End of March 2011...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...eBeginning.jpg May 2012..... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...rScreen-20.jpg Today.... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...m/Dec82012.jpg Sideviews... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75.../Sideview1.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75.../Sideview2.jpg :) |
Holee mackerel Bill
What are you feeding your corals, besides the steroids ? |
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I have been feeding my fish a lot and as my coral grew or paled a bit I added more fish. Once I got on a role I bumped up the lighting, the coral grew faster and I fed more or added more fish anytime I thought the coral paled a bit. A few times I use Oyster Feast and when I thought my Alien Eye Chalice was bleaching out, 7 months ago, I added some Amino Acids. All is well now. For 2013, I am looking to add more fish, remove all the auditioning coral on the sand bed since my rock is covered now and adding Chalice coral, in strategic spots, for more diversity. :) |
I see a new Tank of the month. :wink:
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Sounds like a regular reefer schedule to me :smile: |
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Sure I may have over simplified my technique but that said there are no secrets either. Once I was absolutely sure I could keep my Ca, and kH, rock solid stable and that my reef system had absolutely no Nitrate or Phosphate I located the most colourful "Aqua-Cultured" SPS frags I could find. My new Frags came from a system with similar water parameters and had grown into beauties under these aquarium conditions. Aqua-Cultured My goal, once I added these to my system, was to do what ever I had to do to keep their colours..... that is it. I didn't starve my reef to save my coral....I fed my reef to keep them happy. Starving them hurt the colour. As long as I had 0 Nitrate and 0 Phosphate the colour never changed one bit, and my coral grew like crazy. Before you are the results......and to the hobbyist that I obtained my seed frags from.....Congrats on your annointment, dvanacker aka reefermadness as Reef Centrals honorary December Tank of the Month Award 2012 . A world class hobbyist with a world class aquarium. :) |
Here's mine!
Feb/March 2012 http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/...p/84393bde.jpg Jan 2013 http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/...3E192DE3D5.jpg |
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2 questions - what is your lighting - when do you come to quebec city with frags :mrgreen: |
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