Dan's 90 build

[Youngster Dan]

Originally Posted by don.ald

looks like an "Ultimate Cyphastrea"

Thanks Rick, I thought it was something like that. Those frags I scored from you are already some of my favorite pieces! Thanks again!

Originally Posted by christyf5

that is gorgeous!! nice score!

Thanks! I have a couple more I got from Rick that I wasn't able to get good photos that are equally as nice and interesting.

[apex82]

Update time? How are you liking the reefkeeper? Are the frags doing okay with the led light in fuge?

[Youngster Dan]

I suppose it is time for an update!

The reefkeeper is awesome, I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants a cheap controller. I have it controlling my lights, one koralia and my heater. I may one day expand it to put a dosing pump, or some other such gizmo.

I have taken my bio pellets offline a month or so ago. I didn't do it for any reason, I just found it wasn't getting enough flow and took it off to clean and haven't put it back on since. I haven't noticed any difference in the appearance of my corals since, however I am having to clean the glass more and am getting a slight amount of cyano.

While rimless tanks do look sweet, I am finding they have their cons. Cleaning the glass with a mag-float is a delicate art, as it is easy to splash the side of the tank which is annoying. That and the obvious fact that it limits me to certain fish (those that are less notorious for jumping), and I lost my mandarin to jumping.

I'm starting to like the LED spotlight under my sump more and more, and I am starting to see growth out of a few birdsnest frags (not as much as my T5's but meh) and certainly my LPS frags, that and cheato is growing a lot faster (could be more from taking the pellets offline though).


Anyways, I will accompany a photo update when I get home from work as they are a lot more fun!

[Youngster Dan]

As promised, I took a bunch of photos.

Cool LPS



Chalice



Birdsnest today:



And when I got it:











My newest addition, he is a huge wuss.



I really need to do something about all the blue cloves. I hate blue cloves, with a passion.

[apex82]

Nice colors... you got some really nice corals. My blue throat took about a week to warmup to me... but definately my fav. fish. You forgot some full tank shot and full room shots.

[Youngster Dan]

Originally Posted by apex82

Nice colors... you got some really nice corals. My blue throat took about a week to warmup to me... but definately my fav. fish. You forgot some full tank shot and full room shots.

Yeah, I have had mine for about 2 weeks or so and he hides right away when I come near the tank. Silly boy, but he will warm up.

Here are some more photos I took last night, including some FTS.

My killer coral, I have lost at least 2 and 1/2 nice frags because I will have not secured a coral properly and they fall into this acan. It certainly doesn't play nice.



This was one of my first corals, that I got with two heads on it. I am constantly pruning it as it grows like crazy.





I like T5 shots reflecting off of the water. I had a big internal debate before purchasing this fixture, it was certainly cheaper than many halide fixtures and higher end 5 fixtures and the cost was the deciding factor before purchasing it. I was warned that I would have to keep my sps right at the top if I wanted to get good colour, and that I would probably regret only getting the 6 bulbs as opposed to 8. I am pretty happy with my decision, as I was able to save my pennies and put them towards other things such as the vortec and skimmer.



And some FTS's:

[christyf5]

Looks great!! I love the black sand. That won't be the last things that orange acan kills. I find the orange acans to be the most aggressive. i've lost many corals, lps, zoas, sps, ricordea to mine. It now lives off on its own at one end of the tank, where it can't hurt anything.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by Youngster Dan

I really need to do something about all the blue cloves. I hate blue cloves, with a passion.

I am with you on that one. I had some growing around some zoa's and they were suffocating them. I was lucky and was able to take the rock out so i could scrub it and bath the clove polyps in vinegar with a syringe