Biocube's Build Thread, Tank teardown 1/6/14

I'm going to have to agree with Cheryl, get those things growing up.

 

Wow you have had some nice growth on the green acro I gave you! Very cool man. Im glad to see it growing so well for you.

 

Other corals are growing up... :-/

I'll lower them slowly to see if theres any change.

I know right?! That thing is blowing up, kinda cool to see a frag turn into a colony.

 

Too much power from LED's seems to be the growing trend. I recently reduced my light with better results in both LPS and SPS. Growth and especially color.

 

I just turned them down, we shall see how things go.

 

Well I busted out the camera and took some shots of the tank, I was FINALLY able to shoot my Pom Pom Crab for the first time in months.

 

That pom pom crab is an elusive little bugger! Thats great that you got a good shot of him though, such a cool invertebrate. Your birdsnests look unreal. The birds of paradise is growing well for you and the teal tipped birdsnest looks unlike any one Ive seen before. The purple people eater favia I gave you, again, has some of the most intense coloration Ive ever seen in a favia. But my favorite in your tank is still the green spongeodes that you didnt want but I made you keep. Haha. The tank looks great my friend. Your pictures are fantastic as well.

 

Thanks Nick, I'm glad you made me keep that coral. My BN are doing great for color but my Acros are not, I started to feed Phytoplankton Live from Reef Nutrition and I need to go out and grab some Fuel.

 

Really? Thats weird. Your phosphates are always so low that its probably a nutrient thing. Adding fuel and phytoplankton will help with that. By the way that ORA Bellina of mine is calling for your tank buddy.

 

I hope so, I'll make a chart and see how things go. That frag has been calling my name for a while now, I gotta find a way to get up there. Shoot maybe this Tue/Wed since Amy works both days.

I did lower my Blue/White LEDs and raised my supplements. I noticed a big difference when supplements were on past 75%. So with some careful tuning last night I lowered my blue and white down to 35% and raised supplements from 35% to 65%. Colors seem to pop more but only time can tell.