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nrosdal 03-06-2014 06:18 AM

Mangroves are doing very well.

Lots happened since last update. The biggest event being that i went to MACNA and while i was away i had a snail plug my overflow and ato ran on to flood the ole basement and kill all coral. Been a while since then and added failsafe since the old flood thing has happened one to many times. Mostly sps in the tank now and other then battling aptasia at the moment all is pretty well.

Here is a pic of those baby mangroves as of a couple weeks ago (Will post current pics in the next day or so):

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps79a562ca.jpg

Doug 03-06-2014 07:04 PM

Wholley mangroves. :D

Sorry about your losses Nick. If you want some frags when you come, we can make some.

reeferfulton 03-06-2014 07:31 PM

ya those look GREAT !

I cant seem to find any vendors who sell them . Where does one get these things from ?

nrosdal 03-06-2014 07:31 PM

Thanks Doug. Th sadness has long since past and many frags in now and starting to grow out(a little bit anyway).

nrosdal 03-06-2014 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by reeferfulton (Post 884568)
ya those look GREAT !

I cant seem to find any vendors who sell them . Where does one get these things from ?


I brought a bunch with intentions of selling them and did sell a few but i had them under some LEDs and they grew way to big way to fast.

I might bring some in again and just put them under a CFL so they dont root to fast then can sell them as i have no more room for them once they grow out and once they get larger they die easily in shipping. If you are looking for a bunch (i will track down the contact for where i got em and pm it to you).

Madreefer 03-06-2014 08:33 PM

I dunno how any of you guys get those to grow. Started with 11 and now down to two. Yours look great though

nrosdal 03-06-2014 09:28 PM

What i found to help the mangrove grow at any reasonable rate was lots of light. I had it under a 42watt cfl and wasn't getting any impressive growth(it was growing just slow). WHen i went to a 70watt led with proper plant spectrum it jump started everything and see growth on a daily basis.

evan1017 03-29-2014 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nrosdal (Post 815126)
luckily as the frags started arriving so did my new frag light. It is a S2 nano/frag light. Here are a few pics of the light and the frags it is helping to grow:

is it the same light as you use for the refugium?? S2 Refugium light??

nrosdal 03-29-2014 10:34 PM

Yes, same light just different layout. When i got the demo i loved it and still do but the cost of them would not be much lower then the d120 so i did not order a batch as i didn't think there would be much call for them at that price point.

reefan 03-29-2014 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nrosdal (Post 813962)
More recently i decided that i wanted to make a light bar to hang my lights. I ended up using some aluminum angle and flat bar. I ended up using cotter pins to attach lights to light bar so i can pop them out if i ever need to quite easily.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps83eb58af.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...psf80d18bd.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps39a4f8ac.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...pscc01ef53.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps9184f851.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...pscdc7a3c5.jpg

Very cool idea!


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