Thanks guys!

The skimmer has been on the fritz the last couple days... Foaming all over ... Probably due to all the putty I used to hold down the frags... Hope it settles down soon... Any suggestions?

looking really good mang..... thats going to be toe tal chaos with fragalicious consequences when it grows up:biggrin:.....

are you running the radions at 100% in that last picture?....

Thanks! The Radions are currently running at 70% however, I had just recently raised the lights up by another 2 inches to 10. I probably leave them at 10 for now until I hit 100% and then reduce it bak to 8 then. Can't wait til they grow and start to fill out! :biggrin:

Pic update... Received my Snappy package today and was so impressed with the "drop dead gorgeous" colours in the corals I had to pull the camera out...

orange hammer

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0008.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0001.jpg

blastos

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0005.jpg

rainbow symphylia

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0006.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0007.jpg

Here are a couple of pics of the zoas in my tank...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0009.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0010.jpg


:smile::smile::smile:

Hey Wayne I'm glad you are pleased with your new Coral Master corals. (shameless plug) :wink:

Once that symphyllia settles in it should really look spectacular.

Orange you glad you got that hammer too?:lol:

Thanks,
Greg

Nice pics Wayne.. I was going to post one of my hammer, but your camera skillz put mine to shame!!


Love the orange hammers Greg.. OMG is it orange!

You got one of the rainbow syms!?!?!?....ya lucky bugger!.....I missed out:neutral:......awesome pics!

Saw it.. Pics don't do it justice even!

Yes they have great color.
I am glad you're pleased with yours as well.
It's funny I had a few people call me asking about the LPS I have available asking what they look like under regular light as they assumed the pix were taken under actinic lighting but the pix on my forum are all taken under 14 K MH's. :mrgreen:

Sorry Wayne didn't mean to hi-jack your thread.

Shelley, you are too kind... I'm still learning how to use my camera...

Thanks! I am really enjoying this one...

Hahaha! Yes! I have seen some orange LPS in Victoria but not even close to your selection! :biggrin:

Here are more pics... got the shutter bug in me right now...

Yesterday's pics were taken when the lights were at 100% Royal blue. These pics posted today were taken under the 12K setting, @ 70%.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0011.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0012.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0018.jpg

more zoas

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0014.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0015.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0016.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0017.jpg

some of the Coral Master SPS
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0020.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0019.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0030.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0028.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0026.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0025.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0024.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0023.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0022.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0021.jpg

Couple of fish pics

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0034.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0031.jpg

Look carefully...do you see the resemblance? The "real Nemo" fish...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0032.jpg

SWEET!
 

Wayne that Blastomusa looks hot!

Thanks, Greg. The blastos are looking better each day and the same for the orange hammer and symphyllia. Glad I made the purchase! :biggrin:

Wayner those colors are crazy, so that is all from that light

Yes. The Radions gives you the full spectrum... I guess you can always add other colour LED strips or replace the lights with other LED lights but the Radions already has them and with its clean and sleek design, I don't have to fiddle around so much. From a cost perspective, I figured that had I gone with the Sols I would have had to pay a few hundred dollars to have it upgraded close to a Radion.

New fish pics
 

Some new pics taken earlier this week...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0018.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0017.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0016.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0015.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0014.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0013.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0012.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0011.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0010.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0009.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0008.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0007.jpg

New to the family
 

Well, I may regret this... My sons wanted a kitten and I caved in and got them one. Here is she is.... Ninja!!!
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0028.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0027.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0026.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0023.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0022.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DPP_0020.jpg

:razz:

Not too much to add for March... picked up a new Eheim 1262 pump for my return from Blue World Aquarium to replace my old 7 yr old pump. From what I've read I should notice a quieter pump from what I am currently using. Hope to have it in this weekend.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0040.jpg

As for stock I picke up a new tang (also from Blue World) a week and a half ago... Introducing Scarface...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0041.jpg

Why I called him Scarface? You will have to watch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMD0...layer_embedded

To be able to pull through from this type of ordeal I just have to have him. :biggrin:

Some new pics (under royal blue leds) of LPS I purchased from Snappy a month ago...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0043.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0044.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0046.jpg

Couple of new sps from Progressive...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0053.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0048.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0049.jpg


Several misc non macro shots...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0052.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0051.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0050.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0047.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DPP_0054.jpg

That's a horrible video to watch. I almost had to close it... :cry:

Very nice to finally see him in a place to call home.

I also rescued a fish that was hurt through some sort of ordeal. He is a True Percula with a mouth that is half healed shut. I have small pellets to feed him but he still has hardly grown lol. Can you guess what My wife named him? lol

April SPS macro pics
 

Not much happening tonight so I took some macro pics of sps in the tank. There have been some good signs of new growth since changing the lights to LED and I have also started dosing brightwell's microbacter7. It seems to be working as the skimmer is working harder as the skimmate is thicker and the stench is even stronger than before.

Here are a couple of pics of the tank...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_63.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_64.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_65.jpg

sps macro pics

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_62.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_61.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_60.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_59.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_55.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_54.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_53.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_52.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_51.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_50.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_49.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_48.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_47.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_46.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_45.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_56.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_42.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_41.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_40.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_39.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_38.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_37.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_43.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_34.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_35.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_32.jpg

Pretty sweet Wayne. Ive been playing around with that camera attachment you left at the shop. Pretty cool piece.

You never should have told me about deal extreme. So many things I've debated ordering haha

RiceReef, this tank is a real inspiration for me. I can only hope my tank is wall to wall with corals a looks as good as yours does someday.
keep up the good work!!

Jon, glad you like it. It's yours as I don't need it anymore. Hope to see some pics with it.

Wayne (hey, we share the same name!) thank you for the kind words. This tank is only four mths old and I'm a long ways to where I want it to be compared to other reefers here. Looking forward to seeing your growing success on your tank journal!

Just a couple new macros...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...untitled-5.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/untitled.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...untitled-2.jpg

mmmm, I like that first one with the pukey polyps:puke:....very nice

June 2012 update
 

It's been two months since I have posted an update... Corals are growing and it may have been benefiting from the following changes
- I've switched over to biopellets but I am still dosing Vodka
- I have been adding 1 capful of MB7 once a week

Since April my two flasher wrasses finally decided to commit suicide. I am to blame as I did not have a top screen and I do not want to put one over the tank (at least not now). So, no more wrasses for me.

I have also added more frags to the tank (don't know where they are gonna go but I will have to find room for them) from fellow Canreefers in the Mainland and another CM order.

Here are some pics... from Top Down... I picked up a Eshopps Super Spy Viewer... while taking pics the darn thing kept on moving about ( I had the pumps off but the return is still moving it around) and affecting some of the images. Hope you don't mind some blurry pics... Guess I will have to figure out how I am gonna secure this while taking pics... may need an assistant to hold it still...


Enjoy the top down of existing corals and some of the new ones....

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_001-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_002-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_003-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_004-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_024-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_005-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_006-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_007-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_008-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_009-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_010-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_011-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_012-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_014.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_015.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_016.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_017.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_019.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_021.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_023.jpg

Great looking pics Wayne, sps is slowly starting to fill in.

Wayne, you are so screwed when those frags start filling in :) I'd be planning the tank upgrade about now.
If things get out of control before the bigger tank shows up, let me know, I can help...:)

Dude that FTS looks killer man. last time i saw frags and small colonies in a tank was a guy in Calgary named EPOSER
he had a fancy corner 155 gal and it was full like yours.

Brad you might remember that name.

LOL! I was just thinking the same thing!!

Wayne, I think you should be up next to host a reef meeting, we gotta see that tank in person :mrgreen:

Wow Wayne, tanks is looking fantastic. I just love the varieties of SPS you have in your tank. I will have to come by and check out the tank in person soon.

you just keep your clippers on that side of the water :razz:

Haha, sharing is caring Brad.:wink:

Oh right. Forgot. By the looks of things, there will be plenty to go around :razz:

I think another month or two and it will be time to harvest. Just make sure you bring your heavy duty clips when we meet up at Wayne's...:mrgreen:

Chris, thank you. Still long ways to go... Definitely a work in progress!

Brad, pls don't remind me... :sad: I thought of that after the last batch of frags... Don't know about a bigger tank but I have to fish out that darn blenny who keeps pushing all the frags around. Gonna try that fish hook trick soon. I have been hoping that the blenny would also commit suicide like the wrasses I bought from Gareth. Sooner I get rid of him the better so I can place more frags on the second level. If I don't upsize I know I can throw some corals in your tank. :biggrin:

Thanks! Do you have the link to eposer? Would like to see how his tank ended up being... I can learn from his/her journal.

Hmmm... A great idea... When should we have one? July and Aug are busy times for many people... And def not around the long weekends...

Rich, you're too kind...I can only hope the corals can grow as fine as yours... Lmk when you and Chris are coming over again, I can pick u guys up so you can save the ferry money on more corals and stuff!

LOL!
No worries, of the tank ever gets crazy and out of control there will be plenty for everyone! :biggrin: