I wish I am as optimistic as you...:neutral: even if not it is a good reason for everyone to hang out!:biggrin:

A few new pics...
 

Spent the weekend doing a 20 gallon water change and the corals seemed to look more lively so I took some pics...

Pics of frags that I need to find room for...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_126.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_125.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_124.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_123.jpg

Some of my Favs that are starting to grow out...

Can anyone I'd this?
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_121.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_120.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_115.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_114.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_113.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_112.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_111.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_107.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_104.jpg

My new Favs...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_108.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_106.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_105.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_103.jpg

Blue light shots...


http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_132.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_131.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_130.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_129.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_127.jpg

Pics taken from the top...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_119.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_118.jpg

Wayne that ID you asked about looks to be A desalwii one of my personal faves!

Sweet looking tank Wayne!

I second the desalwii - have a small colony

I have two different types of desalwii?

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p.../DPP_007-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_121.jpg

Thanks, Shelley.:biggrin:

Thanks! I had no clue until now!:lol:

I think I will start collecting all the types of desalwiis out there...hop they come in blues, reds and yellows...:lol:

Wow, I haven't been bitten by the sps bug yet but your pics make it easy to see why they are so desirable, beautiful tank!

Thanks! I hope I can keep the tank happy! I think I went nuts on the sps... Many frags and may be not enough real estate for growth ( Brad keeps reminding me of this). Luv to see yours soon...:biggrin:

Wayne, you just give me a call when you need me to come by with cutters :razz:

I got to visit Wayne's tank today, it looks even nicer in person. Thanks for the doggy bag Wayne! :)

Yes & I am jealous since I used to have both of those same varieties. One of my favorite acropora species.

Brad, Thanks for dropping by. Hope the doggy bag made it home ok. I've made some changes as you have suggested after you left and will be making a few more... just added a mini colony , picked up what I think is a Walt Smith Sarmentosa from Blue World Aquariums. Don't say it....:redface:

Greg, thanks for confirming... once they fill out I'll return the favour. :biggrin:

July update (minor)
 

So here is a new FTS with some minor changes... I've removed alot of the soft corals and opened up the center so that i can add a pillar like rock... not certain what I will do with it right now... next stage is to sort out what sps I want to keep... I've also added a couple dead rocks that I had and filled out the right rock formation.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_001.jpg

Left side...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_020.jpg

Center and right side...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_004.jpg

New Macro pics...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_012.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ntitled-13.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ntitled-11.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ntitled-10.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...untitled-9.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...untitled-8.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...untitled-3.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/untitled.jpg

I was looking at some photos yesterday and that colony does seem to have the same shape. I bet it will colour up nicely in for tank

You bought something you already have? So the first would have a friend?? :razz:

Yep. I am surprised that Len did not pick this up... He has one from CM but I recall the colours are different...

The colours are slightly different... Sarmentosa is another one of those "must have" corals for me. For some reason or another I just don't see sarmentosa often... Except in pics. Anyways, if it ends up being the same guess I'll be sharing with my fellow reefers...:lol:

LOOKING FOR SOME UPDATES....:Banane14:

Haha! I will try and take some new pics later this week.
Late jul and aug have been trying times for me and the tank...:cry:

Had some issue late in July with the profilux standalone doser and had stopped dosing for almost a week ( with exception to a few manual dosing) until I figured out the issue with the doser... The dosing pump for the Mg would not stop... Profilux thought that water had gotten in. Stopped the doser,checked it out and later that week it started to work properly again. It turns out that there was nothing wrong... and it may have had a brain fart moment...:confused: ever since it has been working normal again. My ca and Alk are lower then the norm but I have been gradually dosing extra to bring this back.

Then in Aug, one of my radion light failed... The fan stopped working... Bad luck, I guess...:neutral: called Ecotech, was told that I had to deal with the Cdn distributor. Martin of Modular Led responded to my concerns. From there on it was out of his hands and I had to deal with the distributor on this. Overall, my experience with Martin had been great and he was even empathetic of the situation... I wished my experience with the distributor could have been the same or better...:sad:
About 1/4 of the sps browned out as I did not get the replacement light until almost 9 business days later.
Anyways, life goes on... I am still having light issues and it is the programming of the replacement light... I am dealing with ecotech on this and the people there have been great. I call them between 6am and 7am in the morning before work and we are still working on it.
What the problem is is that once the lights are programmed and when i exit the software ( after saving etc...) it does not go through the light cycle and the lights remains on so I have to manually turn it off at night and on in the morning.

I have picked up a Apex controller and also the Radion TIR lens kit. I have yet to install these items and I will once the light programming is fixed.
I am now also considering in getting a ca reactor down the road as I hear so many great things about it...

Back to the tank, surprisingly corals are still growing ( I had only one frag fatality ( STN) and hope things will be back to normal soon. Sould have pics later this week ( I hope)...:smile:

Wayne, I just went through your build
Wow, nice stand you started with and, I gotta say, you have collected some super nice corals :mrgreen:

Lucky Brad lives so close to get frags :smile:
Your growth is amazing ...
Wish you were here so I could raid your tank :razz:

That's OK, though, as I have Rich and Chris here for my frags :biggrin:

Wow dude, I guess it has been a crappy summer for you. I can tell you that I have experienced both good and bad customer service and let me tell you what a difference it makes. I recently had my AI's pc board go down on few units. I contacted AI and within hours I got a reply from Justin, he asked me to do a few tests and came to a conclusion that the first gen pc boards has failed. He offered me to ship out the replacements for free but it will be regular shipping, he also went one step above and offered me expedited service using several different options of shipping which I was glad to pay a little extra to ensure my thousand in corals aren't threaten by a couple of faulty lights. I mean this is almost life and death for the corals, 9 business days probably 13 days without lights is just simply ludicrous! I was very satisfied with the respond time and the quality of service that I received from Aquaillumination and I can tell you that I will be a happy return customer. On the other hand, I have also dealt with some characters that will instantly point there finger at everyone else except for themselves. They will tell you that its never the product but the end user like you must have drop it in water or it has never had a problem like this before or "these are German made product, you know the Germans they always make good stuff...." that was a quote from shamwow(btw they suck):mrgreen:. Dealers and distributors have to realize that your responsibility doesn;t end until the warranty period has expired at the very least and not everyone is looking for a free hand out. Get your customer service right and you will get repeat customers, if not then you might as well be in a different business.

Anyways I am just glad that thing has some what worked out for you. Hope to see some cool pics soon. If you need help setting up the apex controller and the calcium reactor I will be more then happy to come out and help. That way I will have an excuse to check out your tank and go ninja on the corals.:smile:

Rich, thank you for your support. I may just need your help down the road... Isn't there gonna be a swap on the island in nov? If so expecting you and Linda, Chris, Peter and the gang over and you're welcome crash at my place! Since I am no longer dosing vodka, we can put that to good use then! :biggrin:

Radion light program problem update...
 

Rob of Ecotech and went over the lights and software again this morning. It looks like we've finally learned why the lights were not running with the light programs...

Rob had me to ungroup all the lights and set up as three separate lights however running the same light program. By doing this we can see which lights are in sync with the software and which one is not. Rob suspects that the one that isn't may have a programming error and will required to be replace.

Well, when I got home this evening from the office I noticed that the original lights I have are in sync with the light program while the replacement light received from the distributor is not. Man, do I have just the worst luck in aug! I'll wait until tomorrow morning and review with Rob from Ecotech before calling Martin on this... :sad:

I think you should buy some more frags to cheer yourself up! :wink:

:lol: Greg, thank you for cheering me up! Perhaps after when all this is fixed. :biggrin:

Just got off the phone with Rob at Ecotech... We've concluded that it is the internal clock of the replacement light and needs to be returned.

Here is my next ordeal... Dealing with the distributor again...:sad: hope the outcome will be better this time around...:neutral:

Round 3.....fight! just kidding, I hope at the very least he can offer you expedited service for all your trouble or maybe even a gift card to the keg or something just for all your troubles. I know if Martin was shipping it out you will for sure get a chocolate bar.

wayne to you want to borrow my AI fixture? its over a tank that has nothing in it so I don't really need it at the moment

Hey Jon, Thank you for the offer but I don't think it will be necessary. The replacement light works but the internal clock doesn't so it does not sync to the Ecotech software. Hope to have it replace soon... just waiting to here back from Modular LED now.

Hahaha... feels just like a fight. Just when I thought that everything is ok something else happens...

Greg, thank you! You should tag along with Rich and Chris the next time they head over to the island. :biggrin:

Rich, because you asked... I should have some pics up soon! Just uploading them to photobucket... :biggrin:

Sept 2012 pics
 

FTS
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_003.jpg
Right side
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_001.jpg
Left side
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_002.jpg

Misc coral pics...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_012.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_004.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_005.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_006.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_008.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_009.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_010.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_011.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_013.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_014.jpg

Purdy!!!

Sept 2012 Topdown pics
 

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_035.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_018.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_019.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_022.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_023.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_026.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_025.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_027.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_029.jpg


Topdown frag pics
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_028.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_021.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_020.jpg

More Top down pics...
 

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_030.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_031.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_032.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_033.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...12/DPP_034.jpg

Shelley, thanks! BTY, do you want me to trop by this week with your lens kits?

Wow buddy! Tank is filling in nicely, I can't wait till I see it in person, it's just gonna be that much better! :shocked!: thanks for the great shots but I couldn't help myself but noticing the double jam packed frag racks that are on the both sides of he tank. I think it's almost time for a frag tank...you know, just to keep the dt cleaner.:wink:

Rich, thanks! Most of the corals are coloring up ( the left side, not so much when the radion decided to kick the bucket on me last month) and I am now able to see which ones I really want to keep. Soon I will have to start making room on the rocks so that I can clear them frag racks. I've thought about starting a frag tank but to be honest, I think I'll just hoard even more corals. :lol: So, it is better that I don't. :wink:

Thanks again for your goodies... I really love the emerald sps. When u are over, feel free trim anything in the tank. :wink: