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Old 12-22-2013, 11:29 PM
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December update:

Things are going well; the tank actually showing some forward progres; growth in SPS, spreading of the coraline, and the continued fattening of up of the fish. I bumped my dally dosing levels earlier in the month, but from the looks of my weekly post-water change tests, I need to do it again. I'm finding myself going through a lot of magnesium and soda ash as of late.

I did lose TWO heaters within 2 weeks; 1x 800w titanium heater, and then 1x 150w glass one. I'm running 2 x 300w and 1x 150w and its its enough, but not enough for mental comfort. Time to diversify into 6x 300w I think. I'm most sad about the Jalli heater; it died 5 days shy of its 1 year in use anniversary.

Some photos from a week or two ago. Sorry for the links, I'm searching for a photobucket replacement.

Green Pocci
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0036.JPG

Green SPS
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0049.JPG

Topdown of one of my pre-existing clams
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0084.JPG

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0029.JPG

Brown digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0033.JPG

Red digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0051.JPG

End tank shot aka my that is some green water
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0054.JPG

Bought it 'cause it was purdy
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0082.JPG
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:53 PM
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December update:

Things are going well; the tank actually showing some forward progres; growth in SPS, spreading of the coraline, and the continued fattening of up of the fish. I bumped my dally dosing levels earlier in the month, but from the looks of my weekly post-water change tests, I need to do it again. I'm finding myself going through a lot of magnesium and soda ash as of late.

I did lose TWO heaters within 2 weeks; 1x 800w titanium heater, and then 1x 150w glass one. I'm running 2 x 300w and 1x 150w and its its enough, but not enough for mental comfort. Time to diversify into 6x 300w I think. I'm most sad about the Jalli heater; it died 5 days shy of its 1 year in use anniversary.

Some photos from a week or two ago. Sorry for the links, I'm searching for a photobucket replacement.

Green Pocci
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0036.JPG

Green SPS
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0049.JPG

Topdown of one of my pre-existing clams
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0084.JPG

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0029.JPG

Brown digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0033.JPG

Red digi
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0051.JPG

End tank shot aka my that is some green water
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0054.JPG

Bought it 'cause it was purdy
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20DSC_0082.JPG
Use flickr. It won't flatten the colors like photobucket and 1TB free space. And looks like the corals are doing good
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Old 12-23-2013, 02:20 PM
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Thank you!

I'll look into Flickr. I've had enough of photobucket to last me a lifetime.

The Pocci I think is my favorite of all the pieces I picked up from you; the polyp extension is phenomenal every day. (knock on wood).
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This is my new aiptasia muncher. He barely made it through QT, isn't one for prepared foods at all, prefers to graze 100%.


My galaxy coral is making a come back.




These two pieces of red digitata grew into each other and made their own colony over a weekend.


I found this guy last night as I was cleaning my tank. I'm not actually sure if it is commensile (sp?) or not. The clam doesn't seem to mind, but maybe he just moved in.


Ponape Birdsnest movie. I honestly can barely tell this isn't your garden variety green birdsnest. But I like the crazy polyp extension, so I'm torn. This is my dream coral, but I love it for its distinct tips, which I can't see in my specimen at all.

Pocci video (turn down your sound). This coral looked the worst after my vodka OD. I am so happy it is recovering. The polyp extension is probably only about 80-90% of its pre ODed state.
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Amazing tank! Whats the thickness of the glass?

Thank you. 3/4" there was an option to use thinner glass but this way I have peace of mind.

Picked up some tanks which should be perfect for a frag system and for a less cumbersome fish QT.

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Recently out of QT and into the big tank.



Clams that hate standing up.
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Your clams are beautiful!
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Some top down shots I took sight unseen.







My smallest clam at 2" with his buddy Bubbles.





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Looking great Catherine! Those birdsnests look happy :-). Actually, everything looks pretty happy.
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