What a long strange trip it's been....

I am honored by your kind words, sincerely.

The tank makes it easy, once I achieved a small bit of automation the rest fell into place. Thoroughly enjoyed all the research. It's truly one of my dream tanks.

Rastas are opening very very slowly.

Aiptasia took the sewer tour, I really really try to search every frag that goes in. So far I have ended up with some nice Zoanthid hitch-hikers from LA, what looks like it could be Pocillopora also from LA (less than thrilled), Turf algae, and Bryopsis (working on that one).

 

Rastas are funny. I bought two heads at reefapalooza and now I have about 50. There pretty small heads but they love light and flow. When I look at them I'm amazed by not only the color but what they like in tank conditions. I can literally blast them with a turkey baster and they barely close. My hornets on the other hand if you look at them wrong they react. Lol

 

I might have to give them a little more light. I try to not make changes if all other corals of the same type are doing well, it's only the Rastas of course so I am just going to ride it out. I see a lot of different strains of Rastas out there, never knew that there were different types. I will try a different distributor is these fizzle out. Thanks for the tips, really appreciate it.

 

Behold the Turf Algae, not sure how I am going to approach it though. The A.Formosa, I really like how it's maintained it's cream color and with purple tips, also the structures of the coralites.



Who does not like Green Millepora? Don't answer.


I know it's hard to judge color (windex coloration) but the Digitata Purple is actually purple.


Fingers crossed on the Crocea, it's a smaller clam than I would have bought had I not purchased the clam on line.



You Kalk dosers, do you ATO kalk, hand dose kalk, use a kalk stirrer?

 

I ATO mine.

 

Ordered BRS two part system today, quanity. Hanna checker calcium, super glue gel, carbon, kalkwasser.

I will say that probably one of the more awesome aspects of this AI Hydra fixture is the storm setting. Watching your tank change lighting intensity with the passing of clouds and bright lightening strikes is pretty dang amazing, it's too cool.

 

probably would have been even cooler in the 80's

 

It is still bogus Mindy.





New Maxima, an image as usual does not do this clam justice.

Added some fish, 3 Dominos, the female clown got stuck in the lid and sump after repeated tries to do so.

FTS, almost 3 months old. Turf algae make a strong appearance, still deciding on how to intervene.

Haddoni Anemone doing really well as is everything else, well except for the female clown. New screen options in the makings.

 

Tie a little leash around her and tether her to a rock.

 

Let me put it this way, the female now resides in the big Anemone in the sky.

She jumped almost every night into the sump. I am not sure why. I actually thought about not getting any fish, about not having any fish and then I decided on the Dominios. They are all attitude and make for some activity in the tank besides corals. Dominos are one of only a few Damsel Fish that will reside in an Anemone, specifically the Haddoni.