Christy's 90gal Tank - 2008

[christyf5]

Thought I'd post up some new photos as I haven't done so in awhile. I noticed that I'd started a thread about this time last year as well and thought it would be neat to compare last year with this year.

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April 2007 after moving the tank to its new home

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/christyf5/april92007.jpg

And today :)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/christyf5/jan162008.jpg

Lighting hasn't changed, just cameras/settings :biggrin:

[Jason McK]

Looks Good Christy, Your going to have to trim some of those fancy stick.there getting big

J

[Chowder]

Tanks looking great Christy.

[Snappy]

Very nice Christy. The tang sure changed colours though.:razz:
Now how about some close up shots of some of those corals.:wink:

[Chowder]

Good idea Greg. That way we will be able to know what ones we want to trade or buy frags of.

[tang daddy]

Hey Christy looking good, your regal has grown and then some same with your corals everything looks healthy I third the close ups.

Cheers Chris

[Delphinus]

Looks great Christy! :cool:

[Aquattro]

Looks great. Glad to see you posting pics of a successful tank instead of the algae problems you had a few years back. Your patience and hard work show!!

[ref leppard]

Looks Good #5 ! My tank is sorta brownI!Got 2 more brown acro's from Big Als yesterday!

[Joe Reefer]

Looks great. Can we see some more close ups?

[muck]

Looking great Christy!!
Nice to see your Regal finally decided to morph to his natural blue colors.. :mrgreen:

[michika]

Nice changes! I do miss the purple regal tang though.

[christyf5]

Alright, one more photo of the rare, elusive purple Regal tang :razz: It would be pretty dang cool if he actually was that color.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/christyf5/DSCN6855.jpg

Ok and now gratuitous photos!

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[christyf5]

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[christyf5]

And just to show that I do have a serious problem. Yes folks, they are the same coral. And this isn't the first time I've done this :wink:

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my little prize from wickedfrags. unfortunately my wrasse loves to play with it. It fits in here nicely and he leaves it alone.
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[Chowder]

Thats some nice stuff you got there Christy. Tank looks nice after all those problems you had in the Spring/Summer.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Good looking tank, especially considering how much time you are away from it all the time.

I would end up reverting to mostly softies with a few lps if I had to work in one city & have my tank setup in another, a ferry ride away.

Anthony

[PoonTang]

Very nice. i think i will have to sneak over with my clippers one night. :wink:

[michika]

Lots of nice stuff to be had in your tank. The wickedfrags piece is really cute, and the colors are lovely. Thank you for the picture of the elusive purple regal tang!

[Doug]

Nice pics Christy, Tank looks really good.

[christyf5]

Had the camera out yesterday, thought I'd update this thread.

Tank shot:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/christyf5/82fb4e5e.jpg

Random tank shots:


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My wafer algae transport system (just in case it missed a rock :razz:):

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[rocketlily]

Very nice tank.

[Chowder]

Tanks looking really nice Christy.

[Tom R]

Hi Christy

Your tank is looking Gooooood. Everything seems to be healthy and doing well. Both Colour and polyp extension are fantastic.

Tom R

[Marlin65]

Wow some nice stuff there.:mrgreen:

[Lance]

Very Nice. Beautiful tank

[EmilyB]

OOh, sweeet. Hope to see it in person soon...:mrgreen:

[Jason McK]

Looking amazing Christy. Holl Cow. I guess actually being there has done some good.

J

[Snappy]

Looks good Christy.
My wafer algae transport system (just in case it missed a rock :razz:):
A naso tang will make short work of that "wafer algae" if you're looking to be rid of it.:wink:

[christyf5]

Thanks for all the compliments guys :biggrin:

I'm not so sure if being here has really helped the tank. I just haven't done anything stupid lately. Don't worry, I'm sure its coming... :wink:

As for the wafer algae control. I've been thinking of adding a naso. I don't really know much about their personalities/disposition with other tangs. I'll have to start my research. The wafer algae isn't totally bad, I've been removing a good portion of it manually. Some of it has really conformed to the rock though which makes it difficult. When it starts to encroach on the corals is when I'll really have to lay the smack down :razz:

[Snappy]

As for the wafer algae control. I've been thinking of adding a naso. I don't really know much about their personalities/disposition with other tangs. I'll have to start my research. The wafer algae isn't totally bad, I've been removing a good portion of it manually. Some of it has really conformed to the rock though which makes it difficult. When it starts to encroach on the corals is when I'll really have to lay the smack down :razz:
Naso tangs have a lot of personality and are really more like a pet and not just another fish. I just replaced mine that got caught in my overflow and died so my new blonde is still a bit shy. IME they tend to get along with the other fish very well and mine would come eat out of my hand. It was tame enough that I could grab it and pull it right out of the water. I had to move it out of the way sometimes when I was working in the tank because it liked to hang out with me but would get in the way sometimes. I highly recommend a naso. They aren't the most beautiful fish to look at but they have a personality you'll fall in love with.:wink:

[christyf5]

Awesome! Thanks for the info :mrgreen:

[tang daddy]

wow looks good!
I really like the piece to the left of the urchin what is it a tri colour gorgeous.
I find the algar wafer stuff to be a pain aswell but fairly easy to rid pulls off in one piece.

[christyf5]

Thought I'd post up a more recent photo of the tank. Discovered I had montipora eating nudibranchs in my tank (yay another one to add to the list :rolleyes:) so off I set in search of a treatment. Discovered my wrasse loves to eat them when he can reach them (he's a lardo and hardly fits anywhere). However a couple of caps were really too far gone and quite frankly they were taking up prized real estate that my new Coral Master frags needed :wink:

Anyhoo I took the plunge and my tank went from this:

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to this:

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I did end up treating the caps with potassium permanganate and put a couple smaller pieces back in the tank. I'll be watching them closely. If you can believe that piece in front by the scopas tang is my YELLOW cap. Crazy eh? I also fragged my A. tenuis which was looking like arse and kept the better looking live parts. It was just a home for caulerpa mostly anyways (which is yet another story).

edit: the tank looks brighter cuz I taped the blue plastic on the back properly, it was falling off. Heh I just figured that out, makes the tank much brighter :wink:

[marie]

How come your tunze streams aren't all covered in corraline algae, like mine.

These were soaked in vinegar 6 weeks ago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/polyps001.jpg

[Snappy]

How come your tunze streams aren't all covered in corraline algae, like mine.

These were soaked in vinegar 6 weeks ago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/polyps001.jpg
It appears to be growing on her Regal Tang instead.:razz:

Christy your tank is looking good.

[Chaloupa]

WOW Christy! I think it looks really really good! In this case a bad thing led to a very good thing! AND look at ALLLLLL that real estate to put frags in!:lol:

[Mikee]

Your tank looks great! I need some more frags from the coral master ;). But am waiting for my calc reactor to arrive first blah!

[Lance]

You're tank is Lookin' Fine! And I've missed seeing Ol' Purple Face.

[christyf5]

How come your tunze streams aren't all covered in corraline algae, like mine.

These were soaked in vinegar 6 weeks ago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/mariesnell/polyps001.jpg

Good lord Marie, you are the master at growing coralline. http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/9347/bowdown8yi1ut.gifI'm lucky if I get a sprinkling of purple dots along the back glass of the tank.

[marie]

Good lord Marie, you are the master at growing coralline. http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/9347/bowdown8yi1ut.gifI'm lucky if I get a sprinkling of purple dots along the back glass of the tank.

I can think of a thousand things I'd rather be a master of :razz: .

Your tank looks great. Time sure goes by fast, it seems like it wasn't that long ago you were ready to pack it in because of dinoflagellates

[christyf5]

I can think of a thousand things I'd rather be a master of :razz: .

Your tank looks great. Time sure goes by fast, it seems like it wasn't that long ago you were ready to pack it in because of dinoflagellates

Yeah well we don't get to choose what we're master of :razz:

Yeah that really doesn't seem all that long ago. I'm super mad patroller of any bubbles these days. Like almost to the point of fanatical. Its quite sad.

[michika]

Nice changes!

I still love the purple tang.

[christyf5]

Been awhile since I posted any updates.

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[Lance]

Lookin' Good! Corals look terrific. I especially like the one in pic #4. Did you change your actinics? Your purple Regal is looking more blue.:mrgreen:

[lastlight]

Wow is it ever looking sweet in there!

I was thinking the same thing about the tang lol...

[christyf5]

yeah I'm not sure what is up with that, its the same camera and I haven't changed out the actinics. Maybe its time to change out the halides or something :razz:

[Jason McK]

Looks Great Christy. You've got some huge colonies, I Love it

J

[Aquattro]

Just to be clear, Christy's camera sucks and her tank looks even better in person! :)

[christyf5]

Thanks guys! :mrgreen:

[Snappy]

Things are looking great Christy.

[JDigital]

Sweet looking tank... I guess you like SPS eh? haha...

[christyf5]

Hehe yeah I guess you could say I like SPS. I used to be SPS with some softies but the chemical warfare made it difficult to be successful as both looked like crapola so I decided to go strictly SPS. Although I've been branching out lately with all the really neat LPS that have been coming in (mostly a matter or being in the right place at the right time). I've got a couple tiny acan frags in there and a couple blastos and stuff. Still mostly SPS though. If I were rich I'd be right in there with the aussie acans thats for sure :wink:

[OCDP]

Looks awesome... I really like the stag on the far right.. looks like a tree! (I think it's a stag anyways...) Anyhow, well done !

[justinl]

I miss the big montipora but the tank is still looking fantastic!

[christyf5]

I know, I miss it too :neutral: I kept a couple pieces of it and they're coming along. They should be more apparent in the tank by next year or so :biggrin:

[wickedfrags]

Nice looking 90G - love the SPS! Keep on top of the "red stuff" you captured in some of your pics. Should it get to be too much work, well you can use red slime removed in an SPS tank with confidence. Nice tank.

[christyf5]

Thanks for the compliments guys :cool:

So far I've just been doing the old turkey baster/water change method, sometimes it works sometimes not. The slime really seems to like a few pieces so those that aren't nailed down have been moved along to somewhere else, so far so good. I've been moving the powerheads around in case its due to *gasp* coral growth! :wink: but this stuff is pretty persistent and even when the polyps are waving about the red slime has a pretty good foothold and ain't goin nowhere unless its direct flow.

I'm really hesitant to use the red slime remover at this point. I think I'll just fight the good fight a bit longer as I've had other algaes that were more dastardly than this one, so far I can handle it :wink:

[muck]

Fantastic Christy!!
Looking at pics like those I start to get itchy...:eek:

[Chowder]

Christy tank is looking real healthy. You definetly have some nice pieces in there.

[Chaloupa]

Looks good Christy!! I am battling red slime in my LPS and anemone tank.....mine is due to nitrates, yours most likely not...but I am using Tailored Aquatics Nitrate Destroyer on that tank, and am noticing a decline on the red slime (acutally a large noticeable difference quite quickly!)...just an idea.....it also took care of my red slime in my 150g when I was having nitrate issues there...don't know if it would work, but hey, it might!

[christyf5]

Yeah I was using the nitrate destroyer in my tank as well, nitrates were only about 5-10 though so not a major deal but I wanted to get them as low as possible before starting zeo.

[wickedfrags]

Some of the best tanks I have ever seen have battles this issue. When you get tired of battling it, do not fear using the red slim remover. SPS safe is used as noted on the bottle!!!

Thanks for the compliments guys :cool:

So far I've just been doing the old turkey baster/water change method, sometimes it works sometimes not. The slime really seems to like a few pieces so those that aren't nailed down have been moved along to somewhere else, so far so good. I've been moving the powerheads around in case its due to *gasp* coral growth! :wink: but this stuff is pretty persistent and even when the polyps are waving about the red slime has a pretty good foothold and ain't goin nowhere unless its direct flow.

I'm really hesitant to use the red slime remover at this point. I think I'll just fight the good fight a bit longer as I've had other algaes that were more dastardly than this one, so far I can handle it :wink:

[christyf5]

Some new pics :biggrin:

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Thought this was neato:

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Don't look at the cyano :wink: I'm working on that!

[Lance]

Ooooooh! Perty!

[Keri]

Beautiful! I love the "kissing sponges" :) I'm happy to know even the pros get cyano sometimes (well, not happy you have it but happy I'm not the only one lol!)

[Sebae again]

Tank looks great ! That wrasse is a real beauty What kind is it? Does it have any markings on the dorsal fin? Is it invert safe? Any close ups of the purple acro to the left of the wrasse.

[christyf5]

Tank looks great ! That wrasse is a real beauty What kind is it? Does it have any markings on the dorsal fin? Is it invert safe? Any close ups of the purple acro to the left of the wrasse.

Thanks, its a tailspot/melanurus/Hoevens wrasse Haliochoeres melanurus. It does have a spot on the dorsal fin closer to the tail. I wouldn't say it was invert safe but I've never tempted fate as I've seen him go to town on various stomatella snails and any mini brittle star that makes the mistake of having a leg exposed.

Here is an older photo of that purple acro, its been through a rough time and now that its getting bigger I often give it a good whack with the magnet cleaner as its getting too close to the glass, as a result it is growing rather oddly in some places and has quite the odd coloration. I can't get a decent shot because I still can't get anything in between it and the glass to clean the algae off the glass.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/christyf5/DSCN6906.jpg

[Sebae again]

That acro is amazing! Thanks for posting the pic.

[Doug]

Looking great Christy. Some really beautiful corals in there. Look forward to following your zeo progress.