics today so sit back and relax :biggrin:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00563.jpg

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[niloc16]

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[niloc16]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00542.jpg


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[niloc16]

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[Delphinus]

Sorry - apparently I'm obsessed about measuring NO3 and PO4 - because I ask this of just about everyone - but I'm curious, what are you using to measure PO4?

Pictures show an incredible improvement in colour. Very awesome! (PS. I told you so :p )

[christyf5]

Colors are looking great Colin. I especially love this one:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00536.jpg

[niloc16]

delphinus - i know you did tell me so, its ok to say that as long as its not coming from the wife!!!!!:lol:

christy - it is definitely one of my favorites as well. the pic is really accurate finally on this piece. i could never get the color right with the other camera but the new one rocks although the piece is a touch more baby blue, maybe if i had increased exposure it may have come out better

[michika]

Everything looks like its boucing back amazingly well. I love the colors in the top down shots. Do you use a photobox?

[Chowder]

Tanks looking really nice Colin. Colours seem to be looking great.

[niloc16]

catherine - no i dont, i wish i had one. i just turn all pumps off and the wavebox and let it settle for a few minutes

[Phanman]

i want frags!!! haha. Looks fantastic!

[niloc16]

here is a couple of new additions over the past week or so. i love this mimic tang just gothim today. i got 3 red bar anthias and also a male and female blue throat but they are extremely camera shy. just me i have tried to get pics of them

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/DSC00587.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/DSC00588.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/DSC00589.jpg

[saltaddict]

Is the tang in the last picture a Juvenile Vlamingi ?

[Jason McK]

It's too bad your tank looks so crapy after the Lights out period.



HOLLY COW your Tank Looks amazing. Um I know this is a horrible question to ask, but do you sell frags or do you just take them to HR

J

[Snappy]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00525.jpg


Extremely cool monti!!!
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/bow.gif

And as for there rest.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/admin3d.gif

[niloc16]

thanks guys. it was sold as a juvi unicorn but i think it might be a vlamingi.

j - i would prefer to sell or trade the frags rather then take 'em in but sometimes its such a hassle arranging times and bargaining on prices. but yeah i'd love to sell em or trade for sweet stuff.

[niloc16]

i love that one too greg, the bugger is just now starting to smarten up, it bleached on me for a while and then just didnt perform but finally the potential is coming out i think. it sucks when you buy a piece thinking it 'could' be something and doesnt turn out, ya know what i mean

[untamed]

I also picked up one of those Unicorn Tangs (Vlamingi). Cute little guy. I hope he remains as cute when he's 2 feet long! Mine seems to be doing well so far.

[niloc16]

few new pieces to show ya. they look WAAAYYYY better in real life but my photo skills kind of suck. anyway enjoy

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00666.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00702.jpg

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[niloc16]

this pic is rated R, so if you are 18 or younger close your eyes people

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00694.jpg



what are you looking at? better not be me!!!!!1

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00685.jpg

[fishoholic]

this pic is rated R, so if you are 18 or younger close your eyes people

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00694.jpg



:lol: :lol: :lol:

[niloc16]

k

[niloc16]

heres a couple growth shots for ya.

before

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff/100_1889.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff/100_1891.jpg


now

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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00710.jpg

[niloc16]

and a couple funky reflection shots, i was messing with the camera today

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00755.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00753.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00752.jpg

[niloc16]

here's a few pieces with some growth. sorry i dont have dates. i cant figure out how to get my sony camera to post the dates on the pics, the kodak one did. anyway

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff/100_1960.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00556.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff/100_2564.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00617.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff/100_1954.jpg

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http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC00734.jpg

[michika]

Those are great shots! I love watching growth shots!

[fishoholic]

WOW your tank looks amazing! Great colours and great growth :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

k

Sorry I should of explained. I was laughing about my imagination and my ignorance. When I saw the "R" rating all sorts of very different images went through my head and I was thinking OMG what did he post. So when I scrolled down and saw the star fish I felt somewhat relieved. Then I had to laugh at myself because if there hadn't been an "R" rating I never would of known.

[untamed]

How is your Vlamingi Tang doing? I purchased mine right around the same time as you. Mine has grown remarkably, and I'm curious if you are seeing the same growth rate.

How are your Blue Throat Triggers? When I visited, they looked kind of thin and intimidated and I'm wondering how they have done. Their behaviour was 100% opposite of how the Blue Throats behave in my system.

Brad

[untamed]

Congrats on TOTM! Well deserved and you've certainly been through it to get there!

[niloc16]

thanks brad :redface:

sorry i didnt see your last post on here. the triggers are doing alot better now, the female is finally eatin something other than mysis shrimp. she has to be a female because she is so high maintenance :lol:

the vlamingi is doing well, not growing as fast as yours but always has a big belly

[niloc16]

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[niloc16]

i finally had to refill my calcium reactor after a year and a half and still one of the chambers was half filled.. i could not resist another harem of anthias today. i dont know their exact name yet but i will find it, i got a male and 3 females and they are eating like pigs already. one is still hiding though. there was another frag that was calling my name so grabbed it too

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC01340.jpg

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[niloc16]

i went a little camera crazy tonight. the pics didnt turn out that great but they are ok. i'd like to post em all but there is 40 of them. heres some for ya sorry if there is the same corals being photographed as before. they all turned out dark, i'm still learning the brightness setting on the camera.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC01348.jpg

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[niloc16]

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[Jason McK]

Look'n good Colin.
Love this one

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff2/DSC01348.jpg

[michika]

From the pictures they look like Threadfin Anthias (http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12730&genusname=Nemanthias&speciesname=carberryi ), particularly because the yellow on the dorsal doesn't start to appear until behind the eye. Click on the fish picture for more images. My second guess would be Bartlet's Anthias, but the yellow starts from the mouth and goes right from the tail. (http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12719&genusname=Pseudanthias&speciesname=bartlettorum ) Some of the fish seem to have the yellow starting from their noses, and one from behind its eye. Either way a nice harem!

Your SPS are just beautiful. Do you find you get more of one color under you lighting? E.g. more pieces turn blue/purple?

[niloc16]

thanks for the info catherine. still not sure if it is either of them.

its one of my favs too jason. and there is a good story behind that, it was a big wild colony about 7" across and during the dino outbreak it stripped out over night on me. i was really choked but i was able to clip 3 or 4 tips to try and save it. within 2 days they rtn'd as well. about a week or so later once the dinos were gone i was doing a big tank cleanup and pulled out a bunch of halimeda and in the bunch was this chunk that i fragged and it must have fallen down and i never noticed. it struggled for 2 weeks and finally recovered and now its really starting to grow. i'm so glad because its a wicked tri-color plana.

here it is before the death. its with my old camera and it didnt adjust well for color. its not this purple its more white base with purple and blue tips

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/aquariumstuff/100_1876.jpg

[Chowder]

On the Anthias I would say they are Barletts.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1128
or http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/product-info.php?product_ID=F-2010

[niloc16]

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[niloc16]

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[Jason McK]

Always a Great joy to come back to this thread.

Great looking Coral Colin..

How is you Angel doing any issues?

J

[niloc16]

thanks alot jason :redface:

the angel is doing really good actually. he seems to nip at the corals a tad but i have yet to see any damage or polyp retraction even right after he hit it. i'm not sure if it the coral or something else he goes after. he eats anything given to him and is not bothered by anything else even the flame angel which is a major bugger to anything new, he didnt even look twice at the emperor when added

[Sebae again]

Your corals look freakin amazing !

[niloc16]

finally the tank is starting to pay for itself. i'm completely hooked on fragging. if i had room i would have tons of frags. i did some more tonight and the frag rack i built is jammed packed. i'm seriously contemplating setting something up in the stand to make as a frag tank. having a bit of a cyano attack lately. i changed reactor media and didnt adjust my co2 accordingly and it shot alk up to 18dkh which kicked the cyano in gear. its slowly coming down now but i hate looking at it.



http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/top%20downs/DSC01520.jpg

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[niloc16]

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heres a newbie that i'm hoping turns into something awesome. seems to have potential.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/top%20downs/DSC01475.jpg

[niloc16]

my attempt at taking fish pictuers. not very good though

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/niloc16/fish/DSC01822.jpg

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[niloc16]

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[niloc16]

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[tang daddy]

Wow Colin, didn't realize that you had this many fish great selection and vibrant colours. How does the angel hold up on the sps?

[niloc16]

the angel doesnt bother anything thank god

[marie]

Just for the record even if your angel did pick at your sps, I've found that the corals are amazingly tolerant of being picked on. Mine aren't adversly affected at all by having tips and polyps nipped. Now lps on the other hand just seem to wither and die and zoos disappear quicker then a sheet of nori :twised:

[Marlin65]

Great pictures love all the fish.

[Delphinus]

Colin, out of curiousity, what are your nitrates with all those fish? You don't run Zeo or Ultralith or anything like that, do you? How many lbs per gallon of rocks do you have?

I'm just curious, everything looks really great ... you have a much larger fish load than I've ever run so I'm curious what the effects are. (The irony is you have SPS doing well and I ... don't. :( )

[niloc16]

tony - i havent tested nitrate in about a month or so but when i do it is pretty much undetectable. i run no zeo systems or additives. i only run rowaphos in a reactor. in the main dispay i have about 180 - 200 lbs of rock and about 50lbs in the sump. i do weekly water changes and i syphon 1/3 of the sandbed each time. i have thought lately about the fish load and nitrate issue but everything gets along extremely well, corals are rocking and water clarity is great so i havent stressed too much about it.

[Chaloupa]

I'd have to say those pictures are many times better than any I take...very nice fish collection and wow, that's quite a few tangs! And your tank looks stunning!

[Joe Reefer]

Nice! I like the shot with the 3 tangs in it.

[Lance]

Corals are outstanding! and all the fish look nice and healthy. Beautiful tank!

[Parker]

Amazing, as always Colin!

[untamed]

Have you kept track of how many fish you have? What's the count? I'm at 18 and had to write them down in order to count them. It looks like you have WAAY more than that.

[niloc16]

i havent counted yet brad but i guarantee i'm way above 18. i'd have to write them down.

[niloc16]

so i tried to count and i think i'm at 43 fish.

[niloc16]

i just checked the parameters on the tank because i figured when i posted the amount of fish there would be some response.

CA 450
kh 8
mg 1380
no3 3-4 mg/lt
po4 undetectable

all taken with elos test kits

[untamed]

43!!! Wow...Ha..ha..well...a lot of those fish are pretty small. I don't think anyone is going to suggest your system isn't healthy. Mind you...those two Nasos are going to get large. I see your vlamingi is as much of a pig as mine!

[niloc16]

i made a fish list this morning and think i have them all on here

3 bartlett anthias
3 redbar anthias
3 lyretail anthias
5 chromis
2 bluethroat triggers
2 oscellaris clowns
3 scopa tangs
flame hawk
freckled hawk
saddleback clown
greenspotted mandarin
foxface rabbit
blueline rabbit
blonde naso
striatus tang
juve orange shoulder
chocolate tang
regal tang
vlamingi tang
pair of bellus angels
flame angel
juve emperor angel
mated pair of bengaii cardinals
mystery wrassse
fairy wrasse
cleaner wrasse
sailfin tang
sandsifting goby
2 red firefish

[mseepman]

Holy C#!p...talk about bio load. Very impressive tank Colin!

[niloc16]

finally got my hands on a photo box so i thought i would try it out tonight. fighting a little bit of cyano lately. dont remember if i said before but it all started when i changed my CA media and spiked the alk to 18. its under control now but it is still a nuisance and nasty looking. its in just a couple small spots. trying my hand at shipping frags this weekend. we'll see how that goes. i pretty sure i can pack them well but still nerve racking having the risk that the frags could die and then have to replaced them.

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[sharuq1]

beautiful!

[Borderjumper]

Purdy!! and Im sure the frags will arrive just fine.:biggrin:

[Electric eel]

May I ask What is a photo box?

[niloc16]

it is just an acrylic box that floats on the top of the water that you can put your camera in to take pictures

[argan]

Do you know the name of the 2nd from the bottom monti? I have one similar to it and I know its a monti but not what type.

[niloc16]

i took a new FTS tonight. i suck at taking these ones. i never get the color of stuff

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heres a few corals i scored today

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[niloc16]

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[christyf5]

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Gorgeous!! http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/luv.gif

[Jason McK]

SWEET Colin. Look'n good

J

[niloc16]

pretty bummed out that last couple days. i'm losing 2 of my favorite pieces and have no clue why. cant find any pests. all water parameters are good and nothing else is effected. i'm fighting a little cyano but its really small and no where near the colonies. i'm upping my water changes in hopes that i can get what ever it is under control. funny thing is 2 frags of the cololies that i cut 3 weeks ago are now doing the same thing. sps are weird like that. sometimes you can never figure it out. i'm hoping this time i can save them though.

[untamed]

I've had some success with frag, iodine dip and relocate. Hope it works out!

[niloc16]

well i'm not going to dwell on whats happened. i'm sure alot of you read my other thread on the disaster i went through. but now the tank is turning around. i actually sit and watch the tank again and imagine where all the new frags are going to be mounted. and today was the first day in a long time that i have got the camera out and taken a ton of pics. just thought i would share a few. i have to use photoshop to get the close ups.

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[niloc16]

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[Lance]

Well, you're back on track again. Lookin' good.

[niloc16]

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[niloc16]

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[Lance]

Nice!