kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[kien]

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.







acropora efflorescens



Acropora Humilis.



Limeade Nasuta



Teal Turaki.



A Sarmentosa just starting to establish itself.



Montipora Stellata ("Bee Stinger").



Superman Montipora



Ponape Birdsnest.

[kien]

Tyree Red Dragon



FAL Woverine.



OC Strawberry Shortcake



Booberry Digitata



Montipora Nodosa



Pokerstar Montipora.



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



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



FAL Poison Ivy.



Icefire Enchinata



Purple Stylopora



Ice Blue Millepora.



Neon Green Pocillopora.



Raspberry grapeade (I just made that up).

[kien]

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



Bonsai!



Pink Stylophora



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



Acropora Austera.



Superman Samarensis



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



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.

[JDigital]

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

[Snufflupagus]

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.

[Proteus]

Some amazing pics

[kien]

Thanks for the comps everyone!

Originally Posted by Snufflupagus

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.

I don't have any tricks. I do more or less the same things that everyone else does. Water changes, dose alk&calc, bioPellets, GFO, Carbon, and prayers. That's about it. Aside from recently adding the prayer reactor my methods have remained unchanged for 4 years. These methods have worked well for me. I've had issues over the years but the issues were usually related to a failure to implement and maintain my methods. Ie, bioPellet reactor failure allowing my nitrates to climb too high. GFO reactor failure allowing my PO4 to get too high. Lack of time to do water changes, or temperature spikes due to our AC failing for an entire summer. So long as I stick with my (fairly simple) methods, I find that things work out well.

[Reef Pilot]

Do you ever have to add Mg?

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by kien

Thanks for the comps everyone!



I don't have any tricks. I do more or less the same things that everyone else does. Water changes, dose alk&calc, bioPellets, GFO, Carbon, and prayers. That's about it. Aside from recently adding the prayer reactor my methods have remained unchanged for 4 years. These methods have worked well for me. I've had issues over the years but the issues were usually related to a failure to implement and maintain my methods. Ie, bioPellet reactor failure allowing my nitrates to climb too high. GFO reactor failure allowing my PO4 to get too high. Lack of time to do water changes, or temperature spikes due to our AC failing for an entire summer. So long as I stick with my (fairly simple) methods, I find that things work out well.

.. you speak the truth like a prophet. Your prayers are obviously working.