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Rice Reef 04-21-2014 05:09 PM

More reef porn please...

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gqlmao 07-09-2014 04:36 PM

I apologize for the lack of updates. I have been having a busy summer and some problems with my acans. I have lost close to 25 pieces already. I still haven't found an apparent reason. It has been tough watching all my prized pieces die slowly... I have tried everything, coral rx, revive, hydrogen peroxide even flat worm exit to see if there was any parasitic worms. To this day I am still losing my acans very slowly. The flesh dies from the inside out. I have been reading horror stories of people losing acans left right and center and I guess I have contracted something very bad for LPS in my tank.

The good news is my I have acquired several rare zoas and they have been flourishing and my SPS are doing great, sizes have tripled for some frags and colors have been getting better. Pictures will follow soon!



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Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 893157)
More reef porn please...

:pop2:


Rice Reef 07-09-2014 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gqlmao (Post 905421)
I apologize for the lack of updates. I have been having a busy summer and some problems with my acans. I have lost close to 25 pieces already. I still haven't found an apparent reason. It has been tough watching all my prized pieces die slowly... I have tried everything, coral rx, revive, hydrogen peroxide even flat worm exit to see if there was any parasitic worms. To this day I am still losing my acans very slowly. The flesh dies from the inside out. I have been reading horror stories of people losing acans left right and center and I guess I have contracted something very bad for LPS in my tank.

The good news is my I have acquired several rare zoas and they have been flourishing and my SPS are doing great, sizes have tripled for some frags and colors have been getting better. Pictures will follow soon!

Hope things will turn around for you with the acans... How about sps pics? :biggrin:

Wheelman76 07-09-2014 07:03 PM

Have you tried a interceptor dip? I remember reading on reef central a while back about these tiny little black bugs that would eat acans. People were quite successful dipping them in interceptor. I'll see if I can find the thread for you.

gqlmao 07-09-2014 09:06 PM

Soon very soon :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 905426)
Hope things will turn around for you with the acans... How about sps pics? :biggrin:

I have read about that, I don't see any black bugs on them. I am sure if I had the black bugs, the hydrogen peroxide would of killed atleast a few and I would of saw them in my white bucket. I have a few acans left, if those start to decline I will have to try interceptor as the final resort, thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wheelman76 (Post 905430)
Have you tried a interceptor dip? I remember reading on reef central a while back about these tiny little black bugs that would eat acans. People were quite successful dipping them in interceptor. I'll see if I can find the thread for you.


gqlmao 07-10-2014 03:17 AM

As requested, I busted out the camera and snapped a few pieces, enjoy :) Some are RR, some are not.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdfd3c897.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbb9c4b27.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfb601faa.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps615fe5a2.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psa1593485.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps71eb232b.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps65d6f020.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfe12d92a.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbed7c473.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps47be0de7.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0a76e627.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps68ff488b.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0198af3e.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0df903d1.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfa7ff2cb.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdbb5aa79.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps77fa7b99.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps9a072f98.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfc989f48.jpg

This one is for you Wayner :lol: Just so you know the orange is more pronouce in real life, my camera couldn't capture it with my settings.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps43fb9451.jpg

Tn23 07-10-2014 03:41 AM

Amazing peices. Is that orange passion? :)

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gqlmao 07-10-2014 03:42 AM

Yup :)


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Originally Posted by Salty23 (Post 905478)
Amazing peices. Is that orange passion? :)

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Rice Reef 07-10-2014 04:08 AM

Sweeeeet! First one is wolverine? What is the third to last one( yellow)?

gqlmao 07-10-2014 04:28 AM

The first one is the pink floyd, the tips are yellow. The third to last one is wolverine. My wolverine has taking a strange shape since its growing so fast. The base is actually green. I wonder how its going to look 6 months to a year from now.

gqlmao 07-11-2014 01:04 AM

Here is some pictures of some of my zoas, I am keeping them under mostly actinic leds at low settings, I noticed that the zoas were a lot bigger because they needed to absorb more like and the florescence has dropped somewhat due to the bigger sizes. These pictures were taken with the whites on to help balance out the colors, there wont be as much "pop". Some of the pictures have glare in them, I had no way to avoid that since my Radion is right above of my coral viewer and the plastic reflects a portion of the light back.

Big thanks to March at Fragbox for hooking me up with the majority of these zoas a few months back :)

I know people are going to ask about the names so I will post them with the pictures.

The God Father:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps668748ee.jpg

Darth Maul:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps84cedb7a.jpg

Staircase to Heaven:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7629501.jpg

Jolly Green Monsters:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps589f45ae.jpg

Unknown:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps59343fba.jpg

Pink Hippos:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps33f83c26.jpg

Rainbow Raptors:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf4f067a9.jpg

Emeralds on Fire:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psb841bf32.jpg

Fruit Loops:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdbeac6a1.jpg

Orange Oxides:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps9c8d09b1.jpg

LA Lakers:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psd29dd707.jpg

Miami Vice:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc4a6e4a1.jpg

Vivid Rainbows:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps11eb23eb.jpg

Space Monsters:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps24a80839.jpg

Rastas:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps766d0999.jpg

Blue Agave:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psec918b42.jpg

Candy Apply Oranges:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc99b781d.jpg

gqlmao 11-14-2014 07:50 PM

Some updates, I have noticed that I haven't updated the thread since summer :P.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psa4031c1f.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc34395e6.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psa50ab8bb.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps600ad443.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...pseea00748.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psd75cf3f0.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps54efa051.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps5baa7beb.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps5e2fe25e.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psba731436.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps7bb9d951.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7b0ecfd.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps14a485dd.jpg

Tn23 11-15-2014 09:44 AM

Wow amazing corals.
Love the photos. What are you taking photos with?

gqlmao 11-15-2014 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salty23 (Post 921269)
Wow amazing corals.
Love the photos. What are you taking photos with?

Thanks, the photos are taken with a t5i with a 100mm macro lense.

kien 11-15-2014 04:28 PM

nice shots Stanley ! Love that yellow tip acro !

blackradon 11-15-2014 05:13 PM

Looks good Stan! It was good meeting with you few weeks back.

gqlmao 11-15-2014 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien (Post 921285)
nice shots Stanley ! Love that yellow tip acro !

Thanks Kien, When its ready I'll cut a piece for ya :).

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackradon (Post 921289)
Looks good Stan! It was good meeting with you few weeks back.

Thanks James, it was a pleasure talking to you as well.

Rice Reef 11-17-2014 03:57 AM

Looking really good! Are you currently dosing anything? Care to share? 😀

gqlmao 11-17-2014 02:14 PM

I am currently dosing vodka (3ml), vinegar (12ml), Sodium Bicarbonate (80ml), Calcium chloride (50ml), magnesium S/C (8ml), I use Fauna Marin color elements and balling light trace elements with my 2 part.

As for nutrients additives, I have been trying to stay away from Zeovit products, I still use a little here and there, I am finding that the PE is much better with Zeovit.


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Originally Posted by Rice Reef (Post 921503)
Looking really good! Are you currently dosing anything? Care to share? ��


tang daddy 11-18-2014 03:36 PM

Some really nice sps you got there, growth on the wolverine is good too...

What is the blue sps in the picture above that has red mushrooms growing at it's base?

gqlmao 11-18-2014 11:34 PM

Thanks, that one is blue peacock.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tang daddy (Post 921669)
Some really nice sps you got there, growth on the wolverine is good too...

What is the blue sps in the picture above that has red mushrooms growing at it's base?


gqlmao 09-06-2015 10:26 PM

Its been a while, I figure I should update this thread.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps3yu5btbt.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps1akz9zan.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psj7kkholc.jpg

Lights:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...psg9pt91oi.jpg

Myka 09-30-2015 01:42 AM

Looks like you're running out of room Stan! What's the colony on the bottom right?


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