barbianj's stuff Time for a new reef tank

Thanks for the updates. Great pictures as well! Im surprised how quick the (chalice?) recovered after its late night liaison with the shroom.

 

I see some of the pictures are sideways, thank you Photobucket. Oh, well. Yes, those are Duncans sticksmith23. One is green and the other is more of a blue. They are positioned to block the flow to the acans. Thank you.

Yep, that's a chalice. That thing is a survivor. I thought it was toast.

 

Can I be your buddy??LOL Gorgeous shots.8)

 

Sure, Vinny!

I've been thinking about adding a UV LED strip to compliment the black boxes. I find that I miss the extra color of the ATI Purple Plus bulb. Gotta do some research, though. Not sure how many I would need. Anyone know if 12 would be enough, or too many for a six foot tank?

12 LED Violet UV Kit - Rapid LED

 

Cool!! You do know that I will be expecting half of all your future corals though right??;D
Are they not as blue as your t5's?

 

WOW where to start. The war/peace coral looks wonderful and huge now. Love the chalice tentacle feeding images. Dendro's look soooo healthy. Beautiful acan garden, I bet pictures do not do it justice. Really great stuff, thanks for the update.


And Vinny I thought I was your buddy.

 

Haha!

The tank is finally starting to mature. I read your thread about smaller tank vs larger tank care, and I have to say, if I had a smaller tank right now, I'd have a hard time taking care of it with the number of hours that I've been working. Of course a larger tank is more money, but it doesn't need to be filled all at once.

Honestly, I haven't done a water change since last June. I'm not recommending that others do the same, or that it's a good idea, but as long as I keep up on dosing, and keep the critter population down, the tank seems to be doing fine. ;D

 

Hey there,

Are you a memeber of WI Reef society?

I too am in WI. Just Sw of the Brew city, a suburb.

 

Yep. Did you make it to the meeting at Bill's place last weekend. ;D LOTS of nice stuff for sale there. This is his business: Eye Candy Coral

 

Had Best Fish on the lookout for a small Tomini Tang, and one finally came in. Just a little over 2". It was out and about right away, swimming with the other fish.