Pics and more pics

[Aquattro]

Critters by Brad, pics by Steve

A frag looking for a home

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/acro.jpg

Some polyps closeup

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/close.jpg

A group of acros

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/group.jpg

A pink milli

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/milli.jpg

A sponge that's been with me for 2 years

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/sponge.jpg

[Aquattro]

A full tank shot...

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/full.jpg

Left side...

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/left.jpg

The right side...

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/right.jpg

One of my tangs, A. nigricans

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/nig.jpg

A side view...

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/sidecap.jpg

And a shot of a couple of tables...

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/tables.jpg

[Samw]

Wow. Looks great!

[One_Divided]

It's weird, but for some reason, some of those pics sort of wash out the colours a bit. Looks good, but there is a lot more colour in person!

[StirCrazy]

I noticed that also Adam, the difference is they 1, it is a lot more water than in your tank, and 2, he has a lot less Actinics than most people do compared to the amount of 10000K MH.. one thing you can realy notice with the long shot is the amount of green light the MH's give off.

Our eyes are very good at compensating for different color spectrums where cameras do not.. this is why there are differenty white balance settings and such.. and I think that the power of Brad's MH's are going to force me to use a different light setting.. I am going to go back and play around with that .. and see how that works.. Or I could just garf the pics :shock:


Steve

[Delphinus]

Wow, nice stuff.

How big is your tank? What lighting do you use?

I have a similar shaped and sized M. capricornis to the one you have on the right side of the tank. In my case, though, I'm having problems. The top is so large that it essentially shades its own base. The base, thus, is not doing so well. The top of the coral is fine and it continues to grow, but the base is basically live rock now (and home to a lot of brittle stars). I have the coral fairly high up in the rockwork directly under a 250W Iwasaki. Would you recommend I lower the coral, or perhaps move it to a different location such as near the side of the tank where light might have a chance of striking the base of the coral in addition to just the top, or "canopy" or the coral? I would appreciate any advice you have about placement for a coral that size. Also I presume that current is doubly more important to a colony that size, because it will have a tendency to block water movement. ?

[Aquattro]

Tony, it is a 155g with 2 x400W 10k and 2 x 110 VHO actinic ona WH7.

I've had that cap in different locations, from right under the light to over on the side. I wouldn't worry about the base, as corals tend to do that as they get larger. I actually have a shroom and some GSP living in the base. Do you have one light or two? Looking at mine, it does get some light on the left side.
Current isn't what it could be over that one because I have a hammer just below it that doesn't like current. Every couple of days I blow debris out of the cap with a baster. Works OK until I find a home for the hammer.
I even have a frag of it laying on the sand and it grows well there too.

[smokinreefer]

:shock: :D :shock:
awesome tank brad!!

p.s.
let me know wehn you'll be in town

[Aquattro]

Thanks Shao. I'm trying to get over but every weekend something seems to come up. Still got that cap frag sitting here for you, so I'll try and get over before it gets too big :wink:

[Acro]

Hey Brad,

Your tanks looking real good. I bet your happy with the bigger footprint. That monti is looking very impressive, nice work. How long has it been since the transfer? Anything major happen? Looks very success to me. Congrats. :wink:

[Aquattro]

Thanks Jamie. The transfer was the first week of August IIRC, no major problems at all. I had a bit of an algae issue for about 2 weeks, but it went away on it's own.
The bigger footprint is great, although the center brace is a constant source of frustration. I should have spent the extra money and done away with the center brace.
The cap is still one of the highlights of the tank, even though I dropped it last month. Didn't do too much damage :P
Overall, it's coming along, but it still needs a year or two to really mature.
The sandbed took a big hit in the transfer and is just now starting to look populated with bugs.

[sea gnome]

Very nice Brad, you have to promise not too laugh to hard when you see my naked, hairy tank!!!!. Yours looks great. Is that 1st coral looking for a home, because I have lots of prime real estate for it :lol:
Rachel

[Aquattro]

Rachel, if you think your tank can handle acros, I'll bring it on Monday.

[sea gnome]

Hi, Brad I think my tank can, I just don't have any so far. So bring it up!
Rachel