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Dez · #1 11-14-2012, 02:50 PM

What happened to "I'm going to stick with halides cause LEDs suck" (my paraphrase of you and your thoughts)

lastlight · #2 11-14-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by riceboy

Dude is that blue clove I see in your tank.

That's Kien's way of welcoming me back to the hobby. Freebie Pests FTW! (thanks btw)

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Originally Posted by Dez

What happened to "I'm going to stick with halides cause LEDs suck" (my paraphrase of you and your thoughts)

Even a moderately warm day outside caused my temperature to hit 82 or 83 with the canopy and heater that happens to also glow lol. Decided to take the plunge mostly due to that. The cannon style LEDs have some of the spirit of a halide while running cool. Time will tell how this teeny 35W wonder performs but my needs are a lot more modest these days.

Leah · #3 11-14-2012, 02:54 PM

Sexy tank you got going there.

mseepman · #4 11-14-2012, 03:00 PM

Welcome to the LED side...the tank is looking great! So glad to have you back on here.

riceboy · #5 11-14-2012, 03:14 PM

lol nice, its just a matter of time till ur tank is full of them lol. i'm just waiting on when the sps bug will bite you again lol.

kien · #6 11-14-2012, 03:23 PM

I love your torch!

Let me know if your cloves don't make it. There's plenty more where they came from!

Seriously tho, am I the only one on canreef that actually likes clove polyps?! :Lol: Fuzzy purple on rocks is prettier than brown IMO. Yes they have taken over some rocks but they do not irritate any corals that ive noticed. Mine cloves are always outcompeted when other corals (sps/lps) start encrusting on their territory.

riceboy · #7 11-14-2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

I love your torch!

Let me know if your cloves don't make it. There's plenty more where they came from!

Seriously tho, am I the only one on canreef that actually likes clove polyps?! :Lol: Fuzzy purple on rocks is prettier than brown IMO. Yes they have taken over some rocks but they do not irritate any corals that ive noticed. Mine cloves are always outcompeted when other corals (sps/lps) start encrusting on their territory.

i don't know about your Polyps but the ones i got took over my chalice and zoas so i despise them lol

kien · #8 11-14-2012, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by riceboy

i don't know about your Polyps but the ones i got took over my chalice and zoas so i despise them lol

okay, I can kinda see them competing fiercely with zoas LOL. I don't have any of those. I had a watermellon chalice that outcompeted my cloves. I dunno man, they seem fairly easy to control to me. Whenever there is a patch that i want to clear I just take a hard bristled toothbrush and scrub the area clean. Or smother them with a bit of epoxy for a day or two then remove the epoxy. Nice clean surface again.

JDigital · #9 11-14-2012, 03:44 PM

That torch coral is sweet! Although it got one head to many, I think you need to frag it!

lastlight · #10 11-14-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Leah

Sexy tank you got going there.

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Welcome to the LED side...the tank is looking great! So glad to have you back on here.

Thanks guys! I'm excited to tinker with it and just appreciate having a slice of the reef again without all the overhead.

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Can I gloat a little bit now?

I expect nothing less get to it =)

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Originally Posted by riceboy

lol nice, its just a matter of time till ur tank is full of them lol. i'm just waiting on when the sps bug will bite you again lol.

Once I'm using ro/di and have some ROX and HC GFO going I'll maybe grab a few nice pieces and see what happens. I still see this tank as more of an easy / laid back reef with lots of movement.

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Originally Posted by JDigital

That torch coral is sweet! Although it got one head to many, I think you need to frag it!

I told you if you're a brave lad and don't mind the aiptasia let's do a trade. My peps actually cleaned all the pests off the torch skeletons from what I can see...

As for the cloves I really like'em. They're on their own rock but I wouldn't be surprised to see them spread somehow. it's crazy easy to access the insides of this tank so if I need to scrape some gsp or cloves once in a while that's ok with me. My first task is to blade most of the mushrooms off the rockwork!