My Glassboxreef

[Pife]

Originally Posted by RobSpeed13

well ill admit thats one great looking frag tank. can only imagine what the dt will look like when things start encrusting and growing.

Thank you. I hope it will look good.

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[Pife]

Originally Posted by Wrangy

Luuuurrrvvveee it I was going to give you so much grief if you didn't get that flame wrasse!! haha

My wife is all like where did the extremely pretty fish come from! The flame and my Pintail have been flashing non stop. It is quite the show. My red headed wrasse is finally out and about a bit too. He is so shy. I need to get a cable to get the auto feeder setup on the DT too. All my fat fishes were starving when I got home from work.

Here is what happened to my fox flame frag. I think it has stopped dying but only time will tell.



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[Wrangy]

The flame is an absolute stunner

Fingers crossed on the fox flame recovering though!!

[Pife]

Originally Posted by Wrangy

The flame is an absolute stunner

Fingers crossed on the fox flame recovering though!!

Thank you. He is a flashing machine. I am going to be getting more flashers because of him. I wish I had the selection you have over there.

All of my coral seems to be turning the corner. It sucks when things are going bad but it makes me appreciate the good times. It also makes me simplify processes.

I finally got my good camera out and started messing. I should have cleaned the glass but I only had 20 minutes to mess around. I was able to get the white balance dialed in. That was what I didn't most of the time doing. That and getting my remote shutter release to work. (I didn't) here are some of the best. I can only get better from here too.



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[Pife]

Anything look wrong here?



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[reefmutt]

Does that say toxic next to the zinc level?
High uranium and boron???
Frags are looking good nonetheless.
And sexy flame wrasse!!

[Pife]

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Does that say toxic next to the zinc level?
High uranium and boron???
Frags are looking good nonetheless.
And sexy flame wrasse!!

Toxic at high levels

No kidding high uranium... I don't know where the boron would be coming from?

The frag tank has lost a lot of frags and still doesn't look like it's turned the corner.

He is a beaut.

Any tips for what lens to use for taking pictures? Some were with my 100mm macro and others with the kit lens.

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[reefmutt]

Do you live near a nuclear reactor?!? Maybe the uranium is in the water. Hope not!
My 100 mm macro gives me the most crisp shots but not much flexibility.

[Pife]

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Do you live near a nuclear reactor?!? Maybe the uranium is in the water. Hope not!
My 100 mm macro gives me the most crisp shots but not much flexibility.

Nope not close as far as I know. Downtown Saint Louis Missouri.

I'll just have to practice more. Do you crop more than 50 percent of any picture?


My system is turning around and may corals are taking off work growth and color is coming back around. I've been out of town for several days and my wife has been carrying for my tank and I was surprised by the growth. Now other corals have rtned but some that have been hit the hardest are starting to grow again.

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[reefmutt]

Glad to hear things are getting into the growth swing..

I do crop some of my shots but if they get cropped a lot, you can start to see the clarity decline.
If I crop like that, I’ll resharpen the pic but it only helps a bit.
The higher the quality of the original pic, the better a cropped image will be.
Shooting in raw will give you the best end results..

[Pife]

Thanks for the tips. I'm hoping to take a ton of pictures tomorrow as I wait for the washing machine repair man.

My system is looking better and better every day. I'm noticing dramatic color changes daily. Pe is good and almost everything is growing again. My ph is back up high which is weird but when it's been nice and high I've had great growth. I'm keeping things simple and not dosing anything except vitamins daily and lots of food. I need to get a aquabus cable to get my Auto feeder setup on my DT. I plan on placing several more coral into my display tomorrow! Tomorrow is going to be mostly a blue coral day.

[Pife]

Some pictures of my new additions to my DT.

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[biggles]

Really pleased to see things looking colorful and healthy again Brandon

You have a lot of cool fish Dave would stop me buying, i was looking at a beautiful Potter's angel last visit and even though i know i can't have one i wanted to tell Dave how pretty his specimen was so i called, ' hey Dave...'

' Nope, not a chance. '

This is why i don't normally pretend to be nice when i'm at the shop Brandon, total waste of time

[drawman]

Looks great Brandon! I love the rockwork it will make things look amazing with added growth!

Is the urchin still earning its keep? You have me thinking of adding one to my tank

[Wrangy]

Loving it man! The scape gets cooler with every update

[Pife]

Originally Posted by biggles

Really pleased to see things looking colorful and healthy again Brandon

You have a lot of cool fish Dave would stop me buying, i was looking at a beautiful Potter's angel last visit and even though i know i can't have one i wanted to tell Dave how pretty his specimen was so i called, ' hey Dave...'

' Nope, not a chance. '

This is why i don't normally pretend to be nice when i'm at the shop Brandon, total waste of time

Thanks. I'm adding a few more tonight from a friend breaking down his system. A Regal Angel, and a pair of earmuff wrasse.

That Dave guy sounds like a good guy to have in your corner. I couldn't belive he snapped a picture of you. That was me asking about you. Lol

How's your angel doing? Pe looks like it might have been effected.

[Pife]

Originally Posted by drawman

Looks great Brandon! I love the rockwork it will make things look amazing with added growth!

Is the urchin still earning its keep? You have me thinking of adding one to my tank

Thank you. I think it's coming around. I have about a dozen or so more corals to add.

I love the urchin. They will be in every system of mine from here on out. They are Great algae eaters and it doesn't mess with my corals as I glue them with super glue and water weld.

I'd never put one in a frag tank.

[Pife]

Originally Posted by Wrangy

Loving it man! The scape gets cooler with every update

Thanks. I can't wait for it to be grown in but it's a double edged sword...

[Pife]

Since pictures of my new fish. The warasses buried so no pictures of them yet.



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[reefmutt]

Hey Brandon, nice leopards and regal.
What’s the other wrasse?

[Pife]

That's a Pintail fairy wrasse.

[watchguy123]

Regals are stunning angels. And the mis-bar is pretty cool. I tried a regal, majestic and emperor Angel a couple years ago. Stunning fish but they reduced daytime polyp extension dramatically. I don’t think they harmed anything though, just reduced polyp extension. I think regals are one of the most spectacular saltwater fish. Looking forward to pictures of your earmuff wrasses—beauties as well

[Pife]

Thanks. Did you add the angels all at once? Did you find one picked more than the others?

Here's a couple pictures of the earmuffs. I need to download some of the better pictures off my camera.

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[Pife]

Is not very often I see all nineteen fish. I think I got them all in the picture too. The red mandarin is hardest to see in the rock work.

There were twenty until Thanksgiving day. My favorite fish passed. He was a red headed wrasse. The night before he died he was only half buried and I thought that war very odd. RIP LIL BUDDY




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[Pife]

Just a reminder to check your apex settings. For some reason when I updated my apex my auto feeder got switched to a heater and has been feeding tons of food for a couple of months. I've been fighting higher than normal nutrients and only found this by accident. Changed it to six feedings a day and my nitrates bottomed out in 2 days. I'm turning down carbon dosing daily until I get a good balance.