Watch out for that Eunicid worm - I had one about 3 tanks ago roughly a foot long - ugly sobs - my snail population slowly dwindled away- one
night i found it downstairs making a sandwich - i was releived he was out of the tank and I finally got him. LOL

Seriously - if you can find the rock where he lives- remove it - save yourself a whole bunch of time - that's what I did - they give me the Hebee Jeebees these worms. I didn't even put the rock back in in case there was a gang 😄

If you only get half of him it will regenerate into a Super Alien Eunice - Get all of him

Free loadin worms!!

ya, I definitely want to get him out, I just don't know how yet.. I do know the rock he lives on and it is easy enough to take out since it doesn't lean against any other rocks. It happens to be one of my smaller terraces. Unfortunately it also has a crap load of corals on it.. :cry: Anyway, I might try to tackle it this weekend when I have some time. I'll also need to source a new shelf piece to replace the removed one.

Is this the same guy who epoxies over all his other pests ? Find out which hole he goes into and simply seal him inside.

Take the rock out and pour some club soda or any carbonated water into his hole. He'll come scurrying out

Yes. This was my plan 'A'. I was contemplating either sealing him into his hole or possibly epoxying his body to the rock. I can see sections of him weaving through the rock so I was going to epoxy all of his exposed body parts! But now I'm afraid he will regenerate 10 new worms! Plan 'B' is to remove the rock. I was going to throw out the rock but a carbonated bath sounds like fun.

if you do that a video is a must.

what a remarkable aquarium ! + your a great photographer what are you shooting with?
the color temp on the photos are perfect really cool shots

Careful March you might swell up Kiens head so much that his little frame wont be able to hold it up :lol::lol:

Thanks March! I typically shoot with a canon 40D or the 5D mark2. I know, people are always surprised to hear that I bother with the less superior 40D when I have the full frame 5D2 at my disposal. But then most people don't have t-Rex arms like I do.. I've almost lost the 5D into the tank a few times LOL.

It's OK Greg, I've been working out! Actually I just started today.. right after I saw the MadJelly video. I figured if Long can curl 5 pounds, well, so should I! Be sure to check out my other "build thread" (see what I did there?) for my progress.

If you are referring to the pond I did see that and it looks awesome dude!!

Hmmm.. Sure ok. Thanks! :-)

Wheres the other build thread then??:lol:

Wow very impressive your reef is beautiful and the colours are great.
You take great pictures I was drooling here looking at them, what you think is being the biggest challenge so far...

this $hit cracked me up hard ahahaah

nevermind :-)

Thanks! Any you know, that's a very good question! There have been (and continue to be) so many big challenges. I don't know if I can really pin point one. Over the four years the tank has been hit with a lot of things. From the usual struggling with chemistry, heat, disease, red bugs, algae, cyano, to equipment failures, natural disasters, long power outages, lack of time. Ya, I don't think there was any one thing that stood out really. It's all kinda a blur really :lol:

:pop2:

I think you need to frag some of that goniopora for when I next save up for a frag shopping spree ... ;)

Charles

The Reef Prayer Reactor
 

Now that summer has wound down and we are back into the fall I found myself reflecting back on the past year. For those of you still following along at home, this is about the time last year that I rolled up my sleeves, got back into my tank and made a major course correction from where it was headed, back in the summer of 2012. In short, the tank sucked goat nads and I needed to do something about it. In fact, now that I think about, the tank has suffered in some form or other pretty much every summer that it has been running. This summer was different though. Miraculously, the tank came out of this summer with very few bumps or bruises. There was that incident with the flooding and subsequent power outtage back in June, but even from that the tank came out with just superficial wounds.

So, what was different about this past year compared to the previous 3 years ? Well, for starters I started to pray for my tank more often. Once I cleaned up the tank with a few hefty water changes I immediately started to pray for its stability and continued health. As soon as I put in my first few pieces of coral I would pray for their survival. I prayed a lot. I prayed to God, to Mother Mary, Baby Jesus and even to Brett. I prayed to anyone who would listen, or not. I didn't discriminate. This worked out quite well as I started to observe immediate results. My corals were growing, gaining great colours. My nuisance algaes went away and my fish were all thriving. I continued to pray for every single organism that I put into my tank with great success. I even started to pray for my equipment.

Then.. (dun Dun DUN..) the summer rolled around. Like every other summer before it, and like everyone else, I started to get super busy again. And again, I didn't have as much time to dedicate to the tank. However, I was determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past summers. I decided that I really needed a way to pray for my tank while I wasn't around my tank as often..

Let me present, The Reef Prayer Reactor.

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The prayer reactor is just as its name suggests, a reactor, for prayers. This was a fairly simple DIY project which went something like this..

Step 1. Obtain an old or new reactor, it really doesn't matter. In this case, size really doesn't matter either. Reef prayers are surprisingly compact and space efficient.

Step 2. Label the reactor appropriately so as not to confuse it with other media reactors. The last thing you want is accidentally putting carbon or GFO into your Prayer Reactor and dirtying up your reef prayers. As you can see here, it is very clear what each reactor is used for.

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Step 3. Write out your reef prayers of choice. It really does not matter if you hand write or print them. The paper stock doesn't matter either. I've used different paper styles with great results. Font also does not matter.

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Step 4. Place your reef payers in the Reef Prayer Reactor.

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Step 5. Place your Reef Prayer Reactor near your tank.

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Step 6. Enjoy and marvel at your achievment.

Step 6b. Take pictures and post to Canreef.

The Reef Prayer Reactor was a very simple DIY project that has proven to be invaluable ! It is extremely energy efficient and has very little impact on the environment. Now I have a means of praying for my tank while I myself am unable to for whatever reason. It prays for my reef while I'm busy mowing the lawn, gardening, out playing soccer, on vacation. Reef prayers 24/7/365 ! I highly recommend it to anyone needing or wanting something similar. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have as I will be more than happy to answer them. As always, thanks for looking, and keep on reefing on!

What if I'm too lazy to DIY one? Are these prayer reactors for sale? I would definitely like one.

Proof is in the pudding!
 

And some results.

Montipora Spongodes

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Unknown Acropora.

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Incredible Hulk

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This "Northern Delight" completely browned out after the June power outage but came back nicely over the summer.

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Hermit crab worshiping the Northern Delight.

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ORA Pearlberry

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Pink Millepora.

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This guy started out as this 1" nubbin one year ago.

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Meteor Shower Cyphastrea.

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Coral Master's Rainbow Stylophora.

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Not to be confused with the Tyree Rainbow Stylophora.

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Tyree Undata.

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Nice pics Kien. You must have that Northern Delight mounted under some good PAR. I find it to be a hardy acro in terms of STN/RTN but can be a little finicky in terms of colour. When its in its prime though it is stunning.....especially from above. I would love to see some fellow reefers with nice colonies of that one.....good luck.

Thanks. Ya, I do have that one very high up, right under a 250watt halide. That one has become my canary. It is quite fickle and tells me when something is wrong. It turned quite brown when the lights went out for 24 hrs during our June flood but it held it together and got its colour back over the summer. It continues to grow and colour up nicely!

loving your tank mang i need SPS HINT HINT

Come to Calgary, HINT HINT.

.. also, leave the Black Hawk at home, but bring the running shoes.

very nice reactor i'm glad it's working out for you! i've been manually dosing prayers with only minor success.

Thanks! And here's more proof that it works!

Purple Plasma
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An acan colony that has had a rough go at it but has finally settled into a place where it won't get stung but anyone, or knock over into the sand bed by fish.

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Purple Gorgonia

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A Pink Lemonade that really isn't all that pink.

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But has done quite well. Started out as this nubbin one year ago.

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The Purple Monster and its worshiping hermit crab.

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Branching Cyphastrea

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Unknown acro (Probably a granulosa of some sort). One of my favourite pieces. Not a terribly fast grower but steady and colourful.

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Forest Fire Montipora.

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Cobalt Blue Tortuosa.

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Joe the Coral trucking along and getting cozy with the Blue Cloves.

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Acropora Granulosa. This guy also completely lost its colours and browned out during the June power outage. You can see in its base the brown that it had turned. Over the summer it turned around and came back with a vengeance and continues to recover nicely.

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DV's Kushberry.

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Gorgeous pics as always! Glad to see that the northern delight has come back. I have one of those and it too has gone thru some set backs prior to adding it to my tank. It is coming around but slowly... I don't have it high up... More like a third up from the bottom. It has a dark green tone... Anyways I am going to leave it there for a while longer and see what happens... If I don't like it I will raise it up high like yours... Rich also has one in his frag tank and it looked promising in there.

Too nice.... I'm getting envious again...

Awesome pics. Would really like to get a frag of that forest fire monti if you ever frag it:biggrin:

That forest fire monti is pure sexiness!

What are you running in the two TLF Reactors? Carbon and GFO?

Yes, Rox Carbon and GFO.

I have a spare if you ever need one.

OMG!!! I just about sh** myself laughing so hard reading up on your prayer reactor! I needs to get one of those going as well:lol:

3 nameless acros that I picked up recently from Reefwonderland here in Calgary. A Great assortment of stuff there for sure!

I love taking these early frag photos because it's always cool to see how they'll turn out months from now.
Or not.

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acropora efflorescens

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Acropora Humilis.

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Limeade Nasuta

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Teal Turaki.

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A Sarmentosa just starting to establish itself.

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Montipora Stellata ("Bee Stinger").

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Superman Montipora

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Ponape Birdsnest.

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I thought he may have been serious so I just kept my mouth shut.

Tyree Red Dragon

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FAL Woverine.

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OC Strawberry Shortcake

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Booberry Digitata

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Montipora Nodosa

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Pokerstar Montipora.

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Hot Pink Birdsnest. Whoops, a bit out of focus.

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Unknown acro. Cousin to the Purple monster, but blue and green. Slow grower but hardy.

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FAL Poison Ivy.

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Icefire Enchinata

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Purple Stylopora

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Ice Blue Millepora.

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Neon Green Pocillopora.

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Raspberry grapeade (I just made that up).

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The Red Planet (although more of a pinkish planet really).

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Bonsai!

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Pink Stylophora

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A very minty unknown acropora. I shall call it, The "Minty Smoothie"

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Acropora Austera.

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Superman Samarensis

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There was a discussion recently about how to control the spread and manage the warfare of encrusting montiporas. Well, here's my solution.

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Eventually they just encrust and run over the strip of epoxy but then I can easily peel it off and sell it as a frag and lay down a new strip of epoxy.

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Your Bonsai is BONKERS! Amazing piece. Smart idea with the epoxy. It's no wonder you've been looking all over for it. :lol:

I'm still blown away by your tank, setup, coral, etc. I'm still hoping one day I can have half the tank you do. Are there any tricks to get the full color out of your corals? I fine that mine do well, just can seem to get their true natural colors. It's like one day I'll get a glimpse of the true color and the next day they hide.
Love seeing your tank pictures.