Jon's 90 SPS dominant reef

fishytime · #1 10-13-2010, 01:17 AM

Holy crap Jon!.....you certainly have pin-balled around this last year

.....I like the sounds of this tank.....should be saweet

bkelly · #2 10-13-2010, 01:26 AM

hey jon
taggen along of course
what size is the new tank again?
i still have a few of your zoa colonies growing well if you wish to frag back.

freezetyle · #3 10-13-2010, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Holy crap Jon!.....you certainly have pin-balled around this last year

.....I like the sounds of this tank.....should be saweet

Yea, Ive been a gypsy. Kelowna for five months, Halifax for two weeks, calgary for four months, now victoria. Part of the reason i got this tank is so i would have bigger burdens in one place and have to stay haha.

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Originally Posted by bkelly

hey jon
taggen along of course
what size is the new tank again?
i still have a few of your zoa colonies growing well if you wish to frag back.

Brent I just might have to take you up on that. Next time i drive back i'll stop in for that coffee and we can swap some frags. Im sure i will have a few pieces for you

freezetyle · #4 10-21-2010, 07:10 PM

Things are settling in nicely. the sps are coloring back up after the stresses of moving. I think i have found all of the final resting spots for the coral and picked out a few that don't really interest me.

Previously the tank was being supplied 2-part via B-ionic. but i had the materials for the balling light method from the last tank that i never got to try so i am going to give the system a run on this tank. (pretty much to just use up the materials). I dont really have high expectations of it because of the subtle differences it makes. anyways, I am still in the process of dialling it in. But so far the numbers have gone from 4ml X6 (24ml total)of each cal/alk of b-ionic. to 15 X 4ml of alk. and 12 X 2ml for calcium per day. giving me steadyish values of about 8 kH. and 430 calcium. Still need to find a container for the mag so i am not dosing that yet.

One hiccup i have experienced is that the tank gets a little bit of morning sun which is kind of bleaching one of the zoa frags i have so its going to need a new home on the other side of the tank.
Before:

After

Favorite piece at the moment

not sure what this is. got it at a frag workshop at Blue world Victoria

Favia which i dont think i am going to keep (any takers?)

Chalice

Clam and blue polyp monti

Chalk basslet

getting some sweet PE

Milli

Fts

Aquattro · #5 10-21-2010, 10:11 PM

Jon, I'd still like to come by and see your setup!

freezetyle · #6 10-21-2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Jon, I'd still like to come by and see your setup!

Crap i totally forgot about your messages. Midterm season at uni. Anytime you want. i think our OC order is inbound pretty quick so we could do it sometime then.

Aquattro · #7 10-21-2010, 10:25 PM

Jon, anytime is good for me. Lemme know what works...

freezetyle · #8 05-20-2011, 05:28 AM

Don't you hate Cloudy tanks...

fishytime · #9 05-20-2011, 03:10 PM

it might be cloudy, but its holding water

freezetyle · #10 05-23-2011, 10:56 PM

Dry rock with seeded rock plus some live rock in the sump. pretty close to the final rock layout