A pictorial tour of my BC29

Alright so here we go. My biocube has been up and running for about a year and a half now and things are going great now after a rough start. Had cyano really bad and lost my fish due to some bad water, have since gotten an RO/DI unit and no water problems now. Went through all the algae waves, cyano, gha, bryopsis. I got rid of the stock BC hood and upgraded to a 4x24W T5 fixture which I love. This will be a very pic intesive post so sorry for those with slower connections. I will also post some previous pics to give you guys some idea of the growth as well. So without further ado, here you go:

Let's start off with a FTS from then and now:
Then:

Now:


My frogspawn which I've already fragged once, almost 6 heads now:
Dec 09

Now


My first acans, not a lot of growth yet but colored up nicely. One of the heads is now larger than a half dollar
June 10

Now


Kenya Tree, has dropped around 4 babies so far, got it as a free frag which is always nice.
Feb 10

Now


Candy Cane, splitting to a total of 6 heads right now
Nov 09

Now


Duncans, started out with the 5 heads pictured and has doubled to 10 now
Nov 09

Now


Frogskin??? It was a free frag from johnjohnwells on here and never really took off until about a month ago and has since exploded. All of the growth seen was all in the past month or so.
Previous

Now


Baby toadstool. This little guy has been through hell and back and is now settling down and growing.


ORA Bird of Paradise. Only had this one for about a month now but has been doing great. Waiting for it to really color up like I've seen others.


Zoas/Buttons. Almost lost this group to some smothering bryopsis not too long ago but now they seem to be doing good.


Clove Polyps. Seem to be slow growers for me but they have almost doubled and I gave away a small frag of them not too long ago.
Previous

Now


Elegance. Probably one of my favorite corals. Looked completely different when I got it. It spent an entire month closed up and then reopened a darker green and different tentacles. Kind of sad though cause I really liked it before. But it's been doing good and it's slowly looking better.
Old

New


Favia. Recent purchase so not really much to say about it.


Zoas. Was a free frag from Reef Pets and I love the bright orange in them.


Crocea Clam. Had this guy since Jan of this year and seems to be doing good.


Firefish. Got this guy from my LFS on an even trade for a single head of frogspawn.


Female Clown. She's been in the tank for about a year now and is one of the darkest Ocellaris clowns I've seen.


Male Clown. He's been in for about 6 months now and had no problems pairing him up the female. He's definitely the more curious one of the two. He's constantly swimming in and out of the rocks investigating.


Alright, well that's everybody for now. Hope you guys enjoy all of the pics.

 

Very Nice Man!

Love the dark female clown. Keep up the awesome work!

 

very nice before and afters,nice growth!

 

Beautiful tank! Gives me inspiration for my BioCube. (Just loaded it with liverock this week.)

 

Very nice stuff, and impressive camera skills!

About that "favia"...I'm pretty sure it's not a favia. It looks more like a cynaria (mussid family), IMO, except cynaria aren't colonial like that.

 

Huh, I got it from one of Reefpets eBay auctions and it was listed as a favia so idk.

 

Nice tank!

 

I almost forgot these two pics.

Alien Eye Acan. Got this one from Reef Pets about a month ago so no real growth to report on it yet.


Watermellon Chalice. Also aquired this one from Reef Pets. The green rim has finally encirlced the entire frag. There is some annoying macro algae that keeps popping up on the frag that the chalice is trying to grow around.

 

nice tank and great pics

 

Wonderful photos!!!!! Your tank looks great!!!!!! I wish mine will turn out this good:thumb_up: